SOME SHANGHAI TOPICS.
WHAT THE TOURISTS WERE TOLD.
THE CUSTOMS PARLEY.
(Our Own Correspondent.)
Shanghai, Feb. 10.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
CANTON TO TAKE
ACTION.
BIG-SCALE MOVE AGAINST PIRATE & REDS.
EXTENSIVE PLANS.
Chinese reporta from Canton states, that on Monday evening, of
TURKISH DEBT PROBLEM.
LABOURITE RAISES SOME POINTS.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1928.
THE MEN WHO SAVED SHANGHAI,
FINDING EMPLOYMENT FOR "A" RESERVISTS.
ARREST FOR MOTOR TOUTING.
STRONG PROTEST BY LOCAL SOLICITOR.
"TRIVIAL OFFENCE."
PARIS DISCUSSIONS.
COST OF SHAFORCE,
London, Feb. 14.
London, Feb. 14."
Proceedings resulting in the Questioned in the House of Com- Central Police Court this morning In the House of Commons an important meeting attended by Colonel Wedgewood (Labourita) mons regarding the cost of the from the arrest of the driver of Mr. public car No. 143 on a charge sum and other militarists in Can- tion of the negotiations regarding Alfred Duff Cooper, of the For- of touting in Pedder Street yester- Generals Chan Ming-shiu, Li Chal-asked what was the present posi Shanghal Defence Force, ton, it was decided that the Canton the Ottoman Debt and, in particu-cign Offee, stated that up to the day, were marked by a strong pro- troops now on the East River lar, the payment made formerly and of March this year, it is estl-test on the part of defending sol- should combine to organise a big by Egypt in connexion with the mated that the Shafered will cost citer against arrests for such of
fences.
The defendant pleaded not miky scale campaign against the Com-Anglo-French guaranteed loan of about $4,100,000.
to the charge. manists and bandits in that region. 1856 and the payments allotted to
The coming of a tourlet ship to theas shorea never fails to contrl- bute to the gaiety of nations in
In reply to further questions, this region of the world. When
It is hoped to exterminate all the various succession States of the Mr. Duff Cooper stated that out the Ryndam, which was nothing Communist baudits on the East old Ottoman Empire..
of over 2,900 Section "A" Ruser less than a floating University River especially in the Hoffung Mr. Locker Lampson, Foreign vints who had rejoined the Colours, touched these parts about a year are the complacent community of and Lukfunk districts, within one Under Secretary, replying sald: 2.700 had been sent to China, while Shanghai were startled to see the month, and that thereafter at least The question of the payment the rest, were relegated to the Re- brightly-hued raincoats in which one full division of the Canton formerly made by Egypt towards serve, or discharged as being me- the aldent passengers of that troops should be stationed in this the service of the guaranteed loan dically unfit. good ship disported themselves in area. It is also proposed to of 1850 is at present being dis- tha assistance of thecussed between a Committee ap-
Only ten had falled to report, the streets of the city, emblazon-secure
pointed by the Egyptian Govern- while two, who are now is hospital, ed, as they were with "awaska Village Volunteers.
The question of anti-piracy was ment and Sir Reginald Patterson, are now detained abroad. symbols and college fraternity emblems done in every imaginable also discussed at the meeting, and representing the British Govern
colour under the sun.
One of the first things on which an Inquisitive passenger, of the feminine persuasion, sought en- lightenment directly after landing from the ship was the question of the ownership.of Shanghai, about which she had heard so much "Who while out in the States. owns Shanghai?" she asked of a fellow-passenger, with delightful artlessness.
RECENT MOTOR MISHAP.
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British Wirelesu.
Unemployed Reservista.
...
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As soon as he had the latest figures based on the result of this communicate with the questioner. communication, he promised to
A. Chinese detective, who ad- mitted that he combined the duties of regulating hawkers as well as watching out for motor-aar touts, said he saw defendant accost pedestrian in Pedder Street yester-
day and Iminediate' arrested him on the apot.
case as being a
In reply to Mr. M. K. Lo, defend- Ing, witness admitted that defend- ant possessed a Heence and, in fact, produced it for his inspection. It was decided to send out the ment. I understand that negotia-f
In reply to Major C. Willson, But although the round-the-whole flotilla of gunboats of the tions between the representatives -Questioned, as regards the num- witness said that defendant, at the world globe-girdlers of the Bel-Canton Government for the pur- of the Turkish Government and the ber of reservists returned from time when he was inviting the the car, was genland, who have Intterly been pose of recapturing seized steam representatives of bondholders as the Enst who are still unemployed, pedestrian to use
regards the Turkish ahare of the Mr. Duff Cooper stated there was standing two yards from the vehl- visting us have come in more launches from the pirates. Bubdued garb, there have not been Four gunbonts now at Canton Ottoman Deht, are being conducted considerable difficulty in keeping cle and he was standing in a lacking that touch of comic relief are to be dispatched to the waters in Paris, and that an agreement touch with the men and the figures stationary altitude. and pleasant interludes, in bein the Hoifung, Lukfung and has now been renched except re- were therefore apt to be mislead- His Worship remarked that this garding one or two subsidiarying. He had specially communi- ninde a difference, and proceeded tween hectic raids on curio shops, Swabue districts,
In view of bandit activities in points.
