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EX#F. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1930.
THE KUOMINTANG TRAGIC SEQUEL TO FINE DISPLAY OF
IN MALAYA.
SIR CECIL CLEMENTI'S QUICK ACTION.
LORD PASSFIELD ENQUIRING
THE REASON..
PROTEST BY NANKING.
ing reflected not only in China, but in England.
FALSE ALARM.
ESTHONIAN ARMY CHIEF
SEVERELY WOUNDED. ·
SENTRY KILLS A.D.C.
Riga, Mar. 5. General Tirvand, the Chief of the General Staff of the Esthonian Army, was severely wounded by an over-zealous sentry in the early
hours of this morning, as a result of a misunderstanding, and the General's disregard of the sentry's challenge.
sirens, the ringing of churchbells,
FLOWERS.
HORTICULTURAL SOCY. EXHIBITION.
CITY HALL TRANSFORMED INTO GARDEN.
日七初二
FILIPINO STUDENT NAVAL PARLEY TO
REBELLION.
PARENTS JOIN THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS,
REMARKABLE AFFAIR
IN MANILA., :
POLICE HELPLESS.
bers of the City Council in decid-
RESUME TASK.
FRENCH DELEGATION DUE TO-DAY.
BIG REDUCTIONS IN FLEET STRENGTHS POSSIBLE.
· 135 PER ANNUM
dm dory..19"owwin
TOP
DUNLOP CARRIES THE TRAFFIC.
They're British,
LOCAL BRANCH { Padder Building,
CEYLON'S VERSION OF THE MUI TSAL
LORD PASSFIELD GIVES AN EXPLANATION.
PREVENTION OF ABUSE
London, Mar. 5.
So-called child slavery in Cer- lon was the subject of enquiries in the House of Lords to-day, Lord Templetown asking the Dominions
C. 4954
WORLD READY FOR TROUBLE.
MOSCOW INCITING THE
UNEMPLOYED..
DEMONSTRATIONS. ARRANGED EVERYWHERE TO-DAY,
STIMSON STATEMENT. Secretary what steps were being POLICE PRECAUTIONS.
London, Már. 5.
Manila, Mar. 6. FEATURES OF SHOW.
The police force, school officials
Sir Cecil Clementi has raised a
To gain an idea of how the in- and the insular authorities in com- unable to bination, were quite terior of a building can be trans-check the very strange, school re- Much satisfaction has been storm of protest by his first im-
Major Ibrut, General Tir formed into a huge flower gar-bellion, details, of which were re-caused in London by the news portant step on taking up the
vand's alde-de-camp, was shot den, arrayed with choice blooms ported yesterday.
that the French Chamber has appointment of Governor and
dead.
and filled with exotic perfumes, The situation grew steadily recorded its confidence in the High Commissioner in Malaya.
the one has only to step inside the worse. In the course of the day, Tardieu Government. This The tragic episode was The protests of the Malayan Chinese against Sir Cecil's de- sequel to a panic created by the City Hall this afternoon, where High School pupils, joined the means that the French delega- The whole will be seen a selection of the joined their tion to the London Naval Con- claration of policy, that the Kuo- military authorities. mintang Party will not be allow- town was aroused in the early finest floral products of the Co- sons and daughters and the deference will join the other ed to function in Malaya, are be-hours by the hoot of numerous long. The occasion, is the 25th to appeal to Governor-General delegations to-morrow, and that
and, apparently, rifle-fire in the show, organised by the Hong- President of the Senate, to grant position to
annual flower and vegetable Davis and Manuel Quezon, the the Conference will now be in a resume its full their demands.
Inbours. The panic was increased by kong Horticultural Society. -
It is a matter for sincere regret, They are asking for the dis- reason of the fact that nobody
It is understood that M. Tardieu was able to discover the cause as however, that the bad weather ex-missal of Alejandro Albert, the act- all the telephones were out of perienced during the past week, ing Secretary of Public Instrue- will stay in Paris for a few days has caused a slight decline in the tion, of Dr. Luther Bewley, the Dir. to deal with pressing matters, and that all the other members of the French delegation will be able to standard of the exhibits, many of ector of Education, the cut flowers intended for ex- High School principals. They are hibition being absolutely destroy also demanding the reinstatement of attend the meeting of the First
arranged for to ed.. Nevertheless. the exhibitors the four pupils expelled by Dr. Committee
morrow. The Conference will go It later transpired that the have again given an amazingly Luther Bewley.
