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1AP YAARK FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1929.
THE SOVIET DAMPER. WATER POURING IN MACAO ARRESTS
RESERVOIRS.
LONDON CONVERSATIONS OVER FIFTY MILLION
BREAK DOWN.
M. DOVĠALEVSKY ASKS A LITTLE TOO MUCH.
AMBASSADORS AT ONCE!
The Soviet Government, apocryphal as ever, has placed an insurmountable obstacle in the way of a friendly discussion of outstanding questions between Britain, and Russia, and the conversations between Mr. Arthur Henderson and M. Dovga sky, the Soviet Ambassador to France, have come to an end.
M. Dogvalevsky urged, is a preliminary to discussion, the immediate exchange of Ambassadors,
Mr. Henderson stated frankly that this was impossible, and pointed out that he had made it clear in his invitation that a responsible Soviet delegation would be welcomed with a view to discussing outstanding questions, including debt claims and propaganda. He had supposed that M. Dovgalevsky was vested with that authority.
GALLONS ADDED.
GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON
RIDER MAINS.
CHINESE VIEWPOINT.
About an inch of rain fell in the island reservoir area yesterday, and As a result, the water in storage increased by 50 million allons to 1,100,000,000 gallons, which empares with- 141,000,000 gallons on July 10th.
there
Heavy rains have occurred since
should be an increase of
and it is anticipated that than 100,000,000 gallons in next two or three days,
mont
the
in
As a result of the rapid than the outflow, at least, repre- crense, four or five times faster
sentations have been made that a ridar main should be given.
Official Statement..
RESENTED.
CHINESE PETITIONS TO NANKING & CANTON.
POLICE
CRITICISED.
日七廿月六
PRINCE AT SCOUT JAMBOREE,
TO STAY IN CAMP WITH THE BOYS.
PEERAGE CONFERRED ON SIR R. BADEN-POWELL.
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STOWAWAY FOUND RED THURSDAY IN
ON ZEPPELIN.
SECOND MAN TO JUMP ON
THE AIRSHIP.
·
WILL BE PUNISHED.
Reports reaching us from Macno indiente that couliderable feeling has been aroused amongst the Chi- nese community there in connexion with the alleged arrest of large numbers of the poorer elaga Cl- MAN OF MANY PARTS. marning at Friedrichsafen.
nese for. It is stated, the most trivial offences.
Some of those who had been ar- i
the
London, Aug. 1.
London, Aug. 2. Two intending atowaways up- parently jumped on to the "Graf Zeppelin" as she was leaving her shed in the early hours of yeaterday
News regarding the second man is contained in a message received. in New York from the Associated Press correspondent aboard the airship.
HONGKONG.
COMMUNISTS CAUGHT AT WORK.
POLICE CARRY OUT RAIDS ON: SUSPECT PREMISES.
· SEDITIOUS PAPERS.
+
the police had no active distur While response was lacking and bances to counter, "Red Thursday"
Several crowded centres were
rested, placed in the cells of the The Boy Scouts at the great prison and later released were international Jamboree at Arrowe strumental in arranging a meeting Park, Birkenhead, will always fe-
The correspondent states that the was not allowed to puss without at- on. Tuesday, at which representa member the events of to-day.second man who leapt on board is templs by Communist agitators to tives were chosen to proceed to II.R.H. Prince of Wales still on the airship, and that Cap-tir up trouble in Hongkong.. Canton, for the purpose of inducing arrived in brilliant sunshine, fol-tuin Eckener told him that this the Commissioner of Foreign lowing a night of torrential rain stowaway will be sent hack by the literally flooded with Red litera- Affairs there to take the matter up and violent gales. He flew from first steamer from America, and ture, containing denunciation of with the Portuguese authorities. London to Hooton, and motored will be severely punished. aidavits hate tres secured from he was given a tumultous recepterday, jumped on to the "Graf stated that written from there to Arrowe Park where The other man, as reported yes- those who have suffered arrest, in tion.
