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No. 25,836

GIBRALTAR'S DECISION.

DANIEL “GUILTY” OF ALL CHARGES.

ON HALF PAY.

LISHED

1845

HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1928.

EGYPT'S POLICY.

Nahaz Pasha On The Recent Note.

"STATEMENT OF FACT.”

BRITISH SHIPS.

New Boycott On Upper Yangtsze.

WANHSIEN ECHO.

Preparing For Real Anglo-Egyptian Ichang Merchants Follow Lend Of

Military Friendship.

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month,

PRECIOUS MSS.

English Record Price For "Alice.". £15,400. PAID BY AMERICAN.

The Original Alice In Role Of

Vendor.

London, Yesterday"""

Yuur Eyes Are Safe With Us."

N. LAZARUS

Hong Kong's Only European Optician.

(Established Over Forty Years).

·Manager:—RALPH A. COOPER, M.A.O.A., Registered Optometrist by Canadian Govt. Exam. (Persona! Attention).

EASTER VISIT.

Japanese Warships Arriving,

ELABORATE ARRANGEMENTS. Full Programme Of Functions Published.

Elaborate arrangements have

AIR TRAGEDY.

Naval Funerals This Afternoon.

`THREE VICTIMS.

Hermes" Flying Men To Receita.

Fall Hanours.

Dismissed Ship And Severely Reprimanded.

The funeral of the three vic hang Yesterday."" London, Yesterday.

Chinese merchants here have Nahaz Pasha, speaking to press-

The English record price of been made to welcome the Japan-tims of the seaplane tragedy yes men declared that the Egyptian been ordered not to ship goods in 415,400 was paid at Sothebys for ese warships on their arrival in terday when a Fairey 3-seater t COURT DELIBERATE FOR SIXTY-FIVE MINUTES.

Note was merely a statement of British vessels. The order is by the original manuscript of Lewis Hong Kong on Easter Monday, tached to the "Hermes" crashed into the stern of the aircraft car fact without any spirit of defiance men of a society calling them-Carrol's "Alice in Wonderland." April 9,"

An impressive feature of the rier and burst into flames takes The Naval Court Martial, at Gibraltar, yesterday found Com-or aggression. On the contrary the selves "Avengers of Wanhaien The purchasers was Dr. Rosenbach

of Philadelphia, the vendor being visit will be the fact that prac- place this afternoon passing the Egyptian Government were endea-Martyrs." mander Daniel guilty of the four charges brought against him of youring to prepare the way for real

The Ichang Chamber of Com- the original "Alice," now Mra. tically every available man in the gates of the Naval Hospital at

Squadron, numbering a few 4.80 p.m.

The funeral will take place with acts prejudicial of discipline and sentenced him to be dismissed his Anglo-Egyptian friendship by pre merce decided at a meeting that Alice Hargreaves.

The previous English record was thousand, will be ashore at the

full Naval honours and represen- The Wanhsien Bureau of Navi- £15,100 sterling, which in 1919 was same time. ship and severely reprimanded. The charges turned largely on a renting causes of conflict.--Router. the order must be complied with.

gation, a local government insti- paid for "The Passionate Pilgrim.” H.I.H. Prince Kuni is one of tatives of all H.M. ships in ports, letter written by Comdr. Daniel to Captain Dewar of H.M.S. "Royal

distinguished visitors, and shore and administrative. tution, is backing the Avengers* Dr. Rosenbach has announced the Oak" containing criticisms of the conduct of Rear-Admiral Collard.

Society on the ground that Bri-that he would allow the nation to Prince Kuni is the elder brother staffs will be present.

The bodies of Lieut. Graham, tish ships will not carry oplum, have the manuscript at the price of the present Empress of Japan. arms or soldiers, nor reserve 15 he paid. Dr. Rosenbach paid the He is a First Lieutenant on the the observer, and Telegraphist per cent. of the cargo space on record price of £5,000 for a frat battleship. "Mutsu" and his visit Jackson were recovered by divers each ship, free, for the military edition copy of "Alice in Wonder will be incognito, although he will yesterday afternoon. They were authorities. NO DAMAGE.

