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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1927.
ROBBER SHOT.
BRITISH DEMANDS.
RED SLAUGHTER IN 'HAINAN.
SEQUEL TO A LAICHIKOK RAID.
HANKOW RESIDENTS DISSATISFIED.
DRUG TRAFFIC.
INTERESTING POINT OF
IDENIFICATION.
same kind.
Hofhow, Oct. 10.
Before Major C. Willson yester- The former Hollow Commis- Evidence of the shooting of an The scheduled mass meeting of sioner of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Chen alleged armed robber and the British residents of Hankow was day, Leong Kong was charged with Siang lok, has taken office as Com-arrest of three men was given at held yesterday afternoon at Vic- importing into the Colony 30,700 missioner in Canton. "His euc- Kowloon Police Court yesterday toria Hall, reports the Hankow cessor, also named Chen, has not afternoon, before Mr. W. Schofield, Herald. The meeting was crowd- pills which contained heroin. In yet arrived in Hollow.
when the case against three ed, all available space being taken, the dock with Leong Kong was Mr. J. B. Hau and Mr. Wm. Chinese, charged in connexion The assembly included about Wong Ping, who is similarly Bagster, mining engineer, an official with an armed robbery at 186 Lai- dozen Indians.
charged, and a woman named "Li mining and agricultural commis-chikok Road, Kowloon, on Sept. 18, The meeting was called by Bri-Hing who is charged with being sion, have paid a visit of explora-was continued. Sub-Inspector tish residents at Hankow for the tion to the interior of Hainan. Fallen is prosecuting for the purpose of discussing four Re-in possession of 9,000 pilla of the They visited Wo-sla, No-tal, Nam-police.
aolutions with regard to the S. A. tong and other places and found
The occupants of the house, D. No. 3. The Resolutions were the region quiet, people friendly which is used as a shop, put up a passed without comment as they and seemed pleased with prospects fight, in the course
of which a stood, and met with no discussion Vunsio (Mancheang) and King-woman occupant was wounded in or argument. san districts of Hainan are still the head. A man, who ran away much disturbed by Communists, from the scene, was shot at and who have joined with the robbers wounded three times by a Chinese and pirates. They seem likely to constable. Afterwards a pair of continue until the local officials get blood stained aclesors was found reinforcements. One day over one in the house. | hundred Reds, ontered a place called- Pagoda market, went into a shop and seized four people. These they threw into an open pit, shot them and covered them with earth. One of the four, however, was only stunned and wounded, so, after the
Post.
Mr. H. A. Taylor, of the Imports and Exports department, prosecut ed, while Mr. A. E. Hall defended the Leong Kong. Mr. D. McCal- lum represented the second and third defendants.
two The
Mr. C. E. Peacock, Manager of Arnhold & Company, acted as chairman of the meeting. The
Giving evidence of the nature ef only other speakers were Mr. A. V. Perry of the law firm of Bal- the pills Mr. H. A. Taylor said that ley and Perry, and Mr. Harry after examining them he found The first two defendants are Archibald of the Central China that each pellet contained
milligrammes of heroin. total quantity of heroin in cach charged with attempted armed
eight-tenths of one robbery and with conspiracy to
heroin, Mr. rob. The third man is charged
pellet was percent. Besides with conspiracy.
Taylor found the pills to contain. other drugs such as cinchonine and strychnine. The pills were pink in colour and appeared to be made by machine."
A Chinese constable stated in Reds had left, dug his way out and evidence that his attention was fled to a hospital in Hoihow. In attracted to the house by cries of that way the story became known. "Save life."
He was unable to It is thought that the act was again admittance through the front reprisal for the execution of Reds. door, so he went to the back where
At another time a father and two he kicked a hole through
a door sons went to a Holhow hospital to and crawled into the yard. Two be treated for gunshot wounds. doors leading to the house barred They were ferrymen near Kiung- his way, and as he could not open chow, and on crossing the river, the them he blew his whistle, as a Reds leaped into the boat and shot result of which another constable all three. By these methods, the arrived on the scene. This const- Reds, are stopping all river traffic. Near Vunsio city the Reds watchable then guarded the front of the all roads and let no-one enter or house and witness stationed him- leave the city. The only com-self at the back. munication Vunsia has with Hoi- how la by motorboat. Yet the Reds do not seem able to put up a fight Suddenly a man came through for Vunsio city.
the hole in the back door. Witness The situation in Tamchow dis-shouted to him not to run away trict, to the west, is in strong contrast to this. There have been no large hands of robbers since the Peasants Corps was organized more than a year ago. This Corps is not Communistic, 29 a great many of them are. A Christian LTD.magistrate has taken office since
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but paying no heed, the man made off in the direction of Tai Nam Street. Witness fired three shots at the fugitive. The man con- tinued to run, however, so witness gave chase and caught him. When caught, this man, who is identified
as the second defendant, said he had been wounded. They both returned to the house.
The four Resolutions which were passed at the meeting will be forwarded at once by the Bri- tish residents direct to the Foreign Secretary, Sir Austin Chamber- of lain, together with the list names of those present at the meeting us having voted in favour of the Resolutions.
Following are the four Beaolu tions which were passed unani-
nously:
Resolutions,
From the evidence of the pro- secution it would appear that a coolie-Wong. Ping-was arrested
the
on the Chin On Wharf on October 12, carrying 30,700 pills in a divided basket. The pills were 1. It is resolved that H. M. Gov-into several lots which were neatly erament be asked to present a tied up and concealed under a strong formal demand to the Na- blanket. On being arrested
Government that all man stated that he had been en- tionalist troops now occupying Municipal gaged by a certain Leong Ping- and private properties be forth-nam to carry the basket and plead- with removed and not in the fu-ed ignorance as to the contents. Lure allowed illegally to occupy properties in this municipal area. Failing compliance with such de- mand that H. M. Government should itself take the necessary steps to eject the military and
other trespassers.
