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GUNBOATS BOMBED. THE BRITISH OPEN COURT MARTIAL BRITAIN WILL NOT NO TRICK THEORIES.
AN EXCITING AIR RAID OFF SHAMEEN.
CONCESSION AND FOREIGN SHIPS ENDANGERED.
CANTON CITY TO FALL?
Canton witnessed its first experience of an air raid yesterday, and there has been, considerable excitement, particularly in Shameen, which had a full view of the latter part of the engagement. A graphic story of the somewhat spectacular affair is told below by our Canton correspondent.
A aquadron of planes suddenly swooped down upon the "neutral" gunboats anchored off. the Macao Fort, and bombed them heavily, though the aim was very inaccurate. The gunboats replied with rifle-fire, eventually deciding to take refuge, and steaming close to Shameen where they sought the protection of the foreign gunboats, amongst which, they anchored.
The planes pursued the vessels, dropping bomba at frequent intervals. One dropped on 21 sumpan without
exploding, and another missed HLM.S. Moth narrowly,
Stray bullets whistled through Shameen without doing damage. The gunboats were asked by foreign officials to retire,
GOLF TITLE.
AMERICAN CONQUEST
INDICATED?
ABE MITCHELL THE BRIGHT BRITISH SPOT:
ALLISS DROPS BACK.
London, May D.
The American challenge in the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, to-day took on a more formidable countenance, and the half-way stage, Aba at
who Mitchell,
ngain played brilliantly, and Percy Allisa, cover- ed by his 69 yesterday, were alone in a strong fighting position.
day.
VERDICT.
FOUND GUILTY ON TWO OF
SIXTEEN CHARGES.
THE SENTENCE LATER.
The District Court Martial tha afternoon gave their findings in connexion with the '16' charges, of embezzlement. against Corporal Charles Hendry, of the 1.0.8.8.
Addressing the accused, who was marched into the room wearing his War and Victory Medals, the Judge Advocate, Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, finds you not said:-The Court guilty in charges 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16. There remain charges 1 and 3.
Captain Perfect, of the K.O.S.B., then gave evidence
as to the
last
'
BE THE "GOAT
GOVERNMENT STATES DR. SHELLSHEAR LACKS
THE POSITION.
· MR. YOUNG'S PLAN WOULD BE INACCEPTABLE.
THE HOUSE PLEASED.
Parle, May 9.
Hopes of saving the Reparationa Canférence are gradually fading. and it is feared that an agreement will prove impossible.
are
It is learned on excellent author- ty that several conflicting counter- proposals to the compromise plan suggested by the chairman likely to be made to Mr. Owen D. Young but none of these proposals is likely to be generally acceptable. Nevertheless, there is a chance that some real beneft will accrue from the moeting of the been Committee of Experts. It is that the Committee's feasible Report. agreeing amount of the German annuities the upon
and providing the safeguards de- manded by Dr. Schacht, the head of the German delegation, will be unanimously adopted.
Of the leading eight, only character of the accused and Mitchell and Allis are Britishers. stated that once in the The leader is Leo Diegel, who twelve months followed
he had up his 71 yesterday, with a splendid 69, equalling charged with drunkenness, but Alliss' course record of yester- there was no previous conviction The first charge against the Hagen's Wonderful Round."
accused was that while acting The outstanding performance as clerk to the P.RI. on or about of the day, however, and probably October 27, accused received a of any previous open champion cheque for $30.57 drawn by. Cha the holder, who returned
Rider Possible, Britain, Japan, the United States
but late yesterday afternoon, they had declined to budge from ship, was that of Walter Hagen, P.R.. and payable to the NA.A. and Italy, would probably favour
their comparatively safe anchorage,
The fall of Canton to the Kwangsi armies is hourly expected. Fighting is taking place on the Samshui Railway, only a few miles from Canton, while General Hsu King-tong's forces are moving rapidly from the East River, and the rattle of rifle-fire between Sheklung and Tungshan, Canton, can be heard in Shameen.
