IRISH SWEEP ON DERBY.
JACK HOBBS TO
RETIRE..
AWORLD'S RECORD: DRAW. BEGINS ON SATURDAY.
(THROUGH REITER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, May 25.
The auditors in Dublin are now
totalling the takings in the Irish Hospitals' Derby Sweep which closed on Saturday.
FINDS COUNTY CRICKET TOO STRENUOUS,
(THINGCOR REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, May 23,
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1931.
ROBBERS BUSY IN CANTON'S MILITARY
SHANGHAI.
GOVERNMENT.
CENSORSHIP OF CABLES.
MRS. F. MAGUIRE'S HOUSE INAUGURATION FIXED FOR NO DELAY OF COMMERCIAL
RANSACKED.
(THROUGH KEUTER'8 AGENCY.]
TO-DAY.
[FROM OVE WN COLIEBFONDENT.]
SHANOBU, May 25.
CANTON, May 25. Jack Hobbs, the famous Surrey Thieves ranacked the residence' Owing to certain preliminaries the formal and All-England batsman, has de-of Mrs. F. Maguire in the French not being ready, elded to conclude his active assó- Concession early yesterday 'evening | inauguration of the Military Nation. ciation with County Cricket at the and decumped with jewellery valued |al Government as opposed to the at $15,000 and a deposit receipt for Nanking Government, which was end of the 1931 season
His contract with Surrey, how-85,000 from the National City Bank, | scheduled to take place to-day, has The robbery was discovered, when again been postponed to Tuesday being £2,700,000. Anyway it is ever, does not expire until the end enfe to say world's record ban of the 1932 season, but he has Mrs, Maguire reached home after All the merchants in the city are i
visiting friends.
It in unofficially stated that the amount is £2,000,000, one estimate,
been secured and there will there fore be about seventeen first, second and third prizes of £30,000, £15,000 and £10,000 na cach hundred thou- and pounds sterling subscribed is
considered as a unit
Drawers of other horses will get roughly £600, The draw begins
asked the Club to allow him to retire one year before his contract expires.
Hobbs, the son of the great English bateman, told Reuter that his father, who was 18 years" of age, would not give up cricket entirely but that he was at the
The jewellery in riot insured......
SUNKEN SHIP LOCATED.
being noted that they must fly the National Ang in front of their shops fo-morrow in celebration of the event..
Practically all the anti-Chiang
TELEGRAMS.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, May 25, The Government and the Mili tary authorities have commenced the consorship of cables,
It is stated that the censorship is only temporary until the Nan- king-Canton crisis is rettled.
The censorship is proceeding smoothly and commercial telegrams are not suffering any delay, "
CHINESE SHIPPING
MODERN CRIME DETECTION.
"SHERLOCK HOLMES, OF THE ORIENT,"
30.
Washington, April
A "Sherlock Holmes of the Oricat" was in the making with the depar- fure of Lt. Edwin D.. Andrews, Philippine Constabular, after two years training at the Treasury De partment as an 'examiner of ques- tioned documents. He will arrive at Manila on May 11 on the Pro sident Madison.
THE CHINESE IN MEXICO.
EXPULSION, OF ASIATICS URGED,
Mexico City, May 9.-Mr. Samuel S. Young, former Chinese Consul General at New York, who is now the Chinese Minister to Mexico," will find the yellow peril" a topió of increasingly bitter political dis- cussion and agitation in this Re- public. Depressed business condi- tione throughout the country ro cently have accentuated the diffi
culties of the problem created by the residence of many thousands of Chinese in Mexico. Expulsion of the Axintios for the benefit of Sent here by the Philippines Gov- Mexican business men, labourers ernment after service in Constabu- and domestic servants who presum lary headquarters at Manila, Lt.nbly would fill their places is dis- Andrews became an under-study of cussed constantly by the Press and
politicians, Bert C. Farrar, treasury examiner,
Mr. Young, who spent several and learned the tricks of the stran months here as Chargé d'Affaires gest trade in modern crime deteclast year, is familiar with the situa tion:
tion and, during his brief stay in Chemistry, photography, study Moxico, was auocemful is ameliorat- of the composition of inks and paing somewhat the condition of his per, hand-writing analysis and practical experience in important Rio De Janeiro, May 10.-Am-criminal cases entered into the
training of Lt. Andrews, whose up documents has been demonstrated titude for scientific detection of to the satirfaction of his superiors.
EXPANSION.
