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AMERICA'S PEKING ANXIETY.

WILL LEGATION BE MOVED NEARER SEA?

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PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

400,000 MORTGAGE.

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BRUTAL MURDER.

Thieves Kill Sampan Woman.

THE

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Washington, June G

In giving judgment at the

Another murder on board a Mr. Frank B. Kelles, Secretary Justice J. R. Wood found that the beur on Sunday evening. The re-

Supreme Court this morning, Mr. Sampan was committed in the har

·NORTHERN RETREAT EXPLAINED. of State, has abled his congratu- two brothers, Loo Kwang-lam and port was made to the police yester

lations to Chamberlin on his flight Loo Kwong-hin, had fraudulently day by a 14-year-old boat girl which he declares will give u grent misrepresented their age in bocom-whose account of what happened is impetus to developments incoming parties to * mortgage for somewhat disconnected. Accord- mercial aviation which eventually $400,000 and in consequence refused ing to her the sampari was lying will cut down. the time of Amer-to grant any of the declarations alongside the Chungchow ferry can and European direct communi- naked for by them in respect of the wharf, off Salt Fish Lane at 7 p.m., cation and bring the two Continents mortgage, without certain under-on Sunday when it was engaged by closer together.

takinga being entered into. President Coolidge has cabled

three men to roy them out to the Chamberlin his congratulations on the twe had been "Juniors" at the in the boat at the time were the His Lordship found in fact that 'sia. "Prominent" in mid-stream

date of execution of the mortgage girl's mother, her younger brother, but also found that they had made an adopted sister and herself. "a false and express representation, [The mother was at the rudder while i knowing the same to be untrue, the children rowed the boat. When with intent to deceive the defon-they were midway between shore dants (the mortgagees, Messra. La and the s.s. "Prominent" one of the WHITE & KHAKI Koon-chun and Kan Tong-po) and men remarked that rowing was to obtain thereby an illegal ad-heavy work for the young folk and vantage."

going to the stera of the boat said After expressing it as his opinion to the boat mistress "Sister. let me that the plaintiffs had satisfactorily take the rudder while, you help the. discharged the onus of establishing kiddies row," No sooner had thei execution of mortgage, His Lord-the sampan than one of the other] ship sald that they had asked the men phinged a dagger into her Court, to believe that they signed back. Death must have been in- the respective documents without stantaneous for the poor women bis wonderful feat in establishing Lam had professed himself ignorant The elder girl pluckily went to her due appreciation of their contents collapsed and did not move again. a new non-stop record in the con- that legal infancy in Hong Kong mother's aid. whereupon the third quest of the air. "Our country re- lasted until the attainment joices with me' in your safely mak-twenty-one years of age. ·

NAVAL PARLEY.

Ambassador to Head American Delegation.

According to a Fengtien spokesman who has made an important statement to foreign correspondents, negotiations are proceeding for an alliance between Marshal Chang Tso-lin, General Chiang Kai-shek and General Yen Hsi-shan on the basis of the Reds being eliminated. Prospects of the United States Legation being moved from Peking to a spot nearer the sea are again being discussed, though it is said Legation officials are still striving to secure a strongerminated Mr. Hugh Gibson, Am- policy, in view of the immense loss of prestige to America if she of the American Delegation to the alone withdraws.

naval disarmament conference at Geneva.Router's American Ser- vice-

· REDS MUST GO.

Chang's Stand Against Russian Advisers.

HANDS TIED.

General Smedley Butler's Task.

Fengtien troops withdraw.

1-

Washington, June 7. President Coolidge has

bassador to Belgium, Chairman

Peking, June 7.

Ing the first sustained fight from Peking, June 7. America to Germany with our Negotiations are on foot for a

There is apparently still a seri-greetings to its people." tripartite alliance between Marshal

ous possibility of the U.S. Lega- Chang Tso-lin, General Chiang Kai-tion evacuating Peking if the shek and General Yen Hai-shan, declared a Fengtien spokesman to- It is understood that General day in the course of a statement to foreign correspondents in which he explained that Chiang Kai-shek took the initiative in the recent negotia tions with Chang Tso-lin with view to à compromise."

The spokesman said: Marshal Chang Tso-lio has been anxious to come to terms with the real fol- towers of the late Dr. Sun Yat-son, whose principles he never opposed, but wanted first to make General Chiang Kai-shek was not a follower of Lenin.

sure

Smedley Butler, who arrived here on Saturday and returned to Tientsin on Sunday, advocated withdrawal in view of the strong force necessary to keep the line open to the sea.

It is reliably stated that the State Department left the decision in the hands of the military au- thorities here, at the same time| stipulating that whatever hap pens no shot must be fired against the Nationalists.

This would naturally make an attempt to defend the Legation, farcical, and the members of the American Legation are still striv- "Therefore, while withdrawinging to obtain a stronger policy in north of the Yellow River in order view of the immense loss of to demonstrate his earnest desire prestige if America alone with-

for pener Marshal Chang Tso-lin is | draws. pitting before General Chiang Kai-

shek certain proposal, the answer

All But' One.

