EVOLUTION OF SMALL COLONIES.
DEATH-DEALING WIND.
THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH,
JAPANESE LAUGHING IN MANCHURIA.
WEDNESDAY,
MAY 11.
1927.
NANKING'S REFUGEE SHANGHAI SIKHS ON
PROBLEM.
TRIAL.
EXPANSION DISCUSSED BY
BUILDINGS CRUMPLED LIKE PAPER.
DO NOT BELIEVE SOVIET ASSURANCES.
THOUSANDS OF DESTITUTE 'CHINESE..
MURDER AND SEDITION CHARGES.
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FUTURE CO-OPERATION PLAN
Loudon, May 10. Eight British Governors, an Ad- ministrator, three Chief Secre- taries, live Colonial Secretaries,
BIG LIST OF AMERICAN CASUALTIES.
a pun.
Fifty-five Killed,
the new
FLOCK IN FROM WAR AREA.
UNAUTHORISED NEWSPAPER.
the
Dashundha
THE CURRENCY SLUMP,
Twelve Sikhs, the majority After the grand retreat of the Mukden, April 19.
allied armies of Shantung and walchimen employed in various The Japanese in Manchuria are
Chibi, following the debaefe at parts of the International Settle- New York, May 10. Including the casualties, men-laughing up their sleeves over cer-
town along the Tientsin-Pukow at present in custody of the Railway as far north as Kwan International Settlement Police at and seven other senior lietats, timed earlier, a Pole Ruff mess-tain extraordinary assurances de Nanking on April 23, town after ment and French Concession, are
Corarade Duvgalenky.
Tien declared for the Nationalist a Shanghai, eleven upon a charge ci presided over by Col. the Rt. Hon. are states that 150 were killed and ivered in Tokyo very recently by L. C. Amery, composed the repro injured in tornadees in the Soviet Ambassador to Japan, at a
reception given to foreign and and hung out flags of welcome to being accessories before the fact The Nationalist troops. Control to the murder of Sirilar Sahib It is sentation of a miniature Imperial middle west and south-west.
A death-dealing blast shut Japanese newspapermen. Conference recting in London,
over by the Nationalists branch of the Municipal Police which has opined at the Colonial acress Arkansas like a bullet from pointed out that Comrade Dovgale of this area had scarcely been Buddha Singh, Chief of the Sikh
Large buildings crumpled sky's statements are extraordinary taken
Armies Central Police Station on Omec.
Capt. The Hon. W. C. A. Ormaby-up like paper, and trees were up-because they are not borne out by when the return push of the Force, who was murdered outside Indlan, believed to be Harbant Gore and Sir Samuel Wilson were rooted and hurled through the air. ficts and that when the Soviet Shintung-Chlhi Allied
The Red Cross is arranging - Ambassador talks of his govern-began, writes the Shanghai Times morning of April 6 by another
mont's "peaceful aspirations" and Nanking correspondent." also present.
lief Renter's American Service.
"Friendly relations with Chini" he The Nationalists were defeated Slagh, an unemployed Sikh watch- Col. Amery, welcoming the re- the
this charge Is, like all the other comrades, in a number of small engagement, man at present in custody upon presentatives, referred to
Kwan Tien and Chang Pa Ling merely "talking through his hat."
The twelfth, Gainda Singh, late diversity of the problems, and the
New York, May 10.
were recuplared, looted and burn-
of Hankow, is charged with being absence of structural or admini
vd. AR reports of this were trative unity. Much might have The deathroll in the storms is When Comrade Dovgalésky declares
not be settled by pressure from the carried such the people in the in pcasession, on Slay 5, of certain been done by more frequent confifty-five-Reuters Americnu Ser that "the affairs of any nation can.
outside," he conveniently overlooks towns along the railway became written publications containing! sultations and closer co-operation, vira.
same. Laistributo all the pressure brought upon, the terrified and all who could do soseditious matter, with intent to Fearful Destruction. and the exchange of knowledge
Nationalists by the Government of left their homes and Bed for safety Singh, one of the eleven, is also and experience, especially in selen-
Poplar Bluffs, M., May 10. The U. S. S. R. through such as
to points south of the Yangtze,
charged with having published, t life and technical work.
The Nationalist troops evacuat-Hankow on April 9 last a news- One hundred people were killed Comrades Borodin and Karakhan. It cannot be too often emphasiz and 250 injured in a tornado which swept the business quartered that the Japanese in Manchuria Chuchow on April 9 and within paper containing seditious matter, or the town, destroying almost are almost completely opposed to the a few days the entire territory contrary to Article 20 of the an area of 200 policy of the Japanese Foreign north of the river was again in China Orders in Council. 1925, every building
and 300 yards long. Office and Baron Shidehara often the hands of the north. Chuchow, The case was to come up for trial yards, wide
pn-has been accused of an undue an-Chuer Taino Hsien, Laian Hsien, last Wednesday.
Mr. E T Maitland. Police No business premises ware
xiety to exchange pleasantries with Luhoh Haion and many small damaged.
