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WATER POLICY, - AT THE HAGUE.
ATTITUDE FURTHER
EXPLAINED.
TWO SPECIAL COMMISSIONS APPOINTED.
YOUNG PLAN DEFECTS.
PĦAĦALF THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1929.
FUTURE DEPENDS ON FILLING
OF TYTAM TUK.
RIDER MAINS SUPPLY,
The Government policy regard- ing the island water supply, and the prospects of the famediate future, fallowing the decision to Krant two hours' consecutive supply in all the rider main dis- Briets us from to-day, were offteial- ly explained this morning.
PRESS CONTRACT CIVIL AVIATION IN THE SINO-RUSSIAN
DISPUTE.
MR. COOPER'S APPEAL
CASE OPENS.
INTERVENTION BY JUDGE
QUESTIONED.
AGREEMENT POINTS.
FAR EAST.
INDIA SERVICE TO BE LINKED
WITH INDO-CHINA?
LONDON DISCUSSIONS.
DISPUTE.
CHINESE HOPEFUL OF
·· SETTLEMENT.
MOSCOW STILL DEMANDS THE CONTROL OF C.E.R.
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GOVERNOR'S DENIAL.
K.O.S.B. DESERTER ON TRIAL.
TELLS OF A TRIP TO SHANGHAI.
DIDN'T REMEMBER NAME OF THE STEAMER.
Was nut
- London, Aug. 7.
Further news reaches us from Macno regarding the complaints After a long conversation be-
being made of alleged wholesale tween M. Laurent Eynac, the
arrests of poorer claas Chineas | French Air Minister, and Lord
for the most trivial offencor, Thomson, the British Air Minis GESTURE BY SOVIET. said to have suffered arrest have
Some of the Chinese who are COURT MARTIAL HELD, ter, it was announced that an
drawn up a petition which has
Private Andrew Stewart, of the The Full Court consisting of agreement in principle hug result-
beon forwarded' to the' Overseas His Honour the Chief Justice, ed on the basis of large mutun!
Representatives of the Chinese Department of the Kuomintang in 2nd Battalion the King's Own. The Government spokesman-said. Sir Henry Gillan, and His Honour co-operation to develop air trans- and Soviet Governments are re-Canton, with the result that the Scottish Borderers, that all the reservoirs on the the Pulsne Judge, Mr. J. R. Wood, port in Afrien, the Near East, the ported to be coming to an under- Provincial Government of Kwang-acquitted by a District Court island with the exception of assembled this morning to hear Far East, and South America,
standing, and it is expected that tung has instructed the Commis- Martial at Murray, Barracks this Tytani Tuk, have now reached un appeal against the judgment
preliminary negotiations for the sinner for Foreign Affairs to loves morning on a charge of desertion, overlow level, Tytum Tuk being of the Puisse Judge in the case of
M. Eynar, who flew to London settlement of the Chinese Eastern tigate the complaints.
and was found guilty of losing" about forty feet below.
dispute will BOON Tytam Mr. Harry Cooper v. the News- last night, is reported to be parti Rallway
It is stated that the Commis equipment and rogimental neces- Intermediate filled up a few days | paper Enterprise Ltd. The cularly keen on developing night | take place at Manchuli.
sioner from Canton will shortly saries, to which offence he had age, and any surplus will now pour original netion was a claim for lylug, and it is possible that no Chu Shao-yang, representing the arrive in Maeno for the purpose of pleaded guilty. · into Tytam Tak.
$1,000, judgment being given in the result of further conferences, Central Goverment and Tani Yun looking into the whole question.
Stewart, with two other privates The Government is hopeful that favour of the defendant company, an important advance in the de-hsiung, representing the Man-
Meanwhile, we are informed by of the Battalion, gave himself up The notice of motion on which sired direction' may be possible, Tytam Tuk will fill up before the
churinn Provincial Government the Portuguese Consul General in to the military authorities t close of the rainy season, but, if the append is based asks for the A much closer relationship be- will probably be appointed pleni Hongkong, Senhor Cerveira de Shanghai on July 28 and war re- it does not, it may be necessary to judgment in favour of the detween French and British civil potentiaries, while it is stated Albuquerque e Castro, that he has turned to Hongkong for trial. withdraw the supply to the sider fendants, with costs to be tard, aviation is expected to result, and that the Soviet Government has received an ofitefal communication By his own request, Stewart was main districts at the end of the be set aside on the grounds it is understood that one of the also appointed two plenipoten- on the subject from the acting not represented, either by couurst Governor of Macao, Dr. Pereira de or by a defending officer from his principle topics of discussion laríes. The finding of the learned judge | Coiny was the possibility of draw-
The dispute now appears to Magalhines. This is to the effect own battalion. w wrong. unreasonable, and
ing up' schedule by which the centre around the Soviet demand that the complaints are unfound- unwarranted by the evidence, British air service from Croydon for the continued employment of ed, and that at the lust mesting In his evidenee, Stewart stated.
