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四拜疆 號五月五英港香 THURSDAY, MAY 1932.
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TROOPS GUARD BRITISH CONSULATE CARNAGE IN
HONOUR-SLAYING TRIAL FINAL ARMISTICE
SENSATIONS
TEN YEARS' HARD'
LABOUR
COMMUTED IN AN HOUR
Honolulu, May 4. One sensation followed quickly upon another when Lieutenant Thomas Massic, Mrs. Granville Fortescue, and the two U.S. naval rat-' ings, E. J. Lord and A. 0. Jones appeared în Court to- day to receive sentence for the manslaughter of Joe Kahahawei, in the so-called honour-slaying case.
All four were sentenced to the maximum penalty of ten
Lieut.
U.S.N.,
Thomas H. Massie.
a photographed by Hawali, nolico.
years' imprisonment with hard DEATH-TRAP
labour.
After the defendants had· served an hour of their sen- tence, however, it was on- nounced that a commutation order had been issued by the Governor.
It was the Public Prosecutor, !
who during the trial had apparent-i
ROADS
ALARMING TOLL
IN BRITAIN
London. May 4.
CONFERENCE
FEAR OF DISTURBANCES BY AGITATORS
TEXT DISCUSSION
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).
Shanghai, May 5, 9.51 a.m. UNLESS AN ELEVENTH-HOUR DEVELOPMENT
OBSTRUCTS THE FINAL ARMISTICE CON- FERENCE WHICH IS MEETING THIS MORNING AT THE BRITISH CONSULATE, AFTER A THREE WEEKS' ADJOURNMENT, THE AGREEMENT WILL BE COMPLETED IN DRAFT AND SIGNED. IT WILL BE TAKEN TO FOUR OF THE MEMBERS IN THEIR SICK-BEDS FOR SIGNATURE.
I
Mr. Quo Tai-chi is now in hospital following the serious assault upon him on Tuesday morning.
In order to avoid further untoward happenings, in view of the very strong local Chinese agitation against the agreement which led to the assault upon Mr. Quo, a British military guard has been stationed in the com- pound of the British Consulate this morning.
ly been pressing strongly the A National Safety Congress charge against the accused, who held in London to-day considered announced that the Governor had
The entrances to the Con-police will take over the admin- agreed to commute the sentences. the gravest problem of meilernsulate are being guarded by mem-istration of the areas now con-
--- transport confronting all coun-bers of the Shanghai Municipal trolled by the Japanese troops.
Police. tries, that of road accidents,
LEGAL NECESSITY.
Headed by City Government oficials, contingente will go t Japanese are now stationed.
Sir Miles Lampson, who has done more than any other to bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion, is probably leaving for Peking by aeroplane
to-1 !morrow.
He stated that the Court was The Transport Minister, Mr. Instructions bave been received legally obliged to inquse the sin-[p. G. Pybus, declarett that the from Tokyo regarding the text of Chapel and other districts where | tence of ten years' imprisonment, heredibly toll ar The which was the maximum for the roads could not be
British the final peace agreemnt, which allowed to has already passed through the offence of which the jury found
continue. Statistics show that hands of the drafting committee. the accused guilty.
and At the resumption of the main injured daily on British roads conference to-day, the final discus. 650 respectively,sions regarding the wording of ing been aroused in the fate of 1940, the year in which the the text will be taken up.
Road Trafie Art was passed, 20] were killed daily.
Thus terminutes one of the most sensational cases in recent interest hay- history, world-wide
principal actors in the drama.
STORY OF THE SLAYING.
Kahahuwej, it will be recalled,
in 1931 the numbers killed
were 18 and
NO DRASTIC CHANGES.
COLONY LAWS BEING AMENDED
London, May L
Sir Henry Piggott. Deputy As everything concerning the FORCED LABOUR Secretary for the Ministry said text has been tentatively agreed the reduction of the total killed by both sides, no drastic changes was alleged to be a member of for the year by 614 might
in-are expected to be made or sug- gang which held up and assaulted diente that the fatal curve had reated to-day. Mrs. Massic, eldest daughter of stopped rising. But more recent
By virtue of the agreement, Mrs. Fortescue and wife of the figures for Greater London show-Japanese troops will be with Young naval officer charged. The that 324 had been killed in drawn into the localities agreed gang was arrested and tried by an the first quarter of 1912 against by the delegates on the military alleged "packed jury."
289 in the corresponding
a period period sub-committee within af four weeks. of 1931.
The withdrawal will be started one week after the agreement in finally signed.
RECKLESS DRIVERS.
gained
In the House of Commons, the Colonial Secretary, replying to questions, sak législation in all the British Colonies hind Pro-
had been introduced! tectorates with the object of amending any provisions inconsistent with the terms of the International Labour
Where neecs-
Convention relating to forced or compulsory labour.
