1927-06-30 — Page 7

THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927.

SUICIDE VOGUES.

METHODS OF EAST AND

WEST.

MURDER TRIAL EVIDENCE.

When the hearing was resumed by Mr. R. E. Lindsell this morn- ing in connection with the Castle Peak murder case, Dr. J. E. Dovey, medical officer in charge of the Kowloont mortuary, was re-called.

The witness said in reply to the Magistrate that if the deceased had met her death by hanging and then was cut down and the

CHINA NEWS.

[Continued from Page 1.) agreement with Nanking, where- by she will not interfere with the Nanking troops advance to Feking if, the Nanking Govern- ment stifles the anti-Japanese boycott.-Reuter.

SUN'S ECLIPSE,

THE CHINA MAILA

HOUSE OF LORDS.

GREAT SHADOW ACROSS THE THE SCHEME OF REFORM NOT

EARTH.

1

REMARKABLE SCENES,

DROPPED.

MOSCOW DEATHS.

BRITISH LABOUR MEMBERS' PROTEST.

Moscow, June 29. London, June 29.

The Labour members, Messrs. In the House of Commons, asked whether the Government had aban- Lansbury, Maxton and Fenner Oslo, June 29, doned the House of Lords reform Brockway have telegraphed bo Early reports of unfavourable scheme, Mr. Winston Churchill, M. Rykoff asking for the cessa- conditions came from St. Avanger, Chancellor of the Exchequer, for tion of executions without trial Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Prime which are impeding their cam- Aal, Hallingdal, and Fagernas.

On the other hand the weather Minister, replied that he had not paign against British Govern- was excellent at Ringebu where a heard anything to justify such a ment's anti-Russian policy. Bolshevist expedition is stationed, statement.-Reuter, Nanking Press Bureau's Strong also at Finmark and Nyborgmoen.

-Reuter. Criticism.

MOSCOW UNMASKED.

The

No Clouds.

(Yesterday's cables stated that in view of the mixed reception of Its proposals in the House of Lord Utrecht, June 29. it was understood that the Govern A Dutch' eclipse expedition to ment has decided to shelve at pre- Shanghai,, June 30. Nanking Government's Lapland made successful observa- beat the scheme outlined by the tions. There were no clouds dur- Lord Chancellor on June 20 and rope tied tightly round the neck, Preas Bureau publishes a lengthy

ing the totality period.-Reuter. merely introduce a measure dealing re- the hanging mark as far as the criticism on the report of a meet-

Earlier Messages,

with the Speaker's power as groove-round the neck was coning of the Internationale Execu

London, June 20. garda money Bills. The Govern. cerned might disappear, but tive in Moscow last month.. The total eclipse of the sun made ment's proposals as explained br there would still be other marks

The Press Bureau states that England a nation of astronomers the Lord Chancellor included the in- The wit China is faced with a new Soviet For the past six months experts troduction of the elective principle pointing to hanging.

pheno- for peers and the nomination of a ness agreed that the groove caus- Imperialism which will send pro- have been explaining the

certain number of Labour mem- Unparalleled scenes were ed by the rope round the neck pagandists to dupe the Chinese, menon in the "Daily Press."

wit-bers.] might have been caused after and supplies of dupea with muni- nessed in many parts of the coun-

tions to fight for Moscow.

try, particularly in the thirty mile By Mr. Leask (for the de

The Press Bureau proceeds to wide totality belt from Criccieth to fence): The majority of hanging point out that a knowledge of Hartlepools, whare, while the cases were auicides. The unpopu- the true situation in China would moon's shadow turned day into larity of murder by hanging, the disorganise the proletariat of night, a million eclipse visitors witness agreed was probably due Russia, which is already awaking turned night into day, profiting by to the difficulty of hoisting the to an understanding of the value the relaxation by the authorities of all licensing and amusement restric- body. The commonest form of of Bolshevik promises.

tions. Dances, fairs, cinemas and suicide amongst the Chinese was The Press Bureau concludes

band performances kept the crowds

death.

by taking opium, then came self-that as Soviet Imperialism is re-agog. Even shops in many places drowning. Amongst other races, ceiving a severe setback in China remained open.

und

suicide by drowning was common at present, it is possible that the The eclipse began at 5.26 and est in the case of women,

Communists will revolt and en-was totul at 6,23, the totality last- by hanging in the case of mendeavour to establish their owning twenty-four seconds, the eclipse In the case of suicide by hanging dictatorships in Hankow, and ending at 7.28.

Awe-Inspiring Spectacle. the marks would not be so well de- elsewhere in Central China. fined as murder by hanging, be- cause of the violence used in the

FLAG DISPUTE.

SENATE FINALLY REJECTS THE BILL.

Capetown, June 29. The Senate has finally rejected the Flag Bill. General Hertzog, the Prime Minister, has intimated that a short session of Parliament The magnificent awe-inspiring will be held early in October to Such regimes are unlikely to spectacle viewed at Giggleswick, deal with the Flag Bill and the Intter case. In the case of suicide/exist long, but will serve to show | Yorkshire, the most favourable Iron and Steel Bill-Reuter.

