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TUESDAY, APRIL 29. 1919.
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
A RECENT MURDER.
HUNGARY DECLARES WAR.
POPULACE WELCOMES DECISION WITH ENTHUSIASM.
Copenhagen, April 21.
DAY BY DAY.
At Mr. G. P. Lammert's POLICE INVESTIGATIONS. auction rooms, this afternoon
the as Ho Ming was sold, by or
of the mortgagees," "for 853,600.
It has been revealed as the result of Police investigations that the Chinese who was found
der
SINGLE COPT: 10 C3.
BATA 36 FOR ANNUM,
BOLSHEVIKS KILL MANY CLERGYMEN.
BISHOPS, PRIEST, MONKS
SLAUGHTERED,
GʻI EDISON ANDERSEN MEYER & CO., LTD. SOLE - AGENTS.
SOCIAL REFORM BY DANCING,
BY THE DEAN OF
MANCHESTER
Dancing is as old as humanity London, February 3-Murders itself, as oki as tears and laugh- of clergymen constitute the latest far, the natural rhythmical expression: of human emotion Russia, says Prof. Peter Struve not merely a product, and i aa distinguished - Russian scan-
A message from Budapest, dated yesterday, says the Central
The 8. Windber, 2093 tons Soviet has declared a war of defence against the Czech, Rumanian and Jugo-Slav troops." The official agency states that the decision lying dead on the hillside at Yan-, consigned to the Admiral Line, feature of Bolshevik lerror innd of the joy of 'Hfa. Dancing
in port to-day from mati with a bullet wound through arrived
Seattle and Mantia with
was enthusiastically welcomed and processions paraded the city.
The Soviet decided that half the workmen of all trades mast take up arms. Revolutionary circles are intensely excited about the Rumanian advance-
The Government has issued impassioned appeals saying the Revolution is in great peril and ordering all factory hands to
officers are ordered immediately to join the Red Army-
general cargo.
·To-Day's Exchange.
The closing rate of the dollar on demand to-day was 3s 5.3-152. The Weather. Forecast-Cloudy. Barometer: Humidly 8 p.m.-73. 29.78. Temperature 2 plin. -84.
LEST WE FORGET.
concentrate, without holidays or rest, upon munitions. All Reserve Chinese who was with the de-its new building completed. The reach safety in Finland. He was the old strict observance of the her, main engines. The enemy
THE GERMAN PEACE DELEGATES.
11
DUE AT VERSAILLES YESTERDAY,
London. April 22. A communique from Paris, dated yesterday, says A telegram received late this evening by Marshal Foch in reply to Sunday's telegram from the Council of Four to the German Government, states that the German Delegation will comprise six bigh personages, headed by Count Brockdorff Rantzau. The Delegation cannot arrive at Versailles before April 28.
THE FUIME QUESTION.
PRESIDENT WILSON DETERMINED.
Paris. April 21.
The Faime question has reached a crisis. President Wilson did not attend the Council of Four to-day, which is endeavouring to reconcile the Italian and American viewpoints, in order to consult the American Delegation, which has decided to publish the facts if the deadlock continues. President Wilson is determined to avoid recognising the Secret Treaty of London.
IT GERMANY BREAKS PEACE TREATY.
BRITISH, FRENCH AND U.S. FORCES TO ACT.
Paris, April 21.
It is stated in French circles that progress is being made regard ing the scheme for a defensive alliance between Great Britain, France and the United States, applicable to the Rhine area only and providing for immediate military and naval action in the event of Germany breaking the Peace Treaty as regards the demilitarised zone east of the Rhine.
FRENCH AVIATORS SAD FATE.
Paris, April 21.
M. Vedrines, the celebrated airman, accompanied by the mechanic, M. Guillain, who left Villac Coublag at 6.30 this morning fying to Rome, crashed at 10.30 near St. Brambert d'Albon, in the Department of Drome. MM. Vedrines and Guillain were killed.
DALMATIAN QUESTION UNDECIDED.
Paris, April 21.
The Council of Eight, comprising President Wilson, Mr. Lloyd George, M. Clemenceau, Signor Orlando, Baron Sonnino. Mr. Balfour, M. Pichon and Mr. Lansing, discussed the question of Dalmatia, but no solution was reached.
THE INDIAN SITUATION.
Simla, April 18.
The Governor-General-in-Council has promulgated a fresh Ordinance, providing that any Court Martial or Commission may sentence a person convicted under Martial Law to transportation for life or for two years, or rigorous imprisonment for seven years and not exceeding 14 years.
The Defence of India Rules have also been amended, providing that no new newspaper can be printed or published without the previous sanction of the Local Government.
SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
NEW SHANGHAI HOTEL AND THEATRE.
