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NO. 13.902
一拜禮 號二月五英港香
MONDAY, MAY 2, 1932.
日七十月三
034 FER; ANNUM
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JAPANESE GIVEN FREE HAND IN FRENCH CONCESSION
VICAR
JOINS FRAY
THE ATOM WHOLESALE DOCTOR
SPLIT!
ARRESTS
SANITARY BOARD HYDROGEN INTO KOREAN HOMES
ELECTION
HELIUM
MR. LO AND K.R.A. CAMBRIDGE MEN'S
Sir, Mr. M. K. Lo's letter is support of Dr. Li Shu-fan's candi- dature in the forthcoming Sanitary Board election will doubtless have been carefully considered by your renders, and I do nut doubt that the "impartiality and characteris. tic good sense of the publle" will already have led them to assças the arguments set forth therein their actual value.
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As President of the Kowloon Re- sidents' Association, I cannot allow of Mr. Lo's imputation of lack public spirit to pass without com- ment.
K. R. A. POLICY.
The activities of the Association i since its Inception bear witness to its general policy, which has al- ways been to give due thought to all questions of public interest. affecting the Colony as a whole. flow closely this policy has been adhered to an examination of its published records will show.
We have consistently declined to act in the interests of any section or party at any time where such the interests would conflict with public weal. Our primary interests are, naturally those of the Penin- Hola, but there can be no doubt that these are closely linked with the general welfare of the Colony.
COMPARATIVE MERITS.
Mr. Lo, while protesting that he is not concerned with the comparu- tive merits of the rival candidates. atresses nt length the peculiar the qualifications of Dr. Li for
vacant Beat. The K. R. A. on the other hand wishes to point out that in addition to his long resl-
dence in the Colony and intimate knowledge of its requirements
health point
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has the view, Mr. Mow Fung further advantage, by reason his connexion with the Association as a member of the Committee, of the technical and medical knowledge represented by that Committee, It makes
that the Tsuggestion Association is the only channel by matters means of which health affecting residents can be ventilat- ed on the Sanitary Board, nor is there the least ground for the in- putation that the Association wishes to reflect on the actions of Mr. I. or any other member of the Board. see that the I fail therefore to statement of which Mr. plains is any more "unfair than la Mr. Lo's own emphasis on the peculiar advantage of his candidate.
NOTABLE RECORD.
Le com-
The Association has every con-| fidence in putting forward Mr. Mow Fung as a suitable candidate for the sent. In addition to his personal qualities he has a notable record of public service; he has stated his views and attitude with characteristic clearness and frank- ness, and we believe that his elve- tion will be unquestionably in the general interest of the Colony as a whole.
In closing would re-echo Mr. Lo's hope that all who are entitled to do so will record their votes on May 10th. The decision les with the general public, and we are, well content to leave it at that. Yours, etc.,
W. WALTON ROGERS,
President, K.R.A.
DOLLAR STILL UNCHANGED
LOWER RATES SEEM LIKELY
The Hongkong dollar remains unchanged to-day, although silver is slightly down both in London and New York The market open- ed steady, but later an easier un- dertona devolopod, and lower rates seem possible,
In London, silver declined 1/18th spot and forward. There was no special feature, the market being very quiet.
Silver a down 1/8th in New York, where the market is dull. Futures are also weaker.
DISCOVERY
London, May 2.
The "splitting of the atom" is claimed to have been achieved by two young scientists, Dr. J. D. Cockroft and Dr. E. T.. Walton, work- ing at Cambridge under the direction of Lord Rutherford the word-famous scientist. Dr. Cockroft stated that they of
concentrated or the atom
Lord Rutherford.
hydrogen and found that at 120,- 000 volts, some of the atoms be gan to break up into hellum.
The helium atoms came out with energies of an order 100 to 160 times that of the particles they were firing into them.
Lord Rutherford describes the dixeuvery as one of great scienti- fic importance, but of no immediate! commercial value.--Renter.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY
SEQUEL
FIREMAN ARRESTED AS SUSPECT
Foc Sang, 23, a fireman attached In the Mongkok sub-station, has Been arrested as a suspect follow- ing investigations into a highway robbery which occurred in Argyle Street, yesterday, and in which Foo Sang with another man not yet arrested is alleged to have been implicated.
