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LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH "LEUTER'S AGENCY.] WIRELESS OPERATORS. CONFERENCE TO REACH END OF STRIKE.
QUESTIONS IN COMMONS.
THE
BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
LONDON UNLIKELY AT PRESENT TO CHANGE ATTITUDE.
HONGKONG · DAILY PRESS.
'BARLINE CABLES. FRUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.] NARCOTIC CONFERENCE. AMERICA "TO PARTICIPATE IN
LONDON, December 21st. That an early change of the British attitude towards Russia is unlikely was indicated at question time in the House of Commons, when Mr. Baldwin declined a request to appoint a committee on Loxboy, December 2nd. At question time in the House of Com-Anglo-Russian economic relations, in the
absence of any indication on the past Sir. Cunliffe Lister said that eines November 93th, in consequence of the Soviets regarding the extent to which, and the manner in which, they were pre- the strike of wireless operators, 300
pared to deal with British claims
mons
ships had sailed without operators (including 47 passenger ships).
The Labourite, Mr. Ammon, asked if the action of the Board of Trade in
of
Another questioner drew attention to the speech of M. Bykoc, offering to abolish the Soviet army provided disar"
JUNE MEETING.
WASHINGTON, December 21st. The House of Representatives bas adopted a resolution authorising the' Government to participate in the con- terence on narcotics to be held in Philadelphia in June.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER $3ED,
DARING PIRACY ON
1925
THE TUNGCHOW."
WORK OF A HAKKA PIRATE GANG.
SHIP BROUGHT FROM NORTH OF SHANGHAI TO BIAS - BAY.
CAPTAIN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED......
AT BIAS BAY."
At Bins Bay, sampang came alongsido and were evidently expected by the piratas, who dropped into then their loot from the Chinese passengers and about $30,000 taken from the strong room of the ship. The pirates slipped down into The
Another sensational piracy, on an ocean- going steamer in Chinese waters has to bo recorded. The ss. Tung Chow, one of the China Navigation Company's steamers, which runs regularly between Shanghai and Tientsin unexpectedly turn- ed up at Hongkong at dusk last night and brought a story of sensational the sampans and rowed ashore. WASHINGTON, December 91st,
a gang of Hakka pirates while Tung Chaw then proceeded to Hongkong The House of Representatives his piracy hy
TILSON RUBBER MOTION. ADOPTED BY THE US. HOUSE OF LEPRESENTATIVES.
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WARFARE IN NORTH. TOKYO ANXIOUS REGARDING
MUKDEN OUTLOOK. - ?
Toxxo, Deqmber 2nd. The Japanese Foreign Office is very perturbed at the increasing anți-Japoniamm in the Chinese Preas and in China generally, though it is not altogether unexpected.
Reports, frem "Mukden state that it is foured the situation will become worss, as Marshal Chang Tso Lin's impressed troops may be unmanageable now they
refusing to detain ships was not parti. mament were generally carried out, and adopted the Tilson rubber motion. The the ship was half way between Shanghai where she arrived late yesterday evening. are retreating.
cipating in one side of the strike.
Sir Cunliffe Lister replied in the negative, adding that the Board was maintaining complete impartiality.
Sir Steel Maitland said that nt
the Ministry of Labour meeting at yesterday, a conference of both sides had been ranged for to-day.
LUCKY PRESSMEN!
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LONDON, December end. No English papers are being published on Christmas Day or Boxing Day..
FARLIER CABLES.
THE IRAQ BOUNDARY. DEBATE OPENS IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
LABOUR MEMBERS LEAVE
LONDON, December 21st, In the House of Commons, Mr. Stanley Baldwin declined a request by Mr. J. R. Clynes to remove from the Order Paper a motion in Mr. Baldwin's name that the House approves of the aetion of British representatives at Geneva in accepting the award of the council of the League of aations on the Iraq boundary. Mr. Clynes said the procedure amounted to undas cordion of the House and when the motion was reached he would ask the Labour inem hers to leave and not participate in the discussion as a proceęt.
