SOVIET REVENGE ON CHINESE.
ESCAPE-STUDENTS' REVELATIONS.
MANY SHOT FOR RED DEFEAT
IN CANTON.
GRAPHIC STORIES TOLD
Two Chinese students arrived in Mukden recently, says the N. C. Daily Neres correspondent there, after having cacaped from Soviet Russin through the in- fluence of an important Chinese commercial man. The merchant, who has important dealings with the Centrosofus in ten, defended them. In Moscow he is consider
more important than any Chinese official, for his son'le at the head of the management of the C. F. R. and was the instiga tor of the Mukden agreement of
ed
1924.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
BRITISH PLANES IN CANTON.
shortly.
OBJECTS OF GREAT INTEREST.
Canton, Mar, 5.
These light planes are intended primarily for tuition work in the Aviation School attached to the Aviation Bureau, and consequently are equipped with dual controls. They are fitted with four cylinder engines capable of driving the planea at 90 miles per hour at a very economical rate of fuel con- sumption, and appear to be well suited for school purposes, It is also intended to use them to carry out further tests along the proposed air mail routes.-Canton Gazette.
MAJ.-GEN. LUARD'S
DEPARTURE.`
POPULAR G.O.C. LEAVING TO-MORROW.
FOUR YEARS IN EAST.
"
Mrs. and Miss Luard,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1929.
ALLEGED STOLEN
DRAFT.
CHINESE ACCUSED OF FORGERY.
the
EXCHANGE CLAIM DEFENCE.
BANK'S “ABSOLUTE
SILENCE."
'SUBMISSIONS.
an
The case in which the Banque Building, la suing Tuen Kee Hong, Industrielle de Chine, Prince's | norchant of No. 2n, Cleverly street,
for Hongkong,
$11,554.78 damages for breach of an exchange
continued in Supreme Court before the Chief morning, when Mr. Eldon Potter Justice (Sir Henry Gollan) this
C., who
is defending, argued that he had no case to answer.
contract, was
Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at Of the ten light airplanes ordered,
the Central Police Court this Haine months ago for the use of the
morning, Chau Kan, described as Aviation Bureau from the A.V. Roc
unemployed, was charged with four were delivered to Canton last Company, Manchester, England,
The Colony will to-morrow lose on the Netherlands Commercial
receiving a stolen draft for $00 BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE CASE Friday, while the rest are already one of the most popular G.O.C.'s Bank, with attempting to obtain on the way, and are expected very the person of Major General C. C. self as Mak Wing-may, the plan to ever appointed to Hongkong, in the money by representing him The new planes were immediately Luard, C.B., C.M.G., who, together whom the draft was made pay- unpacked, and as can be imagined, with
leable, and with forging the signa-MR. POTTER'S ADDRESS were objects of great interest to the leaving for Home on the troopship ture of Mak Wing-may to aviation als The mechanical Dorsetshire. Not only has Majar document. squad were soon at work on sum-General Luard won high esteem bling the machines, and it was both in Service and social circles Accused, who was represented hoped to carry out test lights during his stay here, but Mrs. by Mr. A. E. Hall, nleaded not yesterday. Marshal Li Chat-sum, | Latard has shown the keenest in-guilty, General Chan Ming-shu and other terest in the well-being of the
The case for the prosecution officials were invited to witness the troops, who, by her departure, was to the effect that the draft trials of the new machines.
will be losing a very real friend, with an accompanying letter, was In their new sphere, the Colony stolen from a private letter box at hopes that Major General and Mrs. the address of the complainant Lard will enjoy good health and Mak Wing-may, at Connaught all prosperity.
Road Weat. The loss was not dis- Major General Charles Camac covered until with the arrival of a Luard, C.B., C.M.G., arrived in nephew from America, Mak Wing- Hongkong in February, 1926, suc- may learned of the dispatch of the ceeding Major General Sir John draft. He then enquired from a Fowler na G.0.0. He is a mem-postman In the Post Office and was ber of an old naval and military informed that such a letter had family. Ha passed his regimental been duly delivered and deposited service from 1886 to 1916 in the in the private letter-box at the Durham Light Infantry, and later address given. in the Indian Army.
