COXSWAIN'S
RUSSIAN TIMBER FOR BRITAIN
CANADIAN OUTCRY SEQUEL
RESTRICTION ON IMPORTS
RADICAL CONTENTIONS.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII WEDNESDAY, JANUARY-
STORY OF LAUNCH
BRITISH NAVAL STRATEGY IN THE FAR EAST
(Continued from Page 1.) speech of the Soviet Foreign Com missar M, Max.m Litvinoff, before the Central Executive Committee of the U.S.S.It.
The Soviet-Japanese conflict de- rives, writes M. Herriot, from the Japanese campaign in Manchuria,,
ment.
SIX TRAFFIC MISHAPS
LATEST "SAFETY FIRST REPORT
In connexion with the "Safety First' campaign, the Police Traffic Office has issued the following fur- ther reports of accidents occurring yesterday and on Monday:
WAS
near the
19:4
SINKING
DISBELIEVED
COURT OF INQUIRY INTO ESTHONIA TURNS
COLLISION
OFFICERS OF KWONG FOOK CHEONG
HELD BLAMELESS
FASCIST
SALVO OF GUNS AS SIGNAL
Raval, Jan. 23.
SIR E. HARPER DIES
FORMER REVENUE
AUTHORITY
(Our Own Correspondent).
“TOMMY ATKINS"ON_WRONG SIDE birth of a new Fascist Stato in, til 9.0.
OF CHANNEL
a
1
COURT'S FINDING.
of 78 years.
SIR E. GLOVER DEAD
NOTED BRITISH SHIPOWNER
(Our Own Correspondent). ops Ordinances, J.
(lly Talroraph. Conwright. Taleremphis Miao- Resolved, January London, Jan. 24. The death has occurred of Sir Ernest Glover at the age of 69. He
Ho worked in the Ministry of Shipping during the war and was President of the Chamber of Ship- ping in 1923.
The clocks.ntriking midnight was the signal for a salva 0.
fly Telegraph. Copyright. Teleprojkla Mem twenty-one guns, announcing the Ordinamer. 1174. Reszivod, Janua London, Jan. 24. Esthonia. i On Monday at 12.30 p.m., motor
The occasion was colebrated at Chief Valuer in
Sir Edgar Harper, who was the Inland lorry No. 1658 was being driven
midnight meeting of the London, Jan. 28..
he creation of Manchukuo, the along Connaught Road West near
A Marine Court of Enquiry.kong and a small ferry boat from The outcry against the Importa fears of the U.S.S.It. for its in- Queen's Street, followed by motor
8487. The driver of presided over by the Harbour Mas- Castle Peak. He could do nothing Cabinet, at which the Premier, Revenue Department from 1911 to tion Into Groat Britain of Russian terests in the Chinese Eastern lorry No.
unctions of the President until From 1900 to 1911 he was timber culminated yesterday in an Rallway, the Japanese-Soviet nego-motor lorry No. 1658 signalled he ter, Hon. Comdr. Hole., R. N. else but go astern as he might Dr. Paete, assumed the adinterim 1020, has passed away at the age elected by popular vote-Reuter, Statistical Officer to the LC.C. and announcement by H. M. Govern- tiations for the sale of the Line, was going to stop. The driver of (Retd), was held this morning into have got mixed up with the other ment that imports for 1934 must be Japanese military preparations motor lorry No. 8437 falled to stop the circumstances attending the vessels.
the atcamer Le white and green lights: restricted to 350,000 standards, which the U.S.S., claims Japan is his vehicle in time and ran into the collision between
London College. lorry No. 1058, Kwong Fook Cheung and the which the witness first saw were coming through Capaulmun ever he was a Governor of the City of
a place. 85,000 standards below the quanti-making in Manchuria and near rear of motor
steam launch Tommy quite close together, vertically, and have occasion to go to
you eny the collision ty for which Timber Distributors. the frontlers, and, finally, the causing damage to the mudguard. Army
ecurred 7-Witness: At 2.30 p.m. on Monday, motor Atkins, which resulted in the lat- underneath the awning spar on onere
1 canno. Ltd., representing 200 British Im-strong fortification of its own porters, had been negotiating.
Furthermore, the "fall clauas frontiers by the Soviot Govern-bus No, 603 was beinig driven along ter vessel sinking within half an the forehead of the launch. He
Queen's Road Central near King's hour of the impact in Capauimun had to manoeuvro to gat alongside plain.
Casket mannot recent the to west and Pass on the night of January 3 the lighter. The Tommy Atkins Theatro from cast under which Russian prices are
aitured her Courso and camo position you give. It is obviously PEACE OR WAR?
collided with a public ricksha, last. automatically roduced if prices
Comdr. Hole WN18 assisted by straight on till the time of the
WEB a dark nignɩ elsewhere are lowered, must not
"In this way, the future sale of number unknown, causing slight
proximately. be included in any new contracts.
