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MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1932.
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JAPANESE WARSHIPS ORDERED TO SHANGHAI
PREJUDICE
IN
EVIDENCE
DEFENCE ARGUMENT IN CHENG TRIAL
AGENCY DOUBTS
CROWN PROCEDURE
CRITICISED
"This is a clear. case of the Crown establishing by evidence of the commission of one crime that accused must have committed the other," said Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., in the Full Court this morning when argument on cer- tain points of law arising out of the Cheng murder trial was com- menced.
Mr. Potter dealt fra with the Crown indictment. "You will approsiate" he said, "that the in-
dictment charges the arensed with]
before eing an accessory act, that is to say, that acted an his agent for the purpose. of committing this murder."
the Lau
Mr. Potter quoted brielly from) Halsbury to support his conten-"
tion that accused was not an ne- ! cessory before the fact, or, inf other words, that the agency of Lau had not been established.
KERNEL OF CASE.
"As the trial judge put it in his summing up, the agency of! Lau in the kernel of the whole case," said Mr. Potter, "and my submission will be that the evidence relied upon by the Crown! for the purpose of proving that) fact, not only did not prove it,. It was inadmissible evidence,"
Proceeding. Mr.
said Potter the plot to murder Fung had been; concocted between 1 and Tsui long before Zimmern and Christiel
thought of. Ife related incidents which surrounds. the
Wong. engagement ol
declared
were
the
the
anil gunman that a complete, coherent and self- contained story of the murder of Fung by Tsui and his accomplices had been put before the jury.
GAP IN EVIDENCE.
The only element missing in the Crown case," continued Mr. no Polter, "is that there is evidence to connect the accused, with that shooting or with Tsui's plot, or to prove that Iau in any The story way acted as his agent.
is complete and self-contained.
"When you come to Zimmern
HOSTILE ACTIVITIES IN
HONGKEW ALLEGED
SINO-JAPANESE TENSION NEARING
BREAKING-POINT
Admira! Sakonji's flagship, the Idau mo, in which he is rushing to Shang-
hai from Hankow.
| SNORBANCURINKOLNÍMENANG MABIGATZANEEN
MAYOR WU TO LODGE PROTESTS TYPHOON'S MOLLISON RUNS INTO
(SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH.")
SHANGHAI, AUGUST 29.
ACCORDING TO INFORMATION FROM RELIABLE SOURCES, THE JAPANESE FIFTEENTH DESTROYER SQUADRON COMPOSED OF FIVE WARSHIPS, UNDER THE COMMAND OF ADMIRAL SAKONJI, HAS RECEIVED ORDERS FROM THE JAPANESE NAVY OFFICE TO CONCENTRATE AT SHANGHAI.
The strain in Sino-Japanese relations in Shanghai is now rapidly reaching the breaking point and the fear of a resumption of hostilities is no longer confined to the uneducated mass, who believe any rumour that is put into circulation.
The gravity of the situation may easily be judged from the increasing activity of the Japanese marines, who have been considerably strengthened ashore and who have already established military telephone communication in the Hongkew District.
Hundreds of Chinese residents of Hongkew and Chapel, the probable storm centres if trouble breaks, are leaving for "safer" zones and apprehension of fur- ther trouble is becoming more and more infectious.
Admiral Sakonji, the commander-in-chief of the Fifteenth Squadron, ig, at pre- sent at Hankow. He is rushing back to Shanghai aboard his flagship, the cruiser Idzumo, which, it will be recalled, was nearly blown up by a depth mine early in the year when lying at anchor off Hongkew.
MAYOR RECEIVES DEPUTATION
suppang zou dan Kopf zu Zujaus
TOLL
IN FORMOSA
TRAIN WRECKED IN THE GALE
ū
MANY LIVES LOST,
FOG
Lands Eighteen Miles From St. John
St. John, Aug. 28. Mr. J. A. Mollison, dying here from New York, landed unfely in a Beld at Nerepis, about eighteen miles from St. John, fug pre venting him from landing at the. nirport in St. John-Renter.
