ALL CORRECT BUT THE GLASSES He was going to make an important call. Shoes, auft, colier, tie ata were splendid yet something marred the whole afleet. THE GLASSES: They looked cheap, wera carelessly fitted nou did not become him. Cand tilasson Pay-and we maka gool glasses which will give you every nyo comfort. and satisfaction, and help, not hinder, in ex- preslag your personality.
N. LAZARUS. Hongkong's Only European Optician. 12 Queon's Road Central. -.
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
FOUNDER - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1926.
No.
STRONG PROTEST. BIG SEIZURE ON GEMAN VARSITY ON TOUR.
CANTON SEARCH REGULATIONS.'.
CONSULAR CONDEMNATION.
SHIP.
"ARMS AND AMMUNITION DISCOVERED.
HAUL FROM "COBLENZ."
FLOATING COLLEGE DUE SHORTLY.
EXTENSIVE TRAVELLING.
authentic We learn from an
Having, by the time she sails A large consignment of arms through Lyemun Pass, completed source that the Consular Body in
and corresponding ammunition,
just over over two months of a Canton has entered an emphatic
shipped from Europe abroad the
seven and a half months' world protest with the Canton authori-
German steamer Coblenz, was in-cruise, the 12,000 ton, s.8. Rbydam, ties against the regulations pro- mulgated by the Ministry of Fintercepted by preventive officers in in all truth a floating university,
ance for the examination of pas- sengers on " all outgoing and in coming train and steamers in
Canton and districi.
The protest was sent through "the senior member of the Consular Body (the Consul for Portugal) on behalf of all the interested Consuls, and it requested the "withdrawal of the regulations so far as they impinge upon the fune- tlops of the Chinese-Maritime Cus- toms or are in contravention of | the extra-territorin or other rights of the Powers concerned.
At the same time, the Consular Body has registered a protest. against the intention of the Opium Suppression Bureau to search for- eign ships on the West River, as this duty rightfully belongs to the Maritime Customs.
NOT APPROVED.
It will thus be seen that the statement by the Canton Gazette on Thursday last to the effect that the Consuls had approved of the regulations wus in- correct. The Gazette stated' that the British, Japanese, Ger- Iman, Italian Australian (wic), French and Russian Consuls had replied to Mr. Eugene Chen's note on the subject and that they had sent advices "recognising the ex- amination and stating that this search does not impede the pas sage of vessels under their Bags between commercial ports."
As will be seen above, however, the Consula have most emphatica ly protested against the regula
tions,
Hongkong on Thursday night. "
with tarpaulins, from the forepeak,
is due to arrive in the Colony on Monday, November 22nd.
The vessel is a fully accredited
SWEDISH ROYALTY
COMING
THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS.
日四月十一
LAST LETTERS.
SHANGHAI SUICIDE'S
FAREWELL.
"NONSENSE CALLED LIFE."
ary, Shang- morning, an in-
At the Pub E
DUE NEXT WEEK.
Travelling incognito
as the Duke and Duchess of Scania, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess quest was conducted over the body
gner nam 33, whose
of Sweden will, arriva vin'" Hồng- kong next week by the's,a. Katóri
Maru.
It will be an entirely, unofficial visit and no afecial arrangements have been made for the Royal couple's recaption.
"The Duke and Duchess of Scania" are travelling round the world having made an extensiv tour of the United States, and Canada. The parts leaves Shuds hal for Hongkong on November 16th, arriving here on the 20th.
From Hongkong they deport by the Katori Maru for Singapore from which purt, after visit to Batavia, they will proceed to British India in their way back to Sweden.
On her arrival in port, the Cob lenz took up her usual berth alongside one of the Kowloon wharves." In the evening, at 8.40, univeralty, carrying about five she was boarded by Revenue Officer hundred students, four hundred Powell who had with him a Chinco subordinate, and the two set to and twenty-five male students, work in shifting a number of iron and seventy-five undergraduettes, tracks, which were covered over drawn from all the principal col- near the crew's quarters. Three leges in U.S.A. and, Canada. hours of strenuous manual work The cruise is not the usual de was entailed before the treasure luxe pleasure tour, but is a com- bination including serious study with the pleasure of the trip. The steamer has been arranged into dormitories, and the usual student organisation and discipline pre- WIRELESS WONDERS.