Attack Not Likely,

It is obvious that withdrawal

are showing

DRILL SUITS

the fact of infancy at the date of mistress renched the fore part of PALM BEACH

COATS

"Untruthful" Plaintiffs..

of man slashed at her twice with a

knife, once on the shoulder and SUMMER HOSE

once on the chest. Then all three

"I do not for one moment acceptinien proceeded to ransack the boat. this assertion of ignorance," said From this point the little girl was His Lordship. "The intelligence of not clear what happened. She was both plaintiffs 19 alert and their unable say what was stolen by sense of self-interest is keen. Also, her mother's murderers or how the it was plain throughout their evid-men escaped from the boat in mid- ence that they were not consistently stream. She probably lost con true witnesses. From their de-sciousness but was not aware of meanour I have been led to dis- having done so, The next thing

believe them both on this point."

The plaintiffs had, to his mind, she knew was that the men were indrowhere to be found on the boat. continued His Lordship, dis-

denied that the docu- her mother was dead, and she was ingenuously

herself in a pool of blood from her menta In question were ever ex- we wounds. The two younger plained to them by Sung, the inter- preter whose duty it was and who children were found hiding in the had since died. Evidence, howevered by their elder sister the two

hold. They were unharmed. Direct had been given which His Lordship

accepted, to show that the inter-Youngsters rowed the boat back to Nothing wan preter in question was observed its mooring place. spending about half an hour in the done that night, the injured girl interpretation of the documents to having her wounds dressed by other the plaintiffs, including the deed sampan people. Early next morn- of release. This alone was suff-ing the police were informed and cient to lead His Lordship to believe after taking the girl's statement that the representation of major- the mother's body was taken to the ity in this deed, was noticed and public mortuary. The brave little appreciated by the plaintiffs. girl went to the hospital for treat-

But there was further evidence ment. Although she is weak from as to Lam having announced in a loss of blood her condition Is solicitor's office that he was of age not serious as luckily her wounds and of it having been stated in wera clean cuts of a simple nature Hin's presence and with his ac-which should heal rapidly. The quiescence that he also was of age, police are investigating the mur- These items in evidence indicated der of the boat mistress, that the question of their age and the possible disability resulting from their minority was brought to their notice on the date that the contract was executed.

Fraudulent Plaintiffs' Rights. us

Ralph D. Chamberlin, who has just flown from America to Ger- many. He is one of the two America Aviators who on April 14 broke the world's endurance Alght record by remaining in the air continuously for 1 hours 11 minutes and 25 seconds, úgainst the 45 hours and 12 min- utes mark established by Draughin and

Landry at

to which will determine whether the of the Americans at the last mo latter is sincere in his oppositionment would leave a dangerous gap to Communisni and whether in the Legation defences, the compromise between Mukden and south-west corner of which, any- the Nationalists is possible.

how, is very difficult to defend,

However, even without the "Realising that the country is Americans, the reinforcements tired of war, Marshal Chung Tao-coming, and the numbers of ex- lin is ready to make any conces service men in Peking, of which sion for the sake of peace except Japan alone has over a thousand, to Bolshevism,

would be capable of powerful de- "We are not begging for peace, fence if such were needed, but it for we are still strong enough to is generally considered that a make a' determined stand not lightly to give up Peking and Tien-serious attack on the Legation tsin.. There will be no compromise quarter is very unlikely even if Survey calculates with Communism and it is a sine the Southernera come.

qua non that a definite line be. drawn between the Kuomintang moderates and the others in order that we may know with whom we are dealing."

Feng Out of It.

SHANGHAI QUIET,

No Change In the Yangtse Situation,

The spokesman declared that Chiang Kai-shek had urged Chang According to naval wireless Tso-lin to withdraw north of the Yellow River as it was impossible messages received this morning, the the situation on the Yangtse is for him to separate from Leftists as long as Fengtien troops unchanged and that at Shanghai

jy quiet. ware pressing him. Yen Hai-shan HONGKONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY informed Chang Tso-lin that he was

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The spokesman went on: "Mar- shul Feng Yu-hsiang is not regard ed as a factor in the altuation. It was known that Yen Hsi-shan was unfriendly to hire and a conflict seemed likely in that direction. In any case Feng Yu-hsiang has only thirty thousand troops."

EARLIER MESSAGES.

French Fress and Peking Danger.

Etampas, France, two years ago.

The United States Geological

CANTON BAN LIFTED.

The "Wah Taz Yat Po," one of His Lordship found that the the leading vernacular papers of, plaintiffs' fraud was fraud in the Hong Kong, is now permitted free full sense of the word, but added entry into Canton city and, that a fraudulent plaintiff might be Kwangtung.

equally with an innocent plaintiff For years, this publication has entitled in the proper circumstances

the Canton

been banned by Chamberlin's to obtain a judgment declaratory of

his legal rights. In the present authorities but the ban has now proceedings, the plaintiff's who been lifted. had been fraudulent would there-

flight to Eisleben at 3,905 miles and Lindbergh's to Paris nt 3,610 Reuter's American Service,

Short of Fuel.

