MANCHURIA STILL"
*QUIET,
MERCHANTS LEAVING
MANCHULI.
EFFECT OF RAIDS.
(Wah. Te Tai Pao.)
PEPING, Sept. 3. In a telegram to Peping from Mukden, General Ho Chong Chun say that the Sino-Russian position
much better.
He himselt expects to. leave Mukden for Napking to report to the Central Government..
FLOOD FEARS IN
INDIA."
AN ARMY OF WORKERS CALLED OUT,
GRAVE APPREHENSION.
{THROUGH BLUTER'S AGENCY.)]
from the north to-night:
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
MARGARINE AND SOAP!
LEVER BROTHERS' NEW. MERGER.
BIG CAPITAL INVOLVED.
[Special to the "Daily Press."]
LONDON, Sept. 3.
It is officially announced that a
HELPING ON THE WORLD.
PREMIER AND NAVAL MATTERS.
THE AMERICAN TRIP.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, September 2. Addressing a gathering of journ
4, 1929.
"QUITE PREPARED
TO DIE."
|SANDÁL WOOD WORKER'S STRANGE CRIME.
NIGHT ASSAULT ON SLEEP.
İNG COMRADES.
In the early hours of August 11, the Taui Yick Guild, West Point, was the scene of a murderous attack
PLAGUE CASES.
ANOTHER SINCE LAST
REPORT:
MEASURES BY SANITARY BOARD.
At the fortnightly Sanitary Board meeting yesterday, the Pre- [sident presented a minute on the question of plague, a case of which was reported at the last meeting
PALESTINE REMAINS
QUIET.
R.A.F. DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS.
THE CASUALTY LIST.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Ruast, Sept. 2 The Colonial Office in its usual evening communique regarding
that the country to the north of Mr. Carrie said that he had no Safed is inclined to be restless, further comments to make except but in other districts, the situa that a arcond case had occurred in tion is generally quiet.
Voeux Road West,
a house next door. He went on to say that when a house was about
Yesterday, demonstration flights were carried out in strength by
HYDERABAD, Sept. 2 The prodigious efforts of over
provisional agreement was signed alists at Geneva after the opening by a Chinese on three men who were as having occurred at 33, Des the situation in Palestine, states a hundred thousand workers are being devoted to the strengthen- is quiet, and that things are getting ing of the vital points along the to-day, whereby, for the purpose of session of the League of Nations sleeping on the premises.. One of the Bund in preparation for the flood curing complete co-operation be-Assembly, Mr. MacDonald, the victims has since succumbed and tween the two organisations in British Premier, said that he hoped the alleged assailant was brought which is expected to reach Sukkur working their respective businesses, to go to America, this Autumn, but before Mr. E. W: Hamilton yester-
the ordinary share capital of Lever he could not say yet definitely whe day, on a charge of murder.
Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy, Assist It has been sweeping through Brothers, Limited, and the sharether it would be possible for him the country, following torrential In view of the frequent raids by
Limited, with whom is associated crament bad pot a majority in the and the prisoner was not legally
represented. and residents have left Manchuli authorities have again warned all N. V. Margarine Unie, will be House of Commons, and it was fac
Asked if he understood the charge from Januarying tremendously difficult national basis of equality of problems, so that it was very diff against him, the prisoner, an elder cult for the Prime Minister to bety man, replied, with a smile, "Yes, out of Great Britain when the I have made and signed my state-
ment already." House was meeting.
In regard to naval disarmament, Mr. Donald declared:-
Russian troops, many merchants ruins in the North-West and the capital of the Margarine Union. to do so. The British Labour Gov-ant Attorney General prosecuted to be disinfected it was customary British aircraft over the north and
and Hailar.
FATE OF CANTON
'PLANES.
DELAYED ARRIVAL AT
SHANGHAI,
(THOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, Sept. 3. The squadron of seven aeroplanes from Canton, due this afternoon, have not yet arrived. It is stated from Hungjao aerodrome that, tho
machines will arrive to-morrow.
It is reported from Hangehow
concerned to evacuate the dis tricts likely to be affected..
The second warning is in con- sequence of the grave apprehen sion felt regarding the barrage works at Sukkur. It is feared thhat if the level of the river at Bukkur exceeds eighteen feet, the Sukkar barrage works will be seriously endangered.
amalgamated as 1930, on a
statue.
