THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
INTIMIDATION CHARGE, CANTON FRIGHTFULNESS. MUSSOLINI'S ULTIMATUM.
KOWLOON CASE ADJOURNED.
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That he merely accosted the com. plainant, an inspector of the China, Motor Bus Company, with a view to demanding the repayment, of a Aum of money, which the defendant alleged was owing to him, was the defence put forward by the house coolle formerly employed, by Mr. A. Kirk, when the former appeared on remand, together with an ex-house coolle employed by Mr. A. P. Glover, before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning on a charge of intimidation.
The first defendant spoke of a quarrel, which, he said, he had with the complainant, in connection with being asked by the latter to join the Triad Society,
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THREAT AGAINST THE UNOFFENDING DEAD.
Sharp Letter from Consul General.
The Consul General at Canton, Sir J. W. Jamieson, has addressed the following letter to the Canton Government:
H. B. M., Consulate, Canton, July 20, 1926.
Not Yet Delivered.
Premier Mussolini has deliver- ed an ultimatum to Afghanistan for the "barbarous execution" of a young engineer, Dario Piparna, on Juno 2.
Italy's demande, have caused sensation in Rome similar to that arising from the ultimatum gent to Groace in the Corfu Incident two years ago. With the excap. To Fu Ping-ch'ang Esq., Com-tion of the indemnity, which in missioner for Foreign Affairs, Canton:
Sir, I have the honour to bring to your notice the latest instance of frightfulness" committed under the aegis of the Nationalist Gov
erament.
the present gase is sot at £7,000 ($35,000), the terms are about as severo as those offered to Greece.
As, however, Afghanistan is landlocked and cannot be attack- od excópt across Persia, India or Soviet Russia, some little skep. ticism is expressad, even official- 1y, over the outcome.
As you are aware there is on Two witnesses were called by the first defendant, but both men |
Honam Island a cemetery for for
The Afghan Minister to Rome, eigners of all nationalities, where
Azimullah Kahn, denied any knowledge, of the ac-
expressed cused, which caused the defendant incidentally the late German Con- official regret today over the to say that the witnesses were sul General was buried, which is execution, though he intimated frightened and refused to tell the in charge of a Chinese sexton and that it would probably be a month
his family.
toforo a diplomatic courier could truth.
This morning a gang of intimida- go to Kabul and return with an A constable who arrested the men gave evidence to the effect that tors approached the latter and, official explanation..
took his It is asserted in English circles the Arst defendant told him that stated that, unless he the complainant owed him money immediate departure, the graves that if the Arghans follow the would be dug up. Comment on usual course they take in dealing. threatened action, more with foreign nations, Italy's pro- such especially from a Chinese point of toate will be futile, view, is superfluous.
His Worship adjourned the ease for one week, remarking that all that he could say in Court was tou he had a sound reason for doing
90.
MID-LEVELS RESIDENTS.
CONSTITUTION OF NEW
ASSOCIATION,
Servants Wages und Registration.
The first meeting of the newly organised Mid-Levels Residents' Association was held at the
Ladies Recreation Club, Mag Road, last evening. There was a gond attendance of those interested, with Mr. Upsdell in the chair.
A permanent committee and officers were elected and these were as follows:
The seston has been allowed to Po, and I would ask you to be so good as to see that the unoffending dend remain, undisturbed. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Obedient Servant,
(SA) J. W. JAMIESON. Consul General.
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
BRIGADE.
EFFICIENCY TESTS. The following members of the Kowloon Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade have been ex- amined by Dr. Gawler, M.C., and Dr. Millward, and have passed the efficiency test in first aid to the wounded.-F. D. Angus, A. C. Greaves, J. J. Hirst, D. A.. Hynes," Mr. A. 5. D. Cousland (Chair.A.G. de Jesus, E. A. Lee, N. A. E. man), Mr. W. A. Dowley (Vice Mackay, J. H. Maycock, E. Moses, Chairman), Mr. Joseph, (Sec. and E. E. Remedios, C. F. da Roza, T. S. Treasurer), Messrs. Backhouse, D..Whitley and R. G. Witchell.. Brister, Brooks, Frost, Matheson, All the above did good service in Pethick, Wattle, Berg and Mr connection with the Po Hing Fong Harman.
catastrophe.
