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IT NEVER VARIES!
SOLE AGENTS: --
it is impossible to determine. Nor TO-DAY'S THE DAY. is it necessary to spend much time
upon the consideration of that ↑ To-DAY, according to authorities on aspect of the problem. The history.the subject of the Pyramid Pro- of the past few years leads inevit-
ably to the conviction that the phesy, something will happen which troubles in China will never be will mark the day for ever in the
B. & S. STEAMER PIRATED. (CONTINUED, FROM PAGE 3.) -EXPERIENCES OF-THE-.
SECOND MATE.
Mr. Forster, the second officer of this ill-fated vessel, was too tired to give his own experience to our
INTERVIEW.WITH_SECOND_ ENGINEER.
settled by force of arms. If we history of the world-something representative and he left the tell-in company with Mrs. Goldie who
have to wait for peace until one
ing of it to Mr. Thompson. After learning what he had been through,
rest.
army, or group of armies has terrible, but not necessarily of thoroughly suppressed all opposi apparent significance to the un-one could not gradge him a little tion and has been accepted as the initiated. In fact, the prophets ruling authority in the country we guard themselves with considerable
skill.
ahall have to wait many a long day yet. Chinese generals possess in such marked degree the ability to
The sign, which is to involve, appear on the scene again and again | sooner or later, the whole world after the most devastating defeats in conflict so that all mankind
that it would be foolish to base
Mr. Forster, it appeared, was in
his cabin when a pirate knocked at
his door at 4.15. He opened and found himself face to face with a pistol. He nevertheless kicked the pirate who tried to hold him up and succeeded in knocking the
MR. D. S. GOLDIE.
The Second Engineer, Mr. D. S. Goldie,, was seen leaving the ship
had come to meet him, and very. kindly gave a few interesting facts to the Daily Press reporter. He was in a hurry to get home, and could not say very much. He was down in the engine-room at the time, and a little after right bells in the morning watch, when he was due to be relieved he came on deck, only to be confronted by a pirate with a revolver. Resistance was useless. He was taken to the thess
hopes of a unified China upon their (or those that are left alive) will got out of his cabin and ran round volver, spoke Chinese and later
an
Just at the same weapon away. time another pirate fired at him and missed him. Mr. Forster then the saloon deck and eluded his pursuers. He went to the poop deck where he woke up. Mr. Thomp- son.
where he found his follow officers in the same predicament. The pirate who covered him with the re- made sighs which Goldie finally gradual elimination and the dis-rise up and say "There shall be
understood meant that he wanted his revolver. The pirate ransacked persal of the factions of which they no more war, may come by air,
the cabin and found it. He also My Brother Bhot." are, the nominal heads.
land, or water, as
helped himself to other articles in "Act of
The two pirates who were pur- the cabin. Later Mr. Goldie was God" or as an uprising of a band-suing Mr. Forster thought he had sent down to the engine room with ful of men. The sign need not of after him.
gone up to the bridge and they went the other engineers, and saw littlo On reaching the top of what happened after that How- eung of the ladder, they saw the
ever, he remarked that the Second outline of a man and thinking that Officer (Mr. J. G. Forster) was it was the runaway officer, the two rather lucky. He was shot at on pirates fired. One shot
several occasions by the pirates, but through the heart of the man who fortunately all the shots went wide. The robbers thinking that Mr. Goldie said that he met the pirate chief who spoke excellent "English.
Political quarrels and the group ing and regrouping of parties which such quarrels entail are prod ably far more important in their necessity be followed immediately results that actual warfare ia by aq, outbreak of hostilities, There- China today. The issue which, fore, there is little reason why, when after all. is one for the allocation the next war breaks out, the British they have killed Mr. Forster, then
of spheres of influence and the division of spoils will ultimately be settled by compromise and, in our opinion, the sign of a breaking up in Nationalist "unity" as repre- sented by the fighting between the troops of rival generals at Wuchang
Israelities who have made them-
"sign" by which it was heralded. It
fell.
left the bridge.
went
"
HOW THE "YUENG SHING "
FOUND OUT. · ·
Second Officer P. F. Shaw, of the
After the snip bad got underway, the pirate chier went on the bridge selves the sponsors of the pyramids, and on turning the dead maa round, found that his own men had should not be able to lay a trium-shot his brother."Oh my brother, phant finger on the particular they have killed," he said, and Tueng Shing said that their launch Bung his gun into the water. was at anchor in Samun Bay just When the officers later saw a off Bias Bay, when the signalman coffin being ordered by the piratee, at the Signal Station on shore iz it then dawned on them that the formed "them that the && l'ean was coffin was for the dead bandit. heading "toward's Bias Bay in a This incident set the pirates suspicious manner. They imme were taking him ashore Bias action, and pursued the .. Tran against Mr. Forster and when they diately weighed anchor, cleared for Boy, they told him that they would to Bins Bay. On drawing close to shoot him, and as a preliminary the Tean they noticed that H.M.S. punishment, the robbers made Mr. Somme was there at anchor. The Forster do the rowing,
is more significant than the news is easy for them to say now that from the actual war front. The the Great War and all its outstand-
Nationalist group at the moment ing features were recorded by the comprises the Christian General, heaven-directed builders of the the Shansi tapan, and the Nanking pyramids; if the pyramidophiles had been fortunate enough to decipher'
committee itself enbracing both the followers of CHIANG RAI EBEK and
the followers of the Kwangsi mili
tarists.