Nineteen students have been ar-straight into the consideration of alarms
a surprise "call" fire display, the pot plants in
test the particular reaching a very high rested so far, the charges, ranging the Report of the Experts regard- merely intended to efficiency of the defence prepara-standard of excellence and beauty. from disturbing the peace to re- ing special ships.
sisting arrest and carrying con- cealed weapons. tions.
The Telegraph's Canton corres- pondent is in receipt of informa- tion to the effect that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanking is contemplating the despatch of a Note of protest to the British Gov- ernment, through His Majesty's Minister in Peking.
Commons Questions,
A Reuter cable from London states that the subject has been raised in the House of Commons by Commander Kenworthy, who asked the representative of the Colonial Office why the Kuomintang Party had been proscribed in Bri- tish territories in Malayu, seeing that His Majesty's Government was in diplomatle relationship with the Government supported by the Kuo- mintang in. China.
He also asked whether other non- British residents in Malaya would be prevented from engaging in political activities connected with
'in their Own countries.
parties
Asking for Reasons,
Dr. Drummond Shiels, the Un-
centre of the town,
action within ten minutes.
Alarms were sounded at every street corner, and soon all the members of the Defence Corps were in the streets.
were
The sentry (named Reval) who challenged and fired upon General Tirvand and Major Ibrut had apparently not been warned and took the alarm seriously-Reuter.,
POLICE CHARGE ON
NATIVE MOB.
RIOT OUTSIDE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT.
der-Secretary for the Colonies, re- CAPE TOWN TROUBLE.
plied that the Kuomintang had ant bern ecorded registration as a lawful society in Malaya, and had
way.
Challenge Cup Winners.
The winners of the challenge cups for pot plants, vegetables and cut flowers, are as follows:
Pot Plants (Open)-Mrs. Ho Fook (Three pots of stock).
Pot Plants (Peak)-Sir Robert Ho Tung (three pots of geran-
iums).
Vegetables (Open)-Lady Ho Tung (12 enlons).
,
Vegetables (Peak)-Mr. L. J. Davies (six lecks).
Cut Flowers (Open).-Mr. G. Potts ( carnations or picotees, shown in vases).
Cut
Award.
Cape Town, Mar. 6.
pul
Flowers
(Peak), No
and of one
Another student has been knifed, but not seriously. One young girl was maltreated in front of the High School where she was attempting to attend her classes. She was kissed, hugged and slapped.
Several other', students
were
bruised in a general melee with the police in front of the Manila West High School.
The Communists have.dropped out of public sight, apparently frightened by the publicity given to their activities in the papers, setting out in much detail their propaganda activities.
news-
The authorities are silent, but they are seeking a means of stem- ming the disgraceful tide of juvenile sentiment.-Reuter.
AMERICA.
Some Fine Blooms. One of the most impressive classes is that for three pots of endarums, the displays of the U.S.R. UNEMPLOYMENT IN
Club and Mrs. Ho Fook, which gain first and second awards re- pectively, calling for great admira- tion. Mrs. Ho Fook also has an
fine collection CONGRESS BLAMED FOR THE extraordinarily of dahlias, which rightly
SERIOUS POSITION. for
her the first
A large body of police conceal- not been recognised in any othered in the basement of the Houses
Parliament He thought that it had not ❘ of been considered necessary in the to a serious disturbance by natives past to take active steps for its in Cape Town to-day. suppression.
Several members of the police a timber of natives force and were injured in the conflict be fore the rioters were dispersed.
able section of the community.
Dr. Drummond Shiels replied that that fact was fully recognised by the Govednment.
Some Misapprehension.
