HONG KONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1932.
Mahatma Gandhi Arrested
Valla Bhai Patel Also In Gaol FRENCH FAR
A HARDER FIGHT SEEMS IMMINENT GANDHI IN A PARTING MESSAGE
INDIAN GOVT. APPEALS TO AGRARIAN INHABITANTS
SWEEPINGLY DRASTIC REPLY TO
INDIAN THREATS
THROUGH EXUTER'S AGENCY.]
NEW DELHI, Jan. 4..
maining in the hope of more, pro-
EASTERN FLIGHT
CODOS AND ROBIDA TO TAKE OFF_TO-DAY
【THROUGH REDTEE'S AGENCY.]
LE BOUROST, Jan. 4. The French airmen, Codos and Rchida who last September unsuc cessfully attempted to fly to Tokyo from Paris, will take off on Jan."3 from Marseilles on a fight to ilakoi and back.
COMMUNIST NEW YEAR PUTCH
"A SWEEPINGLY drastic reply mising developments of the negotia. GERMAN WORKERS REMAIN
to threats of Indian očiv}} disobedience is contained in four
Ordinances promulgated by the Viceroy, under which the Central Government is given special powers to maintain law and order, 'includ ing Press control; power to, de clare any association unlawful throughout British India, and an Orümance declaring peaceful pic. keting an offence.
CONGRESS WORKING COM. DECLARED UNLAWFUL
New DELHI, Jan. 4. The Congress Working Committee has been declared unlawful.
The declaration that the Congress, Working Committee is miawinl was mande under the new Ordinance
promulgated this morning, enabling
the Government to declare any assembly unlawful.
BOMBAY STUNNED.
BOMBAY, Jan. 4. The dramatic suddenness 01 Gandhi's arrest stunned the city,
tions.
Beforo his departure on what he considered his "last ride for a long time * Gandhi ordered a selection of the best English " lever watchca, from which to choose' two for the Scotland Yard deter tives who acted as his body guard on his visit to Europe.
Upon his Secretary remonstrat ing that Swiss timepieces would be more in accordance with the spirit of the anti-British boycots, the Mahatma retorted: "I promised the watches when the Delhi truce was still in force.”
were
British watches
procured and 'inscribed: "With love: M. K. Gandhi."
Patal Arrested.
Valla Bhai Patel, President of the Congress, has been arrested.
Gandhi and Patel have been taken, in a motor car to the Yer. wada Gaol, "Poona, where Gandhi was imprisoned in 1930.
Gandhi was arrested at his Rom- hay residence at 3 am under Re- gulation of 1397. The warrant merdly says he was arrested for
good and sufficient reasons." The arrival of six Police, head- with the immediate reaction thated by Commissioner Wilson, caused fourteen of the seventy-two mills a Butter. The occupants of the have closed, while the bullion, grain house tried to secure access to the and cotton exchanges closed as a protest
A hartel is being observed in the Hindu quarters of the city, and processions and meetings are ar ranged for this afternoon.
Gandhi and Patel Arrive at
Yerwada Gaoi,
19
tent whore Gandhi was sleeping, but were prevented.
Gandhi was awakened and, as he was observing a day of silence, he merely smiled to the Coromis- sioner who handed over the war- rant. which Gandhi read, and handed back.
A Touching Farewell.
LOYAL
(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENCY.]
COLOGNE, Jan. 3. Vigorous police treasures, com- bined with the workers lack of enthusiasm for a revolution, nipped in the bud what is believed to be an attempted Communist New Year pulch in the Ruhr district, timed to coincide with the ten per cent. wage cut:
Bauds of Communists, in pouring rain, made desperate efforts to persuade workers to down tools. Only a few hundred workers re- sporded, many of whom promptly dismissed.
were
Agitators at Essen and elsewhere unsuccessfully tried to hold up the tramways and destroy telephones, while in several places bombs ex- Ploded harmlessly,
The police to-night declare that they have hand.
the situation well in
AMERICA'S NAVAL PROGRAMME
120 NEW WARSHIPS DURING NEXT TEN YEARS
1
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.
Jan. 4.
..
