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COMPROMISE?
LIKELY RESULT OF CHANG'S
VICTORY.
POSSIBILITY OF A COUNTRYWIDE
PEACE.
CHANGSHA BOMB AFFAIR. That Marshal Chang Tso-lin has come out of his fight with the Shuusi Tuchun immensely strenghened in his hold on the North, and that the South will not attempt a winter campaign against him but many possibly suggest a 'compromise, is the latest interesting Peking speculation.
The telegram received to-day suggests that the way may now be opened for a compromised affecting the whole of China, for the defeat of Shansi has ended the stalemate which has existed during
recent months.
A wireless report Trom Changsha reports that a rather serious bomb incident has taken place there during the holding of a public meeting for the purpose of re-starting the Labour Union. There are no details regarding the casualties, but martial law has been déclared.
The conference at Hankow between the representatives of the Nanking and Wuhan parties has apparently come to an end, for u report from Kiukiang states that Mr. C. C. Wu and his companions have passed down on their way to Nanking. There is no news as to the outcome of the parley.
NANKING-WUHAN PARLEY CLOSES.
Peking, Oct. 12..
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BOMBS AT CHANGSHA.
Martial Law Declared.
Changshai, Oct. 12.
SOLOMON ISLANDS
UPRISING.
NATIVES IN A RESTLESS MOOD.
MASSACRE OF EUROPEANS.
by
a. labourer
OCTOBER 13,
MANILA'S BLOW.
SHIP DRIVEN ON THE ROCKS.
COMMUNICATIONS AFFECTED.
Manila, Oct. 10.
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PETROL RATE WAR IN DARING PIRACY IN HARBOUR.
INDIA.
SALES OF ALLEGED SOVIET STOCKS.
DEALERS HOARD FOR RISE.
Calcutta. Oct. 12.
LAUNCH LEFT AT NORTH
A small but very active typhoon
A petrol rates war has begun ROBBERS skirted Manila, Cavite and Corre-here, and as a result the price has gidor yesterday afternoon (Sun-fallen by one rupee four annas per
unit of eight gallons. raged away into the It is alleged that the Standard
POINT.
ESCAPE IN MOTOR-CAR *・ WITH $24,000.
*Suva, Oct. 12. There is no further news of the MISSACre mentioned previously, but significance is attached to letters received from the Solomon day) and
Though little damage, Oil Company of New York has Isles reporting that a Chinese on China sea. another island had his throat cut apparently, was done here, the procured large stocks confiscated by the Soviet Government, which from Malaita, storm early yesterday morning the company is offering for ante ADMIRABLE POLICE WORK. Labourers from the sume island threw the Manila Railroad Com- in Bombay and Calcutta, conse also attacked and killed a white pany's steam ferry Bicol afoul of quently the Asiatic Petroleum overseer on a lonely island and a rock at Pasacao, Albay and en- Company, the Burma Oil, and Indo- they also bit off their employer's dangered the lives of 66 persons British Oil Companies have reduced finger.
aboard. Passengers and crew were their rates, It is authoritatively stated in taken ashore in the ship's boats, Dealers are said to be buying London that the Selomon islands without loss of life. The U.S.S. large quantities, and are said to be are within the Australian naval cruiser Richmond was dispatched hoarding stocks, hoping for big
Australian area. The
cruiser from Manila Bay yesterday after-profits after the rate war, which is Adelaide is expected to reach noon to stand by the vessel, and unlikely to last long-Reuter. Malaita on Oct. 13.
the Manila railroad ship Mayon sistance also. will leave this morning to give as
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CANADIAN ATTITUDE
EXPLAINED.
The most daring piracy of recent years, the seizure' in the middle of Hongkong's harbour of a launch carrying $24,000 worth of bullion, the beaching of the craft at a quiet spot at North Point, and the return to town, of the three men concerned, in a motor-car awaiting their arrival near Ming. Yuen Gardens, was carried out in the early evening yesterday.
