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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1931.
ROASTING OF DOG FOOD RIOTING IN
IN VILLAGE.
ALLEGATION OF WANTON CRUELTY.
CHARGE . WITHDRAWN,
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DOUGLAS
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CARNATION KID
„FRANCES LEMNULU
ALLEGED FASCIST SPY pockets which, it is stated, shows
ARRESTED.
MILITARY DOCUMENT FOUND.
that he was directly employed by!
the Fascist organisation."
na-
A case of a most unuauunt
Mr. Luro
before.
But- ters, at the Kowloon Magistracy when Sub-Inspec- or Elston charged wo Cheung Wah and with wanton cruelty to a by having roasted it alive at Ngau Shi Wan vilinge on Saturday.
man.
NEW YORK.
POLICE FORCED TO USE CLUBS.
'STARVING PEOPLE ATTEMPT. TO USE FORCE.
MANCHURIA RLY. PROBLEMS.
JAPAN TO NEGOTIATE WITH MUKDEN GOVT.
PARLEY NEXT MONTH.
Tokyo, Jan. 12. to the vernacular According newspapers, Mr. Kimura, director of the South Manchuria Rallway, is
den authorities regarding railway New York, Jan. 8:- problema en or about February Three hundred hungry unem-10th, after the return of Marshal ployed swarmed about the Brooklyn Burough hall to-day where a Salvation Army station
Young ing. WEAK WITH HUNGER. to open negotiations with the Muk-
dog
Chang Hayeh-lang' from China.
For some time past, the verna-
Inspector Elston said the aften- tion of an Indian constable, on pa trol duty, was drawn by the agoniz- ed howling of the dog. He went to the scene and saw the two de-was housed, demanding food and cular papers have been giving much fendants roasting the dog alive. threatening to break doors and prominence to reporis of a Chinese They had tied the animal to n stick which they were slowly turning over a Bre. The dog, when taken to the police station. was dead. The body was sent to Ma Tau Kok slaughter house,
windows to get it.
The crowd became so menacing that police wore called. Police or dered the throng to disperse, only to be met with, resistance, A riot ensued.
Police, using hight sticks and blackjacks, knocked down several persona, some of whom were ne- tually weak with hunger.
railway construction program me. in Manchala, anxiety having been evinced over the increasing indica. tions of an "aggressive" attitude on the part of Chinn towards Japan.
Inspector Elston's application for a week's remand was granted. |
Before the Court rose for the morning however, Inspector Elston again mentioned the case, stating that post mortem had been held As a result, it was on the dog. found that the animal had been suf- focaled before being roasted.
Under the circumstances, he was.
over the Incident. They our to persuade them that there is withdrawing the charge against the defendants.
pointed out that utmost efforts plenty of room in Manchuria, both They
dia-were hoing made to assist the for Chinese and Japanese develop- charged.
needy, but that such assistance to
Mr. Kimura, who had been con [ferring with the Inpanese Govern-
ment, left for Dairen last month, and he indicated that after he had Police Disperse Crowd.
reported to the S... that Com- Finally mounted police diapers-pany would approach the Chinese
wert.
accordingly
BANDITS ACTIVE NEAR FOOCHOW.
DARING ATTACK ON RIVER BOAT.
Foochow, Jan. 6. There is atlik a considerable amount of banditry in this re- gion. Villages within ten miles of Foochow City are being ter- rorised by bandita, men and wo men being carried off for ran- som, hauses burned, etc., whilst up the river boats still travel nt grent risk.
ed the crowd,
Red Cross officials expressed re-
gret
authorities at Mukden in un endcay-
be most effective must be carried ment, with mutual benefit if both
co-operate Instead of competing. ARSTINNENUNCIADASS MANAGTAN
"TELEGRAPH" PUZZLE FEATURE.
First of Series Appears in To-day's Issue.
А пек
"Sticklera."
puzzle feature, make their appear ance on Page 5 of to-doy's Issue. The answer of to-day's new puzzle, together with a one, will appear to-morrow.
Look out for "Sticklera" the Telegraph. every day in They will always be found on Page 5.
On Dec. 31, a motorboat travel- ling up the river was attacked by bandita a short distance above Shui-Kau and no less than forty persons carried off including eight of the company's employeva nut systematically, and that Bob!
home aurpation of supplies could Year be tolerated. been
and seven girls returning from school for the New holidays. No news has heard of them since.
This attack was peculiarly dar
bandits actually ing, Several came on board the boat at Hung- Bhanchino (only four miles from Poochow dressed as soldiers. Where the bandits on shore opened fire, their accomplices on board forced the steersman and the en- gineers to bring the bout to land under pain of being shot. dead and so the work of plundering was very simple.-Our Own Carrespon- deut.
COMMANDANT OF S.V.C.
