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London. Aug, 19.
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| ability yesterday.
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STATESMAN.
VISCOUNT HALDANE DIES AT CLOÂN.
BRILLIANT SPEAKER AND PHILOSOPHER.
The death of Viscount Haldane, the famous Liberal-Labour states. man and philosopher, at lists.
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EXCITEMENT. CHARGES.
SHANGHAI MURDER SERIOUS
AND SUICIDE.
SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
RUSSIAN YOUTH AND GIRL
FOUND DEAD,
A-LOVER'S QUARREL?
(Our Own Correspondent.)
Shanghai, Aug, 19. Pedestrians promenading in the Avenue Joffre at daylight this
FOK CHUNG YUEN ON
TRIAL TO-DAY.
FRAUD ON BANK OF CANTON AMONG ALLEGATIONS.
|PARTY LEADER THRASHED BY ANGRY MOB.
VENIZELOS TRIUMPH.
MARSHAL CHIANG ANNOYED?
REFUSES TO TALK TO LI CHAI-SUM.
PLEA OF TOOTH-ACHE AND NEED OF REST.
ALLIANCE WITH TENG?
Athens. Aug. 20. Shortly after midnight this morning. the olection returns coming in from all over Greece, showed that the Government has MR. JENKIN'S OPENING.cured large majorities In prac-
only every district. The most sensational result" 36 The trial of Fok Chung-yuen,
Shanghai, Aug. 19. Judging by his recent actions, and Co. of York Buildings began at General Pangelus, the previous
Dictator.
Marshul Chiang Kai-shek is dis- formerly a partner in Fook 1r recorded is the defeat of the Criminal Sessions before the
pleased with the course of events With the prospect of an over-at the Fifth Plenary Session of the Puisne, Judge this morning. The case is one which had a protracted whelming victory for the parties Kuoniintang C.E.C. Since his arri end of last month and one out of tions proved to centre on the have been made, by the Moderate hearing at the Magistracy at the supporting M. Venizelos, the elec-val at Shanghal, many attempts personality which a civil action arose some powerful
of M. time ago.
Venizelos, even the rival claims of absconders" to interview him, but Fok was arraigned on five the Monarchy and Republic fall- he has refused to see him. counts, two of forgery, two ofing into the background, uttering forged documents and one Iluge crowds paraded the streets of conspiracy. Mr. F. C. Jenkin of Athens yesterday evening while appeared to prosecute, Mr. H. G. the results were coming through. Prisoner pleaded not guilty to fill electric and troops had to be call Shelden being for the defence. The atmosphere throughout was
counts.
ed out to preserve order. Polling Opening the case," Mr. Jenkin was very heavy everywhere. The youth was bodyguard to the The thirst son of Robert Haldane, family of the late business magnate, said that in 1920 there was resi
The agllest incident was the Writer to the Signet, and nephew Mr. Pan-san and the tragedy oc-dent in the Colony a man called mobbing of twa, Cafandarist can- of J. S. Burden-Sanderson, the late curred in proximity to the estate of Fok, Kam-chuen who had been didates, who paid a visit to the trading for many years and who Refugee Settlement. Later M Viscount Haldane was a great-the wealthy Chinese family.
The girl's fingers were covered had met with a monsure of success, Cafandaris, despite many warn- nephew of the Scottish divines,
with valuable jewelled rings, and becoming the owner of various pro-luge, himself went to the Settle- J. A. and Robert Haldane.
she wore other jewellery and apperties. His family included two ment and he was also mobbed. Chiang Kai-shek la in one of his parel which indicated that she was sons, Fok Chung-yuen and Fok Tat-and severely thrashed by the mob. despondent moods and Intends to
ful. As for us was' known the Reuter in good circumstances.
latter was not now in Hongkong.
Pinying against Worcestershire 40 YEARS IN POLITICS. at Cheltenham, he secured mine wickela for 23 runs and caught the Another important block of City | tenth batsman, with the result that property, Nos. 12 agil 14, Queen's Worcestershire were all out for 35. Road Central, has changed hands, which is the lowest score of the sea-
denee Cloan, Perthshire, is an-morning were shocked to discover the announcement having own son in a County minte. made that the Industrial and Com- In the match against Surrey on rounced in a Reuter message from an automobile standing alongsite mercial Hauk, Limited. n well-the same ground, which ended on Lundon this morning.
the pavement containing the corpses known Chiness banking, concern, the previously day in an easy One of the most acholarly men of two Europeans, a man and has purchased the black from the victory for Gloucestershire, Ham-in Parliament, an untiring worker, Missions Etrangeres and that itmond scored two separate huna enpions speaker and an apostle womir.