Mr. Clynes said that Mr. Baldwin's motion dealt with an international issue of the utmost importance, and the House,. depleted towards the close of a session, WE to be asked to commit itself to mest the part of serious commitments on Britain. No opportunity had been given to the Opposition. He asked Mr. Bald win to permit a discussion of Iraq by
moving the adjournment without passing the motion on a division.
Bir Baldwin agreed regarding the im portance of the matight, but regretted its necessity. He added that as the matter was, only submitted to the House on the tast day of the session he would take the unusual course, when it re-assembled, of submitting the new Treaty and asking the House to necept or reject it. While he was anxious to meet the dowire of the Leader of the Opposition, he was unable to remove the motion from the paper."
31. Clynes then made his announce ment of withdrawing the Labour mem bers from the House
asked whether the Government were willing to participate in a conterence in which Russia would be represented.
Mr. G. Lecker-Lampson said he had no oficial knowledge of M. Rykoff's pro-
General Shirakawa, commander of the Kwantung Army, has arrived in Makden ferring his Headquarters there from and it is understood that he is trans-
The War Office states that he has been Port Arthur.
be considers necessary.
RUSSIANS NOT MOVING.
posal; therefore the second part of the creased rubber prices, in order to pay the territorial waters of Hongkong, where of Surgeon-Lieut. Neil, of H.M.S. Peter given a free hand to take all precautions
question did not arise. He pointed out that the League of Nations had invited the Soviets to participate in its dis
armament conference,
SAFEGUARDING INDUSTRIES. STEEL WORKS TO BE EXCLUDED FROM ACT.
LONDON, December 21st. In the House of Commons, replying to questions, Mr. Baldwin said the Civil Research Committee of the House of Commons had lengthily considered the application by the steel industry for pro- tection under the Safeguarding of In- dustries Act, and beard many witnesses serious revealed The representing employers and employed. situation as the result of pressure by foreign competition, but the investiga tion made it clear that safeguarding a basic industry of this magnitude would have repercussions which could be re- garded as conflicting with the Govern ment's declarations as regarde genera. tariff; therefore the Government was unable to grant the application.
evidence
HAYLEY MORRISS CASE. · DECISION TO APPEAL IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED.
LONDON, December 21st, It is officially stated that it has been decided to appeal in the Hayley Morriss case.
ber war debt.
She had sigualled to Waglan in pass, supporter of the motion in his speech and Weihaiwei on the 18th inst. Menace complained that Britain was openly by revolvers the officers were compelleding and the police wtre quickly on heard proclaiming her intention to collect four to bring the ship down to Bias Bay, the when she arrived in port. Learning of milliard dollars from America in in-notorious pirate rendezvous just beyond the Captain's severe injuries the services the pira.es left the ship with a consider field, were promptly secured. Shortly able amount of loot from the cargo and afterwards Mr. F. S. James, the Com- from the Chinese passengers. The Euro-pany's Marine Superintendent, arrived pean passengers were not molested but rccompanied by Dr. W. V. M. Koch, who warned not to Interfere, and threatened with instant death if any other vessel approached the ship on the four days journey to Bias Bay
Mr. Hull moved
IL
resolution nd vocating a revision of the impors tarifs, complaining that the United States are now just where Britain can pick a turkey gobbler at Thanksgiving tirir.
He said: We may expect to be thai victimised as long as we cleare to the narrow policy of economic exclusivenes; cr isolation and high tariffs.”
message ΤΑ previous Washington stated: The House of Representatives (mmittee on Rules has favourably re ported on Mr. Tilson's resolution direct. ing the Commerce Committee to investi gate the control exercised by British Colonial Governments over the pro duction and price of rübber.]
UNITED STATES NAVY.