The learned julge misdirected to Badia may be extended to Soviet officials in leading posts on of the Legislative Council the thut he was very drunk on himself,
French Indo-China,
the C.E.R, and the substitution of Chinese representative. Mr. Ile night of July 24; and, with his Judge's Intervention.
This afternoon, M. Eynne and the dismissed manager and assis-Cheung, declared that the whole friends, boarded a ship. He did Card Thomson flew to Paris in alant manager of the Line by new Chinese community is on the best not remember the name of the The learned judge wrongfully French neroplane and it is under- Russian nominees, Officials of the Public Works falted in record the answer of a stood that the conversations will Department have been examining witness for The respondents (de-continue there.--Reuter houses in the rider main districts fendants) during the cross exam-- | looking for defective taps and Atination of such witness until the lings. Water will not be granted Infter hand, at the illrection of the
The Hague. Aug. 7. After a lengthy discussion of the position created by the em phatic British protest against cer- Lain fentages of the Young Plan. the Reparations Conference at a short moet'ng this eventur formed two special commissions, namely. A Financial Commission, on which fach country will have two repre- | sentatives, and a Political Com- mission, on which only the six m jor Powers, Britain. France, Ger- many, Italy, Japan and Belgium, will be represented.
Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Bri- Fish Foreign Secretary, bas begg selected as Chairman of the Poll-
On the other hand, if suficient al Commitice.
rain falls to fill the reservoir, it } Baron Houtart, the Belgian Mini-will probably be possible for the ister of Finance, was appointed Government to grant a full supply Chairman of the Financial Com | and maintain a full service up to is understood that the time that the pipeline across mission. It Britain will be represented on this the harbour is ready.. Committee by Mr. Philip Snowden and Mr. William Graham, the President of the Board of Trade.
Both Committees begin work, to-
morrow.
P
Britnin's Altitude. The attitude of the British de legation at the Hague towards the
Young Scheme was further ex- plined in a statement to-day in which the British' objections were , more fully.outlined.
It
pointed out that WAH while the British Government Accepts the Young Phn as a basis for discussion, it cannot accept it entirely without modifications mak- ing it more favourable to Britain.
real inction in venture an inter- ference with the Spa percentages,
Britain Is adeo very dissatisfied with the provisions in the Young Plan that payments in kind, which minder The Treaty of Versailles should expire in 1931, will under the Young Plan continue on that basis for another ten years.
year.
that:
Į
Strange Story. From forelin source, it is understood that bankers in the
to those houses where defects are learned judge, left the witness DEATH OF MR. G. RAPP. United States. are urging the found, bat in order that everybody box and consulted with his legal shall be in a position to obtain adviser as to the manner in which water, about fifty of the fountains he will be kept in service.
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR EGYPT.
SIR-PERCY LORAINE TO SUCCEED LORD LLOYD..
London, Aug. 7.
(the euid witness) should answer the ersa examiner, and
learned that, furthermore, the judge by such conduct, prevented
(plaintiff) from the appellant properly testing the evilence of the said witness.
Mr. F. C. Jenkin, instructed by Mr. M. M. Watson, appeared for the appellant, and Mr. C.G. Alabus- ter K.C.. instructed by Mr. A. el Avenili, for the respondents.
PASSES AWAY AT GOVERN-
MENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,
Many residents will regret to learn of the death of Mr. George (Gustav) - Rapp, which occurred this morning at the Government Civil Hospitul.
We understand that the late Mr. Rapp, who was 69 years of age. was only admitted to liospital
United States Government to take a greater interest in the settle ment with a view to the future investment of capital in the C.E.R. This seems, however, highly im- probable..