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. A Bilf providing for a ten-year programme for the construction of 120 new warships, at a cost of POONA, Jan, i.
All the Gandhi Ashramaites parti-8610,250,000, will be introduced in After travelling by motor car for 120 miles, Gandhi and Patel, both cipated in touching scenes of fare the House of Representatives on feeling the cold intensely, arrived bitterly. His wife was smothered well. Most of the women wept.
It is announced by Mr. Vinson, at Yerwada Gaol at 8.30 am. in tears and begged the Commis. Chairman of the House Naval Com- Their arrest had been so expedisioner to take her with her hus-mitee, that all the vessels, except tious that not n single Congres band but Cardhi appeared in the
two aircraft carriers, have been member or member of the public best of spirits, his face wreathed designed to replace over-age and saw the cars active.
in smiles.
obsolete ships. Gandhi's vow of silence prevent- ed speech but he gave his gaoler a broad smile of recognition, and onde inside the gaol Mahatma turn- ed unhesitatingly towards his old) quarters, which had been hurriedly prepared for his reception.
Government Appeals to Villagers,
(Reuter's Special Service.)
PESHAWAR Jan. 4. The authorities are appealing to scattered villagers, literally over the heads of Congress agitators. Aeroplanes are dropping leaflets exhorting agrarian inhabitants not to be misled by politicians into pursuing useless agitation, and counselling them to continue their peaceful avocations in assurance that reforms will be carried out.
Gandhi writes. in his vernacular
Before his removal Gandhi wrote to Patel, of whose arrest he was
then unaware-
15
God's
mercy.
"Ininite Please tell the people never to swerve from the truth and non- violence and never to finch to give their lives and all to win Swaraj."
Patel appointed Babu Rajen- danath Prasad, a member of the Congress Executive, to succeed him as President of the Con-
res
Before going to gaol Patel sent message to the nation saying:-
"This occasion will be a fierce war to a finish, but I hope the nation will make the supreme sacrifice in the perfect" spirit of non-violence."
LONDON, Jan. 4.
heen approved by the Navy Board,
Vinson's programme, which has also provides for the completion of sixteen ships at present under con- struction at a cost of $91,500,000, they include seven Bitch gun ves sels of 10,000 tons exch
M. BERTHELOT IN
LONDON
INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS
PROBABLE
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Ruany, Jan. 4.*. M. Berthelot, the secretary It appears that the Ordinance general of the French Foreign weekly: "A fight seems immin under which Gandhi was arrested Office, is in Londen on a short visit "ent, it will be harder than previous allows him to be kept under re-to the French Art Exhibition, obes. Endure its hardships cheer-straint during the Government's which opens at the Royal Academy. fully suffer your fields, households pleasure. and your cattle to be confiscated; go to gaol, bear lathi blows and welcome bullets."
Congress Committee Suspends Itself,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
CALCUTTA, Jan. 3.
The Bengal Ordinances.
[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE) .......
RUGBY, Jan. 4. Commenting on Gandhi's arrest the Daily Newe says:
"To read some of Gandhi's pronouncements one would suppose that the Bengal Ordinances were a malicious trick "to, outrage Indian opinion and
A "War Council" triumvirate, with one of the fesser knowh mem-trample upon Indian liberties
to-day..
It is anticipated that while in London he will hate informal con- versations with British Ministers Fegarding the current political problems.
*FORBIDDEN TO JOIN FOREIGN LEGION.
bera as Dictator," has been elect They are nothing of kind. They BAN BY SWISS GOVERNMENT.
ed at an emergency meeting of the Provincial Congress Committee, which, it was decided, will in the meantime suspend itself.
The new body meets immediately to decide which “unmoral lawa, will be broken firat, also to initiate a boycott of British goods.
Gandhi's Eccentricities,
TEST CRICKET
GOOD RECOVERY BY AUSTRALIA
(THROUGH REUTER’B- AQKNOT.)
MELBOFANE Jan. 4. In Australia's second innings against S. Africa, the Woodfull- Bradman partnership produced 274- runs, thus beating the world's re eerd second wicket partnership of 253 set up by Woodfull and Maeart- ney in 1998.
