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FAMOUS GENERAL PASSES
GERMAN OFFICER'S AFRICA CAMPAIGNS
Hamburg Sept. 8.
or The death has occurred here General Vicler Franke, communder of the German forces in South-West Africa during the Great War, at the age of seventy yehes-Reuter,
In
ath General Franke wow bom Zuckmantel in Austrian Silesia. In 1687 he joified a German Silesian pioneer battution and next year be come a lieutenant at Thors. 1807 he was transferred to the Ger man garrison in. S. W. Africa as
irst lieutenust. There he took part in the campaign against the Holten tot und Herero tribes and cornted for his services Promoted captain in 1903, he was given com- mand of the 2nd Company of the colonial troopн.
WEDNESDAY,
Objection To Amendment
HON, MR. M. K. LO'S CRITICISM
the
an-
in the Objection was raised Legislative Council this afternoon, by the lun. Mr. M. K. E. to a. proposed amendment of the Summary Ofchces Ordinance, whereby the distribullon of handbills without the permission of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs would be an offence.
Mr. Lo
Lo argued that the effect of the amendment is to enlarge the scope of previous legislation. whereby mischief nimed at was "posting up or exhibiting," an
" and not "distributing." In the course of his speech, Mr. Lo said: "We get handbills daily handbills by way of reminders of
companies, meetings of public nouncing deaths, and funerals, and of bona fide trade advertisements and circulars. It it is considered neces-. sary that all such documents, if written in the Chinese language. With these he won .distinction in should have received the approval v another ferers rising. As he was the Hon, the S.C.A. before marching to the extreme south to tion, why should it not be considered
the necessary that such documents, deat with the Bondelzwart region, the Herero tool written in the English language. the field in the north. With the should also have been censored, prior consent of the Governor, Col, Leut- to distribution, by some other appro wein, he at once turned northwards priate authority, say, my, Honourable
the Inspector General and covered the 237 miles between friend Gibeon and Windhock in 108 hours. Police!
"Frankly, Str. 1 cannot see what He encountered the first Herero force near Arls and destroyed it. Then goed such an enactinent can do in
rebels
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ed the chief llerera stronghold near distribute objectionable handbills he mountain would not go to the S.C.A. for ap- Omararu with the aid of
For this proval, any more than a thief would gun on February 4, 1904. feat he was awarded the Order of invite u policeman to accompany him on his thieving expedition. And the the Red Engle. In the further course of the campaign, which continued only people to suffer under the law, till 1007, he won the Order Pour le if this Bill is passed, would be the Merite and the Hohenzollern Order. poor and ignorant lads employed to In 1910 he was promoted majorde the distributing either knowing- and posted to the 2nd Regiment of ly in defiance of the law by those objectionable handbills Guards in Germany. But Africa who want drew him back and in January, 1012, distributed, or unknowingly and in he was again in German South-West ignorance of the law by those who where in January, 1915, he became want unobjectionable and bona fide commander of the garrison with the circuines distributed." He was de- rank of Lieut-Colonel. slined to be its last leader, for the campaign against the South African troops ended in his capture on July He remained a prisoner U. 1915. till May. 1919. Promoted colonel in June, he left the army in April 1920, with the rank of Major-General -
FLIGHT FROM DOOMED CITY
(Continued from Page 1.) veterans, have arrived at Barcelona to join the loyalist, militia-United
Русия.
Diplomats Checked
Mr. Lo intimated that he would propose an unendent in Committer.
ETHIOPIA STILL RESISTS
SEPTEMBER 9, 1936,
FAMILIES
FIGHT
HUSBANDS WIELD
CHOPPERS
two murrled A nght between couples at No. 56. Electric. Road, ground flour, yesterday, was described before Mr. W. Schoßeld, at the Cen- tral Magistracy this morning, when Mak Shun, 26, married woman, Kan Cheung, 32, married woman, Leung Min, 48, unemployed, and Chan Chilu, 30, unemployed, appeared on charge of disorderly behaviour.