Steamers to be Released,
It is learned authentically that! the nine Chinese merchant stenmers which had full cargoes and which were seized recently by Soviet troops on the Amur River
Counsel for the appellant said the yesterday afternoon, and that he will shortly be released by orderi
first matter to be decided was the
manner in which the hearing wax to | proceed. He drew attention to the Third ground in the notice of motion
passed away at 9 a.m. to-day,' quite unexpectedly.
eir le
of the Soviet Government.
The, Manchurian Government has been informed that the Soviet authorities have given an under-1 gers will be molested, while the taking that, none of the passen-
the
of terms with the Chief of Police.vessel. They found that the ship The latter, it is interesting to note, was going to Shanghai and decll- 1# a brother of H.E. Senhor ed to give themselves up on Barbosa, the Governor, who is at arrival there.
► They left the ship at Shanghai present on leave in Lisbon.
According to the advices and spent the night at the Sea. received by the Portuguesa Consul men's Mission. In the morning, here, Mr. He Cheong asserts that they gave themselves up to the the Chinese have no complaints military authorities, regarding the attitude of the police towards them.
When the Prosecuting OMeer tenicred certain documentary evi- Information which we have re- dence against the accused the Pre- colved from private. Bources,sident (Major Tosh)' ordered the however, is contrary to this state- Court closed to enable the members wo confer on the question of the ment.
ndmissability of this evidence.
GERMAN
After the Court had been re-open- REVOLVERd, Major Tosh announced that it was ruled that the Prosecutor, when producing such evidence, must be nworn, and this was then procecil.... ed with.
FOUND.
PICKED UP BY SOLDIERS ON POLICE PIEIL
President's Advice. Major Tosh told the prisoner that if he wished to call either of his A German revolver found on fellow-deserters in corroboration of soldiers from the Punjab Regiment i owners in the respective steamers,s handed over to the police, and Kiving themselves up, he was at li-
The Nanking plenipotentiary,
The accused then intimated that
Mr. Chu Shao-yan, wired from at the Kowloon Magistracy thisberty to do so..
morning Detective Sergeant Kel-
сод-
Private
The British Government in es- pecially dissatisfied with the altera-
It is officially announced that tion in the Spa' percentages of re- parations payments, and the fact His Majesty the King has approved that the percentages are not applied the appointment of Sir Percy
Born in the Colony, the Inte Mr. to all classes of payments. The Loraine, Envoy Extraordinary and and skid the result of the incident Estate Company on leaving school, Rapp joined the Humphreys delegates are of the opinion that Minister Plenipotentiary' #L was that the record of Mr. Burnett's the Committee of Experts had no Athens, to he High Commissioner evidence was not complete. He sub-come 31 years ago and for the cargoes will be restored to the the steps of the Police Pier by this statement that they intended
for Egypt, and the Sudan.mitted that it should be completed if past eleven of Iwelve years he had British Wireless,
the, appeal was to be taken on the been Secretary of the Company, ¡Sir Porey Loraine, K.M.C, indke's mates. Mr. Jenkin sug-For the past three years, also, h: has been! Minister to Athens since gested that the note should be com- had been Secretary of the Peak Manchuli to Nanking this morning lett applied to Mr. T. S. Whyte he would like Private Beown called.
reporting his arrival at Munchuli Smith for an order for the
Brown corroborated 1926. He was burn on November pleted by the addition of us the Tramway Company,
fle was extremely well-known and stating that he has taken sention of the weapon. The urder Stewart's evidence in this respect. and said that they decided that they ath, 1880, and was eduented at grade of work was changed there-
amongst
of steps to arrange the dates and was granted. wide il' Eton and New College, Oxford. fore the basis of Exhibit "A" (the He has had a very active diplo agreement) was gone," Mr. Burnett friends, who will be greatly venue of the preliminary meetings
It was stated that the revolver would not give themselves up to the ship's officers, Their reason was matic career, having served at had changed his mind afterwards
at with the Soviet plenipotentiary.
was handed over to the police en that they did not wish to go into under 源 certain circumstance, Constantinople. Teheran, Rome,
Chinese Reinforcement. Monday by Capt. Moriarty, of the civil custody, but to go straight to Peking (1911), Paris, Madrid and said Mr. Jenkin.