The Kuomintang has been on
sotme years,
and at the time of intense anti-British feeling in
The natives attempted to force
an entrance into the Assembly
·
LEGISLATION DELAY.
that
Messages Exchanged. Meanwhile M. Tardieu hast addressed the following telegram to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald:
taken by the Government to put à stop to the alleged slavery in Cey- Hon
London, Mar. 5. Lord Passfied replied that there' The possibility of serious was no foundation for the sug Communist disturbances gestion that any system of child
to- slavery existed there...
morrow is engaging the atten He stated that the traditional tion of the police authorities în practice of well-to-do Cingalese of all parts of the world, notably adopting poor children could not, in the past, have been regarded as in the Continental capitals. objectionable, though latterly the Apparently, the Third Inter system had been used as a means of obtaining domestic servants national has directed that to morrow (Thursday) be observed gratle.
The Ceylon Government quite a Unemployment Day, and de- spontaneously was introducing a monstrations will undoubtedly
Reports are coming in from all Bill Into the Legislature with a be organised wherever possible. view to putting an end to abuses, and a Child Protection Society has over Europe announcing the mea- recently been formed in Colombo.
sures taken to prevent the Com- munist gatheringa from getting out of hand. -
Lord Passfield added that no abuses had been found to exist in the plantations. The Colonial. Office intended to watch the mat- ter. Replying to Lord Olivier, Lord Passfeld promised to enquire whether a similar system existed in other Colonica-Reuter ·
JAPAN AIRING ITS
GRIEVANCE.
"On reassuming the leader- ship of the French Government, I desire to express to you my cordial good wishes and also to our colleagues of the American, British, Italian and Japanese delegations, and to assure you of the pleasure I shall feel in again participating in our joint efforts for the success of the FRIENDSHIP AT STAKE.
conference."
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, who is the President of the Naval Con- ference, has replied:
"In the name
of all our cclleagues, I send you
our warmest greetings and thanks for your telegram. We look forward with pleasure to a renewal of our collaboration with you in the work of the conference. Before you cross the Channel, I extend to you the hand of friendship."
"
Submarine Saag.
Important Statement.
*
INDIA'S COTTON TARIFF PROTEST.
M. Tardieu's Orders.
A Paris message states that M. Tardieu, the Prime Minister, Is taking personal interest in the
matter. He
has instructed the Paris Police to take special pre cautions to ensure peace in the
French capital to-morrow.
Demonstrations are expected," but street, meetings are banned, "and the taxi-drivers, who have threatened to strike, have been informed that they may expect to forfeit their licénces if they carry their threat into execution.
Stockholm
Curiosity,
A somewhat remarkable feature of the demonstrations organised Toykyo, Mar. 6. ~
to take place in Stockholm to Although the Japanese Govern-morrow, is the fact that the Anti- ment does not appear to contem Moscow section has invited the plate a formal protest, it is reliably Archbishop Upsala to attend a learned that Mr. Matsudaira, the meeting to discuss the anti-reli- Japanese Ambassador in London,gious policy of the Soviet Govern- has been instructed to make
rement.. presentations to: the British The Stockholm police have aus: Government concerning the pro-thorised three open air meetings posed raising of the cotton tariff for the Moscow Communists' but have prohibited demonstrations in the streets.
in India.
LATEST LEGISLATION BY HOLLAND.
BORNEO AND SARAWAK FRONTIER QUESTION.
2
Athens and Berlin.
The whole of the Berlin police. force has been mobilised to deal with possible. disturbances to- morrow, which is described in manifestoes issued by the Com- munists as being "the interna- tional fighting day against unem- ployment and hunger."
Moscow Proclamation.
It is stated that the Japanese, Lord Passfield, the Secretary, of
Government will point out inter State, was corresponding with His
alia, that India took. forty-eight Excellency the Cavernor asking
per cent. of Japan's cotton textile The orcasion was that of a un-earns
At Athens, Communist agents exports last year, white Japan for his reasons for taking such steps.
tive demonstration in protest prize in this class. Commander Kenworthy pointed against the Riotous
naval the past twenty years has been have been busily engaged distri- It is learned that the Assemblies Mr. J. H. Taggart's prize-win- out that the three hundred thou Bill which has been introduced by ning exhibits of three pots of
expert committee dealing with taking one-third of India's raw buting pamphlets inviting work- men to assemble at the Town Hall submarines has considered the cotton exports. sund Chinese citizens of British
Washington, Mar. 5.