Zeppelin from the roof as she was which the complaints are fully set The Prince is to spend the night leaving the shed, but the afrship despatched to Nanking requesting, under canvas with the usual cample was later handed over to the forth, and that a cable is to be with the Scouts, He will stay was stopped and the man found, The National Government to in-equipment, a ground-sheet, an old police, and the airship then resumed struct the Minister of Foreign | iron-bedstead, a small deal table, her voyage-Reuter, Affairs to lodge a protest with the portable washstand, and ennvas chairs, with a tallow candie as an Portuguese Minister.
illuminant.
We have received the following
A petition is also being sent to the Overseas Department of the main supplies from the H, Direc-Kuomintange in Canton asking it to tor of Public Works:
use its influence to get the Com- missioner for Foreign Affairs to get a protest lodgul,
The conversations have, therefore, had no useful result.statement on the subject of rider The Soviet Government suggests that the British, attitude is was not made clear and says that the "new proposals” will have to be discussed by the Central Executive Committee of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics.
M.
FOREIGN OFFICE STATEMENT.
This petition expresses admira. Lion for the manner in which the Governor, Senhor Barbosa, helped
Generous American GIL),
Soon after his arrival, he was introduced to Mr. Mortimer L. Schiff, of Mesars. Kuhn, Loub 'and Company, the famous American banking institution, who, handed the Prince a cheque for £10,000
.
VIVID FLASH OF LIGHTNING.
"Imperialists" and "Capitalists" general strike of 1925. The police and calla for the revival of the were forewarned of the probable activities of the agitators, and repercussions of Moscow's call. dealt effectively with the local
Motor Patrols.
Late in the evening, the polled were seen patrolling the city in motor-cars, keeping a 'sharp look- out for agitators.
Early in the day, co-oporation' with the watchmen of the Secre- tarial for Chinese Affairs, was Heeured and with these reinforce- ments, the men, of the Criminol Investigation Department carried out yesterday a most extensive comb-out of the City.
"With reference to the represen-
THUNDERSTORM INCIDENT tations which have been made to
́ ́ CAUSES ALARM. Government with regard to the introduction of Rider Main
An extraordinarily vivid flush of supply it may be pointed out that the poorer class of Chinese into establish a fund for promoting lighting, followed by a deafening the present storage is only 1,050 many ways, mention being especi- International friendship inillion gallons as
Nutive boarding-houses, which among clap of thunder, occasioned sony gainst u ally made of his having donated boys. storage of 1.800 millions at the big sum of money in order to bulld
alarm In the city just before unusually offer an asylum to agitators Also during the day it wasn to-day.
upon their arrival in the Colony, | beginning of August, last. year numerous concrete houses after announced that His Majesty the
When the Rider Main supply was
People who happened to be on were entered by the police, and all Lomion, Aug. 1.
were closely the Soviet made R quite clear that discontinúeil in October 1928 th the big are last year, No Da to Klug had been pleased to confer Queen's Road in the vicinity of doubtful visitors Dovgalevsky, the Soviet a responsible representative would storage was 1,400 million gallons provide accommodation for the Barony on Sir Robert Baden-Wyndham Street at the time say questioned, envoy appointed to discuse, on be welcomed with a view to dis-This had decreased to 141 million the police in cited as
vietinys. The present policy of Powell, the Chief Scout.—Renter.
the Hghtning appeared to have It was during one of these visits, Britain's Invitation. The premlain-cussing the most expeditious pro-gallons on 11th July 1929.
boing In aries to the resumption of diploma cedure for settling outstandingShould the rainfall, however, shown by the Governor, who is at
"B. P direct contrast with the goodwill
struck some building nearby, and that the police effected their first
The culprit attention was immediately centred arrest. the relations between Russia and questions.
Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth on Asiatic Building, as the tallest Chinese dressed in European Great Britain, rélurned to Paris, The Invitation was, in fhet, in continue it may be possible to re-present in Ilshon on leave.
Baden-Powell in the founder structure in this locality. How-clothes, and having the appearance today, baving completed his the following terms:
move the present restrictions at an
One clause in' the
He had in his mission.
part of the Boy Scout movement, ever, apparently neither this build-of a seaman. early date and introduce a Rider reads: "If the police in Hongkong and Is 72 years of age. Main supply.