General Yang. Sen is the only fire, fortunately of small authority able to deal with this dimensiona, broke out on the matter and it is doubtful if he Japanese tramp ateamer "Some

INDIGNANT MARINES.

Gibraltar, To-day. Comdr. Daniel has been found guilty on all charges.

Later:

A

TRAMP AFIRE.

SMALL OUTBREAK ON JAPANESE SHIP.

Jardine's wharf) this morning.

in Hong Kong from Calcutta with a cargo of coal on Monday, her local agents being the Osaka Shosen Kaisha.

the Malta court of inquiry. He criticised accused's action in rak- ing up past incidents, declaring that the Navy rule was that com- Comdr. Daniel has been dismiss-plaints must be dealt with imme-Dona Maru" at Buoy 60 (close to ed from his ship, H.M.S. "Cormor-diately and not allowed to remain The "Some Dana Maru" arrived ant" and severely reprimanded. dormant until dragged in subee- Not Dismissed The Service. quently. Such procedure was H.M.S. "Cormorant" is the essential to the maintenance of sloop to which Comdr. Daniel was justice. appointed after he left H.M.S. The Court delivered their ver-

dict after 90 minutes considera-from one of the holds shortly be Smoke was observed emerging "Royal Oak,"

Earlier Evidence.

were brought to bear on putting Gibraltar, Yesterday. out the fire, which originated from Major Attwood, commanding the coal cargo and the Fire Brigade the battalion of Marines and, who was notified. was formerly

There were no flames and it be on Rear-Admiral' Collard's staff, in his evidence came apparent that the extent of described the dance incident., the smouldering was not very great. He said that if he had not By the time Nos. 1 and 8 fire floats threatened to take action in this had arrived on the scene the ship's matter, he believed that he would crew had helped materially to ob- have had considerable difficulty in tain control but the fire floats put maintaining discipline in the water into the holds for an hour or Marines.

so by which time there was no The witness was the officer further danger. whom Comdr. Daniel formally re- The ship is not damaged in any primanded for referring to the in-way and as soon as the cargo is

To-day's sentence does not tion.-British Wireless Service. fore 10 a.m. to-day. All hands

mean dismissal from the service. · Until "My Lords" Decide. Comdr. Daniel will remain on half-pay until it pleases the Lords of the Admiralty to appoint him to another ship or post.

The Court deliberated for 65 minutes. After the verdict had been delivered Comdr. Daniel's past record was read and the Court re-adjourned to consider the question of punishment. They returned in half-an-hour,

Rear-Admiral Collard was not; present when the sentence was read..

The court has been dissolved. Final Speeches,

TROTSKY DYING?

Reported Shot By "Red"

Youth.*

London, To-day. The "Morning Post" gives prominence to a story from Paris that Trotsky is believed to be; dying somewhere in Siberia from a Bullet wound.

It states that Trotsky was fired on last week by a young Red fanatic. Every effort is being made by Stalin support ers to prevent the news cross- ing the frontier. Details, which are most circumstantial, have presumably come via the diplo matic bags of the various em bassies. Reuter

land."-Reuter.

COTTON BLAZE.

10,000,000 RUPEES DAMAGE AT KARACHI.

WALL OF FLAMES."'

a

be invited to a number of func-free of the 'plane wreckage and tions with the Admiral, probably whilst that of Lieut. Graham bore as one of the staff of the latter. terrible witness to the force of Prince Kuni, it is interesting to the impact between the machine

intended learni, was

for and the "Hermes," that of Tele- Naval

from career

the graphist Jackson was not mutilst- beginning of his education. Ited to any great extent. being the rule of the Japanese It is understood that an inquiry held into the Navy that all officers must, while will be they are midshipmen, make a disaster but there will be little cruise in a training ship around data to work on other than witnesses the world, the Prince has at some that provided by Karachi, Yesterday.

time or other made the circuit. He on duty on the algnal towel as the Over 85,000 bales of cotton is not even a staff officer at pre-wrecked and burnt 'plant, even if were destroyed in the most seri-sent being one of the ordinary it could afford any clue, is beneath experienced in deck officers on the "Mutsu," in the sea. One of the 'plage's wings us fire ever Karachi. The fire started in the charge of a section like any other is thought to have occasioned the afternoon and had spread gravely 1st Lieutenant.

