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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1926,

GRAPHIC DETAILS.

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by proposluje to tieneral Yang Son that no enquiry should be held Inte the cirnumatinees of the accidental! sinking of junk he the Wanlis, that the British officers be released,

THE CHINA MAIL.

"ONE BIG UNION." OUT WITH THE REDS!

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DEMAND BY LONDON MASS MEETING.

A REFERENDUM PROPOSED.

TSINGTAO.

LIQUOR AND BEER TAXES PAID UNDER PROTEST.

TREATY RIGHTS.

Tsingtao, Aug. 20.

THIEF'S EXCUSE.

SPENT ALL ON A BIT OF WOOD.

MAGISTRATE'S REMARK.

how much money he had with him

LIVELY DISCUSSION AT

→ CONGRESS.

GOVERNMENT, CRITICISED.

Loudon, Sept. 7.

When charged before Mr. R. E. A great crowd filled the Roya!

Lindsell at the Central Magistracy „and the Chinese soldiers withdrawa A lively discussion at the Trade Albert Hall Kensington, W., 01 Foreign Importers, including Bri-this morning with unlawful posses- from the Wanting and Wanhafen. Union Congresa centred on the re July 16, at a mass meeting to pro tish, Germans, Russian and Japansion of a piece of wood, a Chinese (which should then be defulged in solution of Me General Workers' test against Soviet interference in

custody of a British gandout end-Union demanding the discourage British affairs,

ese, have been paying the liquor claimed that be paid 70 cents for ing the arivit of the Waniin, and ment of the formation of new-or- Çok Jolin Gretton, M.P", presided and beer tax under protest since it to a man with whom he strnek that a "sun gentually to be groganisations with "One Big Union" and others on the platform includes was put into effect on August 29, bargain of a vacant piece

of upon should be deposited with As their ultimate goal

ground... Lord CBvn, Lord Struthspey. Com-fund are obtaining receipts, hoping home person or institution at Wan-! The Congress finally adopted, unmander Q Lecker-Lampson. M.P. recover their tax payments when

In answer to a question as to sheiễn or Chang King pending the lagreement asking the Council to Mr. G: Hivclock Wilson. the Fre the impost is abolished. Repre

result of the fadings of the court gäll conferences of trade groups aident of the Seamen's Union, andisentations have

been made

now, defendant said, he had not a to or arbitration beard,

in order to promote the merging many Conservative MP.M. Peking by the British, American single cont. Yang Sen Delant,

His Worship: No money at all; fat separate unions.

Mr. Joseph Martin, who was German and Japanese consular

yet you spent your last 70 cents on In spite of these conciliatory pro Thereafter an emergency reso. blinded by the treatment he received officials protesting agglost the taxa piece of wood! What is the good i posals Gesterni Yang ben remained lution was carried expressing con. in Russing prisons and whose case which is collected by a specially cladarain, and his attitude stiensern at the tendency of the pre was mentioned in the House of organised bureau called the Kiao-noof telling lies?

Defendant, who was identified as the one of seance. It was opte sent Government to interfere Commons, sat behind the speakers, Territory, Wine, Spirit and Tobacc

a previous offender, was sent to Commander' after all attempts at an amicablendlessly with the liberty of the

Oliver Locker. Tax Bureau. As nu tobacco has settlement had failed, and in view subject and to utilise methods of Lampson, MP., who commanded bech moved since the tax became prison for four weeks with hard of the dangerous and humidating pression in industrial disputes, armoured-car rentingents in Ras-operative no taxes have been paid

Brits and protesting against the un-ia doring the war when that coun-on that commodity. sigamers and the angle vs Wanted application of emery was an Ally of Great Britain, The method by which the Cockerhale, that the Beataigency powers notwithstanding paid: shalliy daught gunboat Wildvca"The peaceful atmosphere of the and the merchant, stramer Kiawe, mithing dispute.” manack by a nuvil detachment which had been ordered to procent) The proposal of the Gener From Than 1 Wannsion, wer Commeil to impose a penny Jery authorised to use tore as n lasiper member for the next three!

Years in consection with the

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ZENOU PAIN,

the !WO

Euston Loder

On September 5 the naval Torres: Baston Lange Jamor education i attempted to effect the release of schyne, for which £50,000 is.rus! She two abeamers with their six¦quired for alterations and develop. British officers. They," welements, was rejected by 2,411,000 assailed with very heavy held any votes against 1.481,000, Cumtesa and ride free to which they replied; Warwick had donate? Baston! „Theß event gälly retired.