A possession great bundle of. acted like the police In Macuo, son of the Rev. Prof. Baden-Powell,
ing nor any other was struck.
Nevertheless, large crowds papers, cartoons, pamphlets, and Victorin Gaol would be packed with and spent the early days of gathered under the verandahs in so on, of much the same character innocents, like a tin of sardinen."
his life, from 19 onwards, in the Queen's Road and on office balas were found distributed all over, Army, Joining the 13th Hussars conies, gazing in the direction the City during the day.
According to Reuter's Mosiruw | correspondent, who has reliable) information, M. Dovgalevsky's mission ended without results
Soviet's First Step.
A statement issued by the Tass Agency, which is offein), declara) that M. Dovalevsky, on Monday, acting on instructions from Muze eow, urged upon Mr. Henderson, the British Foreign Secretary, the immediate appointment al Am- bassadors as the necessary first; step. After that had been dane,) the Soviet Government was agree-3 able to disenss outstanding ques tions in London,
Mr. Henderson emphaticnl- ly replied that the immediat resumption of Anglo-Itussian diplomatic relations was im possible.
The British Government pro- posed first to open negotiations pa all controversial questions at later than August 14th, and invjt- ed the Soviet delegation to London for that purpose.
Britain To Blame?
JAPANESE MILITARY
CHANGES.
He is a
in 1876, and serving with them of the A.P.C. building, until satis-
la India, Afghanistan and Southfied that no damage had been
Africa. 1
Ile took part in the operations (in Zululand in 1888, and later was sent to Ashanti on special service
"Hi Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom have carefully considered the existing
Fittings Defective. state of the reintions between this country and the Union of "After inspection, it has been Socialist Soviet Republics and found that in many of the houses , are prepared to re-establish then the Rider Main Districts taps normal machinery of diplomatie have been removed and that in relations between Great Britain other instances fittings are defce- and The Union of Sorialist five. It is essential that house Soviet Republies on the under-wners should give this mutter standing that the reciprocal their immediate attention in order IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS in charge of native levies and to rights and duties which Inter-to avoid waste when the Rider national Law recognises as in-Main supply is introduced and to cumbent upon Stales in their prevent the necessity of cutting off relations with one another sub-supplies from these houses."
be mentioned that I may sists between this country and
although in the third week of July, The U.S.S.R.
"To this effect, His Majesty's 1922, the water in storage in island Government invite the Govern-reservoirs was only 700 million gallons, a two-hours rider main ment of the U.S.S.R. to read a responsible representative to Lon-supply was being given.
don in order to discuss with the Foreign Secretary a means for
Dr. Kotewall's Views:
ANNOUNCED.
Tokyo, Aug. 1.
done.
ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TREATY
W!
was not
Open Distribution.
was
1
Seditious literature was dropped. from the upper storeys of buildings in the congested areas of Wing Lok Street, Des Voeux Road and
dis the waterfront, but the Matabeleland, He then became
tributors escaped detection. It until towards evening Colonel of the Irregular Light Horse in South Africa, while in
that they became bolder, and 1807 he was promoted to the com- The War Office announces u nam-
CABINET TO CONSIDER THIS ventured out openly into the street, where a number were then When the South Afrienn War
WEEK-END.. ber of important military appoint-mand of the 5th Dragoon Guards;
arreated. broke out, he was in Mufcking,
Profiting froin the fact that ments and promotions..
Lieutenant-General Jiro Minami which was invested by the Boers
London, Aug. 1.
large number of people are in the the Vice-Chief of the General Staff, from October 1890, 1 May 17, The draft of the Anglo-Egyptian habit of congregating in Des has been appointed to succeed Gen-1900, when it was relieved by a Treaty, which is reported to have Voeux Road nightly for the pur- er Hanzo Kanaya, the Commun- der-in-Chief in Korea, who has been lying column under Mahon fbeen initialled by Mr. Arthur Hen- nose of listening to radios in- conjunction with Plumer's derson, the Foreign Secretary, and stalled in a number of shops be Rhodesian Horse. During the Muhmoud Pasha, the Egyptian fore tho Sincera Company, about appointed to the Supreme Military Council.