BIG PURCHASE OF LAND.
Shanghai, April 28.
The Shanghai Hotels, Limited, has bought from Mr. E. S. Kadoorie a 300-feet frontage on Nanking Road, opposite the Race Course, for a modern hotel and theatre building including, besides a theatre, 500 rooms. It is hoped to make it the most modern hotel in the Orient.
The total area of the lot is eleven mow and the price 385,000 Taels, Plans will be drawn up at once.
PRESS CRITICISM RESENTED."
Singapore, April 28. Mr. James, the Food Controller, in a very vigorous speech, denounced the Press criticism of the Government's lack of foresight fas engineered out of a desire for notoriety and re-emphasised the
urgency of the food position.
JAPANESE CRUISER IN SINGAPORE.
Singapore, April 28. inese cruiser Yakumo has arrived here,
his head was the victim of an
Hotly engaged with these two, omist, who has escaped from feature of town life. It is re- assault perpetrated by several
Russia and arrived in England, Barkable that Scottish Puritan fleeting destroyers, Broke then members of the Triad Society
after hiding from the Bolism, even in its severest days, attempted to follow Swift in the whose enmity he had incurred. The Second Presbyterian
sheviki for months in Moscow and has never suppressed dancing in direction in which she was last From the statements of one of the Church at Canton will soon have after a long journey on foot to the Highland glens. Today in seen; shell, however, struck districts of the Highlands, where Brake in the boiler room, disabling ceased at the time of the murder site is costing about $18,000 and and who has since been arrested $29,000 for the construction of compelled to disguise himself to Sabbath survives, dancing is the was then lost to sight in the by the Police, it appears that the the new building.
So far the escape death at the hands of the deceased, in company with the members of the church have only adherents of Lenin and Trotzky most popular social recreation, darkness. Still carrying consider arrested man and others, was go-raised $36,000, and $9,000 is still Professor Struve was represent-and lads and lasses, who to the able was Broke altered course ing to Shekwan on the night needed.
tive from Petrograd in the second townsman might appear heavy and headed in the direction of a The Church members of the 21th inst whan are busy working to raise the Duma and a member of the Asand dull, as soon as the fiddle destroyer heavily on fire, whose sembly convoked by Alexander strikes up suffer a change and crew on sighting Broke sent ap the attack WLS made.balance.
F. Kerensky.
appear alert and graceful. In loud shouta for mercy. She was of the A shot fired by one
great industrial "Altogether ten bishops had our
towns burning fiercely, and regardless attackers entered the head of the
more of the danger from her magazines Messrs. Pathe Freres, who own been, shot and many priests dancing has never been deceased and inflicted à mortal wound, from the effects of which the rights for China of the Million murdered, and the dean of Kazan popular or more universal. It exploding Broke steered towards films. have Cathedral and his two sons were seems to provide a natural outlet her, still moving slowly through he died some hours later, when Dollar Chaplin he was at the house of a doctor received the first Million Dollar drowned in the Neva by the Red from the drabness of surround the water. The shouts and orien at Chungsha Street, to which production entitled "A Dog's soldiers," said Professor Struve.gs and the monotony of modern of "Save! Save!" were redoubled, Near Kotlas all the monks in
industrial processes.
when the German unexpectedly place he had been conveyed by Life" and will exhibit it in the
Girls especially seem to feel an opened fire.-Story compiled from monastery
shot friends for treatment.Colony shortly. The success of one The body of the de the Chaplin films is quite suffic-to death Professor Kartasheff, absolute necessity for some outlet the accounts of officers and men
Minister of Religion
for their physical energy. žo
Even engaged in the attack of a flotilla ceased WAS at 2 o'clock fient guarantee that the new pic-
who after long hours in a factory, of
German defroyers on the following morning brought ture will be another triumph in Kerensky's Government,
has escaped into Finland, says will dance. In the absence of Swift" and "Broke." "Morning.
though mentally tired, they will by
destroyer leaders" to the billside by his friends, cinema art. their intention being to dump it
that the present persecution of male and
companions they dance Post". April 26, 1917. the Church in Petrograd is only thereby avoid :he awkward, situation of
The need for some method comparable with the persecution freely and readily among them- being found with the murdered man ong for crossing from Kowloon to
other than that at present exist- į of the early Christians. their hands. Their failure to Hongkong and rue reras was take place at night, but
"In Moscow all the shootings take steps to notify the Police again demonstrated to-day, when Petrograd the victims of în before the man's death deprived the 2 o'clock ferry from Kowloon, Bolsheviki
the are shot the Police of the opportunity of eliciting some facts from the arriving at the Hongkong the afternoon in the court- of the headquarters deceased which would reveal his side, took well over five minutes Fard
Dear get sufficiently
the of the Executive Com- murderer. As it was, the only information which the Police pier to enable passengers to land. mission, and, in order to drown the obtained was from the arrested After sundry futile manoeuvres noise, it is usual to start the man who, however, stated that the ferry was backed with a engines of motor cars which are he had no knowledge of the bump into the pier and a rope waiting in the vicinity.
was made fast and then after identity of the murderer.