"China loss of control.. Mail understands that he is not It is pointed out that the acci- by nightfall. feet high, extending for half a of his rank. Should duty super-even more tragic an aspect if the A solid wall of flames, twenty given any special facility because dent might easily have assumed mile, left the fire brigades help-vene, he may have to forego at-plane had struck the ship in al- less, as, owing to the heat, they tendance at one or more of the most any other part. There were were unable to approach. The functions; as no arrangement will many officers and men on duty damage is estimated at a crore be made to give him leave. (10,000,000) of rupees.

and other foodstuffs were.gutted. Several tons of wheat, rice,

Reuter.

The

at the time near the lift which takes the planes from the lower Easter Monday Arrival

to the upper deck and at other Three large ships will be stations. If the petrol tank of the fleet. These are units in the the plane had exploded the safety First Battleship Squadron, com- of the ship itself would have been prising the "Nagato," the flagship imperilled.

cident after it was closed. ' discharged it will leave, Hong Kong can be easily approached as he is THE NANKING PATCH "Mutau," on which is Prince Hermes" dance fixed for to-

The witness said that the for Japan, probably on Friday.. Wardroom was indignant and re-

reported to be fighting about 100 miles above Wanhsien, against one of his rebel subordinates, Gen-

Mr. Kimball, in his speech for the defence declared that if the scntful at the "insult.”. There Court's finding was "guilty." was a feeling, that if something "SANNING" REFLOAT.eral Kuo Ju-tung.-British Naval

the

belief prevalent in the was not done, there would be junior ranks of the Navy that trouble in the ship.-Reuter, "complaint meant punishment"

would be strengthened.

The prosecutor, in his speech, impressively contended that the charges had been proved. Reu- ter.

For And Against.

London, Yesterday. In concluding his speech the 'accused's legal "friend". (Mr. Day Kimball) maintained that Comdr. Daniel's actions had been performed in good faith and that'

SHANGHAI M.C.

*

PITS CLOSING.

FUND FOR RELIEF OF · WOMEN.

ROYAL SYMPATHY.

London, Yesterday.

LONG-STANDING GRIEVANCE SHANSI STRUGGLE.

REMOVED.

TWO WEEKS IN PIRATE HAUNT.

Wireless.

- Over 1,000 Miles Up.. [Note: An action was founght

』 "

of Admiral Kanji Kato, the

Owing to the tragedy, the Kuni, and the "Fuse."

night. has been adjourned until THE NATIONALISTS AND

The cruiser Tenryuu" is in-Tuesday, the 10th inst., at the AMERICA.

cluded and a fleet auxiliary, the same time and place. Those in Tsurumi." Then there is the receipt of invitations are asked to EXCHANGE OF NOTES.

First Destroyer Squadron con note. sisting of four flotillas of four

Macho's Sympathy.' H.E. the Governor of Macao Reuter from Shanghai to-day ships each, or sixteen in all. by British Naval forces at Wan-

Berthing arrangements have (Signor Artur - Tamagnini hsien when three China Naviga- forwards the text of the notes that

Barbosa) sent the following cable. tion Co.'s steamers (under the passed between Mr. MacMurray, already been made. British flag) were illegally detain-U.S. Minister, in China, and Mr.

Kong yesterday ( A wireless message was received by General Yang Son who was Hwang Fu, foreign minister of terpreters and liaison officers will to H.E. the Governor of Hong the Nationalist Government prior be attached to the various ships. "Kindly accent in my name and ed in the Colony this morning stat-in control there. ing that the Hong Kong-Wuchow Wanhsien and Ichang are ports to the settlement of the Nanking Navigating officers will go out in that of the Colony the profound- steamer "Sanning" which has been on the Upper Yangtsze. Hanków outrages as between America and the Naval tug "St. Breock" to est sympathy at the death of the aground in the pirate infested dis- is about 600 miles from the sea, the Nationalist Government. Waglan on Easter Monday to three British airmen in the dis-

The first from Hwang Fu ex-assist in berthing. The ships are tressing accident.-Tamagnint." trict of Taiping Sha since March

NOT BADLY DAMAGED?

28 refloated with, the tide early this morning.

The "Sanning" grounded at the

feet of

SEEN OFF.