Punjab Regiment, who, told Ser the military authorities. The 26th Brigade of Kirin geant Kellett that two of his men
In answer to the Prosecuting Troops has been sent to the Suf- had found the weapon on the steps Officer, he said that he did not re-
the Railway
member the time of the ship's ar- fenho frontier to reinforce the of the Pier near
rival, but it was daylight. Chinese forces there, while an Station on Sunday afternoon. other contingent of Kirin troops
In reply to his. Worship, Ser-
Accused was then told that if was dispatched to the River Amurgeant Kellett said the revolver up- frontiers during the week-end.
peared to have been in the water and wished he could call Private Wood he thought that it had been found Ward, the third alleged deserter, to by some fishermen who had dis- Kive similar evidence, bat it was pointed out that if it would be mere- arded It. It was the common typely a repetition of Brown's evidence of revolver smuggled Germany.
Proposed Bank's Powers.
Finally, I was added that Warsaw. In 1919, he was Assin- oplaton in British financial aut to Sir George Clerk on a
Judge' Recollection.
shocked
ReWK at the his death. He leaves a widow and family, as well as a brother, for! whom the utmost sympathy with be felt.
circles is crystallising against special mission to Budapest as The Paisne Judge said his re- the conception of the Com- spoeial delegate of the Supreme collection was that he would not let. The funeral takes places this mittee of Experts that the pro- Council. He is a lion, Lieutenant Mr. Burnett answer until he under-evening, passing the Monument posed International Bank should be- come a great financial institution in the Army and a Fellow of the stud the position and had consulted at 5 p.m.
his solicitor. with a gold reserve controlling in American Geographical Society.]
a general way the international flow
of gold.
The British view is that the Bank's powers should be limited to those of un international clearing house for the payment of war debts.
At to-day's meeting of the con- ference, the delegates of nearly all other nations replied to the speech made yesterday by Mr. Phillp Snowden, in which he put the Bri- tish attitude very clearly.
Frenchs Repudiation.
M. Cheron, the French Minister of Finance, denied that France would gain by any sacrifice tint Britain would be called upon to
DUTCH POLITICS.
NON-PARTY GOVERNMENT
*FORMED.
The Hague, Aug. 7. Conni Ruys Van Beernbrouck, who failed to form a Government from the Right Parties, has suc- ceeded in arranging a non-party administration, with himself as Premier, Minister of the Interior und Minister of Agriculture.
Mr. Jenkin: It was put to him that the basis of the contract being gone, the whole contract had gone. The witness said he thought he must agree, and then you naked him to take certain steps.
The Chief Justice: He goes on to say "I still rely on Exhibit "A". Mr. Jankin: That, was after he had spoken to his solicitor. should be completed by the addition of certain words, and decided that the appeal should be heard on the evidence as it stood, ́
It was agreed that the
notea
Well-Defined Capacity,, Counsel for the appellant said
“I'M ALONE" CASE.
TWO ARBITRATORS NOW APPOINTED.
Propaganda in N. Chinn. Marshal Yen Hal-shan has
wired to Nanking reporting to the Central Government that he has received reliable information from the. Chinese intelligence officials Ottawa, Aug. 7.
at Tientsin that. Communists in M. Eugene Lafleur, the eminent Tientsin and Peking have just Government to further propa- Montreal lawyer, and Mr. Willis received $300,000 from the Soviet van Devanter, Associate Judge of gands work and to create labour the United States Supreme Court, disturbances in the two cities. have been appofuted arbitrators Marshal Yen in drawing the atten in the case of the sinking of the tion of the Central Government Canudan schooner "I'm Alone"
two hundred miles from the coasts that the troops at Tientsin
CHINA FLOODS.
MUCH MORE DAMAGE REPORTED.
from
Shanghai, Aug: 8.' Advises from Mukden state that
I would be unnecessary.
Stewart appeared to find difil- culty in understanding his officer's suggestion and after some hesitu tion said that "one would do".
Major Tosh:--I think perhiges you had better have him. Left After Dark:
Private. Woodward was then called. He stated that they lef
the ship when it was dork. His
The Minister of Foreign Affairs the claim was against the respon. of Louisiana by a United Sint and Peking should be permitted to there was a heavy downpour of evidence otherwise was a make under the Young Plan, and is to be Jonkheer Dr. F. Beelaerts dent for $1,000, the respondent coastguard cutter on March 22nd adopt drastic measures in checking rain on Tuesday, causing a rapid petition of Brown's,
he suggested that another coufer-van Blockland, while Heer ence of experté might be necessary van Grunt is Minister of
to decide upon the correct distribu-| Colonies.—iteuter. tion of the reparations payments.
