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from it.There may riamour about the table of an arbitration board that there is in war the Locarno Conference does not hold with the suggestion but it calls for men full of whe don and ability they should be we are told devoid of hatred, of friendship, of anger, and of soft- heartedness. Thia, ancient re- cipe" sounds very unbending, but it is meant to indicate that ques-
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GOVERNOR'S TRIBUTE
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FRASSIN TO REST
TREATMENT BY BLOOD INFUSION
JEING DESIRED EFFECT.
Reuter's Service)
Paris, Feb. 8 The Soviet Embassy says that tions of difficulty should be con- With four hundred and thirty aidered with only one end in view on parade, the Hongkong Volun the blood transfusion with which M. their permanent settlement.ser-Defence Corps marched from, Krassin (Soviet Ambassador-elect There should at all times be "hats Headquarters to Murray parade to Great Britain) is being treated off to proposals of arbitration ground yesterday evening for the is producing the desired effect, when other methods of reaching a annual Inspection by the Governor. but a long beat is necessary
settlement have falled
INDIAN'S DEATH.
MURDER CHARGE AGAINST CONSTABLEM
The Corps was called to atten.
DIPLOMATS DEATH.
SIAMESE MINISTER TO AMERICA
ASHES FOR BANGKOK.
(Reuter's American Service,):
AMERICAN STOCKS.
Lining the banks and in the assembly in the pavilion on the parade ground ware friends and the generally interested public. The Corps was drawn up in com panies forming a hollow square, the Artillery Machine guns, Armoured Car section (together INTERPRETER'S EVIDENCE.
with the mobile column), being at the northern end the Scottish and The hearing of the case in which Reserves at the southern, the In- fentry and Engineers at the east- Shantung constable stands charged with the murder of anern and the saluting point at the Indian constabla was continued be
western...
Washington, Feb. 8.. fore Mr. RB Lindbell at the
The Siamese Minister, Phya Central Magistracy yesterday
Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg Assistant tion, when HE the Governor, Buri Navarasth, has died of Crown Solicitor, prosecuted. Ac accompanied by His Excellency tuberculosis at Saranac Lake..
After his cremation the asher cused was not legally represented the General, Major-General C C
An Indian constable stated in Luard, aide-de-camps and Pun- will be taken to Siam evidence that he met the accused jabis officers, entered the ground in a frightened state on the night promptly at 5.45, the royal salute of the murder. In reply to quag being given with the Corps at the tions by witness, accused said: "present" when the saluting point "Your foki has died; I have bullet-was reached.":" ted him...
H.E.. the Governor in the course such would come up for public dis Another witness, Lance Sergeant of his inspection was accompanied cussion.
The first request is in J. B. Scott, of the Royal Artillery from front to rear of each.com-
saw the deceased' regard to the period of annual said that he training, which both His Excel-constable on the ground The Pany by the respective platoon accused in broken English and and company officers, exchanging lency and the General Officer Com- gestures tried to make out that he few words with each. randing are of opinion is too had struck the Indian with hist! Overland China Mall short at present That may be truncheon.
expected to be the subject of a A interpreter said that when accused arrived at the charge room conference between the authori-he made a statement to him in ties and the Chamber of Com-which he said that the Indian, in merce. There is, and will be for trying to relieve him of his some time, a shortage of staffs.intruncheon, tore his pocket. -
The Indian tried to get hold of business firms, and it may be his revolver in order to fire at him. argued that, a longer period of Accused saw he was in danger and training not only would be a hard he turned the revolver away from himself and it went off. The bullet ship on firms but at the same struck the Indian, although he did time impede the flow of recruits to not intend to shoot him
Witness added that accused the Volunteer Corps.
There ought to be more accord further stated the revolver went with Sir Cecil Clementi on the off while it was in the holster, the bullet passing through the end. subject of a Corps of Naval of the holster. Volunteers. Such a body formed The case was adjourned until the basis of an article in this paper day. a few months ago, when a similar
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Colony, His Excellency invites public discussion on these and other schemes; to that invitation it is to be hoped there will be a ready response.
ARBITRATION.
HEAVY DECLINES.
(Reuter'a American. Service).