Australia, Ist innings S. Africa, 1st innings
Australia-2nd Innings. W. M. Woodfull, e Mitchell,,
b McMillan
W. H. Ponsford,
-b-Belt-
199 368
181
Mitchell,
D. G. Bradman, 1.b... d
Vincent
167
A. F. Kippax,
.Curnow, h
Millan.
K. Rigg e Mitchell, b Vin
S. J. McCabe, e Mitchell, b
MrMilan
71
67
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E. L. 'Beckett, Vincent C. V. Grimmett, not out. T. M. Wall, b Vincent... H. Ironmonger, not out...... 0
Extras
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12
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Total (for 9 wkta.) 354 /
UNITED AUSTRALIA
"PARTY'S SUCCESS
DEFEAT OF LABOUR PARTY IN LOCAL GOVT. ELECTIONS
(Renter's Special Service.)
SYDNEY. Jan. 3. United Australia Party at the re- The resounding successes of the
cent Federal elections have been followed by the overwhelming de- feat of the Left-Wing Labour ean- didates in the local government elections.
JAP. DESTROYERS FOR FOOCHOW
SEQUEL TO BRUTAL MURDERS
THE OCCUPATION OF
"CHINCHOW.
"TIMES" COMMENT ON JAPANESE ACTION
{THROUGH REUTER İS “AGENCY.).
LONDON, Jan. 4. In a leader on the occupation of Chinchow, the Times says that the attitude of the League of Natione towards the new situation mist obviously depend on the primarily action of the Japanese Govern- ment.
The absence of any effective re- "sponsible government in China, to- day is the best defence of Japanese action.
DASTARDLY CRIME AT FOOCHOW
JAPANESE TEACHER AND
HIS WIFE MURDERED *
Two Naval Officers Wounded
(THROUGH "RECTOR'S ̧ADENU¥.]
FOOCHOW, Jan. 42
The Commander and an officer of a Japanese cruiser, stationed here, were assaulted in West Park. Both were wounded.
UGLY INCIDENT AT
CANTON
JAPANESE BEATEN TO DEATH
(From Our Own Correspondent,
CANTON, Jan. 4.
An ugly incident was created co New Year Eve in Canton when a mob beat a Japanese to death the East Bund shortly after 7.30 The Japanese came up from Hong Kong and was on hiq way back to Shameen when the tragedy occu red. As he alighted from the train at Taisbatan, he tried to take a
Bat bi
A Japanese teacher and his wife ricksha to Shanden. were mutered last night outside | Japanese dress, ignorance of the the Japanese club by unknown per- Chinese language, and peculia sons," presumably Communista.
A HUNDRED BLUEJACKETS
LANDED
manners attracted the attention-ef
The cause of all the recent dis- putes between "China and other Powers bus been the shiftineas of Chinese diplomacy and, still more, the weakness of Chinese adminis tration, but it is yet to be proved that Chinese local sentiment will
Tokyo, Jan. 4. admit the virtual severance of Man. Three destroyers have been or churia from the rast of China, how-dered to salt from Sasebo to Fooed to aggravate the situation. Aj ever attractive may be the proschow, where the cruiser Kitagami pects of restored currency and landed a hundred bluejackets to efficient administration, nor is it protect Japanese lives and pro. "certain that an army is the best party. interpreter of Japanese policy to a people who have remarkable powers of passive resistance.
IMMEDIATE CONVOCATION OF COUNCIL?
PARIS, Jan. 4. Mr. Hoo's departure to Geneva to-day is regarded as significant of This is especially notable in the immediate convocation of the Coun
a possible Chinese demand for an elections to the Councils of Sydney, as a result of the Chinohow and adjacent shires..
Of 678 sents, the Left Wing Labourites, supporters of Mr. Lang. the Premier of New South Wales, secured only 61.
STOCKHOLM TO VIENNA BY MOTOR-BOAT
[TROUUN REUTER'S AGENCY. }
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 3. The lone Odyssey of a plucky 20- year-old Swedish girl. Anna Cede- blom, from Stockholm to Vienza in twelve-horse-power
an outboard motor boat, was related to-day.