eated with each reservist from to dismiss the that no relieve the tedium of "turn- ng the city inside out." The Bel-Tungkoon and Sheklung district,
"The method of the settlement of China asking whether he had ob- trivial one. Renland's trip has been produes two regiments of the 5th Army: the share allotted to Palestine and Lained employment, or if he desir Mr. Lindsell's Ruling. tive of many such lacidents, some under General Tang Yin-wah, will Irak is at present being discusseded that his name should still be of which are well worth chronic-be dispatched to these districts.
between those Governments and registered with the Society which Mr. Lo then said that the other ling.
the Ottoman Debt Councils. The was making special efforts on be- Magistrate, Mr. R. E. Lindsell, hnd share allotted to Italy has already half of the reservists.
made a definite ruling that where been settled.
a licensed driver had committed So far as I um
an offence against the traffic re- aware; no settlement has yet been renched as regards the shares al-
gulations, unless the offence be of loted to other succession States
manslaughter, the police should a serious nature, as, for instance,
not arrest the man if they thought.. that his attendance could be secured, by applying for a sum- mons. He (Mr. Lo) invited Major Willson to make a similar ruling in that Court also, as he thought the circumstances in the present New York, Jan. 13. case called for such a'ruling. As an example of morbid enter Mr. Lo described na "wicked and London. Feb. 14. prise, 4 full-page reproduction of arbitrary" the action of the police The will of the late Field-n photograph of the actual elec-officer concerned in the case. He Mr. E. S. C. Brooks appeared for Marshal Earl Halg was lodged in trocution of Mrs. Snyder's last should not have taken matters in- the plaintiff and Mr. D'Almada Edinburgh to-day. He authorises night was published on the front to his own hands, but should have war page of one of New York's most consulted the Traffic Inspector Remedios for the defendant. The his trustees to publish his latter explained that he was in a diaries In such time as they think widely-circulated picture papers who was the official to give a com- dieult position, as although theft, and until such time, Lady Halg this morning. defendant had been warned, he and one of the trustees shall re- The photograph Plainly tain the custody of diaries. Ilc shows the electric chair was not in Court.
Giving evidence, Lieut.-Comdr. expressed a special wish to be with the woman's head encased fendant on that busy Race Day as Trust said he was the bwner of buried in the parish in which hia in the black mask. Lively comment has been en- gendered by a number of mislead-motor-cycle combination No. 24, a home. at Bemersyde was situated. sitting stilly erect with her arms ing statements reported to have machine in good order and one-British Wireless. been made regarding Shanghai by which had recently been overhaul-
The fur inquirer was not long left in darkness, for no sooner had she put the question than the en- lightening reply came:-"Why, half of Shanghai is owned by the Chinese, and the other half is owned by the British."
Whereupon, the other rejoined with a deprecatery gesture: "No, that is Calcutta, where the British own a hill in the middle of the city!"
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Painting Shanghai In A.
Lurid Light..
NAVAL OFFICER AWARDED- DAMAGES.
Arecont aceldent on the Taipo Road had a sequel at the Summary.
EARL HAIG'S WILL.
DIARIES.
Court this morning, when Licut DIRECTION REGARDING WAR Comdr T. H. Trust, of ILM.S. Tamar, claimed $50 from Oscar Yuen in respect of damage caused to the plaintiff's motor-eycle com- bination.
a lecturer aboard the. Belgenland ed. On December 22nd, he was driving towards Taipe with scarcely flattering to this city. According to this gentleman, soLieut. Finlayson in the side-car. the story goes, the merchants,He applied his brake when going round one of the left-hand cornors exchange shopkeepers, mancy shops, ele, were nothing less than near the reservoir and found that a pack of thieving sharks, ever on his speed did not decrease. the look-out to rob innocent and unsuspecting tourists. Only the Hongkong and Shanghai bank-
Brake Wouldn't Grip. He was going about 15 or 20 notes were pronounced as worthy miles an hour and the side-car of acceptance, all others being de-began to lift. The brake would not clared spurious, including the grip properly and he had to run the front wheel against the wall notes of the American Bank!
The lecturer went on to any that on the off side of the road. The everywhere The globe-trotters front wheel of the machine was would be charged double, not ex-buckled, cluding the hotels. Highly dis-
A police sergeant came along from Taipo and took a message. to the repair shap in Kowloon to bring the combination in.
While plaintiff and his friend were waiting; a motor car, driven by the defendant, came round the corner from the direction of Kow. loon and struck the side-car, drag- ging it several yards.