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Sergeant Murphy, who had the sundry to's and fro's. eventually When are we affair in hand, this morning at got alongside. the Police Court informed M-.going to get that bridge G. N. Orme that the arrested tunnel? Chinese was not in any way implicated in the murder, as he was the deceased's best friend. The only charge on which hey was arrested was that of neglect- ing to inform the Police. On this charge Mr. Orme inflicted a $25 fine, with the alternative of 14 days' imprisonment...
TO-DAY'S CHINESE
TELEGRAMS.
/Wah Tsz Yai Po Service.)
Peking, April 28. A Mandate subjecting all nationals of non-Treaty Powers to Chinese law has been issued.
Construction
оп work the
COMPANY REPORT.
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LTD.
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CHINESE POLICE
INSPECTOR.
IN TROUBLE IN HONGKONG
revealed
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Mary Jane with Mary Ann. Many girls "go wrong" because they are not provided with some wholesome outlet for this physic- Chan Tsze-ming is a person of al energy. They come out from some note in his own country. the factory longing for some He is an Inspector of the Chinese "fun." Someone suggests a drink, Palice and as such commands and the descent is easy.
some respect and is looked upor Τα At the beginning of the Boli
girls and men of the with great, dread by all evil- working class dancing is, doers. The Hongkong Palice shevik movement, I publicly ex- pressed the opinion that not even a
rule.
far more yesterday had the good fortune German would hold converse with solemn and stately proceeding to make his acquaintance. a Bolshevik. As a Russian Con-than it is to their richer brothers The incidents which led to this stitutionalist it is completely in-and sisters. No doubt there are acquaintance Are startling. explicable to me bow any Allied undesirable dancing halls where He government can contemplate dis. the bunny hug and the dip" Police that the abilities of a cussion of any sort, in any circum. are unduly prominent, but this is Chinese Police Officer lis in stances or at any place, with any by no means a necessary part of more than one direction.
showed them that though a one who calls himself a Bolshevik, the joy of dancing for them.
Those who imagine that there To the majority dancing is an Chinese Police Inspector may can be any pact between the forces and they have retained many catch and sit in judgment, over of civilization and Bolshevism of the stately measures of our thieves, snatchers, pick-pockets, have no conception of the real forefathers, which have entirely etc., he is quite able to take on We are officially informed that state of affairs in Russia. The disappeared from the modern the role of the criminal, not a the General Agents and Con- most moderate form of restoration society ballroom. Many varieties criminal of dash who risks his sulting Committee of the Canton of order and liberty in Russia of step dancing are practised in-liberty
high stakes, Insurance Office, Ltd. wil, would make the existence of Bols stead of the perpetual Boston and bat just B at the forthcoming meeting of hevism impossible. Bolshevism is waltz An M.C. who takes his criminal," shareholders, to be held on complete tyranny, which position very seriously rules the reach their highest level only in Wednesday, the 21st proximo, absolutely incompatible with any proceedings with a firm hand, and the art of stealing money from declare a final dividend of $12 form of ordered liberty and con-all obey him implicitly.
other people's pockets when they per share in respect of Working stitutional government.
If you want to see a really are not looking.
Probably Account 1917, edd 283,854 33.4d. entirely false to say that Bol-stately dance, go to a sergeants'
Inspector Chan to the Sterling Reserve Fund shevism is a popular form of ball. I have had the opportunity thought he could not find enough and $679,155.28 to Underwriting government. If Trotzky would during the past year of witness-scope in his own district for the Suspense Account; and they will walk a verst through Moscow heling a dance in a large girls display of his peculiar talenta. further declare sa interim divid would be killed. No czar lived hostel in one of our munition Probably he found Hongkong a Canton-Hankow Railway com-the Working Account 1918 and than the
and of $18 per share in respect of in greater terror of his subjects centres to which men, mainly festila hanting ground. He no
chiefs of the Bol-soldiers, were invited, and the sooner set his foot in Hongkong. mences immediately with British,
carry forward the sum of shevik Government. There was proceedings were conducted with on a month's leave from bis American and French capital.
and decorum. duties, than he set to work to $2.971,180.78.
more law and justice ander sef. great dignity
considerable. dom than under the Bolsheviki.
town lighten the pockets of his "It is antrue that the armed in the Midlands, under the super-compatriots. In Des Voeur Road forces of the Bolsheviki can offer vision of the rector of the parish, yesterday he snatched the purse a weekly dance is held in the of another Chinese and passed it ganized and well-armed pressure, town hall. On each occasion a on to a confederate and when the sad the failure of the Bolsheviki prominent citizen of the town and latter was arrested, he passed it. in Esthonia, where they yielded his wife act as host and hostess, on to a third man, who succeeded before small but compact forces, receive the dancers, and preside in making his escape a little later. is much more characteristic of over the proceedings.