The entire northern part of Formosa was almost devastated by the typhoon which caused them heavy week-end rains in Hong- kong.
A message from Taiboku says that the cyclonic gales were ac companied by fierce rains, and claimed many lives and inflicted widespread loss.
THE COTTON
STRIKE
THE RAIN
EARLY IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED
TWELVE INCHES RECORDED
A HONGKONG SUMMER WEEK-END
Twelve and a half inches of rain have fallen upon Hong- kong this week-end and numerous small landslides have occurred, although on the whole, the Colony has escaped comparatively light- ly.
The rain commenced at 2 a.m. en Friday and has continued in- cessantly ever since, with ocea- sional intervals of mere drizzle.
The heaviest fall was register- ed between midnight on Saturday and midnight Sunday when 4.48 inches fell at the Royal Observa- tory, while over the whole period. there were two hours in which
more than an inch fell,
QUITE LOCAL..
Between 6.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. on Friday, 1.18 inches. were re-
Twelve persons were killed and MAGNITUDE NOT YET corded, and between 11.30 a.m. and
Two
two injured when a train overturn- ed as a result of the storm. Taihoku was inundatel. floating restaurants in the Tansul river were carried away, and six waitresses were drowned.
Keelung was also inundated and suffered serious damage.
Four small steamers have not
wet been accounted for.
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The Chinese authorities are attempting their hardest to pacify the Chinese residents of Hongkew and apanese goods, thereby hoping Chapei, about whose alarm there is no doubt, and Mayorito escape the wrath of the agita- Wu Tich-chen is, at the same time, making representa- tions to the commander of the Japanese marines, asking him to restrain their activities.
Representatives of Chinese residents in the Chapei, Hong- kew and Yangtsepoo Districts have, in fact, sent a deputation to Mr. Wo Tich-chen. The Mayor received them at office this morning and promised to do his best to assist them.
They asked the Mayor to apply strong pressure upon the Japanese and to prevail upon the Consulate-General that the warlike activities of the Japances marines must ceasc.
The Mayor is also likely to lodge a strong protest with the Japanese Consulate-General against the recent hostile activities.
and Christie, you have another "EVENING POST" SOUNDS WARNING
complete slory and each story has reference to different crimen. It
"The situation has not yet moved so far that the roots of further lo.! end trouble cannot be torn up, but the policy of drift may prove fatal,"
tors.
The
Federation of
National
Salvation Associations, a group of
Chinese so-called patriotic societies has issued a manifesto addressed to the Japanese community where- in it is stated that the Chinese people bave exhausted their jutience in the face of "Japanese aggression and provocative nets" and that the boycott has been re- vived in the hope that the Japan- ese Government will change its "stiff" polley toward Chine,
BROWN'S LTD.
·ANTI-CIVIL WAR FEDERATION
END OF SHANGHAI CONFERENCE
(Special to "Telegraph"}
KNOWN
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TEN DISTRICTS DOUBTFUL
(Telegraph Special.)
London, Aug. 28. The magnitude of the Lan- cashire cotton strike, will not be definitely known until the factory whistles blow to-morrow morn- ing.
The weavers left their work at the usual time on Saturday and it is fairly certain that the vast majority will ignore the whistles
Lo-morrow.
12.30 p.m. on Saturday, 1.20 inches
were
registered. Between 10 o'clock yesterday nd 10 o'clock to-day, 3.64 inches have fallen.
The total rainfall since January.. Ist is now 81.95 inches, against an average of 65.19.
The Royal Observatory states that the heavy rains have been quite local and there is every prospect of an early improvement in weather conditions.
LYTTLETON ROAD CRASH.
A serious
landslide occurred
on Lyttleton Road, caused by the loosening of a huge boulder em- bedded in the retaining wall of the pathway leading to Basilen Terrace.
