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THE FLOODS.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TUESDAY, MAY
24,
CORONER'S ENQUIRY
CHINA CRISIS.
WOMAN DIES UNDER MYS- TERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
1927.
RIVERS RISING ALL OVER THE PROVINCE.
OVERNIGHT CABLES.
Japanese Precautions. What appeared at Arst to be
Peking, May 28. death from natural causes, was, A telegram from Chengcliow an- after an inquest hold by Major C.nounces that the Japanese.com- Willson yesterday afternoon, pro-munity at Chengchow have deed by flood, but the East, North nounced by a jury to be death as cided to send all women and chi a result of drowning.
On or about April 18n Chinese woman, the wife of a stone driller who worked in Castle Peak, passed away in Aberdean in a lone- ly little cottage occupied by her and two tiny childron. The hus- band had last seen his wife two weeks before her death and had since then gone out to his work at Castle Peak.
dren to Peking In view of the fact that the Honan thoatro of war is shifting northward-Reuter.
Alleged Breach of Neutrality.
Considerable ngitation is now
Canton, May 22.. According to latest reports from different parts of the province, not only is the West River threaten-
and Small North Rivers are also i rising rapidly and a provinco wida flood in feared this summor.
A Sheklung report states that Chuling, on the upper East River, has already been flooded and.consi- derable damage to houses and fields On the lower course of the river the fowor there has been caused. level places in Tungkun, Pollo and Changching districts are also nader water.
going on amongst several local or ganizations against the alleged ac- tion of the Japanese in assisting the Fengtien militarists by repair- ing several meu-of-war of the There was a friend whom the Tsingtao squadron at the dockReports from Yingtak, on the couple knew. He was an unemploy yards in Port Arthur, says the N. North River state that a fierce storm took place a few days ago. ed coolie with no fixed abode and C. D. Nota of May 19,
and heavy rains continue. it was he who, on finding the dead A mass mbeting attended by The river is very rapid and has body of the wife in the cottage, about 300 members of the Shangrisch nine feet. On the 17th. two hastened out to Castle Peak to ap-hai Special District Kuomintang boats capsized at Linkonghau, prise the husband of the sad news. was held at West Gate on Tuesday He could not be produced at the afternoon at which several speak inquest simply because he could noters denounced the Japanese images and rice fields there are perialists, saving that this action covered by five to six feet of water. shows that the spirit which animat- Wuchow reports indicate that the cd the Japanese when they pre-river there has risen further and sented the 21 demands was still in several of the streets near the existence. The Chinese people water front have been flooded. The should be careful of the actions of flood is beginning to reach Shiu-
Japanese. After the
hing, Samshui and Hohow also. speakers had endorsed these views, Villagers on the West River are the following resolutions were busily repairing the dykes. adopted
be traced but the police have no suspielen of the man at all.
The berenved husband, returned with all speed to his cottage at Aberdeen and when he returned he found his two children awaiting him. He saw his wife in the bed, dead for some time, and could not understand how she could so sud- denly die. The children were too amall to be able to tell anything the elder of the two being just able to mumble the words that the mother had been sick for the last two or three days.
several
1.. That the Nationalist Gov ment in Nanking should telegraph a protest against the breach of neutrality.
2. That a manifesto should be issued denouncing Japanese im perialism.
3. That a warning should be sent to the Japanese cabinet about the measures being taken.
4. That a
The Small North river. is also rising rapidly and most of the vil
The
A Samshiu report dated the 20th. stated that the people. In the lower streets are moving away. water went down by six or seven feet during the 16th, and 16th, but on the 17th. It was up again and was four feet higher than the mark
reached on the 15th.
