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COUNTER ATTACK WOMEN ON JURY
ON NANKING.
KUOMINCHUN FEARS' IN HONAN.
NATIONALIST TROOPS MAKE RAPID ADVANCE.
AT SHANGHAL
FIRST VERDICT RETURNED IN AMERICAN COURT.
A KEEN INTEREST.
The first verdict to be return- ed by a
in jury of women Shanghai was delivered in the U.S. Court for Chinn by the jury
YEN TO MAKE STAND. of six called to inquire into the
sanity of an American missionary worker, formerly of Hankow. After several members of the me-
DISTURBANCES IN INDIA.
RAID ON SALT PANS AT| WADALA.
PICKETS ON HILLTOPS SIGNAL TO POLICE.
HUNDRED ARRESTED.
Shanghai, May 25.
Bombay, May 25. The Kuominchun Commanders dical profession had given evi- A riotous crowd raised revolu- have announced a big counter dence, the jury adjudged her to betionary cries outside the Court attack on the Nationalist forces insane, which verdict was approved House at the commencement of along the Lung-Hai Railway in by Commisssioner A. Krisel.
The jury was composed of the the trial of seven members of the various strategic points in following: Mra. Antoinette Hop Congress who were arrested at Honan Province in order to preci-kitis, wife of Mr. P. S. Hopkins, Kohat a fortnight ago. pitate the establishment of an head of the Shanghai Power anti-Nationalist Government at Company: Mrs. Marie Roberts, Peking on June 1st, in accor- wife of Mr. R. P. Roberts of the dance with a previous declara- P.W.D. Mrs. Ruth Schuhl, Miss Virginia Cowper (Forelady), Mrs. tion by Marshal Yen Hsi-shan.
Jean Davies and Mrs. Louise M. Meinhardt, wife of Mr. C. D. Meinhardt, the American Consul.
The Kuominchun Divisional Commanders, including Generals Sun Liang-sing, Sung Chih-ynau, Peng Ping-hsuan, Sun Lin-chung, Chang Wai-sai, Liu Yu-min have received instructions from Marshal Feng Ya-halang ordering them to mobilise In Henan and Shensi with Tangshan as the first objective.
Fighting in Shantung.
With the launching of a Kuominchun counter-attack in Honan fighting between the oppo- sing armies is expected to break aut very soon in Shantung Pro- The Nationalist Officer vince. commanding the Shantung troops, General Han Fu-chu. who return- ed to Tsinanfu yesterday, told Chinese newspaper dents that his troops encountered the Kuominchun insurgents under General Shih Yu-shan on Friday at Yucheng. General flan Fu-chu expressed confidence in his army in scoring the final victory over the insurgents.
The Police charged the crowd and arrested thirty-six people. including the President and Secretary of the League of Youth. The Secretary of the Students' Union was also detain- ed by the Police. Several people in the crowd were injured when the Police charged.--Reuter.
The jury evinced a keen interest in all that was said and at the close of the proceedings was
Ambalal Patel Held. thanked by Mr. Krisel in the fol lowing terms: "The court wishes
Dharasana, May 25. and to express its appreciation
Ambalai Patel, who is in charge been thanks för your services. The of the campaign here, has court will now discharge you from arrested. further service,"
Dr. Vogel and Mr. W. S. Flem ing, who represented the subject of the inquiry, were also thanked.
FANTASTIC, STORY
TO POLICE.
The first batch of twenty people out of the 225 volunteers arrested in the salt raid on May 16 has been tried. All were sentenced to one months' rigorous imprison- ment.-Reuter.
Raid on Salt Pans.
Bombay, May 25. A hundred volunteers attempted to raid the salt pans at Wadala.
correspon: WOMAN'S ACCOUNT OF BARY Half those taking part
General Han Fu-chu returned
KIDNAPPING.
were arrested but the spectators surged forward and the Police charged with lathia (cudgela). Thirteen people were injured in the disturbance, including a Police Sergeant, who was hit by a stone. Seventeen spectators were also
The Congress ambul arrested. ance corps, two ambulances and five motor cars rendered first aid.
A fantastic tale of how her 21 days old child had been kidnapped in the early hours of this morning told by Lain Mui (29) from the village of Tai Tsoi Yuen, Tai Po, was found to be a fabrication when to Yucheng in the afternoon to investigated by the police. direct personally his troops in The woman told the police that fighting against the Kuominchun at 3 a.m. a strange woman pushed-Reuter. invasion. Assisting General Han open the door of the matshed Fu-chu in defending Shantung are where she and her child were sleep- the thousands of Nationalisting and in the Hoklo dialect asked troops under General Chan Tiao- for the loan of kerosene tin
a yuen, who is the Civil Governor of to carry water. She declined to fifteen people have Shantung Province, with Head-lend one to her and the intruder quarlers at Tsinanfu.
Seige of Kaifeng.
blew out the light.
When she (Lain Mui) left her bed to re-light the lamp, the stranger seized her by the throat and forced her down to the ground, tied her hands, put a rope round her neck and pushed sand down her mouth. She then picked up the baby and carried it away.
was
The crushing Nationalist victory Lanfeng and Kancheng along Lung-Hai Railway last week has resulted in a rapid advance by the Nationalist forces along the rail way, and it is understood that the Nationalist
have vanguard
The woman said that she advanced to as far as the suburbs unable to call out to her husband of Kaifeng, which is the capital | Young Yin, who was in a matshed of Honan.
nearby, but was later released from her bonds by a neighbour.