RIDDING THE COLONY OF BEGGARS.

FRESH AND CLOUDY.

A number of British Naval in-

H.E. the Governor of Hong Kong (Sir Cecil Clementi) replied to-day t

presses "profound regret" at the expected to pass Lyeemun about indignities suffered by American 11-a.m. - nationals at Nanking at the time

Aeroplanes Salute. and puts the blame on Commun- Three aeroplanes from the

The Colony of Hong Kong and ists who were active before the Royal Air Force, Kai Tack, will the Fiving Services greatly appre- establishment of the Nanking meet the Fleet before it enters clate Your Excellency's message Government.. The Government Hong Kong harbour, saluting the of sympathy-Clementi." specifically undertakes that there flagship.

even if he were thought guilty of His Majesty the King has given top of high water on the highest a technical offence he had been £500, and the Queen £250-to & tide of the period and remained the official weather forecast until N.E. winds, fresh, cloudy, is actuated by his concern for the fund opened by the Lord Mayors high and dry with two morale of the ship.

of London, Cardiff, and New-

noon to-morrow. “ The prosecutor, on the other castle for relief of women suffer- rudder showing in spite of light-

The anticyclone over China is hand maintained that Comdr. ing from the depression in the ers having been requisitioned for

unchanged. The depression is

shall be no similar violence or Captain A. J. L. Whyte, as Daniel had included in his letter coal mines. By this fund it is discharging cargo.

now central between Tokyo and agitation against American lives Aide-de-Camp, will put off to wel the various British warships in Passing vessels attempted to terms which were subversive of also hoped to facilitate the move-

the Bonins. Fresh to moderate or legitimate interests." Then come the Admiral. The 2nd Bat- harbour. discipline and had contravened ment of boys from the coal-fields "Onslaught" and "Nessus" but the S.E: coast of China and over;

render assistance, including H.M.

monsoon inny be expected along the message goes on to state that talion, King's Own Scottish Bor- The "Nagato" and "Mutsu" the King's Regulations and had to employment elsewhere.

the Nanking Government under derers will provide the guard of will be open to Japanese visitors publicly read such passages in the The closing is expected of forty without avail and the "Onslaught the N. China Sea.

takes to make full compensation honour and band. After Admiral during the day. wardroom. The method followed collieries in Scotland, half of remained in the area to protect-the

for all personal and material dam- Kato's call on H.E. the Governor Three thousand warrant officers by Comdr. Daniel, said the prose-which are in Lanarkshire. The ship against possible piratical at-

tacks.

ages done to Americans and pro- (Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G.) af and men will land. There will be cutor, was highly improper and Scottish owners have started the might have biased witness at pooling system for the purposeful refloating, has been, recely-friendly disposition to foreigners, commission to verify the actual lency will return, the call on the ing and afternoon, to Fanling No further news other than the The Nationalist officials here show poses the establishment of a joint Government House, His Excel trips by train, both in the morn of closing unprofitable collieries..

[“Nagato." _**

whence the Visitors will walk the ed.. -Reuter.

It is not thought that the Their away extends a little fur injuries, etc.

Mr. MacMurray'a note in reply H.I.J.M.'s Consul General in short distance to Kwanti steeple- "Sauning" is damaged to any seri-ther up the Yangtsze. A ous extent and she will probably

Ichang is 370 miles above Han-accepts the Nationalist conditions. Hong Kong, Mr. Y Murakami, chase course. Here refreshments make Hong Kong this, afternoon.

will also make an official call on will be served and the men will* kow, and Wanheten 180 miles

Socony HIL above Ichang, or over 1,000 miles

then return by train. A thousand Then Mr. Hwang Fu came back the Admiral, from the seak bes

There will, of course, be the will go in the morning and a with another note pointing out Tantamount to Squeezė. “.

thousand in the afternoon... that on March 24 last the U.S.Susual salutes and other calls.

Motor-buses will take 200 to Between Wanhaien and Ichang, "Non" and "Preston" opened fire The programme has been ar

Castle Peak Bay in the morning, Yang Sen is again in power. He upor Socony Hill, Nanking, and ranged as follows:- is neither for nor against the expressed the hope that America

Monday, April 9.

where there will be refreshments, Nationalists.

would express regret for this. In the afternoon, a number of and the same number again in the Attempts have been made con- In reply Mr. MacMurary says It Japanese officers will be present afternoon.