Lodge for labour. education.! The captain of one of the tw; Reiter." Steamers appears to have sen petiti but this no news of the fival other meantile offers helt peri- |

British Wideless Service. Japanese Under Fire

scher.

TRAIN OUTRAGE.

Harked. AuguM 21. CONFESSION BY TWO- The Japanese autont Bumala"

* CRIMINALS. wws firen: upor by sentinels of the shufier Troops at 9am. yester.' HORRIFIED BY SPECTACLE Alay an in Ho males upatil Yangtze River from Yochow, whil

Berlin, Sept. 7. gning up the giver Tom Hankow tal Awisted in a casual ward i Villanysha to protect the navigation musician named Otto Slesingh) of stapler, Two Ballet tek (21) "a ely in the sailor martese, hos Weber (29) confessed their n

mercharic. Willy fortignately these wir un cazuri spasibility for the railway smack'

Rear Admiral Nagano, the Lehrten Augaa! 191 Commander-in-Chief, has filed a They said that they were m atrons prated with Beard Tungemployed and Suur-chi against the viclent gets mouths and decided to derail the

penniles on the part of the Chinese subfiers, train and rob the passengers and

Shipphut & Burineer.

nail. They loosened the rails and hid in the bushes, but were Isc horrified at the resultant spec- tacle that they fled without wait- ing to rob.

EARLIER REPORT.

Peking, September 7.

The deed preyed on the mind of Following Yang Ser's seizure of Weber, who confessed to his two Butterfield & Swire's brother at his father's grave. steamers Yang Seň refused to walk after which the Police got on the with the commander of H.MS trail-Reuter.

the

Cockchafer, which was lying ali

Wan Hsien and insisted on discussi ing the utter with the Consal, whe accordingly "proceeded to Wan Hsien from Chungking.

The Consul demanded the re muval of the Chinese guards, from the captive steamers as pre- liminary measure, but met with a)

stubborn refusal, although he

IDLE LIST:

MILLION AND A HALF ON THE LIST.

Rugby, September 7. The Ministry of Labour an offered La guarantee that thereunces that on August 30, the ending vessel should return to total number of persons recorded Wan Hain or that the other twaa unemployed in Great Britain was steamers should remain until the 1.549,800. This was 0.18 less than mattor of the sinking, of tay two week ago, but 1,05498 more then junks was settled.

year ago.

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HES. Widgeon was then order

It is exclusive of the persons win ed to proceed to Wan Halen and have ceased work in the coal mis- also the Aramer Kiawo, carrying a industry on account of thi party of marines, nà a display was dispute,--British Wireless Servies. Thought advisable in view of the Chinese attitude.

On Sunday evening H.M.S. "Widgeon and the Kiawo, accom

panied by J.M.S. Gockchafer.

A LEGAL POINT.

entered Wan Hsien harbour when CLOSED RESTAURANTS AND

they were heavily fired on with guns and rifles from Wan Halen.

As their position became immer diately very dangerous the gun- boats returned fire, while retiring down-stream to chang-Reuter.

RAILWAY PERILS.

THREE FRESH ACCIDENTS REPORTED.

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Lorton, September 7.

An express travelling to London

from Glasgow. over-ran the buffors

COURTS...

MR. LO'S ARGUMENT.

labour.

A MOTHER'S WISH

authorities were able to anforce The Soviet owes private British payment of the tax wis, to detain creditors olone more than imports in wharf godowns whither £250,000,000, and Jask. What they were removed upon arrival WANTED HER SON SENT TO swindling syndicate until it had had been paid to the tax office were right had we to recognize this, until receipts showink that the tax owned up and paid up

It can establish companies in Great Rain for trade. like) Acros, and Arros can issue a writ for libe, as it has against the "Daily Mail." action in et Law Courts no Baglishman can bring

damages" for his losses. in xia.

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Wrongful Arrests.

PRISON.