PEARL IMPROVEMENTS AT
HARBOUR RECOMMENDED.
onc of
WASHINGTON, December 21st, Mr. Stephens a member of the House the of Representatives, and Longressional committee visited Hawaiian Islands last summer, has
the
recommended to the House committee on naval affairs many improvements to Pearl Harbour, including the provision of berths for sixteen battleships. He has asked for the appropriation of 89,218,000, of which a million will be used to improve the channel to the sea, and se84,000 for the construction or a naval air station.
OBITUARY..
TOKYO, December 21st During the Budget debate, Baron Shide hare, replying to a question. B from Manchuria indicated that no Soviet examined the injured captain and ar- Baron Sakatani, said a consulae reports ranged that he should go into the Peak troops had yet been sent North to Hospital this morning. While his injury Manchuria. Though the Soviet's future attitude was unknown, it was not con- The vessel left Shanghai on Thursday is serious it is not considered dangerous.sidered likely that they would send troops last for Tientsin and on board were Fortunately, among the passengers was there.
CONFIDENCE OF YEN. fourteen British and 190 Chinese passen- a missionary lady (Mrs. Emmett) whe gers. The European passengers included is a trained nurse, and she gave her five ladies. On Friday, when the ship unremitting attention to the injured was about half way between Shanghai captain during the voyage, and Weihaihei, about 6.20 p.m., they were startled by hearing two revolver, shots fired.
At the time, sitting in the smoke-room, were Mrs. Walsh and Mr. Melchers, of the British American Tobacco Company, and also Mr. E. C. Webster and Mr.
who held two revolvers in his hands and
Sharp of the B.A.T. Wondering what was happening, Mr. Sharp made for the door and leaned out to look along the deck. He was thrust back by a Chinese
Mr. Sharp, with his hands pushed them roughly into Mr. Sharp's above his head, retreated into the rccm where the Chinese intimated that as long as they did not cause any trouble they would be all right.
stomach.
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On the way down to Bias Bay coat ran short and bean cake from the cargo had to be used to keep the fires going.
LADY PASSENGER'S STORY.
The
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PERING, December 21st General Yen Hsi Shan has issued a
enumusique, dated the 19th fast, claim ing that he bus repeatedly defeated Honan invaders, who are regarded as brigands, and he is pursuing them from Linochow eastwards. He expects that tranquillity will be restored in Shanghai within a few days,
AN ORDERLY RETREAT.
TOKYO, December 22nd. "A Kokusai message from Mukden enys that Chang Tso Lio's troops have retreat-
to Chulicho, Kuo's army occupying the:
in orderly fashion from Hsiamatfu The former place yesterday afternoon. Mukden troops are now preparing to destroy the railway bridges at Chuliuho if Kno's men advance any furthe
ASTONISHMENT IN TOKYO.
TOKYO, December 22nd. Foreign press comment on Japan's despatch of troops to Manchuria, while generally regarded as sympathetic, has semua hau datonished omcial circles by
'protect uon-Chincee residents ne describing the Japanese movements t cupation of Mukden."
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One of the lady passengers (Mrs.) Walsh) interviewed by a Daily Press re- presentative last night, spoke of the terrible experiences these en board had undergone. She aid that the first dinner they had on board after the ship had
memory. One long table in the saloon been seized was like a nightmare in bor was alloted to the European passengers and into the room about twelve of the pirates squatted about on the other tables, chairs and floors--all the time with their pistols in their hands. GANG OF TWENTY-FIVE.
majority of the pirates, she said, seemed From among the Chinese passengers a good natured enough, but there were Gang of about twenty-five armed with several who seemed to thirst for blood. The committee is also urged to consider pistols, knives, rifles and choppers, had The Chinese cooks prepared foga for the swarmed into the European quarters and passengers and stewards served it just construction of a naval pier at Sahad visited all the ofcers and held them as usual, she said, and all on board went Diego, Californian.
up with their revolvers. The Captainon as though nothing unusual bad hap- (fr. Mackintosh) was on the bridge at pened, the engineers working down below the time and was confronted with a under a pirate guard. The wounded In moving the Mosul motion, Mr.
