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NANKING AFFAIR MYSTERY SHIP OFF DEATH OF MR. H. T. ELROD SHOOTING
SETTLED.
BRITISH AGREEMENT
SIGNED.
BELIEVED SIMILAR TO U. S.
SETTLEMENT.
-BRITISH PORT.
DISAPPEARS AT DAWN AFTER INTERROGATION.
DESTINED FOR CHINA.
London, Aug. 9.
JACKMAN.
PASSES AWAY WHILST ON VOYAGE HOME.
RECENTLY RETIRED AFTER 25 YEARS' SERVICE.
An astonishing story of n. “By~ story ship" comes to hand from Renter's representative at Walvis Bay, South-West Africa, who states that speculation is rife con- | TRIBUTES RECALLED. cerning' a vessel which arrived off the British Settlement in the even- ing of August 6th, and vanishes at dawn this morning.
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SENSATION.
FOUND GUILTY OF INTENT TO KILL HIS WIFE.
WOMAN'S OUTBURST.
Shanghai. Aug. 10. Mr. C.-C. Elrod, an Ameṛlean em- ployee of the Shanghai: Municipal Council, was found guilty of deli- berating shooting at als wife with intent to kill, by Judge Purd, In the U. S. Supreme Court for China, this morning.
in recordar his verdiel, the Judge said that the accused might as fortunate, as he renard Himself might opsliy have been indicted for murdar
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TROUBLE IN IRAK
FEARED.
JUGO-SLAV CIVIL WAR FEARS.
ROYAL AIR FORCE READY FOR CROATIAN PEASANTS
EMERGENCIES.
JEDDAH BREAKDOWN.
· London, Aug. 10, The officers and men of dye squadrons of acroplanes and sis
One of the Air Force's job is lu
INFLAMED.
SEQUEL TO DEATH OF M. STEFAN RADITCH,
VIOLENT AGITATION..
sections of armoured cars, under the NEW TREATY PLEDGE.
Air Vice-Marshal, Sir Edward El- ington, conrising the Air Force
Berlin, Aug. 10, - Aartlement has at length been
The news of the death, whilst on the voyage Home on retirement
A thinly-velled aint that modifica in Irak, are doubtless keenly awalt-
Serious possibilities of civil war reached between Britain and Ching
tion of the Singapore Base scheme ing the sequel to the breakdown of of Mr. 11. T. Jackman, fornier in regard to the Nanking Incident It is believed to have departed distant Director of Pubile Works,
may result from the conclusion of the Britise Government and Ibn in Jugo-Slavia appear to have No reenived with intense regret
the Kellogg Treaty for the re-Saud, King of Hedjaz, for the set- arisen as a sequel to the untimely of March last year, Reuter's for Batatin.
The steamer concerned is named not only by those who have been
nunciation of war, if followed by a tlement of outstanding questions death of M. Stefan Raditch, the entistretory understanding with the between the two Governments. telegram to hand from Shanghai|the "Payne" and flies the Norwes associated with him du Government
idolised leader of the Croatian this morulig stating that the ginn dag. It anchored outside the rivier, but also by the community
United States on naval disarma- ment proposals, is contained in a XAgreement was signed at Nanking three mile limit, and signalled for generally.
weeks 70 tons of fresh water which was It was just three weeks nga
A dramatic element was intra-report in a trade paper to-day that police the frontiers, and the Wahabi | Peasant Party, who passed away at last evening.
take on board yesterday.
that Mr. Jackinan, accompanied, by
in the year, was one of the subjects after he had been shot down in the The steamer had no manifest his wife, left the Colony by the duct into the closing stages of the the award of the contract has been raids on the Irak frontier, carlier Zagreb yesterday, seven
The announcement is made by discussed at Jeddah. but the captain declared he was and O, liner Rawalpindi, il-healthcare, when necustad's wife, who was postponed.