forting that, according to
the
and publish these records before The Kwangsi militarists 1014 we should have more faith in dominate Kwangtung, Kwangsi, their theories. It is however com Hunan and Hupeh, the chief leaders being Marshal L Tai Ein and General WONG SHID HUNG in Pyramids, the issue of the conflict Kwangtung and Kwangai and will find the British Empire stronger General LI CHUNG JEN and Per and more glorious than it has ever Cacao Esi in 'Hunan and Hupch, been, and that the world will settle down to 200 years of peace and General Pr Catro HsI is away on the Northern expedition and during happiness. The combination of the his absence.. the forces of General British Israelities and the British ✡ little LI CHUNG JEN came to blows with Empire, however, seems those of General CHER CHIEF & sub-suspicious. ordinate general controlling part of Hunan. It was at first report ed that CHEN CHIs, who by the way is the officer saddled with the direct responsibility for the out- MET Hutrages at Nanking, had been execut
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On looking round they saw that they were pursued. This put the pirates in a Burry and in their the two boats against some rocks haste to get ahore they smashed
on the beach.
..
Tean suddenly swung right around, and headed for a little cove be tween Bluff Point and Lok Sui Point. There she stopped and as acveral shots across the bows of the the Yueng Shing came up they fred pirnted ship. The pirates lowered two lifeboats and made for shore. Mr. Forster's Lucky Escape.
The Yueng Shing then came along Just on the beach a pirate turned side the Pean and took coarbrol of round and fired point blank at Mr. her. Meanwhile two armed parties Forster, Luckily the ouilet mis-under Capt. W. H. Poole and Mr. fired. Mr. Forster then ran toward Shaw were landed and pursued the & boulder, but from another boul-pirates. It was rough at the time der, come forty or fifty feet away, ❘ and one of the stolen life-boats was another pirate opened fire at him. smashed while being beached. A Mr. Forster at once dropped suitcase, which contained, the loot into the water as if he had been sank with the boat but was Inter shot, but to the pirates surprise salvaged. The pirates herded their and anger, Mr. Foreter struck out captives ashore, and tried to escape soon as he inland. One of the passengers was toward his ship ns touched the water. The pirates unable too keep up with them and sent a fusilade after him, but all be was pushed over a cliff, and fell the shots went wide. Mr. Forster to the bottom, a distance of 300 fent. was then picked up by the pursuit. He was found later by Mr. Shaw party from the Yueng Shing. He and taken back to the 1.1. Team. returned to be ship with ugly Meanwhile the pirates were pursued and shots were exchanged. The pirates saw that they were being overtaken and left their prisoners and Bed, dispersing in all direc- tidas. Most of the loot was recover- ed and the passengers and officers were taken back to the ship. The
bruises on his knees and body.
The most extraordinary thing about the whole affair is the appeal it has made to the minds of other wise reasonable people. Large
The Humorous Side Of A Tragedy. sums of money have been raised at Home for the purpose of spreading
Laughingly, Mr. Thompson told our representative that the piracy the prophesy, and business houses and the tragedy that following in here are complaining that trade its wake were not without a touch as. Fueng Shing then accompanied
of humour. There were many the as. Tean to Hong Kong, has fallen off during this month in deck passengers sitting over a hatch. a fashion only explicable by a you know, and these people began SUPERINTENDENT OF CHI- to secrete the few dollars they had general feeling of unreat.