It is stated that many Canton leaders are ready to turn over to Kwangsi, and that Admiral Chan Chak, who is loyal to Nanking, has been arrested.
KWANGSI ARMIES' RAPID ADANCE.
11
magnificent card, knocking two
strokes off the record.
Hagen's card read: Out:
4 4 3 3 4 3 3 5 4-33 Home: 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 54-34
for the purpose of paying a dobta which he stated had been incurred for cleaning materials,
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rider leaving over the question of the distribution of the annuities for discussions between the Allied 'Gov- ernments.
agreement.
Shameen, May 9, (and two British, gunboats on the The residents of Shameen have one side, and an American gunshot was a chip from behind the been passing an exciting day, and boat and two Japanese destroyers bunker at the 17th, which cast PARLIAMENT ENDS ITS Acceptable. have witnessed a miniature naval on the other,
him his second 6. He Was A little lucky at the 18th.
HYPOTHESIS.
CROSS-EXAMINATION OF EXERT IN HANDWRITING.
BANK CASE FEATURES.
The keen cross-examination of Professor Shellshear by Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., continued throughout this morning's hearing of the claim by the Government against the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, arising out of the Treasury frauds.
At one stage Professor Shellshear stated that Tsang On- wing might have attempted to disguise his handwriting, and thus, written letters in a manner differing from his usual method, but this suggestion was withdrawn when Mr. Potter pointed out that the witness had not said this at the criminál trial of Carvalho Yeo.
Dealing with trick theories, Mr. Potter asked Professor Shell hear if he could suggest any rational trick hypothesis which would produce a combination of three notable points present on the disputed cheques, and not on other Government cheques. Witness said that the question of a trick must be speculative, because writing is to some extent dependent on posture, the height of the table etc.
“FEATURES” & “CHARACTERISTICS.”
"..
Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., leading case7-Yes, it is in the same place. counsel for the Government con- The downstroke of the "T" la to Professor Shellshear when the case 7-Yes. tinued his cross-examination of the right of a vertical line in each
Court resumed this morning:
And there is at the end of the Mr. Pulter: Are we to gather cross stroke of the "T" a down- from your evidence here and in ward line, called rather loosely a the other case that you consider tick?--Yes, it is a definite stroke. writing points entirely divorced. These three points appear in the from the surrounding circum-suspected cheques ?--Yes.
lances of the case?—I should liko
None Found, it a little clearer.
1.
The third charge was that Cor- The attitude of the French and His remarkable "come-back" poral Hendry on October 28 te Belgian delegates with regard to which carried him into second ceived a cheque of $116.86 drawn this point is uncertain.-Router.
Omear Commanding,
London, May 9. place, was effected by sheer con- by the centration. He deliberated every stroke and went from hole the Pt.1., and that he failed to House greeted a declaration by Mr.
over Machine Gun Company payable to
Warm cheers from all sides of the
to hole almost faultlessly. His only
on the outward pass the cheque into the prer Winston Churchill in the House of mistake
hands and used the money for his Commons to-day condemning, more journey was a slightly pushed
or less, the proposals of Mr. Owen own purpos€5. out drive at the eighth. He was
D. Young that Britain shall become him trapped and the hold cost
Major Todd stated that the son-the financial victim of a reparations five strokes. After the turn he tence of the Court in regard to played with uncanny accuracy, charges 1 and 3 will be announced
Mr. Churchill said that the an- and never looked like breaking later, and the Court again satinnounced terms of the reparations down. He did the fourteenth in private.