Ibn Saud, who has been called Skupstina by a Montenegrin De- "carrying machinery in Shanghai, Aug. 10,
Coating compell him to retire sitting in Court, suddenly burst in-
to that the three lowest tenders for "The Cromwell of the Desert," puty. Sir Sidney
The situation is attracting the British from Poland to China" and expect somewhat carlier than he would tee, ubbing bitterly and re-dern Transport, which states Barton,
peating, "Papa.didn't intend Consul-Generai in Shanghai, toed the necessary documents to otherwire have done. He had been kill me. ile is a good father and the building of the Singapore Dack until recently received a subsidy of
500,000 annually from Britain, who earnest attention of all German ill for some ennsiderable time prior
yard have been submitted by gether with Mr. W. M. Hewlett, reach him at Port Arthur.
The British authorities instruct-in his departure, bat it was hoped
Sir John Jackson, Limited, Lon-have paid him over £500,000 be
politient leaders, who realise that British Consul for Nanking, left
Sentence was deferred.
tween 1917 and 1929. don, here for Nanking yesterday morn- the Captain to report for clear-that the trip Home and eventual
the chasm between the Serbians and Ing. They were necompanied by ance papers to-day, but when the rest in the Old Country would
the have restored his health.
the Cronts.has been deepened by the Mr. Hau Mow, the Chinese Foreign foggy dawn had cleared,
tragie consequence of the terrible Office representative who took part "Baune" had disappeared, In the negotiations in Shanghai,
crime in the Jugo-Slav Parliament. and the Foreign Office Councillor, Mr. Chu Chang-nien.
The Signatories."
The party arrived at Nanking at four o'clock in the afternoon, where the final touches were put to the Nanking Incident Agree ment, which was aigned at 7.50 p.m. by Mr. C. T. Wang, the Nationalist Foreign Minister, for the Nation- alist Government, and by Sir Sid- ney Barton for Sir Miles Lampson, the British Minister.
After the signature, Sir Skiney Barton and Mr. Hewlett returned by the night train to Shanghai.
The terma of the Note are not at present available, but it is under- stood that they follow approximate- ly the lines of the American
settlement.
Treaty Revision Also,
the
The agreement between United States and the Nationalist
-A cablegram from the captain of the steamer to the reputed
From Acute Pneumonia.". This morning, however, the sad owners of the "Baste" in Norway nowa was received in a telegram
Ku-band.".
The case was first heard in the Shanghai Court on July 12, the shooting having taken place at Mr. Elrod's home in the French Con- cession on July 3rd. Mrs. Elrod was shot through the shoulder, and
has been returned to the P from Aden that he had passed away Madame Roux, a Frenchwoman, de- Offee marked "Undeliverable."--board the Rawalpindi on Augustclared that she saw the accused de- Reuter.
th, after leaving Bombay, from liberately shoot his wife after a neute pneumonia. The utmost am- quarrel.. pathy will be felt fer the bereaved widow in the heavy loss which she has sustained under such tragle circumstances,'
ASLEEP WITH THE GOODS.
NATHAN, ROAD THIEF HAS MUCH DARING,
FORTUNE.
Government was cont dued in al CAPT. LOEWENSTEIN'S series of Notes which passed be tween General Hwang Fu, the en Foreign Minister in Nanking, and M J. V. A. MacMurray, the American Minister to China. In one of his Notes, General Hwang Fu declared:
BELIEVED TO BE FIVE MILLIONS STERLING.
Mr. V. H. Bourne, the Assistant Commissioner, ander Revenue whom Elrod served, gave evidence that Elrod was not in the habit of The late Mr. Jackman, who had drinking, but had been a victim of mat in 26 years' service with the nervousness, and appeared to be Hongkong Government, was, just suffering from some term of mental The Municipal before life departure, paid a warm. derangement." tribute by H. E. the Officer Ad- Council, lie sluted, had been consi-
most loyal and hard-working helper, adding that there was no doubt that the hard work he had done had had much to do with his illness.
Early Training,
und
well-known clvil
TWO FURTHER APPOINT- MENTS MADE.
of
London, Aug. D.
Two
further changes Governorships are notified by the Coloniai Offico.
Messrs. Topham and Railton 1926) Limited, London.
Sir Lindsay Parker and Company, Limited, London.
Award Postponed. The journal adds that it under has been postponed pending the stands the award of the contract signing of the Kellogg Treaty for the outlawry of war, and the sub- sequent meetings of the Assembly of the League of Nations Connell, and also the meetings of the Pre- paratory Disarmament and Security Committers of the League of Na tions,
Invitations to Paris.
