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A Dramatic Moment. Chinese constable Chan Sing wus, wounded In a dramatic manner. It is said that he get near to the robber, when the latter had halted a few moments under cover of a pillar fh Des Voeux Road Central to reload his revolver. The robber shouted to the policeman to keep off, but, undaunted, the constable made a dash at the gunman and was seriously wounded in the abdomen, the robber firing at him from
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1927.
THE FRENCH PARTY SPLIT.
Lok Street, with a revolver in his possession, not very far away from RADICAL-UNIONISTS IN THE the scene of the encounter.
The second robber was shot and killed in the same street, about 300 fards from the point of the pur- uit. (It is believed by: Sergeant after he had been McMahon wounded),
The third robber got clear away, and is still at large.
PICTURE.
SOCIALISM'S DANGER."
!
Paris, Nov. 8. Mr. Franklin Bouillon, of the Radical-Socialist Federation of the The fourth man was able to pro- Seine-et-Olse, to-day decided to tract the chase longer. He got into Des Voeux Road, then can break with the Radical-Socialist through Man Wa Lane on to the Party and to form a new party Praya. As he ran along which he close range.
calls the Radical- under the Verandah, two Another constable, who had Chinese constables on
search Unionists. come up by this time, drew his duty
at the Yaumati wharf. revolver and shot at the gunman, left their post to join in the This decision on the part of one bringing him down, but not before pursuit. One of them, Wan Wong- of the most Important sections of the robber had made an attempt ehi, in spite of being entirely un- the Radical-Socialist Party will tö shoot him. The
bullet armed, tackled the man whom he probably be followed in the pro- despatched by the cornered man
saw running under the vérandah, penetrated the constable's tunic, and Was shot by this robber vinces. It constitutes the most but, striking the buckle of his belt, through the heart, at point-blank important political split that has taken place in the last 30 years of parliamentary The picket continued the pur- | French
history. suit, and followed this robber into The new party will have as the Pedder Street Past the Post main plank of its programme the Office, the "fugitive made a detour maintenance of national union as into Des Voeux, Road, and was vitally necessary for the safety of finally shot down near the Cou-France. naught Wharf near Chilung Street. M. Franklin Bouillon has re- He was wounded in several places, signed the Foreign presidency of and a revolver was picked up near the Chamber Foreign where he felt.
Committee, stating:
was diverted in its course.
'On receipt of 'the alarm at the Central Police Station, police of ficials visited the various spota where the encounters had taken place and secured details of the affair. The robber who was shot dead was found lying in the cor- ner of Wing Lok Street, near the market,
Condition of Wounded.
traction of the bullets.
range.
Additional Casualties.
·
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Affairs
At the Government Civil Hospi tal this morning. it was stated
I represent here the Radical- that both Sergeant McMahon and
During this long pursuit, it is Socialist Party, in whose ranks I Ali Asgar Khan were in an ex- established that yet another Chin-have served for 25 years. I am tremely critical condition, andese constable. Chan Shing, who leaving it because the congress X-Ray examinations were made, joined in the chase, was shot in the has just formally repudiated the as soon as possible with a view abdomen by the man, who had also France from disaster and be- national union which saved to immediate operation for the ex- shot and killed the police searcher cause it has just condemned its earlier. Chan Shing is in a criti-members to an unconditional Police raids were subsequently cal condition in hospital: carried out in Laichikok and Yau-
alliance without even the "At a point between Wing Lokguarantee of participation in the mati, as a result of information supplied by the unwounded pri-Street and the Yaumati Ferry, an government with the Socialists, soner, but apparently the ad-Indian constable, Ali Asgar Khan, who are the French section of the dresses given were false ones, as who was on ordinary beat duty Second International. no further arrests have been made. at the time, also, joined in the chase, and he received a bullet THE INJURED OFFICER. wound in the thigh, and was re-
moved to Hospital. Only Recently Married.
It is a pathetic circumstance that Sergeant McMahon was married less than two months ago, his bride being Miss Muriel Jane Blunsdon, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Blunsdon, of Hongkong. The wedding took place at St. John's Cathedral on October 14th. Much sympathy will be felt with Birs. Mahon and the other relatives in this very distressing occurrence. Sergeant McMahon has been at- tached to the Force for just over four years, having arrived in the Colony on September 6th, 1923, He was due for Home leave next
year.
THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. Interview With D. C. I.
This latter budy is clearly com- mitted to support the evacuation of the Rhineland and the absorp- tion of Austria by Germany, This is the greatest danger that could and race. threaten our nation
Another Chinese constable was shot through the belt, the bullet running along the length of the It means certain war within 10 belt, but leaving him unscathed. years. Ignorance and abdication It is emphasised that at the time friends and I want to see peace.
are preparing the conflict. My of the encounter the picket were not aware of the occurrence of the
The autumn session of Parlia- armed robbery in the West- ment re-opened to-day and one of ern district. But when messages the first statements was by the came through, first of the armed robbery and then of the picket's encounter with four armed men, a connexion between the two occur rences was established. This con- nexion, Mr. King says, was proved subsequently by the identification of the man shot dead. in Wing Lok Street as being one of the gang oftion of the four Communist de- four who took part in the armed puties who are at the Sante Prison for inciting French soldiers and robbery.
sailors
Reward Offered.
King, is to the effect that Lance Sergeant MeMahon, Chinese De tective Lul Tung, and Chinese con- atable Chan Shing, are in a danger- ous condition.. Constable Al Asgar Khan, who was shot in the thigh, is detained in hospital.
or
Premier and Finance Minister, M. Poincare, who announced his in- tention to have the 1928 Budget passed before he would allow any other business to occupy the Government.