Prior to the return of the hus- band to his cottage at Aberdeen,
The Canton river was yesterday the landlady had called at the col tage. The rent of the little place,
nearly, as high as the Bund and cottage, vegetable field, hen roost
the ferry boats between the Burd and Honum are taking great care. and all cost $85 a year. The rent had been in arrears but the land-
circular telegram According to the boat people the lady was of geod nature and did should be sent to various govern-river will continue to rise. not press the struggling couple.ments throughout the world re- She called in the hope of getting porting the action. . some part of the $35. When she entered the house all was still and she noticed the form of a woman in the bed covered up with a quilt. She approached the bed, drew the
5. That an organization to be called the Shanghai Citizens" Diplomatic Support Society should be formed to deal with the case.. When the meeting dispersed the
It
THE ECONOMIĊ. CONFERENCE.
quilt aside and to her horror saw members marched away shouting RUSSIA ABANDONS ADVLISE
the following slogans:
a dead woman. She fled from the scene, telling no one of her ex-
"Overthrow the Japanese im- perience,
When the husband of the deceas-perialists and the Fengtien and ed returned to his cottage the land- lady met him and he told her that he was too poor to pay for the funeral expenses and would leave the question of burial in the hands of the Tung Wah Hospital.
Post Mortem Report...
In due course the body was re- moved to the Public Mortuary where a post mortem examination by Dr. Cannon revealed the start ing fact that the woman was ob viously drowned. Dr. Cannon's re- port was as follows:
ned. Rigor mortis had practically passed off, the hands alone being
Shantung militarists," "Let us break through the united front of the imperialists and militarista:" rhe imperialists have always been the supporters of the militarists:" "The Japanese Government is the sole imperialist power of the Far East;" "Let us restore Port Ar- thur and Dalny" "Abrogate the unequal treatfes between China and Japan," "Endeavour to unite the revolutionary forces in China and let all the revolutionary bodies in China and Japan co-operate.”
Chengchow Captured.
Shanghai, May 23.
ATTITUDE.
Geneva, May 23. Although the rupture in th Economic Conference seemed in evitable in consequence of the Russian delegates' attitude the Co- ordination Committee including British and United States mem- bora stuck to their guns and the Russians gave way.
.
the
The Russian delegates are re- ceiving congratulations for the spirit of conciliation which is be lieved to have actuated them as a result of the frequent consulta- tiona the Russians have been having with the Am-
delegates erican
in refer- ence to the subject of obtain- "The face was ashy pale but the
ing eredits. On this acenunt the expression was peaceful. There Á wireless message from Han-Russiana have abandoned their
of a fine froth was à presence around the mouth and nose tinged ters here claim that the "Chris:
kow says that military headquar-hitherto uncompromising attitude. Chuan Chao, representing China, with blood. Fragments appearing to be an aquatic plant were found tian," General Fene Yu-hsiang is in the course of yesterday's debate in the nostrils and in the mouth. advancing from Honanfu and has expressed satisfaction at the adap
tion of the principle of com- The body surface was goose-skin- captured Chengchow-Reuter.
mercial equality and reciprocity and assured the Conferenco f clenched. Dirt was found under drowning as the primary cause China's co-operation in carrying neath the nails. Decomposition and asphyxia
ns the secondary it out. He assumed that the Con-
tacitly approved ference had set in around the head and
cause on the evidence given." neck which condition only occurs
In answer to the Coroner the Chinese claim to possess reason- in putrefaction in water and in
doctor said that it was not possible able revenue tariffs. He voted for hanging. The decomposition was
that the woman could have choked the reports before the Conference so advanced that it was not con sidered wise to do more than an tion of the head and
or poisoned herself as the putrefac-without prejudice to China's claires neck was for the abolition of extraterri- external examination. On pressure
torial consular jurisdiction, besides other fiscal restrictions.-Reuter. over the thorax, water containing against that theory.
In summing up the Coroner re-
Later, fine green grass and gas escaped from the mouth and nostrils, the minded the jury that the rent was latter being probably due to de- in arrears and that the husband in composition,
Pressure over the his evidence had said that he had stomach caused water to appear at
no money at all--not even to bury the back of the throat. It has the wife. Perhaps this fact may been shown that this latter obser- have proved, on the woman's mind vation may be a source of fallacy and may have been an inducement in rare cases when the possibility for her to take her life. The only of water having been drunk imme- other theory was that the green throat was diately prior to death has occur- grass found in her red.
According to an authority poison. (Dr. Brend of London, who is also The jury after a deliberation of Barrister-at-law of the Inner ten minutes returned the sensa-, Temple) putrefaction of the body tional verdict of death from drown- would show in about 8 to 14 days ing presumably through misadven- in England and probably just half ture and made no comment on the
1 the tropics. that period in
fact that the woman was found in make a diagnosis of death due to her house lying in her bed,'
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