Roth had obviously met with a Intends to erees on the site a modreds, made ten catches and of clear thinking, Viscount Haldane ders banking and business haild secured one wicket-British Wire pursued an active political life for violent death, and the polleu were
Over 40 years, latterly being a Hammond has been accomplish-supporter of the Labour Party,hurriedly informed. Investigation The announcement is of parti- cular interest as it follows on aing remarkable feats this season. He celebrated his 72nd birthday revealed that they were of Russian Je was the hero of the Gloucester only three weeks ago, was taken nationality, the young man being number of other similar rajeshire v. Middlesex match on July seriously ill last week, and passed M. Paul Bouyanoff, and the girl, which will have the effect of mo-27, his record being 166 runs, five peacefully away yesterday. Hin dernising this stretch of Queen's watches, and four wickets for 91. death will be deeply deplored on Miss Ada Raevitch. Road,
It is necessary do ransack the re- all sides of both Houses. cords to find anything quite com- parable with such all round work The block which has now come at Lord's or any other ground. into the possession of the Chinese recalls to mind the species of bank, is situated between Zelland | feats that "W.G." used to perform; 'Street and a small lane which runs say that particular affair at Oxford nearly parallel to it. It constats when W.G. made a century and of two shops, now occupied by the took all ten wickets in one of the Colonial Dispensary and Mesars, four innings. Lazarus.
Two Shops to fio.
.
'On an area of 8,600 square feet,
"
which will be made available when CHANNEL SWIM BY
the afle is cleared, the new building | will have a.frontage of 68 feet and depth, extending right back to the Masonic Hall property, of 195 → feet.
Six Storeys.
? The new block will have six
storeys, of which the
ENGLISH GIRL.
FIRST SUCCESS IN MANY
ATTEMPTS THIS YEAR.
a
Studied Philosophy.
1
Round of Cabarets,
He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and the Universities of Edinburgh and Gottingen, where.
studied philosophy under The couple had been intimately be Lotze. He took first-class honours acquainted for several months and in philosophy at Edinburgh and they spent Saturday night making was Grav scholar and Ferguson a round of the various cabarets, ap- scholar in philosophy of the four Scottish Universities in 1876,
Subsequently he studied law, and was called to the Bar in 1879, and so early as 1800, when only 34 years of age, he, became a Queen's
ground IN WATER FOR 19 HOURS Counsel.
floor, lak out us 21 Bank-1
Five years before, he had entered ing Hall, w!!! be occupied
Parliament as a Liberal Member London, Aug. 19. As the new premises of the Indus-
for Haddingtonshire, for which trial and Commercial Bank, and A nineteen-year-old English constituency he was re-elected con- the remaining five as business girl, Miss Ivy Hawker, landed at thuously up to 1911, when he was offices or residence-fals, The St. Margaret's Bay, near the raised to the peerage and took his building will be of granite as far South Foreland, to-day after swim-seat in the House of Lorda. as the height of the ground floor, ming the English Channel from and the remainder in reinforced Į Cape Gris-Nez. concrete. There will be 35 rooms
j.
on the upper flours.
Modern Bank Bullding.
It is the first success in the Chanuel attempt this year, Miss
Remarkable Rise, Viscount Hindane was included in 1995 in Sir 11. Campbell-Banner;
War, and it was here that he per-
minutes-Reuter,
parently being thoroughly tappy and wall content.
Apparently, however, a lover's quarrel develoned in the early morning on Sunday,
Business Merger.
The two sons were manager and sub-manager of a business in York Buildings named Fook Lee and Co., import and export marchants. On the same floor of the building there was another firm, Thomas W. Simmons and Co. and it would up- pear that it was a branch of a firm of the same name in California.
Some time towards the fall of
IRISH T.T. RACE MISHAPS.