"NESE CUSTOMS. with them. They had nowhere to June 1st dawns and nothing bas hide the money, so they dropped Among the passengers aboard the
it into the hold through the crevices 4. Tean, who were taken ashore.
probably make their deferred pur-left, these men and women refused, Foo, Superintendent of Chinese chases, unless, of course, the local to budge. They claimed that any Customs at Hoihow. He was accom- money found under the position in panied by a friend at the time, prophets can discover some qecur- which they were sitting belonged i who WBS also taken prisoner. IPES. view of China as a whole who gains rence to-day which they can reason ably claim as the promised sign,"
it demonstrates the difficulty of maintaining a federation of the
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PEKING AND THE
PROVINCES.
control of Peking. The controller, whoever he may be, will have to be fighting constantly to maintain his position or come to some arrange ment under which the rulers of the different provinces are given a very considerable measure of autonomy. Tax cables from Peking announce It would be just as easy to make important successes by the Northern those arrangements now as twelve troops on the Peking-Hankow Rail- months hrace. way. It is difficult to decide how far reaching these "victories" may
Some men
be, or whether there have been A small fire broke out on the victories in the military sense at all.premises of the Dairy Farm in are born great, some Wyndham Street, at 2.15 yesterday achieve greatness and some have afternoon. The outbreak was soon greatness thrust upon them. The under control and little damage lenders in the Chinese civil war we
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WEATHER REPORT.
to them. To pacify them the hatch These two gentlemen were rescued was opened and in the hold several by the party under Mr. F. F. Shaw.
The Loot.
dollars were found. This money was all discoloured as well as the paint work. There was awful small in the hold and it was evident that KING'S BIRTHDAY PARADE. the pirates bad fumigated the holds with some sort of acid so as to smoke out anyone who might have been hiding them,
REHEARSALS BY PUNJABIS AND MASSED BANDS.
The pirates were not very satis fied with the loot they made. It is estimated that the robbers total haul was something about 819,000, of which 84,000 was in cash. The balance was made up of jewellery and clothing. When they were Where Is The General?
chased by the pursuit party from There was a Chinese general, Mr. the Tueng Shing the pirates drop- Thompson said, travelling as a ped a suitcase containing 83,000 -
After the which has been recovered.. first class passenger. A rehearsal for the King's birth- pirates had taken control of the
The European Passengers. day celebrations was held on the ship, this general stood outside his
Among the three European pas Marina ground, Kowloon, yester cabin to see what the commotion
was all about. Two pirates went sengers were Mr. and Mrs, Drum
mond Mr. Drummond is connect- day forenoon when about 400 men into the general's cabin and ran- representing four companies of the sacked it. They found a medaled with the A.P.C. at Hoihow and pinned on a coat which the general was coming to Hong Kong with 3/15th Funjab Regiment were on was wearing. They at once turned his wife. It is understood that Mr. parade. The Band of the Punjabis round to the general and asked him Drummond had been through a
"Where is the general?"
piracy ordeal previously. He was general, oh I will take you to him asleep last night and as our repre said the proper general, and he took sentative was told that he and his the two pirates for a walk around fe also have had a very trying the ship. When he came to a dark time, he was not disturbed. earner, he "successfully eluded the two robbers and went away to hide himself.
was also present.
Movements in various formations were carried out by the troops," Jeu de joie was fired and "cheers were given.
+
The Marine ground. is also the scene of practices by the Maesed Bande which will take part in the celebrations. The four Bands of the Regimental units in the Colony, namely, the 2nd Batta. Boots
A Braggart Pirate,
Beveral Suspects Detained. It is understood that several men were detained by the. Police on suspicion.
He is supposed to have thrown overboard about $5,000 in notes which he was alleged to have had
THE VESSEL. is demanded, the cables are busily The weather report, forecast and
on his person. He then hid himself
The .. Zean, is one of the China. occupied for a few hours and re-remarks, sued by the Royal Ob
in the coal hold, from which the Navigation Steamers, and has for was taken in a semi-conscious con-years plyed between Haiphong, ports of that victory are flashed servatory at 6 p.m. yesterday,
dition when all was again quiet. Hoihow and Hong Kong. At the to the ends of the earth. It is a stated
time she was carrying a cargo of simple and comparatively inexpen- The anti-cyclone remains central Guards, 2nd Batta. KO.8.B's, let boastfully told Mr. Thompson that The local Agents of the vessel are One of the pirates in this band cattle and general merchandise, sive method of waging war, and over N.E. Japan. The Peking de- Battn, Queen's Royal Regt., 3/18 he had taken part in several Messra Butterfeld & Swire She leads to a considerable amount of pression has deepened and the Punjab Regt, take part in these piracies. He mentioned the Sunning is commanded by Captain E. H and the Hong Peng, and from a Histed with Mr. J. Roberts as confusion among those who are Hainan depression is unchanged. practices in the mornings under the description given by Mr. Thomp Chief Engineer. Other officers are: endeavouring to follow events from
Local Forecast:-E. winds, mode direction of Bandmaster Fits Earle sop, the man appeared to resemble Chief Officer, Mr. A Mills; ad the pirate arrested in connection Officer, J. G. Forater: 2nd En- a distance, but how far the general rate, generally overcast, some of the King's Own Scottish Bor with the Sunning affair but even- gincer, D. 8. Goldies End
3rd situation is affected by such strategy" raia,
derers.
tually discharged
Engineer, Mr. J. J. Thompson.