SHANGHAI OPIUM SCANDAL.
MARSHAL CHIANG'S SILENCE CAUSES SURPRISE.
DISSOLUTION THREAT.
THE HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH,
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1928.
HEAVY LOSSES BY REMARKABLE SCENE
IN A FLAT.
NEW PROBLEM OF WEEDS.
FIRE.
OWNER'S REFUSAL TO E
DESTROY THEM.
CANTON REPORTS OF THREE OUTBREAKS.
MAN FACES REVOLVER FOR 3 HOURS.
Minehead, Nov. 1.
The Somerset County Agricul-
Canton, Nov. 28.
London, Nov. 2. A remarkable acene in a flat, in which an Englishman, a prótty stated to have figured, was de scribed at Bexhill (Sussex) Police
Marie Louise Berthe Jacquin, aged about 21, of slender build, who was smartly dressed, was accused of attempting to obtain £10,000 from Mr. Edwin John Paxton, of Bexhill, her former employer, by threatening him with a loaded re
tural Committee summoned Henry TWO LAKHS DAMAGE. French girl, and a foreigner were Charles Venning, a landowner, of Elworthy, at Williton to-day for Shanghal, Nov. 29. Regarding the oplum smuggling falling to comply with a notice re-
A fire of considerable dimen-Court yesterday. scandal here, it is learned that 80 quiring him to cut down or destroy far Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, the jurious weeds growing on hissions broke out last Saturday
land.
night at about 10 o'clock in the President of the National Govern.
Mr. Norman Oldfield (proscout- ment, and also a member of the
town of Shi Klu, in the Shun Tak Nanking Opium Suppression Coming) and the Committee received a mitee, has not given any definite complaint, and Major Parkes, their district, and destroyed 72 build orders to the Nanking Government and agent, inspected a field with ings, causing damage estimated
it the formation of the suggested Venning. The field and been at over two lakhs of dollars. volver. board
Moreover, planted with Douglas fir and forch, enquiry. of
Of the damage about $85,000 Is thought it is reported that Marshal and was in a very foul state. Chiang and sent envoys to Shung hai making enquiries into the case, so far he has made no public-state- ment regarding the punishment of those suspected of being accum plices in the affair.
Mr. Paxton who lives in a Dat on
Major Parkes found large quan recoverable from the Chinese in-the West Parade, said that Jacquin tities of thistle and docks.
the
them.
Major Parkes said the field wassurance companies, most of red with docks, and thistledown property being covered with was blowing on delds of standing Foreign companies are only vary wheat. Vonning told him that he Marshal Fet Yu-halang and Mr: would not cut the weeds down, con- slightly involved, Chang Chi-kiang, Chairman of the tending that docks were beneficial Opium Suppression Committee are to his young trees, as they helped stated to be surprised at Marshal to conserve moisture. Chlang's indecision in the matter.
INTERRUPTION OF YEO TRIAL.
MR. JENKIN WISHES ACCESS TO" POLICE FILE.
JURY GETTING TIRED.
Yesterday's proceedings, in the Carvalho Yeo trial came to an abrupt conclusion when the hour- ing was adjourned for the purposL - of permitting Mr. Jenkin an op- portunity of ascertaining "whether
police fle for access to which he had applied would be avail- able.
Prior to this, Mr. Jerkin had asked Mr. Justice Jacks' ruling on the point, and thus latter had stated that if the officers in charge of the came to him as a housekeeper in records wanted to produce certain Soptember, 1927, at £6 a month,papers, they might do so, but not the and remained in his employment whole, because it was against public until July last "There were dis- policy. agreements between them, and it
Mr. Jenkin:-In other words
This is the, first fira, of any im. was arranged that she should re- they can produce so much evidence
portance in Shi Kiu for a great
Cross-examined, he expressedemanded £1,000, which was paid her
On account of the silence of Marthe opinion that seeds were carried ahal Chiang, none of the Nanking by passing through birds. leaders, despite their eagerness le punish those responsible for the smuggling, are taking action at the
moment.
