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NO 13.93K -# #+# MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1930.
日八十月二
(3) IWR'ANNUM
HINDLE GOPT 1 CENTA
Belilah and Bint.
British ́and Best-
ARSON MYSTERIES] CAT BURGLARS IN SEQUEL TO HATRY COAL MINES BILL NANKING DEFENCE BRIGHTER FACES IN MANILA GANGSTER
SOLVED.
CHINESE SCHOOLBOY
ARRESTED.
REMARKABLE EXPLOITS ARE
ALLEGED.
FIVE HOUSES FIRED.
The mystery surrounding a series of outbreaks of fire which, occurring within the space of a few hours on Saturday night, created alarmist reports and caused some perturbation among Police and Fire Department
officials, is believed to have been cleared up in a most unexpected
manner.
Chinese schoolboy, A young barely 14 years of age, has been arrested by the Police and is now undergoing interrogation bearing on one of the most remarkable arson attempts on record.
Net fire
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KOWLOON. `
THEFTS FROM THREE FLATS IN WING LOK BUILDING.
EUROPEANS' LOSSES.
A series of burglaries commit- ted during the night in Wing Lok Buildings, Nathan Road, Kowloon, came to the notice of the police this morning whan the victims re- ported the loss of various articles from their rooms, to which the in- truders gained admittance by climbing through windows.
The heaviest loss was suffered
by Lieut. P.W. Humphreys, R.N., who resides at 8. Wing Lok Build- ings. He informed the police that sometime between 1 am. and 7 a.m. to-day some-one entered his bed room on the top floor by climb ing in through a window which
was closed but not bolted.
From the dressing table, the
thief stole a small leather purse valued at $5 and containing $8 in money, while from his coat, which was hanging on a chair, the in- truder extracted $90 in Hongkong $10 notes. The total loss was $103.
Mrs. W.W. Hirst was also among the victims. She reports that her
REVELATIONS.
GIALDINI ARRESTED
IN MILAN.
LAWYER'S STATEMENT TO THE
DAILY MAIL.
MISLED & DECEIVED.
Rome, Mar. 16.
John Gialdini, the Italian fin
ancier and associate of Clarence Hatry, who fled from England on the eve of the Hatry crash, has been arrested by the police at Milan, on representations made to the Italian Government under the extradition treaty of 1873.
It is understood that he will be tried in Italy on evidence collected during the triar at the Old Bailey of Clarence Hatry and his other
associates,
Lawyers Surprised, Galdin and his lawyers were completely surprised by the arrest, which is the sequel to a lengthy
CONTROVERSY.
POSSIBILITY OF DEFEAT IN PARLIAMENT.
THE MINERS MILITANT.
London, Mar. 16. The controversy over the Coal Mines Bill is by no means settled by the Government's defeat on a specific part of Clause Two inst week. There is a prospect of the defeat of the Bill, it is stated, when it is submitted to the House this week for its third reading.
action by the coal miners is the sequel to the mouted possibility of the defeat of the Bill.
A further threat of drastic
leader, says that coal miners Mr. A. J. Cook, the miners throughout the coalfields are send
ing him strong resolutions and messages demanding a National
the Miners' Federation.
Conference and national action by
the
Officials of the Federation and miners representatives In House of Commons ure. meeting Mr. Graham, the President of the Board of Trade, and if necessary, Mr. MacDonald, on Wednesday, to review the position, and if the Bill is defeated, or the Government is
CONFERENCE.
ARMY & NAVY LEADERS FOREGATHER.
INSURGENT ALLIES INTEND TO
OCCUPY CHENGCHOW.
FIGHTING IMMINENT.
Nanking, Mar, 16.
LONDON.
MOMENTOUS CONVERSATIONS AT CHEQUERS.
OUTRAGE.
AMERICAN SAILORS
ATTACKED.
TWO SERIOUS RIOTS OCCUR IN THE CITY.
