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it was only a short time ago that ho was given H Government honour for his services. He is: exceedingly anxious to get back part, at least of the money he placed through his nephew in the bank to bind the bargain.
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For .. President Garfiold from: Story of a Tientsin Deal.
Now York oto.- Mr. H. V. This is the hitherto unpublish
Barnard. Mr. & Mrs. Henry Crombie, Mr. Eugens Fort, Mrs. ed story of the details of a litle transaction in the sale of Italian luck. He has approached the Mr. Sergey Pavol, Mr & MYH.
Thus far, he is playing in poor Alexandra Fert, Mr. Otto Kiofer, | Brns to ond of the Chinosu militarist factions, the facts of Italian, indirectly offering to Adolf Rettig, Mr. & Mrs. William the case explaining why there is sign a document that would G. Todd, Mr. Lawrence Wright, in a certain foreign bank in release the funds in escrow and Mrs. Amy Montague, Master North China the sum of Mex. would be content, he says with Robert Montague, Mr.
$150,000 of his own money. But Scott, Mr. Milton R. Wood, Mr. $249,000 which has been lying the Italian who agreed to doliver Peiro Yloto, Mr. Willam Harvey there for five years while neither the arms claims that Chang Young, Mr. Lenwood Abbott, of the depositers can touch ofther principal or intorost bg-Ching-yao's signature would not Mr. & Mrs. Wm. F. Adler, Mr. cause the money was jointly debe sufficient because ho made no Clifford M: Collins, Mr. Ralph W. posited and the Chinese broker bargain with him but his nephew. Lohman, Mr. Chas. F. McCowan, in the case dare not appear in
and his nephew is afraid to ap- Mrs. Alice Shockley, Mrs. Lulu Tientsin for political reasons, pear either in Peking or Tientsin Mitchel: Smith, Mr. W. S. Cook
And son, Miss Stanley Cooksòn. Miss says a correspondent of the Shang-besides, says, the Italian, hu is Marry Louise Cookson, Mi hai Times. The story throws a entitled to compensation for the Allee C. M. Norgaard, Mr. Oswald sidelight on the manner in which reach of contract and for the Mayall. Miss. Georgia Ely, Mre, deals in arms aro conducted in
depreciation of the arms and um- Frances H. Osborn, Miss Jessic North China and while it is amusing to a certain extent the monition during the five years A. Platt, Mr. & Mr. Samuel 0. joke seems to be on all the parties they roposed in godowns in and Ayres, Miss Charlotte J. Ayres, involved,except the Bank.
about Tientsin. He does not say 'Msir. Gibert R. Ayres, Mr. &
make the
that
песрекагу arrange-
for roasou all his own.
Chilli parly.
In 1919 the notorious Changanything about his lot boing in- Mr. B. 1. Blinn, Mr. F. Cason recent male of Bonardel, Mr. James E. Brewer, Ching-yao was the Civil and chuded in the
Italian arita ta tho Poking Mr. & Mrs. Walter L. Mass, Mr. Military Governor of Hunan. Heovernment, or rather to the & Mrs. C. P. Schirmerhora, Mr. was exceedingly anxious to obtain new arms and ammunitioni
There, for the|& Mrs. A. O. Stearns, Miss Gør- trudo A. James, Mrs. Judith M. for cortain of his so-called crack moment, the situation posts. troope and ascertaining
ACCUMULATED INTERIST, Ridgway, Miss Wilma Ridgway, The interest on the money, Mr. & Mrs. Geo, J. McCarthy, these could be bought in Tientsin he despatched his nephew, Yuying in the bank since 1919 is Mr. C. A. Summers, Judge Wit. Lien-thang, to visit Tientsin and considerably over $50,000 to date liam Lymer, Mrs. Wm. P. and thu lunger the money Lymer. Mr. E. J. Caroy, Mr. romains in the Bank the groutor Cyril S. Cheetham, Mr. Chalmers, ments. Yu Lien-chang came todos the sum become, for as C. Gray, Mr. & Mrs. Eaile Tientsin, and struck a bargain with a well-known Italian mor-
the inturast iR added to Mayandon, Mr. & Mrs. J. T tho principal. now intorest Moriarty, Mr. & Mrs. Honry V.į chant. Under the terms of the agreement entered into between is paid on the principal and old Tiencken, Mstr. D. V. Tioncken.
will Mr. P. Vilóudaki, Mr. Harold (!) Yu Lion-chang, acting on behalf intorost. How the affair of his uncle, Chang Ching-yas, it eventually be wound up is a Road, Mr. & Mrs. Win. O. Moore, was agreed that this Italian menystory, Tho nephew will visit chant was to obtain delivery of 'oking or Tientsin to affix his R. J. Berbeek, Mr. A. R. Bark. Miss 10,000 rifles and 100,000 cartrid Signature before witnesses at Canda, Mr. F. L. Gray. Mr. and ges, the purchase price to be the same time the Italian, fixes Mrs. J. W. Lechar, Mr. H. 1. Orr, $638,000. Under the torms of the this and tho Italian inaints that str. and Mrs, A. Pugr. Mrs. L
recognize the $319,000, was to be deposited in anyhow's deputy, Chang Ching- Parker, Mr. J. Ross and Mrs. P. P. certain foreign bank in the joint yan, to whom the money origin-Willinus, namos of the Italian and Yally belonged, is in need of funds,
Contract one half of this amunt.