In some quarters it is explained that Marshal Chiang is taking, n9 nction because it is believed that many Chinese inerchants in Shang- hal taking part in the smuggling are rich and influential and they are co-operating with merchants in Cheklang.
Mr. R. W. Young (defending) argued that it had been proved by scientists that seed so fearried would not germinate.
Mr. Wyndham (Chairman) re- marked that birds carried seeds in many other ways.
Ministry's Advice, Venning aald the field was dere. liet till he planted it with trees. He consulted the Forestry Depart-) Mr. Chang Chi-klung is quoted as ment of the Ministry of Agricul- saying that if the National Gov-ture, and on their advice he allow- erument does not take action and ed the weeds to stand. He and a if those responsible for the affair 90 per cent, successful growth of are not punished, he will announce trees, and was of the opinion that the dissolution of the Opium Sup- the weeds had contributed to thin
Committee.. Marshal success. pression Feng Yu-sing has promised that he will buck up Mr. Chang Chi- klant in seelag that justice is done. Mr. Chang Chi-klang wired to Marshal Chiang for a second time last night asking for instructions. His first cable has tut yet been re- plied to,
He produced samples of thistle- down, and contended that the down did not carry seed.
The Chairman-There is a sced
here
!
Venning-1 sep it.
Mr. Oldfield--You contend that, as you planted this field na a toplantation, you are entitled to con-
tinue these weeds notwithstanding: the Act of Parliament?-Certainly, in this case.
Marshal Chiang returned Wahu last night from Anking and there are rumours that he is leaving for Nanking in the near future,
"REPREHENSIBLE CONDUCT."
MARRIED MAN REBUKED
BY BENCHI.
A married man, Reginald Stacey Heller, of Hayes-road, Bromley, Kent; summoned Clifford E. J. Porter, master printer, of Sherman. roud, Brumley, at Bromley Pollee, Court recently for assault.
The Chairman announced that the Bench thought that Venning had not acted reasonably, and the case would be dismissed...
TROTSKY PREDICTS
STALIN'S FALL.
BOLSHEVISM DRIFTING TO IT'S END.
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Whilst a new Gaol was be ing built in Hongkong pri- soners were for some years. accommodated, on n convict hulk moored between Stone- cutters Island and the main- land?
Named the "Royal Saxon," this hulk was pat into com- mission in 1863 and nearly 300 long-term prisoners were transferred to it.
The venture was not satis- factory, us there were sever- al cheapes from the craft, whilst in July, 1863, an në- cident occurred by the upset- ting of a boat bound for the craft, with the result flat 38 prisoners were drowned.
In 1864, a hundred prison. ers, working in collusion with the guards, mude their escape. The use of the hulk was discontinued in 1866, and it mold in the following year and taken to Canion.
Wax
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number of years. The fire is snid to have started in a restaurant, and the flames spread rapidly to the adjoining buildings.
turn to France.-- 1+
Before she went, he said, 'she de- through his solicitor: About a dozen letters had passed between them, and the next he saw of her was about 7.35 p.m. on Wednesday, when she presented herself at his flat.
She walked in, he said, and ho noticed that several times she pulled aside the cartains to look out on the road. She pulled a revolver from her pocket, and pointing it at him.said, "If you don't pay me 110.000 l shoot you."
He said that he told her he had not £10,000 to pay her.. The girl re- plied that she had a man outside, and, going to the front door, she admitted a foreigner and motion- ed him to take a seat by the door.
Ruse to Escape.
Mr. Paxton said that he bargain- ed with Jucquin, who continually
revolver. flourished the
After some Lime Jacquin, speaking in French, told the man to fetch Mr. Paxton's watch from a bed-room, and, placing it on the table, she said, "If in ten minutes you do not agree to pay me £10,000, I'll shoot
you,"
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as will be useful to the Crown,"
His Lordship said that he did not mean that. He reminded Mr. Jenkin that they had already pro duced two documents and that the Court could not compel them to pro. duce the whole of the file.
No Compulsion.
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Mr. Jeukin-Your Lordship then rules Mr. King is the sole arbiter.
