HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1932.
CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS RELIGIOUS FERVOUR DISARMAMENT
FORCIBLE SPEECH BY JAPAN ACCUSED WITH
T. V. SOONG
INTERFERENCE"
CHINA'S FINANCE MINISTER APPEALS
TO POWERS
(THROCGH HEUTER'S. AORNOY]
PEPING, June 20.
the is not even
a shadow of
THE Chinese Finance Minister, excuse for Japan to escape respon Mr. T. V. Soong, accessibility, since Dairen is lensed ter Japan of interfering with the inte ritory entirely under Japan's com grity of the Chineso Maritimo Cus- troi, aid interference with the toms in Manchuria in forcible Customs there constitutes a direct statement made here today.
violation by Japan of selena international agreement."
He said Fow would tako seri." ously the Japanese contention that the so-called Manchukan Author ties are acting independently of Japan, when they have interfered with the Customs at Harbin, New- chwang and Ansuag, but at Dairen
DR. AR. LINDT UNDER THIRD DEGREE
HIGH-HANDED ACTION BY JAPANESE POLICE
İTHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
L
Mn. T. V. Soeng appealed to the World in the following words:
In a World already darkened by neonomic depression, the Powers surely cannot regard indifferently the callous destruction of the solvency of 400,000,000 people."
COMMUNISTS REPULSED
AFTER SEVERE ENCOUNTER
'NEAR SHASI
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]
HANKOW, June 20. THE Government forces have been
reinforded and driven back the Cesnumiats with whom they had been dghting near Shasi gingo Fri.
All is quiet at present,
S.S. SEROSKERK ON FIRE
day, SHANGHAI, Jupe 90. THE Steele Lindt affair is creat
ing a considerable diplomatic stir in Harbin.
It is revealed that while Dr. 4. R. Lindt, the correspondent in China of the Deutsche Argemaine Zeiting, was under arrest and was undergoing six hours of third de- gree in the Hands of the Japanese Police, his hotel room was raided and all his papers were seized, •..
The French Consul, acting for Switzerland, Dr. Lindt being a Swiss, is demanding the restoration of all the papers seized.
Attack on Consul
4
ONE HOLD BURNED OUT
[THZOOOH AXUTEL'S "AGENCÝ,]
SHANGHAI, June 10. THE burning her, a twelve thou sand tonner, the 4.8 eros kerk (not the Tinegara) which arrived yesterday from Europe and was scheduled to leave for Jave to-morrow
not
The origin of the fire je known. One of the holds is burned out.
The fire was extinguished this The Japauebe newspapers in aftéfooon, and luckily there were
Barbin in the meantime, are printing violent articles attacking the American Consul-General, Mr. Hanson, accusing him of conniving. with Mr. Steele, the New "l'ork Times correspondent and Dr. Lindta in political activities prejudien to the Manchukuo Government
The Japanese newspapers declare that both Dr. Lindt and Mr. Steele will shortly be deported.
*
THE QUALITY OF
MERCY."
MITIGATION OF SENTENCES IN CHINA.
NO RELIEF FOR DANGEROUS
CRIMINALS,
اییمو
no casualties.
IN ENGLAND
CARDINAL LAURI IN LONDON
[Router's Special Service.)
LONDON, June 10, ONE of the most impressive de
monstrations of religious fervour witnessed in England occurred to day on the passage through London of Cardinal Lauri, the Pope's ro presentative at the Eucharistic Con-
gress in Dublin.
DISCUSSIONS
SIR JOHN SIMON HURRIES TO GENEVA
MR. H. GIBSON NOT PRESENT
AT MEETING
I
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
GENEVA, June 20.
SIR Jobs Simon rushed back from
Lausrane this morning to parti Thousands of Roman Catholics of cipate in the resumption of the Olympia all chase and ages gathered at meeting of British French and
where the Cardinal's American delegates to the Disarma special train from Folkestone to ment Conference which began yea Holyhead stopped at Addison Roadterday, at which the unexplained station to change engines.
absence of Mr. Hugh Gibson, head
the
white-haired
PANDEMONIUM IN
MUNICH
NAZI STORM-TROOPS AND POLICE CLASH
[TABOUDE RXUTER'S AGENCY,]-9..
MUNICH, June 10, PANDEMONIUM reigned in the
main streets of the Bavarian capital for over two hours this marning when over five thousand
Nazi storm troops in uniforms (de- fying the ban of the State Govern. ment) demonstrated in front of the Premier's residence.