No alteration in the method of carrying on the business of either organisation is involved in the amalgamation.
Long-Felt Want, Various methods of securing this Should anything in the nature co-operation, which will be bene- of severe damage, occur there, vastficial, not only for all classes of tracts of northern and southern shareholders in both organisations, Hyderabad, the Nara Valley and but also for the consumers, have the Fuleli and Karachi districts been under consideration for some, will probably be catastrophically time, and the present scheme is the submerged.
The hopeful factor is that the outcome. No further announce. level of the river at Bukkur, ment can be made until the work. though sixteen and a half feet
that one of the machines crashed. this morning, shows no signs of ing out already in hand-of the
but no details are" given,
DEATH OF LORD MÉRSEY.
LONG JUDICIAL CAREER.
(THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Sept. 3. The death is announced of Lord Mersey,
[The 1st Viscount Merrey (creat ed 1916) was born in Liverpool 69 Called to the Bar in years ago. 1870, he became Q.C., in 1983 and afterwards"had a notable legal and judicial career.
He was Chief Justice in Bank. ruptcy 1004-1010; President of Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice 1000-10; and later became President of the International Con- ference on Safety of Life at Sen
--1913-14,
He sat in Commons for the Exchange division of Liverpool, 1895-1897, e a Unionist.]
rising appreciably at the moment.details, is completed.
TREASON" CHARGE.
CRITICISM OF SUN YAT SEN'Ş IDEALS.
This must necessarily occupy & considerable time.
Large Share Capital.
Outlining the circumstances, Mr. Fitzroy said: "This man stands charged with the serious offence of
3.5
to warn the kaifongs and the dis-north-eastern areas of Palestine, pensary. This was done, but an- where armed bands of Arabs were fortunately in this case the dis still reported crossing the pensary, clerk was
not in. The Syrian border. work to be done was thoroughly
The proclamation by Sir John understood by the inspectors.. Chancellor the High Commis- sioner "tor Palestine, which con- demned in the strongest terms the savage attacks of the Arabs and declaring his intention of inflict-
As regards the suggestion by Mr. Wong Kwong Tin that, Ko Shing Theatre should be included in the disinfecting round, Mr.
which up to now there has been murder on the early morning of Carrie said that this building was ing stern punishment on
I believe we are going to and a way out of the problems to no solution. Conversations are still going on between General Dawes, the American Ambassador in London, and myself. We are examining every proposal which is likely to bring the conversations to a successful termination. The result of our conversations up to Saturday, when I left England, is to make us believe that the difficulties will be overcome and "that agreement will be reached."
Long Way to Go Tel The British Premier added that the
problem was Bot between America and Great Britain. If America and Great Britain came to the most magnificent agreement over their armies, naval and air forces, the problem of disarmament
LONDON, Sept. 2, Reuter learns that over £60,000,000 in share capital is involved in a provisional agreement to Becure close co-operation between Lever would only have been touch- Neither the American Presi- Brothers and the Margarine Union, ed.
[United Fress.]
Shanghai, August 30-After en- joying a considerable period of im munity because of his position as China's greatest present-day educa- tar, Dr. Hu Shih, President of the China National Institute at Woo-manufacturers, with the biggest ung, is under fire of the Shanghai European producers of margarine. District, Kuomintang.
This branch of the Nationalist Party has asked that the Govern ment deal out severe punishment to Dr. Hu because of alleged insults to the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen.
Dr. Eu is snid to have "destruc- tively criticized his (Dr. Sun's) ideology, which must be considered as treason against the Government and the people."
Boiled down, the so-called treason appears to have taken the form of several articles on the principles of the party and of the philosophy of Dr. Sun.
Among the points laid down by Dr. Hu are: That Chinese lack rights under the present form of Government, that Dr. Sun's writ
CO-OPERATION IN AMERICA.
'SPREADING TO AGRICUL- TURE.
thereby linking up the largest group dent nor he himself was cut for of West African traders and soap-an agreement which meant nothing to the rest of the world. They were both out for an agreement that meant as much to the rest of the world as to themselves. Therefore the proposal was that any naval agreement should be pursued with the other Powers, and that any thing to which Great Britain and America might agree separately be- tween themselves should be entirely provisional until the other Powers had fitted into their needs and, from Washington-Farm co-operative à conference with the other Powers organizations doing, an aggregates more comprehensive agreement annual business of approximately had been reached. 8500,000,000 are prepared to co- operate with the administration
["D.P." Special Service.]