The boat was compelled to keep a considerable distance from the Baltic coast. encountering rough water and often filled with waves, necessitating bailing for her life.
Only between Dresden Regensburg was the boat transport- currents in the Elbe. ed by rail owing to the dangerous
The voyage lasted three weeks.
and
WEATHER REPORT.
Yesterday's weather report, forecast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 5.55 p.m.; stated
The "anti-cyclone is now cen tral to the south of Shanghai, moving E.N.E. The typhoon appears to be in the vicinity of Pelew Taland, moving westward. Local Forecast:-E. winds, moderate; fime.
WEDDING CANCELLED"
AT 11TH HOUR.
JEWISH BREACH CASE:
A curious wedding bargain was alleged and denied in a breach of promise action in the King's Bench Division when £80 damages was awarded to Mi Bosa Kraviti, Bed- ford-street, Stepney
occupation. The possibility of such a request has always been enter- tained by Chinese in League circles. Mr. Hoo is remaining at Geneva until the Council meeting on Jan. 35, unless a special meeting is con- vered at Paris, earlier.
NO BRITISH TROOPS FOR
CHINCHOW
NEW YEAR AT CANTON
LITTLE OR NO CELEBRATION
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
the hoodogan class who soon began to biss and jeer. The 'rickshe puller asked him in Chinese where be wanted to go, and his inability to make himself understood only tend
mob soon gathered around, and after a few fierce replicaticus, started to attack the foreigner The police on the beat intervened on his behalf. He was taken to al police station nearby, where tha sergent in charge hired a taxi-cab and tried to escort him back to Shameen, The sergeant and the police officers felt duty-bound to afford adequate protection to for cigners, irrespective of their nation- ality:
Everything: would have gone on CANTON, Jan. 3,
smoothly had it, not been for some Contrary to all expectations, Now Year Day passed by
thing which unexpectedly occurred Canton with unusual quietness, en route. A ferce conflagration there being little or no celebration. had started in the fish market, and In Government circles the celebra-
iL
Stopping the car spelled disaster.
law followed up, caught the Japar The infuriated mob which knew no
ese and beat him to death
tion was simple. The high officials the taxi cab carrying the Japanese met in the new Sun Yat Sea and the police officer had to turn Memorial Hall at 9 o'clock in the back to take a round about way. morning, and after an exchange of greetings, welcomed the New Year and a reading of the latest political in with fiercrackers, a few remarks wild and testament of the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen At the end of the gathering, a string of slogans were Lord Lytton has not yet replied shouted, some of which were as to the invitation to be Chairman of follows: "The Anti-Japanese Boy- sion. the League Manchurian Commiscott shall be Permanent"; "Down
LONDON, Jen, 4. Reuter learns that there is no truth in the statement that British troops have been ordered to Chin chow.
MISSIONARY
RELEASED
WELL TREATED BY BANDITS DURING CAPTIVITY
3
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:]
Foocнow, Jan. 4. Miss Halverstadt hus. been re leased and arrived here "last night in good health. She was well treet- ed by the bandits.
TA Foochow report of December 26 atated: Christmas spent in the hands of bandits was the unhappy. fate which befel Miss Harriet Hal- verstadt, of the Methodist Epis copal Mission at Haitang, Fokien. While travelling ae a passenger on a launch near the Pagoda anchor age on Thursday afternoon she and ten Chinese were captured by bri- gands, and all efforts to obtain her release hitherto have proved unsuc cessful]
RUSSIA-A "DEATH SENTENCE."
REFUSAL TO RECOMMEND DEPORTATION.
Mr. Summa, the Japanese Cots General here, is taking the matter up with the Canton Government, with the Japanese Imperialists"; demanding, among other things, "To Recover Manchuria by all compensation and adequate protec means from the Grip of the Japar- tion of Japanese lives and property ese Army"; "To Guard against
to all
Dictatorship" and "Down with the in Canton. It is learned that the Communists." After the gathering Government is prepared to comper A military review was held in Yin- tong in the north-eastern suburb of sate the deceased's family and of Canton
afford fuller" protection In marked contrast with last foreigners residing in Clanton, year, the celebration was sullen and especially the Japanese. melancholy even in official circles, there being no enthusiasm what Commissioner of Canton, is taking General Heung Hon Ping, Police Few merchants participated special precautionary measures to in the celebration. The
great insure majority clinging to the old lunar calendar in the matter of New Year rejoicing.
ever:
DEAN INGE AS AUNT
SALLY.