INVADED
(Special to "Telegraph"),
Shanghai, May, 2.
The Hongkew Park outrage has given rise to a remark- able situation in the French Concession, where Japanese consular and military police, armed with warrants, have been entering and searching scores of Korean homes in the French Concession.
•
A large number of arrests are reported to have been made, the French police having taken no in- terest in the proceedings of the Japanese authorities at all.
RUSHED BY
WARSHIP
MR. SHIGEMITSU IMPROVING
QUESTION OF LEG AMPUTATION
(Special to "Telegraph”)
Shanghai, May. 2. One of the most famous surgeons in Japan, Dr. Goto is expected to arrive in' : Shanghai to-day by warship, to give an opinion as to whe- ther Mr. Shigemitsu's leg must be amputated.
CHINA PRESS CHARGES.
The Japanese Minister has im- According to the China Press proved, but his condition is still "The Japanese authorities have regarded as serious.-Reuter, apparently been given carte-
SHANGHAI OPTIMISM. blanche in the French Conces-
Shanghai, May 2. sion as far as Koreans are con-
of Further evidence
the cerned, and the French Concession
official polier maintain an attitude of optimism prevailing in ailence when questioned concern-quarters, comes-news from reliable Ing the Koreans arrested."
that
This paper also naserta Koreans have been arrested by the Japanese on warrants containing the names other than those of the arrested persons---Reuter-
A typical Hyde Park scene. The policemen stand aloof, seldom acting against the speakers, deoming fras speech an effectuni safety valve. Sometimes, as yesterday, however, the orators exceed the limit of tolerance.
DEMONSTRATORS DISPERSED
FRENCH ELECTIONS
ANDRE TARDIEU RETURNED
Final Party State Doubtful
Paris, May 1. Franice polled in the gen eral election to-day and the occasion passed without seri ous untoward incident.
All the great party leaders have been returned, in most cases with easy victories, but the general results which have thus far been announced, give no indication of the final state of the parties.
The Arst results declared in- cluded the name of the Prime | Minister, M. Tardieu, who wak re-elected for Belfort by Д thou- majority of nearly three Band.
HERRIOT BACK AGAIN. M. Horriot, the ex-Premier and
Radical-Socialist.
of
ources that Sir Miles Lampson MARCHING ON JAPANESE Party, was re-elected for Lyons
who has taken a leading part i keeping the Sino-Japanese nego
afoot, has arranged to leave for Peking on Thursday.
tiations
It is stated that the truce agree- ment will be signed, in all pro- bablity, on Wednesday. The full conference has not yet been con-
HONOUR-SLAYING voned, but the sub-committee is
VERDICT
INDIGNATION IN
AMERICA
meeting this afternoon.-Reuter.
THE ANARCHY IN ASIA
DEMAND FOR AN In expressing sympathy
ENQUIRY
Washington, May 1.
The verdict in the honour- slaying trial-manslaughter against all four accused, Mrs. Fortescue,
Lieut. Massie, Lord and Jones-is sharply criticised throughout the United States.
Very strong comments were made; in the Senate, the verdict being
Col and Mrs. Foriescu,
It was stated that Lee Kwong-described by Senators as a cruel sang, a worker at a knitting fac-miscarriage of justice.
It is suggested that there should tory, was on his way home when
be was stopped by two men, who be a Congressional Enquiry or a ordered him to put up his hands. Navy dnvestigation and that if Being under the impression that the facts are na. reported in the they were police searchers, he Press, the accused obeyed, and was robbed of a metal pardoned. watch and chain he had in his breast pocket.
TREE-SITTER HAS A
FALL
A SLIGHTLY INSANE YOUTH
In the polico list of mishaps and misadventures to-day thoro appears a brief report to the effect Lam Yip-choong, 22, was that slightly injured through falling "He is slightly from a tree. Insane," the report added.