**
August 11, this year. The crime took place in a room which is the meeting place of the Tani Vick guild of which the prisoner and the others concerned were all members. They were all connected with the sandalwood trade."
The Assistant Attorney General then described the room in which
the attack occurred and went on to say that about eighteen or twenty prople slept on the premises.
At 4 or 4.30 am. two persons
noticed as they left that the prison er was sitting up but seemed quite normal.
-Lights Before the Altar. Two lights were burning before an altar in the premises and pro- vided "dim visibility. The next
thing that happened was that at about 5.15 am. one of the members siceping
од the premises *KA awakened.by someone trying to cut his throat. This man managed to jump away, but not before he was cut on the chin and throat. The assailant then set on another sleeper, who was also injured, but managed to get out into the street and raise the alarm.
those
long way from the actual area found guilty of acts of violence, infected by rats, and in the was distributed over the Jerusa- opinion of the M.O.H. it was un- lem area by aircraft. necessary to include it. It had
The following are the total also been suggested that an an
casualties recorded in Palestine nouncement should be made at a from the commencement of the Board meeting Bo as to avoid troubles until August 31:- undue alarm, but Mr. Carrie thought this was unnecessary as the information was given to the Press, .Consular Bodies, etc., with- out delay,
Mr. Wong Kwong Tin said that in his opinion a telephone messago to the dispensary was not enough.
In such cases it would be better to send a written message.
Mr. Carrie said that it was austomary to inform the dispens ary by telephone. He would, how ever, look into the matter again, and if any change in the matter
was desirable he would discuss it with Mr. Wong Kwong Tin,
Moslems Jews ........ Christians
Killed.
Wounded, In Hospital,
Moslems
Jows ***** Christians
Aga Khan's Appeal.
83
109..
199
183
10
LONDON, Sept. 3. H. H. Aga Khan, as President of the British Red Crescent Society, has issued an appeal to Moslems for funds for the relief of destitute Moslems in Palestine.
#
The Rat Return for the weeks GERMAN STUDENT · KILLED ending August 17 and 24 showed
IN DUEL. were there.
four infected rats, three from the house where the
plague case occurred and one else
where.
SENTENCE ON ADVERSARY.
Berlin. A Jena Court has re- cently sentenced a student who killed another in a Bestimmungje- The prison authorities were ask-menaur (the fixed duel which fresh German corps-students must fight). to six months' imprisonment in a fortress. The Court acquitted the accused of any homicidal inten tions but found that the sword used "He is was to be regarded as a lethal
weapon."
The first of the two men, who were attacked noticed that another person had already been wounded with a chopper and was supporting himself against a table. The alarmed to observe the prisoner's mental having been raised the other man condition, but they found nothing in the room got up and the prison- er was overcome by members and ong with him and there was no his chopper wrested from him. insanity as far as they could say. Two district watchmen and There is nothing wrong with Indian constable arrived on the him" said Mr. Fitzroy." sceite and the whole party, includ tukon to the Police Station.
The chopper, said Mr. Fitzroy, belonged to the guild, and was probably taken from the kitchen,
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inga drew upon examples with which in its farm relief programme, itd that the Labour Party hating those who were injured were apparently normal and it is rather
TRADES UNION CONGRESS. he had had no experience while neglecting matters on which he had first-hand information, and the idea of tutelage of the people is
MR. COOK'S PROPOSAL REJECTED.
(THROUGH REETER'S AGENQY.]
LONDON, Sept. 3.
The Trades Union Congress at Belfast has rejected a motion by the Miners' Secretary, Mr. A. J. Cock, in favour of the appointment of a committee to deal with the organi sation of the principal industries on the basis of a single union for each industry.
MR. COOLIDGE'S INCOME.
was learned recently at the De- partment of Agriculture.
a sad case."
"
Labour Party's Pledge. Beuter adds that Mr. MacDonald
pledged itself to support the. Co-operative farm organizations optional clause in The Hague wrong because the way to learn in all parts of the country are now Statute, under which the binding and there was nothing to show that in charge of the Gaol and Mortuary
handling farm producte on an ex. signatories would submit to arbitra- the crime was premeditated. The said that he held a post mortem on deadly, the provisions of the Penal large tensive scale with profit to farmers tion in legal disputies concerning assumption of the Crown was that the deceased on August 11 and!