In spite of the elaborate arrangements by the miscreants, how- ever, the police did admirable work, throwing out a most compre hensive net, which brought its reward in the early morning, an arrest being made of a man alleged to have been actively associated with the piracy.
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The man in custody was endeavouring to board the night boat to Canton, and it is understood that he was picked out by one of the victims, who was hurried to the steamer wharf, and that some of the stolen property was found in his possession,
The USS Avocet, entering tion policy, and suggesting AN ARREST ON THE CANTON WHARF.
Manila Bay yesterday afternoon forms and improved co-operation seems to have passed through or with Britain, has been referred near the storm centre. The baro-back to the resolution committee, meter registered a phenomenal after the Winnipeg delegate. had
storm.
Ship Strikes Back.
London as having any political The murders are not regarded in
importance. The whole affair is
Reporta current last night that surprising, as Maiaita has hitherto ship had run amok in Manila bean most tranquil-Reuter. Bay during the typhoon could not An earlier cable reporting the he confirmed. The Manila sema mázsacre stated:
News of the phore station and the Pilot's As- THE EXCLUSION POLICY IN massacre of whites and native sociation both said they knew
IMMICRATION. · police on the Solomon Islands is nothing about an accident. Ship. contained in a radio message re-ping was tied up yesterday, how- ceived by the High Commissioner ever, and it is thought many inter-
Winnipeg, Oct. 12. for the Western Pacific. A trader island. vessels had trouble in Conservative convention, criticis- The resolution passed by the who has arrived at Tulagi. aboard reaching an anchorage. the steamer Auka has reported
Jing the present regime's immigra- that the District Commisssioner, a cadet, fifteen native police, and the crew of the vessel, were mur- dered in the bush by natives on the north-east coast of Malaita drop, according to officers aboard. moved for the deletion of the The only previous case approa- the Harbour Office shortly after Island. The boatswain of the and as there was little or no wind words "exclusion of races incap-ching in daring the seizure of the 6.30 last evening with two small Auks and four wounded police at the time, the vessel apparently able of ready assimilation." steam launch Wo Fat Shing last boxes of gold bars on board. These are the sole survivors of the afpassed through the eye of the Sir George Foster suggested-night, was the piracy in March, were for consignment on board the fair.
that there might be 1 more 1924, of the Yaumati ferry "Kwong Norwegian vessel the s.s. Prominent Further Details.
courteous way of expressing Shun", which was missing for ae which was lying at buoy C35 at Several internment camps are...
Canada's feeling towards so large veral days and eventually was dis- West.Point, The bullion was to be being prepared around Peking to
A more detailed account, cabled from Suva on October 6, stated: The Bléal was forced by the a proportion of the world's popu- covered abandoned In the West shipped by the Prominent. to Sai- cope with the large batches of
gon, the vessel being due to leave. prisoners arriving. Many are be-
The murder of District Commis-typhoon on a cap rock on a sand lation-Reuter's American Service. River.
Two members of the crew were for that port late last night. A Labour meeting was held here |sioner Bell, Cadet Lillie, of the bar about one mile out of Pasacoo, ing sent to-Tientsin. It is under-
the principals in yesterday's sensa. The launch had only been on its stood that they will later he des- with the object of again starting steamer Auks, and 15 natives at 3.40 a.m.
tional attack, but it has now been way for about five minutes when a the Labour Union. The gatheny police by bush natives at The force of the impact loosen- patched to Mukden.
ascertained that they were tempor- stranger and a member of the evident that took place in the Public Hall and Sinarago was reported toed the steel plates under the bun-, it is considered
commis- ker on the port side of the vessel,
ary men, an engineer and a fire- crew suddenly produced revolvera. high Shansi's attack and easy defeat in the middle of the proceedings the has not only ended the stalemate a bombing incident occurred but sinner of the
western Pacific allowing water to rush in, filling!
man, the former having just taker Another member of the crew also over from the old engineer, who showed himself to be concerned in The report was of recent months in the north, but there are no details as to casual-here yesterday.
the hold and engine room.
the attack. received from by radio from
vessel settled on the sand bar, her POLICE TAKE PRECAUTIONS. was reported to be fll. has immensely strengthened Mar- ties.