Berlin, June 6. The "Columbia" again landed at Kottbus owing to Chamberlin losing

fore be

required to make sufficient,

restitution before they could suc-by the plaintiffs or to make an order ceed in any part of their claim.

set out in statement of claim until

So far as the plaintiffs' claim as the record had been amended by to a declaration that their contract the inclusion of parties who had his way, and running short of fuel was at all times void under the not been called in evidence of which he took only enough on

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ship's view, fall. The fundamental que reach Berlin direct.

principle to be applied was the question), unless on condition that The airmen were found by a

plaintiffs, by way restitution Gorman machine which had been maxim that "he who seeks equity repaid in full the mortgage debt must do equity.” A fraudulent and interest. Plaintiffs would pay contractor must make restitution all costs of proceedings except costs to the party prejudiced through his assigned for the issue of infancy fraud before he can obtain in equity which the defendants would pay. a release from his contract.

Regarding the interpreter Sung, The non-fulfilment of their who, it was stated, had received 10 obligations In equity might deprive nor cent. of whatever was recovered the applicants of the assistance of as commission for his services, His the Court in obtaining relie, from Lordship said that it would be diff- the proviolons of this contract. cult to record a final decision as to This, however, was a different mat- the facts in view of Sung's death, ter from a general affirmation by the but a suspicion remained, in His Court of the validity of the contract Lordship's mind that the two plain- seemed to His Lordship that the this matter heen victimised by their as a whole or in port. In fact, I tiffa and their four brothers had in present defendants could not sue agents in a manner for which they? ceed in an action brought to re-were themselves largely to blame. cover their advance or any part of

A Possible Appeal...

Washington, June 7. Paris, June 6. Mr. Andrew Melton, Secretary The report from Nationalist of the Treasury has announced headquarters at Hankow to the that the Treasury surplus for the effect that Chang Tso-lin intends current fiscal year exceeds $600, The spokesman continued: "In to evacuate Peking and to con- 000,000, Reuter American Ser- the event of a successful outcome centrate at Tientsin leads Le vice of the negotiations with General Matin" to observe that such Chiang Kai-shek, Marshal Chang event will create a new situation T30-lin's next step will be to do and the Powers will no longer be searching for them the whole morn the personal covenant contained in if it was in order at that stage to clare his willingness to hand over able to maintain neutrality pending. Reuter. political questions to a people's con- ing the emergence of a responsible ference."

Fengtien Position.

government.

дл

Poor Fuel.

London,

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it from the present plaintiffs under Mr. Sheldon (for plaintiffs) naked

the mortgage. A mange da

execution pond- natay of His Lordship referred June 7.

to the ful apply for

ing an appeal. EIESA MAURI "Le Matin" adds that such a Chamberlin attributes his lowing declarations asked for by Mr. Jenkin commented that in rel Discussing the Fengtien military policy of wait and see is impossible second forced landing to the un- the plaintiffs' interest in a third part application as the plaintiffs mostly the plaintiffs: (a) that as regards gard to costs he would oppose the position, the spokesman said: "The if the fate of Manchuria is left in suitability of the fuel taken on of the whole of the property, the in- lived in Macao and recovery would Fengtien troops are prepared to the balance.-Reater..

board at Elsleben which caused denture was null and void; (b) that be difficult, withdraw to the north up the Tien-

Troops for North.

Shangkat, June 6.

Ignition defects-Reuter. the covenant was inapplicable to the His Lordship said that doubtless tein-Pukow Line as far as Tsang-

The second battalion of Border-

$15,000 Award. ⠀⠀ plaintiffs and, to that extent, null what Mr. Sheldon was thinking of chow (aixty miles southward of

New York, June 7. and vold; (c) that a third part of was with regard to the property Tientsin) leaving the Shantung or sailed this afternoon for Tien- troops in their own province, while tsin. The first battalion of the The Brooklyn Chamber of Com-the mortgage property was vested which the defendants proposed to on the Peking-Hankow line they will Middlesex are under orders to leave merce has presented Mrs. Cham have and to hold to the use of the the option as to sale should in the defendants as trustees to self. He would make an order that establish their main headquarters for Welhalwel. They expect to berlin with $15,000, which was plaintiffs; (d) an order that the de at Fasting-fu, while still holding. leave within the week. Reuter, offered if the "Columbia" first fendants execute an assignment in within exercided by the defendants

crossed the Atlantic. The sum is favour of the plaintiffs of Aninstay of execution as to costs.

within 14 days. There would be no now awarded in recognition of terest in the property equivalent to Mr. F. C. Jenkin appeared for the the mileage record and the flier aa third of the whale,

defendants and Mr. H. G. Sheldon for the plaintiff, Mr. Eldön Potter, sportsmanshipow

His Lordship refused to grant KC, who argued the cass for plain- (Continued

jogy of the declarations asked for tiffa being absent,

the North Bank of the Yellow River, -Replying to a question the spokes- Tso-lin man declared that Chang would insist on the expulsion of Borodin, Gallin and the other Rus““ plan advisers. Reuter.

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