"settlement" foreshadowed yester- two under par, and is only bad
day in the Press would, in the
Supposing a man could prove an I put it to you that out of the opinion of the Government, be in- alibi and could say that he could whole 18,000 cheques signed by not sign a certain document, that Mr. Messer and Mr. Black, there The Chancellor of the Exchequer would be a surrounding circumalis not a single cheque to be found was answering questions by Colonel stance?-1' take notice of fcontaining those three points J. Gretton (Cons.) and Colonel J. them.
except those three7-They are not C. Wedgwood (Lab.) who asked! You would not suggest that round in combination.
be considered Out of the ten thousand you Mitchell proved himself the DISSOLUTION TAKES PLACE whether any statement could be nothing should
have examined?--I would not say made about the negotiations for except your evidence?-No. TO-DAY. best of the British players by an-
acttling payments by Germany un- You would feel that all the sur-thnt. other spendid round. He re-
London, May 9. der the Treaty of Versailles, and rounding circumstances have to be Have you found any?--No. turned a card of 72 which gave
You know that is a point we were around their houses all Another correspondent writes to him third place, two strokes be-
Parliament concluded Its actual whether the terms of reference to considered 7-1 feel that way.
have made a lot of all through 7--- . night, in their gardens and
the Committee of Experts covered alterations. In the Spa percen.
Yes. their verandah, watching the fleelded off the Macao forts at about | Diegel.
tion of the necessary financial
tages,
It comes down to the same old
Certain trick theories were put which is stationed off Macno Port 11 a.m.
The best British score, to-day | measures.
point of the writing expert being to our witnesses by the defence. and which recently declared its It appears that the Chinese was that of Willis Mackenzie, the
Innereptable to Britain. To-morrow It will be formally
almost infallible. You do not One, you can hardly call it a trick, neutrality. The.. troops were gunboats, numbering seven or Morton Hall amateur, who dissolved and members will pro- Mr. Churchill said the Commit suggest that any tribunal should was that Mr. Messer some evidently expecting them to turn eight, were attacked by Canton achieved a splendid 71. Of the
totee of Experts now sitting in Paris put out of its mind the surround signed cheques in blank. The over to Kwangai and possibly to aeroplanes, the disaffected ships other amateurs, who are left to ceed to their constituencies
fight the election campaign:
was composed of independent re-ing circumstances of the case7-second possibility was that the [refusing to surrender.
fight. to-morrow, Tolley secured
presentatives of the countries con- Certainly not, Election takes cerned. The General
cheques an aggregate of 150, Perkins with
"war conducted in true Chinese style, What the next move will be it is in many ways reminiscent of the impossible to say whether the 'Incidents which led up to the fleet will maintain its neutrality or Cantonese-Yunnanese war of 1925.Jopenly declare for Kwangef,
--Our Own Correspondent. Foreign residents at Pak Ho Tung passed an uncomfortable soldiers
night. The Cantonesc
shell Canton.
king.
Another Version.
Mitchell Fighting,
LABOURS.
an say that the "naval battle" occur- | hind Ingen and four behind labours to-day with the comple;
Ikad Corde.
4
по
The Old Point.
Will you agree with me that a
--Yes.
+
time
were handed to Mr.
In the early hours of this morn- Evidently before the attack from ing a Chinese mqrchant vessel the air was completed, all the an excellent 73, aggregated 152, place on May 30, and it is expected The British members throughout about 1⁄4 mile from Shameen. She now lying a white flag, steamed 133, arrived in port and dropped unchorgunboats excepting one, which is and Twine was just behind with that the new Parliament will be these protracted proceedings and writer always making a certain Black and Mr. Messer covered up only have been partly Alled in and summoned for June 5, when the been impressed by their very ad signature will form certain habits? and the third was that they might appears to be full of troops, but, up river to a point opposite The leader has been playing Speaker will be elected and mem-mirabl grasp and comprehension
As to the formation of the that later Tang On-wing fran- up to the time of writing, they Shameen, between which and Fong superlative golf. His four rounds, bers sworn in.
of the whole position. have not gone ashore. They are Tsuen they anchored.
Jamounts. I ask you, as an expert including the qualifying com-
The British Government had not, signature and the position of the dently filled them in for larger There will be another brief possibly troops sent down by Nan-
petition have heen 74-70-71-69-284. vacation before actual business however, at any time, ment tele-signature?--Yes.