The spokesmen of Rumania,
the
last.
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At
The Prosecutor was then asked "Red" nelivities.
rise of the Yunho and Liuho M.Shaving waived $350 in order to
If he had anything to say. He re- Marshal Yen also anys, however; rivers. bring the claim within summary Besides the question of com- that as the Chinese and Soviet
Serious floods are feared. Thopliell that he wished to point out jurisdiction. The agreement pensation, the arbitration involves Governments are now supposed to
coming to
under railways have been damaged and that the accused had stated that on the night of July 24, they were arose out of the relationship be- the Jague of the United States' ba
28 there is a communications are suspended,
that they did not tween parties in the journaltatie right to search and apprehend standing and
Cable advices from Poking atate all so drunk early prospect of Greece and Yuge-Slavia supported Mr. Snowden's demand for a revi- British Taxpayer" at The Hague,
profession. The appellant, Mr. vessels suspected, of rum-running bright A Rome message states that the Cooper, had been in the service of beyond the three-mile limit. settlement of the railway dispute, that the bank of Yungting River know the name of the ship. sion, but Italy took the side of M. Italian Press almost unanimously the respondente from the year
Renter.
he declines to assume the "atupen. has been damaged over a distance the same time aceutied was wan Chenon, and it fe understood that objects to Mr. Snowden's speech.
dous" post of Commander-in-Chief of 1,500 feet, by the floods.-Naming plain clothes, which he had Belgium and Japan are in favour The Giornale d'Italia suggests 1927. On July 19, 1927, he enter
of the Chinese garrisons in north Chung Po western China, or to be respon- xible for the fortifications of the
of acceptance;
that Britain, having estranged the ed into an agreement with the reit- Dr. Stresemann suid Germany whole of Europe, intends to base her pondents to serve them for four was disinterested as regards the problem, which was a matter for policy on friendship with America. years in a stated and well defined
-Kenter,
the Allies, but he expected the political question to be dealt with. The Conference privately dis cussed Mr. Snowden's, criticisms, the meeting closing late in the afternoon.Renter and Wireicas.
British
"Snowden's Stand.".
London, Aug. 8, The London newspapers are splashing "Snowden's Stand for the
Mr.
French Press Comment,
journalistic capacity ns sub-edi- tor-reporter. Ho was to serve in that capacity only. and that de- seription of the service went to the root of the contract because
FIRST SOCIALIST IN U.S. CONGRESS.
DIES FOLLOWING, TRAM ...Paris, Aug. 7.
ACCIDENT. Shosdent's speech is under it. he could not be called
Milwaukee, Aug. 7, adversely criticised in the nowa upon to render other servico on
pers, which BrC generally the antary as based upon that par- - The first Socialist to be elected pessimistic as regards the out- ticular grade.
to Congress, Mr. Victor Berger, Clause Six of the agreement has died, following injuries which would come under consideration he received when hit by a tram on during the hearing of the appeal. July 17th--Reuter's American Ser
(Continued on Paye 8.)
come of the conference.
They dwell on the grave respon- sibility of anyone who breaks the Anglo-French agreement-Reuter..
vice.
not received permission to: de, The inference was that he interul ed going away and not returning.. The Accused:We knew the
frontier. Marshal Yon believes THE “GOLDEN STEED." name of the ship when we put
that with the settlement of the Russian Issue the establishment of such a position is not necessary. A Protest.
TO FLY FROM SHANGHAI TO PEKING.
Shanghai, Aug. 8, The Yunnan aeroplane "Golden Steed" is leaving Nanking to-
on it, but we do not remember t The Court then closed, and upin re-opening the Prosecutor produced a statement of the c- cused's military record.
Shanghal, Aug, 8:
Previous Punishments. Marshal Chiang Hauch-liang bas telegraphed to the Foreign
Accused had been guilty of ir- Ministry requesting them to lodge a protest with the Soviet Govern-morrow for a cross-country fight regular conduct twice since en
It is understood that the planelistmont and once during the last ment for the detention of a will proceed to Peking via Heng-12 months. He had been in con- Chinese steamer by the Soviet chow and Hankow,Nam Chưng authorities-Nam, Chung Por Po.:
(Continued on Paad 13)