200 KILLED IN TYPHOON."
سنين
BIG DISASTER IN PHILIPPINES.
Manila, Nov. 8. Approximately 200 have been killed and many hurt at Batangas on Saturday by a typhoon, A tidal wave and floods increased the casualties and damage.
Army aviators have recon- noitred the devastated area and the Red Cross is rushing assistance.-Reuter, "
vails.
:
The factully includes several of the leading American college: pro-. are also two fessors, and there British and two German profes-
sors.
TO VISIT UNIVERSITY,
The stay in the Colony is but a brief one, the Rhydam salling for Manila at 5 pm. on Tuesday, No
The students and vember 23rd.
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DOMINION DELEGATES AT RUGBY.
Rugby, Nov. 7.
of an unre ed JC R
body was foun
at 10.20 a.m. on Surdo
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BÍNOLL COPT: 10, QENTO);
That now, shihtpom of COLUMBIA, "STORAGE BAT
TERIES has just
YOUR nort battory
COLUMBIA Famous
for
the
sorviscthey rendor.
DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO.,LTD.
NTON'S IN ERNAL BOYCOTT MOVES.
PROBLE
BANDIT QUESTION MOST IMPORTANT.
MANY SCHEMES PLANNED.
In recent celperations of the Kromli Tallinn Canton, the
as reached that thes conclusion most urgent question to be faced by the Provincial Government is brigandngerIt is proposed that the Government shall set aside $10,000,000,⠀⠀⠀ for agricultural Det. Sub-Inspr. R. W. Yorke, Avelopment in order to utilise the giving evidence for the police, anid unemployed, whilst four divisions that upon receipt of a telephone or troops are to be formed for the message at the Hongkay Folice special purpose of suppressing Station, he visited Room No. 16 Danditty and piracy. It is also Savoy Hotel, and saw the body of proposed to organize a constabu the deceased iving crosswise on in laty politically trained for the pre- bed, with a bullet wound through vention of banditry. the herd, Resting between der The next important question ceased's kabes, unid the detective, concerns Capital and labour, was 7.66 automatic pistol with is proposed to complete seven loaded cartridges in the Canton-finnkow
agazine. and another one in the breech. The pistol had been fired and a spent bullet had entered the deceased's head near the right temple and emerged above the right car. An empty cartridge cass was found under the bed.
THREAT TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
time, witness heard that he was born in Scotland. On another oc- casion, deceased told witness that he was born of Norwegian paren- tuge. Inquiries among deceased's friends and of his wife elicited the fact that he was Russian. De
Railway,
develop Whampoa as seaport,
POPPY DAY
H.E. The Governor's Appeal.
His Excellency the Govern- or has issued the following. appeal:
I trust that Hongkong will respond generously to the p peal made on Armistice Day for Earl Haig's British Legion Fund, which gives grent assis-. tance to ex-service men of the Army, Navy, Flying" Services and the Mercantile Marine.., The debt of the Colony to these men is profound.
(SD.) C. CLEMENTI, Governor.
GUILD'S ANTI-BRITISH
BAN,
HEE BODIES BUSY.
One of the latest developments In the boycott situation is that the Cant
Transportation
refusing to handle goods. shipped certain British skipplüg companies Amongst the com- panies affected are Messrs. Jar dine, Matheson, and Co., Messrs. Buttbrield and Swire, and the Hongkong Cantor and Macao Steamboat Company,
This Guild has issued a notifica tion to the effect that it will not permit any houts belonging to members to handle any cargo for these Arms.
We understand that the Commis sioner of Customs has had his at that he has made it known that tention.called to this matter, and
any bents which refuse to handle British cargo will have, their l cences cancelled
THREE A MOVEMENTS.