Kai Shek men of importance, in- PLAN TO INAUGURATE DIRECT cluding Mr. Eugene Chen, Minister
LINE TO BRAZIL.
of Foreign Affairs when Borodin
on Saturday and all big prizes will moment finding the strain of con- SHANGHAI VESSEL WHICH { was here; Mr. Sun Fo, only son of
be drawn on the first day,
JUTLAND HEROES'
REUNION.
BRITISH CRUISERS TO VISIT KIEL CANAL,
For the first time since the great German Fleet review in 1914, a few weeks before the war, British war- ships are to visit Kiel this sum
mer.
The arrangements are not yet completed, and curtain diplomatic formalities have yet to be settled before the visit becomes a certain ty, but it is not expected that any difficulties are likely to arise in this direction.
I
atant matches altogether too much for him. Ile, however, intends to turn out occasionally for Surrey. during the next season.
DAVIS CUP TENNIS.
AMERICA DEFEAT
CANADA
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
MONTREAL, May 24.
SANK IN 1901.,
BULLION ON BOARD,
San Francisco, May 16-Mr. Charles Haskell, the head of a San Francisco salvaging, company, to day filed notice that he has located the wreckage of the steamship Hio
de Janeiro.
The Rio de Janeiro was sunk of February 22, 1001, just outside the Golden Gate, the entrance to Ban
the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen and until bitious projects of the Chinese recently Minister of Railways of the National Government for overseas Nanking Government; Mr. Wang shipping lines were described here Ching Wei, lender of the Left faction of the Kuomintang and Chairman of the Nationalist Gov- ernment when Soviet influence in China was in its height; Mr. Chow Lu, an outstanding figure of the Sishen clique; General Hau Chung Chi, Commander-in-Chief of the Cantonese armies that drove Gen-
to-day by Mr. Wong Jai Bang, who
Unique Position, represents the Ministry of Industry Scientific hand-writing analysis of the Chinese Government. has not heretofore been widely ap Mr., Wong is here to study tradeplied in Far Eastern police ad relations between, China and Brazil. Andrews, because of his extraor ministration, it is said, and Lt. He has visited other countries on dinary training, will occupy a uni- the same mission and he plans to
que position. visit still others.
countrymen. Protests against al- legedly illegal measures taken by cent officials to drive Chinese from their homes and places of business Inctory reply from President Ortiz evoked a speedy and highly sati Rubio himself, The President's word, which was addressed to the chairman of a Chineno committed in this city, gave assurance that the rights of foreigners, regardless of nationality, were to be respected senipulously.
Instructions Violated.
It was announced that instruc- The methods of analysis applied tions conveying the sense of the to documents in the Roman President's message were sent to To-day the Chinese official analphabet are also applicable to tho
oficials throughout the Republic, oral Chen Chiung Ming out of Can-nounced that the Chinese Govern- special characters of the Chinese but the Chinese Legation here has and Japanese written languages, been informed of cases in which the to flee because of the intrigues of
In the Davis Cup semi-final Francisco Bay, In the tragedy 128 ton in 1929 and who was. compelledment intends to create a direct according to Lt. Andrews, and he instructions apparently were violat-
round
of the American Interpersons lost their liven.
At the time of the disaster the Rio de Janeiro was inbound from Shanghai and Yokohama. It is believed here, but has not been es tablished definitely, that the verse carried a large quantity of gel bullion from Shanghai
Zone, the United States defeated Canada by 4 matches to 1, and now meet Argentine in the final on May 28, at Washington.
Sidney Wood (U.S.A.) bent J. Wright (Canada) 6-6, 6-3, 6-4,
Shields (U.S.A.) beat Ruinville
The occasion of the visit to Kiel will be the Baltic cruise of the 6-1, 6-4, 6-1.
Second Cruiser Squadron, which
will take place in June. In former
years the ships have always enter-
ed and left the Baltic by the Katte
gat, at this year the return voy-
WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS,
nge will be made through the Kiel MRS. WILLS MOODY NOT
Canal. It is also hoped to remain
at Kiel for a day or two, so that the British officers and men may pay courtesy calls on the German Fleet, which is now reduced to ni small squadron of "pocket" battle- Blips.
COMPETE THIS YEAR,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AQENCY.}
!
TO
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23. Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody has an- nounced that she will be unable the 1031 Wimbledon Attend
Championships.
Many persons prominent in, the Far Enst were abroad the Río do Janeiro and several lest their lives. The vessel waS D Pacific Mail Liner.
