THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
BRITAIN AND TURKEY AGREE.
HOME STRIKE PICTURES.
SIGNING OF HISTORIC TREATY.
OLD DISPUTES ENDED.
Rugby, June 6.
News has been received that the Anglo-Turkish Treaty, which Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambas- sador in Constantinople has negotiated. in Angora with the: Turkish Government, was signed yesterday. The full text of the document has not yet reached London.
Its main importance is that it ends the long-standing dispute over the Mosul frontier and Ler- minutes an happy. period of [host!le, atrained or controversial relations which have continued between the two nations since the Turkish entry into the war, in 1915. In restoring an amicable relationship the Treaty lays the foundation for close economic and political co-operation', and, while√ strengthening Turkey's inter-
· national position, provides addi- tional assurances against the re- imposition of capitulations.
It is understood that the frontier laid down in the Treaty is, virtually, the Brusscla line with A Blight modification involving five square miles favour- able to Turkey, this re-adjustment being, of course, subject to the consent of the Council of the Nations.
Turkey recogniges Iraq and; in return for her abandonment of economic claims upon that coun- try, receives a ten per cent, share in such royaltion as may be pay- able to the Iraq Government' from the Turkish Petroleum Company's i .concession."
The Treaty should undoubtedly allay fears of frontier aggression and Clauses are contained in it which lay down arrangements for mutual assistance in dealing with brigandage and for the preven-
The first pictures of the general strike at Home are to hund. Above is seen part of the big milk depot established in Hyde Park, where thousands of churns of milk were handled daily whilst below is a scene at "Waterloo Station when the strike commenced, empty trains being seen at the platforms.
BOGUS CONSTABLE.
LYING EXCUSES IN COURT.
A Chinese detective attached to
BOMBS AND PISTOLS.
ارد
FOUND ON B, & S. VESSEL,
Four Koreans were arrested at
the Wanchai Police Station recent-Shanghai on June 1st by Customs. tion of propaganda among tribes y lost his identification badge in search parties and handed over to in the territories of the contract a scrimmage with a criminal, and
ing parties. A permanent Turen- the story of how it was found the River Police in connection Iraq Frontier. Commission will mçet periodically.
again was bound up in the strange with their possession of pistols,
case of a man who was arrested
Writing in anticipation of the during the week-end for posing asstr. Shuntien bound for Tientsin.
on the China Navigation Co.'s Treaty's signature, the Observer's a constable.. diplomatic. correspondent says:-
It appears that members of a
is that it will afford a modus vivendi between Turkey and. Iraq, will allay fears of aggression on both pides of the frontier, will open the way to diplomatic and economic collaboration between Great Britain, Turkey and Iraq. and will remove, one of the un settling factors which has had its effect not only on Egyptian and Indian affairs but on many impor tant aspects of Western Europian. diplomacy."-British Wireless.
sion
Cross
The "importance of the settlement The circumstances under which Customs search party were carry- the badge passed into the posses-ing out their usual examination of the prisoner were not of passengers' luggage when one disclosed, but, apparently, it of the officers, came inspired in the latter a desire to bomb. This was reported to the pose as a constable and attempt senior officer present who ordered to work a swindle on the tenants a strieter search of the belong- of a certain floor.
ings of the passengers and an examination of some of the pas sengers themselves. This reveal- ed three bombs, said to be some- thing like the ones used in con-) nection with the bombing of the At the Police Court this Japanese Consulate-General morning, when the man was Whangpoo Road some weeks ago. charged on various counts, the four fully loaded automatic pis PEAK TRAM DELAYS. principal of these being imper-tols and 156 rounds of amunition.
CONSEQUENT ON CHANGE
OF POWER.
In this he failed utterly, and when arrested the missing badge was recovered on him.
STOLE" MONEY.,
in
sonation of a policeman, it was
The Koreans admitted that the stated that he visited a floor for baggage was theirs and that the the pretended purpose of making "goods" belonged to them, and so a search. Insisting that one of they were handed over to the the tenants had illicit opium, he River Police. Inquiries were in- Owing to the fact that the en-put his hand into the latter's stituted and these elicited the gineers in charge of the change pockets and drew out a sum of fact that the four Koreans, whose over in the power of the Leak $1.45, and transferred this moneymes were Koh Chuan-son, Ih Yoh-aun, Kim Beh-yon and Ih Su- Tramway optimistically estimated into his own pocket.
bong, had come from the French
that the work could be completed While ready to believe he was Concession, where they had for in one night without any disloca- a detective-he had produced the some time past been living. They tion of the service, there was no purloined official badge for their said that they were going to intimation given of the fact that inspection-the tenants thought Weihaiwei to "have a bath" and! the new electrical plant was going his act contrary to what they had take
some. water," whatever
to be put into commission on Sa-expected from a policeman and that means. turday night, and therefore it was they joined in a chorus of protest.