abolition of the submarine, the 'It is feared, therefore, that the to-morrow (International Unem- Malaya represented a most valu-. Pirow, the Minister of Justice, nasturtiums are magnificent, as al- on the ground that drastic powers so are the displays of Dr. A. W.
ployed Day) to demand higher The grave problem of the ex-humanisation and the limitation of tariff, if imposed, will strike are necessary owing to the great Woo. Mr. Taggart also scores with
serious blow at the Japanese cot- wages, and to endeavour to estab- increase of Bolshevist propaganda a choice selection of salvia, which ceptionally high figures of un- the craft.
are most tastefully arranged on the employment in the United States. among the natives.
The committee has dropped the ton trade, and at the some timelish a Labour Government. is causing the Government anxiety,
will serve to impair the friendly Mr. Pirow, it will be recalled, stairway to the main hall.
Special attention must be drawn but it is officially denied from the issue of abolition, regarding it as was on the scene, during the re-.
President a matter of policy, solely for the relations existing between Britain
and Japan. Reuter.. cent serious riots at Durban, when to the amazing array of carna- White House There appears to be some mis-natives refused to pay the poll-tax.tions, which are well-nigh perfect. Hoover is calling an unemploy heads of the delegations to decide. Agreements have been reached They are featured by their brilliantment conference. The native demonstrators to-
principle Reports to this effect have ap- in
regarding the apprehension in London with re- gard to Sir Cecil's order. In day marched on the House of shades of colour and magnificently fact, it is not new. It consisted Parliament, and a large crowd of developed blooms, and they form peared in the Press, but there is humanisation pledge to be drafted by jurists, while consideration of one of the most attractive features no truth in them. to the Europeans gathered to "see the of the exhibition,
It is stated that every depart-the limitation has been postponed. merely of an intimation
ment of the Government is doing. It is understood that the Japanese Chinese residents that the exist- fun."
Magnificent Sweet Pens.
its utmost to speed up construc- are insisting upon a 2,000-tón Ing law on the subject of unlaw-
minimum, as a lighter submarine ful societies would be enforced in
The sweet peas are also worthy tion to relieve unemployment.
It is felt that Congress is is useless on their rough northern- respect of the Kuomintung Party. with the object of interviewing of special mention, particular inrgely to blame if the
General Hertzog and Mr. Pirow: Class 112, which
three coast. “. calls for aix the list of forbidden societies for They threw a volley of bottles and bunches of blooms, containing 16 millions now out of work, remain transpires that stones and pieces of wood at the stems each, with one or more blos jobless, since police, who charged with their soms on each stem, but with only President Hoover agrees with B Davis, the. Chins after the Shanghai and batons, while police reinforce-one colour and variety in each statement by Dr. Canton riots the authorities sup-ments swarmed out of the base-bunch, shown in vases. Mr. Ho Secertary of Labour, that the delay pressed it with rigour, a numberment and ended the affair. Leung and Mr. R. Stock lead the in passing the tariff legislation is way with magnificent displays in more responsible for the creation of unemployment than any other this class.
Equally choice in their class are factor. the blooms of Mr. R. M. Dyer's Incidentally, the House of Re- bunches of nasturtiums, which are presentatives has taken no action which in essentials appears accept- The Chamber has also passed a The Commissioner of the New of four distinct colours, with 16. in regard to public building able to Great Britain and the Bill approving of the Anglo-York Police, Whalen, has warn blooms in each of the six bunches schemes which President Hoover United States provides for a nét Dutch Treaty concluded at The ed women and children the storm-centres very high expects to provide employment for reduction of tonnage in the Hague on February 28th, 1928, de-avold Pansies quality, Mr. Taggart's exhibits be- many of the workless-Reuter American Fleet, in capital ships, fining part of the frontier between the Communist demonstrations.
American Service," pal ing especially beautiful.
cruisers, destroyers and sub-
Dutch Borneo and Sarawak He announces that he will take marines built, building or appro-Reuter.
personal charge of the police ar- priated for) of over 200,000 tons,
rangements and an even larger reduction for
the po the British Fleet. !
earry out a policy of "free speech but no riotsas regards the Communists, who have announced their intention of "MAJESTIC" SERVICE TO BE organising a series of unemploy
RESUMED.
ment demonstrations, beginning to morrow, and calminating in a mass convention at Chicago, to deal with the question of permanent organisation
of Chinese receiving fairly long sentences of imprisonment for be- ing members of it.
