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HONG KONG. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1928.
"NO POPERY."
Prediction of Election Cry.
THE PRAYER BOOK.
SIMON COMMISSION.
Leader's Important
Suggestion.
TALK WITH INDIANS.
Considerable Differences Of
A Joint And Free Conference
Advocated To Viceroy.
Opinion Apparent,
London, Yesterday.
A motion in favour of the gen-
New Delhi, Yesterday.
NO EVIDENCE.
Local Treasury Clerks DOUGLAS
Discharged,
UNEXPECTED HEARING,
Crown Say They Have Secured The Wrong Men.
Originally remanded until this
Sir John Simon has sent a letter morning when the case was to be eral approval of the amended to the Viceroy suggesting that opened," Tsang On-wing and Prayer Book was submitted to the Statutory Commission, which Cheung Man-kun, both formerly cach of the three houses of the numbers seven, should hold a employed as clerks at the Trea Church Assembly to-day.
joint and free conference with sury made an unexpected appear-
The mover in the House of seven representatives of the In-ance before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at Laity pointed out that general ap-dian Legislature, each section the Central Magistracy just be- proval did not commit any mem-afterwards to report to their re-fore the close of the morning ses- be as regards the ultimate vote (spective parliaments.
sion yesterday in connection with on any proposed amendment. Copies of the letter have been the charge against them of being Considerable differences of distributed to members of the concerned with the loss of $260,- opinion were manifested in cach Legislature and are expected pro-1000 sustained by the Treasury re- House.
foundly to influence the Commis-cently.
Mr. Athelstan Riley, in the sion's investigations and lead to The charge against the accused House of Laity, proposing the important developments in the was withdrawn by the Crown, and postponement of the measure till ranks of the most responsive the Magistrate accordingly dis- 1931, predicted a revolt among party.-Reuter.
charged the two men, adding that there was not a stain on their the whole High Church party
characters. against the measure.
therein.
same
The postponement was defeated in the House of Clergy, who voted general approval by 247 to 35; the House of Bishops did the
votes by 35
to five. "Minority" Bishops included Norwich, Worcester, Birmingham, Exeter, Edmundsbury.
The House of Luity adjourned until-to-morrow.-Reuter.
WOMEN VOTERS.
VETERAN SUFFRAGETTES'
DEMONSTRATION.
***Nothing Doing."
The party leaders have jointly issued a statement emphasising Court on behalf of the Crown and Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg attenderi that their objections to the Com-informed Mr. Lindsell that he mission are based on principles had no evidence to offer against which are not affected by Sir the two accased. John Simon's statement cabled
These two discharged men were
FOREIGN LOANS.
and
Dame Caroline Bridgeman said the postponement would mean a ery of "no Popery" and would be raised at the General Election.
Sir Thomas Inskip declared the Book was impossible while a per- carlier; hence they maintain their detained by the police as soon as petual reservation was retained decision to have nothing to do investigations were commenced with the Commission at any stage into the Treasury loss. Following the accused's arrest, the police, on or in any form.-Reuter.
January 21, following clues ob- tained from the names of the payees written on the three forg- ed cheques, raided premises on the fifth floor of the China Build- (Continued from Page 1)
ing and searched the premises of under Liu Chen-hua
three firms which turned out to are within be bogus concerns. These were striking distance. Their advance Katz & Co., the Man Lee Co., and into this area is attributed to a the Min Tak Co. The false disagreement between Sun Tien-cheques drawn in favour of these ying, who is commanding at bogus firms were respectively for Taming and his subordinates, $86,965.33, $95,142.19 leading to the latter's withdrawal $78,300.14, with large forces to Tehchow ren-
The two Treasury clerka were dering the defence (by Peking) of charged on three counts in con- the country between Taming and rection with all three cheques the Yellow River inadequate. drawn in favour of the bogus
General Chu Yu-pu's assistant, firms. Hsu Yuan-chuan, is consequently The three charges were all leading heavy 6th (Peking) Army similarly worded," reinforcements from Tehchow to only the amounts and the names as follow, Taming.
of the firms being altered:- Shansi's Policy.