The launch carried $24,000 in The men in the engine room and shal Chang Tso-lin's power and In consequence of this martial trader who arrived at Onlagi, upper works remaining out of wa-
bullion, in two boxes, but the gang the coxswain were covered, and they law has been declared.--Naval Solomon Islands, aboard the Auk. ter.
Delhi, Oct. 12..
did not content themselves with submitted without resistance. The outrage, was declared to bo
Passengers and crew, 66 in all
The being this rich haul but after subduing are Police precautions
coxawain stopped It is anticipated that Feng Yu- Wireless,
the worst in the" Solomon Islands were immediately
He taken by life taken in all important cities fol- the occupants of the launch, four- launch, hsiang will soon be driven from
since the first government officials horts from the stranded vessel to lowing the murder of Swami teen in all, robbed them of any were tied up, the pirate Honan, and it is possible also from
were killed there. The boatswain Pasaeno. All were landed safely. Satayanand, who was stabbed by valuables.
who was not armed appar Shensi, while the Mukden party are of the opinion that the South-
and four of the native police were The extent of damage to the cargo a Moslem on Oct. 10 in Rajpala, Everything appears to have been ently taking a leading part in this the only survivors of the attack. has not been reported, Northern seeing the ernora,
which was followed by the mur-planned beforehand to the veriest work, and stowed away in the Kiukiang, Oct. 121⁄2. strength, and in view of the finan: Chief Commissioner C. C. Wa Kwai. Sinarago, is on the island of reached Manila about noon yester-
Bell and Lillie were buried at
First news of the near-disaster der of another Hindu in Lahore. detail, but the police are very hope- cabin which was locked to prevent cial stringency of the South, will together with Mr. Sun Fo and Malaita, which
Satayanand's assailant was seful of apprehending other men as any attempt at interference with not attempt a campaign against others, have left here for Nanking, southern islands of the Solomon Radio Pasay forwarded an S.0.S.imprisonment. ́ ́
of the day when the chief operator oftenced to fourteen years' rigorous sociated with the piracy, the net the apparently well laid plans of the North, but possibly a way will on their way
having closed in considerably since the pirates. back from their
Escape With Booty. the Hankow group.
message to the director of posta Pandit Indra, son of the late the first warning was given last The only other Europeans in the which had been broadcast by Hindu leader, Swami
Shrad-night.
While one of the pirates acted vicinity of where the attack oc- Radio Legaspi at 11.32 am. The hanand, has been arrested and and curred are a Mr. and Mrs. An message read:
This is the story in brief of a as coxswain another took charge charged with publishing anti-Moa-piracy which possessed several of the engine room and the launch, Shang-drews, of the Seventh Day Adven- "3.8. Bicol stranded on rock offlem articles in his vernacular amazing features. In the first which was of course comparative- tist misalon. No concern la felt Pasacho with no possible help in paper, Arjun, and has been liberat-place the scene of the attack, ly close' to the Praya, was turned for their safety, as they have a immediate vicinity." Sixty-six pased on bail of £15,000.—Reuter. boat and can easily proceed to sengers aboard. Kwai if they are threatened with still going on," attack.
prestige.
CONFERENCE OVER.
Nanking Party Returns,
be opened for some form of com Conference with promise all over China.--Reuter.party.
THE SHANSI DEBACLE. Late Details" of" Fighting..
Shanghai, Oct. 13. Marshal Chang Tso-lin has offer ed a reward of $400,000 for the arrest of General Yen Hai-shan, .the Tuchan of Shansi, and a fur- ther prize of $200,000 for the troops capturing Shichiachwang.
General Hsu Chung-shih others have departed for
hai. Naval Wireless.