FILIPINO AGITATION;
M. TARDIEU PLEASED.
London, Mar. 16. The French Premier, M. Tardieu. arrived in London last night, and was welcomed at the station by the First Lord of the Admiralty and re- presentatives of the Prime Minis- ter and the Foreign Secretary. Leading members of the French ence, which discussed at con-
An important military confer delegation to the London Naval
Manila, Mar. 16. Conference were also present,
Believed to be the sequel to siderable length the tactics to it to his hotel.. This morning he pinos and Americans, in Call- M. Tardieu proceeded at once ing racial disputes between Fili- anti-American agitation follow- adopted by the Nationalist went to Chequers where he was a consider the offensive planned to ter at luncheon." forces to defend Nanking and to guest of the British Prime Minis-fornia, two serious riots broke take place along the Peking-
out in Manila to-day, American Accompanying him were
sailors being attacked in each Hankow Railway, was held this French morning at Tangshan, at the Affairs and Marine, MM. Briand when thirty American sailors who
Minister for Foreign case,
The first disturbance occurred country residence of Marshal and Dumesnel. The Fareign Chiang Kai-shek.
Secretary, Mr. Henderson and Mr. were indulging in a game of Sun- Those present at the conference Craigle, the chief British expert day baseball were attacked by a were Generals Ho Ying-ching, Ho were also present.
mob of gangsters approximately Tsing-chan, 'Chú Pei-teh and
fifty in number, after a speech in Chang Ching, Admiral Yang Shu-meeting was in the following
A communique issued after the Tagalog by a Filipino orator.. chwang and Vice Admiral Chan terms: Shao-kuan.
Broken Ribs. «- "In the course of conversations The meeting decided to entrust lasting from eleven a.m. to one seriously, while a Filipino police- Seven sailors were injured, one
the
He is said to have attempted to house at 6, Wing Lok Bullding was statement, showing the part play-unable to satisfy the miners' the offensive on the Hupeh-Honan thirty p.m. and from three p.m. toman, who ventured to interfere,' to no fewer than five entered at about 4.46 am. She ed by Gialdini in the Hatry affair, officials, the Executive of the frontiers to General Ho Tsing- four thirty p.m., the two delega- was severely clubbed by the
handed to the Italian Foreign Federation will be summoned to about that time she was awakened | Ministry by the British Embassy in consider the convening
National Conference to decide the best course of action. Reuter.
houses placed in widely separated districts, these being.
No, 30, Stanley Street, No. 50, D'Aguilar Street, In
Hongkong,
No. 179, Reclamation Street, No. 286, Shanghal Street, No. 4, Portland Street, in YRU-
mati.
in each case
has informed to the police that at
by a noise in her bath room, and on going to investigate, she found thlef in the act of escaping through the bathroom window, which had been left open.
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Mrs. Hirst further informed the police that the man had taken 60 cents which had been left on her
Rome.
The statement includes copies of the depositions made at the Old Bailey trial.-Router.
Cialdini was recently interview- ed regarding the Hatry crash by a Daily Mail representative, and he stated: inter alia.
Not in Hiding.
of 3
· ADMIRALTY STAFF CHANGES.
. IMPORTANT, COMMANDS "CHANGE HANDS.
London, Mar. 16.
importanl
kow.
chun, while General Ho Ying-tions examined the general situa gangsters. ching will supervise the Hupeh tion with particular reference to rear, with Headquarters at Han- the present stage of the discus-Mecklenburg, of the USS, Parrott, Chief Machinist. Mate Edward sions on the questions of special has been sent to hospital suffering concern to both parties. They from three broken ribs. considered fully the means best. adapted to ensure the success of the negotiations."
Later.
Hostilities Imminent, Generals Ho Ying-ching and Ho Tsing-chun will leave here for Hankow to-morrow, and hostilities
against the Kuominchun forces It is considered that the fate of
A second riot occurred near a police station.
Two American sailors, who it la pince, were attacked by a mob. reported were chasing two Fil-
The
to
the scepe
but may have more serious signi- In the pockets of the garment were case, and I am glad you came, be- [appointments are announced by grand review of Nationalist forces. in return for another security custody and are now in goal.
ficance.
All the attempts were discover-dressing table and a bunch of keys, ed soon after they occurred, and
A third victim was Mra, Schaer, prompt attention by the inmates of 1, Wing. Lok Building. From her "I am not hiding in any way. averted a possible flat was stolen a pair of trousers, Naturally I don't go about much tragedy from what appear to be the theft being committed some nor do I receive people. But I have the reckless pranks of a schoolboy time between 1.30 and 7.30 am.made a particular exception in this
The following
cause this affords me an opportuni- the Admiralty: ty of denying once and for all the Admiral Sir Michael Henry wild stories circulated lately in Hodges, Lord Commissioner of the certain sections of the English Admiralty and Chief of Naval Press as to my whereabouts, the Personnel, to be Commander-in- luxurious life I lead in Milan, and Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, in suc- cession to Vice-Admiral Sir Ernie so on."