The mass of earth and rock with a crush that aroused the en- came down yesterday afternoon
There is, however, some doubt)
fire neighbourhood. The P.W.D. about what will happen in the tento shut off access to the upper was notified and steps were taken
Shanghai, Aug. 29. The conference of the National manufacturing centres where the Anti-Civil War Federation held operatives recently made separate pathway on the dangerous side. its final session yesterday after-In these districts, it is believed,
agreements with their employers. PATHWAY UNDERMINED noon when a committee was the operatives are content with The slide blocked almost
the
to
pointed to take charge of the
working conditions. but it is not entire width of Lyttleton Road, affairs of the Federation after the certain whether they will strike in but enough of the fall was re- closing of the conference.
sympathy with their less fortunate moved to allow free passage The meeting adopted a resolu-colleagues.
vehicles. Ая the TO-DAY'S MEETING OF tion urging that branch organiza-
property is very old there is a fear that still tions be established in the pro- CREDITORS
more of the retaining wall will vinces in order to build the Federation into a powerful organ of public opinion.--Reuter.
DOLLAR RISES A FARTHING
MARKET IN STATE OF UNCERTAINTY
-HEAVY LOSSES.
If the stoppage is complete, collapse should the heavy rains Great Britain will lose business continue. to the value of £1,000,000 weekly The pathway to the terrace hus while the cotton workers will lose been dangerously undermined at half a million sterling in wages one point. weekly.
Meanwhile, Rome is congratulat-
PEAK SLIDE.
ing itself upon the securing of A quantity of approximately reduction in the Italian cotton eight tons of earth and rock be- industry without a strike,
ITALIAN CUTS.
is a clear case of the Crown
The growing tension in Shang- nese tendency towards illegal and of the renewed violent action to support the boy- establishing by evidence of the commission of one crime, that the lui as a result
cott, plus the Japanese inclination i accused must have committed the anti-Japanese seycoll efforts has to depend on force to fight the bay-
28 PER CENT. other.".
already been marked by the action coll. The Crown had to establish one!
A meeting of creditors of Messrs. thing, and one thing only, added of the Japanese naval landing Mr. Potter. That was the agency headquarters in strengthening the
Brown's Ltd. was held at the of Lau. If they could establish regular patrolling force,
offices of Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming at noon to-day. that, the case was complete, and he could offer no defence. There A statement was issued, declar-the editorial anid.
Representatives "Shanghai cannot afford another
of following
came dislodged from the hillside would
be no need for a lot of ing that ample protection will be
war. Control for peace must be creditors were present: Messra.
about 100 yards from the junction evidence about motive. Every-1
of Stubbs Rond and Craigmin thing else would go by the board provided for Japanese residents, exercised now while there is yet Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd., The
time."
Mercantile Bank of India Ltd.,
A message from the Italian Road, on The Peak, blocking the despite the recent "extension of) once agency was established.
Messrs. G. E. Welton & Co., the
capital states that a ten per cent. north side of Stubbs Road for terrorism by Chinese ultraj
MERCHANT FEARS.
Hongkong Land Investment and The Hongkong dollar rose cut in wages for
but
the some time. in the In the vicinity of Shlu Fai is Agency Ltd., Mr. J. W. Souza, the farthing this morning to 1s. 4.d. minimum wage earners patriots."
Merchants whose business already at a low ebb as the result South China Sunday Star Ltd., The local market opened atoudy, Italian cotton industry has been Terrace, Stubbs Road was partial-
undertone of political uncertainties and de- The Chartered Bank of India, but later the
was agreed upon after long negotia-ly blocked by a small landslide, but the debris has now been clear- whole of their evidence WAB The Chinese-owned China Press preciated silver, believe that re- Australia and Chip, Ltd., Messrs. easier, with an uncertain outlook. tious. thrown before the jury without a
Silver advanced 1/16th in Lon- The conclusion of the agree. ed. Sergeant Billingham has re- reservation of any kind, and the reports in a news story that an newed Sino-Japanese hostilities Harry Wickbig & Co., and Messrs.
an official ported to Police Headquarters the commercial Arts & Crafts, Ltd.
don on Saturday. India bought, ment is welcomed in jury were invited to say that if organisation of Japanese mer-would subject
which it
and China sold. There was small communique as a triumph for the that a small landslide occurred they believed he had done what chants has threatened the lives of structure to a strain
withstand.
business.