LT-COL. N. W. B. B. THOMS MENTIONED.
London, Jan. 5.
A similar food riot in Bowery was easily dispersed,
not
It was reported last month that though the Japanese Government appears to have no intention of ne- Kotiating directly with China it is understood that its diplomatic and Consular representatives In China have been instructed to render the S.M.R. any assistance they may re quire in an attempt to attain a Batlafactory solution of the rail- way probleta-Reuter.
The Royal Dutch Packet Naviga- tion Company has lested an effer- tive wall calendar, showing nicely-coloured Javanese study.
different localities to erect machin- ery with which to aid employment. Partial Balm.
The action of President Hoover in calling industrial and labour lead. theers together here has helped the situation. Col. Woods said, and labour disturbances have been held to a minimum.
Destitute Farmers.
England (Ark.), Jan. 8. Increasing numbers of destitute were appealing to the Red Cross to-day for food.
farmers
Ile described the $2,500,000,000 national public works programme as partial balm for the unemployed, although about $1,000,000,000 of the fund is for work near the pick and shovel stage.
St. Paul, Jun. 8. A committee of unemployed to-
Stating that his committee was day waited on Minnesota's new executive, Governor Floyd Osles, lending its efforts to help get the demanding that public works be work started, he urged congress to undertaken as a means of supply-"cut the red tape" involving federal
projecta. ing relief.
The committee presented a plan |
Doubled Since April. for the expenditure of $25,000,000} immediately for state work.
Chairman Woods of the Presi- Demands were voiced for free dent's emergency employment com- ronte. light and heat.
Evil Becoming Worse.
Washington, Jan. 7. Col. Arthur Woods, chuirman of Provident Hoover's employment committee, estimated before the
It is understood that the name nate appropriations committee to-
mittee to-day told the senute ap- propriations committee that unem- ployment hus doubled in the United States since the April census.
Woods characterized poverty as one of the greatest causes of crime.
Road Construction, of Lieutenant-Colonel N, W. B. Bday that there were between four
Thomas MacDonald, chief of the Thoms D.S.O., M.C. has been sub- and five million unemployed in the
United States.
Eurenu of public works, informed mitted by the War Oflice for con
He testifled that unemployment the senate appropriations commit- alderation of the Shanghai Muni- elpal Council in connexion with increasing and expressed a betee to-day that employment for an let that the situation wouldn't im-additional 100,000.men in 1931 was the impending vacancy of Com- mandant of the Shanghat Volun- prove before spring. In his opin-in prospect as a result of the in- construction funds teer Corps, on the completion of on, the greatest amount of unem-creased road
ployment will likely prevail during voted by congress. Colonel LB.H. Orpen-Palmer's
January and February,
MacDonald #aid that this year's tenure of command.
However, despite the great num-programme of federal aid to rond Colonel Thoms is an officer of ber of idle men, wage scales have work provided for an expenditure the New Zealand Staff Corps and been maintained to an extraordin- of $437,500,000, of which the na- at present a student at the Imary degree. Col. Woads said that tional government will supply $293,- his emergency committee was work- 500,000 and the state governments perial Defence College.
ing largely toward assisting the $144,000,000.
EXCHANGE CRISIS REMEDIES.
(Continued from Pagó 4.),
During his interrogation Dao. declared that he entered France; present be definitely stated what) Paria, Dec. 11. In 1923 nad was employed as a would be the effect upon Hong-
A case of suspected espionage, valet de chambru In an hotel at, kong if such a scheme as the fore- which is considered sumclertly Toulon. According to his state going was adopted by the Chinese serious to require the presence of mont he found the military docu- Government.. If Hongkong stayed special detectives of the Suretement in one of the hotel bedrooms outside of the scheme it would still Generalb, has been ataclosed at and kept it for curiosity, without have to follow slives, and allver Hyeres, near Toulon.
attaching any importance to the would not be assisted by this As a result of a recent fight be contents.
scheme, which would merely mean tween
Fascists and Anti-Fascista, orders avere given for the arrest Afterwarde he left the hotel and that China was no longer at the of the Chief of the local Fascists became a travelling merchant in mercy of silver.
His busl fruit and vegetables.
The scheme might not be HO and his second.
The chief has not been found, noss enabled him to penetrate rracticable for Hongkong. hot the second, a man named Vic camps and military establishments would certainly require modifica tor Dao, was arrested. A search on the Riviera, and he even obtain tions, and our informant said he of his clothes resulted in the find-ed permission to enter the avia- und not given the matter the close ing of a secret military document, los centre of Polyventre, which consideration necessary for the dating from 1929, and of an im-s strictly forbidden to visitors purposes of Its adaptation (If it portant character-Correapon- Tho Inquiry is being carried out could be adapted) to dence was niso found in the man's with the greatest secrecy.
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