The Arrests.
When
At the request of the Revenue Officers, the coolie took them to No. 2 Tsung Sau Street in order to locate Leong Ping-nam. they arrived there the coolie failed 2. It is resolved that H. M. Goy to point anybody out as Leong ernment be asked to press the Ping-nam. Believing that the Nationalist Government for coolle was afraid to speak the truth, the officers took him into the was Leong Ping-nam and the reply passage and there asked him who
was that Leong was in white clothing. The first defendant was then arrested.
sound Municipal implementation in the spirit in which it was of the Chen-O'Malley Agreement
negotiated, viz: as sound a muni- cipality as the one it succeeded free in municipal matters from political interference or coercion. Accordingly that the Chen-O'Mal
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the removal of the last one, who turned out to be a Communist The present official is making a
Other police then arrived on the good impression. He is urging the. construction of a road from Tam-scene, and when the house was chow to Notzi and Wo-sia to searched the first defendant was
A search through the house connect with the road to Hoihow. found in the cockloft, hiding under
some newspapers.
ley Agreement be revised so that revealed an invitation to a Chinese The second defendant denied the Director is not a member of dinner issued to Leong Ping-nam. only in one of the drawers of a table in |PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. that he came through the hole in the Council, but exercises
the door, saying that he opened the functions similar to those exercis-the front cubicle. There was also door. He admitted going to the ed by H. B. M. Consul-General in a chop which gave the imprint of house to steal, but us he could not steal anything he left.
Sergt. Kirby spoke of searching the house and finding a cubicle in Suva, Fiji, Oct. 20. a state of disorder. There was The cruiser Adelaide has an-blood on one bed, the pillow being chored off Sinarango NGAY the saturated. He picked up a pair of scene of the murders, and has es- scissors, which were stained with tablished a base camp for opera- blood. The wounded defendant tions against the murderers. The and the injured woman were sent crime reported to have been to hospital. carried out by 300 members of two bush tribes.
CRUISER ADELAIDE ANCHORS OFF SCENE OF CRIME.
Meanwhile 800 natives have
In asking the witness questions, the second defendant said the woman attempted to strike him
the former British Concession, that all employers of the Council be engaged by and subject only to the discipline of the Council.
3. That H. M. Government be asked to notify the Nationalist Government that the Police and other Authorities in S. A. D. No. 3. must be free to cxercise their proper functions free from Mili: tary or other interference and
the words "Leong Ping-nam." In the rear cubicle occupied by the third defendant, there stood a glass jar containing 9,000 pills, in a very conspicuous position, viz, on top of a dressing table.
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Mr. Hall pleaded that he had no case to answer as the identity of his client was not established by the prosecution. He said that although the prosecution believed that H. M. Government looks to that his client was Leong Ping- the Nationalist Government to see nam, no one could say definitely that this is so, and to afford its that there was evidence to show
been collected at Government with the scissors! He seized them full support to the Municipal Au- that he was the same man.
and the woman fell, somehow in-thorities in this respect; failing juring herself.
Headquarters. Auki, Malaita Is land, and others are coming. In daily to offer help to arrest the murderers..
The Resident Commissioner has
instructed the majority of them to return to their homes to await orders. Every effort is being made to arrest murderers by the civil forces, but thirty ratings from the Adelaide will accompany the expedition into the interior for its protection.-Renter,
US. SOCIALISTS.
VICTOR BERGER TO SUCCEED EUGENE DEBS.
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A Chinese detective garc evi- dence of arresting the third man. whe was implicated by the other defendants. This man is a foki employed at the shop..
The hearing was adjourned.
MRS. SUN YAT-SEN.
THREATENS PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DAILY MAIL..
Shanghai, Oct. 20. Mra. Sun Yat-sen has wired to the Sung family here asking that an investigation be made into the rumour of her marriage with Mr. Eugene Chen, which comes from New York, Oct. 20.
a Daily Mail report. Mrs. Sun Victor Berger has been elected suggests that unless correction: Chairman of the National Execu-is made by the Daily Mail to her tive of the Socialist Party in suc satisfaction, legal proceeding will cession to Eugene Debs.-Reuter's be taken against the said paper. American Service.
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such proper maintenance of Mr. McCallum then put his municipal law and order that H.M. clients in the witnesa box. The Government reserves the right second defendant claimed to be a itself to take the necessary steps coolie and declared he knew The to enforce it and from time to nothing about the pills. time to land forces for this woman said that the pills were purpose.
good for chest or stomach trouble and that they reached her through her husband, who was a sailor on She à condition of their next budget a Hongkong-Shekki boat. vote that a reasonable number of pleaded ignorance of the law. Her competent fully qualified foreign-husband's name was Leong Ping- ers be employed by the Council nam and she added that the first on its staff.
4. It is resolved that the rate payers themselves should make it
FRENCH FINANCE.
CHAMBER COMMITTEE WITH-
DRAWS AMENDMENTS.
Paris, Oct. 20.
defendant was not her husband,
Major Willson adjourned the case until Saturday before giving his verdict, adding that there were one or two points which he would like to consider.
the result that the budget as re-!
ported by the Committee will show
The Chamber'a Finance Com-over 100,000,000 francs excess in mittee withdrew practically all the receipts over expenditure insteal amendments to the budget to which of a deficit which the amendments M. Poincare took exception, with would have involved.-Favas.
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