Chatfield, who has held the appointment since 1929.
Cool Effrontery. How, after setting fire to one of these houses, the lad had the cool effrontery to draw the attention of the inmates concerned to it, thereby setting himself up in the role of a public-spirited citizen, constitutes one of the extra- ordinary features of the case, which is not without its humorous side.
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paso notes and a white metal watch and chain. The total value was given as $86.
INSANE WOMAN AT STONECUTTERS.
WENT TO RIFLE RANGE TO
COMMIT SUICIDE,
Vice-Admiral Sir Ernie Chat field to be Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, in suc- cession to Admiral Sir Frederick annointed Chief of the Naval Laurence Field, who has been
The Daily Mail submitted to him in writing a number of questions, asking him if he would care to an- wer them. Gialdini only glanced at thom, and then, having observed that that was a matter for his should be taken to his legal repre- lawyer, suggested the questionnaire
would decide what to do in sentative in Milan, who, he said, Staff.
the
matter.
Vice-Admiral Sir Cyril Fuller to be Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty in auccession to Admiral Sir Michael Hodges.
Vice-Admiral Vernon Haggard, Fourth Sea Lord and a member of the British naval delegation, to
He first appeared into the case shortly after a fire had broken out attempted suicide was made to the A peculiar statement concerning in the staircase of No. 30, Stanley police by a Chinese woman who Street, on Saturday evening. The was handed over by the military inmates living on the second floor authorities at Stonecutters where succeeded in extinguishing the she had been found this morning. blaze without calling out the Fire The woman
Lawyer Visited. Brigade, and were much gratified insane and was removed to the was thought to be
The Daily Mail called on over the assistance extended by
Com- Mental Hospital. small boy who not only called their
mendatore Enen Vigevani, one of The woman, Leung Nam, 3; Cialdini's lawyers, and handed him attention to the fire soon after it vears of age, was handed over to the questionaire. Signor Vigevani be Commander-in-Chief of the had broken out, but also brought the police by the military authori-went through it very carefully and America and West Indies Stations to them a small cigarette tin filled ties who stated that she had been then said he was quite willing to in with kerosene which he said he found, wandering on
succession to vice-Admiral had picked un at the bottom of the
the rifle make a statement of his client's Cyril Fuller-Reuter. staircase and which, he carefully range at Stonecutters this morn-
case.
explained, must have been left
ing.
"Naturally," he added, "my behind by men bent on
statement will answer only the When questioned, the woman incen- diariam.
stated that she had gone to Stone-main and not all the points raised. eutters on a sampan with the in-realise all the exigencies of your I am an old journalist myself, and To an Indian constable whom he tention of committing auleide by took back to the scené he also walking across the rife range points are of such a nature as to profession, but some of your explained that he saw two men moving suspiciously away from At the time of her arrest, how-could only take place in court and when shooting was in progress. involve legal discussion, which the house and showed himself ever, the range equally as assiduous when he sux-used.
not being
not in the Press."
geated that they should break into
the first floor of the building, which was vacant, to see it the men had concealed themselves there.
Prominently in Picture. Thereafter
QUEEN'S RD. TRAFFIC FATALITY.
REVENUE OFFICER KNOCKS WOMAN DOWN,
THE ITALIAN ART EXHIBITION.
SEEN BY NEARLY HALF A MILLION PEOPLE.
London. Mar. 16.
along the Hupeh-Honan border the Naval Conference depends are considered imminent. Mar upon the momentous conversations forcements
police rushed rein- ahal Chiang Kai-shek has signified between, the British and French and managed to prevent à general his intention to leave for Hsuchow delegations at Chequers, in view of riot. though there was a nasty
the French to-morrow evening. to attend a
refusal hitherto to disturbance. reduce her naval demands except
Three Filipinos were taken into Marshal Chiang will stay at Huchow for some time and will pact.
The communique issued tells released after questioning.
The American naval men were personally
direct operations
little, but M. Tardieu and M. Shansi-Kuominchun Briand returned to London smiling the waterfront and special in- against the
Extra police guards are patroll- allied forces in the event of war.