Two Hundred Arrests, Over two hundred of the Nazis were arrested this morning s
emuls of the disturbance outside As the train stopped, the huge of the American delegation, was
the Premier's residence. The police Bless the Pope," and there was onions are: Sir Julm Simon, Lord obey orders to disperse and the miltitude began to sing Godemented on
guarding the house were heavily cheuring when
The participus in the discus. reinforced, the Nazis refused to Cardinal stepped out of his car Londonderry, Sir Herbert Samuel, police were ordered to charge the ringe.
M Paul Boncour. Sig. Massigli, M. forowd. Twenty of the demonstratory De Jouvepel. Senator Swanson, wers seriously injured and scores Mr. Norman Davis and Mr. Hugh were badly knocked about. The Wilson.
pohee used batons and finally suc ceeded in dispersing the crowd.
The situation more threatening as the tiny wore on and finally orders were immed by the State Govorniment for the Reichswehr, the Geraa stationed in Bavaria, to stand-to army
ready for any emergency
The order was issued in quence of the very ugly develop
13~
The multitude fell upon its knees and received the Blessing.
Extraordinary Scones. Extraordinary 400108 oi thusiasm followed. Men and women fought and struggled to kiss the ring on the Cardinal's finger and othara knelt to kiss his robes.
Wemen vried and laughed and
kang.
Men shouted and wept,
There was a risk of the Cardinal being crushed by the mob of de- voteon but the police assisted him back to his train.
UNION JACK NOT FLOWN IN DUBLIN
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
DUILIN, June 9C. Religious fervour is rising with the approach of the "Eucharistie Congress.
Pilgrims are streaming in at the rate of 3,000 daily. The colourful streets are interspersed with altars and shrines Jooking like a gigantic Cathedral
A slight political note, however, obtrudes.
Among an unparalleled blaze of universal national colours the Union Jack is absent, while British visitors complain that the Governor-General alone among the leading locul per-
sonages is uninvited to the State reception at the Papal Legate, to-
morrow.
COMPLETE DEBACLE OF LANGISM
An earlier message stales: The 1.C.J.L. liner Thinegare caught fire this morning at Holt's Wharf, on LABOUR PARTY TROUNCED At mid-day it was still blazing the Poolung side of the Whangnoo.
furiously,}
No Mitigation.
No misigation of sentence shall
be granted in the case of the follow
foreign
ing offences:
(1) Conspiracy onemies.
with
with
(3) Parvicide; (3) Murder perpetrated malice aforethought attended with unnecessarily eruel acts;
(4) Murder in the course of, reb. bory, burglary; or piracy;
(b) Arson or rape in the course of burglary or piracy;
(0) Murder or rape of the victim
for ranson; or victims in a case of kidnapping
rape;
IN N.S.W.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SYDNEY, June 10. THE Anal results of the general
elections in New South Wales, following the dismissal of the Labour Premier, Mr. Jack Lang, give the following distribution of seats in the new Parliament: United Australia Party. Country Party Labour
Unity Party
41
43
21
2
The debacle of Langisin is thus complete.
Mr. B. 5. B. Stevens will form a Coalition Administration, the Country Party supporting the United Australia Party, which will have an overwhelming majority, the (7) Murder of the victim after two parties having secured twice
as many as the Opposition parties. (8) Transport of victims for The reault is all the more remark Nanking, Juno 12.-Deuriled reprostitution, either by false pretenable in view of the fact that in the gulations governing the grans of a ces or duress, to places outside the last Parliament under Mr. Lang's general amnesty as called for by jurisdiction of the Republic of Premiership, the figures wers a resolution of the End plenary China;
Labour Government, 55, Opposition session of the C.EC. hold in March (9) Doreliction of official duties 35. Just were adopted as the 188th meet
img of the Legislative Yugu yester day.
According to these regulations,
or misappropriation of funds in, the
course of official duties;
31
(10) Grimes provided by special petent military organ concerned, criminal statutes, which are of which shall subsequently report full pardon is to be granted to nature similar to those mentioned either to the Ministry of War or the convicts who committed crimes above.
Mistry of the Navy, as the cano
terms.
1101
Art. A final restence of death
muted into the maximum term of imprisonment allowed 'by Law. In.
the case of sentences of imprison-
Of No Importance.
LATER. The British French American meeting lasted ninety micutes and is being resumed at p.m.
It is now stated that no import ance is attached to the absence of Mr. Hugh Gibaon.
In Hong Kong
To-Day
SOME LOCAL SHOWERS.