Acting Sub-Inspector Madgwick act that the first and fourth defen- dunts were husband and wife, and were Diso the second and third
trouble wife. The husband and started when the Arst defendant w hanging some clothes up lo tiry, and the washing tell on the second de fendant. The two women then start- ed an argument, and their husbands Joined in with bamboo poles choppers. Luckily no serious 'dam- nge was done. The second and fourth defendants had slight injurie
bands, and the first defendant had som on the fingers of their left bruises on her back, enused by being struck with the poles,
and
Mr. Schofield fined the two wo- men $2 each, and the two men $25 or one month's hard labour each, us they had used the poles and choppers. All defendants were also bound over in personal bonds of $50 each to keen the peace for one year.
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London, Sept. 6. The Emperor of Ethiopia has made another appeal to the world (or Justice regarding the Italian occupa tion at his country,
It is stated by the Emperor that two-thirds of Elifonia is still in- violate and is functioning with 4overninent in the western part of the country.
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occupied by the Italians are only Moy not
held by noison-gns and air raids, Saturday's sales: 15,202,000 bushels. but Fascist proongandn is trying to
Chicago Corn think influence world opinion to
St. Jean de Luz, Sept. 8. The Spanish Covernment's attitude with regard to the question of hu- manising the civil war is stated to be due to the fact that the Burgos Rebel Junta has not yet appointed a repre- sentative to continue the negotiations. The Spanish Government yesterday
It that announced
would continue the talks, instituted by foreign diplomats, to prevent civil
that Italy is achieving peaceful sub- September 112/1124 war atrocities, and the diplomats ad- milted they were checked.
mission. This is absolutely incor-
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Rebel "Ambassador"
Rome, Sept., 8. Admiral Marquis Antonio de Magaz, the former Spanish Ambassador to Rome, has arrived here again and proceeded directly to the Embassy, where he assumed his duties as "the oflelal representative of the Burgos Government."
However, he did not present any credentials to the Government pend- ing the outcome of the revolt in Spain United Press.
Franco's
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Washington, Sept. 8. The United States Consul at Seville has received from General Francisco Franco, the insurgents' commander-
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SAYS FORTUNE STOLEN
the
STRONG FEELING AGAINST RUSSIA
(Continued from Page 1),
has been constructed along Russia's western border.
Addressing the troops at the begin- ning of the annual manoeuvres, M. Stalin, virtual dictator of the Union. "Russia has been ready declared: for resistance for a long time." He the was presumably referring to Italian and German manoeuvres.
which In the drizzling rain enveloped the forest country around tinsk as the war games opened, the famous oki Cossack regiments appeared for the first time since the revolution. The Government is now convinced of the loyalty of these men to the new regime, and has per-
them to
their re-form niitted
cavalry units.--United celebrated Press.
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KNOCKED DOWN BY LORRIES
Two women, Chun Tai, 55, and Chi Suu-chun, 38, were admitted to Hoapital the Government Civil yesterday, hurt when run down by lorries.
The Brst named was knocked down by lorry No. 3284 in Queen Victoria Street, and the second by lorry No. 2324 in Bonham Strand,
Another woman, Yuen Chol, 33, of 33 Shu Po Road, was knocked down by car No. 4400 in Prince Ed- ward Road and taken to the Kowloon Hospital.
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The Manila Observatory reports at 8.30 a.m. to-day that there is a typhoon in about Long. 131, Lat. 15, moving W.N.W.."
London, Sept. 8. Exchequer returns show that the total ordinary revenue amounts to £248,604,070, compared with £325,- 500.104 at the corresponding date of Lau Chi-yeung. 18, charged with last year. Total ordinary expendi- loitering, pleaded guilty before Mr. ture is £325,328,493, compared with S. F. Balfour at the Central Magin-
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