Mr. Haikell plans to conduct salvage, operations in the sunken wreckage of the ill-fated Rio de Janairo. In hope of finding gold
Mystery Ship's Departure. London, May 18.-A puitled of relatives to-day bade group farewell at Sunderland docks to the crew of a mystery ship, Re
Columbia, Venezuela and Brazil.
Chiang Kai Shek, then a mere sul steamship service from Shanghai to ordinate of General Hisu; and Mr. Tang, Shao Yi, a former diplomat
of note and at present Magistrate UNEMPLOYMENT IN CHINA. world who knows the contents of of Chungshan, the so-called model district in China, are in Canton
now.
The formation of a national provisional government to-morrow in Canton will be largely under the direction of these men, whose only common tie is their bitter hatred for Chiang Kai Shek, "the Musso, lini of China,"
Town of Placards, With the arrival of these men, Canton has again become a scene
80,000,000 WORK FOR LESS
THAN LIVING WAGE,
Peiping, May 14-Cann's unem ployment problem is perhaps gros ter than that of any other country to-day, according to semi-official statistics compiled in several north China cities.
A survey of Tientsin, shows that 400,000 persons are unemployed out of a total population of 1,450,000. Similar figuros for Peiping in- dicate that more than 200,000 ure unemployed here in a population of about a million.
ho has made arrangements to proof placards, cartoons and huge cted with the salvage operations as
posters on which various anti- speedily na possible.
Chiang Kai Shek and anti-Nauking slogans appear.
Several paildur have been erected to lend further
Superficial surveys in other colour to the occasion. Grotesque North China cities indicate that caricatures of Chiang Kai Shek appear at several busy corners. is unemployed. The slump in nt lonst one-fifth of the population
ailver exchange, and the world. also big white cloth strips wide depression are cited as the strung, between telephone poles
principal causes. over the principal maloos, hearing
President Hindenburg is strong. ly advocating the visit, and plana
This gives Mias Betty Nuthall, are being laid by the German Government in Berlin for a won the youthful British player, herenimer, a salvage ship which left derful welcome
late chance to win the coveted crown at for an unknown destination. their to
enerics.
the world's greatest tournament,
The Second Cruiser Squadron in led by H.M.S. Hawkins, and in-
cludes the York, Dursetshire, and GANGS AGAINST COURTS
RACE TO CAPTURE "JACK
THE BARKEN.”
No one connected with the own ers of the Reclaimer would give
clue to her destination and not even the crew have been told where The captain has they are going. sealed orders which he will not open till the Reclaimer is well un- der way in the North Sea.
The belief in Sunderland is that she is going out to salvage the Dutch liner Tubantin, which was sunk in the North Sea with a car-
In
nre
contrast with these there
Chinese characters of welcome to those who are returning to Canton to join in the anti-Nanking move. ment.
Monument Removed.
In respect to Mr. Wang Chitig Wei and General Chang Fat Fui, who are now here, the monument
go of a million sterling gold bulin memory of the Communist holo lion intended to bolster up Ger-caust of December 11, 1027, in inany's credit in South America, The money was concealed in Dutch Canton, erected on the crimer of cheeses and not even the German Wink Hon and Tai Hong Road, was submarine Beet was aware of the removed last Saturday. The in- ship's enrgo, for it was a Germaanscriptions on the stone monument submarine that sank the treasure
Norfolk, of the county class. All these ships are of post-war con- struction, and as the German Navy is also entirely new none of the Jutland vessels will take part in
Chicago, May 18.-Police here to-day expected that John Factor, the reunion. There will be many hundreds of North Ben veterans in alias "Jack the Barker," who is the squadron, however, and it is wanted for having swindled many expected that a special meeting wealthy Britons out of more than will be arranged between the G.8300,000, would soon surrender. Jutland heroes who fought on both
It was reported that no less than siden in the greatest sea battle of three groups of Chicago's merciless the war.-Naval and Military gangster organizations are search ing for "Jack the Barker." Ac cordingly, police are of the opinionship. that the famous criminal would rather surrender and face trial in England than take a chance of being." put on the spol." by gang stors whose bullets would speedily make him anything but fit for trial. {Information in the hands of the
police indicates that the gangland BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE leaders want Factor because he broke faith with powerful Egures
Record.
EGYPTIAN COTTON
CAMPAIGN.
£50,000 FOR PROPAGANDA.
[THROUGH REDTEX'S AGENCY.]
CAINO, May 25.