An Official Statement, The following statement, which was officially issued, explains the action taken:
"On Thursday afternoon His. Excellency saw 17 members of the executive and supervising commit- tee of the General Branch of the Kuintang of Mulayar
Reuter..
NAVAL DELEGATION
TYPIST.
AMERICA LADY FALLS, FROM
HOTEL WINDOW,
London, Mar. 6. Mrs. Pearl Demaret, aged 30, * typist attached to the American Naval Delegation, fell from window of the Mayfair Hotel carly this morning.
"His object in so doing was to explain clearly the Malayan Goy ernment's policy towards the
She was seriously injured and Kuomintang of Malaya. to which sent to hospital, where her con- His Excellency's attention had been called on the day of his dition is critical--Reuter.
arrival by reports in the Chinese vernacular
press stating that
meetings of the Kuomintang had
TIN DOWN AGAIN.
been held in Singapore.
"His Excellency stated that the
London, Mar, 5. Government was not prepared to allow the Kuomintang to function-
The price of tin to-day fell to in the Malay States, or the Straits £162 16s. 8d. per ton, which is the Settlements. He was not prepared lowest price since September, 1922.
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are of
Other Features. Amongst the exhibits of plants
in pots, open to Peak gardens only,
WEATHER TO IMPROVE.
The Communist organ Rotefahne publishes a Proclamation issued by.. the Communists Executives in The Hague, Mar. 5. Russia, Germany and Great Bri- The Second Chamber has pass-tain, summoning the workers to ed a Bill for the adhesion of the demonstrate. Mr. H. L. Stimson, the chief Netherlands to Sections I and IV The unemployment problem In American delegate, has issued of the general Act with regard to the United States is also revealed statement on the results of the the pacific regulation of interna- by the strong repercussion felt in Naval Conferenc which seem to tional disputes, as established by New York as a result of Moscow's be within reach as the result of the Ninth Assembly of the League call to demonstration. the negotiations up to the present. of Nations on September 28th,
American Women Warned. Mr. Stimson says: "A plan 1928.
He has
.to
WIRELESS TELEPHONE. ce 1
A Mr. J. A. Plummer's entries of The Royal Observatory re- If the vessels authorised but three pots of begonias catch the ports that the anticyclone has not commenced are included in the. eye, whilat. Mr. J. Davies has a strengthened and is central existing fleets, the reduction: very commendable showing of three over South Manchuria. The would be much greater.
position of the depression is un pots of dianthus.
Mr. Stimson adds that these Sir Robert Ho Tong's display of certain. Fresh to strong monsoon reductions are, of course, contin- pot carnations is probably the along the south-east coast of Chinngent upon some reductions in the finest in the show.
and over the North China Sea, The Fleets of the others Powers. The Postmaster General an One cannot but admire the ex-local forecast is-North winds, Reuter's American Service. quisite French marigolds displayed fresh, overcast, with drizzle at first, by Mrs. Ho Kom-tong, which, for improving later. sheer beauty of bloom and colour, would be difficult to surpass
The Hongkong rainfall for the Basket flowers, are again very 24 hours ending at 10 am. to-day prominent, with chore specimens was 0.74 Inch. The total since of roses as the outstanding blooms. January 1st is 4.05 inches, against
(Continued on Page 8.) an average of 3,47 inches.
French Polities.
to
of
London, Mar. 5
nounces that wireless telephone communication to and from the The Russian Socialist, Raphael liner Majestic will again be avall Abramovitch, says the demonstra Paris, Mar, 5 able on her voyage this week; be- tions in the United States and else--
ginning at ten o'clock to-morrow where in the world are planned by The Chamber dividing on the morning and somewhat later on Stalin, to bolster up the fallen Ministerial, declaration, carried, a subsequent days, and continuing prestige of communism outside vote of confidence in the new each day for about ten hours. Russia-Reuters American Ser-
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British Wireless.
vice.