Extensive troop movements are
structions have been issued with a M. Tardieu in a statement, said:view to ensuring the safe conduct taking place between Hsuchow I am convinced that we shall come of sailors returning to their ships. and Tsinanfu and General Koo Chu-tung, the Nationalist General sider the results to be obtained to a satisfactory result. We con- Commanding the 15,000 Nation-ed are important enough to ex- alist troops at Tsinanfu, comaman- clude any unwise haste. deered ten coaches this morning for troop transport; 10,000 Nation- ing to Paris on Monday and will He announced that he is return.
fu to go back to Hauchow. alist troops will be leaving Tsinan-return towards the end of the
week to resume the discussion. Reuter
Doubtful Generals.
It ia understood that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek has ordered this withdrawal following receipt of information of the doubtful at- titude by Generals Han Fu-chu and Shih-Yu-san. General Koo will visit Hsuchow to confer with the Nanking Generalissimo,
ing.
NEW BARRISTER.
MR. YEW KOK-LEONG ADMITTED..
: Warning to Naval Men.
Meanwhile, the naval authorities
of the fleet that they are to avoid have issued instructions to the men
trouble with the Filipinos.
Severe punishment is threatened to any sailor found guilty of at- tracking Filipinos.-Reuter.
It is notable that the racial riots follow closely upon the arrival in Manila of Fermin, Tobern, a Fili- pinó labourer, who was killed dur- ing the recent Watsonville riots. The body arrived on the Empress. of Canada and an imposing array of his nationals lined up on the pler.
Mr. Yew Kok-leong, alias Leong Fearing an invasion by doubtful Yew-kok, LL. B., BSc., residing at On the whole the crowd Was troops along the Tientsin-Pukow No. 86, Morrison Hill Road, was orderly, though there were signs Railway, Marshal Chiang is dis- this morning admitted to the of excitement. tributing forces at Yenchow, Talan Supreme Court of Hongkong to and suchow.
"Murder" Condemned. practice as a barrister, by the General Han Fu-chu is com- Chief Justice (Sir Henry Gollan). At the ceremonies which pro- manding the Garrison at Cheng- In applying for the admittance ceeded the procession which start- chow, an important strategic posi-of Mr. Leong, the Attorney Gen-ed from the Pier, David Perez de tion on the Peking-Hankow and eral, the Hen. Sir Joseph Kemp Tagle, who accompanied Tobera's Lung-Hai Railways.
said that Mr. Leong was called to remains from the United States, To Occupy Chengchow.
the Bar by the Honourable Society spoke in Tagalog and related from of the Inner Temple on January first-hand knowledge the riots in "Did not Bolt."
General Lu Chung-lin, chief 26, 1921. He then proceded to the Watsonville. Representative Ya- Italian Art Exhibition, lieutenant of Marshal Feng Yu- Federated Malay States, where he rona, the other, speaker," con- With the reservation he made which, since it opened at Burling-hsiang, is understood to have tele- had been practising eyer since. demned vigorously the murder of the following statement:
ton House in January, has been graphed to General Han Fu-chu His Lordship, in granting the Tobera and pleaded for greater Gialdini did not bolt from Eng-visited by upwards of 400,000 peo signifying his intention to occupy application, said he had great plea-unity of Filipino labourhood. land. It had been arranged at
ple, will close on Thursday, and
Chengchow.
sure in admitting Mr. Leong and
From the Pier the procession and least three weeks before his de- preparations ard, already being General Lu Chung-lin stated in wished him every success. the last remains of Tobera, which parture that he should have a very of the world's master-pieces which been chosen by the Shanai Gov- made for the return to Italy of 700 his telegram that Chengchow has
were inclosed in an expensive short holiday in Italy to enable him have been lent for exhibition by
coffin and were conveyed by a de- to see his relations and consult a public galleries and private collec-ernment as the converging paint month have been made by Li through the Malecon boulevard, corated funeral car, passed medical authority in Milan about
of the Kuominchun and Shansi Chung-yen, his Kwangst collea P. Burgos, back of the Legislative internal complaint from some
gues and by twenty. Shansi gen-building, Ayala, General Solano, which he was suffering.
is pledging loyalty The former telegram declares Tanduay and on to Azcarraga...
has replied that despite Yen Hel-shan's an-
The
tors.
he insistently appeared in the case, making several trips between the Cen- tral Police Station and the house in Stanley Street with the. laudable view of helping the au- Queen's Road
A traffic fatality occurred in thorities to solve the mystery.
