THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 14th, 1928.
INDIAN RAIL STRIKE,
MISS MAYO AND CHILD BRIDES.
MOTOR BANDIT HUNT.
FIRING ON RIOTERS.
WHY SHE WROTE HER BOOK.
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CALCUTTA, May 1971.
With reference to the conflicting reports published abroad regarding the findings of the District Magis- trate it may be stated that District Magistrate Guru Dutt who was an Indian Civil servant before his ap pointment as Magistrate and le now an officially nominated legislator in Bengal, heard the case and rejected
the strikers petition, but,
No
SAPPING OF INDIA'S STRENGTH,
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book in recent years has made OFFICERS INJURED IN FIGHT, such a stir a Mother India," by Miss Katherine Mayo, who is on. American. The book has its devoted admirers and its bitter critics, owing to Miss Mayo's appalling presentation of the conditions relating to child mar- ringes in India as
ToxaRIDGE, Sunday, April 8th. The theft of a motor-car at Feck. ham, S. E., last night had a drama- tie sequel to-day.
It involved the theft of thres
cabled, incidentally censured Cape Miss Mayo has reiterated to the other cars, cross-country chase.
Christie, who appeared as a witness but was not among the accused.
RESCUING THE “BREMEN.
U.S. ARMY PLANES DESPATCHED.
{REUTER'S, AMERICAN SERTUR]
WASHINGTON, May, 19th. The Secretary for War, Mr. Davis, has ordered two amphibian Army 'planes to proceed to Greenly Island with a view to bringing back the trans-Atlantic plane Bremen to civilisation.
LONG RANGE TELEPHONE.
LONDON TO JAVA...
CLEAR AS A LOCAL CALL.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,)
LONDON, May 11th.
One of the longest calls in the history of telephony was made yesterday morning, when Mr. Lag I. S. Amery, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, spoke from his room in the House of Commons
with Mr. W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore,
Lady Ormsby Gore, who was with Mr. Amery, also spoke to her
·
Berlin Correspondent of The Daily Mail her view that she felt it to be her duty to write the book an opinion which may evake rejoinders from those who do not agree with her.
PLAIN SPEAKING,
by police and civilians from Ton- bridge to Scotch Green, near Hil- denborough (three miles), and 'an- other pursuit from Hildenborough to Sevenoaks (about seven miles), As a result are.men have been de
"I CAME UP AGAINST THINGStained, three, of them after a WHICH WERE TERRIBLE." struggle at Scotch Green and the others after a struggle at Seven- oaks.
Miss Mayo is a cheerful-looking. woman and, although not young, has roses in her cheeks which a girl might envy, and in her blue-eyes a light of youthful happiness.
When I got to India," Miss Mayo told me."I came up against suffering of animals and the misery things which were so terrible-the and degradation of child-marriages -that I had to ask myself whether it was not my duty to speak out. I saw that if I did so I should have to speak plainly, and that I should have to deal with matters from which one naturally shrinks; but I realised that it was a duty to India and also a duty to the United States to speak."
States?" I asked.
And why a duty to the United
Americans Are Early Swayed." United States," she said, " and find Young Indians come to the the Under-Secretary, in Java.
The call was sent by wireless to it a profitable business to give Holland, where it was picked up dreamy lectures on the mystical and carried by an ordinary line to soul of India and the shock to the London:
sensitive mind of a people, in tune with nature, of contact with the cold materialism of the British. It was accessary to give my fellow countrymen, who are influenced by these men, a measuring-red with etatements. Americans are easily bearing Indians talk: Well, I'm for swayed and have said to me after the under-dog.".
husband, and enid his voice was as clear as a local call in London.
After the car had been stolen at Peckham the police were notified over a wide area and early this morning five men were seen in it driving in the direction of Hast- from Tonbridge, the car akidded ings. At Flimwell, a few miles and ran into a ditch.
The occupants left it and walked to Brenchley, where they took two property of . T. A. Wimshurst. cars from Tibbs Court Farmi, the In these they continued their jour-
y in the direction of Hastings, but apparently they doubled back in their tracks and abandoned one of Mr. Wimshurst'a cara.
When passing through Flimwell again they had trouble with the other, which had been left unattend which was also abandoned, but an second of Mr. Wimshurst's cars,
ed outside Flimwell church whils the munion, was seized and in this the WAS at early "Com-
men drove towards London.
Owner
stolen ears and reached the Ton- By this time a description of the bridge police and constables were stationed at various points. 8.30 two constables made an attempt
At
| FLIGHT TO NORTH POLE which to estimate the value of such at the junction of Shipbourne and
FIRST ATTEMPT ABANDONED
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Osco, May 11th." The airship Italia,, which reached Spitzbergen on Monday, has depart "ed for the North Polë.
LATER.
"If you are looking on from an inmense distance," said Miss Mayo the top-dog and which is the under- briskly, "you cannot see which is dog, and the dog which you stroke when it runs up whining after the fight may be the top-dog; In India woman is the under dog."
London roads to stop a car which their signals were ignored and they they thought had been stolen, but had to jump aside.
stables into his car and went in A passing motorist took the con-
Scotch Green, hurrying, across a pursuit. Five men were seen at Geid. The car had been abandoned. A sharp struggle followed and both P., Daniels and P.C. Gosling were seriously injured. Their attackers
The Italia has returned to King's Bay, Spitzbergen, having merely made a reconnaissance fight.