ترول
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER REPORT, FORECAST AND REMARKS, ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT 5.15/ P.M. STATED :—
PRESSURE IS HIGHEST OVER THE PACIFIC TO THE EAST OF JAPAN. THE DEPRESSION 18 MOVING. EAST- WARD. IT 18 NOW CENTRAL TO. THE E.N.E." OF SHANGHAI. A URALLOW DEPILESBION REMAINS OVER TONGXING.
LOCAL FORECAST:-S.W. WINDS, MODERATE SQUALLY CLOUDY; SOME LOCAL SHOWERS,
IMPORTANT TARIFF
REDUCTIONS
BELGO-DUTCH AGREEMENT
CONCLUDED
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
MOST important tariff reductions
LAUSANNE, June 20.
100HS.
more grew.
And
VANNIE HIGGINS SHOT DEAD
NOTORIOUS NEW YORK RACKETEER
AMBUSHED IN BUSY
BROOKLYN STREET
7-YEAR-OLD
REMARKABLE ESCAPE OF
DAUGHTER
(Router's Special Service.)
BrooxLYN, June 20. with his seven-year-old daughter, was leaving a hall where the child had participated in a school play.
VANNIE HIGGINS, ene of the
big six of New York's racket cors, ten times arrested on serious charges but always released for lack of evidence, was ambushed and killed in a
busy street by a hail of bullets from motor-cars de Higgins,
い
'REDS IN KIANGSI.!
DEFEATED BY GÖVERN- MENT TROOPS.
Higgins was sant jo hospital, but died without revealing the names of his assailants,
His daughter was injured in her ear and had a remarkable escape from death,
GENIUS DUE TO DISEASE!
PROBLEM OF FAMOUS CONSUMPTIVES,
Did
Robert Louis Sloven80y John Keats, Mrs. Browning, D, H..
dits under Fang Chi Min along Nanchang, June 12-"Red" ban-
the Kinhgsi-Chekiang border have conschoen suffering heavy revuras in consequence of joint attacks by four divisions of the Kings and Lawreuer, and other famous au Cheliang, provincial forces..
thurs who were victims of conguing. In a desperate attempt to regain tion, receive the stimulating pow ground, the outlaws launched a strong counter-attacle on the roth pers of genius from the poisons of Division under General Wang Chih tuberculosis? Wen Nt. Shangjao (Kwangsin), northern Kiangai, on the 8th but
Dr. S. Vore Pearson, physicia were severely defeated. Severni für. to the Mundesley Samitorium, rais ther attempts were made on the fold this question on May 13 when flowing two days. But assisted by
Activities Well-planned. The methods of the rioters vealed that their activities WOTN well-planned and the incidents are evidently intended as a serious challenge to the State Government, which persists in its refusal to pormit the Hindenburg deeree au- thorising the wearing of uniforms by the Nazi storm-troops to take effoot in Bavaria.
Since this morning, ever 470 ar rests of Nazia have been effected, those taken into custody including
an air squadron, Gen. Wang effect addressing the Royal Institute of: "ed an enveloping movement on the Public Health congress at Belfast outlaws and after a very battle on the psychology of the consump on the 10th put them to fight after
the aristocrats, Frince Josias Walkilling more than 1,000 of their tive. deck, Count Schwerin and Count number.
Dr. Pearson said that undoubted. Preti.
It is learnt that the "Rod" bandits in Nantsing and Lungyen agitation produced in certain phases ly there was I Kort of restless south-westera Fukien, bave com.
Hessa Election Result.
BERLIN, June 10. In alliance with the Social De-pletely withdrawn to Tingshow on of pulmonary tuberculosis. There mocrats, Hitler will now haya cam the Fukien-Kiangai border. Doe was also a feeling of apprehimsion regiment under Colonel Chen Feng lest life should be shortened. Both mand of the Government of Hesse, The final figures of the Hesse gener
Shiu attached to the 7th Kwang- al elections show that the Hitlerites have obtained 32 out of 70 seats, while the Social Democrats have gained two and now hold seventeen seats, while the Centre only retained in.
ten sents.
ANOTHER QUAKE
IN MEXICO
COLIMA CITY HALF DESTROYED
(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENDY.]
Mexico Cir, June 10.
are provided in a Belgo-Dutch A SEVERE earthquake has caused agreement which has been con
considerable havoc along the eluded, regarding which a
Pacifle coast of Mexico, the smallest state. ment is being issued this afternoon.fered most severely.
Mexican State, Colima, having suf- Luxembourg will participate there. ju, and an important feature is that destroyed and Mantanillo, Guada
The town of Colima has been half it is open to any Powers. to join in laja and other constal towns have on a basis of reciprocity.
been damaged.