""That you, Tsang On-wing and drive down the Peking-Hankow certain other persons unknown, Peking's preparations for a big Cheung Man-kun, together with of Railway, under Yang Yu-ting, on September 8, 1927, and on the "Young Suffragists," started ac into Honan must now be taken divers days between that day and tive operations this morning at the seriously. The parleys with Gen-7th day of January, 1928, at Vic- gates of Downing Street which cral Yen IIsi-shan (the National-toria in this Colony, conspired ware closed in anticipation of their ist ally in Shansi) have now together with intent to defraud, invasion. But only four quiet reached a point where it is certo utter a Treasury cheque or a young women arrived and left attain that no Shansi flanking move document purporting to be a the Prime Minister's door a neti-ment against Peking on the Treasury cheque on the Hong tion asking that the Equal Fran- chise Bill (giving a vote to women Peking-Hankow Railway is now Kong and Shanghai Banking Cor- of 21) be the first measure on the thought possible, and there is puration to the value of $95,142.19 much reason to believe that Yen in favour of the Man Lee Co., declare openly which, to the knowledge of the Four others, who simultaneously Hsi-ahan will tried to deliver a letter to H.M. against Feng Yu-hsiang (the said Tsang On-wing and Cheung the, King at Buckingham Palace, "Christian General") if the latter Man-kun, was not intended to be were refused admission. They is defeated in any major engage-cushed or presented for payment tried strategy. One "passed" a ment.
cut of or against Treasury
$5,000 Reward.
ATTEMPT TO REACH KING.
London, Yesterday.
Veteran suffragettes, who had been imprisoned in the cause of "women's" emancipation," celebrat- ed the 10th anniversary of the movement by dining in London on the 4th inst.
Their successors,
members
Statute Book this session.
letter to her comrade and engaged: Some Nanking delegate has money." the police in conversation, while the been here for several days and comrade slipped into the quadran-has been much feted in private, gle and ran towards the door.
.In connection with the
Trea-!
The policemma, however, inter- but his name has not as yet been sury loss the following announce cepted her and carried the kicking revealed. It is said that he is a ment headed "Fraud-$5,000 Re- and struggling girl outside the former Chinputang (Progres-ward" was posted at Police
sive) leader who has Nationalist Headquarters this morning:-
gates.
tive.
The deputation did not persist, credentials, but he is not Chiang "Whereas between December but took the letter to a district mes- | Kai-shek's personal representa-3, 1927, and January 7, 1928, cer- senger's office.-Reuter,
His meetings with local tain person or persons trading potentates up to the present have under the names of the Min Tak been purely social.-N. C. Daily Co., Katz and Co., and the Man News."
LAST RITES.
EARL HAIG LAID TO REST.
SIMPLE CEREMONY.
London, Yesterday.
FAMINE IN NORTH.
How 'Varsity Students Give Rellef.
Tsinanfu, Jan. 19.
Lee Co., on the sixth floor of the China Building uttered three fraudulent cheques drawn on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank- ing Corporation (purported to have been signed by the Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong), and obtained payment of $260,407.93; Fortunately for the many thou-it is hereby notified that a reward The remains of Earl Halg were sands of faraine refugees in Tsi-of $5,000 will be paid by the un- lald to rest in the ancestral vault nanfu and the other cities of dersigned for information leading! at Dryburgh Abbey this afternoon Shantung the present winter has to the apprehension and convic-| with simple ceremony. Instead of proved a much milder one than tion of the principal party or the great war leaders who were 1.30 p.m.
pall bearers at the funeral ceremony the bitterly cold winter experienc-parties who wrote or procured the 2.80 p.m.
in Westminster Abbey, the Fielded last year. Some 30,000 to writing of the abovementioned 2.80 p.m.
Marshal's last escort consisted of 40,000 refugees are reported in fraudulent cheques."
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eight of his employees-the game-Tsinen alone. There are several The name on the bottom of the keeper, butler, gardenera and large soup kitchens established notice is "E. D. C. Wolfe," Captain
from which thousands of portions Superintendent of Police." The only splash of colour was of food are distributed daily. provided by the uniforms of a few The studenta, Chinese and for- representatives of the services. cign staffs of the Shantung Chris- Thousands of people of the coun- tian University have established tention are being given by the tryside lined the route.-British Wireless Service.
one such kitchen from which hospital. We cannot but feel that nearly 200 of the refugee children but for the bad misrule of the receive two meals per day. These province during the last few children come from the refugee years when the people have been camp that has established itself bled white by taxation, many of at the west side of the University, these refugees would have been little matsheds given by the Red own village homes despite the | some 2,000 people being housed in able to survive the winter in their
Cross, and erected by them bad harvests of the past au*umin. selves.
While all the famine relief that ig The new 10,000-ton crufeer The medical students are at cannot but feel that this work is A. Symptoms or Disease. being given is praiseworthy, one "Suffolk," commissioned at Porta- mouth for service on the China sta- tempting to look after the only alleviating the symptoms tion, proceeds to Devonport for hygienic conditions of this camp, without attacking the real disease trials on February 16—Reuter, while vaccination and medical at itself "Shanghai Times,"re
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