[The Senate adopted an amend- by hanging if the body was cut China what to expect from her spot in the totality belt, where an

oleaginous neighbour and·

to Astronomer Royal and a party of ment proposing as a substitution down immediately afterwards the teach her the perils of the new experts had taken up their position for the Government's flag design, to view the phenomena, was dra- another design, consisting of the while face

pale, would be

Moscow Imperialism.-Reuter.

matic. An almost neck and neck Union Jack, the old Free State flag, in the case of murder by

race took place between the aunthe Transvaal "Vierkleur," and hanging the face was usual-

and the clouds, wherein the sun four silver stars on a blue field re- A suffused. ly

hanging groove was usually oblique, but if the rope was passed twice round the neck the groove would be transverse. The first impression the witness had when he saw the deceased's body was that the rope round the neck had been con- nected to that round the waist

borly for burial.

TENSION EASED.

Warship Leaves The Far East Indies.

Kained a lust-moment victory, presenting the provinces, divided When the eclipse started the light quarterly by a silver cross.) became a weird greyish

brown cold. and the atmosphere became A sudden wind overswept the moor and

and birds stopped singing Rugby, July 29. Questioned regarding China in sheep bleated pitifully as the great! the House of Commons, the shadow rushed across the earth Under Secretary for Foreign at a fearful speed and day became

M. Rykoff has replied that the vigorous campaign against coun- ter revolutionarias is inevitable and hopes that the British public will not submit to the. British

Government's "policy of provoca tion and preparation for another war Reuter.

Two Poles Executed.

Tarassovitch, June 29. Two Poles charged with espionage in Soviet territory on behalf of the Polish General Staff have been sentenced to death by the Jitomirvolyn Re- gional Court and executed.-- Reuter.

Shadows Before.

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE "MAIL"

Entertainments.

June 30-Queen's Theatre; "The Whole Town's Talking."

June 30-World Theatre; "Pri-| soners of the Storm." Lynne.

June 30 Star Theatre; "East

June 30-Tea Dince Cafe Res- taurant Parisien, 4.30 p.m.

June 80-Isako's Circus, New Re-i clamation Ground, Praya East, Wanchai 9.16 p.m.

July 2 Second promenade Can- cert, Lee Gardens, 1.30 p.m.

July 3-Return engagement of the Wilbur Players at Star Theatre, Kowloon.

Sport,

July 2-First Night Swimming Fete of the season at. V.R.C., 9 p.m. Meeting.

July 7-Annual meeting of the Hong Kong Radio Society, "South) Bldg.. 5.301 China Morning Post"

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Lammert Auctions. July 6-Valuable household furniture, No. 178, Kowloon Tong. 2.45 p.m.

July 5-Valuable household furniture at Sales Room, 2.30 p.m.

Miscellaneous.

June 30 Police Recreation Club! holds weekly open air whist drive July 2-Theosophical Society's' on the Club lawn, 8.30 p.m. Bathing Picnic Party leaves Queen's Pier for Picnic Bay at 4 p.m.

July 3-Wah Yan Old Boy's

New York, June 29. for the purpose of removing the Affairs stated that no substantial night.

The voice of one of the obser- Otherwise the changes have occurred in the vers dramatically broke the silence Mr. Myron Herrick, U.S. Am- witness could not account for the military situation in the past counting each thrilling second, bassador to France, arrived presence of the rope round the fortnight. It is understood that Thousands of watchers on the sur-aboard the "Ile de France" bear- waist.

negotiations between the various rounding hills were overawed when ing the memoradum from the "The prosecution is being con- military leaders have been pro- totality was reached, and the gold French Government with regard

таун of the corona ducted by the Assistant Crown ceeding and these appear to have and silver Solicitor (Mr. T. S. Whyte resulted in agreement between sprung forth as from some invisible to the possibility of a Security

Then as the observer Pact with the United States. Smith), while Mr. J. A. Gordon generals Chiang Kai-shek and crucible,

He was taken to the City Hall, counted the twenty-third second Leask is for the defence.

Feng Yu-hsiang,

the light reappeared.

where he was met by Mayor Negotiations are not in pro- Yesterday's Evidence.

London Disappointed.

Walker and Colonel Lindbergh, In spite of the overcast sky and A.Chinese woman said that on gress with the Chinese author- the day the murder was sup-ities at Nanking or Hankow, but steady rain hundreds of Londoners who has broken his rale of seclu- Union holds ping pong social, 3 July 4-American Community "at posed to have been committed the British consular officers conrose early in the hope of witnesssion in order to take part-in-the-pm-

was welcome. (April 7) she went to pick fir tinue to deal with these authoring the partial phase which

At least 15,000 persons were home" to friends at the Hong Kong cones on the hillside, a few itles regarding specific cases in- all that would be visible outside

present when Mr. Herrick landed Hotel Roof Garden, 4-6.30 p.m.

