+
ONE MORE FOR CENTURY CHINESE COURAGE
AND PENNANT
Yankees Score Five Runs
in Twelfth Inning
New York, Sept. 12.
While the Yankees have
gave
T
PRAISED.
WORK OF FLOOD RELIEF COMMISSION
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1932.
RUSSIAN GUARD'S
SUICIDE
"UNSOUND MIND" THE VERDICT
Allegations
of inconsiderate
nt
CORRESPONDENCE.
A Sent in the Bus
[To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.]
RADIO BROADCAST
8.10-10 p.m.
London. Sopt. 12.
a bus RELAY OF BORDERERS' BAND Sir, While riding on The great resource, organising
Broadcast by Z..W. on a wavelength of ability and extraordinary courage treatment by superior officers, con- to-day something happened which of the Chinese technical staff of tained in a letter left behind by D. could hardly escape my notice, nor
6-8 p.m. Chinese recorded pro- not the Flood Relief Commission, is V. Mikhailovsky a Russian Police any decent person's, for that mat-5 metre. (515 K.0.8).
com- ter. It concerned a man who has
gramme.
8-10.30 p.m. European programme. yet actually won the American pald a tribute in a long article guard, who on August 24
aser-scendancy from the knights of
8 p.m. Local Time and Weather League pennant, their victory in The Times by Sir Hope Simp-mitted suicide by shooting him-ovidently lost all claims of de-
is a Report. itson. dealing with flood relief in self in the head with
vice-riflo In the Guards Omce King Arthur, and who over Cleveland to-day makeu
8.3.8.30 p.m. Concert Itoms. from (converted
the old No. aupreme example of modern elvi- impossible for them to be over-China.
Violin Baloocalise (Rachmaninoff-Press) grab
Mischa Elman 1854. carried the Cleveland
Station
West lization-a civilization of taken.
the fact that 7 Polico He emphasised
Song-Orpheus with a Lute (Sullivan) struggle into the twelfth inning,
the Commission was hampered in Point,) were found to be ground and keep. 10 allow
It was during tiffin hour and the Bong-The Wren (Benedict)
Havle Bennett (Soprano) U2767. its efforts on the north bank of less at a Coroner's. inquiry con- when Cleveland broke five runs to cross the plate.
the Yungtsze by bandits, and cluded before Mr. Schofield, at the bus was packed with business men, Plano Solo-Fairy Tale (Mediner)
lenno Kolssivitch 1440. Magistracy cites an incident in which a ban-Central
yesterday school children and people of all Plano Solo-Burgestion Diabolique (Prokofleft) Washington and Philadelphia
bus alowed Bong-Down in the Firext (Landon Ronald) descriptions. The won again, Cochrane hitting
dit horde in Honan overwhelmed afternoon.
The jury empanelled comprised down and the person in question Bong-O Flower of all the World (Woodferde. Finden)..Waiter Glynne (Tenor) 92489, homer for the Athletics.
At the same moment Cello Boto-Musette (Bach-Poliale)
Pablo Can's
1349. A circuit clout by Frederick the headquarters of the Commie-
sion and carried off its resources Messrs. J. R. Brouwer (foreman), jumped on.
Yue- victory over
a passenger got up and was pre- Brooklyn
sumably on the point of offering the Commission (chung. Chicago in the National. Exactly in grain and cash, yet when the E.M.II. Castro, and Fung
A verdict of "suicide. while
of the seat to the school children and five games now separate the Cubsbah retreated,
ladies, when the man, thinking unsound mind" was returned. from the Pirates, Paul Waner re-started work with a newly re-
Sub-Inspector O'Connor, who was that the passenger was getting off, scored a home run for the Pirates (cruited staff.
He estimated that a thousand summoned on the morning in ques- rushed at and took the seat. He, against the l'hillies.
on the north bank oftion from his quarters on the first then, smoked his pipe in the per the Yangtsze lost their lives in a floor of the building, said that when feet enim and serenity of a well-Song-When You Gone month as a result of red raids. he reached the ground floor, he saw wen battle.