A message from Bagdad states that in concluding a speech in the Chamber, regarding the breakdown at Jeddah, the Premier said:"We have exerted ourselves to the utmost to avoid the shedding of Arab blood and much regret that Ibn Saud clative of our goodwill."-Reuter, should not have been more appre-
WORKMAN INJURED.
PILE-DRIVING MACHINE
MISHAP
WOOD-OIL INDUSTRY
EXPERIMENT.
Violent Agitation.
The Croatian Pensant Party has lost three of its most eminent lead- ers as the result of the shooting affray, M. Pau! Raditch dying In hospital soon after the incident, wile M. Basarltchek died on th. spol.
Belgrade Boycotted.
a that
Leaders' Responsibilities.
The present situation is most critical, ami it is feared in well-in- formed elreles that it can only be smoothed out if the successor of M. Stefan Raditeh na party leader can restrain the indignation of the Croats, and secondly, whether Fa- ther Korosetz, the Premier of the Delgrade Government is able to control his colleaguen, who are al ready clamouring against the "re- bellious" Croats.
The Cronts are now agitating violently against the Belgrade re- gime. They accuse the Belgrade It will be remembered that
According to a raport-made to Government of harbouring in Ita In response to an
the invita- the police yesterday, a workman in ranks those responsible for While o beat duty in Nathan ministering the Government (Hon.dering invaliding the accused from tion by Great Britain, which has the employ of the Hongkong Eerime without punishing them,
nehfered a compromise on naval
Construction Co.. Rond early this morning a Chinese Mr. W. T. Southorn, C. M. G.), on their service. Our Own Corres
matters with France, the U.S.gineering and
was removed to hospital from the a street the occasion of a presentation made pondent. constable came upon
State Department has announced site of the Now Telephone Com its willingness to send delegates to pany's Exchange in Nathan Road, It is understood coolic sleeping under the verandah him and his wife at Government outside No. 401. When the man House, by his colleagues in the was aroused it was found he was P. W. D., of a silver rose bowl and COLONIAL GOVERNORS the next session of the Preparatory owl, aturing from concus big meeting of Croatians has
Disarmament Conference, when it alon,
been held, and that the present wearing three quira of trousers, coffer set. Mr. Southorn | stated
ia hoped that the difficulties of the while under his mat several other that he had found Mr. Jackman a
The man was, together with Croatian leaders have declared in 1926 Naval Conference will be others, engaged in the work of lay-favour of boycotting the Belgrade A Nanking wireless message articles of clothing were found.
overcome,
Government, whose decisions the ing Frank piles and it appears Croata should consider null and confirming the signing of the On being questioned he admitted
that shortly after noon yesterday vold. Agreement adds that simultaneous-having stolen the garments from
something went wrong with the ly an Agreement was signed whers-No. 500, Nathan Road, into which
At the same gathering, the Han.
Reuter's Paris correspondent pile-driving machine, thereby re- If necessary, the Party had In- by Britain has pledged herself to house he had gained admittance by
Mr. I. T. Creasy. Director of Pub-
announces bo-day that the French leasing a crane arm which struck structed the peasants to resort to enter into negotiations with China Jelimbing over the back wall on the subject of Treaty revision. Inspector Marks charged thelle Works, spoke of Mr. Jackman coolle with larceny before Mr. W. as a very valued offer, saying that
Government has now despatched one of the workmen across the passive resistance, particularly in offelal invitations to the Powers head.
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Sir Gordon Guggisberg, concerned to send representatives He was immediately taken to It is interesting to recall that Sir Schofield at the Kowloon Magis he (Mr. Creasy) had been very for: Austen Chamberlain recently ex- tracy this morning and on the de-tunate in having de loyal a friend pressed Britain's willingness to fendant admitting the charge he and so helpful and efficient anK.C.M.G., D.S.O., becomes Gov-to Paris to sign the Kellogg mul-hospital, but it is not thought that
ernor of British Guiana, in succes-tilateral Treaty for the outlawing he is in a dangerous condition. settle the Incident on the same was fined $15 with the alternative assistant.
sion to Sir Cecil Hunter Rodwell, of war.