His Lordship:-He is protected. He is not bound to produce the re cords. He has to get permission from his superiors. You cannot compel him to produce anything.
Mr. Jenkins--I would like now to know if Mr. King is within the i precincta of the Court?
Mr. Potter anld that he could help Mr. Jenkin. He had seen
Mr. King during tiffin hour and was told that under no circumstances would the recorda be produced without an order from the Court. Mr, Potter added that he should in any case oppose the production of such re- cords, not only from the public policy point of view but on other grounds.
Adjournment Asked,
Mr. Jenkin said that he was en- tirely in the Court's and the jury's hands. If they wanted him to go
Ho started bargaining again, heon he would. He would personally said, and this went on until eleven prefer an adjournment to find out o'clock, when he made the excuse the attitude of the police. that he must inke his car, which was outside without lights; to the garage. This he did, the girl sitting beside him in the front seat with the revólver in her hand, and the man
On Monday afternoon there was a small outbreak of fire on the In the back seat.
thanks to excellent work on the
On being told that the records would seriously affect the case for the defence, his Lordship asked the jury if they thought it to adjourn the case.
The jury after a short con- Bultation said that it Was only fair that Mr. Jonkin
have should
the opportunity' of finding out whether the records could be produced or not. They had no objection to an adjournment. The ease was accordingly nd- journed until this afternoon.
Jury's' Protest,
Wing Hon Maloo in Canton, but, He said he left the car at the part of the Fire Brigade, the garage and while walking back to flames were quickly controlled the flat he pushed the girl on to the man, knocking them down. As he and only one building was par-sprinted towards the Marina he saw Berlin, Nov. 1.
s policeman, to whom he shouted Under the present regime, Belshe. tially destroyed.
Not NO fortunate were the that the girl had a pistol and, with- owners of a godown in
Hout stopping, he went to the police It was stated that Hellier hind viam is hurriedly drifting to- been captain of the Kent Rugby wards its end-ils in the con-
Mr. Paxton added that he did not! team, and that during the war he clusion which Trotsky, the exiled which was almost entirely gutted station.
of the man, Earlier in the proceedings, on the was a captain in the RF. C. and organiser of the Red Army, now early on Sunday morning. Here was awarded the Distinguished draws in a book, to prevent the pub-a considerable quantity of goods see anything mere
lication of which the Moscow dicta was also destroyed and one lot of whom he did not know. While at recall of Tsang On-wing to give Flying Cross,
Hellier said that he was living tors would certainly be prepared to palm lenf fans which was to have the police station the girl was evidence regarding cheque signa-
been shipped the next day for a brought in.
tures, Mr. A. H. Ferguson (foro- Jacquin, who spoke in broken man of the jury) Interponed "hd upart from his wife by mutual face a month of famine,
Trotsky succeeded in having his foreign firm was amongst the agreement. He got to know Miss Porter, Mr. Porter's daughter, in book printed clandestinely, but the damaged goods. In this case the English, donled that she had been said that enough time, had heen, Lo roughly housekeeper to Mr. Paxion and wasted. They were bil' business men and their time was valuable to January this year. On August 7 plot was immediately discovered, damage amounts
She was remanded in custody. them. Their minds had already he was escorting her home and Mr. the coples were confiscated, and the $25,000.-Our Own Correspondent. said that he had told many len.
boon made up and they were satis- Porter came from a hedge and publishers arrested. Nevertheless
fied, from the evidence already pro- struck him over the head with a members of the Left Opposition,
When a plaintiff at Clorken- walking stick. He ran away from after great difficulty, ancceeded in
A tablet and a bed endowed at duced, as to the way in which Porter, because he did not want to smuggling a copy of the book. Into well County Court said, she did
Germany, strike him back. For some reason
Trotsky's book, which is shortly want the court fee back again, Woolwich War Memorial Hospital Tsang made his "A." They did not Mr. Register Friend said: "On in memory of Sir H. F. Donald-require fresh evidence to prove or Porter objected to his friendship to be published here, is an annilla-chalf of
his Majesty's Govern son, who lost his life with Lord disprove it, but they certainly ob- with his daughter.