20 YEARS OF
ABUSE."
Dean Inge referred to his arrival in London 20 years ago when he spoke at a dianer of the Savage Club in London last month.
"I believed myself to be a scholar, a clear thinker and had also a very modest opinion of myself," he said. "But as soon as I came, to London every guttersnipe în Fleet street began to pelt mud at
me.
adequate protection of Japanese lives and property which are centred in Honam Point. loj addition to ordering the officers of keep a vigilant watch on the house the Hung Tak Police Station to of the foreigners in general and the Japanese in particular, the General has despatched a detachment of troops belonging to General Chang Dat, Commander of the 5th Divi
sion.
NEW ALLIANCE IN THE SOUTH
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
CANTON, Jan. 4. The south western provinces "I was very much taken back at China, comprising Kwangtung first, but set my teeth and, deter Kwangsi, Yunnan, Kweichow and mined to send my critics to what Szechuan, have entered into s ever place it is that clergymen can alliance for mutually protective send people. They have gone on purposes The Alliance formally making me their Aunt Bally ever came into being on New Year Tr since, but I have gone on saying after a banquet in the New As what I believe to be true and shall Hotel The prime movers of the go on, however gloomy it may be," enterprise were Generals Chen Fr
The Dean said that the worst of Tong, Li Chung Jen, MF WORK all the abuse came from the re- Shing Chi and T. Chong ligious newspapers, Leung W
Appealing to the critics to en- According to a circular messag courage a revival of culture in art to the people the now Alliance har and literature, the Dean remarked: for ite The Recorder. (Sir Ernest Wild, "We have a great dearth of fret consol K.C.)." It is idle to talk of de rate, ability and an extraordinary porting a man who has been here amount of second rate ability. One since he was five years old, to a thing I have noticed, however country governed as Russia is be that writing for the hall educated ing governed, I don't want to sonra very good and lund style of w Ping. fence a man to death.
Miss, Kravitz said that three days before her wedding was to have taken place the defendant, Abraham When Abraham Przedecky, aged Grünberg, of Albany-street, Be 26, a Bussian was sentenced to gent's Park, called at her father's twelve months' imprisonment in the house and said, Unless you pay second division at the Old Bailey me £10 there will be to wedding for bigamy, prosecuting counsel When the money was not forth asked that he should be recommend coming he broke off the engagement ed for deportation. and the ceremony had to be can-
are an expedient to which govern meat has been reluctantly, and after long patience, driven to pro-
Berne, Dec. -All Swiss citi tect the lives of its servants from
zens of military age are strictly for persistent terrorist attacks. It may bidded to join the French Foreign be true that some of organisations Legion under the provisions of the attacks have military penal code promul conducting these nothing to do with Gandhi's gated to-day. Any transgressors of organisation, and that Congress, this law, if they ever, return home as a body, has never, formallygain, become subject to long pricelled and presents returned approved assassination as a policy son terms in addition to what they BOMBAY Jan, a.. But it is also true that the die had to go through in the Foreign Gandhi's eccentrigitica, continue approval expressed by Congreas Legion. As regards military service to surprise everybody, of the murders have been extra with other later than France Just before he was due to go to ordinarily luke warm and that Swiss citizens must first obtain the Ahmedabad to-night the Mahatma Gandhi himself has pronounced, permission of the federal author money wedding presents he receiv. It was stated that Przedecky mar- A savage, the Dean also said changed his mind, to the consterna since his return to India, no real ies, before they may serve undered. Gra erg had previously asked tion of the authorities who, it is ly uncompromising anathema of colours, either actively or in that £100 bould repórted, had prepared an elabor- this wholly abominable business. ata plan to arrest him at midnight There was in reality care on a quiet stretch of the railway other course left to the northward of Bombay Gandhi Te
vzw of Gandhi' alt
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agity of adviser. Any inte
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