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Hongkong Telegraph
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No. 1,150
五拜聼 九十月二英港香
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 19, 1926. 日七月一
CANTON PLANS. FORGED HONGKONG BANK GAOL SENSATION. NOTORIOUS B
SEPARATE SOUTHERN
GOVERNMENT.
BIG FEDERATION.
NOTES.
AN ARREST MADE AT TAIPO.
POLICE ENQUIRIES.
A representative of the Tupan The attention of the public
SHANGHAI POLICE FIRE ON PRISONERS.
FIVE KILLED.
A sensational attempt by about of Klangst has recently arrived in has lately been drawn to the a hundred Chinese to escape from
GANG
ROBBER
IMPORTANT ABRESTS BY POLICE.
YAUMATI RAIDS. Vigorous action, by the police has resulted in one of the most
them in connection with armed robberies.
FOR JAPAN.
OPTUM LABELLED AS CLOCKS.
SWISS SENTENCES..
Berne, Feb. 18.
A German named Johann, Th has been sentenced to fourteen
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BACE WITH THE BOLSHEVIKS.
FOR NEW CONTINENT.
New York, Feb. 18. The round-the-would fier, Liegt.
Cantor on a special misston; and presence of a gang of counter-the French ¡Municipal/ Goat in successful coups ever achieved by days imprisonment and fined 4,000/Wade describes his proposed are- has had several conferences, with feiters in the Colony, as evidenced Shanghai, resulting in the police by a large number of forged Mr. Wang Ching-wal and other high Hongkong and Shanghai Bank firing, killing five and wounding officials. It is reported that the notes which have falled to escape eleven, is reported to-day by the yesterday, Sub-Inspector Shuf- Kiangsi Tupan "has sent a circular detection because of flaws which Telegraph's telegram to all Provincial Govern-must have been apparent at a
ments
the
Shanghai..
correspondent
first glance.. against protesting
The difference which the forged
Bellef details of the affair are alliance between. Wa Pei-fu and paper presents when compared
be given in a cable sent by our cor- Chang Tso-lin. In connection with with the genuing bills can
states that immediately detected not so much respondent, who
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IRAQ DEBATE.
PARLIAMENT APPROVES
TREATY
LABOUR OPPOSES.
Rugby, Fah, 19
In the House of Commons, the Rt. Hon. Mr. Lespold Amary Ser
tic fight as a race with the Bol-cretary for the Dominions and Co- franca, whilst his accomplice, a
sheviks to discover a continent lonles, moved "That this Houso Swiss named Paul Kuoni, has
which is thought to lie in the an approves the Treaty signed between the representative of His Majesty been fined 8,000 francs for an
the north of attain led i farge force of officers
and the King of Iraq, in order to attempt to ship opium to Japan charted seas to from the Criminal Investigation labelled as elocks and watches.
Alaska. He explained that the
fulfil the stipulation made by the reason la plain, because from such
Council of the League of Nations Office on a number of raids in
It transpired that thirty-five kilo-"
a base aeroplanes from any 'coun- Yaumati, the net result being that
grams of oplum, described as they have now in custody the gramophones, were despatched on try would be within one day's fly-in connection with settlement of
ing distance of the most impor- the Iraq boundary."
Mr. Amery said that it was just. this protest, the special represent by the engraving as by the bad wholesale attempt was made by chief members of a gang of armed a provious occasion-Reuter.
This is an echo of the case in tant cities in the northern hemis- tive's mission, it is stated, is to printing, which has discoloured give the reasons for the appearance nearly all the forged notes which upwards of a hundred Chinese to robbers who are believed to have August inst of sixty cases consigned
watches and clocks. When open-of Wrangel Island and northern asked the House to approve the of Kiangai troops on the boundary have been turned out. It is this escape from the Gaol, but their been responsible for a number of to Japan and declared to contain phere." He quoted the closing two months since the Premier had
discolouring rather than any plans were frustrated when the recent crimes.
ed by the authorities, they were Siberia to foreigners as evidence action taken by the representatives of investi- of Kwangtung and to make cer-
other factor which has betrayed. police opened fire.
It was in the course.
found to contain drugs, valued at notes
of the Soviet's planning an expodiof the Government at Geneva in tain overtures to the Canton the fact that all the bad
As a result of the police fire, gations arising. from the recent 70,000 francs.]