The Finance Ministry has alloe- aled, £30,000 for propaganda in can. nection with a cotton campaign,
BANKER FOUND SHOT DEAD.
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
i VIENNA, May 23. Herr Ludwig Schueller, a part ner in the private banking firm of Auspitz Lichen, was found shot dend at Wigner to-day.
Stephen Auspits, the principal partner, was prevented by a pazzor hy from drowning in the Danube Canal.
27
in the underworld. They consider
he would prefer a fate decided by
ALLOCATIONS FROM BOXER FUND.
APPROPRIATIONS.
|
Chinese economists astimate that
has no misgivings as to his abilityed, and the Asiatics for boycotting. to apply his knowledge in the Far their business enterprises appears East.
to be gaining ground. Incidently, the young lieuten- ant is one of the five men in the
Benor Jose Angel Espinosa, for- mer member of the Sonora legisla- a special report on inks which is ture, in an interview just published of extraordinary importance in de. in the most important dailies of tecting forgeries. He will obtain this city, renowed the frequently. in Manila the ultra-violet lamp, reiterated charge that many thou- which enables reading of documents sands of Chincare residing The former even after aniline inks have been illegally in Mexico oknunged by chemical process. deputy declared that enreful esti- has shuttled back and forth across Chinese in the country is approxi
In recent months, L. Andrewsmates indicated the total number of the United States to help his chic!mately 250,000. Of these, he said in etrange criminal cases where senrcely one-third are able to prove, the identification of documents is they were admitted legally as im- the chief point at issu». -
'AFRIDIS' SECRET ARMS FACTORY.
"
HOW THEY OBTAIN THEIR RIFLES.
BRITISH MODEL COPIED,
migrant while the other two- thirds entered surreptitiously, many with the connivanen of Mexican. im- migration officials who were bribed. Espinosa urged a speedy check of the credentials of every Chinese in the Republic, with a view to the immediate deportation of all unable. to prove the legality of their resi dence here.
men.
Inter-Marriage Opposed,
Officials at the Chinese Legation. here told the United Press corre spondent they have records of only 20,000 Chinese living of Mexico, and that of this number approximately Soldiers on service in India have 1,000 reside in Mexico City. Tho often wondered how the tribesmen great majority of the total number. on the North-West Frontier in the reside in the northern states, "where neighbourhood of the Kohat Pass they are,, farmers, shop, keepers, men and women entirely out of became armed with the magazine Inbourere, servants and laundry- work in China to-day, ar those rifle of British pattern. working for less than a living wage, They knew that by occasionally At least 38,000 of the 20,000 nung total 10,000,000, out of a popu-taking the British soldier unawares Chinese registered at the Legation Intion of 450,000,000. In some pro-wounding him with the dagger or ara men, a fact which has created vinces, they declare it probable knife, they secured possession of one of the most serious problems that half the population is without rifles of Enfield manufacture, but connected with the Chinese popula- there were known to be other rifles tion of this country. Inter-marriage work.
Oooties Hard Time,
more or less faithful copies of the with Mexican women-especially British rifle in comparatively marriage by common Inw-in wide Peiping is better off than most large numbers, and that the Afridis spread and has aroused strong op. 100,000 were armed with them. How and position even in quarters where the Chinese cities, because handicraft workers are kept steadily where were they manufactured competition of Chinese in business employed here making articles for Was there some gun running!
Reports have reached the author agriculture has no effect. export, in spite of the world de pression. But 80,000 rusha-coolies rities at home giving details of the of hauling passengers several miles "Small Arms Factory" in a ram here are fighting for the privilege important discovery of an Afridi for a few cents, and 20,000 of these shackle hút made of mud and are often unable to get a single straw. In this unimposing shelter was found: tome improvised mach- passenger in a day.
inery-inthes and drills of the most rudo description, and by LIKELY TO BE FIRST FOREIGN
LEGATION AT NANKING. means of which old railway lines and other scrap metal were con- verted into rifles
Until exchange improves, it is not. Hely that conditions will be- come much better.