Chinese who pointed his revolver at him captain was taken to his cabin. and told him he was a prisoner. The; The pirates seemed to have two or three Captain seized his assailant and the man leaders one of whom could speak English, Baldwin made a statement da British
NEW YORK, December 21st,
Ered twice, the first shot just grazing and it was he who explained to them that policy in Iraq He said that the noder-
The death is announced of the zoologist, his abdomen but the second bullet went they would not be hurt as long as no not for a definits twenty-five years but taking the Government had given was
Professor Edward Sylvester Morse.
[Professor Morse was born.in 1838, and deeply into his left side, and still re: warship came along to their rescue. It Noto of warning to the Chinese genyala,
mains there. In falling the Captain had was a terrible experience, she added, and for what he believed would be a far
nothing had ever been more welcome in shorter period; namely, until Iraq had
While some of the pirates were devother whole life than the sight of Hong acquired u stability justifying her had scientific training, partly a admission to the League of Nations. It Harvard. Eo was made a D. Sc. of Yale the misfortune to breaя is unkle. was not an undertaking to spend money in 1918. He specialised in zoology, and ing their attention to the officers on the kong.
Among the passengers on board was becaing a world authority, being a membridge, others made their way to the on or keep troops in Iraq, but to con
be of various zoological and other engine room and threatened the third Mr. G. E. Woodhead, C.B.E., editor tinue co-operation and advice in main- taining a stable system of Government. scientific societies in all parts of the engineer (Mr. Pickwood) who was on the of the Peking and Tientsin Times, who is exercising full powers of administra- If after the expiration of the Anglo-Irag world. He was Professor of Zoology in watch. He, however, cscaped through
the Imperial University, Tokyo, from the stokehole to give warning to the was returning to Tientrin from a holi- Treaty in 1928 a foreign power attacked Iraq with a view of forcibly overthrow
1877 to 1880. He was recognised as an people on the deck. Pirates tripped him day, at home. At the time the ship was reading. A Chinese steward burst in, ing the boundary fixed by the Council of the League, then the responsibility of the authority on Japanese ceramica, and was up and he was covered, like the other seized Mr. Woodhead was in his cabin appointed keeper of Japanesa pottery in officers, by a couple of men with re-
on deck and quickly crept under the bunk. League would be primary and dominant, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, involvers. The gang took full possession said breathlessly that "bad men" and our responsibility would necessarily
Mr. E. G. Webster, of Sissous Bros, depend on the then existing circumstances
of Hull, was another passenger. of world place and the general condition of the Empire..
PROFESSOR "MORSE.
1802. He made a close. study of na trenaray Professor Morse's famous col- Iretion of Oriental pottery is in the Boston Museum.}
STAGE BUDDHA.
of the ship.
OFFICERS PRAISED..
were
Mr. Debuchi, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, interviewed, considers that this can hardly be saiu to convey the true meaning and purpose of the action by Japan, who, in bringing up her garrison to the normal strength of eight thousand men, wished, in the event of hostilities near the railway zone, to check fighting within a six-mile area.
"That zone is laid down in her Grst to protect the lives and property of far- eign residents in that territory." Mr. Debuchi pointed out that while Japanese troops are now engaged on this duty with in the limits of the railway concession. at Mukden, the Chinese Civil Governor
tion over general affairs in the city a province.
SOVIET AND CHINA.
3.CHICHERIN EXPLAINS RUSSIAN ATTITUDE.
BERLIN, December 23. In the course of an interview, M. that the Soviet Chicherin declared attitude towards China was friendly and correct, although he did not hide the whose programme to fact that its gympathic were with the create a free, independent and modernis
comed by Russia.” ed federal Chinese Republic was w
MR. MACLEAN'S TACTICS.