"gentleman's" manners The The Times, in a leading article several Russian guards grouped at
the large would require some overhauling if Fox Trot--I'm Suit Caring on the matter, says that it speaks the doorway, leading to well for the spirit of the Chinese room which was the scene of the the sent had been genuinely offer- Under the present employees of the Commission who tragedy. On entering, he founded and accepted in the face of the to faced perils without flinching Mikhailovsky lying on his back on wenker sex. "Indeed, an account of their work
circumstances I am at a loss
If I had known the describe him. Com- the and
prevalence of
gentleman" personally, I would and banditry, in the munisin
have given film a plece of my mind banditry, in the Yangtsze Valley,
gratis, but now I must leave him that the rives 1
the impression
to the pricks of his own conscience Chinese deserve better leader-
If he has one. the revolution has ship than Kiven them," it concludes.--- Renter
Results:
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn
Chicago
Philadelphin
Pittaborgh
A
11
2 10 0
1. 11 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
H
非
Chiengo
Washington
9 31
Cleveland
3 11
New York
B 11
Detroil
9
Philadelphin
7
[ 1
League standings follow:
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn Philadelphin
Boston
St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
E
1
workmen
the
THE CHINESE DRAGON.
bed near a window at the west end of the room, fully dressed in Europenn eivilian clothing and wearing brown socks and shoes.
Witness' attention was caught by a rifle which was lying between the man's legs with the muzzle only Thic two inches from his chin. magazine was empty and in order to take the weapon from the body this case was Shanghai. Had being witness had to remove dead Mikhavilovsky persisted in
other place, the man'a hands from off the stock.sent to some
be referred Witness pulled back the bolt and matter would have to extracted an empty cartridge case. te superior officers.
understand," said "I cannot Wound in Chĵo.
his sickness witness, "why in his letter he said I tried to make worse."
Offcial's Consideration. Little outstanding. form was shown by the players who took part in the right side of the head above the
Witness went on to say that after another opening was third hockey trial held at Sookumpou forehead. yesterday, when the team of Pro-The right eye was swollen. At the his first discharge from hospital, imbles beat the Possibles by four goals head of the bed on the right sine, and the question of his being to swo. The match on the whole was on the floor, was a pool of congeal-invalided was raised, Mikhailovsky seappy, and revealed nothing which
ed blond. On the wall just back was brought by him before the Ins might be of assistance to the Selection of the dead man's head was a bola pector General of Police, Mr. Cominiftee, the slippery state of the ground making good hockeyn di-parently rult task.
83 67
12 ,537
521
1
70
72-197
65 75 464
154 Th
460
:: HE
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
New York
Philadelphia
Washington Cleveland Detroit.
St. Loui Chiengo Boston
39
K7 55 813
200
85 05 007
20
*60
67 61
58 81 417
43-306
10 100
GANDHI'S FAST
*87*
of
into account
HOCKEY TRIAL.
SCRAPPY PLAY IN MATCH ÁT SOOKUNTO0 YESTERDAY
Friendly Match
reserves.
For the
Winners
A large garing wound was evid. ent under the chin on the right the side, while in line with it on
were
made by bullet, splinters of which
found embedded between the mortar the brickwork.
of
"After
"I
not
examina-
A relay of the band of the fat Batin. Bouth Wales Borderer; conducted by land- Commanding. master Gecks. from Heant Austin Barracks, by courtesy of the Offeer
During the Interval recorded musle will be
10-10.27 p.m. Variety.
broadcast from the Btudin).
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Oracle Field (ComeBenne) Vocal Duet-Cala Litle Flat
Gracie Fleks and Archie Pitt B Fox Trot-I'm Just a Vagabond Lover
Rudy Vallen & His Connecticut Yankees 2106T (This record by special request) Song Wanting Yo Sorg-Love. Come Back to He
Lawrence Tibbelt (Baritone) 1506. This record is by special request) Fox Trot--Mann Lin
For Trot-You're Blear
Ambrose & His Orchestra 114126. 10.27 p.m. Rugby Mid-day Press News,
10.30 p.m.
Close Down All records in the above European pro Krammes, except No. 1500 which la supplied
Co.. by Messrs. Trang Fook Plano kindly varied by Mears. S. Mautria & Co
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9.00 pm Dance Music-Dollar 8. 9. Pren.
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BANK'S PROFIT.
REPORT OF THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
.....
5,000,000.00 5,077,202,81 Y.11,227,292.81
E. D. C. Wolfe, when Mikhailovsky asked to be kept on, and his an- plication was favourably received Mr. by the official interviewed. The Probables hail the better team
Wolfe had then thought that and gave a superior all-round display
The body was removed to the Mikhailovsky might profit from a to their opponents. G. Singh opened Mortuary after the arrival of Mrspell of sea-duty, in view of his the scoring from a pass, but when William La Bart Sparrow, A.S.P. ailment, and for four months after- the interval arrived the Probables
Lance Sergeant No. E. 6 then wards, Mikhailovsky did regular The local branch of the Yokohama in arrear were two goals to one
paper ship duty.