Kahahnwel was lured to the Massie bome in Honolulu and ac- cording to the story for the de- fence, threatened with death un-
It the metropolitan less he confessed. Lieut. Massic!
position symptomatic. Sir declared that he knew nothing was
Harry POLICE TO TAKE OVER. the more after he heard the man's Piggott feared that
ground
It is learned from the office of admission, and it was claimed so painfully
last year that he shot Kahnhawei in a mo-might be lost this year unless a the Mayor of Greater Shanghai,
determined effort was inade.
Mr. Wa Tich-chen, special Chinese, amending legislation was ment of temporary insanity.
being intinduced. The arrests took pince when the Although, motorists.
noti were accused were endeavouring to dissolely to blame, he urged at least pose of the body.-Reuter.
|the temporary disqualification of reckless drivers rather than in- greased penalties.-- British Wire
EUROPEAN DAVIS
CUP TIES
FINNS AND BELGIANS DEFEATED
London, May 4.
Switzerland and Hungry both won their Davis Cup contests to day, taking the doubles to secure
- a three matches to mi lend,
less,
UNCONSCIOUS FOR SIX DAYS
INJURED FARMER
DISCOVERED
The Shatin Police yesterday afternoon discovered a Chinese ly-
At Brussels, Aeschlimann and ing near the Au Wong. Temple Fisher (Switzerland) deteated Lacroix and De Borman (Belgium) suffering from injuries to his back by 6-1, 6-1, 6-4, having won two and Ince' received six days ago;
singles matches yesterday.
At Budapest, De Kehrling and Gabrovitz (Hungary) defeated Blaudet and Grotenfelt (Finland). 6-4, 6-3, 6-3-Houter.
since when he has been unconscious for the greater part of the time.
A farmer of Po Lee, near the Shatin Railway Station, the man, whoso nume is given as Tang Wong, aged 50, was walking back to his village from Yaumati on April 28,]
PREMIER SEES THE and took the route leading through
KING
THEN ENTERS NURSING
HOME
the Chinese Christian Cemetery.) At about 10 a.m. he slipped and fell into a 10-foot nullah and was instantly rendered unconscious. It was whilst lying at the bottom of the nulloh, which fortunately at the time contained little water, that an unknown Chinese some days, London, May 4. later discovered the man and, withi The Prime Minister, wearing a the assistance of some friends, pair of dark-tinted spectacles, mannged to rescue him from his recolved an audience of the King sorry plight. He was taken to a at Buckingham Palace this oven- spot near the Au Wong Templa ahd. ing.
left there, being discovered by tho He is entering a nursing home police yesterday. to-night to undergo an operation to He has since been removed to the his right oyo,—"British Wireless. Kowloon Hospital for treatment.
STOP PRESS.
For the most part, however, the practice in British dependencies was already in conformity with the convention, which operates from June 3rd next.-British Wire- lern.
A striking picture showing the Korean who threw the homb which wounded so many prominent Japanese Inst week being led away from the scene of the outrage in Hunghew Park, himself severaly beaten.
An intimate "anap" of Sir William Peel, who is leaving for England on
Home leave to-morrow.
SOVIET WAR TALK
GEN. BLUCHER AND JAPAN
(Reuter's Special Service).
NORTH
ANTI-MANCHUKUO CAMPAIGN
FIERCE BATTLES IN PROGRESS.
Harbin, May 5.
The warfare in Manchuria is gradually reaching its worst, reports of grim battles reaching Harbin from many places.
Troops hostile to the Manchukuo Government are stoutly defending Fangcheng against repented Japan- ese assults in strong farco. The Chinese have suffered very heavy caufualties, but are belloved to be still holding the town.
for
And
The Japanese commander hag called
reinforcements troops are being transported down the Sungar river in steamers ac- companied by gunboats.
HEAVY LOSSES.
Another heavy ongagment curred yesterday between anti- Government troops and Japanese forces near Mulan on the Sungari. Here again, the Chinese suffered heavy easunities, but resisted gallantly.
Another battle is going on in the eastern section of the Chinese Eastern Railway near Mifen, whore the railway bridge was recently
BRITAIN'S
TARIFFS destroyed.
TWO-DAY DEBATE OPENS IN THE COMMONS
London, May. 4 A debate on the Treasury Order imposing the recent im- port duties was opened in the
Commons his evening and will be continued to-morrow.
The feature of the debate, which gave it special interest, was the exercise of the right of the Free Trade members of the Government to express views at variance with those of the majority of their col-
leagues.
