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THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1926.
KILLED IN ACTION.
AN INDIAN BORDER TRAGEDY.
lies,
Mr. H. G. Wolla's next story. will be remarkable not only in quality but in longth. It is entitled The Thoughts of Mr. Cressault, and will contain 300- 000 words, and be printed in two yolumes. Mr. Crossault retires A correspondent, writing from Delhi, April 13-A shadow from all his activities to a farm Swatow to the N. G. D. Newer un- on the frontier owing to thein Provonoo, where he sets down dor date of April 19 says:
news of the "death in action his belief about everything in There have been many indies- of Col. Handyside, Commandant human affairs. Those who have Lions recently that the financial of the Frontier Constabulary. It soon the MS. say it is far and struits of the Government have appears that early on Sunday away the best thing that Mr. become sovero, and the merchants morning. Cel. Handyside, learning Wella bas written.. Mossrs. are groaning under the exactions that a amall party of well-armed Ernest Bena, Ltd., will publish to which they are being subjected, outlaws wore lying up in a house 10 the book. and recalling no doubt with quiet miles from Peshawar, and taking derision the hot denunciations of
Mr. Taylor, the Deputy Common- the extortions of Ch'en Chiung lant and a party of Constabulary, ning's generals in which the Red procooled to search the houses with wert ao invish on their arrival here last November, and their generous assurances that under their regime such things should not be.
view to surround the hamlet. It was not known in which house the outlaws were sholtering, but one' house looked suspicious. Col. Handy- side and two officer, mande a dash It is common talk that the pay ite walla Col. Handyside.had across the front to gain covor under of the soldiers is in arrears any almost reached cover when two shots thing from six to eight months, rang out in quick succession and and if that is anything like the Col. Handyside foll, shot through the truth, it is suficient to account heart. His officers immediately for a certain activity in the Tax-sized him and drow him under. tion Bureau. It has been making cover, but death had been swift and Atrong repraesentations to the Chamber of Commerce regarding
a gallant frontier, lender was DO the returns hade by the chants of the values of their pro- Mr. Taylor took comunaid. and perty, which it roundly declares called upon the outinws to surrender. are almost without exception very One man came out and handed over far distant from the truth, and bis rifle, but the other refused and threatening to close up the busi-replied to all questions with riflo ness of those who persist in mak fire. Mr. Taylor, therefore, bombed ing false returns.
the house. The first bomb apparent- ly made a direct hit, because the outlaw's thigh was blown away. He died within ten minutes of capture.
mer-
Profit from Gambling. The most recent device for rais. ing the wind his been the rescind Ing of the prohibition of gambl
more.
When Col. Handyside was buried, ing which has been in force since the whole of tie civil and military
the return of the Reds in Novem- garrison and a large number of ber. "The contract for the mono-Indian admirors were 'present at his poly rights has been put up to gravo-side.
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abetion, and the price obtained Col. Handyside's name for the city of Swatow was $1,610 household word in evory hamlet in per day. The whole district of and across the border. Even the Chaochowfu went for $370 per brunsborder raiders will deplore the day. If figures like these prevail end of a gallant and generous foe, over the whole province, the reliei a man who was wont to share his to the official coffers should be food and water with captured considerable.
raiders, once the fighting was over.
This restoration of was celebrated by
liberty He treated his enemies as personal
fuall-gucats.
RUSSIA'S CROWN.
JEWELS.
lade of crackers in front of the largest gambling house "In the city, and a crowded attendance of clients. Just about this time laat year the students were holding a great anti-gambling demonstra- tion, and parading the streets about it, knowing well that the RUSSIAN EX-ROYALTIES authorities were in favour of re-
CRY "STOLEN!" pression. Now they are discreet- ly silent, and find an outlet for their energies in holding memorial Russian Crown jewels are to boj Paris. Announcements that meetings for the "Peking mar-went to New York in paymont for Lyrs" and denouncing Tuan Ch'i-agricultural machinery havo jul, and the Foreign Powers, who caused members of the late Tsar's e said to be responsible for family, now living in Franco, to all. The financial difficulties of make formal protest to several. the Government are being popu-countries, declaring that the larly attributed to the failure of jewels belong to their family, and the Russian sources of supply on anyone buying them would bo which they have been able to draw guilty of receiving stolen antil recently. Whether the property.
policy of non-cooperation with A French representative of an the Soviet Government which American law firm will leave for seems to have been adopted at America shortly to arrange for Canton is the result of this seizure of the jewels which are failure, or the cause of it, who valued at over £50,000,000) should shall say?
they appear on the American market. Food Supplies Short,
Members of The problem of food supplies Romanoff family contest the the Imperial for the British community is right of the, Soviet to dispose of again to the fore. For these we the jewels, maintaining that, are dependent on British steamers under international law, they are coming from Hongkong (the land private property,
ing being done by blucjackets
from the man-cf-war) 25 no
other steamer which calls to put upon it. The result has | Hongkong is permitted to land been a general return to the tin- cargo here. For a time B. & Sned food diet. One does not ex- boats were calling once a week, pect shipping companies to send and later, when they were called their steamers in here out of mere oll, the Douglas Co, did what was kindness of heart; but we have necessary; but recently they also feeling that a have failed us; and simultaneous help from our Imperial Govern
little practical ly the only lee factory operating ment in a matter of this kind in Swatow (a Japanese one) has would be more impressive than been closed, so that we are de-expressions of sympathy from the pendent on Hongkong also for Secretary of State in the House ice, as well as for the fresh food of Commons.
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