The march past, which follow-
New York, Feb. 9.. ed, was most impressive, parti- cularly at the saluting point After several weeks slow and where company after company gradual advance heavy declines in ewung past, nothing being heard many stocks have occurred in the but the skirt of the pibroch and stock market to-day as a result of the drums, the steady tramp of a bold raid by the beara assisted the marchers and the orders for by several adverse factors, includ anarching acknowledgment when ing the announcement that the the actual point was reached by Government was planning to in- vestigate the Ward, Baking the leading files.
With the Corps drawn up in merger and the rumours that the close order, His Excellency, an im proposed merger between the Pos- pressive figure in levee dress, tum Cereal Corporation and the addressed them as follows His California Packing Corporation all Officers, N.CO's and Men stocks crumpled precipitately, the words being plainly audible to had been declared off. These two Volunteer California Packing Corporation's Hongkong of the Defence Corps, In addressing stock falling over twenty points to you my mind instinctively travels and Ward Baking's eleven points. back to the days when I myself The rest of the market declined stood in your ranks as a private sympathetically, but signs of re- in what was then known as "Acovery appeared during the last Machine Gun Company. A great hour Olls and railroads notice. impetus had at that time been ably made a particularly good given to volunteering, because relavery. lowing to disturbances, which oc
curred when the New Territory first came under British rule the Volunteer Defence Corps was A dioner was given last evening mobilized. To-day the call for by Mrs. Lau Slucheuk at her volunteers la even more impera- house, 121 Caine Road, to a few tive because of the anti-British year relatives, in honour of the boycott in which, for no fault of engagement of her daughter, Miss
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Router's American Service.)
HOME SILK DUTIES.
to
ward delivered a brief but telling
Rosa, to Dr. S. F. Tan of Tientsin.Curs, we find ourselves involved, The betrothal is part of a long and I am glad to see so fine a
Washington, Feb. 9. address. The days for Volunteer
romance begua tn 1919 when the muster on parade. I congratulate duty and the Volunteer spirit are
Giving evidence before the happy couple first met at Cornell you all on your soldierly bearing: far from past... Wherever he may
University, Ithaca, New York, from and I desire especially to compli be situated it is the first duty of
which institution they both gra- ment the newly formed Medical Foreign Affairs Committee in the Section, a unit of great value to ouse of Representatives, which is an able-bodied citizen to offer his
We are approaching the fact dusted.. services for the defence of his own town or port or Colony. It that the tongue is mightier than After taking her B.A. degree in the Hongkong garrison. It is considering the Bill to appropriate the sword: A League of Nations 1922, Miss Lau came back to Hong- most reassuring to see the civil $5,000,000 to construct Embassies, is one of the finest forms of incommunique shows that during kong the following year and glace Population volunteering in such Mr. Frank Page, son of ex-Ambas- surance for the preservation of 1925, 248 treaties, conventions then she has been very prominent numbers and with such efficiency (sador Doctor Page, declared that it with the defence of the Colony run, the Embassy in London on the community's tranquillity and or other international agree-and active among the younger or military duty in connection cost his father, $45,000 a year
Dr. Tan received his B. Chem, and I thank you for your services salary of $12,000. peace of mind. Volunteering ments were registered with the Chinese residents of the Colony.
League secretariat, making the duties, however, cannot be learned total so registered 1043. The degree in 1920 and his Ph.D. and for the splendid spirit in
Cornell Upon his return to
A Naval Corps? at one drill or even in one year number is formidable; but out of degree three years later from which they are offered. There, must be constant training these documents has come a con China in 1924, he was appointed
This esprit de corps, as I. well for any undertaking that may siderable amount of peace conse general manager of the Yunching arise, otherwise the whole aim ofquent on the straightening of Motor Co. of Tientsin where he is remember, has always animated tangled webs of misunderstand very wall known Dr. Tan made a the volunteering movement în the movement may be destroyed ing. In the 1925 list are treaties short visit to America again last Hongkong: and it encourages me when the call comes for some of friendship concluded by Turkey Detober on a Government mission to ask even more service from thing more than pleasant parades with Austria, Denmark, Sweden and returned to Hongkong by the you. H.E the G.OC. considers, on the drill ground or enjoyable and Czecho-Slovakia, a treaty of President Jackson" on February 1 and I am sure you will all agree, friendship between Persia and The wedding will take place practices at the ride range Afghanistan, treaties of conciliar early in the spring."