In this connexion, it is semi- Jines as America did in April last, of three weeks' hard labour.
who has been appointed Governor The late Mr. Jackman secured of Southern Rhodesin; whilst Sir officially stated that as Mr. Frank his early training at the Crystal Edward Brandis Denham, K.B.E.. B. Kellogg, the American Foreign Palace Engineering School, where assumes the Governorship of Gam-Secretary, has agreed to go to to sign on behalf of the he was from 1890 to 1893, and bia, in succession to Sir John Paris then for a period of three years Middleton, who was in June ap- United States, invitations have
BIG SCHEME STARTED IN he was pupil and assistant on pointed Governor of Newfound-been sent to the Powers who were approached at the time of the 19land-Reuter,
NEW ZEALAND. water and drainage works Messrs. Melundborough
the [Sir Gordon Guggisberg, who drafting of the Pact, meaning,
Wellington (N.Z.), Aug. 9. Preston, the
was Governor of the Gold Coast evidently, Great Britain,
British Dominions and India,
State Funeral Declined. It is understood that British jengineers. London, Aug. 10.
From 1896 to 1897, he was in from 1919 to 1927, was formery Japan, Germany, Italy and other
capitalists are interested In the It is understood that Captain
works in the Royal Engineers, having at-
The Belgrade Government, says The invitations, therefore, do experimental planting, on 8,000 "In the name of the Nationalist Loewenstein, the Belgian million-charge of new sewerage
alre who lost his life last montal Bion, and from the latter tained the rank of Brigadier-parties to the Locarno Treaties.
an offer to give M. Stefan Raditch not constitute a new diplomatic acres of land in Auckland Pro-Reuter's correspondent there, made employment Government, the Foreign Minister through falling from an areplune year until his departure for Hong General. In 1902 he
assistant district special
The experiment is being carried a State funeral. The offer was re- has the honour to convey in the whilst crossing the Channd, leaves kong he was
electric tramways, Colonial Office on a survey of the fact, but rather an endorsement of vince, of wood-oil trees.
The existing situation.
expert who was fused by the Croatian Peasant fortuna of approximately engineer on mest sincere manner to the Gov-a
The acceptance of the invita-out by an ernment of the United States of £5,000,000, on which Belgian death tirainage, highway and, improve Gold Coast and Ashanti, whilst
ment works at Shefeki. He came from 1910 to 1914 he was Sutions is taken for granted. previously engaged in the Chinese Party, who will themselves bury. wood-oil industry, who left China their late leader at Zagreb-Reuter. Reuter. America, their profound regret at duties are payable.
for England during the revolu-
Restraint Withdrawn. This amount is over 20,0m0,000 to Hongkong as executive en veyor General in Nigeria.
Sir Edward Denham has been the indignities to, the American
tionary troubles. The capitalists the 'P.W.D., being appointed fol- Colonial Secretary in Kenya since
whom he interested in the project flag and to the official representa- less than the fortune which he held vineer of the Drainage Office of
The later years of M. Stefan lowing the report by Mr. Chadwick 1923. He formerly served in
invited him to tour the Empire Raditch's stormy career had been tives of that, Government, the loksa few weeks before his death.-
on the sanitary conditions of the Ceylon, where he hold the posts of
The first document on the sub- with a view to establishing the almost entirely devoted to the taak of property sustained by the
Colony.
Principal Assistant Colonial Secre- American Consulate, and the per-
tary, Government Agent in the ject of the Kellogg Pact has bech industry, and the result is that of overcoming the Serbian domin
received by the League Secretariat he materia! *sonal injuries and
Eastern Province, Director of Jamages done to the American
Government, British
enclosing Mr. Juckman's principal work Education and Director of Food in the shape of a letter from the Reuter, Tesidents.
Ho was Colonial during his period of service here Production. was the construction and main Secretary in Mauritius from 1920 the British Notes to America of
all drainage works to 1923.).
drains, storm-water (sewers, nullahs, etc.) in Hongkong, Kow. loon and the New Terriortes. Besides these works, he was call- A general meeting of theed upon to carry out the dulles less accept responsibility for the National Union of Railwaymen of engineer-in-charge of water- has voted in favour of the accep-works, roads, bridges, seawally Incident."
of the proposed wage re- and plers during the absence
other officers on leave. There were 77 votes for and Of the waterworks schemes ders to civil and military authori- three against acceptance.-Reuter which he took in hund mention ties for the continuous effective
Profound Regret.