A THIEVING LAD

im-

The enforced collection of such For his thleving tendencion, done tax is considered a further indi-Chinese Boy had incurred the dia-

Butivation of the disregard of the local pleasure of his mother who for treaty rights. any Chinese authorities for foreign plored the Magistrato (Major Cr

This was hitherto Willson) to send the boy to prison. Bus-japparent in the arbitrary arrests of It was stated that the lad stole several foreign subjects, the most a kettle from the house and handed Why, an Englishman can even treent being the Lock case, where it to another to sell it. The latter watch wood coming into the British subject on three occasions was afraid to do so, and in the end country from Russia and he can wits forcibly removed to the Chinese they both sat down in the street actually identify it as his police station to be questioned in with the kettle between them. timber because it hears his mark, connection with the murder of Mr. Japparently in a quandary. but he cannot recover une rouble Carl Fischer, wealthy German When the woman heard that the

Petrol which is ours, has been leweller. The last time he spent sentence of the court, was

eight! sent over and dumped below cost the night shere in a cell of the type strokes with a cate, she asked the price upon the British market, reserved for common criminals.

aglatrate to consider sending him) It is disposed of by the agency? The Japanese have found direct to prison, as she thought that would

cases, be the best way to teach him a les-i known as Russian O Products, artion effective in such

About a week ago a party of troops son. His Worship anid that a beat- were pursuing a deserter and entering would have a more deterrent 1: drat steals ur goods; ed a house. A large crowd collect-effect than imprisonment.

The Sedly it sells them to us; and, ed among whom

severn woman was not convinced, and had thirdly, our money, realised Trum Japanese. The soldiers emerged to be forcibly removed. the sale, returns in the form of and, brandished louded rifles, the "subsidies to encourage chaos crowd semte.ing in all directions. | throughods the Empire and to Some of the soldiers rih after a undermine runstituted. civilisa-Japanese and beat him severely. A tion. It pours in gold to irrigate Japanese police officer sought the thirsty palms of spouters in stop the assault and was

Present occupants of the Kal park, agitators in

beaten. The next day the Japanese every strike, and even to nourish anti-Consulate-General presented a very Chan restaurant (42 Caine Road), English candidates, in elections. strong, protest. As a result not notified the Police that three old The English Communist Party only was an apology forthcoming rifles were discovered in the pre- would not live a day if you closed from the officer in direct command mises. The arms, were handed of the troops, but from the officer øver, It is surmised that these down the cash-box at Moscow.

Limited.

the

Plotters Stolen Gold.

were

to also

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3 OLD RIFLES FOUND.

If the English Communist commanding all naval and military weapons, were concealed on the Party is an illegal organisation, fortes in port. The apologies were premises, by former tenants who as the Attorney General has de-made to the victims in the presence look part in Kwangtung military clared it, and if Englishmen who of Japanese Consular ofcials. In affairs twelve years or so ago, and conduct it are criminals, are not addition the offenders were punish-who have not subsequently those aliens who furnish it with ed and the victims were compen-claimed ownership, having "retir

war criminals sated.

ed" from official life.

the sinews of

also?

The Cholera Scourge. The Government fears that a

Cholera has made serioùs inroads i". withdrawal of recognition might here and Tsingtao has been declared be treated as tantamount to alan infected port.

Shadows Before. Few foreignerai declaration of war. 1 should like have contracted the disease but the to ask if the persistent Bolshevik daily number of deaths among COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED meddling, in our affairs is not Calnese is from five to 30.

Thei tantamount to ten declarations of British Consul has warned his sub-

IN THE "MAIL"

war?

|jecta against aea bathing, while the American squadron in port has and

Diplomatic Slobber.

has

Entertainments.

I am tired of hearing the Soviet issued orders to the officers referred to by his Majesty's sailors to refrain from eating ruw September -Queen's Theatre: Ministers as a "triendly State." fruits and vegetables. The entire "The Sunshine Trail." and sick to death of the diploma grew of the U. S. S. Beaver September 3-Star

Theatre: tie slobber with which we fawn been kept on that vessel for the "The Phantom Bullet." apon these fiends. There was a past two daya hecause of a ense of ringing mandate from the con-cholera among the crew.

September 9-World Theatre; It is "The Hill Billy." stituencies at the last glection to learned that the sailor was almost kick them out, and we should long on the point of death, but rallied des at Kau U Feng Theatre. since have swept the stables and will recover.

clean. But our Government does not propose to act. And yet the puri is as grave as any since the

Watr.

Will the Government forthwith take a referendurn in this grave

LORRY FATALITY.

emergency? If to each citizen, EARTH COOLIE'S FALL FROM simply and straightly, the ques tion is put Yes or Nay, under! which flag will you live; the

bloody banner of Bolshevism or the Union Jäck? I know in

will be.

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September 20-Concert in Aid of the Alice and Affiliated Hospitals, 13.15 p.m.

September 24-Promenade Con- cert by the HK.VD.C. Infantry Co., on the Parade Ground at Corps Headquarters.