Police investigation soon proved that the story was false and the child was recovered.
The attacks against Kaifeng are expected li commence some time this evening, when the Nationalist troops will meet for the first time the so-called picked Liang- army under General Sun sing, the Officer commanding the First Kominchun Army. Con- side table apprehension is felt among the Kuzominchun coraman- ders concerning the safety of Chengelow, which will probably ban the last of the Kuominchun strongholds in Honan.
Realising the serious zlure of the Honan situation. Marshal
Yu-hsiang Feng
is personally directing the Kuominchun defence
PISTOL MAGAZINES
FOUND.
CHINESE CHARGED IN THE
DISTRICT COURT.
Charged with having in his pos- session 716 taels of prepared opium and 151 Mauser pistol ma- gazines, Lai Kum-fat of Tsin Wan
.
Pickets on Hilltops.
Bombay, later. Altogether hundred
a
and now been
arrested in connexion with the salt raid at Wadala Thirty-five people were injured, including one policeman.
A feature of the proceedings was that pickets on the adjoining hilltops signalled the movements of the approaching salt raiders to the police by means of flags.--
Reuter.
Sholapur, May 24. Curfew has been withdrawn and martial law is being abolished and military next week. Police patrols continue day and night.- Reuter.
Riots at Dacca,
Dacca, May 25. Communal riots which broke out as a result of a Moslem lad being hit while playing with Hindu lads were succeeded by *con- numerous outrages. In sequence of these armoured cars are now patrolling the city and strict regulations have been pro- claimed by the beat of a drum. Reuter.
Bomb Explosion.
Amritsar, May 25. Twenty-five people were injur-
of Kaifeng at Kihsien, which is village, was remanded until Fridayed when a bomb explosion occurr near Kaifeng Marshal Yen Hsi- by Mr. J. S. MacLaren, District ed at a religious fair here.--Reu- shan is understood to be
ter. at Omeer, at a Court held this morn- Shihchiachwang awaitiur developing in Post Office Building.
Meetings Prohibited. ments in the Honan Province.
Madras, May 25. Mr. J. M. Remedios appeared for General Tang Sang-chi is among the necused and put in a plea of An order has been issued pro- the many militarists now visiting not guilty on both charges, but the hibiting for two months the hold. Shihchiachwang to confer with man, although admitting posses- ing of meetings and demonstra- sion of the opium, denied the tions in connexion with the civil While developments in Honan second charge relating to the pistol disobedience campaign. A simi- Reem to be all against the Kuomin-magazines. He stated that he did lar order at Surat will operate for chun Commanders, there is a pos- know whose
they were, or that a month. It prohibits the carry- sibility of Marshal Yen Hsi-shan they were there.
ing of sticks and weapons, and deliberately reserving all. his best.
According to an early report, also prohibits more than four per- troops in Chihli and Shansi for the police carried out a raid on song gathering within the villages final attack to assail Hsuchowfu and Nanking.
Marshal Yen Hsi-shan,
HIDDEN IN BAMBOO.
CHINESE RUSE TO CONCEAL OPIUM FAILS.
the Tsin Wan village on Friday near the Dharasana saltworks,— afternoon, when they made the Reuter, discovery. It was then stated that two men had been detained, but proceedings were only` taken against Lai Kum-fat.
The case will be heard at the District Officer's Court on Friday morning at 11 o'clock.
SHIP MOVEMENTS,
Arrested as he was stopping_off a steamer at Connaught Road Cen- tral yesterday, after its arrival from Kongmoon, a Chinese was found to have 13 taels of prepared The RM.S. Empress of Russia is opium concealed in a hollow bam- boo pole.
LEFT WITHOUT A CLEARANCE.
HEAVY FINE IN SCHOONER COXSWAIN.
K. Asano, the coxswain of the Jisc Maru, Japanese schooner pleaded guilty this morning when he was charged at the Marine Court lue here from Manila at 9 a. before the Hon. Commer: G. F.
on June 1 and will berth at Pier
23.
At the Central Magistracy this No. 5, Kowloon Wharf. She will Hole, R.N., with leaving the har morning Mr. Lindsell fined him leave here for Victoria and Van-hour without a clearance on May
couver, B.C., via $1,000, or imprisonment for four Nagasaki, Kobe and Yokohama at dant replied that he had no excuse Shanghai, Asked what he had to say, defen-
months. .
Another Chinese, who said he had picked up ten taela of the raw drug from under a deck chair, on the steamer Venezia yesterday and carried it away, was fined $300 or imprisonment for two months.
"You should receive two sen-
tences," commented Mr. Lindsell. "You, are guilty of stealing too, for it was not your opium.” ·
In both cases the opium was
confiscated.
Ga.m. on June 4.
to give.
The s.8. Jeypore (P. and O:) left Singapore for Hongkong on May who prosecuted)Did he have a His Worship (to P. S. Moreton, 24 at 4 p.m. and is due here on May- 31 at 6 a.m.
day clearance?.
The
Hon. Treasurer of the Hongkong Benevolent Society ac knowledges with grateful thanks the sum of $5 from an anonymous donor, in memory of the late Mr. Cappleman.
of-
P. S. Moreton-He had no clear ance at all, your Worship.
Describing the defendant's fence as a serious one, his Worship said there was a lot of that sort of thing going on and he would have to impose a heavy fine.
Defendant was fined $200 or three months.
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