YANGTSZE QUIET.
No Incidents.
Shanghai, Oct. 12.
Nanking. Ichang and other
British.
is one
The
Strong typhoon
The director of posts immediate- ly notified the Manila Railroad Company and the constabulary of
Yangtze ports are reported to be BIG BLAZE IN US, CITY. the receipt of the message. Copies
quiet, no untoward incidents having occurred.-Naval Wireless..
BUILDINGS DYNAMITED.
Fire
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INDIAN FACTION '
FEELING.
INDIAN RAILWAY WORKERS.
MANY ADOPT PASSIVE-
RESISTANCE.
Calcutta, Oct. 12. When the Bengal-Nagpur Rail- way workshops were reopened, out
and the
the Crew
Hongkong harbour in the evening, round and steered in the direction when there is an abundance, of of North Paint craft always moving appears to be Darkness had fallen, and whe- one of the most unlikely of places ther it was due to the lack of know- for pirates.
ledge on the part of the man act- Another sensational feature. Is ing as coxswain or whether it was that when the three men secured a deliberate act, the launch ran control of the launch they turned aground at North Point. her in the opposite direction- The three pirates seized their when still within sight of the opportunity and decamped with Praya-and continued towards their booty, leaving the crew still- Quarry Bay,
tied up in the cabin. One man succeeded in freeing himself from his bonds and by joint effort the
Beaching Intentional?
At the moment it is still a mat-cabin was forced and the crow of 12,000 men presenting them-ter of conjecture whether the bea- then made its way to Edy View selves, 8,000 resorted to a policy ching of the launch was intention- Station to report the incident...
According to a report from Gen-
of the message were then sent to oral Chang Hsueh-liang it is stated
Radio Batangas, Radio Los Banoa that the Fengtien troops have
CANTON ADMINISTRATION.
and the Radio Corporation of the captured Wailu and also the country
Philippines to be relayed to ships. west of Shichiachwang. A consi
The message was broadcast at derable number of Shamsi troops Military Council Formed.
New York, Oct. 12. 2.10 p.m. and the United States have been cut off from the main
threatened to destroy Navy immediately dispatched the forces.
Canton, Oct. 13.
Richmond from Manilä Anether report states that there The Canton Political Council, Ocean City, but was finally con-U.S.S. are still large numbers of Shansi which is to take supreme control of tralled by dynamiting all buildings Bay to the assistance of the Bicol troops defending Shichiachwang, the civil and military administra in the path of the flames.
Receipt of News.
of passive resistance, entering the al or not. There is, no informa Nearly every house in a dozen Serious fighting has taken place at tions in South China, has decided
workshops but not doing any tion as to the navigating ability. Tsol-shi-tin, to which place General to form a Military Counell for Blocks in the centre of the city
At 2.55 p.m. the Manila Rail-work.
of any of the three men but it is Yen Hsi-shan has sent three divi- Liangkwang to take charge of the lies in ruins.—Renter's American road Company received a message
Agitators unsuccessfully at now believed that the beaching able promptitude and every possible sions of reservists.-Nam Chung military affairs of the two Southern Service.
from Captain Quilon of the Bicol tempted to persuade the whole was part of the scheme. Pav.
stating that the vessel had been workshop staff not to accept pay- Quarry Bay is a busy district at caught by a strong, typhoon atment of their August wages, and night and is within easy reach of to locate the three men and their Political Council, and will have LONG FLIGHT TO INDIA. |Pasacao and that the ship was the discharged men to refuse a Shaukiwan
email, craft booty, An elaborate net was cast round the district. Parises of Generals Li Chai-sum, Wang Ki-
stranded at 3.40 a.m. behind Re- settlement of their cases. Reuter. abound and where there is plenty police searched the hillsides and- cheung, Li Fuk-lam and others as
fuge Island. He said the passen-
of activity even at a late hour. commissioners.-A correspondent.
gers and crew were safe and that the boat could be salvaged.
Big Captures Reported.