Plaintiff and his passenger then paraging statements were made pulled the combination up to the regarding the Chinese, who were wall leaving about twelve feet glibly condemned of all sorts of clearance on the road for other malpractices in the realm of comtraffic. He found later that the merce and trading, and damaging foil had got into the brake drum, allegations were made regarding causing the brake to slip. hygiene and the, dietary regime obtaining in certain restaurants, which were painted in the most lurid hues. As a consequence of this disturbing word-pliture, it is reported that one-third of the Bel genland tourists elected to stay aboard the vessel at Woosung and did not come ashore lest fearsome consequences might befall then.
But the remaining two-thirds,
Cross-examined by Mr. Reme- nothing daunted, literally turned the city inside out, as tourists are dios, plaintif said his machine wont to do... Ironically enough, was on the wrong side of the road number of them spent practically if he had been moving. all their time ashore in cinemas, theatres, cabarets and other in door establishments, instead of seeing the sights, lights, like nor- One en- mally-minded tourists.
Addressing his Lordship, thusiastic soul, who had partaken Remedios anid, the defendant had liberally of the cup that cheers, went about prancing in the lobby to scrape through between the plaintiff and the combination. of the Astor House Hotel, with a
Matter of Necessity.
His Lordship:—It was a matter of necessity that the machine was there.
Mr.
lampshade over his head, thinkingThere was, perhaps, an error of himself a mandarinl
judgment, but plaintiff could have got his machine to the proper alde of the road and by,nol doing To turn from xay to grave, ito contributed to the accident.
The "IG." In Shanghai.
Giving judgment, Mr. Justice. becomes the duty of the scribe to wood said he knew little about record the important visit to Shanghal of Mr. A. H. F. Ed-motor cycling, but had driven wardes Acting Inspector-General along the road many times and of the Chinese Maritime Custome, was well aware that the most ab- who is at the present time the solute caution had to be observed cynosure of all eyes, especially on that section.
He found that, the defendant those of Chinese militarists, repre- sentative of every faction, who are wax,in fact, négligent in not keep- casting covetous glances in the Ing Buffelently to the loft, and direction of additional revenues that that neuligence was the cause which, It is hoped and desired, will of the damage which followed. accrue to their sadly depleted tren-He did not hold that the plaintiff surles, tariff revision goes was negligent in leaving his side. car where he did, and, even if he through.
Well-informed observers of the did so. hold, he did not think it trend of events forecast an import would have contributed to the ne- ant conference of British dip.cident. Jomata and "oficials in the Far (Continued on Page 0.)
Judgment was given for the plaintiff with costs.
-Reuter,
Death Photographed.
She is
tightly strapped and the elec- trode fastened to her barë right leg. The whole effect is revolting and will undoubtedly arouse loud [protests.
The photograph was apparently taken in the death chamber by means of a
concealed camera.
TO-DAY.
Dollar on demand Lighting-up
2/- 3/16. 6.20 p.m.
THE DERBY WINNER.
Mrs. L. Dunbar leading in Sitting Bull (Mr. Maltland up) after the pony's easy victory in the Hongkong Derby yesterday. (Photo: Ming Yuen).
"PECK" AFTER WINNING THE TRIAL PLATE.
Hon. Mr. Hynes' and Mr. Gordon Mackie's Peck is here seen being led in after winning the Trial Plato on Monday, at Happy Valley. The pony disappointed his supporters yesterday, by failing to get a place in the Derby.
(Photo: Ming Yuen).
petent and reasonable decision in the case. Mr. Lo said n deal of harm had been done to the de
a result of his arrest.
· Finger-Prints -Taken,
Lastly, Mr. Lo alluded to the fact that the police had gone so far as to take the defendant's finger-prints. Mr. Lo's submia- sion was that it was not necessary to have arrested the defendant, who could have been summoned in view of the fact that he had a licenso..
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of this kind,, don't you think that you, as Magistrate, should do some- thing to protect men placed in in- signifleant stations in life such as this man, from being arrested, for trivial offences of this kind," concluded Mr. Lo.
His Worship said he was not aware that Mr. Lindsell lind given such a ruling, but, if he did, he (Major Willson) was inclined to agree that it was a reasonable, one.
Defendant was discharged.
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A sensational attempt on the life of Crown Prince Leopold, the heir, to the throne of the King of the Belgians, took place to-day at the Palace Belle-Vue at Brussels, The Prince was working in his room, when an explosion -WES heard, The door of the room was damaged and several windows were broken, but the Prince was not injured:
Immediately attendants, rushed into the room, which was filled with smoke. It is believed some explosive had been concealed in one of the fire dogs, which was found shattered.
The greatest secrecy is bein observed both at the palace and at police headquarters, but news is trickling through in spite of efforts to prevent Information. be- coming public.
The Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, was 26 years old last November.
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