October 21-Grand Concert under the auspices of the Navy League.

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Arguing for the defence of a Chinese restaurant keeper who i was summoned before Mr. R. E. Lindsel at the Central Magis- tracy this morning for keeping advance what England's answeri An earth coolie in the employ- his premises open after regulation

ment of the Sang Fat eontractors hours, Mr. M. W. Lo said that At one point in Commander at Pokfulam Road was fatally in- the condition of the licence was Locker-Lampson's speech a well-jured in a fall from a motor lorry October -Fourth race meeting! that the restaurant should be dressed woman shouted some re- yesterday.

of the Hong Kong Jockey Club at closed at 2 a.m., but nothing was marks that were inaudible. There The vehicle was taking a sharp Happy Valley. mentioned about the door. It were cries of "Up the Reds" and corner when the coolie who was

Auction. was necessary, he said, for the counter-cries of "Put her "out" seated at the back overbalanced September 9-At Messrs. 'Lam- mates to open the door in order Waving her arms and shouting "Up himself and fell on the roadway, to get some air, but so long as cus-the Reds" the woman was escorted alighting on his head, tomers had not been served with from the hall by stewards..

mert Bros. Sales Room Duddell Street, Postage stamps, 0.15 p.m The accident happened at 10 September 11-At the Ritz Cafe, o'clock yesterday morning and the Alexandra Building, Ground Floor, Brigadtor-General Sir Henry Injured man was immediately taken the goods and chattels of the Cafe, of the station, stopping within a

To further illustrate his point, Page Croft: M.P... proposed a reno-to the Government Civil Hospital, 10.80 a.m. few feet outside a cab rank opposite. Mr. Lo said that the doors of allution protesting against the activi- but he expired soon after admit The hotel roof at the station end court house may be open, but the ties of the Soviet agents in the tance. fall on the engine. There were no court will be "closed" so long as Empire and supporting the Govern casualties. Reuter.

at Leeds station "early this morn ing. The engine crashed through drinks he thought no offence had A Mountain of Murder. two walks and demolished the end been committed.

a Magistrate is not sitting there, ment in any steps they might take Chicago, September 7.

His Worship thought that a to deal with the menace. He said technical offence has been com- that in Russia, anti-Christ Eight persons were killed and mitted and imposed a fine of $10. enthroned upon a mountain of mur-

over a hundred injured in a col- lision at Courtlan Street Station between two passenger trains. Two

POLICE OFFICER ILL. wooden cars at the rear of a stationary train, containing hoil. Friends of Mr. G.. M. Dorring- day makers, were telescoped.ton, Sub-Inspector of Police and at Reuter.

present attached to the Mongkok Vancouver, September 7. Station, will regret to hear that Four persons were killed when he is lying seriously ill in the A goods train jumped the rails of Kowloon Hospital. "

a bridge a hundred miles east of Mr. Dorrington entered hospital here. Fire broke out dentroying about four days ago suffering the bridge. Twenty-six cars were from a chest complaint. His con- partially burnt and precipitated dition was stated to be very seri into a canyon a hundred feet be- ous on enquiry being made this low.-Reuter.

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Meetings.

September 10-Annual meeting of the H.K Football Club at Messrs. Jardins's board room, 5.20 !p.m.

The resolution was seconded by September 17-Annual meeting Mr. R. Mitchell Banka, K.C., M.P. of the Kowloon Cricket Club, 5,20 Mr. Havelock Wilson sold that p.m.

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I warn you that the Soviet the people of Great Britain' hád

Miscellaneous. Governments are making war on been living in fool's paradise in September 11-Examination for our country every day and that minimising the Red menace. new boys joining St. Stephen's Col- several great trade unions; havo More attention should be paid to lege, Prospect Place, 9.30 s.m. passed, without the knowledge of the men of the sea, ng British September: 18-New term at St. their members, under the control soldiers had been fighting the Staphen's College, Bonham Road of the Minority Movement, which Bolshies for 9 years. What was and the Diocesan Boys' School, is the British branch of the Red wanted was a great lesgue, com- Kowloon. International. We feel for the posed of all classes, to join in a September 14-Sixth yearly draw- miners because we see they are great effort to preserve what our ing of twenty debentures of Hong being used by Mr. Conk to forefathers had left to us from Kong Club, in Club Housd, 11 am. achiave. hla vainglorious aims. being, stolen by the microbe of December Matriculation, son- Those people who have come, to Bolshevism.

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