"Although it has been found after investigation of the Incident that it was
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RAILWAY WAGE REDUCTION.
Hongkong Service.
BIG N. U. R. MAJORITY FOR tenance of entirely instigated by the Communists prior to the establishment of the Nationalist
Nanking, at Government Nationalist Government neverthe-
the
"In pursuance of their establish-tance
ed polley, the Nationalist Govern.duction,, ment have repeatedly issued or
ACCEPTANCE.
London, Aug. 9.
protection of lives and properly CAPTAIN MURDOCH'S
of American residents in China.
Nationalist Undertaking. "With the extermination of the Communists and their evil In-! fluences, which tended to impair the friendly relations between the Chinese and American peoples, the Nationalist Government feel confident that the task of protect ing foreigners will henceforth be rendered easier; and
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the
FLIGHT.
AIRMAN ARRIVES AT BULAWAYO.
of
may be made of the reconstruc-
Was on for the
SOCIALIST CONGRESS AND CHINA.
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UNEQUAL TREATIES MUST BE ABOLISHED.
* Britain Advises Lengue,
Geneva, Aug. 9,
May 19th, 1928, and July 18th, 1928, asking that they be com- municated to all Members of the League of Nations-Reuter.
Rumania Subscribes.
Bucharest, Aug. 9. The Rumanian Government has signified its acceptance of the pro-
has selected Auckland
...
PREMIER TAKING A HOLIDAY.
auce in the Government of Juga: Slavia, and to secure better repre sentation for the Croatians. There. has always existed intensely bliter feeling between the races which the dead louder fostered formerly by violent republican agitation, and in- sistance upon Croatia's rights as an LORD HAILSHAM TO ACT IN historically independent kingdom,
HIS STEAD,
but which latterly he had held in check.
Ilis sudden death after the amaz-
Everything appears ripe for u.
nli sorfour conflagration, and Powers with Intereats In the Bal.. kans are keeping a close watch on
London, Aug. 9. Lord Hailsham, formerly Sir posals of Mr. Kellogg for an anti-Douglas Hogg, the Lord Chan-ng incident in Parliament Ja June war Pact-Reuter.
celler, has been appointed to act bus freed the current, which is ap
doubled vigour. Sir Austen Chamberlain's Note for the Premier during Mr. and parently bursting forth with re Brussels, Aug. 9.. to the United States, dated July Mra. Stanley Baldwin's holiday on Llon and enlargement of the The China position was discuss-18th, contained the following ex- the Continent-Reuter.
filter-beda, additional ad at to-day's cossion-of the Inter- pression. Albany pumping plant and enlargement national Socialist Congress, when "My Government, have noted of the water mains to the Peak, Mr. Olivier made a report on be with peculiar satisfaction that all AMUR FLOODS DAMAGE the situation.
the parties to the Locarno, Treaty and the necessary alterations to half of the Colonial Committee.
are now invited to become original the Bonham Road pumping Mr. Olivier and that the working signatories of the new Treaty, and station; as well as the laying of classes and the Socialist Inter that it is clearly the wish of tho a large water main in Calne and nationale were asking that fall in United States Government that all
To-day's Observatory report Bonham Roads in order that water London, Aug. 9,
left from Tytam could be made dependence and International members, of the League should Captain Murdoch, who
an available for distribution to the equality should be granted to become parties either by signature
north of Japan, Depressions are. Lympne on, July 30th in
The Committee were also of or accession. Amur are reported to be falling states Pressure is high to the As far as can be ascertained, central near the Bonins and over as possible may participate in the
hitherto the South Formosa Channal. The attempt to fly to Capetown and western districts of the efty China without loss of times back in 18 days, is making excel- and to the Peak; the laying of pion Committee were also of In order that as many states rapidly as the rider mains in the city; and which were oppressing the new movement, I trust a general the damage caused
West winds, moderate; generally the supervising of the construc Chinese, should be abolished Invitation will be extended to amounts to at least 17,000,000 forecast up to noon to-morrow is:
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ESTIMATED AT SEVENTEEN MILLION ROUBLES.
Moscow, Aug. 9
The flood waters of the river.
“OCCASIONAL RAIN”