July Pollee Branch of M.CL minutes' walk from the accused's volving British interests as they the totality belt.

The sun made a half-hearted last at the Battery-Reuter's Ameri- holds whist drive in aid of League moment effort to pierce the clouda can Service. house. She arrived there at arise.

In addition to the British bat-but at the crucial time the sky

Fund, Helena May Institute. 10.45 a.m.. and there met the accused with his children and talion transferred to Tientsin, was one sheet of leaden grey. The their mui tsai. Soon afterwards one battalion has been sent to only sign of the phenomenon was a a heavy rainstorm came and they Wei-hai-wei for defence of the deep shadow which settled all over! all took shelter on the accused's convalescent depot established London a few minutes before and verandah. The house was then there for soldiers from Shanghai. after the time of totality-Reuter.

The only naval change is that

Total in Norway, locked. The witness called out

Oslo, June 29. Conditions for the observation the deceased's name, and accused H.M.S. "Enterprise" has proceed- volunteered to her the informa-ed from the China Station to the of the cclipse which was total in tion that his wife had gone out. East Indies Station and H.M.S. Norway were unfavourable as the On the afternoon of the same "Emerald" will do so shortly-sky was totally clouded. day the witness had ocasion British Wireless Service.

again to visit the accused's house

to see his wife about some pigs' food. She was informed by the accused that the deceased had not yet returned..

Replying to a question, this witness said that the deceased had always appeared to her to be happy..

STRICTLY NEUTRAL.

Britain Not Conducting Any Negotiations.

London, June 20.

In the House of Commons, at

Another witness was a little question time, Mr. G. Locker

Profes-1

sor Newall of Cambridge was very! disappointed that his four weeks preparation in England and three weeks hard work in Norway were! without result.

"All I got are four pictures of a canopy of clouds at Hallingdal."-- Reuter.

By striking at savings you pro- girl who was on intimate terme Lampson, Under Secretary for pagate the idea "Eat and drink, with the accused's family. Ac Foreign Affairs, reviewed the for to-morrow we die," which is at cording to this witness the mat changes in the military situation one time the inspiration and the tsai had on

one occasion given in China during the past fort-mortal disease by which the So- her certain information about night and the British naval and cialist philosophy is affected. Mr. the deceased.

military movements.

Churchill.

This

This the Magistrate ruled in- Mr. Locker Lampson said that admissible as the Court could no negotiations were. proceeding!

with the Chinese authorities at cases from the lighters. not accept hearsay evidence.

The last witness's mother was Nanking or Hankow, but the Bri- action was nothing short of next called and she said that the tigh consular officers had dealt piracy and the launch containing deceased had sometimes con- with the authorities as regards the stolen cases and the armed plained to her about her hus-specific cases involving British in-party was brought alongside the band's neglect. The deceased terests as they arose.-Reuter,

was by nature cheery and talka- tive and thus she was able to hide her domestic troubles from her less intimate friends.

The witness met the accused, some days after the alleged murder, and he volunteered to her the

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

All Still Quiet Along The Yangtze.

H.M.S. "Durban." Upon in- vestigation it was discovered that the cases contained smug- gled opium which was handed over to the Customs,

Nanking Position. Shanghai, June 29. The situation at Nanking re- Along the Yangtze at the pre-mains the same and troop move- information that his wife had sent time there is a period of ment to the North continues.

run away with another man.

HIDDEN ARMS.

IN TOE ENDS OF A PAIR OF

BOOTS.

calm and messages received from Many of the troops are going various ports report quietness in North by rail from Pukow and almost every instance with very others are leaving in small craft presumably for the Grand Canal. little incident.

Peace has at last come to Ichang messages state that Liu Wuhu and according to a Hsiang did not arrive there as message received here on Friday was expected and sent only a very the Senior British Naval Officer small detachment of troops to considers it safe for the wives of the porta Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell this members of the British com- The oil: Installation at Chang- aha is still intact according to a morning, Mr. M. M. Watson ap-munity to return to that port. peared for a Chinese who had just The only warlike incident re wireless message received yes- returned from Vancouver by the ported in yesterday's messages terday from that port. The "Empress of Asia. The man came from Hwangchow where a general atmosphere in the was charged with the unlawful British etenmer was fired upon vicinity is quiet. possession of an automatic and 80 on June 28, Seven shots were Activities in American circles rounds of ammunition. Mr. fired in all but no report is made in the Orient yesterday in- Watson entered a plea of "guilty." of the damage done if any cluded the despatch of the U.S. The police said that the revolver Whilst the Chinese: Customs Transport Chaumont" to Tien- and ammunition were found con- officers at Hankow were inspect tsin. The vessel carried between cealed in the toe ends of airing some of lighters from-up- 500 and 600 American Marines, of boots which the accused iad river on Friday afternoon en in addition to five fighting planes. among his luggage. A fine of armed party of Chinese came The planes It is understood, will $800 was imposed and the con- alongside and after driving off be taken off the ship at Taku Bar traband was confiscated. the Customs officials removed 90 and will fly to Tientsin.

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