I put it to you that Mr. Black witness who comes before us and Consular Intervention. About 9.30 a.m, some aeroplanes The presence of the gunboats so
begins. Then it will depend upon graphie instructions to these gen- appeared and dropped bombs on near Shameen caused some con-
H. C. Jelly, F. D. Dudley (US)the result of the General Election tlemen, nor did they propose to do has formed the very definite habit as a nourologist, by the way what soon this occasion. The Experi of placing his signature further is a neurologist?--It la the science and Jim Barnes (U.S.) all of
whether the present Government Committee must be left to reach to the right than what appears on of the study of the nervous
From system. the fleet off Macao Fort. The
cern on the Concessions, with the
will remain in office for a further
the suspected cheques. their own conclusions.
I ask you if the cheques were gunboats immediately raised a result that representatives of the terday, could do nothing right to
whom were in the first seven year five years-British Wireless.
These conclusions, whatever they August to December, I put it to chor and steamed up the Back
foreign gunboats anchored off day, all returning cards of 80.
might be, and whether agreed to or you, that not one choque is com-put to Mr. Messer and Mr. Black and their signatures obtained by Reach towards Shameen, being
Shameen, together with Consular - bombed as they came up.
Sixty-four players are left to
noti In no way committed the Bri- parable?--That is true.
The position you took up in the any one of these three tricks would representatives, went on board the fight the Inst stages, Including
1ish Government which remained Chinese warships and requested seventeen Americans, one Argen-
entirely free to review the whole former trial was that. you defined you expeet their ordinary normal that the commanders move them tinian, and one South African,
position, and to take their own own characteristics in this way: That signatures?--Yés..
Question of Trick. The gunboats appear to have further away from the Concession, the remainder being British,
decision upon the work and the re- if you found anything once in the been returning the fire with rifles in the interests of the safety of
There is no reason why a trick and a few stray bullets, came the city.
The leading scores at the and NEW CASES AVERAGE NINETY Commendations of the Experts writing you called it a charac teristic. I never agreed with that, Committee. into Shameen.
Therefore no urgency existed, but It was your evidence. It should cause a departure from x Calcutta, May 9.
and it would be premature, as well always struck me as a remarkable man's confirmed habits for In- In what way?-I am not sug- as inexpedient, for the British Goy-statement and I challenged you stance? Yes, it may.. An outbreak of cholera in Caernment to pronounce, upon parti- very severely on the point. Would cutta has assumed alarming pro-cular, aspects, however important you like me to read the evidence? gesting the signatures were done portions, the epidemic having they might be, at the present june-I remember the point.
Bombs Fall Near Shameen.
However, the request was
not
1 A bomb also dropped in the complied with, and at 4.30 p.m. water just off Shameen striking a yesterday the Chinese gunboats aampan and killing one of the were still anchored off Shameen. occupants, but did not explode.
Anothed bomb fell in close). proximity to H.M.S. Moth.
Rumour of Entry,
was in circulation
A rumour
Several bombs also fell very yesterday that the Kwangai troops close to Jardine's Wharf at Pak had entered the suburbs of Can- Hok Tung. One in particulur.ton, with the reault that many which missed its mark by about a shops closed their doors, whilst hundred feet, fell within twenty the schools closed down in a hurry feet of the wharf and sent up for the observance of "Humilia- column of water above the funnels tion. "Day," which this year has of a ship.
been postponed from May 7th to
May 9th. Anchored Of Shameen.
Early yesterday morning, heavy When the gunboats arrived off gunfire could be heard in the dis- Shameen they dropped anchor, tance to the south and south-east apparently seeking the protection of Canton, afforded by the foreign gunboats,
correspondent evidently expecting that the noro states that it is very difficult to planes would be scared to drop get reliable news of the Kwangsi bombe so close to the foreign advance, although in some quar- warships which they might easily ters it is expected that Canton will
fall some time to-day (Friday). hit by mistake,
It is slated that not one of the At present about eight Chinese gunboats, including the cruiserald Government officials remains Canton. This may be an Wing Fung, are lying just off in
(Continued on Page 12.).. Shameen, with a French, American
Our Canton
of the second round were:
Len Dead (U.S.A.)
Wagen (1.3.A.)