VISCOUNT CURZON FORCED TO GIVE UP,
Marshal L Chai-sum arrived in
Shanghai yesterday, and a report hus it that he made it one of his duties to call on Marshal Chiang message that he was suffering from Kai-shek. The latter sent out a toothache and was therefore un-
able to see the lender of the Canton administration.
Mosers. Chang Chin-kiang, Li Shih-cheng and Teal Yuan-pel have
mide efforts to interview Mar
| shal Chiang without success.
It is reported that Marshal
leave for Fenlwa, his birthplace, at the carliest opportunity.
Government at Standstill.
It would appear, from news re- ceived from Nanking, that the Government dministration is practically at a standstill. A number of meetings of the Stand- ing Committee of the C.E.C. were' to have been held on Saturday and this week, but Mesara. Tan Yen-kal and Yu Yuah-jen appear to be the
mained behind. -
It is understood from friends of the couple that the youth was very anxious that the girl should run 1920, continued Mr. Jenkin, it BURNT PETROL TANK. only officinis of note who have re-
that the
Mr. Tan Yen-kal has sent soveral two appear. away with him to Harbin, where would
A British wireless message to requests to Marshal Chiang Kai- It la brothers, as manager and sub- they were to be married. thought likely that this question manager of Fook Lee and Co., and hand discloses that in the Irish ahek urging him to return, without of the was again discussed on the fatal a Mr. Burdin, the local manager of T. Race, which was won by success. The meetings evening, that the girl again refused Thomas W. Simmons and Co. saw Mr. Kaye Don, on a Lea Francia Standing Committee have all had to elope with Bouyanoff, whereupon fit to make an agreement merging car, not only was Captain Camp to be postponed in the absence he lost control, shot Miss Raevitch the businesses Into one. It was to hell's Bugatti car destroyed by of a quorum.
befol dead and then committed sufaide, be called Thomas W. Simmons and fire, but disaster also
Viscount Curzon, the well-known
Alliance With Feng? Co., Ltd. Both Similing.
The firm was incorporated on British motorist.
al30 Viscount Curzon was Another theory advanced by the November 24, 1920 with a capital
pany,
Chiang Kai-shek's plane for the
#
Hawkes' time being 19 hours 16man's Cabinet as Sceretary for police is that the two agreed that of $100,000. The first directors driving a Bugatti-ear, and after future are the subject of consider- An imposing facade, befitting a
Miss Hawkes had made several formed his most useful Parliamen-owing to various objections to their were Mr. Burdin, Mr. Simmons of a great display of skilful driving able speculation in Chinese circles. modern Bank, has been designed
marriage it were better to put an Shanghai, the prisoner Fok and his he was compelled to retire, soon It is strongly rumoured that he for the building, of which the previous attempts, but had beentary work. He had not held office end to it all, and that they entered brother. As a result of the mer-after having completed half the will ally himself with Marshal
becoming Secretary of
future, and that Feng will shortly chief features will be four Derte forced to give up owing to celd before
into a suicide pact, the youth ger Fook Lee and Co. passed into distance, when his petrol tank Feng Yu-halang in the very near State but he held the appointment shooting the girl and then him the directorship of the new com-caught fire.
The race took place on the Ards be permitted to use his troops for columns flanking the steps leading and adverse tides. to the main Banking Hall,
She is the third British woman until 1912, and during seven years elf.
he perfected a scheme for the re- When the bodies of the unfor-
Circuit, near Belfast, which pro- the occupation of Peking and The building will be set back six to accomplish the fest, the fifth organisation of the British Army, tunate couple were found, the girl's
In Difficulties.
vided a lap of 18.2/3rd miles and Tientsin.
The suggestion la based on included many hills and corners. feet from the main roadway, toan, and the fourteenth Chanby which the militia and volunteer head rested on the man's shoulder, conform with the plan for the vel swimmer, the others bring:
forces were replaced by a single and both were smiling.
Before the amulgamation the The competitors represented seven cable, allegedly sent by Marshals widening of this part of Queen's)
H. M.Territorial Force,
4. double funeral has been ar- Fook Lee Company had been get-nations and included some of the Feng and Chiang jointly, instruct- best-known motor racers ofing General Liu Chen-wan and Road.
ranged for the victims of the ting into difficulties with the Bank
Europe,
General Fang Chen-wu to move to tragedy, which has created a nen-of Canton aware being pressed.