(H.M.S.Tamar), Capt. C. tain the same specd all the time.
San The restriction is due to the the Chinese Eastern Railway in damage to nearside rear mudguard leut-Comdr. E. 11. C. Branson, collision. She seemed to maine and I put the position
Which Bide of Ma Wan light At 9.10 am. yesterday privata Benstead, master of the 8.5.
SAW NO LIGHTS.
yn's the vessel when you saw her long-nustained pressure by Canada reality poses the question of peace of the bus. No damage to ricksha. R.N.
was being Nam Hof, Capt. A. Campbell, maa- that Article XXI of the Ottawa or war," declares M. Herriot, who
In reply to questions by the Orst-When I first sighted her Agreement forbids the import of recalls M. Litvinoff's conclusions motor car No., 4046
master of the 8.a. President, Capt. Elvidge said at the was inside the channel 'to the State-subaldlood goods which com- to the effect that the Soviet Union driven down Pedder Street, followed ter of the 6.8.. Sai On, Capt. W.
Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton appeared first time that he saw that Wan light when you first sighted
the time of the collision was the south.
How far were you from Ma pete injuriously with Imperial pro. will not ecde an inch of her by motor bus No. GIB. The private Greybrook,
territory but will proceed with the car had to stop suddenly to avoid Liang Chow. ducts,
a Chinese male who was running! reinforcement of the Red Army across the road. Damage to thon behalf of the master of the Tommy Atkina had
nighte. the Red Fleet and Red Aviation.reat lamp of the private car and Kwong Fook Cheung, and Mr. Lanalongside her portside. He never er-About 600 yards.
What bearing on your bow?-- D'Almado. Ho-points-out that Moscow made
sent, wns for the saw the Tommy Atkins' red bgat,
About four points. the ship. Mr. J. B. and there Conservatives hall the restricts pence with Washington precise-crank handle of the bus.
was no possibility o
Witness's bearings were marked At & p.m. on Monday, private owners of tion with satisfaction. Radicals, ty at a time when the situation in
being Prentis watched the proceedings judging the height of the lighter. on the other hand, aver that it will the Far East we growing more motor car No. 4151
Shaukiwan Road on behalf of the War Department
theThese marks bear out the aurance broker. mean a loss of £1,000,000 to British complicated and difficult and, in M. driven along
Atkins after the Tommy
tory of the officers of the Kwong Yacht Atkins,
Impact: industry, Canada, they say, can-Herrlot's ap'nion. American re- from east to wost by Mr. T, C. and the coxswain of the Tommy He did not ace the green gat oi / în a chart and the chairman sald: was a prominent shipowner and in- not meet requirements and it will
the
The President:-Dld all her Fook Cheung, MASTER'S EVIDENCE. moroly mean that Scand.navin will cognition of the U.S.S.R. modifled Barclay when
the situnt on cons'derably. At that Club Ee slowed down with
of stopping, but In-
lights go out? Intention get the business. Furthermore, time and still to-day, a multipli-
Reginald Elvidge, master of the Capt. Elvidge:-All except the they contend that Rusalan Umberty of incidents have occurred stead of applying the brake he
the accelerator. and s.. Kwong Fook Cheung, in evil- two lights on the forehead awning is superior to any other.
down Kung knocked
Cheung ince
he held Raid
master's spar. All these assertions the Cana-along the Chinese Eastern Rail- trod on
side certificate of competency 44446 of way which have served to exacer- dians vigorously deny.
ate the part'es involved in the who was walking in the It is understood that the Anglo-dispute, he writes. "On both channel, causing slight injury to Hongkong, which he produced, his left knee. Treated at the On January 3, the ship left Hong- Russian trade negotiations are
Government Civil, Hospital. Not kong for Kongmoon at 6.30 p.m. held up over the quantity of sides, the tension seems
Describing the incidents which herrings Russia would guarantee great and almost anything can be detained.
MANY CASUALTIES IN to buy, also over the question, of converted into a pretext for some-
Motor lorry No. 364 was being culminated in the collision, the
That at 7.10 p.m. whilst entering thing further."
