NANKING LOOT.
STOLEN MOTOR CARS RECEIVED.
GENERAL'S SON CHARGED.
Two Chinese made their appear- ance before Judge Yu and Dr. F. Ramondino, the Sentor Consul's Deputy, at the Special Provisional Court, Shanghai, Inst Friday, charged with receiving motor cara which they know to be stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained.
Two chauffeurs who wore brought before the Court on the previous day were also prosent.
Mr. P. W. Goldring, Assistant Prosecuting Solicitor, appeared on behalf of the Police and the accused were not represented by counsel.
In outlining the case, Mr. Gold- ring informed the Judge that the first two accused were before the Court on Thursday and the third and fourth (Chang Yuan-chu, 19,
EMPTY PLEDGES.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FUTILITY OF AGREEMENTS.
The following article from its Diplomatic Correspondent appear-
PEKING REPLIES.
REJECTS THE SOVIET DEMANDS.
ed in the Daily Telegraph on THE SEDITIOUS DOCUMENTS,
March 28
It is hardly surprising that the graphle stories of the outrages perpetrated at Nanking by the Cantonese soldiery against Bri- tish, American and Japanese na- tionals, including women, should have caused such a stir in both the United States and Japan, where the particulars were first officially given out, as to have led both Governments to approach the British Government with a sugges- tion for the joint consideration of the matter and of the measures to be taken in connexion therewith. A joint diplomatic move may be ex- pected, but any protest would be futile were it not accompanied by a stern demand for signal redress by the Cantonese Government, and
Peking, April 19.-With refer- ence to the protest of the Soviet Government dated April 10 fled with the Peking Government, the Walchlapou forwarded a Note to the Moscow Government on April 16, refuting the protest of the Mos- cow Government.
Declaring at the butset that the search of an Embassy his not a few precedents in other countries, the Soviet Government itself once conducted such a search, the Note proceeds to say that the reason why the Chinese soldiers searched the former Russian garrison is that some disquieting elements nestled in the building and attempted to overthrow the Chinese Government and to create disturbances in the Capital, by forming an organ,
a student, the son of Generala warning to the latter of the drag-which is obviously a violation of
tie punishment which any repeti- the Russo-Chinese Convention tion of these outrages would imme-of International Law. diately entail.
Chang Hui-tz, commander of the 2nd Division of the 4th Nationalist Army, and Liang Wang-chi, 30, the general's servant) were arrested on Thursday when they went to the police station to claim the cars. The third accused was a student of the Kuang Hus University in Great Western Road and the son of the general mentioned.
A General's Pass.
Impressively frank, as are the statements made by Mrs. Giles, Mr. Brown, and other eye-wit- nesses and sufferers, including Japanese, such statements are yet bound, for obvious reasons-at any rate in their published form to avoid the most revolting de- tails of the treatment meted out to some of the women members of the foreign colonies.
A Hideous Afront.
The fourth accused was in charge of a pass from Gen. Chang, as well as another pass from the same general allowing the safe passage through the Canonese lines of three motor cars which were brought to Shanghal from It is first and foremost the in- Nanking. On Thursday. condignities inflicted upon the women tinued counsel, the Court dealt that has prompted the American with the first two cars and the Government to despatch forthwith third car had now been proved to
two squadrons of aeroplanes to be the property of the Civil
Shanghai. For nowhere is the * Governor of Chikli. This car was
view held hore strongly than stored at the Horse Bazaar by the
In American elccles that this third accused, the general's son. At the Horse Bazaar, this accused gave his name as Skeleton W. Jang and he signed the storage document by this name, The be repeated. The Cantonese Govern fourth accused was only the ment and is soldiery would chauffeur who brought the cars be wise to take the hint at once, down from the father in Nanking without waiting until it is formal
Counsel would ask they conveyed by the joint represen- Court to remand the case when tatives of the Powers concerned, both charges could be brought up and possibly others, for the Diplo together.
matic Body at Peking is. I learn, discussing fresh methods of common defence and action.
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The Chinese Government, there- fore, was compelled to carry out the search in self-defence, it states, and as a result of the search the Chinese Government ha scized a copy of rules and regulations, seals, name-lists, other documentary evid- ence, and a large number of arms, including machine-guns, rifles and bullets, which were all intended for creating disturbances, as well as documents which show plots be- tween disorderly persons and the Moscow Government.
Moscow Connexion.
The Note declares that they were all seized from organs under the control of the Soviet Government and organs secretly connected with Moscow.
The Note proceeds:
"How can the Soviet Embassy be free from the responsibility for an attempt to overthrow the Chinese Government and to create disturbances In the Capital by shel- tering those mischievous elements? The Chinese Government is conducting the examination of the articles seized and the persons ar- rested, and it will take proper steps upon the completion of the examina- tion."
now
The Note concludes by saying that the Chinese Government can- not accept the four demands set forth in the Soviet Note.