The Chamber voted the libera-
to mutiny-M. Marcel Cachin, Doriot, Marty, and Duclos.
THE FIRST AIR “MÜTINY."
ECHO OF A WOMAN'S FLIGHT.
Washington:-Three times Miss Frances Grayson has started the Dawn from the coast of Maine to
The official account sets out the! main features in the story with- out attempting, at this stage of red for the fourth man, who escaped A reward of $500 is being offer-
the official investigations, to re- from the picket and is still at construct the exact sequence of large. happenings as they developed The medical report, adds Mr. from the armed robbery.
Interviewed by a Telegraph re- porter this morning, the Director of Criminal Intelligence (Mr. T. H. King) after briefly recounting the facts connected with the arm- ed robbery in the coffee-shop, na reported above, said that with the It is noted that a revolver approach of the Chinese New Year, automatic was recovered in eachy to Denmark, but each time after which had always witnessed a reeuse, from the robber who was shot about an hour's flight she has re- crudescence of armed' crime, it was dead and from the two men who turned to her base, engine trouble found necesary, within the past were captured. week, to organize special search pickets for duty from each distriot station, as a preventive measure. They had instructions to stop and search people in the streets for
now appears there Was arms or for property which might Police officials believe that the mutiny" of the crew of the Dawn have been unlawfully acquired. men connected with this affair the first air mutiny on record. Their hours of duty were three, have been "wanted" for a long The Dawn, after heading cast, was between six o'clock and midnight time in congexion with some of the turned west without Miss Gray- and again a further three hours more daring instances of armed son's knowledge and without her between midnight and six o'clock crinie in the Colony.
Consent. Misa Grayson, nominally in the morning.
The police are optimistic of in command of the expedition, was The picket in the Central district being able to effect the arrest of accompanied by Brice Golds- last night was under the command the fourth man within the next borough, navigator, and Wilter of Acting Police Sergeant Mc-twenty-four hours.
Stultz, pilot: Mahon, and with him there were
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LATER DETAILS. Condition of Wounded.
being given as the reason. Last Sunday was her third attempt,. when she flew 495 miles and then turned back, explaining that one of the motors broke down.
Neither of the men nor Miss Grayson will make an explicit statement, but from the little that has been said a physical encounter in the narrow confines of the Dawn, then 400 feet above the Atlantic, was narrowly averted between The
one Indiah Lance Sergeant, two Operation On Sergt. McMahon. Indian constables, one Chinese At-1 o'clock today it was learn- constable and one Chinese detered from the Government Civil Hos- tive. They left the Central Police pital that Sergeant McMahon had Station at one o'clock for pleket been operated upon, and that his duties until four o'clock. They condition was very critical. proceeded down into the Central The two Chinese constables who Goldsborough and Stultz. district to the neighbourhood of were wounded, are also in a former and Miss Grayson discover- the Western Market, and were at serious condition, but as regarded that instead of flying towards the corner of Bonham Strand and the Indian, it is not thought that Denmark they were on their way Wing Lok Street when they came his life is in danger. into contact with armed Chinese.
back to Old Orchard Beach, Maine, The robber who was shot down whence they hopped off. Miss in Wing Lok Street is not in a very Grayson insisted that the original sorious condition:
course must be resumed, but Stultz. paid no heed to her commands or protests, and brought the plane back to Ita starting-point.
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The exact sequence of events could not be established yet from this point, but. Hays Mr. King, apparently two Chinese were 'ob- served by the picket coming along HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? from a westerly direction. On being challenged by the picket.
Stultz explained that he turned the plane back when he ran into a revolvers, and fred, anverely The following are the replies to thick, soupy fog that shut out all wounding both Lance Sergeant to-day's questions:-
sight of sky or water, and his al- McMahon and the detective. Lul 1. British diarist (1794-1865), "grandson timeter showed he was only 400 Tung, in the abdomen. They then clerk of the. Pra, cause. Letchworth feet above the water. One of the ran away. Two other Chinese Garden City, 1904; Ebenezer Howard, motors was consuming 25 per cent. who were a short" distance he Four: Angelien Kaufman: Her more fuel than was estimated,
Mr. Swynncron; Mrs. Laura Knight. hind these armed men, also ran Defence of the Realms Azi. 5. Bancho which would have left them with off, and it is proved that they too 6. Herbert Batcliffe. 7. 1768. empty tanks in mid-ocean. There Expressing much, in a few words: from the also were armed..
Laconians (Spartans), who valued brevity. Was nothing left except to turn 9. Mr. W. Is Markenzle King; Mr. 8. Mback. Brace: 'Harwet Passa 10. Brain. 11. Namo
The Chase.
Those of the picket who were Frinted and Published for the Proprietor by FREDERICK not injured pursued and arrested PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8, Wyndham Street, in the City of one of the armed Chinese in Wing Vistoria, Hongkong.
of the Duke of Portland, and some flane
In a notabe "lawault.+ 12. Famous planisti
of an American naval oll state. involved Miss Grayson, who declares sha Freient of the USA. fampus, architect: hus not abandoned her flight, Is muile-hall proprietar: leading British him now reported to be looking for 30* Producer: French novelist and stitle..
other pilot.
MISSING!
The Girl Who Ran Away From Home. Dressed as a boy. Last seen on a freight train in company of dangerons tramps, but known to have protection of character known as The Deacon' and a husky young fellow resembling Ralph Graves. Follow the romantic and exciting adventures of these three in the fine new film-
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