DADual
More than 150
Are now
business" of
democracy is to let people practice. democracy.
Dr. Hu commands F nudience among both Chinese and and themselves. foreigners. He writes in Chinese and in English. Observers believe farmers' co-operatives that similar outapokenness on the doing an part of a man less renowned would: $1,000,000, and two have passed the long since have provoked attacks by the Kuomintang district argani 380,000,000 mark and five or six sations, if not by the Government. have an annual business of about
The present trouble is said to
$50,000,000 each, the Department have one root in recent criticisms
said. In addition there are many by Dr. Hu of the appointment of nilegedly inadequately qualified pro- smaller co-operatives. vincial and district Commissioners of Education, for political reasons. Both appointees and appointers have been angered. *„
DEATH OF MR. S. K. MOOSA.
A WELL-KNOWN INDIAN RESIDENT,
the interpretation of the treaties on questions of international law.
"We feel so keenly that Great Britain's signature is essential if general arbitration is to be the habit of the peoples of Europe, that we have decided that the optional clause be signed."
:
U.S. Trip Not Abandoned.
Remarkable Development.
GENEVA, Later. Mr. MacDonald's statement that Success of the administration farm programme was declared by he was unable to say whether it was Secretary Hyde in a recent ad possible for him to go to the United
co-operatives determines the at-
Dr. Cannon's Evidence, Dr. A. Cannon, medical officer
A few years ago a Heidelberg Court found that students' duels were entirely without danger, and that as the weapons used were not
chop
Code were not infringed.
Although duelling between offi- cers has died out since the Rei- 'chswehr succeeded the old Imperi- al Army, the student duels still flourish in the, universities.
A year or two ago an official
the Roman Catholic Church which condemned any and every kind of duel, including the Menaur, and pointed out, that the Church's penalty for participation extended to excommunicaion.
the prisoner got into the mood to do what he did and did it."
found that the cause of death was At the Police Station the prisona" cut throat" and the secondary cause asphyxin due to blood enter- made a long statement which Mr. Fitzroy dealt with later. He mentioned that the wounded mening the air passage.. There was no were all sent to the Government evidence of organic disease. Civil Hospital, but on the way one
The wound at the throat was
The Nationalist Freus Zeitusy of them died.
about five inches long and from the calls the sentence in the case refer Guild's Queer Finances.
fact that the arteries were not cut red to above an incredible "one, by which it means that it considers Regarding the statement of the witness assumed that it was done it to be incredibly severe: The prisoner, Mr. Fitzroy said certain by a bluntish" instrument by Roman Catholic Germania takes people were brought into the guild which term witness meant that the the opposite view, and regrets that from outside and the prisoner had wound was not caused by a razor
the present state of the law does resented this There was also a cr anything approaching that de
not permit of the complete sup- grievance about outstanding acgree of sharpness.
pression of the Mentur. In answer to Mr. Fitzroy, wit counts. Apparently all outstand- SOME DISCLOSURES.
dress to depend primarily upon States in the Autumn, is interpreted 18 accounts due from members to ness gave it as his opinion that the statement was made on behalf of [HEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE. Į
the co-operation given the Feder-in some quarters as foreshadowing the guild had to be paid by the end fatal wound was
a possible abandonment of the visit of the current month, otherwise the wound but had been inflicted with a amount would be doubled and rosaw-like motion. He was quite ad Farm Board by the co-operative Interviewed by Reuter on this doubled next month, and when 830 satisfied that the wound was not WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 Considerable interest is attached
was reached the member would be self-inflicted. groups. In the aggregate, the in-point, Mr. MacDonald declared quence wielded by he large scale emphatically that such an impres posted and if his secount was still The doctor also described the to the disclosure that Mr. Calvin
gion was wrong. What he meant unpaid after a certain time, he wounds which he saw on two other Coolidge, the ex-President, has re-
was that no definite arrangements would be expelled.
men, both of whom had received ceived G8100,000 for his reminis The death occurred yesterday of
There were The prisoner originally owed medical attention as the G.C.H. pences, which have been published Mr. S. K. Moora, a popular mem-
had yet been made. certain ings to be done before 8.38. This was made up as fol- in monthly journals since his re-ber of the Indian community, at
Sane-But Insane Actions? - › deanite plads could be made. "If lows:-He bad purchased a pre- tirement in March.
the early age of 41. The late Mr.