Since November 1st, threa for ganisations have beed Tactive in efforts to revive and intensify the anti-British boycott One of these is the Boycott Extension: Commit tee (which has been busy issuing printed forms for distribution to shops); another is the Cargo Boat Transportation Guild, mentioned above; and the third is a new body formed on the 1st instant at a meeting in the Government Building at Canton, and addressed by a returned student from Bel- gium, which aims at the abolition of all Treaties with the Fowers. One of the objects of this organi- sation is, to press for the abroga tion of all Treaties as they expire.
A movement is also
on: foot which aims at inducing Hongkong Chinese steamers dying the British
CHANG'S SUCCESSOR.
On the table, continued the of- ficer, were two letters, one ad- dressed to deceased's landlady and another addressed "To whom it may concern." A postscript" in The Dominion Conference dele-the letter to the Inndlady stated gates made an inspection vester-that he was of no nationality. day of the high power wireless The detectivo had known the de- station at Rogy and were deeply fcensed for five years and, at one impressed by its vital importance to the Empire as a means for the dissemination of general nows;
Messages of greeting were sent the. Vice-Chancellor has special are Australla, by the Australian rangements in hand for their re- Premier, Mr Bruce, to which, arms, regarding which information
within twenty minutes, a reply had been previously received by the
ception.
was received at Rugby by cable, ceased, continued witness, also and construct highways in the flag to be placed under Chinese re-
gistry. officers, were found. The find was
The party will visit the Peak and this served to emphasise the left other letters for various peo-southern part of the province,
Other important questions are removed to the wharf, where a and other points of interest, but now intimate which has thus been ple. Dr. Wall was called and he hasty check showed that the sei- for the main part the students will established between Britain and gave a certificate to the effect that to be attended to in the following
death was due to hemorrhage from order: Improvement of the silk Meanwhile, there is considor- zure was one of the biggest of its be left to their own devices. the Overseas Dominions.
2 bullet wound. Continuing, the industry; excouragement of newable speculation in Canton with kind made for some time.
The s.s. Rhydam is one of the
Particular interest was display detective said that deceased had industries; improvement of the regard to the likely successor of The arms have since been check-largest of the Holland-America ed by visitors in the wireless tele been living away from his wife, as status of labourer and placing all General Chang Kai-shek should ed and have been found to com- fieet, and is normally engaged on phone transmitting apparatus with there had been some sort of do- Unions under the law: local self- the latter either be dead or un- prise 112 Mausers, 30 Lugers, and the trans-Atlantic service between which experiments in trans-Atlan-mestic trouble. At 10 p.m.
on government, which will include the likely to return to Canton. an old revolver of another type. New York, Plymouth, Boulogne the telephony are now proceeding Saturday, he hired a room in the establishment of political and There are reports current that. With these were also seized stock sur-Mer and Rotterdam. She has so well that it is hoped to start a Savoy Hotel. After going out to administrative schools for the pur- Geneat Li Llah-kwan (who has and 17,200 rounds of ammunition: been chartered for the present regular commercial service within various places, he returned at 4
In just returned to Cepton); L Chai- It was stated that the consign trip by the University Travel Aa- the next couple of months. a.m. on Sunday. Six hours later, administrative work; and ro- "sam (the present acting Commen It will be recalled that, in a let-ment, consisting as it did of small sociation of New York, and her British Wireless.
at 10 a.m., a hotel boy went to the organisation of the District Kuo-der-in-Chief) and Hsu Sung-chi ter to the British Consul on the arms which are in extensive use schedule includes
many places
deceased's room to see if he had mintang.
have been nominated as candidates subject, Mr. Eugene Chen stated amongst Chinese troops, was des-
particularly in Europe not touched
returned but found the door lock- Apart from these proposals, the and that their names, have come that the object of the regulations tined for Canton, where as much at by the usual round-the-world
ed. He immediately reported the Kuomintang Committee recom- before the Central Executive Com- was to prevent bad characters and as $200 has been paid for one single tourist vessels.
matter and an entrance was gain-mends the immediate establish- enemy agents entoring Canton. weapon of the type seized.
ed through the verandah and the
of thent
a commission to He added: "This measure is of A sequel to the seizure was an ap-
DRASTIC RESTRICTIONS
body was found. Immediately investigate causes of the present particular importance while the plication made, through the Court
after its discovery, the matter was trouble, disputes and restlessness, IBÍPOSED. Northern campaign is going on, to-day for the confiscation of the
reported to the police,
and, further, to establish training but it will be cancelled as soon us
arms. The order was granted by
Deceased's wife said, that she schools for training officers to take "hostilities have ceased, Instruc- Mr. R. E, Lindsell.