These explanations were not
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The Prisoner If he had illicit fokal-Talabatolatokataloß onium, I would have arrested him..
A TAOIST ́SOCIETY. The Magistrate:You would
a surprised Peak community that The hubbub drew the attention of satisfactory and the men were awoke on Sunday morning. to find the people in the street below and handed over to the Japanese Con- no tram service.
one of them sent for a Sikh ser-sulate-Generals where they are at As soon as the service stopped on geant. Before his arrest, the Saturday night, engineers and bogus detective had thrown the
present, awaiting trial. workmen started. to effect the money down the stair case in a change over. A new wire rope had last desperate effort to rid him- to be luid, and there was much self of incriminating evidence. heavy and technical work to be seen. to in the power house. It was. sheerly a matter of bad luck that it was discovered that the new rope had eye-let holes of the wrong size and could not be fitted to the pointed out to the prisoner during cars, and also that it developed the proceedings." big "kink" down by May Road. The result was that the old ropes Worship was scathing in his
One after the other, the tenants
of the floor fled into the witness- privately take a man to the police box this morning to weave a chain station? That's the last place of evidence from which there was you dare go to, anyway. Any no escaping, as the Magistrate other nonsensical story?
WEAK EXCUSES.
The Prisoner:-1 was beaten by the people and, was injured,
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had to be put on again-a proces remarks, when, in face of this wid- that they did not strike you more.first founded at Peking and later headquarters at Shu. Tung Lane. ing entalling an enormous amount ence, the prisoner was insistent in
In spite of of unexpected work. every endeavour, nostram for the convoyance of passengers was run until after five o'clock, and 'even after that hour there was only a much curtailed and slower service possible.
The Magistrate-What business
Society in the city have dispersed, and also the "Tung Sin" Society was has faded away from their former,
CONVICTED ON ALL CHANGES. " his denial of the various charges.
branches have cropped up all Later, his Worship exclaimed over China. Such a society ga- What possible good it could athers together superstitions people Mr. H. Anderson, Harbour Mas The Prisoner: I went up to the you by telling all these lies with the intention of sprending this was against the law. foor to look for illicit opium, as don't know. You are convicted on Tacism. Their chief is a certain ter of Lappa, near Macao, and his
all charges.
Tacist named Pang. It is report-wife have been on a visit to Hong- The prosecuting police officered that members of the Tung kong Mr. Andorron, who has for This morning the trams were is it of yours whether they (Inspector Ogg):-Mr. King takes Sin' Society are divided into 16 the last 25 years been in the aer vice of the Chinego Maritimes running under the new electrical had illicit opium or not?
sorious view of the charge of degrees; the 16th degree, being the Customy, was formerly Harbour power, but the service was slightly The Frisoner:- nover claimed
impersonation--
highest of the Society. Promo- Master at Samshui. slower than under the old steam that I was a Sergeant."-
The Magistrate agreed and saidtion depends upon the amount of power. This is a matter which
that he would take a serious view mon momber is willing to pay. The Magistrate: You still deny of all that the prisoner had done.
A Chinese married woman, liv will speedily correct itself,
It is reaorted that a branch has What's the good of going on Sentences aggregating twelve recently been founded in Canton, ing at. 90, Second Street, has been to tell these lles7-
months hard labour were passed, It is surprising to learn that the sont to the Government Civil Hos The Prisoner I went up there. The Magistrate remarking, as he membership of the "Tung Sin" pital with injufto her bead, to buy opium.
passud sentence that he was sorry Society in Canton has already caused by a flower pot accidental- he could not make it more than amounted to more than 50,000; ly dropping on her from an above,
land because such a superstitious verandah,S
The now plant is a very much quieter affair than the old steam engine, and, when everything has been properly completed, the change over will be all to the benefit of Peak dwellors,
The MagistrateOh, that's now story.
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