Inspector Chan, who also their real nature than the sac- The fact is that our young men had succeeded in eluding capture, Paris, April 20.-The following cesses they gained in the North and women do not desire bad again got busy and relieved the The and the East against the driblets dances if they can get good pocket of another victim. Tuan Chi-jui's party wishes to recommendations
have
dances. A very moderate degree good fortune of his first exploit appoint Hai Lan-chow as Tuchun embodied in the report of the Put in action there.
To represent the Bolsheviki of reasonable and kindly super-failed him on the latter occasior, of Shensi, but the President Committee 00 International
for be was caught in the act ‹£. declares he will not change any Labour Legislation which have as being strong is not only false vision is all that is required.
Young men and women will lifting the purse." but very dangerous because it Tuchus prior to a settlement by baen adopted by the Peace Con- creates the very impression that dance as they have danced since A constable brought the the Conference.
the Bolsheviki desire to create. the first dawn of time. Why Inspector to the Police Station The shareholders meeting of Employers and workmen shall Ther aim at world revolution, should opportunities of reasonable In the station there was also the the C.M.S.N. Co. has been post-be allowed the right of association and to create a false impression social intercourse and of the Chinese whom he had robbed in poned indefinitely, owing to a for all peaceful purposes, lawenit among Shung Kung-Po's No child shall be employed in of their power is to further their natural human joy of ordered Queen's Road. Chan was such a aims. Civilization must not thythmical movement to music welcome acquaintance that, the somIS.
industry or commerce under the shrink from the problem; it can be confined to the sons and Police placed at his disposal a The Southern delegates had an age of fourteen years.
of the wealthier part of Victoria Gaol for the next informal meeting in Tong Shao- Every child shall be assuredbe dealt with easily if it is daughters yee's house yesterday and arrived the opportunity for mental and grasped firmly. The real strength classes? Men and women of twelve months. His underling of the Bolsheviki lies in, the goodwill are rendering a wise and was also honoured in the same. at certain decisions regarding the physical education.
kindly service to the community way for a period of six months. legal question, but these are kept Between the ages of fourteen irresolution of the leaders
when they help to provide such civilization."
well-ordered dances..
The Vice-Ministers of Finance and War have left for Shanghai in connection with loan and disbandment affairs.
Shanghai, April 28.
The President has privately wired Chu Kai-Kim that he is agreeable to the Constitution proposed by the Southerners.
A Peking official denies. Dr. Wellington Koo's engagement to Tso Yu-lin's daughter.
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR LEGISLATION.
PROVISIONS REGARDING CHILD LABOUR.
ference:-
been
any serious resistance to OI-
of
In
B
-FAMOUS ACTRESS DEAD.
DON'T FORGET.
TO-DAY!
secret.
years and sixteen years no person The Peking financial sitna-of either sax shall be employed in! tion is very difficult as the any work harmful to their
THE EX KAISER'S FORTURE' Tuchans press for payment of physical development. Besides,
It is reported from. Berlin. that military expenses. Therefore the their technical and general
the ex-Kaiser recently approach-
Thestre Royal Howitt Phil- Président is anxious to hasten the education shall be assured. Conference settlement..
Every working person has the led the German Government with Miss Fany Coleman, a famous lips Co. present "Tiger's Cole* Owing to the statement, made right to a wage adequate to main-regard to his private fortuna, as actress of old lady parts, but once Victoria Theatre 9.15 p.m. by Prendent Wilson on the 22nd | tein a reasonable standard of life he was without ready money and a leading ingenue," at the Hay-
Coronet Theatre 5.15 and 915) inst that the Italian demands having regard to the civilisation: had already been obliged to bor-market in the days of Phelps and . p.m. must be moderated; the Italian of his home and his country. ₺row 20,000 guilden from his Dutch Brickstone, died in London, at the h delegation has decided to take no Women shall receive equal pay - host. - The German Government age of 15. Throughout her 50 further part in the Conference, for the same work and output as has allowed him a sum of 600,000 years of kiage life she steadily and is leaving Paris
marka so meat" current expenses, refused to be interviewed -
men"
- TOMORROW. Victoria Theffi Coronet Theatr