The vessel left New York
Warsaw, Noy. 7. was of Russian nationality and command of local guards to be tions are now being issued by the
on September 18th, and be
Drastic punishment for news that she had been married to the enlisted from the different units Government that there must be no
fore reaching Hongkong sho illicit interference with foreigners
will have called at Havana, papers criticising the Government, deceased, whom she had met seven existing for home defences,
years ago in Tomsk He also was or their baggage. Provided there
Balboa, Los Angeles, individual Ministers, Judges or Russian Witness last saw him is no suspicion of smuggling arma, MAGISTRATE DISMISSES CASE. Hilo, Honolulu, Yokonama, Kolie, military commanders is laid down on Saturday night and had a chat
Moji, and Shanghai. ete, into Kwangtung, there will be
Extensive in a decree, even forbidding the with him. He told her that he no need to carry out an examina- After repeated adjournments, overland trips were made in Japan,publication of criticism or news in was going to commit suicide but tion. These regulations are in no case in which a Chinese woman but visits to Peking, and Canton, the form of rumours on pain of she did not believe him. She left way designed to duplicate the was charged by another Chinese included in the itinerary, have heavy fines and Imprisonment. An him between 8.30 and 9 p.m. She functions of the Maritime Cus-woman with assault, and in which been cancelled owing to the con-active list Colonel has taken over had asen the body and identified it toms, nor is there any intention to both parties enlisted legal aid in ditions which prevail, mine the command of the police and it is as that of her husband. use them in order to interfere with the proceedings that developed
After leaving Hongkong, the expected that the majority of other the Customs administration."" from an argument over one cont,
was concluded before Mr. R. E 5.8. Rhydam will call at Manila, important police force posts will be Bangkok, Singapore, Batavia, riven to military officers-Router. Lindsell at the Central Police
Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Büez, Court to-day..
MR. CHEN'S ASSURANCES.
ITALIAN PLOTS.
PROMINENT PERSONS ENTANGLED.
Paris, Nov. 7. Signor Ricciotti Garibaldi has indignantly protested against the accusation that he betrayed his Friends.
ONE-CENT DISPUTE.
She is 560 feet over-all, and has a beam of 62 feet.
Colon
THE ITINERARY.
It transpires from the evidence Port Said, Haifa, Constantinople, that, paying her customary mor Naples, Rome, Monaco, Algiers, Piraeus, Gravoss, Venice, Malta, ing call for pig-wash at a dwelling Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lásbon, Havre, house, one of the women in the. case paid two cents for two buck-Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo, sts of pig-wash, but found that she needed another cent to pay for Leith, London, and New York, ar- She riving in the latter place on May, a bucket of scorched rice.. borrowed the coin from the other 2nd, 1927. woman and this led to an argu-
PRESS IN POLAND.
SPANISH PLOT.
PROMINENT LEADER
ARRESTED.
Paris, Nov. 7. A message from Madrid. says Whilst in Egypt trips have been that Alejandro Lerroux, the leader ment in which, it was alleged, the arranged for Cairo and the Pyra of the Spanish Republican Party, A message from Rome says that pig-wash woman received a push mids, much ground will be cover-
connection with a plot against the an explanation of Signor Lapollas which sent her into the harbour. od in the interior of India, and was among the sixty arrested in From very small beginnings, places of importance in Europe
government-Reuter.. visit to Garibaldi in offered in the case assumed more serious apart from senports will be visit semi-official statement, to the effect dimensions when both parties, od that the former went, to France determined to settle their dispute purely for the purpose of precau in Court, secured legal aid. Mr. tontag against entry Into Italy of Armstrong, of Messrs. the suspected plotter, Scivoli.
was 'Instructed for the prosecu Lapolls in the course of his duties approached Garibaldi, who ac
Deacons,
tion, while Mr. J. M. d'Almada Remedios appeared for the de-
LONG FLIGHT.