Abe Mitchell (privatej
F. Allin. (Wannace)
1. Cruikshank (UBA.)
2. Farrell 10.8.A)
Gene Sarazon (U.B.A.) Golden (U8.A.)
A Boomer (St. Clou)
W. Mellorn (1.8.A),
T. Armour (U.H.A.)
Hark Seyranur
A. Compsion (Coombe lit
M. Bingham (Stourbridge) ...
Crill Tolley (Liverpool) Jose Jurado (Argentine) Macdonald Emith (UB.A.) Taggart (Wtmalow!
W. Mackenula (Morton-Hall) T. Williamson (Noita) 3. Fernle
Jim Harn (U.8.A.)
J. J. Taylor (Hielmond)
it. C. Jolly (Foxgrove)
I. Whitcoinbe (Parkstone)
Horton Smith (U.8.A.) .........
T. II. Cetion (Langley Park)
J. Tarjima (UIA)
I. Espino
(USA)
Y. D. Dašky (U.5:A.);
T. P. Parkins (Csatle Brem.)
Al Watrons (U.S.A.)
.7) 60m 140
72 72
71 74
144
CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN CALCUTTA,
DAILY.
.78 24-147
- spread through all the districts of ture,
18 the city with terrible rapidityį
74
.74
74-14
-149
The number of new cases avèr- -age ninely daily, and the hospitals 70-188 are overcrowded,
149
161
.76 78-151
75 155
76-152
G. Duncan (unallached) P. Ray (Daber)
Would Not Be Entertained."
the
the opinion of Government; be
British and the mant would, in No
Meant "Feature."
•
no
of these ways. I have Any evidence. But the possibility may exist of the word "cashier not That statement was wrong?being In the same alignment and the lgnaturca might follow the In order, however, to prevent In the term "characteristic,” yes. misunderstanding abroad and alarm
You did not say that in the at home, it was perhaps desirable meant "feature" when I said writing above.
"characteristic." The victims are almost entirply to say that the kind of proposals Indiana, but the Europeans gwhich were foreshadowed in the
In answer to further questions other Court. You aafd you could 11erally are being inoculated as a newspapers of yesterday would, in upon the point, witness said he not give any suggestion of a of a trick having been 76151 précautionary measure,~~Reuter
British had a recollection of correcting trick-I don't suggest there is Inacceptable,the statement. Asked what he evidence
made. a characteristic, witness Govern called
Why do you introduce a fur- crum replied that it was a distinguish ther trick?--I have not. I was 78 1016 tances, entertain them (Choors)ing feature.
Mr. Potter:-Would I be right dealing with one of the suggested
tricks.
Would a trick induce a varia- Washington, May 9, in saying that before you came Among those elimated by rea- Referring to reparations at the into this case you went through tion of habits definitely formed?-- son of the ruling that all players daily conference with Press cor- 10,000 cheques ?--Yos. · thirty more than 17 strokes behind the respondent, Mr. H. L. Stimson, the And you have examined them
But if the "B's", were signed in quali-leaders shall be automatically ell-Secretary of State, said that the for some reason or other?-Yos,
Experts meeting in Paris had not
You see the three disputed the same way that would not holes are the following prominent
vertical No.
Can you tell the jury of any players:-Masay, Bert Hodson concessions In the amounts due to not, that the position of the "B" (Newport), A. Herd (Mole Park), the United States in order to in Black is mathematically and trick which, by any possibility,
facilitate an agreement-Reuter's
(Continued on Page 8.). and Harry Vardon-Reuter,
American Service,
74~- 152 ..77 78-182 ..72 BO - 152 70, 7152 70-102
Among the remaining two players who have also holes are:
80 7016 British Wireless.
0. Von Elms (U.0.A.)...76 76-167
No.
fled for the concluding thirty-six minated at the end of the first 86ked the American Government for cheques and you notice, do you affect the "T to the slope to the
W. T. Twins (Bromley)"
C. A. Whitcombe (Crewa' Hills.
G. A. Watel ingy
F, Reboon (Cooden Dansk)
A. C. Havera (nunttuchad)
precisely in the same spot In each