West yesterday
allied forces. afternoon, when a Chinese woman,
The liner Leonardo da Vinci, in While investigations into this aged about 48 years, walked into of September 14, met his wife in to London, le due, to leave on her
Meanwhile, General Han Fu-erals. He left London in the afternoon which the pictures were brought chu, who Arst fire were still being pursued, 1⁄2 the middle of the road directly in Paris, and, after spending a fur-return journey about the first week to Nanking, report was received of another out- front of a motor cycle ridden by ther day there and two days in in April, with cargo valued at over to General Lu Chung-lin... tonouncement of his retirement Throughout the procession hun-
Switzerland, arrived in Milan early £10,000,000,-British Wireless
break in the central district, oc curring under almost identical cir-| cumstances.
no on the morning of September 20.
[Hatry and his three British tember 20.] associates were arrested on Sap
Revenue Office Merriman.
The rider . was afforded chance of averting an accident and In this second caso, an attempt the woman was knocked down. was similarly made to set fire Four hours later, she died from to the wooden casing of No. 56, her injuries in the Government D'Aguilar Street. It was dis-Civil Hospital. covered by shop people occupying
R. 0..Merriman was thrown off the ground floor, who heard the his machine and received cuts to
Hore he received the first news of the crash. It may be added that while he was in Paris he did not discuss any business whatever,
erackling of burning wood shortly the face, but they are not con- Ginidini did not return to England
after nine o'clock. Prompt mea-sidered serious.
and never left Italy, as is shown by his passport.
"BUNNY AUSTIN'S
ADVANCE.
BEATS JEAN BOROTRA IN FOUR SETS
Hundreds Leave Jobs...
the effect that he is ready to Chiang Kai-shek continues
to dreds of labourers, who had just comply with the demand for his bring munitions and polson gas left factories in several districts giving up Chengchow. The ex into China in order to crush the awaited change of cables between General North. He accuses Chiang Kai-joined the procession till it reach- at street-corners and Han Fu-chu and General Lashek of challenging the Soviet Inated the Funeraria Quipgue. Chung-lin has caused considerable year and then leaving Manchuria speculation.
A large crowd gathered around to faca the menace alone in order the funeral building and in nearby Considerable military activity to weaken Chang Heuch-liang. is evident in Horan, where the The Shans generals similarly the crowd was large, no disorders streets, but despite the fact that Kuominchun forces are understood urge Yen Hal-shan not to retire, to have received big supplies of
were reported by the police. 6 It is reported that Shih Yu-nhan At arms and ammunition from the and Han Fa-chu have fallen out Joaquin Balmori, president of the the Funeraria Qufogue," With the exception of a stay of
Shansi Governinent.
over the division of the spoils Philippine Federation of Labour, a few weeks in a nursing home he ("Bunny") Austin over Jean Boro-
Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang is still from Nanking, and Taiyuanfu addressed the huge crowd and has been all the time in Milan. He tra was the outstanding feature of at Tungkuan, It is officially an- claims that Shih Yu-shan sent a said that the statement that only Youmati Outbreaks,
"The Royal Obervatory reports is not in hiding, and the local the annual inter-city lawn tennisnounced at Taiyuanfu that Mar- delegate there declaring that Shih the bad element of Filipino that the anticylone has moved authorities have known all the time tournament between Paris and Lon-shal Feng has been formally in was willing to again work with labourers go to the United States That same night, three other out- eastward to 3. Japan. Moderate
where he is staying. don to-day
work. stalled to the post of Vice-Com- Yen Hsi-shan. breaks occurred in succession in monsoon will prevail over the N. proceedings at the Guildhall and matches to nine.
was false.HDT For obvious reasons during the Paris beat London by twelve mander of the anti-Nanking allied The Shansi forces are digging The body remained at the Fu various parts of Yaumati. In each China Sea. The local forecast le: during the trial he kept allence,
forces.
themselves fa along the Changhonoraria Quilogue till yesterday posed complicity of King Alfonso N.E. winds, moderata cloudy and did not take any notice of the three sets to one, after losing the H. W. Austin beat J. Borotra by
Peking, Mar. 15. from Tzechow to Teangchow, when it was sent to Binaft, (Continued on Page 141) generally, with mist or drizzle.
Further additions to the mass of which old line was held by Change locos Sur, via Vigan and Sar (Continued on Page 1) firat, 2-6, 6-2, 11-6, 6-2.--Reule circular telegrams of the past Tao-lin two years ago--Reuter Fernando,
sures aucceeded in averting a seri ous fire. A policeman who rushed in, was handed a small cigarette tin Alled with kerosene which had been found near the spot of the fire.
MIST OR DRIZZLE,
Paris, Mar. 16. A sensational victory by W.
!