It appears that Lam had suf-
fered from a alight aberration of
should be
NAVAL OFFICERS INCENSED.
VIEWS OF LONDON MORNING POST.
London, May 2,
with Japan in the outrage at Hongkew! Park, the Marning Post refers to the murder of Mr. Dougins, tho magistrate of Midnapore, as "n servants sad reminder that the
Great Britain of Japan and
same danger have to face the from the same enemy, namely, anarchy in Asia, which vents a dendly haired against all forms of ordered government."
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CHAOS IN CHINA. The revolutionary chaos China has forced Japan, as before. now. It has forced Great Britain, to take strong measures for the defence of her subjects and their interests
re-
EMBASSY
LONDON
by a large majority, while M. Paul Reynard, the Ministor of chlef Justice, and M. Tardieu's
leutenant, was re-elected for a Paris constituency with a .com. fortable margin.
MOB CHARGED only enough-the-firth
London, May 1.
result declared was from. Saigon, coming through early becâ¤pe The of the difference in time.. result was negative and a second. ballot will be necessary.
LEADERS SUCCESSFUL.
M. Painleve, ex-War Minister and ex-Premier, has boon... re-
as
Baton charges by the London police were necessary this evening in order to disperse a May Day crowd which was bent on creating an anti-Japanese disturbance.
Instigated by Communists, who have caused anti-elected have M. Rollin, Japanese demonstrations in many cities in the world Minister of Commerce recently, the crowd, on leaving Hyde Park, insisted on Daladfer, the Radical leader.
M. Saure, the Secretary. Party, crossing Portman Square, where the Japanese Chancery General of the Socialist is situated.
was defeated.
SHANGHAI CHAMPIONS
CASTLE RIBBON FAVOURED
The possibilities. of such an eng terprise had not escaped the atten- tion of the Commissioner and two hundred and fifty policemen had been stationed in the Square from the early afternoon.
and M.
Enormous crowds are awalt- ing the results at the Town Hall and the newspaper offices. M. Chautempe, the Radical ex- Premier, M. Bouisson, the Pre- sident of the Chamber, M. Leon
M: The police employed their trun-Bium, the Sqciallet loader, cheous to disperse the May Day Louis Marin, the Rightist leader, procession and several were in- and M. Dumesnil, the ex-Minister jured and several
were of Marine, have all been made.
Arrests
FIERCE STRUGGLE. (Our Own Correspondent).
Later. The attempt of London's May Shanghai, May 2.
reach the Day demonstrators to The greatest interest is being
to Japanese Embassy
protest manifested in the Champions race, Japan, the journal farther com- which will be run on Wednesday. against Japanese policy in the
showing admirable ments,
It is expected that the total tickets Far East led to a fierce struggle.
The demonstrators, when warned outrage, straint following the
proceed Into Portman Square, be to secure a truce and the with: drawal of her troops from Shang- Alligator, Boot Black, School Boy, gan to throw stones at the police, hai and might have been spared Mr. Cinders, The Dour Bird, Cas-whe on foot and mounted, charged the entirely superfluous
tle Ribbon, Subribbon, Fire Flash the mob with their batons drawn. tion from Geneva.-Router.
and Bonnie Lad.
is proceeding with Ker altempts/Bold will be fully 60,000, at $10 that they would not be allowed to
resolu-
the possibility of a new trial in the United. Stator and was advised that re-trial could not be held legally at present. ·
FAMOUS ANCESTORS.
each.
Possible starters in the race are
Should Busy Bee qualify this afternoon, he may prove a serious contender, although at the moment Castle Ribbon is favoured to win. Switzerland has not yet qualified. Hurry On la the only qualified pony of the Dallas stable.
►
U.S. BASEBALL
WASHINGTON BEAT YANKEES
INSPECTOR INJURED.
elected.-Reuter.
STATE OF PARTIES.
Paris, May 2. At 1.30 a.m. the state Parties was as follows:
Right...