Mrs. Lau Slu-chenk is the widow Moreover, in a floating populationtion made by Switzerland with such as Hongkong it would be non-Brazil, Italy, Austria, Hungary of the elder brother of Mr. Lau sensical to expect the strength of and Sweden; an arbitration be Kwni-cheux, the well-known rice
tween Uruguay and Venezuela; merchant and banker. the Corps to be maintained year and a concilation and arbitration in and year out at a given ratio convention by Latvia, Ethonia, There is always a demand for re- Finland and Poland. The list does cruits, and just because of that not include the Locarno treaties, demand and because the service is voluntary, the Corps must be made as attractive as possible for our young manhood.
would dwell on of local Volunteering
CORRESPONDENCE.
yet to be registered, nor does it FIRE AT TAIKOO DOCKYARD, take in the arbitration treaties
(Reuter's Service.)
London, Feb. 1.
In the House of Commons Mr. Ronald McNeill, stated that the that the present period of your total net revenue from silk duties annual training is too short and to January 31 was £2,163,000, in- propose to see whether suitable cluding £446,000 excise duty on arrangements cannot forthwith be artificial site. made for prolonging it. I am also at the suggestion of HMs Government inquiring whether it would not be possible to form in Hongkong a corps of Naval Volun
AIRMAN KILLED.
ACCIDENT TO BRISTOL FIGHTERA
teers, in addition to the units projects will soon come up for which already exist. Both these now being negotiated with various (To the Editor of the China Mail). public discussion and I trust that you and the whole community will
(British Wireless Service p countries by Spain. All this is splendid. It points to the fact Sir With reference to the Press give full support to any well-
Rugby, Feb. 8 It was only to be expected that that although "hot air may reports which have appeared considered schemes which the 1
escape from those charged with regarding the fire on the RMS military and naval authorities de His Excellency the Governor high ofce in a particular country Empress of Australia state vise for enlisting additional help The Air Ministry announces that that side its possible evils are likely to be ments have been made that the from civilians in the defence of as the result of an accident to a aria offset by the fact that Europe, at water pressure at the Dockyard this Colony Hongkong is for its Bristol fighter at Hehopolis, Erypt, ing out of the anti-Brition any rate, is tired of war was insufficient. This, we would size the most wonderful Colony in on Saturday last Flying Officer Napoleon suggested that God was like to point out, is incorrect, the the Empire. We are very proud Tremallon (pilet) was killed and boycott". It is common knowledge on the side of the big battalions. fire being extinguished by the of it. We believe in its future Fight Lieutenant Sturley Simpson. that the mobilisation of the Corps It is now more likely to be that He ship's hose and hoses from the and to a man, each in our several was seriously injured. last June had an excellent moral is on the side of the cause that has mains alone, without having to reposts, we shall unite to protect it Roman phrase Videbimus ne effect, and during the period of Justice behind it. And it is fo this sort to pumps for extra pressure from harm. In the famous connection that the League of In case of need the pumps on the "Taikoo together carrying arms our citizen sol Nations is more than justifying salvage tug...
capiat. diers earned the gratitude and itself, When America gets to the with other salvage pumps, could quid detrimenti respublica The Corps then marched back community stage of injecting itself into the have been called into requisition To get work well done volunrs of the Old World we may but this was found to be unneces
expect greater development. The Tury We trust you will give to Headquarters with tarily is often the precursor of a League is not only interested in prominence to this so as to cor. Armoured car section and the tastet
rect what may have been a serious mobile column leading and before been lasued
dismissal, Lieut Col Bird con Co request for yet mors. His Excel political treating and arb
understanding of the facts.
Yours, etc
gratulated them on the excellence taken from lency remarked that he was en- but in matters closely break with industrial and econ
of the turn out. The inspection Chi there
was the best that he had had the couraged to ask for even more
honour of command service from the Volunteers in
of which the promised
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