All the In the agreement, however, provi-
were standard the borders of Jehol and Chihli. He equipped them with the train-sation in Shanghai.
sion had been made for the Fook machines, carrying hoods, wings
Tussle for Power. ing organisation and material
Lee Habilities to be taken over by and full touring equipment. which enabled the Territorial Army to play so officient a part in CEBU STEVEDORES ON the new firm and on January 11, all sizes and types of car were the Great War.
75, Cpt. Mathew Webb 21. 45. Owing to the contour of Zetland | 1961, T. W. Burgess
..21. 35. .20. 50. Street, the rear portion of The 1923, 11. Sullivan ground floor will be used as a 1923, S. Tirabosche godown only. Entrance to the 1923. C. Toth lift and main stairense serving the upper floors will be from Zatland Street.
Mesura. Denison, Ram' and Gibbs are the architects, with Mr. F. R.j Sample responsible for the draw-1 ing of the plans,
1926, Miss G. Ederle 1926. Mrs. Corson
-
.16.. 35. 16. 64. 14. 34. .15. 28, 12. 40.
ATLANTIC FLIGHT MYSTERY.
Territorial Efficiency.
Liberal
STRIKE.
MORE PAY AND LESS HOURS WANTED.
сотралу.
his
cars
PRISON TERM FOR FRAUD.
АБ
It is notable that, in spite of strong protests, the Labour Unions In Peking have been dissolved since the Shansi regime,
It may be noted that over 40,000 Kuominchun troops under General Yu-Chung-lin are moving up coun- try from Honan.
This order is interpreted as in- 1921, the Fook Lee entered into a entered, the race was ran under a
1926. H. Vierkotter
further agreement in which they handicap based on distance and dicating the Kuominchun intention Though always known as one of 1924, G. Michel
from Shansi control. Meanwhile 'a' 11:05. the ablest men of the Liberal Pariy
assigned everything in connexion weight, those with the largest of wresting Peking and Tientsin with the Fook Lee to the new engines having to cover, thirty To Cost Two Lakhs.'.
1927. E. L. Terme
.14. 20. and conspicuous during the Boer 1927. Miss M. Gleitze 15. 15 War of 1899-1902
leps, or a distance of 410 miles, report from Taiyuan says that The new owners propose to
less than two lakhs 1927. Mrs. By Gill.....15.99 Imperialist, the choice of Mr.
Continuing, Mr. Jenkin said that and to carry ballast representing Marshal Yen Hei-shan is much spend no
The first three swam from Eng: Haldane (as he then was) for the
enne against the prisoner two passengers, while the smallest improved in health and is return- of dollars on the construction
Cebu, Aug. 16. would be that the agreement was vehicles covered only 25 circuitsng to Peking in three or four days. of the new building, of which the land to France, the remainder from task of thinking out a new army
organisation on business lines had Cebu's waterfront is practically forged. He would produce the and carried no ballast, general design will harmonise France to England.
struck many people as curious. paralyzed as a result of a stevedore documents of the case and he with surrounding buildings.
But besides being a Chaneory alrike which was declared here to-thought they would prove interest- as showing the lawyer with a profound knowledge day. The stevedores are doter-ing to the jury of constitutional law, he was more mined to remain out until they are depths to which some people would sink in perfecting something on particularly a philosopher, con-given more pay and less hours, spicuous for his knowledge of The effect on shipping threatens which they had set their hearts. Hegellan metaphysica. With Cer-to become serious unless an early
AN "ORGY OF DISSIPATION."
Two Resignations. man philosophy he had also the agreement is reached. The motor
The Bank of Canton was press.