In the afternoon; 650 will be sistently to exact illegal levies on was a protective barrage; how at the second day's events of the Shanghai, Yesterday.

British ships and to force them ever, the U.S. Government Hong Kong Jockey Club's third entertained at a picture show in afternoon regarding Chinese, re- There is an authoritative re- Eighteen Chinese beggars, both to violate neutrality by acting as "deeply deplores that circum extra race meeting at Happy the Grand Theatre, by courtesy

without pay stances beyond its control should

Valley

of Hong Kong Amusements, Ltd. presentation on the Council. port that General Yen Shih-shan's males and females, were marched transports-and This removes a long outstanding troops in Northern Shansi have off from Police Headquarters soon ment.

have necessitated the adoption of HE. the Commander-in-Chief Wednesday, April 11. Chinese grievance.

been engaged in a fierce struggle after 9.30 this morning to board a Effort to resist these exactions such measures Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Mr. Y. Murakami, the Consul

Tyrwhitt (who will arrive back on General is host at tin. In the Under this arrangement be with the Fengtienese invaders junk which will convey them to have met with varying success. Magic Treaty Revision. tween the bodies mentioned, the for the last few days.

Deep Water Bay where they will It appears now from the above There are two other notes, one H.M.S. "Hawkins," the flagship, afternoon, there will be a recep

to-morrow) will give a dinner in Association forthwith appoints According to the latest report by placed on Chinese territory. despatch that the antagonism is from Mr. Hwang Fu suggesting

in the Hong Kong Hotel, and three Chinese Councillors, while the Fengtienese have gained a⠀⠀. Amongst the motley crowd. were due to refusal to what amounts that steps may be taken for the the evening, in honour of the tion by the Japanese community six Chinese are added to the considerable advantage, but the the blind, the lame, the maimed to paying squeeze to the local revision of treaties, and another

there will be also be motor-car Municipal Committee The battle is still being waged as and the sick One well-known military who, in turn, have re from Mr. MacMurray agreeing

Tuesday, April 10,

trips around Hong Kong. Council will henceforth consist of fiercely as ever-Reuters

character, who usually plied his vived the Wanhsien Incident

The local Japanese community At 6.15 p.m., there will be trade" to the Glenealy war-notic The merchants, are powerless to that the subject might be con

sidered when an administration will give wifin at which only cinema shows for a hundred off- ed in ranks at the march past act on their own initiative.]

representative of the Chinese Japanese

cers, at the invitation of Hong. be present He must have been sent away from

Nanking Troops

people was in existence.

In the afternoon there will be a Kong Amusements, forty at the Pukow Yesterday.

reception at Government House Queen's Theatre, forty at the troops, ostensibly

where some of the Colony's re- World and twenty at the Star, sidents will be invited to meet the Kowloon betwo

distinguished guests, ev ritish

CHINESE COUNCILLORS.

Shanghai, Yesterday,

The Municipal Council of the Chinese Ratepayers' Association reached a "modus vivendi" this

five British members, three Chin

se two Japanese - and.. Americans

FIERCE FIGHTING. FOR

- SEVERAL DAYS.

FENGTIENESE INVADERS.

FOR DEEP WATER BAY.

A noteworthy, passage in t The tendency to day ie for a Hong Kong at least half-a-dozen fl reply to the Association by materialistic influence at home to times, but always managed to find the Chairman, Mr. Fessenden, provide a very barren soll for his way back. reads The Council quite appre- music teachers to work upon. The "music" for the parade was clates the point that, with full.co Mr. Geoffrey Show

supplied by an ancient looking an operation from the Chinese, ther

was bowalli

fortune with less. proposed arrangement will in the

Nineteen centuries have passed ordinary course of events lead to since the Prince of Peace came

Chinese Mand bera on the Council.

ivery far from,peace in t

of South

urse and disgrace that ntry has so many un IMFW E. Morris,"

purpose of educa

visitors.

In the evening

HLE the General Officer Com-ernor gives a dinner manding (Major-General CC ment Luard) gives a dinner at Head The quarters House in the evening

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