Calling #t the Netherlands Ilis Arab active service was In Commercial Bank on the 25th of the Zhob Valley Expedition, 1890-last month on other business, Mak the Chinese consulates and put pi, when he was Assistant-Super-Wing-may was informed that a them in prison. The Chinese intendent of Signalling; followed draft answering to the descrip- In Communist Institute.
Government, occupied with its by service in the South Africaution of the one believed to have What was their surprise when new war with the South, could not War, 1900-02, when he command-been stolen, had just been handed they discovered that they pay any attention to the appealsed the Burma Mounted Infantry in. Accused was arrested after
of its imprisoned nationlist."
with muck auccess (mentioned in he had forged Mak's name to the Two days after the execution of despatches, promoted brevet-major, document. munistic institute of propaganda the Russian communists in Can-Queen's medal with. four clasps
The case was adjourned. the lecturer in which in Radckton, when the Tass newsagency and King's medal with two
all confirmed the report and spread clasps). The new-comers Bay that
In it all over Russia, more than 4001 Asiatic nationals--Chinese,
In the late war he saw much dians, Afghans, Koreans, Torka,hinese merchants were shot far and varied service on the stuff,
"speculation"
Toring and us and Persians-are in the
a brigade commander arme "eunter-revolutionaries.” Some against the Swatis and Mohmands institute.
of them had Soviet passports, and other tribesmen of the North perfectly in order. In all Soviet West Frontier, who, at the insti- Russia there were over 1,500 per gation of German agents, were, sans arrested. Some were sent to giving a lot of trouble, and also Solovki, some to Narinski, and to Nerchinsk. The house Fome behind the prison where these students were being held was a transporting depot for prisoners.
According to the two students, they were nent 10 Germany through the U.S.S.R. to continue their studies, but in the station at Moscow they met some fellow- countrymen who boasted about the Soviet universities and they decided to remain.
had been entered into the Chinese class of the famous com-
In the Chinese class the students took a course of propaganda and also one of building up China on the Soviet plan, and of course, others in Marx, Louis, and other communist leaders. On the walls of the class-rooms are hanging are marked the cards on which progress of communism in China, the growth of the Communist Youth Movement and how the peasant population is reacting to propaganda.
70 Chinese Under Arrest,
and
JUNK CAPSIZES.
FISHING BOAT RESCUES ALL THE CREW.
The Bank alleges that the de- fendant failed to carry out his part of the contract for the pur- chase in London of £10,000 uter- ing, or to pay the money, while the defence argue that the Bank became insolvent on July 2, 1921, which was the month for whleli the contract was current, and he was led to think that the Bank had. abandoned the contract. Further, that the Bank closed its doors on July 2, and thereby broke the con- tract.
`Mr. F. C. Jenkin, who is for the plaintiff, concluded his case yeater- day afternoon.
Lengthy Lapse.
Mr. Potter commenced to ad- dress the Court this morning by submitted that he had no case to answer. He emphasised that when such contracts were carried out, ft. was the ordinary business for the contract to be effected hy the local bank concerned and the branch of that local bank in London. It was not customary for it to be done through any other bank, unless by special ar- rangement.
Mr. Potter, commenting" on the Inpse of time before the action,
his experience remarked it was that no bank would give credit in the circumstances for five and three-quarter years,
That lapse, he continued, was FE- markable and the obvious inter- pretation was that the bank and the defendant had both assumed the contract to have been finished and done with.