BRIDGES DESTROYED. Anti-Government troops have frequently fired on the re- pair gangs sent down and Man- chukuq troops were rushad to the scene to afford them protoczy. tion. Immediately, an engage- ment developed between the Manchukee forces and the still going on. eurgents and heavy fighting
MA CHAN-SHAN'S WORK.
- Destruction
elsewhere
ip-
in
con-
tinues on a serious scale. Anti- Government troops have destroy of two bridges carrying the Hu- Hai Railway across
River.
the
Hulan One of the bridges was 216 metres long and the other 25, metres long.
It is believed that the troops of
Char-shan General Ma
were
The Chancellor of Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, moving that the Treasury Order bo en- dorsed, explained the scope of the duties and the committee's course responsible. in making the recommendations at
Japanese troops are now DC- this stage general rather than decupying towns on the Sungari to
tailed.
If any
industry felt the duties to be insufficient. it was
for
their representatives to Com- state their case to the mittee and not to members of the Government.
Moscow, May 4. Jets of the flames of
The Committee's report gave the real war are beginning to reasons why they had not gone be jump not far from our yond a very narrow range of food- stuffs on this occasion and had Eastern borders, said drawn attention to the fact that General Blucher, the com- the question of foodstuffs WBB mander-in-chief of the bound to play an important and Soviet Armies in the Far perhaps predominant part in the
Ottawa Conference. East, in the course of a fighting Habarovsk. "We are ready for the
"We shall defy a single foreign collective trample the
speech
A man named Li Yau was charged before Mr. Fraser, at the Kowloon Shanghai, May 5, 11.50 n.m.
(Mingistracy this morning, with possess sion of on unlicensed automatic re The trace agreement, oficially velver and 72 rounds of ammunition. Inspector Elatan, who prosecuted, ending the Shanghai hostilities, applied for a remund of 48 hours. He he said.
said he had Instructions to any that was signed this morning at 11.35 the police wished for a remand to foot to
decide whether to apply for cummittal fields of the Soviet." a.m.--Renter,
Dealing with the iron and steel at industry, Mr. Chamberlain said the purpose of the provisional duties was not so much protection as a prohibition of imports to keep the situation stable while the Com- (Continued on Page 7.)
battle,"
for to ask his Worship to deal with the "The peril of war is apprunch-
the north of Harbin and are ad- vancing on Mutankiong-Reuter
HELEN ARRIVES IN EUROPE
AMERICA AND THE DAVIS CUP
at
tho aboard
Chor- Ac-
(Reuter's Special Service).
London, May 4, With no fewer than twenty- five tennis racquets, but without her famous pigtails, Mra. Helen Wills-Moody arrived hourg to-day quitanin.
She will compete in the French international championships and
In an interview, Mrs. Wills- Moody declared that she decided- Jy believes that the United States are going to win the Davis Cup as well as the Wightman Cup.
case summarily. The case was ac-ing closer, but the fighters of AMERICAN NAVAL later at Wimbledon.
cordingly remanded for 48 hours.
Taken a few moments before a bomb fell in tháir midst, our pleture shows Japanese officials on the platform in Hongkow; Park, with? Maria
Mural at the microphone, addressing the kane trowadza
the Soviet Eastern Army are reday to rise at any moment in defence of Soviet territory."
General Blucher, who was at one time, in the name of General Galens, the military adviser of General Chiang Kai-shek, added that although the capitalist world hates and wants to strangle the Soviot, Russia's only desire is to be left in peace to construct her Socialistic economy.
IRISH OATH BILL DIVISION
TEN MAJORITY IN COMMITTEE
Dublin, May 4 The Bill for the abolition
MAN'S LUCK
FIRST IN SHANGHAI CHAMPIONS SWEEP
(Telegraph Special.)
Shanghai, May 5. Chiof Petty Officer David Schwartz, of the United States Naval Purchasing Office here, is
DOLLAR REMAINS.
UNCHANGED
SLIGHT RISE IN SILVER
The Hongkong dollar remainsTM unchanged to-day, with vory. little doing on the exchange
anid to hold one of the two tickets wiankig first prizes the Champions Sweepstake.
Schwartz is said to have. bought market. The business rate is several tickets, but to have kept about 1s. 8.1/8d. only one-bearing the lucky num-London reports allvor up 1/10th- der which makes him richer to spot and forward, India being the extent of alightly over $100,- small buyer, with China operat
*ing both ways on a quiet market. of 000,
of the After the official fixing, the waterwork market ruled atoady.
the two Silver þas riten 1/8th in New ,000-York, where the market ⠀ In z
the Oath of Allegiance was takin Men Walter, wit to a division on the edge
Bacral dry of the","
twins one staro to-day thi
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