Reciprocal Lowering of Tarifle. LATERL
The Belgh-Dutch Agreement which hats just been concluded provides for a reciprocal lowering of tariffa by 10 per cent. annually.
AB States are free to join in the arrangement.
MARTIAL LAW THROUGHOUT CHILE
GOVERNMENT'S LATEST EDICT
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE Government have proclaimed
SANTIAGO DE CHILE, June 20.
martial law throughout the
BOMB FAILS TO EXPLODE
LORD LLOYD AND BISHOP HAVE NARROW ́ESCAPE
(THROUGH BRUTEN'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, June 15.
The laws of life cannot yet bo ascertained, though it is known that. three persons were killed at Colima.
DASH BY MAN IN HANDCUFFS.
CROWD SCATTERED AT
CHARING CROSS. ·
NEWS FLASHED BY RADIO
FROM THE "YARD.""
A Handcuffed prisoner escaped from a wamier at Charing Cross station.
men.
tung Division under General Huang this apprehension and restlessness Yen Chen yesterday defeated an outlaw hand at Yurating, on the night act as a stimulus to Pro- Fukien-Kwangtung: border. Kunduction, and particularly to the production of authors, who could' pursue their calling without much bodily exertion
CHINA'S ARMY.
UNIFORMITY OF EQUIPMENT.
Effects Exaggerated..
The reactions of well-know Nanking, June 12-A conference writers to the misfortuness and in- aiming at the uniformity of military conveniences of consumption · had armaments for the National Army probably been much exaggerated in' has been convened by the Arsenal the past, especially in the case of Administration. of the Ministry of War and attended by representa tives of the Military Affairs Com- mission, Ministry of War, General Staff Department, and Military Advisory Council. The models to be adopted will be submitted to the Ministry of War for approval fol- lowing which the various arsenals
will be instructed to manufacture arms according to the agreed types,
Robert Louis Stevenson, There was a similar tendency to-day in re gard to D. H. Lawrence.
Lawrence's reactions to his early life, his married life, the war, and other matters had a greater offect
his character and writing than the consequences of the somewhat prolonged trouble he had with his health
"Lawrence always resisted thy
War Council of Elgnty. Nanking, June 12-The person- nel of the Military Advisory Coun eil has been decided upon by Gen- eral Tang Sheng Chih, President of receipt of proper advice from any the Comeil. The total number inexperienced docter until shortly designated as so including council- before his, leath." Dr. Pearsoni
ranks,amely,
added. "Of all modern writers bei
Jorg of various general, lient.-general, major.gen. eral and colonel, A list of the seems to have understood batter councillors has been submitted for than most the connections between approval of the Excentive Yuan, through the Ministry of War.-Kuo mentai upsets and ill-health, but gjo Min
ascribe much of the peculiarities of his writings to tuberculosis in erraneous."
Wore
ordinary
Referring to the beneficial effects-
Maidstone train with a warder.
The three men went down the The warder was in charge of two steps, when suddenly one of the
All three were going down prisoners both the stairs to an underground room clothes rushed up the stairs on to when one of the men euddeny dashed the platform, knocking people down up the stairs..
Within a few minutes tho railway
right and left. police informed Scotland Yard, and immediately a squad of Bow-street Gordon Hester and uniformed off- detectives under Detective inspector cers who had just come off duty were rushed to the Etrand to o the hunt for "the" man.
From the wireless rout at Seot land Yard the news of the excape drivers who were waiting in a spell of life for one who had neemu was Bashed out to the Flying Squad station yard outside were the first ill. natrols, and from all parts of the to realise that something was hap West End und vana convorged on pening Charing Cross and the Embank- Two of the younger drivers
saw the man dash out of the In a paper on maternal mortality, station, and tried to grasp, him in Professor Dame Louise Mellroy a Rugby style; but the convict mentioned the diffoulties, with re- rluded them smartly.
latives which doctors attending "He was in the Straed-before one confinements lead sometimes to face could say, Jack Robinson."
The husband, she said, was biton.
of happiness and equanimity on the disease, Dr. Pearson instanced the case of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In 1842 it was considered at enor--" "Stop Him."
mous feat for her to walk acros "He was followed by shouts from.
ber room. Four years Inter #ho the warder of 'Stop that man !'
married, and the life of happiness.. "The warder was handicapped and equanimity which she and Ro because of the other prisoner and could not join in the big chase bort Browning enjoyed enabled hor which immediately started Other to live until 1801- very long people took up the cry, and taxicab
ment.