Péking, Oct. 12. A special message from Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang from Pasting- fu, assures the public that the re- ported victories are not mere rum- ours but actual facts. The young marshal states that up to October 11 his troops had captured 30 guns,
10,000 rifles and great quantities
provinces.
. This counell will be under the
ARREST OF MRS. C. C. WU.
Daughter of Lady Ho Kal.
Tientsin, Oct. 12.
POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
Marseilles, Oct. 12. The airmen Arrachart and Rig not have postponed their flight to
DUTCH BANK RATE.
.more than 100 machine guns, Madame C. C. Wu was arrested India until November, to allow munitions and equipment from by the military police when board-full time for the final adjustment
ing the Hwa Shan Maru for of their engine. Reuter. the Shansiites.
As the result of Chu Ya-pu's Shanghai, after a visit to her capture of Shihchiachuang, the mother, Lady Ho Kai. She was main Shansi army operating South escorted to police headquarters, of Pactingfu has been cut off by where she is still being detained. railway communication with its Her mother and other relatives base and it is bolieved will be have up to the present, without forced to retreat to its own pro- avall, attempted to interview her. vince over the mountains, where No reason for the arrest has been there are only second rate roads, announced, but it is assumed, she Hence, the Mukdenites anticipate is held as hostage.
Madame Wu's visit was partly that only a disorganised fraction la
RAISED TO 41⁄21⁄21⁄2 PER CENT.
Amsterdam, Oct. 12. - The Netherlands Bank has raje-
ed its discount rate from three and Ikely to succeed in making its for health reasons and her arrest a half per cent, to four and a half
6scape.--Reutér,
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per cent Reuter.
AUTHORISED.
where
Elaborate Police Net.
The Police ceted with commend-
measure was adopted in an effort
Another surprising feature of scoured Quarry Bay and the Shau- the attack is that three men, and kiwan district, while an exceeding only two of them armed, should ly close watch was kept on all have been able to get the better of harbour craft.
The railroad company imme- NEW AUSTRIAN LOAN diately began making preparations to send a relief boat to the scene of the accident. Another of their| vessels, the 8.8. Mayon, was brought to Manila a few days ago TO BE USE FOR PRODUCTIVE the three pirates bound them, stow- mon would attempt to board
--PURPOSES.
the fourteen men and supercargoes In addition men were sent to on board the launch. Not only did watch the Canton- and other they cow them into submission but wharves in the hope that the
ed them in the cabin and locked one for repairs and was anchored in
of the night steamera. them up.
Yaumati also came within the the Pasig river back of the In-
Throughout the whole of this police net and arrangements were tendencia Building. The fire had
London, Oct. 12.
amazing attack there was no in- made át a lato hour for searches been pulled in this vessel on Satur- The committee of guarantor terference from outside. The three to be carried out at various houses day so that it could be towed into States of the Austrian Reconstruc-men merely announced their pre- in that district, Statements were dry dock. The fires were rebuilt tion Loan met in London, and de-sence, two pointing revolvere at the taken from those abard the and a supply of water and "coal cided to authorise Austria to raise crow and supercargoes, and with launch, including the compradore was taken aboard.. Plana were to a loan to the maximum amount of out the slightest trouble took com- of the Prominent who was on his dispatch this boat at midnight laat 725,000,000 Austrian schillinga plete control of the launch. night but when word was received | ($21,000,000) for productive pur-
Only Three Pirates. that the passengers and crew were poses, for example electrification
The launch, involved was the Wo safe, salling was delayed. The and other developments, federal Mayon will leave Manila at 9.30 railways, and improvements in the Fat Shing, owned by the Yo Fat which a.m. to-day.
postal and telegraph services—Hing firm. It left a wharf near Reuter.
(Continued on Page 11.)
way back to his ship, avl descrip- tions furnished by ba man may prove useful to the police,
The Jaunch, the Wo Fat Shing-
was holed and making (Continued on Page 14.2