"The remarkable development they are to be done before Parlia served duck for a guild dinner and Regarding prisoner's sanity, wit This compares with the annual Moosa was employed by Mr. J. E. increment of G876,000, which he Joseph, and had been in his ser
of large scale co-operatives apment meets, they must be done it cost 81.38. After the bird hadness stated that the prisoner had quickly," said Mr. MacDonald, been eaten, there were some re been under observation for ten days received during his term as Presi-vice for a number of years. Prior pears, when we recall that only But they are going to be done, marks about it being not up to while in prison and witness observ dent.
to entering the service, of Mr. about one-third of our farmers are Mrs. Coolidge has also been Joseph, he was for some time em members of co-operative associa- ment."
and there is no question of abandon-standard and eventually the prison- ed no symptoms of insanity and er promised to make good the whole none had been reported to him.
The Cabinet will shortly an handsomely paid in respect of a ployed in the International Bank-
of the 81.36. On another occasion, Yesterday morning, however, pri.nounce the abandonment of that similar contribution.
ing Corporation (now the Nationa! tions, a5 2 very striking proof
the prisoner acted as cook to the oner savagely assaulted an officer part of the naval programme which City Bank of New York), Mesers. | that magnitude of operations may
guild and in this capacity be enjoy of the prison with his chopsticks. provides for the construction of six Chater & Mody, and at the Colonial be as profitable for agriculture as The Persian Prince Momahed Alid the privilege of not paying for Dr. Cannon indicated that under submarines and the parcaw craft THE NAVAL PROGRAMME. Secretary's Office.
He had been suffering from a
for other businesses," the Depart Khan, Faraghi opened the tenth his meals. As cook he bought a those circumstances he would like which would be necessary.
annual session of the League of number of things, but when it came to put the prisoner under observa growth in the head, and had been. ment said."
to reckoning up, he was #2 short tion again. Prisoner had been on- confined to bed for some considèr- Existing co-operatives are exNations Assembly..
The early business was purely and quite honestly promised to tirely frank when asked about the able time,
pected to play a leading role is
incident in the gaol and had ad- . He leaves a widow and three formulating, with the aid of the formal. The following were elect make that good as well.
At the end of a certain period mitted the assault. children, and is also survived by Farm Board soon to be established ed vice-presidents of the Assembly:
Mr. Hamilton asked the prisoner Dr. Stresemann, the German his outstanding account of $3,38 Ruosy, Sept. 2. three brother and a sister, for all in full by President Hoover, the The Admiralty announces that of whom much sympathy in felt. future agricultural policies of the Foreign Minister, M. Briand, the had multiplied until it was over if he had any questions to ask the French Premier, Mr. Hamsay Mac- 850 and he was posted. He bad witness to which he replied: "I the Government has authorised the The funeral will leave his resi- United States. Leaders of co-
When don't want to ask the doctor, any construction of two sloops of the dence, No. 1, Chi Wo Street, Kow operative organizations are expect Donald, the British Premier, Dr. resented this treatment. 1929 programme to be begun dur-loon, to-day (Wednesday) ated to confer with members of the Chao-chu Wu (Dr. C. C. Wa), questioned at the Police Station, questions, as I am quite prepared After further evidence had been ing the forthcoming autumn, one p.m., and will arrive at the Mahom Farm Board prior to determina Chinese Minister to Washington, he had answered frankly "I chup-to die."
called the bearing was adjourned. Continued at Chatham, and one at another medan Cemetery, Happy Valley, at tion of policies to be adopted. Baron Adachi, Japan, and M. ped himsed on sext. Oolumn.)
Lattik, Esthonia. United Royal Dockyard.
TWO NEW SLOOPS.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.].
6.30 p.m.
titude agriculture adopts toward new legislative proposals.
Earlier News.
GENEVA, September 2.
CUTTING DOWN THE NAVY.
SIX SUBMARINES NOT TO
BE BUILT
This policy will be adopted as disarmament gesture and as a step towards the abolition of the submarine form of warfare.
Certain other parts of the build- ing programme are to stand.
MF, A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admirally, replying in Par- Hament to a question about the shipbuilding programme, said that the Prime Minister would make a statement on the whole question as soon as possible."