LATER. Fellowing Mr. Clynes, protest the Hoone of Commons considered 142 Lords' Amendments to the rating Bill, and the Labour Member, Mr. Neil MacLean said he would speak on very acadment and en every one of the five Bills down for
. THE TURKISH INTERESTS. -day, challenging a division on each ccasion and so kerp the House engageu
In the course of the subsequent debate that he till eleven o'clock to-morrow morning Commander Kenworthy Baid the time fixed for the prorogation. Mr understood that the Turks were prepar Maclean did not think that the fraged to submit to the following terms, on
which he urged the Government to MR. MATHESON LANG ENJOINED
Kuomintang, TO TREAT IT WITH RESPECT, debate would be reached to-day at all.
Subsequently a motion was carried,
regotiate; namely, that Iraq should have adjourning the discussion on the Rating that part of the csul Vilayet necessary Bill and other Bills until to-morrow.
for irrigation purposes, that a domili- LATZR.
tarised zone should be established on either side of the frontier and Irng." The Turks would guarantee the perpetual independence of Iraq and come to terms with Britain with regard to the exploita tion of oil, and the proposed exchange of the christian population for Kurds and Turks left in the mandated territory. The Turks neked, in exchange, that part of Mosul inhabited by a majority of Kurds and Turks, including the city of
Labour members walked out of the House as a protest against Mr. Bald wid's refusal to permit the Iraq Ques
a motion for tion to be discussed on the adjournment, without involving a division,
"The Labour members' departure from thouse of Commons was followed by a further vain attempt by the Labourites to induce the Premier to alter his position.
BRITAIN'S POLICY OUTLINED.. In the course of his speech in the Mosul debate, Mr. Stanies. Baldwin, declared that the Government was only too aaxions for Iraq to live in relations of neighbourly amity and co-operation with Turkey. He was inviting the Turkish Ambassader to meet him to morrow nail pursue the question of trying to find ways and means, consistent with Britain's obligations to Iraq, of arriving at an agreement which would" provide, on the basis of the League's recognition of Iraq, just claims to her territory, the superstructure of a mutual and binding settlement (Choers.) The support of the united country was necessary to this end and he appealed for the cessation of the vehement agitation. which consistently misrepresented the Government policy and which was calcu- lated outside Britain to create doubt with regard to the Government's resolution to honour it obligations and the sincerity of ita desiro, for peace.
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Mosul.
At this moment, says a recent London рарет, the god of superstition which governs all things theatrical is paying its duction of The Chinese Bungalow," attention to Mr. Matheson Lang's pro- due at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith, for a short season. In this case the gou
Buddha. takes the form of a magnificent bronze
settee, in
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PASSENGERS THREATENED. They rapidly ransacked the ship and soon equipped themselves with the ship's arms. They informed all on board that if they did as they were told they Mr. Webstor, in an interview, praised would not be hurt at all. Then they the wonderful courage shown by the made the officers pat the ship about and officers of the vessel and the fine example told them to proceed to Bias Bay. After they set. All of them, he said, showed some little time, the passengers were in wonderful coolness during their trying formed by the pirates, who were all experience. They never lost their nerve, Hakka aien, that "Any warship come, they never lost their tempers and they we makee die; but we make kill every never lost their unfailing good humour. "With this threat hanging over They were brave men, he added, true one."
The Europeans were not at all molested British merchant seamer." The ladies, or interfered with during the trip, but too, in their terrible ordeal, show- them, the passengers came down the coast. Brifishers, and the nest type of the the pirates ransacked and looted the ed splendid courage. They kept a stiff belongings of the Chinese passengers. It upper lip at times when things looked was a very unpleasant experience for the very black.
When the ship was ecized, Mr. Sharp, PAAAengers to have walking about the It is a real Baddha arnt to me by the vessel everywhere numbers of the pirates who happened to have 3100 gold on his brother of my business manager, who has who kept toying with their weapons.
person, slipped it under the cushion of
the saloon,
which The pirates came abbard the vessel as large properties in China," said Mr. Matheson Lag to a newspaper repre-passengers at Shanghai, but, as we have pirates sat times out of number, for they sentative. In sending wrote: said, they were Hakkas, from the vicinity took up their stations all over the ship.