Taking a cargo of coal from the turbulent Mahsuds, one of the Hongkong to Macao during the must treacherous and bloodthirsty week-end, a junk, whilst nent Kow of the hill tribes. Again, in the Chow (Nine Islands) capsized and closing phases of the war he sank, fortunately with no loss of commanded a brigade in Mesopo-life, but it is believed that the craft Chiang Kai-shek's Son.
tamia (mentioned in despatches is a total loss. The story was told The students learned from other three times 1914-15, Star, British to a representative of the Telegraph prisoners about the experiences of War Medal, Victory Medal, C.B. by the steersman of the junk who General Chiang Kai-shek's Ho, and C.M.G.) He was promoted arrived in Hongkong from Macno that he had been sent to Solovki, major-general on New Year's Day with the rest of the crew on the s.8. His soldier companion, who had 3828
Sui Taj last night. been with his even at the time The departing General is to be
The junk, No, 26, owned by Chan The two bays, when they asked Borodin was in power, received oc-given a big send-off to-morrow, Yan-shui, left Yaunati for Macao to be allowed to go on the casional messages from outside, and at 11 a.m., when he makes his on Sunday at 6 pm, with 160 tons technical institute in Germany to which they were originally going, through a Chinese commuiat, but departure from Queen's Pier. of coal on board. With a crew of were told that they could go only was the only one who was in there will be a special Guard of six men, one woman and a lnd of
The defendant's firm had been to Volga or Nijni-Novegorod or to tough with outside kappralngs,
16, she reached Cheung Sha Lan nt It was proposed to certain of
10 p.m. ard anchored there for the in existence in Hongkong for over factory on the shores of Uze Baltic, where warships were being the prisoners that they should en-
night. Leaving for Macao the next 50 years, carrying on an extensive built, and there get technical | ter a new Chinese batalion being
TAKES CHILDREN TO morning, the junk met with a heavy business in importing and ex-. experience. With that, the direc-formed somewhere in Turkestan in
Rea, capsized and sank at a point porting rice and sugar, and at the for told then eyktically that, since order to go into the province of
approximately 1,200 yards, north-ame time carrying on what might almost be called Chinese banking. west of Kow Chow. they could not get hold of the Szechuan. The eldest son of Bo-
The firm put through a consider- political alphabet, they should rodin, called Garry, was a frequent
Forunately fishing boat was able number of exchange con- learn to build warships for China. Visitor at the prison. He usually
near, and, atracted by the shouts tracts on behalf of the customers When the students replied that came with a group of Koreans and
made by the crew of the afnking yearly, and the contract in ques they were unacquainted with the uffen rocked them, saying "Ah thears of shipbuilding and their
member of the crew, including an jusk, those on board went to the lion was entered into for a cus- rescue and managed to save everylomer at Amoy. infant a few months old. They
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education in China had been taken He further than the middle schonla
Honour drawn up.
'COURT.
WOMAN'S DODGE TO GET SYMPATHY.
ha! You shot our comrades and hawker had with her two small Noticing that a Chinese woman so now you sit here."
They were once told that they children, Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith, were to be sent to Tourahauskat the Kowloon Magistracy this were all taken to Mecao the same to continue their education in the and when they inquired where ring, asked the detective who day
and that they altogether refused
No Reminders,
US. S. R., they were arrested and that might be, some of them ex-effected the arrest whether the It is estimated that the junk, to-special manager on August 9,
from
put into the G. P. U. Laibianka Epressed alot the hope that it (the G. P. U. Headquarters), in would be easier to escape cell No. 42. where there were 70that place. But there were pre- people, all Chinese. On their pro-Lably spies among them, for on the testing and demanding the reason following day they were told that for arrest they were fold fit they would be sent to Yakoutske. they were being dealt with arcord- ing to the law, since they had no right, with transit visa, to stop off } in Soviet territory.
Hunger Strikes.
even
Escape At Lasl.
Through an absolute accident they succeeded in wribing a sol- dier guard to act as inessenger for the note they wished carried to The prominent Chinese who effect- hunger their release. In three days the two students were again truna- securing their release and, perferred to the Laubianka and they auaded by their contrades, the
were closely questioned as to the their Com students continued
person through whom they had munistic studies,
sent their nole, They, of course,
Protests and strikes proved of no avail
ارت
After two months they were refused to divulge the informa-. transferred somewhere outside the tion and three days later they eity where they were placed in a
were required to sign a land that large house on Ragozpkonyia Zaustava, in a large hall filled with they would leave the U. S. S. B., resign all claims againat the gove Chinese of all ages. It was 1 lonely locality and in the distance rnment, and in future never stop- off on a transit vin in Russin. could be seen the chimneys of a Though they realized that this was aeroplane factory, to which no one was allowed to approach within a farce, they were only too eager five miles. On the gate of their to sign anything wanted so long house was a notice, D. 9. P. R. as they could get out, (house of temporary prison- ment) and just inside the entrance were barracks for those who had been allowed bail:
,
many
Revenge For Canton.