BARRACKS re-opening the ambassadoria)
driven on board the Vehicular master said:-"At about 7.10 p.m. shops in Moscow. In which diplo-'
Ferry. Private motor car No. I was steering north-west paint gincer of the Kwong Fook Cheung, the Cap Sul Mun Pass, sighted
Kalgan, Jan. 28. mats were formerly able to buy
2243 was stationary on the centre north approaching the Capsuimun. said that when they lett Hongaung the steam launch Tommy Atkins
A severe earthquake shock Imported Kooda
of the st specially Similarly, M. Herriot describes favourable terms. Compensation how Japan in closely watching the of the ferry when the driver of The Capsuimun white light was the speed was about ning knots on her port bow. She proceeded
p.m. when "stop" was rung. At channel. At 7.12 p.m, she heard was felt yesterday over a wide
ans-area in North China provinces. for the loss sustained by the Lena moves being made by the Unitedhe private car aoned the front nearly abeam, on the starboard The next movement was at 1.13 up the starboard side
The exact extent to which the Gold Fields Co. is a further stum-States in matters of polley and oor on the offside of the ear hand bearing N4GE true. The
in cables. even more particularly in matters as the lorry was passing. The distance was about one-and-a-half 7.16 p.m. he was signalled "Ful. one short blust which she bling-block.
Astern", the collision occurring at wered with one short blast and nearside of the lorry came The Russians complain that they of naval armaments.
collision with the door, causing "I first observed one green and the same time. The next signa later these signals were repeated. qunke, which was recorded in la "The altuation
one' white light on my port bow which came was "Slow Astern" at At 7.15 p.m. while her engines, Kalgan and elsewhere in Charhar therefore slight damage to same. being
as inferior treated
stopped the
Into and Sulyuan wrought damage to creatures. The British reply is clear," he goes
At 3 p.m. yesterday, motor about one point. About a minutz 7.10 p.m., and a minute later he were
my glasses I was signaled "Stop"..
collision pith the starboard side property and inflicted casualties Japan and the United States on ycle combination No. 430 was later, looking with
George Alexander Carter, chief of the storm launch Tommy has yet to be discovered.
According to a report from the one hand and between Japan being driven along Queen's Road could now see two white lights and the Soviet Union on the other, Central near Central Market from clore together, vortical, and still officer of the Kwong Fook Cheung, Atkins" which subsequently sank.
We find that the steam launch Kweihua (Suiyuan), Wuyuten, in.. there is unquestionably great ten-est to cast. The side-car col- green light. Shortly after this said that shortly after 7 pm, while
the "Tommy Atkins" was on a voyage orthern Shansi, was also severely sion and we certainly cannot say ided with public ricksha No. 395.I heard one blast. This was about in his cabin he heard
I answered with onel vessel give one short blast from Costle Peak to Hongkong, shaken by a series of tremors. that the situation is not danger-breaking seven spokes in the off-7.12 p.m.
He attemeline to enter the Cap with the result that many houses On the one side it is a quas-ide wheel of the ricksha.
short blast. I then saw that this and the telegraph ring.
the vessel did not alter her course. At knew by
vibrations that Suf MunChannel from the north collapsed or were damaged and tion of railways and on the other
that time my speed would be the ship had been stopped. nd that the position given her many Inhabitants killed or injured, a question of fleets, which, taken
5.8. A military barracks at Wuyuen about eight knola
through the About a minute later he heard on coxswain for sighting the together with Japan's avowed
water. I stopped nted for finding space for her papers accuse Franco of trying to
my engines. shrill blast from another vessel Kwong Fook Cheong and theollapsed, bringing death to about excess population and the deve-mnticate the present imbroglio. Shortly after my engines had which was answered by the Kwong rollision are inaccurate and not to 100 soldiers-Central News. lopment-of-her-exports which is. We formally deny these insinua stopped I heard another short blant Fook Cheung with one short blast, be relied upon. becoming more and more the con-
from this vessel which I again Te then rushed to the bridge-and-We-find-that the cause of the the other collision was that the steam launch re-answered with one short blast. I heard two blasts from corn of many countries, complete "France, will continue to
was on the In waite of strong pressure from the picture of the problem in its speet the agreements to which she did not alter my course in either vessel. The night was dark and he "Tommy Atkins"
The Chartered Bank proposes to was unable to see anything. There wrong side of the channel and
to issue in the near future a $50 Peking, the Internecine war be- general and permanent form and has affixed her signature, the Ver- sailles Treaty, the Kellogg Pact
"Still this vessel did not alter was then a collision and he was that.no blame is attributable tween Ma Hung-kwel and Sun in its present acuteness."
etc., but she will repudiate any her course and I saw then that a ordered to lower the emergency the master or offers of the s.8. note of new design. Tien-ying is going on with greater
unarhand action or tendencious collision was about to occur, Eo boat and went aboard the lighter. Kwong Fook Cheong, intensity with Pinglo as the prize.
Intervention.
I put my engines at full speed He was there informed that no lives
aro
that Russia scila to Britain nearly three times as much as she buys from this country.-Reuter.