Lieut. Gen. Rentaro Okumolo sue-lege, Baden-Powell showed a bold Prime Minister, has been approv-ten agitators were seen
quarter to eight last night, handing as Vice-front and by his unconventionaled by the Cabinet Committee. ceeds Lt. Gen. Minami
to the crowd and gaiety and his ingenious milltary It will be submitted to the fullot papers mensures held off the assault until Cabinet during the week-end.dropping them all over the road- way. They were chased by the the last. He was promoted major-Renter
the police in vicinity, and general, and organised the South Constabulary. From
after a short run, four were African
caught. The others escaped..
FRENCH DELEGATES. TO THE HAGUE.
PREPARED FOR RHINELAND QUESTION.
Paris, Aug. 1.
|
1903 to 1907 he was Inspector- General of Cavalry and was made lieutenant-general in 1908. Two years later he left the army to devote himself to the Boy Scout movement..
.
How Scouting Started,
It was in 1893-4 while serving
PRISON. RIOT IN THE UNITED STATES.
SEVEN CONVICTS REPORTED
KIELED.
New York, Aug: I.
Four Charged.
at a
Of those arrested during the day, the police have been able to In- stitute Court proceedings against four.
reaching as rapidly as possible Interviewed by the Telegraph a friendly and mutually satis- this morning regarding the present factory settlement of outstand- water restrictions on the Island ing questions between the two as affecting the Chinese com-Chief of the General Staff. countries, including those relat-munity, the Hon. Dr. R. II. Kote- Major-General Saburo Sato ha
wall ing to propaganda."
said he considered the been appointed Military Attache to majority of Chinese would prefer the Japanese Legation in Peking, On Wednesday, after M. Dov. Sovjet Note Ambiguous, “ | Two hour supply through the succeeding Ltd... Gen. Tulekawa. galevsky had reported to Moscow,
The Foreign Office goes on to rider mains to the present twelve Reuter, he handed Mr. Benderson, the Foreign Commissariat's reply to say that though the Soviet Reply hour street fountain supply,
The principal objection to the was somewhat ambiguous, Mr. this statement of British desires.
Henderson naturally presumed et fountain supply is that it that M. Dovgalevsky was authoris-necessitates Water being carried in ed to discuss the procedure men- the houses, but Dr. Kotowall said there were some people who held the The Reply noted that
tioned in the British Note. "British Government is, unable
Mr. Henderson told M. Dov. that a two-hour rider main supply or unwilling to restore" nermal galevsky that he was anxious would be insufficient and might
with the 13th lussurs that be A message from Leavensworth, relations; otherwise, it would not during the Parliamentary Summer lead to quarrels between the
reathed that the peace training of Kansas, saya seven prisoners are have advanced as a preliminary Recess to create machinery dealing occupants of the different floors in
soldiers was not sufficiently prac-reported to have been killed in a condition thereto that complex and with debts claims, trade, ete, and Chinese tenement houses. Among
It is announced. that France will tien) and started classes in scontriot at the Federal Penitentiary.
This Is the fourth prison controversial questions like mutual to seek authority when Parliament those holding this opinion it was claims and counter-claims must be re-assembled in October for thought that people on the lower be represented at the Hague Coning and camping with the object
He outbreak within a week-Reuters on Reparations by the of developing self-reliance. exchange of Ambassadors, even if floors might try to monopolise the forence
also, published a book "Alda to American Service. The Note added: "This is the complete settlement of all out-water during the time it was being following principal delegates:
Scouting" in which he set forth his M. Briand, the Premier. new circumstance which was nol provided in the British Note of standing questions had not beek supplied.
Chinese Representations,
M., Chreon, and M. Loucheur, methods. reached,,
The Boy Scout fden was first put members of the Cabinet, July 17th, 1929 and it necessitates| The Foreign Office says it has new and special consideration of duly noted that the Soviet will Dr. Kotewall added that the M. Moreau, the Governor of the Into practice nt, Mafeking where his Chief Staff Officer, Major Lord' the question.
consider the "new" proposals at Chinese members of the Legisla- Bank of France.