Fascist industrial policy, which, about 30 yards above Caine Road Zimmern and Christie had said he leaders. of the anti-Japanese would be unable to
bankruptcioa would
while making strikes illegal, fully in Glenoaly Road. had done, they could infer he was movement, who intend to hold a Wholesale
A slight washout' on the Taf safeguards the Interests of the Lau's principal.
national convention in Shanghai, follow.
lower paid workers at a time when Hang Road was also reported yes- the cotton industries of other terday. | countries, are paralysed by Iabour
conflict. Reuter.
NO RESERVATIONS. Reverting to Zimmern and Christie, Mr. Potter suid the!
ALLEGED THREATS.
quarters, the
agitation
no
FINANCIERS IN SESSION
The creditors decided that application would be made to the court for the appointment of any In New York, silver rose 3/8ths person as Liquidator in the place to 29, the market being stendy. "Bolled down, the Crown ense in The holding of such a convon- In spite of this attitude In re of Mr. Donald Black, Liquidator that because the accused procur- tion, it is admitted, might inflamesponsible
anti-appointed by the Company, or for ed Zimmern and Christie, he must the situation to proportions it Japanese
continues. the appointment of a Committee of have been the man who procured achieved last winter prior to the The "Blood and Iron" societies Inspection. Lau," said Mr. Potter.
outbreak of Sino-Japanese hostillare carrying on their warnings
The assets of the Company in jagninat merchanta allegedly.
wore Liquidation ties.
catimated at handling Japanese goods, Threats $8,616.97 and the liabilities of violence are becoming numerous 230,679. The Liquidator estimat In a front page editorial on Fri- and Instances of bombs being ed that a dividend of twenty-eight the jury without the slightest re-day, the Shanghat Evening Post placed within shops as warnings per cent would be made to creditors,
sounded a warning that disaster is from the societies continue.
subject to expenses of winding up the Company.
Proceeding, he explained that one of his main objections was that the evidence of Zimmern and Christie had been thrown before
servation.
NEWSPAPER WARNING.
at
ESTABLISH PICKETS. Mr. Potter then told the story of bond if lawless 'Chinese elements The Zimmern and Christie evidence do not cease. promoting the anti-
The agitators have also ca- from the time of the dinner at the Japanese boycott by violence.
pickota at various The editorial was entitled, "Drift tablished You Fong Chan Restuarant to the
Toward Disaster of Control for wharves and warehouses seeking The Royal Observatory reports that visit to the solicitors.
Another complete history Peace The relations are again goods.
The Post declared that to observe any incoming Japanese aver Central Japan, and depression
a over Tongking. Ideal forecastinB, W.
THE "MYSTERY MAN" IN AMERICA
HOUSES COLLAPSE.
Excavation work was in full progress this morning on the de and a number of lending Ameri- bris in three houses in Tat Fu i
Street, West Point, where, aaa. can financiero.
The British programme is re-result of a rock sliding down from ference to its December debt pay- the hillside, the house collapsed ment to the United States was shortly before 6 o'clock last oven- one of the topics uppermost Ining, causing injuries to two mon of the who are now in hospital, and kIII- New York, Aug. 28.
the minds of the head British bank and American in-ing a young boy. What high financial circles ternational financiers.
The huge boulder crashed into termed "the most important pri-| Another matter of great im the row of houses at the extreme vate international finance con- portance which was discussed fond of Yat Fu Street and cansed forence" of the year was held at was the creation of an affective Nos. 12.16 and 17 to collapse. The Dar Harbour, Maine, last week be- utan looking toward international inmates were buried by the debris