Moscow and Canton. Local Japan-towns were practically deserted by Prosecutor, has charge of the A Distinel Entity.
Property asses are istinted at
ese rasent the nature of the Note their inhabitants upon the ap-case for the police. Messrs. Tycho of the northern troops. Wing and. M. Reader Harris - The evolution of the Colonial over a million dollars. The city presented to the Nationalists overproach
the middle of April the present several of the qufendants Empire as a separate entity, apari | was in darkness last night and the Nanking outrages and assail About
The accused were all arrested from du Dominions and India, the cries of the injured could he Gugene Chen for endeavouring to intermittent shelling of Isjakwan was foreshadowed by Cul. Amery | heard
sides.-Reuter's shift responsibility from the Na-made conditions there so danger-practically simultaneously
tionalists to the Powers. Japanese ous that practically the entire various parts of the two Sel apinion here (writes a correspond populace flad inside Nanking ciments the officers partiointing in the arrests including Detectives ent of the N. C. Daily News) agree fer safety.
Inspectors J. W. Prince, and J. with the Day Telegraph that a
Some 20,000 to Care For,
Sullivan, Detective Sub-Inspectors united Note has been drawn up at the expense of a legitimate profest
There are now from twenty to MacDermott, Hunter. Robertson, on firmer lines.
thirty thousand refugees in the Schmidt, Detective-Sergeant Ross eity af Nanking. These refugees Widdowson. Trodd and Dunean.
The Indians charged are: are being cared for in part by the
Harnam Singh, Gurbuksh Singh. sources are being taxed, to the Singh, Gujjan Singh, Sahan Singh, Anawei Guild and other benevo
Chartin Singh, Ishar Singh, and lent organizations but their re-Tabba Singh, Amar Singh, liri
imast.
The Nanking Church Council, Dasundra Singh.
thel YMCA, and YM.C.A. þas secur- federated body, representing the
ee time use of a number of missioni
Most of the delegates, partici pated in the general discussion, and expressed appreciation of the offorts by the Conference, and in other ways, to make the Colonies more efficient in administration and development.
all
at the outset of the Conference, American Service. the first set of which was to send
à neige of loyal devotion torj their Majesting the King and QUi7:1.
LOCAL WAGE SCALES.
RIVE COCLIES STRIKE AVERTED
The Currency Difficulty. Pengpiaof the currency) has re- gistered some improvement, but till is low enough to plunge the lower cheses
Col. Anery mentioned that they had originally contemplated and viting an unsticial clement from eertain Colonies to participate, but, at least for the moment, it had bun decided to contine the de liberalings to those competent, to By the agreement of six of the speak in an ollicial capacity. Heir Ausam rice firms to maintain hoped the Conference would be the present scale of pay, a strike held regalarly in future, probaldy of the Colony's rice colies, whirlin
threatened to assume still bigger three times a year.
proportions, has been averted, it
The afternion's discussion re-
vealed approval of a suggestion is antigeed, that senior officers of the Colonial
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The British Police Court wast
in adopted by their employers in the to see the large dollar standard The trading matter of wares. The Fook Yum rice firm is the community, too, is looking for a buildings and is making plans filled to overflowing when Magis Office should visit the Colonies only one which still refuses to order by the Provincial Govern periodically, and that members of continue the present rates, and it ment to quote, general prices in care for some live hundred to affraie G. W. King, 0.B.E., took his ! the Colonial Office stair should. is understood that the Arm intends large dollars, but, for a radical thousand of the refugees. An t-seat on the bench for the pre-
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cials during their furlough should be attached to the Colonial Oflee. -Reater,
To Avoid Stagnation.
London, May 10.
them at work.
The Tung Tak Labour, Union coolies refused in accept the re- duction, and threatened aimme The view of the dinte strike. Union cials is that consent to the reduction would result in an trades to cut attempt by ther their rates. They point out that the spyar merchants are also pre pusing to decrease wages of their engliya,
PIRATED AND SET ADRIFT.
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secureliminary trial. Indian cases Manchurian empt is being made to tour the Colonies early in their appeal to the Twenty-fone readjustment
funds to £nance this work so whatever nature invariably at- carcer, and Colonial Service Guilds Association to act as ar finances in good time, the mer
chants predict a pandemonium further detailed report of activi.tract a large proportion of the bitrators.
watchmen, money-lenders, polle: The dispute arose when the rien sooner or later. Among the lower dies will be given later when the local Sikh community, and night-
class officials, living costs are dif-plans are well in hand.
The reports that Pengpa was and hotel watchmen gathered. 10- firms derided to cut the rate perficult to meet on account of the bag from 6 cents to 44 rents, itunprecedented depreciation of the held by the Nationalist troops gether in the small space available thus cutting the line of communi- for the public at the Police Court, having been pointed out by them fergpiao. that the 5. coils rate was a con-
Air. Yamamoto, of the Yokohama eations between the Shantun -eagerly digesting the proceedings In a speech at La Colonial Concrasion-made to the coolies during Specie, Bank, has been making Chibli troops and their base of and maintaining a continuous un- ference, Col. Amery said the pria the strike of 1925 in order to keep some observations on the situa supplies at the north is denied by dertone of comment while turbu
about in an effort to keep track. ciple of autonomy and self-sufi-
Lion. According to him, fengpläo those who are in close touch with of every conceivable hue bobbed riency could be carried so far.
notes at prosent in circulation the situation.