will he
not
Per si Patroclus. April HL---Mr. |
For ss. Empress of Canada...-
so it is dovinred. But the monoy | William F. Alloway, Ehenbeth
was jointly deposited and it was Alloway. J. Bernard Avegon, Mrj expressly stipulated that nothing and Mex. 6. F. Antrim, Ellys N. could be withdrawn without both signatures. To this the bank Beatty, Mr. and Mrs, 65, E. Brewster, must adhere. It is possible that). Ralph Clarke, Elizabeth Clarke, the nephew has a reason for keep- Mr. (). F. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. ng the money from his uncle. R. Callie and bild, Anna F. talian this might appour a dog: P. Johnston, Íris H. Johnston, Joba | but as he refuses to meet the Dechel, Henty S. Johnston, Ghulya
in-the-nupgor policy.
Lien-chang as ovidance of good) faith on the part of the Chinese, the deposit being made on the express understanding with the Bank. officials that none of this money would be withdrawn with out the signatures of both parties, So far, so good. When the Italian obtained word that the shipment had been made from Italy, how ever, he called on Yu Lian-chang and said he would require $70,000. This monoy, he explained, would detail. There is a question as to be nooded to bribe certain Chin CHO Officials to permit land- ing of the Chingwangtao. Yu Lien-chang agreed to this and affixed bis signature to the document that placed the $70,000 in the Italian's bands.
Cargo near
OBLIGED TO HIDE When thd cargo
was safely landed, however, there was a slight delay in depositing the last half of the purchase price. Then Chang Ching-vuo got into trouble in Hunan through the murder of
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Warsaw, April 14. Archbishop Cieplak has arrived here from Rign. His emaciated features testified to the privations of his imprisonment. He was greeted by a number of ecclesiastical dignitaries, including Mon
Machens, Mrs. F. W. Pogete, Con- The latest development in the stance Payne, F. Biddle, Harold Le adds another perplexing Saunders, Mr. and Ms. H. U. San- were the original of the sales for and children, Helene W. contract really is, ono report hav- Thielens, Wagner P. Thieleus; Mr. ing it that Chang Ching-yau lost. Van Waveren, Theodore Jams it when he left his yamen in Warue, Isabella T. Wearze,. Hunan. On the other hand, there Bomoa S. Westervelt. Herbert E. are copies of it in existence and Westervelt, Mr. Arthur Ward, Mr. one man of legal affairs with and Mrs. R. E Whitney, Eric W. whom your correspondent dis welt, Emma S. Wolff, Me. Léonard Sagar Laur, the Papal Nuncio, and representatives of many Polish little; the main fact was, that the Yates, Mrs. Ping "Sher, and Mr. H.soc:eties. money was deposited in. Chang's | Shautz. hame. Whether the Italian in question is taking advantage of the political embroglio in which Chang Ching yao's nephew found
cussed the caso said this meant
course, it is of no use to thei Chinese principals.. And none of those involved is courting much publicity,
a foreign missionary by his troops himself, to koop the money is and he was deposed by the Cen-highly questionable. For while tral Government, yielding to the the money lies in the bank it is pressure of one of the foreign|of no use to him Likewiso, of JOWEIB. Yu Lien-chung alen got into political trouble in Tientsin of some sort and lost no time in Instening to Shanghai whore he is believed to be at this time, although his movements are not definitely known and he has variously hoon reported to have found & haven of refuge in
CRIBBED EXAM PAPERS. Owing to the question papers Mukden. Although the Contral fooking out the Matriculation Government had deposed Chang and Intermediate, oxaminations Ching-yao he has been acting as of the Osmania University, one of the mediators between Hyderabad, have boon cancelled. Poking and Mukden, of late and and frosh papers sot.
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Paris, April 19.
The death is announced of Prince Boland Bonaparte.-Reuter. Prince Roland Bonaparte was the son of Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, who died in obscurity in Versailles in April 1881. He nad married the daughter of a Paris working man, Justinė „Eleanore tulin, by whom he bid, before his marriage, two children, Roland Napotem born May 19, 1858, who entered the army, and was ex- cluded from it in 1886, and then devoted himself in geography, and scientific explorations; and Jeanne, who became the wife of the Marquis de Vence.]
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In order to win the first prize, Capablanca must win, and Lasker Jose, both their remaining games. Edward Lasker, by sur- prisingly defeating Reti; took fourth place, and Reti is now fifth-- Kenter's American Service
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