This Buddha is a Guadama Buddha of Canton. They were unable to speak. All Chinese passengers were kept in and has considerable value. Please the Northern dialect.
their quarters by the pirates, who note, however, that I am lending it to
thoroughly frightened them with their INCIDENT OF. A "PASSING SHIP..
pistols while they deprived them of their Mr. Lang on condition that it is treated with every consideration, To Though several ships passed the Tung valuables. foolish people sit may mean nothing, Chow on the way down none had been
PIRATES CUMSHAW THE- CREW. yet to over 500 million human beings very close, but yesterday morning those
Before the pirates left the ship they it has as deep a meaning as any other on board experienced the most trying religious image, either Christian or ordeal of all. Another B. & S. ship ap- prezented $300 of their ill-gotten gains Pagan. To lead it for use on the stage proached and passed quite near. Immedi-to the crew. does not degrade it. On the contrary, ately the pirates threatened the officers I trust that the sight of the image wil with what would happen if any com munication was made with the approach iboir cause people to meditate on actions in this life to their benost in ing vessel to excite suspicion that all was not well on board the Tung Chou. On the next."
the bridge was the Chief Officer (Mr. Thin, continued Mr. Lung, "from a Nishet) closely watched by several pirates hardheaded business man illustrates how with their weapons trained on his body. the religions of the East affect those who All the other, oficers and the passengers BERLIN, December 21st. live there In accordance with his wishes were similarly watched by others of the In the course of an interview, M.I have had the Buddha mounted on an gang. The passing vessel dipped her flag Chicherin supported the Turkish stand-altar such ad one finds in the main room and the Tung Chow responded by run- point vis-à-vis the Mosul decision and of every Chinese house. The image ar ning up the B. & 8. fing and dipping her stressed the dangers likely to arise, Herived with a red handkerchief covering Bag also. All were relieved when the hoped that other Governments would use the eyes, so whenever it is not used on vessel had passed and with it the danger their influence to bring Britain to a the stage I personally replace that same with which the pirates bad threatened
handkerchief.: more canciliatory attitude.
Mr. Amery, replying to the debate declared that he was convinced that Iraq would not only pay its way during the next few years but atendily shoulder the burdens we were carrying for her. He emphasised the Government's readinces to negotiate with Turkey for any adjustments which would make the settlement easier for Turkey...
LATER. The House of Commons carried Mr. Baldwin's Mosul motion by 239 to 4...
The announcement of the figures of the division-were greeted by loud Ministerial laughter. The minority was composed of Liberals. The Labour members were absent throughout the debate.
SOVIET SUPPORTS TURKEY.
thei
PREVIOUS SIMILAR PIRACIES.
identical Previous piracies of an character on steamers in Chinese waters within easy memory are:-
The China Merchants 5.8. Kwangles,
December, 1991;' The Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co.'s 8.8 Sui All
November, 1922.
The China Merchante s.8. Tai Shun,
May, 1923. *: The China Merchants .. Hsin Chong,
September, 1923
The British steamer San Ning, October,
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JAPAN AND GOLD.
PREMATURE YET TO LIFT EMBARGO ON EXPORT.
TOKYO, December 21 This evening's newspaper's report that during to-day's Budget debate the Finance Minister stated that the Govarn- nent considered it still premature to lift the gold export embargo.
The Hongkong-Swatow steamer Hy drangea (an ex-British warship), January, 1921.
The Hongkong-Kongmoon steamer Tat
Lee, January, 1024. The Chinese steamer fing Shin, c
Wenchow, October, 1924 Piratical attacks on entier chips during the past three or four years in Chinese waters not very remote from Hongkong. would make a formidable list.
THE PIRATES' NEST AT BIAS BAY.
Bias Bay has been a notorious rendez Vous of the pirates who engage in enter priscs like the one now reported. Several of the looted ships in the foregoing list, were taken there in just the same way that the Tung Chow was brought there, Chinese authorities were persuaded a Under constant British pressure, the ear ago to take drastic action against this pirates' nest; but it in evident that the pirstes have not been pervanently, driven from the place.