1
GERMAN LEGATION MAY BE MOVED.
stated that the Communist up. heaval in Canton, which caused such widespread death and destruc- tion, was instigated by Mr. Wang Ching Wei and General Chang Fat Eul who were in control of the
With a range of 500 yards or
Nanking, May 19.-The German thereabout and a "life" of 200 Legation is likely to be the first Government here at the time. Both Wang Ching Wei and Char are being quoting at nhout 75 cents rounds, they were no match for the foreign legation to remove to the
"
Nanking, May 20.-At its second
Fat Fui catagorically denied that they were behind the upheaval,
ANTI-CHIANG LOAN,
CARION, May 25.
the British Courts to a into which regular meeting held yesterday, the the gangsters are anxious to mcle Board of Trustees for the Adminis- tration of the British share of the
out
Police throughout the nation, upon the complaint of the British Boxer Indemnity Refund authorized the following appropriations from Consul General here: are continu- ing to search for "Jack the the fund-
In order to raise funds to carry Barker" The British authorities 1. Two hundred and sixtyfive on a war against Chiang Kai Shek, declare that by selling worthless thousand pounds sterling (£965,000)
reaped considerable wealth. For many years, he. was a regular passenger on trans-Atlantic vessela
ROBBED "LA FRANCE."
Kingdom and
Central Bank of China notes, which silver to the paper dollar.
MORE OPPOSITION TO NANKING.
(Wah Tu Tat Pro.)
British rifle sighted for over dou-capital from Peiping.
blo the distance and firing appro It is learned that a home near ximately 6,000 rounds before the Wutaishan has been secured as the barrel needed renewing. But they quarters for the German Legation. were a distinct advance on their] All records and documents of the earlier weapons.
Legation at Peiping will he trans- ferred to Nanking before the 25th inst.
Remarkable Copy.
It is also stated that Mr. Nelson Whether or not the tribesmen rer. Johnson, the American Minister, Suasana, May 25 Following the open opposition to ceived assistance from export ar has already arranged for the air- stocks to British travellers Factor for Chinese students in the United the Canton Government has decided the Nanking régime by Mr. Sun mourers is not known, but out ofchase of a plot of land near the
Fo and Mr. Eugene Chen, other unpromising material they produ the Universities to float a loan for $10,000,000, he- Nanking lenders, such as Yu Yu herd a replica of the British Service Central Party Headquarters in
now American Legation building. China Commitice in London. ginning from the 1st of next month. Jen, Li Shih Cheng and Chang rifle. All the component parts (in-Tingehischino for the site of the
Chine Kiang (all are members of cluding the barrel), with the excep 2. Two hundred thousand ponds Each shop in Canton will again be the Executive Committee of the tion of the "bolt," which was taken sterling (£200.000) to the Univer forced to take up a certain amount Nanking Kuomintang) are reported made, and the assembled instrument like a genuine "rack." rifle which
from the British rifle, were home sity of Hong Kong.
was, in the circumstances, an ex- had been ill-used. Closer examing- 3. Two thousand pounds sterling of the loan, perhaps the equivalent to have deserted Nanking.
traordinary piece of work.
tion, however, revealed the impor (£2,000) as a grant to the Polping
Both wood and metal work folture, Law College.
lowod, closely the lines. of the En-
It was not the highly finished En- field rifle, even to the extent of field product. There was rough- including the stamp of Enfield nees about some of the metal parte
and the manufacture
Enfield Bonds are being printed in de-
suggesting, that the tools available Viewer's mark.
were not capable of the fine adjust- nominations of 2100, $50, $10 and
The rifle was seen at the Royal ment and finish which come from. 85 for distribution. The money. tive recipients before the end of thus raised, will also be used, ne the Nanking Military authorities Small Arms Factory at Enfield, the machines of the Royal Enfield
cording to the finance authorities The next and 3rd meeting of the here, for the resucitation of the have declared-martial law over the where it forms part of the Museum Factory. Nevertheless, it is a re Tientsin-Pukow Peiping Hankow exhibite. At first sight it looked markable piece of work, and smat June. N
(Continuëd at foot of next column.) ''arme experts are agreed about that. I (Continued at foot of next column.) and Lunghai Railways.
OBJECTION TO FIGURE ON NEW COIN,
Paris, May 17-A storm in a ten cup has arisen hero over the new The winding up of their Bank fifty ceutimes coins as the French. was held to be necessary consequent Conservatives objects to the Repu- the recent difficulties of the bio being represented on the now Credit-Anstalt, which was itself coin with bobbed hair, which they 'saved by Government intervention.consider undignified.
on
4. Forty thousand pounds ster ling (£40,000) for the construction of new premises for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It is understood that all of the ms will be remitted to the rece
Board is slated for the 22nd inst
Government of a month's rental. employees will also have to tako up loans to the extent of perhaps 20 per cent of their monthly salaries,
MARTIAL LAW. DECLARED.
(Chen Wan Yat Pao.)
SHANGHAI, May 25. In view of the serious situation,