Miss Mayo is one of those rare A further message
people whose voices unconsciously escaped. says the Italia returned owing to thick fog facts they state..
tell one what they feel about the over the icefield making it useless to continue the flight.
It was her voice which showed her pity when she spoke of the fate of the Hindu girl, who may be only 'PLANES FIGHT LOCUSTS.nine when the is sent to a boy-hus-
MACHINES FORCED DOWN.
(TERO OH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
band or to a husband of forty, and who becomes a mother when she is a child. Believe me, she loves these people, whatever they may say against her.
Civilian Aid,
The constables were brought to Tonbridge Hospital and the chase was taken up by Supt. Bennett and Det.-Sergt. Robertson who after a severe struggle, in which civilian aid was given, captured three men.
The police continued to scour the countryside, and eventually news was received that two men had been seen making for Sevenoaks.
BASRA, May 11th.
My back is broad enough for Det-Sergt. Robertson and Det.-1 The Air Force base at Howeit, the brick-bats," she said, laughing, Constable Richdale took up the "originally established to defend | when we spoke of the attacks which hunt, with the assistance of Mr. the city against Wahabi raiders, have been made on her in India. Williams, a garage owner,-and-two bas just been engaging a HOW- Sapping India's-Strength men were stopped at the top of caemy-in-the shape of clouds of
River Hill, near Sevenoaks, and "You cannot stop this system of locust
alter child-marriage, which is sapping brought to Tambridge police station. a sharp encounter were the strength of India, merely by The five men, who are believed to is consecrated by ancient customs detained there.
she said, because it have come from London, are now legialation, and religion."
Aeroplanes were sent up to try and scatter them, but some of the machines were forced down owing to the locusts blocking up the radiators, etc.
Locusts have also invaded Bouth Irak, but the damage to the young date crop does not exceed six per
cant.
· DONETZ CHARGES.
GERMÁN FIRMS' DEÑIAL,
(THROUGH BEUTKE'S AGENCY.]
understood by the reply which, Miss How deep it is rooted may be Mayo told me, a Brahmin gave when she asked him what he would do with a daughter whom he had not married to a husband at the age of puberty. "I should have to send her to a desert place, where there was nobody to succour her and whero she would die," he said.
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BERLIN, MAY 11th.· ́ A message from Moscow states What is the remedy" I asked, that twenty-eight of thoes arrested “I don't know,'' said Miss Mayo in the Donetz mines affair, includ despondently, and then, as if she ing the entire staff of the Kokso felt that despondency meant lack of Bendol Trust, are accused of con-faith's spiring with counter-revolutionary India wants men like Francis Ukrainians to destroy chemical. Xavier, who do not care a straw enterprises in Ukraina.
BERLIN, May 11th -Siemens-Werke and other firms bare issued a statement denying that they or their affiliated con cerns have bribed Russian officials or employees, or plotted to put out of action any machinery,
REMEDYING UNSOUND
PRACTICES.
BIG PENALTIES FOR SENATORS.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SARVIÓN.]
WASHINGTON, May 11th.
One result of the efforts of the Senate Committee now investigat ing cotton trading, with a view, to remedying alleged unsound prac tices, has been the passage of a Bill by the Senate fixing a penalty of $15,000, or five years imprison ment, in cases where Government officers publish, or authorise for publication, predictions of cotton price
The Bill has been sent to the House of Representatives.
for their lives. And then there may be a change in public opinion. After all, it's a long time between Genesis and the Gospels. As it is there are. Indians who state openly that the present system means the physical and moral de generation of the race, and among them are men who have abused me unsparingly, bygd
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the fact that he had been hit several times he then ran forward with a stick in his hand, calling for help as he did so, -
His bold attitude made the men retire. The cashier, followed them- out of doors, and, still calling for help, pointed out the direction they
The meating decided to take no The desperate bravery of H. had taken to some workmen who One thing is clear. You have part in the ballot suggested: by the Gustave Argaillot, the 68-years-old ran up before he fell dead got a long and tremendous job in Trades Union Congress to deter caabier of a factory at Chisis, near India We Americans could not mine which of the rival organisa Faria, caused the rout of two arm had nine
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his body.
vicinity of the heart,
It was afterwards found brio bald do it. We are in too great a Lions in Nottinghamshire theed motor bandits on Saturday but of them being in the immediate hurry, but you havé patience. I admire the men who are working of joining.
majority of miners were desirous cost him his life thero Aa Englishman, standing by himself without a fellow coun- tryman to speak to, finds that w hundreds of thousands are look
mere
The bandits, in an attempt to
tempt to policeman who had rushed up
seize the £1,000 pay money of the at the sound of the firing saw the factory, drove up to the building women enter their car and drive during the lunch hour, broke down and was in time to take the number, but upon inquiry found had been stolen from
ing to him for what they need that he is doing anything fine, he the glass door leading to the pay that the his afternoon the car.
to see that lood gets to a place where there is none, to settle a dispute, to remedy this and to (Continucil at foot of next column.)
do that; and, without thinking gives himself to them and they become the centre of his thought I want to say that because you cannot say it yourselves??ng ban
office, and rushed sin Its OwROL
M.Argaillot swept the money was found abandoned in a side into the sale, slamming the door street of Montrouge, a Paris to as the criminals opened are at 'suburb.