BIG BOMBAY SEIZURE,
tion to head off the discoveries accepting the awards of the League Government for a common under-Have been issued from one com-
of Nations in connection with the Bombay, Feb. 18:
and claims of other nations, standing and joint action against mon source, and the police are five of the prisoners were killed armed robberry committed on a
now investigating the whereabouts
and eleven wounded, whilst an house in Nathan Road that in
Iraq frontier. The premier had As the result of vigorous cam-
Reuter. of this source.
formation was obtained of the
then shown conclusively that the also An important development took Annamite policeman
presence in Yaumati of a number paign by the police against smug- gling and the illicit possession of
line pursued by the Government in in this place yesterday when a man, in wounded.
of the gang concerned
this matter had caused no new de- is not yet known, but in the opinion passing a bad note of the same!
opium, valued at $4,000, has been previous
The affair occurred shortly after case. The first place to be rald-cocaine and opiam, 700lbs. of ed by Detective Shaftain was No.
parture in policy, no violation of of an officer belonging to the appearance
the assurances and pledges given General Staff Department, the which have come into the posses five o'clock yesterday morning, 44, Reclaration Street, where the found hidden in the native quar- overture involves the big question sion of the police authorities, was but the police are withhelding their arrest was effected of two men ter and confiscated. There have
to the House in the past, and no: arrested in the Market of Tuipo,)
fresh commitments of, a costly, of the formation of a confederation in the New Territories. He is a report of the incidents. of all the provinces south of the boiler-maker and when searched!
dangerous or unnecessary charace. Yangtze and the establishment of he had four other forged notes
ter, but, on the contrary, it em in his possession. The prisoner
bodied and gave effect to the com slatent policy pursued by each suc- cessive Government as it came faco
Wu Pei Fu
The result of these conferences
ан
ones
a separate Government in South has since been found to have been living in a house in Hollywood China.
Road, in Hongkong, and the case is being equired into.
Since the reported death of Siao Yew-nam, Tupan of Tupeh, this' question has become very acute, owing to Wu Pei-fu assuming the power to appoint Chan Ka-me 69 the successor of Sian Yew-nam,! and Admiral Too Shikwai as Civil Governor of Hupeh.
BRIBERY CHARGE.
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
2
was
[
QUARREL OVER DISINFECTANT.
Later, No. 33 Portland Street and No. 40 Temple Street were visit- ed in turn, and from each of these places ong than was taken into custody, bringing the total number of captives to four. These men
are now lodged in cells at the Central Polfee Sta- INDIAN BRINGS TROUBLE ON tion, awaiting formal identifica-
HIMSELF.
tion before being charged before the Magistrate.
A dispute which resulted in
"
been two arrcats-Reuter.
NOT PROVEN.
END OF US. POLITICAL
ACTION.
Washington, Feb. 18. The Department of Justice has It is of interest to recall here reached the conclusion that the
[A previous message said that Lieutenants Ogden and Wade, are planning an aerial expedition, to the Aretic next summer, starting
from Point Barrow, to be financed by graduates of Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Pennsylvania Uni- vorsities. There are to be Avel aeroplanes, fitted with 220 horse- power Douglas engines.)
THE LEAGUE PROBLEM,to face with the problem of British obligations; interests and responel- bilities in the Middle East The
!
blows between an Indian watch the facts of the case in connecroceedings against the Aluminium SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN'S Premier had also pointed out that
tion with which the prisoners are now being held.
Company for contempt of court can- be maintained-Reuter's American Service
AIM.
London, Feb. 18.
the Government's policy gave effect to the principles approved by all parties of extending, as far as
The
manded $100 to keep silent about Inspector, but Inspector Gibson engaged in rifling the premises, failure to obey a Court decree of for any group of Powers, but to for Iraq, and he pointed out that
Half a
man op American ships and a INDIAN POLICEMAN.
coolie, when the former took some
On the 14th of last month not The case in which an Indian disinfectant from a sanitary tank,
Sir Austen Chamberlain, who possible, the use of the League of Nations as an instrument for [A previous message stated that Police Sergeant is charged with resulted in the appearance of the tenants of an upper floor at No. A report from Kingchow states demanding $70 with menaces, collie before Mr. Lindsell, at the 493, Nathan Road received a
sce into the of the Aluminium Company of Foreign Press Association, said the national difficulties, and strerg- that war operations in Hainan again came before Mr. R. E. Lind Central Police Court this morning, visit from two men who said that the investigation into the affairs was the guest at luncheon of the the peaceful settlement of inter-
come to they had the Central Magistracy when he was charged with assault.
America, of which Mr. Mellon is a Government had not yet taken athening, by British support, its au ceased in a good time to allow the sell at
Inspector Ogg said the Indian's condition of the water pipes.
prominent shareholder was started!