In saying goodbye one of the Chinese Chekists advised them to keep their tongues butween their teeth, as the Communist party in China is so strong that it will al- ways be able to shut a mouth, if necessary,
They expressed surprise at find~
The parents of the boys, alarmed Ing among the prisoners many rich merchants and students and also the adventures through which
politien!
| iheir children had passed, and personages of China. From their fellow pri-after immediately sending their soners they learned that Chinese thanks to the merchant who secur- merchants had been arrested mi-ed their release, are now sending mediately after the Russian Bol-the two with a European tutor to Ahoviks were routed out of Canton. England, where they may figure The Southern Government then in the pages of The Times and tell protested repeatedly, but at 'that a number of more interesting and time was not officially recognized. detailed accounts of the thousands The Chinese Minister in Moscow of Chinese who are still imprison- was accredited from the Peking ed in the U.S.S.R. Government, and he refused to According to their account In listen to their proteats, though it Mukden, there are among the pri- Isanid that he was kept in the soners Chinese Communista be- dark as to what was going on and longing to the Trotsky opposition. the petitions of the unjustly They were all summoned to at- Accused never reached him.
tond a gathering of the Kuomin-
It appears that the Cheklats on tern and then placed in prisona. the quiet even arrested clerks of Some of them committed suicide.
WOILLE had the children with her when arrested.
gether with the property of the On being told that no sign of crow, is valued at $4,000, and the them had been seen, his Worship cargo of coal at $2,000. remarked timi he was beginning to think that women hawkers
were taking all their children to Court,
Lord Trayner, who was a mem- ber of the Faculty of Advocates for Sergeant Hargreaves replied 70 years, and a former judge of the that they did that to get the Court of Session, has died at Edin- sympathy of the Beach.
burgh in his P5th year.
D1928, KY NEA SERVICE, INC.
NEG. L. 6. PAY OFM
and you'd better be more considerate or I'll go right out and start that exclusive little tea shop with green shut-
tors and red cheekerd table clotha”
Except for the extraordinary document sent out by the Bank's
1921, which contained the essential terms of the contract but stated them wrongly, nothing farther was done until February, 1927..
When a contract was in force, a bunk always sent reminders of outstanding exchange contracts during the current month, but no auch reminders were sent out in the present case, and there was no suggestion by the other side that any such intimations had been sent. There was a complete and absolute silence from the begin- ning of July until the Auguet date.
Counsel went on, to refer to the petition made by the Bank, when, he said, it was sworn that the Bank was unable to pay ita debts and was insolvent. He pointed out that a Províafonal Liquidator was in charge of both the local and London offices on July 2, when the doors were closed,
What evidenca was there, asked Mr. Potter, that the Provisional Liquidator at London, would have honoured a telegram sent from. Hongkong to pay out £10,000 worth of assets to, anybody?
Usual Custom.
Mr. Potter continued to explain that where a European was the manager of a bank, a Chinese wishing to make an exchange con- trnet, would never see the manager but would interview tho compra dore, who, no doubt, would see the manager about it. It was his. be- lief that every such transaction put through a bank was with the compradore, who guaranteed, It and obtained commission.
Somo discussion turned on this point, his Lordship saying that he would have to lako it there was no ovidence as regards that point
In dealing with the nature of a T.T. contract, Mr. Potter point- [ed out it meant that the defendant' ought to be able to walk into the bank on any day of the current month and ask for a telegram to be sent to London for the purpose of carrying out the contract. The case is proceeding..
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