Shanghal, Aug 20. German sense of thoroughness and ship Yomachichi, a U. S. Shipping
Before the Chief Justice, at the
Marshal Chiang Kai-shok 18: system,, and his scheme, while Board boat operated by the Ad-ing Fook Lee and Co., and as the much criticised, proved to be a miral Oriental Line, sailed from now company was to take over the Criminal' Sessions this morning,
Hau Tsang said to be unwell, suffering from remarkably good best that could be here to-day for New York with 200 liabilities it was agreed that the Yu Yuan-hing and
tons of its schedule cargo left be-partners of Fook Lee should assign kwan pleaded "Guilty" to charges dental trouble, and it is under- done with a volunteer army.
hind.
to the new company certain lease-of fraudulent conversion. They stood he is planning to visit Mr. Tsai Yuan-pel, the Moderate hold properties. The new com- were charged with converting the Fenghwa, for a rest cure. pany then intended to mortgage the sum of $14,226.01 to their own use, leader, has resigned his post as properties with the Bank of Canton the money having been entrusted President of the National Univer- and so the now company would le-to them for delivery to the Shunities as the result of student charge the liabilities of the Fook U Bank
agitation.
When his building la completed, there will only remain two further shops unaffected by improvement schemes in this particular locality. It is understood, however, that in the near future these, too, will be reconstructed and thus permit the widening of the whole of this part of Queen's Read Central.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
HASSELL FAILS TO ARRIVE AT GREENLAND
Resignation During Criefs,
Ottawa, Aug. 19. There is no news of Mr. Bert Hassell, the Rockford airman, who Is making an attempt to fly the Atlantic via Greenland to Sweden.
The plane should have reached · While" his scheme was in the Greenland at daylight this morn-course of development Lord Hal- ing, but in the afternoon he had dane remarked that "not for any not arrived. Fears are beginning office in the State would he lay down to be held out for the safety of the task he had in hand."
CAPTAIN THOMSON BREAKS the party-Reuter's American Ser
A. LEG.
As the result of a regrettable accident at his residence in Nathan Road on Saturday night, Captain M Thomson, the master of the s.s. Sanning has been taken to Kowloon Hospital suffering from a fractured-leg.
vice.
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FAIR WEATHER.
MOTOR TOUTS ROUNDUP.
Lee.
Pressure. By Bank.
Mr. Somerset Fitzroy said the
It is reported that Wang Fah- Fok, however, did not own the offence occurred on August 4. The chun, Minister of Communications, At the outbreak of the War, Via TWELVE CAUGHT AND FINED properties, except for one very men were arrested two days later has aso tendered his resignation. count Haldane was Lord High
small piece of groperly. The pro-and $12,220 had been recovered. Reuter. THIS MORNING, Chancellor of Great Britain, having
perties, which were very extensive, His Lordship remarked that ap succeeded Lord Loreburn in 1912,
did not belong to the brother.at all parently the prisonere had taken British Troops At Nanking. but whether it was due to a chance. As a result of special activities but were owned by their father. On the money for an orgy of dissipa A. Naval wireless, message TG-- remark which he is said to have on the part of the police, no fewer February 22, 1921 an assignment tione sentenced them each to cafved in Hongkong this morning made to the effect that Germany than twelve motor oils were act of the properties was made and 12 months imprisonment with states that the detachment of
his spiritual home," or to rested in the West Point district it would be the case for the pross- To-day's Observatory report was
hard labour
British troops at Nanking left now other considerations, history is on Saturday night, all of who cution that that document was
there on the ss: Tuckwo, arriving. states:-The typhoon is about 150 miles W.N.W. of Tokyo unsatisfactory. It is certain how. were brought before Mr. R. E
forged,
in Bhanghai on Sunday
Shanghai, Aug. 19, In his absence, Captain T. Jones moving, N.E. Pressure gradients ever that, definito. Conservative re- Lindsell this morning and fined
aqu
General Chang Chung-chang, tho has been temporarily appointed to appear to be shallow over China presentations were made to drive sums ranging from $10 to 820.
and the North China Sea, The Lord Haldane out of the Cabinet One of the arrested person who the command of the Sanning and forecast up to noon to-morrow is: and he resigned his post during was mulcted to the extent of $20
ex-tupan of Shangtang whose troops now occupy Chefoo, has will take the ship out on her.. or vaniable winds, light; the political crisis of May, 1915.
had four previous convictions:
(Continued on Page 6). against him. scheduled, run to-night.
(Continued on Page 18.)
fair.
The properties were mortgaged property but there was a civil by the Bank of Canton. In 1928 action, brought Ule, father, and the fam wont into liquidation with the ale was not put through. abilities toalling about $150,000. Therefore the Bank had been de The Bank of Canton proposed then to exercisa.its powers and sell the
fraudeda ANPA
The case le proceeding.