House had affirmed on that occasion people to settle their accounts be- this morning, when Mr. Sheldon,
barrister, instructed by Mr. H. Jhouse was being cleaned,, and he
The following day, these two with the object of seeing why no decision as regards increasing the thority for that purpose.
were Council of the League. It was not the general policy of the Govern fore the close of the old year. The Armstrong, of Messrs. Deacons, went with a bucket to a sanitary men came back with two others proceedings for. contempt
tank to get some disinfectant, when and obtained admission on the brought against it under an olda question of creating a majority ment by an overwhelming majority. people are happy that no such appeared for the defence.
game pretext. The inmates then decree of the court. The investi- either one way or the other on the
Mr. Amery then referred to the it was alleged at the previous trouble arose between him and the
themselves ravages of war happened in their
He believed the complain-1 found
amendment to be moved on behalf threatened gation, which is inspired by the hearing that the defendant enter-coolie. territory as occurred in the Eated a house and caught a youth ant had no right to get disinfect- with daggers, and an amah was Opposition, is directed primarily Council for that would be a nega- the Opposition, rejecting the ex River sector. They were kept in boiling. opium, while his father ant from the tank.
stabbed, when on the point of against the Attorney General for tion of the aim of that body. Their tension of the period for which The complainant said he was giving the alarm,"
not bringing proceedings against duty was not to obtain a majority Britain had accepted responsibility suspense for more than a month in was smoking the drug in a back
the defendant de- told to go to the tank by a Sanitary
While the robbers wore busily the so-called Aluminium Trust for
when the matter was before the expectation of some great calamity room, when which might fall upon them once the matter. By bargaining, the said that was not true.
an unexpected interruption oc- 1912, permitting the Trust to do reconcile differences and to reach House two months ago the Laboar the Canton Army crossed the bribe was said to have been repint of neat kerosene emulsion was curred. A woman who was an business under certain conditions solutions that would be heartily Opposition took the view that they stralia and carried the war into duced to $70, and another son of issued to each floor for cleansing agent for Singer sewing machines which the Opposition say have been and freely accepted by all the could not decide on such a question within the short time afforded the father made a note. of the purposes, and there was no need knocked at the door, to keep a voilased. The investigation is also Fowers interested-Reuter.
them, and they absented themselves the faland, but as affairs turned numbers of the notes given to the to go to the tank.
business appointment she had directed against the Federal Trade]
AMPARSIONED MESSAGE
from the debate. Now, after twe Remarking that the complainant arranged with the inmates on a Commission, which is alleged to out, hostilities practically came to constable, and reported the mat-
BY GEN SMUTE
months, they submitted an amend an end within ten days and there-ter to the police immediately. seemed to have brought the trouble previous day. Realising the pos- have failed to hand over important
London, Feb. 18. ment aimed against the whole prin fore their losses and sufferings As a result, the defendant was on himself. Mr Lindsell discharged sible danger of this development, evidence to the Department of
.the robbers became panicky, Justice.
General Smuts has sent a mes-ciple of giving effect to the resolu were reduced to a minimum. It is apprehended, and the numbers of the defendant.
sage to the Daily News from Cape tion of the League of Nations which throw away their weapon, and notes found in his possession
Town declaring that the proposal the House had affirmed by an over- made a combined rush for the street. In so doing they kneek.||
for general enlargement of the whelming majority, while the La- ed down the woman, who broke
League Council at present will be bour Party were engaged in making understood as a device to pack the up their minds, A her ankle in falling down the
Council and will deal a smashing Mr. Amery said that the Premier. stair case.
blow at the League and the work had shown clearly that the Protor accomplished at Locarne. The of 1923 contemplated and provided League has often been lamentably for the British Treaty obligation" weak but at least its character has after 1928. He emphasized that
This morning, Mr. Lindsell said
stated that General L Chai-sum tallied with those written on the came over to the island when order paper which had been handed to
the police. was fully restored, and stopped but a short time to inspect his forces he was proceeding on the charges and take the necessary arrange- as they had been set out at the ments for the achinistration of last hearing, with a view to deal-
ing with 'the case summarily, but
THE CRAVEN CASE.
THE EARL INTERVIEWED.
Montreal, Feb. 18.
DRAMATIC FIGURE DIES.
Since the robbery all the - ARCHBISHOP WHO DEFIED mates on this floor, have gone up
BOLSHEVIKS
Now York, Feb. 18.
OPIUM TRADE.