Meanwhile, the situation on the Middle Yangtze, despite occasional lulls in the storm, is going from Incriminating Evidence. bad to worse. Even at Klukiang.
Peking. April 21.-The Soviet where a so-called "agreement," Note containing the protest and which, of course, has not been re-the demands regarding the specied by the Cantonese, was Embassy raid was handed to the recently concluded between
Mr. Chinese Charge d'Affaires at O'Malley and the now thoroughly Moscow on April 10 for transmis- discredited Mr. Chen, there remain but 12 British subjects, five Ameri- can citizens, and five foreigners of other nationalities, belonging to
sion to Peking.
The Waichiaopu on April 16
Chihli Governor's Car.. Det.-Sgt. Widdowson then testified that the third and fourth acensed came to Gordon Road police station to see witness on Thursday. Witness saw the third accused when he returned to the station and he asked witness if it was possible to release the first and second accused as they had nothing to do with the receiving of the ears, He said the fourth accused wished to take all the blame on himself for bringing the cars to Shanghai. Witness then took the third accused to the Horse the Customs service, and they may reply to the Soviet Government Bazaar anit showed him the be instructed to evacuate the place storage contract, which he admit-at any morent. At flankow itself ted having signed. Witness Look ali preparations have been made the engine number of the car and for the evenation of the remnant was later informed that Honigs of the British colony. berg's Garage had supplied this machine to the Civil Governor of Chihli in February this year. This car was brough; to Shanghai from Nanking along with the two others which the police also knew
were stolen.
Worth Ts, 8,000.
:
These civiumstances show exact ly what has all along been pointed out in the Daily Telegraph, name
the worthlessness of Cantonese pledges, and the futility of any. agreements and negotiations with the Southern Government, which and Communistic in its methods.
wired the Charge d'Affaires at Moscow instructing him to hand
stating that the raid was carried
on premises outside the Embassy proper and the Chinese! police scrupulously refrained from entering the Embassy. It is true. says the reply, that diplomats enjoy special immunities but that does not confer the right to carry on illegal practices.
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In answer to the Judge, witness is daily becoming more Bolshevisticing evidence such as arma, com-
said that he was not sure the ear
had been stolen from 'the Governor of Chihli but it was sold to him
and, as it came to Shanghai with
Dr. Troska, Berlin investigator, amount of the two other ears, he presume has computed the that it had been stolen. The third energy consumed in masticating accused said that the cars were an ordinary morsel of meat and loot taken from the retreating declares it amounts to a pressure Northern army and that they were of 800 pounds. He also found sent to him by his father, the that a dog biting a bonc expend- general. The police, however, haled energy equal to 3,200 poundis. information that the Northern army had left Nanking before the cars were stolen. The total value of the three cars was Tls. 8.000.
Mr. Goldring asked the Court to notice the value of the cars when fixing ball for the thirl accused: he and his father were the people responsible for stealing the ears.
The Judge-The first two cars have already been returned to their owners..
Gentral's Responsibility. Mr. Goldring But the third
accused and his father,
the
general, are responsible stenling the ears and I can point out to the Cour! that the Horse Bazaar document shows that third accused was trying to dispose of the car.
for
Questioned by the Judge, the second accused said he was a atudent at Kuang Hua University. The car belonged to his father and he knew nothing about it. Ile Wüs a student and not concerned in the The fourth accused told matter. him the car was out of order and so witness sent it to the Horse Bazzaar to be repaired.
In answer to the Judge, the fourth accused stated that he brought the cars to Shanghai. He was ordered on April 9 by a high official to do this and he had to obey orders. His orders were to bring the cars to Shanghai for re- pairs and hand them over to who- over presented a proper chit to! him. He did not know who the care belonged to.
The case was then remanded until Monday.
FATAL FINAL TEST.
During the final test prior to an attempt to make a non- stop flight from New York to Paris, Llout.-Commdr. Nool Davis, shown above, and his companion, were killed in stantly when their giant biplane crashed yesterday.
Casual preliminary examination of the documents seized disclosed much incriminat-
munistic propaganda and exten- sive secret correspondence from all parts of the country showing that an object was the under- mining of the Chinese Govern- ment's authority.
Careful examination of the documents is still going on, saya the Note, and hence the Chinese Government has no way of Com plying with the demands of the Soviet Note.
OVERSLEPT.
WOKE UP AT SEA.
A Japanese, who was working on board the .s. Arafura as tally- man and interpreter at Moji dur ing the steamer's call at that port, was stated to have fallen asleep and on awaking again, found that the vessel had left port on its way to Hongkong, where the man was handed over to the Police ny il stowaway.
He was charged before Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Mugi- stracy this morning, when a re- presentative from the Japanese Consulate guaranteed to be re- sponsible for the defendant and send him back to Japan by the first available steamer.
On the Police being satisfied with the story told by the defen- dant, his Worship discharged the accused.
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