The evacuation of the Rhineland Edward Cecil, organised the boya. "The Forelga Commissariat, therefore, is obliged to request the next plenary session of the tive Council had already made
the Executive Committee.
representations to the Government will most certainly be the piece de of the town into a corps for. further Instructions from
for a rider main supply in de-resistance 50 General Guillaumat, general utility on scouting lines, Presidium of the Central Execu No Indication of Proposal.
ference to the wishes of the the Commander-in-chief of the and the experiment proved a great
A message from Kingston, tive Committee of the U.S.S.R.,
Note The Soviet
to Great majority of Chinese, and also as French Army on the Rhing and M. success. It showed that if their whone
plenary next regular session will consider the new Britain, in reply to the British result of the recent haifong meel-Tirard, the High Commissioner for training was made to appeal to Jamaica, states that the sixth an invitation, gave nó indiention. of ing when a rider main suppir, the Rhineland are also x Ing.--Rey-them, boys.would learn readily and [nual International Convention of that they wore capable of taking Negro Peoples of the World, or responsibility, The troop was likelihood of a request for the even by means of imported water,
made a small unit so that the Iganised by Mr. Marcus Garvey, Kwahgal man and the Hakka were: immediate appointment of Am-was urged.
leader should be able to deal with opened with divine service.
Later, a long procession of de- cach member from personal know-
In organising the South legaten paraded the main street ledge. African Constabulary D.-P. used-Iteuter, the same methods.
settled."
British proposals."-Router.
Foreign Ofeo Statement.
ZA
I had also been suggest- that instead of giving
bassadors. London, later.
The Note said that the Soviet od The Foreign Offee has fasued an official statement on the Anglo- Government believed it to be aix rider Russian situation, confirming that necessary to establish
main districts 1 a durable two hours supply of water,
ter.
OCCASIONAL RAIN.
The Royal Observatory reports no headway has been made and agreement on controversial ques-thereby necessitating the opening that the conversations between tions in the shonest time, Such of the mains for twelve hours, that pressure is highest over S. rider muing should be Japan, and relatively low over Tong- Mr. Arthur Henderson and M. agreement, was impossible only all
simultaneously for a king. A depression is Indicated be.. Dorgalevsky will not be continued through equal, treatment on both opened
sides and the maintenance of period of two or four hours. Dr. tween the S. Ladrones and the for the present.
Kotowall said he did not know Bonina. The forecast till noon to- mutual dignity and respect.
morrow is:-S,W. winds, moderate; (Continued on Page 12.) ́
cloudy, occasional rain/
It says that Mr. Arthur Hender- son in his original invitation to
(Continued on Page 12.)
Trial Camp.
NEGRO CONVENTION.
BIG GATHERING HELD IN JAMAICA.
London, Aug. 1.
as
The first to be charged, before Mr. E. W. Hamilton this morning, was the man who was arrested in the boarding-house. Handing in a big sheaf of papers, Detective- Sergeunt Mottram sald that these were found in the man's posses sion. They were the same were found distributed yesterday.
The accused was formally re- manded for a week,
Jater in the morning three other Chinese were brought into: Court, these being a Kwangai mati, Hakka and a Cantoneso. All three were charged with posbes sion of seditious literature, while the first and second accused were also charged with distributing,
Caught In Act.
The police stated that tha, amongst those arrested near the Sincere Company, being caught in the act of handing out pamphlets
to the crowd.
Concerning the, Cuntoneso, ang interesting statement was made. Three-quarters of an inch of rain of the circumstances of his ar In 1007 he held a trial camp for was recorded at the Observatory for rest. He appeared to have been scout-training for boys at Browns the 24 hours ended at 10 am to greatly interested. In the fate of sea. Island. Its resulta exceeded day. This makes the year's total the man taken into custody from 18.15 inches, against an average of (Continued on Page 7).
(Continued on Page 7,) '52.59 inches.