Specie Bunk are in receipt of a cable- They quickly equalised, however, and handed witness a piece of (Continued from Page 11
then took the lead, which they sub-with two keys attached.
It was stated that the $25 found grams from the head office to the 1.S.E. G had translated what was in the suitesse represented all the effect that, at the 105th. half-yearly the on the paper," said witness, fully the strength of Gandhi'sequently increased to 4-2.
shareholders held at the head officu feeling upon the question
went with him to his room, where monies found in the suicide's be ordinary general meeting of
longings. separate electorates, and promised. In a friendly game of hockey play-I saw a suitcase, which was
At the close of the evidence, the of the Bank at Yokohama on the
10th inat
a net profit of Yen 11,227,- It would be taken
ed yesterday afternoon at the Caro-locked, and which, on an
Coroner in reviewing the facts 1 was shown, including Y.4.877.- from laat ne- before the Government decisionine Hill Ground. Radio Sports Club tion, I found to contain, just inside said the case, so far as the actual 376.07 carried over
bent MS. Veteran six goals to on top of some clothing, u letter. was given.
three. The home team fielded a fair was gunned down, and ad occurrence went, was a very simple count. It was resolved to make the
The deceased, as the jury following allocations: one. "DEAR FRIEND".
Side against the visitors, several re-dressed to L.S.E.6. I handed it to
..Y 1,150,000.00 had heard, must have shot himself To Reserve Fund Hular players giving place to
p.n. [E.6 requesting him to open it. He A further letter from Gandhi to
did so, and found it to contain this in the manner described, by point- Dividend of 10
(for half-yene ended the Prime Minister, whom he
The 30th June, 1932) the trigger. addressed as "Dear friend", writ-
Avtar Singh letter and $25 in Hongkong bunking the rifle just under his chin Scoret far goals and H. Singh two notes. I then requested E. & to and pulling
inflicted obviously To be carried forward to ten on August 18th, after the Karnal Singh and d. Singh played a translute the letter, H copy of wound thus
next account Government's decision has been game, rendering much assis-which translation is here produc-caused his death.
Why He Did It. announced. says:--"I bave resist your decision, with
Suicide's Record.
The question remains of course the Rife. The only way I can do
why he did it. They had Sub-Inspector Portallion, in so is by declaring a perpetual fast unto death from food of
charge of the Guards Department medical record of the man and the water. with
for a period of two years and seven evidence of the surgeon who car- Save ny kind,
mantlis, said he first came to know ried out the post-mortem examina- or without salt
soda, and This fast will cease it. during
the deceased two days after the tion, which showed that he was in general arrival of the Russian very advanced state of consump- its progress, the British Govern-
guards from Shanghai on enlist tion. The medical report from the
hospital had shown he ment, of its own motion or under
ment in the early part of 1930.parently incurable, and the surgeon pressure of public opinion, revise
In 450 of the rubber states tap-They were quartered at the old their decision and withdraw their scheme of communal electorates for ping has been completely abandon-Sailors-Home, but later transferret thought he had not many years to the Depressed Classes, whose re-rd, and been partially suspended over to their present quarters in live. That provided them with an
in 111.
the old No. 7 Police Station on the explanation of his later neta.
knew he was incurable, and that he presentatives should be elected by a
removal to the This brings the total tapping latter's
Sailors general electorate under a common
had no prospect of employment in under Gen. Shen Pao-lin, are now franchise, no matter how wide it abandoned since July 31 to 31 per Home.
Hongkong or elsewhere. In his engaged fighting Japanese troops These Russian guards were is.
cent, of the tappable area for 1931.
engaged for duty on Empresa liners later days, with the troublous times in the, suburbs of Mukden, accord- and B. and S. boats, and when as through which his country was ing to this evening's issue of the still proceeding, the paper adds, hore their duties were confineil to passing, he appeared to have been Shin Chich Wan Pan. Fighting is
unhappy.' to waterfront searching. Mik- tion in the Legislatures, we were hailovsky never came under his equally careful to do nothing that special attention for any
from the Hindu world.
to
tance to the goal scorers.
Day
TAPPING STOPPED
POSITION OF DUTCH EAST INDIAN RUBBER STATES
"The proposed fast will cone-Reuter, into operation in the ordinary course from 20th September next, unless the said decision is mean- while revised. I ask that this
Hoare be published. I want public opinion to be affected by my letters. Hence my request for their early publication. I regret the decision I have taken, but as a man of reli- gion I have no other course left open to me."