The Earl of Craven, in an interto Canton. Their return-is being affairs temporarily, and appointed he understood from Mr. Arm view, said he had been away from sought for the identification of General Chang: Fot-wei As High strong that they were prepared New York for a decade and could Commissioner of Military Affairs, to produce certain evidence. In stay away another decade. A and Mr. Chang Nan-tin as Admini-view of that, it seemed satisfac-the fuss left him cold, but it was tory that the case should go before very hard on his wife. He de strator of Civil Affalis pro. tema jury. He had spoken to the clared that the Countess of Cath General Chan Koyuk, of the 12th police authorities, and he had cart had brought her exclusion on not should Division, has been appointed to come to the conclusion that a herself. She
charge of bribery should be put have come to New York act as Field Marshal. It is stated in rather than demanding one of at present, ami should that in view of the importance and money by menaces. He under never have put, a "D" after her The Earl attributed his extent of territory' under his juris-stood the police, had now put in name.
that charge.
difficulties to certain sections of diction, his command- is again tol
A stonecutter said he met a the American press and to the bs increased by another Division, friend, who told him something, American love of sensation. making a total of five Divisions and in consequence witness went Renter's American Service.
back with him to his hut. When
ander his direct command, and that he got there, witness went into a General Li Chun-wing is to be cubicle, with others, leaving the appointed General Officer Com-defendant outside in the passage. ading of the now 14th Division, The sum of $70 was counted out in the cubicle in notes and coin,
SHIP ON FIRE.
WIRELESS MESSAGE PICKED UP.
London, Feb. 18,
the men arrested by Sub-Detec-message from Patanic New not been damaged. This proposal Lord Parmoor, acting on behalf of tive Inspector Shaftain and his Jersey, announces the death or would injure it for more than all the late Labour Government had men in. Yaumati yesterday'ın
Archbishop Cieplak, formerly, head the failures of the last five years. given a definite undertaking to the of the Roman Catholics in Russia, The defenders of the League and League Council that, by who was sentenced to death in 1923, what is probably the Jast hope for 1928 Iraq had not been admit- following on his protest against the Europe should veto It. And what ted to the League the Council- Bolshevik seizure of church proof Locarno and all the high hopes would be invited to decide what perty. The sentence was commut of yesterday? Locarno is in the further measures would be required ed to two years solitary imprison-melting pot and we may find the to give effect to Article 22 of the mont in consequence of most power-Locarno spirit suddenly changed Covenant, or in other words, to ful and world-wide representations. into a blight on the newborn hopes prolong the mandateship. Mr. The Archbishop was kept in gaol of the future. Germany's magni-Amery mentioned also, that Mr. Geneva, Feb. 18.
for sixteen months, but in the mean-ficent offer of conciliation has H. Thomas, the Colonel Secre The British Government has for time he was not informed of the opened a new chapter for Europe. tary in the late Labour Govern warded to the Secretariat of the commutation. He was then re- For her Locarno means the volun-ment had no intention of abandon, League the ratifications of the two leased and exiled. Subsequently fary, deliberate and anal renuncia-ing their support of the frontire ho desired to return to his flock tion of Alsace Lorraine. Is this claim which they had brought for-" International Oplum Conventions but declined to accept Communism, nothing to France? Is this to be ward on behalf of Iraq. Now, to- drawn up by the League. The Arst-Reuter,
BRITAIN RATIFIES CONVENTIONS.
is concerning the control of trade
In opium in the Far East for smok ing purposes, and the second is Intended to prevent oplem smuggl
The 8.8, Bolton has wirelesseding and the abuse fi stuplying
which is ordered to take up station and witness went outside and on the south-western frontier, to handed over the money to the de- be in readiness for active servico. fendant, who put it in his pocket. It is further said that the Island Questioned by Mr. Sholdon, of Hainan is to be made into a witness said the defendant did that she has fire aboard in the druge. deparate and distinct district of not say anything, and he did not lower hold of No. 1, containing These ratifications are the first its own, the civil administration to hear him speak while he (witness) tobacco. She Is proceeding to to be handed in by a Great Power
aid while he (wit
Brest and is expected to arrive with regard to the Opium Conver
tions Reuter
be modelled after, the system in- was there." relituted in, the East River sector." The case is proceeding,
this afternoon-Reuter
TO-DAY.
Dollar on demand 8.4.5/16d; Lighting-up dedu 6:22. p.m. ture (2/p.m.)
Humi
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pm) 80.00 (2.p.rp.)
lightly treated and are the others day, Mr. Thomas endorsed an then to be asked to guarantee the amendment, which, if carried, frontiers of France in the future? would not only destroy the Treaty, Surely the situation between Ger but once mere throw the whole many and France, specially calls question into the melting pot. The for honourable dealings and scripu- passing of the amendment would lous regard to all proprieties, Lo-involve the rejection of the Treaty a carno began at rentleman's bust-and the loss of that frontier, for the the whole ness and let it be completed in that sake of retaining