The rules of the Association wero then read and these, closely following those of the Peak Resi- dents Association, were unanim- ously adopted; with minor amend- ments dealing with the Con- stitution of the Committee. An annual subscription of $2' was considered to be necessary to place the Association on a sound financial basis, man and wife to be individual members,
SHANGHAI BOYCOTT.
TO LAST ONE YEAR,
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Shanghai, July 21
Mr. Dowley then took the thair Numbers of strikers are still for the discussion on the subject docking back to work despite vio-
:
For the presept Italian official and newspapers are reviling Afghanistan as a half civilized country untouched by the decont conventions
of international
justice." The Government insists it will not let one of Italy's sonsdio unavenged, though it is frankly
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admitted that little can be done FLIES BRING TYPHOID, and
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Promier Mussolini's domands follow:
"A public manifestation of regret must be held in Kabul and the Afghan Foreign Ministir must visit the Italian legation while acompany of Afghan soldiers with flags ronder homage to the Italian] fag. Also the blood money' which was paid in good faith for Piperno's pardon must be/ropaid, and an indemnity of £7,000 be paid."
Piperno, who had been arrested by the Afgban Government for shooting a soldier and later par- doned, was rearrested and shot. He was the son of the chief par- liamentary stenographer of the Chamber of Deputies.
WORLD RECORD PULSE.
In a case heard before the Marylebone magistrate recently, Dr. Maugham, the police divi- sional surgeon, apologised for his inability to give the pulse rate of a woman who he had examined for drunkenness.
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is was stated that pulse rates The Chinese Chamber of Combotween 175 and 180 were within Mr. B. L. Frost, It was resolved that no payment should be made merce has decided in favour of
their experience. to servants who walked out prior confiscation of British and Japan- to 30th June,
ese goods in the possession
of
On the question of registration,Chinese and fining merchants who the chairman said that although do not participate in the British and The boycott the measure, would not prevent Japanese boycott, strikes, it would certainly give campaign will commence on July employers a knowledge of whom 30th and will carry on for a year. they were engaging.
A friendly gesture of the British Mr. Shaw of the Servants Ite Chamber of Commerce was discus- gistration Bureau was called upon sed, dubbed insincere and left over. and outlined the objects of his-Reuter. venture, which met with the appro-| val of the meeting.
Thousands of junked cars from
...
Peking, July 21. Foreign telegrams from Canton state that all Britishers have been Instructed to leave Wuchow, in- Customs officials, cluding the owing to a strict boycott Food supplies have been cut off from the American gunboat as well as British residents-Rouler
Mr. Brooks gave evidence of a New York City are placed on the A Liverpool man has invented satisfactory working of Vic regis city dump at Corona overy year a chainless bicycle, which also tion under Government aegis A large gang of junk mon make has a straight up and down mo- re the native population num- a living by stripping them of tion of the pedals, instead of the weed more than two millions. everything of any value.
usual circular motion. Captain Davidson of the C. P. R. also supported the practicability of registration as it applied to employees, which, he said, had been carried out with satisfactory results.
It was proposed by Mr. Brooks that some system of registration of domestic servants under Gov- ernment supervision is desirable, and that the Government and the other Residents' Associatlona be informed of the Mid-Levels Asso- xiation's decision. This met with the unanimous approval of the! meeting.
The meeting then closed.
FRENCH ELECTIONS.
Paris, July 21.
ho final statistics of the elec- Hons of Consells Generaux shows the left bloc has won 91-seats," Despite the violent propaganda Ennent Morocco, the Communists have suffered a complete defeat, obtaining but two seats-Haras
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