Husband & Muisance.
prior to March 5 of the currens Art. 3-In the case of persons ma year (ie, the date of the C.E.C. having committed crimes under the
In the case of accused persons who rasolution) and who are serving, Law governing the Summary have according to Law, only lighter aen-Punishment of Crimes endangering apart from enforcing the provision
yet been convicted, tences of less than three years. the anfety of the Republic or the concerning general amnesty contain Graduated mitigation of sentence is
new defunct Provisional Law fored in the Criminal Procedure Law- provided fox, those serving honyier the Punishment of Counter- the narne, sex, and domicile of the country,
Revolutionary Crimes, who shall accused as well as details of the The following is a free translation have been pardoned (according to case shall be reported (to the Minis TIMED of the regulations:-
these regulations),-if there 15 try of Judicial Administration). Art. 1-All persons convicted of ground for apprehension that" auch crimes prior to March & of the 31at persons may still endanger the Year of the Republic, for which the safety of the Republic, they shall life imprisonment, shall be com heaviest statutory sentence is either be transferred to penitentiaries. imprisonment for a term of less than Art. 4.-Where, "în "the case of three years, detention, or ines only; pardoned criminals other than those
rent, the term of sentence which shall be pardoned.
mentioned in the preceding article, has already been served shall be there is any ground for apprehca counted as part of the reduced sext- sion that they may commit further tence. Where a mitigation of sen. orimes, such persons shall be dealt tance has been granted otherwis with in accordance with the Regula than according to the present roA SENSATION was caused last the yard of Charing Cross Station tions governing the Prevention of gulations, the mitigated sentence Recurrent Crimes. The said Re-shall be further reduced in accord xulations shall be decided upon by ance with these Regulations.” Art. With the exception of the Ministry of Judicial Adminis
Art. 7-Mitigation of sentence of Carlisle were addressing of boya Within three minutes of the alarm" By this time porters, passengermost troublesume proposition. the preceding article, a mitigation Art. 5-In the case of all crimin: under a final bentence, be granted The bomb was timed to explode during Southwark, Waterloo. West- there was a crowd of 20 of 20 people the. Samaritan Hospital Belfarty those to be pardoned according to tration
ahal, in the case of those serving of St. Bog'e School, Cumberland. being given, detectives were patrol and others joined in the chase, and Mr. 18, A Holndes, surgeon to of one-third of the sentence shall als to be pardoned who are serving by virtue of a ruling rendered by ing the ceremony. be granted for crimes for which the under a final sentence (in, after the Court which conducted the last
minster and Lambeth Bridges, racing into the Strand
contended that the husband was heaviest statutory sentence is either anal appeal), they shall he released trial of facts, or other competent it is believed that the detonator the prisoner may have had a lift.
A slight report was heard, and scrutinising all vehicles in which "Taxical drivera blew their most docile creature. He than death, life imprisonment, or imby order of the Chief Procurator of government organ. In the case of went off, but failed to explode the On the river, every available policemen in Trafalgarsquare and criminal, that the mother of th
horng, to attract the attention of fooked and behaved like a nísérte prisonment for a term of more than the Supreme Court, who shall how those accused or whom no final charge. Beven years; and a mitigation of ever subsequently report to the judgment has yet been rendered, tha
police launch put out and patrolled in the Strand, but because of the wife, or the set, or older wear One-half of the sentence for crimes Ministry of Judicial Administra mitigation shall be granted in immediately telephoned to Scotland Astation official who saw the lost to view
The Cumberland Chief Constable along the embankment
dense trafe the prisoner was soon was quite a different proposition. or which the heaviest statutory sention. To case of criminale convict course of the judgment.
Professor the Lowry of Quest Yard, which sent an expert to escape said to an Evening Standard tence is imprisonment for termed by a military court, they shall
University; Belfast,aid that Art. 8-These Regulations shall examine the bomb. It is thought to representative ACOR of less than 7 years
be released by ordor of the com- some into force from the date of be too well-made to be the work of
such times he had seriously thought, (Continued on next column.)
ontinued at foot of neat column.) promulgation.-Huo Min.
Two prisoners got off the
of giving the husband a hypodermic a practical joker.
(Continued at foot of next colum.
injection and sending him to bed.
The above provision shall apply also in the case of offences for which the only penalty provided by Law in either deprivation of civic rights
or, confiscation." ;
One Third Mitigation.
All taxicabs and private cars in night by the discovery of awere searched and every nook and bomb under the platform from cranny of the station itself.... which Lord Lloyd and the Bishop
Guard on Bridges.
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He ran down Villiers-street, and then down & side turning.
No trace of the man had been found.