Trains are now running daily of the movements of the principals Watertight compartments inevit
Chuchow and points in the case. Even on
must be about $600,000,000, and he ably led to stagnation. the purely administrative side,
gives the following causes for the between fall in the purchasing power of north on the Tientsin-Pukow Rail Previous to the sitting of the Chen Tiao-ven's troops court, a thorough search of every local knowledge and interest might
the currency--(1) Nothing done way. be bought to dearly by lack of
to enhance the credit of fengpian have all retired to points south of Indian wishing to enter the court opportunities for fresh ideas or
by redeeming it; (24 the enormous the Yangtze thus leaving the terri-room was carried out by Muni-| by limitations to promotion, which
produce stocks held by the Governory north of the river from Nan-cipal Police. Firearms were car denden initiative and ambition.
ment on the Dairen wharves may tung-chow on the east to Wuhu on fully searched for, and all heavy The disadvantages" were evon greater when one came to deal'
be converted into cash, it is true, the west in the undisputed posses-sticks, particularly thost: "loaded," by thruthorities whilst the Court but the precends are likely to be sion of the north with the possib'e were temporarily commandeeri with all the varied asperts of ad-
appropriated for war funde; (3) exception of Yangchew.
was in session, the rather unfavourable progress
Two of the prisoners were late ministration, which had on in-
of the anti-Nationalist campaign.
arriving at the Court and ereasing in colonial work of re-
The town of Irving, in Illinois,in cent years-atters of selectife
Big Bean Stocks.
has sixteen business establish-Magistrate King immediately, o method and research, problems of science. agriculture, veterinary
There are hundreds of thou-ments. Thirteen: of them were dered an adjournment until the the night. Every afternoon. The Police Prosecutor these health and transport. In
sands of bean stocks all under burglarized in matters much broader co-operation
Storage on the Dairen wharves and safe in town was opened during apologised for having to attend and a much more effective inter
the major portion belongs to the the crime wave, but the loot was another court in the afternoon and change of information, and ideas
Bank of the Three Eastern Pro-small. The post office safe yielded the Act was consulted to decide were required.
viners. These stocks are valued 75 cents. The stamps were left whether the accused were entitled An Aberttern fishing junk, whikat Y40,000,000, which will suffice untouched. The grain elevator to be arraigned within 24 or 48 al merchantile establishments latter, Magistrate King agreed to In some matters such a system euraing to hunte waters from the for redeaming, all the $600,000,000 company, garage, bank and sever hours. Finding that it was the
were visited, but
only about $1 an adjournment until the follow- was obtained.
ing morning. of exchange and operation fishing grounds off Sum Cha Mul, fengpitio notes in circulation, but might be most effectively develops intercepted, at 9 pm on the the continued sinking of fengpist ed in groups of colonies which rd instant, by a pirate boat when in the face of this fact is due to would be employed towards the were geographically or otherwise Salling off Nine Pins, and ordered the fear that most of the proceeds close to each other, and had kin-1 have-to, dred problems. In many other Six armed men serambled on pursuit of the war in China be- respects it was over the whole Geld board the junk, which was later tween the North and the South. set adrift, with its crew, but with The Chinese cereal dealers within of the Colonial Empire that e
its steering gear read-Ped in the walls of Mukden appear dis- inclined to sell their stocks, thus operation and interchanga
effective.
causing untold distress to the required.
ile did not believe, however, thatt thrifting for a number of days poorer folk. The attempt on the the problem was to be solved the disabled junk was eventually part of the Civil Governor ta by administrative reconstruction sighted and taken in tow by prevent a rise in cereal prices has either of the Colonial Empire on trader, which returned with her not brought good results.
make matters worse, there are the whole or, except in particular to the Colony yesterday. local circumstances, by larger fed-
in a report to the police, the many thousands of unemployed in
Manchuria and eral schemes. The solution, to his mind. was to he found rather fishermen stated that the pirate North
the cope with the situation. in a development of that system ofe fishing nets, and also money authorities seem at a loss how to consultation by the Conference and property belonging to which has been found so effective Crew, the whole haul amounting in in promoting the unity of thought alue to over $200.
Kindred Problems,
were
and action in the relationship, ber tween Great Britain and the Do-
LOCAL FISHING JUNK'S
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or career that would attract the
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minions. Apart from any specific bent men: Nor was interest in the solutions which might be reached, results confined to any une Co- he felt confident that an exchange. lony.
of ideas would be of enormous Anything that solved, the pro- benefit. Not only would reprehlem of animal or, plant, discase.
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AUSTRALIAN TOUR..
DUKE OF YORK REJOINING RENOWN.
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self gain even more from their Arst-hand experience.
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Hunger is driving deer from the
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