Left Republicans :
of the
39
17
(Tardieu's group)
14
Radicals
38
9
22
0
Centre
Rep. Socialists
Socialists
Communists
Second ballots will be necessary
in at least 198 constituencies. A police-Inspector and a con- M. Flandin, the Minister of
stable, and three of the demonstra-Finance, M. Renaudel, the pro- tors were injured during the dis-minent Socialist, and M. Chappede turbance, while eight arrests were laine, the Minister for the Colonies,
have been elected.-Reuter. offected.
Early news from the European capitals indicate that May Day passed fairly quietly-Reuter.
MADRID PARALYSED.
Madrid, May 2, All work was brought to a standstill in Madrid yesterday, the tramway service, the underground railways and the taxicab services all being paralysed by the May Day New York, May 1. demonstrations, which occurred all Cleveland's third straight vic-over the country but took a serious
form only in one or two centres.
Three Communista and two policemen were injured when the police charged and dispersed a Com- munist gathering in the centre of Madrid.
Mrs. Fortescue is a niece of the famous inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, and a granddaughter of Gardiner Hub- bard, the wealthy Boston financier, who sponsored Bell when he first put the telephone on the market. Many naval officers are highly With her brother and sister she spent every winter of her child- indignant at the verdict.
Colonel Granville Fortescue,
hood at the famous Bell estate in Connecticut Avenue, Washington, which is one of the great show- places of the capital, and her tory over Chicago and New York's summers were spent at Twin Oaks, defeat at Washington wore the games the groat, estate of her grand-features of to-day's ball
which resulted as follows: father.
Lieut. and Mrs. Mausio.
Colonel Granville Fortescue,
National League. her husband, la a cousin of Colonel Cincinnat! 7 Pittsburgh Theodore Roosevelt, the present Chicago 1 St. Louis Governor-General of the Philip-
pines.
GLOBE-TROTTERS.,
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7
American League,
Washington
4 New York
Both Colonel and Mrs. Fortes-Cleveland cue have spent a considerable time St. Louis:
in the Far East, as well as Central'
11 Chicago,
4 Detroit
CORDOVA CLASH.
Ono man Was killed and Bix
*bo 2 seriously Injured in a clash 1tween police and Communists
POLAND CLASH.
- Warnaw, May 2.
at
8 Cordova, where a general strike is threatened for to-day as a protest America and Europe. Since the The Royal Observatory reports against the events of May Day, war, they have spent, their time that pressure is highest over the Reuter. the mind, and yielding to a pass-father of Mrs. Massie, who was between globe-trotting and the Pacifc to the east of Japan, and Ing fancy, climbed up a tree, from unable to attend the trial owing hugo mid-Victorian house on Long relatively low over China general- which he could not be induced to to liness, when he heard the ver Island that belonged to the Roessly, with a depression central over
apite of altornato dict oxclaimed: "O God. That's volts. descend, in
Indo-Ching. The southern depres May Day was quietly conducted threats and persuasions. Not torrible," and Immediately loft for Mrs. Thalia Massie, the central alon In situated about 800 miles in Foland with the exception that until he fell down of his own accord Washington. and injured himself was the op- It is understood that he con- oldest daughter of the family, sode ended.
aulted the authorities regarding Reuter and N. N
figure of the grim drasha) is the FP SAE on helpovine two) Communists were: killed in a
Dght Witholics at Dombrowa.-.-
GOVERNMENT FOSITION.
At 8.26 am, the Government parties had gained ten seate and lost thirteen.
The stato of the parties wAB; Extreme Right
Right
Loft Republicans Contro
Radicals
Rep. Socialists Socialists
Communists
2
.04
.25
20
.55
Second ballots will be required for 283 seats. Reuter.,
MANCHURIA TOWN, LOOTED
·REFUSED TO PAY FOR IMMUNITY
Harbin, May 2. Bandita and demoralised troops are reported to have occupied Sun hua on the Hulan-Hallus Railwa and looted the, town after the fall ure of the loading citizens to par $76,000 as the price demanded for "There is now, no communicatio saving the town fumicates Neplic)
between Harbin and centre to north of Bonhud--Raudara