On October 21 he said Portering indictment of the Soviet rulers. ment, I thank you for the is. Gd. Kitchener on the Hampshire, were jected to the case being dragged on followed them into Bromley North He describes the situation as chang- If this becomes the rule the in-anvelled and dedicated Station, called him some "rathering rapidly every day from bad to objectionable names," and struck worse, and points out the abyss into come tax should soon come down."vember 10, him across the temple with a walk-which Russia is falling. The rule
of the revolutionary workers, he de ing stick.
In reply to Mr. B. II. Waddy (for clares, is now but a name to describe Porter) Hellier said that he was in a bureaucratic system which thret- love with Mias Porter and he had les all Industrial and intellectual
Initiative. slated that when he got a divorce.
Faked Statistics. he would prefer to marry her. Ho
Trotsky goes on to describe bow had taken Miss Porter for motor drives and to dances, and sometimes the official propaganda organisa she did not get home until after [tions juggle with statistics in such midnight.
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Girl Under 20,
Mr. Waddy You appreciate that the girl is not yet twenty?—Yes.
Did she strike her father? No, she stood between when her father went to strike me.
Do you intend to continue this association with Miss Porter?
Yea.
away as to present a cheerful ple- ture of conditions in Russia, which
in reality are very black. Finally, he accuses the present dictator of ruthlessly removing everyone who dares to speak out a word of truth or the slightest criticism.
Those in Europe who have been surprised at the recent rumours about Trataky, describing how Are you prepared to give it up ruthlessly he has been treated by his successors, will understand well until she is 217-No.
Porter said that his daughter was enough after reading his now book living with his wife, from whom he Moscow's fright when the secret was living apart. He objected to Russian publication was discovered.
Riga, Nov. 1. Hellier
his associating with
The Soviet Press rural correspon. daughter, and as long as he could stand he would fight for her dent, Maximov, who wrote articles accusing the peasants of delaying honour.
Mr. Waddy-Have you remen- the delivery of grain by the Siber- strated with him! Every time I lan Railway, has been waylald in the have seen him I have challenged neighbourhood of Krasnoyarsk and him and asked what he was going beaten by peasants, who escaped
capture. Exchange. to do in the interests of decency.
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The Chairman said that Helller appeared to have done everything Mr. G. Challonor, a Barbados he humanly could to provoke the as- sugar, planter, and the Wast sault. According to his own ad- Indles Test cricketer, married Inissions he had behaved in an ex- Miss Hilda W. Brown, of Polmont, tremely reprehensible way. The at Mulravonside on November Bench took a very serious view of 12, his conduct,
At the same time, he said Porteri should not have taken the low into his own hands. Having regard to nil the circumstances, they would not inflict a penalty, but would bind him over for twelve months.
Atmospherics produced by tho Aurora Borealis defeated an At- tempt by Dr. Ashton, a co-worker with Mr. Bell, inventor of the telephone, do address from London a Boston conference.
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JUDGE CRAWFORD CRITICISED.
REMARKS 'UNDIGNIFIED AND UNINTELLIGENT."
A strong criticism of some re cent remarks by: Judge Crawford the county court Judge, was made by Mr. J. Gibson Jarvie, managing director of the United Dominions Trust, Limited, at a luncheon of the Croydon Chamber of Commerce.
The Judge, said Mr. Warvie, In discussing the hire purchase system, had laid it down that no man whose income did not exceed a certain amount should have a motor-car, and, that girls of a certain social grade should not, weir bilk stock, friga. He also said that his own clothes cost only a modest figute.
"With what he wears himself I am not concerned," said Mr. Jarvie,, "except that as a Judge on the Bench his dignilty demands suitable raiment. Laughter.)
"As to his comments regarding the budgeting of other people's Int. come, my own personal view is that they are nother intelligent, justi fed, nor dignified.
"If that is his own belief, then his ignorance of economics and the civilisation is ad progress of phenomenal, "Bo Victorian, as to stamp him an anachronism, as something which to living in at
wrong century.
"Where would the material wealth of the United States be, and what would be their position to-day if they had listened to their Judge
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