PREMIER REPLIES.
Batavia, Sept. 12,
EQUAL FOOTING.
"You yourself stated, in your you letter of 11th March, that
|ed."
reason,
was ap-
He
pro-
FIGHTING NEAR MUKDEN
ARTILLERY
AUDIBLE
IN CITY
Peking, Sept. 12.
volunteers,
More than 3,000
man-
The evidence disclosed by the in-and artillery fire is clearly audible quiry showed that he must have at Mukden during the day as well letter and my letter to Sir Samue! would split off their community but in September 1930, he applied contemplated suicide for some time as at night.
-at any rate ho got the bullet a
Japanese forces are now counter- for sick leave, and when going into considerable time before using it. Hospital did not state the nature Tuberculosis was presumably con, attacking, the same paper reporty.. of his illness.
tracted sometime during 1930, or Japanese troops staged Referring to the man's record, Inspector Portallion stated that only examined on
between May when he was medical-oeuvres at Shanhaikuan early this enlistment, and morning without warning, causing were not against their representa- three occasions during his two tion in the Legislatures. Under years of service, the man went into October or September of that year, panic among the populaco-Reu-
tera Special. the Government's scheme, the De- hospital, staying there on each when he went into hospital.
The jury had heard what the The Prime Minister, in a reply pressed Classes will remain part occasion for less than two months. doctor said about the advanced
of the Hindu community and will is official record was perfectly state of the disease and the cabled on September
" minor bability of its proying on the EARTHQUAKE FEARS. pressed has sincero regret at vote with the Hindu electorate on satisfactory except for
caution- Bufferer's mind. The peculiar cir- Gandhi's letter and proceeded: "Ian equal footing, but for the first offence for which he was
remaining ed.
cumstances of his country might
VILLAGES EVACUATED IN cannot help thinking you have writ-20 years, while stiil
Discharged As Incurable. have affected his mental outlook,
EAST INDIES ten it under a misunderstanding ns electorally a part of the. Hindu
receive. Ordinarily, if Mikhailovsky had and this together with consumption to what the decision of His community, they will Majesty's Government as regards through a limited number of any application to make to the had dopressed him, and this it ap-
London, Sept. 12.. such would have peared, very naturally caused him the Depressed Classes really in special constituencies, the means Government,
Messages from Amboina in the piles. We have always understood of anfeguarding their rights and passed through witness's hands be to commit auicide. that you were irrevocably opposed interests that we are convinced is fore being forwarded to the A.S.P.
Complaints. Groundless. Dutch East Indies state that the to the permanent segregation of necessary under present cond and the I.G.P. No such application
The complaints in the letter, as most serious earthquake felt since the Depressed Classes from the tions. Where these constituencies was made by Mikhailovsky when ho
Hig appeared to be groundless.
Sixty houses collapsed at Kom- Hindu community. I also knewars evented, members of the De-received his discharge on being far as his Worship could make out, 1898 occurred to-day.
de invalided on August 22 last-two conditions of service showed that that your view was shared by a pressed Classen will not be great body of Hindu opinion, and prived of their voto in the general days prior to his suicide.
already thereforo took
lle was discharged from servico, the Government had wholly carried nong where all the inhabitants into Hindu constituences, but will have
which has most caroful account, when
weltwo votes in order that their said witness, as an invalid and as out its contract with him. His re-evacuated owing to the fear of
cord with the Police was good, and tidal wave, com incurable. For every completed were considering the question of membership of the Hindu
So far there have been representation of the Depressed munity should romain unimpaired. year of service, the man discharged it was to be supposed that the visited Piru.
We deliberately decided against would receive an extra month's tuberculosis coupled with the do "Whilst, in .view of the the crontion of what you describe pay, and Mikhailovsky who had preasing circumstances of his life casualties.--Rentor, numerous appeals which have na a communal electorate for the completed two years of servico, re-or the last 14 or 10 years must
ceived $100 as this extra remunera have proyed on his mind.
Tho. Coronor: If you are satis- been recolved from the Depressed Depressed Classes."
tion. Clasada" organisations
He made no application to be fed that he died a suicido and that generally admitted social abilities under which they labour, Gandhi answered the Prime sent to some other place than no one was to blame for it, you are and which you have often re- Minister in a letter dated Septem- Shanghai, but had he dono so, sald Justified in bringing in a verdict. Aka museum infghich he stated that witness, he would have been refer of "suleide while of unsound
oddildon, in bla grament mindig
we
Classca.
it
and the dis-
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