AUSTRALIAN AVIATOR'S
· ROYAL BRIDE.
THE LETTERS.
pose
officers of training
THIRTY MILLION POPPIES.
mittes of the Kuomintang. In this connection, It is pointed out that General Li Chad-sam was former
ya subordinate under General Chan Kwing-ming and that he was only given the supreme command in Canton in the absence of Gene-
al Chang Kai-shek ilo
teat his loyalty to the latter.
With regard to General Hou Sung-chi, the belief is expressed in some quartárs that if he be comes Chief Commander the 'mo- derats, or Right wing, element of the Kuomintang would have great- AIMING AT £500,000.
er power and Influence and that there would thus be less likelihood- Rugby, Nov. 7..of a strong anti-British move or
of labour tyranny. artificial
CONSTABLE DESERTS: WEI-HALWEI MÄN SENTENCED."
Over thirty Tillion The letters were then read and Flander's Popples, made at work- they follow, in'part:-
shops where 200 severely disabled ex-service men are continuously employed on their manufacture, are being distributed for sale on Ar mistice Day in aid of the British Legion Funds for ex-service men of all ranka.
"To whom it may concern. What has happened to me was done by myself out of my own free will and, therefore, there is no need to search for anybody,
"I am fed up with this nonsense that is called life but which is really a bad joke..
A Shantung constable, named Mao Pao+taze,was sentenced to four months hard labour at the Central Police Court to-day on con- viction of a tharge of desertion from the Hongkong police force.
"Having no responsibilities or
Poppy Day is one of the most
In prosecuting, Captain Bloxham, obligations, I consider myself at successful of these charitable A. 9. P. said that within almost. liberty to do what I please with efforts hold la Britain. Five years one year of service, the accused de ago over £100,000 was raised by serted on the 14th December, 1926, "Kindly inform Dr., residing the sale of these favours, but the after being granted leave on his myself. attel that he do all that is gure has been increased substan-own application to go into hospital. necessary under present circum-tially each year since, and laat He was then attached to the out- stances.
year £395,000 was raised in this lying station of Sheungshai, the way for the fund over which Earl New Territories Haig presides. The aim this year
(signad J. C. R. WILLEMSEN
"of the S.M.C, Electricity Depart
mont
HER ARRIVAL IN HOLLAND. The second letter readi
Subsequently, it was discovered la to raise half a million pounds that the accused had returned to The total administrativa cost of Shantung, and his wife, whom he raising theso sume doce not exceed left behind in Hongkong, had to be __"Dear Mrs.—,—Please forgive, five per cent. The appeal does given a passage to return to Wef- quainted Scivoll.The statement
Flushing, Nov. 7. 2 me for all the trouble that I am not extend to the Dominions which haf-wol. Information reached the aids that Lapolla afterwards re-
Princess Astrid of Sweden was causing you with my private have their own organisations, but authorities here that the accused met Garibaldi to return him peatedly adjourned, was finally The aviator Williams who is ceremoniously received and on-affairs. Unfortunately there is large suma have in the past come had again enlisted as a constable Scivoll's passport which had been settled this morning, when Mr. flying to Samoa, has arrived at thusiastically rested on her ar-not a soul in this city or anywhere from some of the other Ovor under another name in the north- obtained with a view to photo- Lindsell, after going into the Tulagi, where the light may end, rival aboard Sweden warship upon whom I could lay the task sean parts of the Empire- ern port, and he was arrested and graphing it-Reuter
on route to Antwerp Router.
(Continued on Page 4) evidence, diamissed the case.
returned to Hongkong.
fence.
The case, which had been re-
Router.
PROGRESS
Melbourne, Nov. 7.
British Wireless