CIVIL WAR IN
-NINGSHA
FIERCE FIGHTING
DEVELOPING
Peking, Jan. 24.
Dia.
JAPAN'S EYES..
to be
"
on. **Between
FRANCE'S POSITION.
tions:
case.
Haplying further, Capt. Elvidge sa.de gave no helm order. At the time of the colliasan his specu
through water was ono knot.
OTHER EVIDENCE.
William Hackstandt, chief en-
The fighting is now involving i And in this delicate situation, France has the deevait respecti astern, giving three short blasts had been lost but that the launch Chinghai, from where General Manaks the ex-Premier, "what la the for the three great nations engag-on the whistle. Almost at the had sunk. He returned and ro Pu-fang, a Mohammedan general, position of France? I have seened in the Far Eastern controversy, same time I keard two short blastsported to Capt. Elvidge. is loading a force, to Ningaha to that certain American newspapers Japan, the United States and the support General Ma Hung-kwei have undertaken to deal with this Soviet Union, and will not cense to against the invaders under Sun question. ns, for instance, the exercise or offer her goot offices to Tien-ying. Over 20.000 troops are New York Herald-Tribune on maintain in the Far East what she being massed at Pingio-Central, October 23, 1933, and the Chicago seeks everywhere for herself and News.
Tribune on Aurenet 1. Those Loweryone-peace."-Havus.
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from the other vessel. Ten or fteen seconds later we collided. I could then see that it was £ steam launch with a large lighter made fast on her port sids and
that the launch had been struck.on ner atarboard quarter. She was practically at right angles. The collision occurred at about 7.15.
NOT SUNK AT TIME. Capt. Elvidge pointed out that the launch had not been sunk but was drifting near. Witness then
wont to the launch and found she had been struck near the starboard bulwark. She had only two lights showing, one green and one white. Chou Sui, quarter-master, anid while at the wheel at about 7 "After I stopped my engines, 1'clock he was told to steer NAV. immediately ordered the emergency by N.. After a short while the tele- The Kwong Fook boat away in charge of the tira.graph rang.
LAUNCH SINKS.
to who after investigations, Cheung gave one blast which was came alongside and reported to m Tollowed by another short blast. nat no lives had been lost, the Ife was ordered to keep steady at crew of the launch being sure the wheel and Immediately nftar- aboard the lighter which was un- vards camo three whistle blasts.
damaged and that the launca had sunk.
He did not see the collision but felt
a slight bump. The bump cams about two minutes after the three blasts.
"I then pointed the Inunch out to him which I had seen was not
unk and was drifting a short G. A. Carter, re-called, said the Jistance away. I told him to see night was dark and clear with light I anything could be done for this N.E. winda. The sea was smooth. aunch while I kept my eye on the
COXSWAIN'S STORY, lighter. Nothing could be don
for her and she sank at 7.45 p.m. Tain Fat, coxswain of the "Tom- with the Mawam Red Light being my Atkins" said he was proceeding south-east about one cable's dis from Castle Peak to Hongkong cance. At the time of the colll-towing a lighter. At about 7.30 on the Mawam Red Light was pm. In the neighbourhood, of Cap- bearing N36E from the ship about sulmun Pass he kept close to the Arco-quarters' cable distance, I mainland shore. Ho noticed a got my boat on board and took the steamer on the other side of the ghter in tow and brought back Paas coming from Hongkong. Ho to Hongkong,
gave two blasts as ho headed to- Replying to the President, wit varda Teun Wan. At the time his ness said the lighter was rather speed was approximately two knots. inrge, being about 75 feet In Tho ateamer did not alter its course length. He handed ber over to a so, he again blow his whistle and police launch,
nitored his own course a little to port. The Kwong Fook Cheung answered with two blasts which he Questioned by Mr. Hall Brutton, took to mean that the other vessel Capt. Elvidge said he was quite was altering Its course, but it still Camo on. Ho signalled to the sure he only heard one blast and again, two short blasts just before engine room for more spood ahead the collision. He did not alter pnd at the same time gave two his course because the Kwong blasts. Then the colilelon occurred. Witness was asked to mark on Fook Choung was too close to the the chart where in his opinion the starboard aide of the channel, and
THE ONLY COURSE.
t was about one-quarter flood tide. collision took place.
There wem three vessels ap ship bound for Kongmoon
Comdr. Holo: Why should n and proaching_Capeulmun from Hong-
After a retirement of 30 minutes the finding of the Court was read as follows: We find that the 8.8.
Kwong Fook Cheung, of Hongkong, EARTHQUAKE IN of which Mr. Reginald Elvidge is master, left Hongkong at about NORTH CHINA
6.30 p.m. on the evening of 3rd January 1031 on 20 voyago to Kongmoon.
came
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