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BULLY BEEF!

Alarming Affair at Stonecutters.

FORTY GUNNERS AFFECTED.

· Military Authorities Trace Cause of Trouble.

About forty men in the Royal Artillery general mess at Stone- cutters Island, belonging to the 20th and 21st Heavy Batteries, have recovered from what appear ed to be un attack of poisoning after a breakfast of bully beef rissoles one morning.

AIR

The

China Mail

No. 25883

ARMADA.

What the Italians Are Doing,

61 FLYING-BOATS.

Engaged On Tour Of Western Mediterranean.

Cartagena, Yesterday..

ESTABLISHED 1846

HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1928.

YANG SEN WINNING?

War Within 20 Miles of Chungking.

THE UPPER YANGTSZE.

Warlords' Struggle for Control Continues.

Local, minor warlords along the

COUNCIL OF WAR.

Nationalist Generals in Conference.

CONCERNING THE WAR.

Other Officers Also Discussing Tactics.

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

GENUINE SIR WILLIAM CROOKES

(English Made)

LENSES

Are the ONLY PROTECTION against the tropic aun they absorb the ultra violet and infra red rays so dangerous to the

Ayes.

Many imitations-the genuine from

LAZARUS

Hong Kong's Only European Optician.

DECORATION · DAY. THE BALKANS.

Annual Observance in More Disturbances Take

Hong Kong.

AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

Ladies, the Consulate-General- and

the Navy.

At ten o'clock, about thirty or

Place.

ITALY PROTESTS.

Serious. Conflicts Between Police And Students.

Rome,Yesterday.

REACH ENGLAND.

End of Motor Tour From Peking.

15,000 MILES JOURNEY.

Eleven Months On Way And Through Eleven Countries.

Nothing further has been heard Decoration Day, an important

London, Yesterday, A great welcome was accorded Upper Yangtze River, continue to of the counter-attack by the event every year in America, The Italian Minister at Bel- Major McCallum, accompanied the Italian Air Armada of 61 struggle for more power and more Northern armies

which is duly observed annually grade has been instructed to pre- by his wife and mechanic, have yigg boats, commanded by the territory.

of Peking in Hong Kong, was the occasion sent a Note of protest against the returned after their motor tour farabus nirman General De Pinedo At first, General Yang Sen was

against the Nationalist allies,

for a large gathering at the Pro-anti-Italian disturbances at around the world in two car's when he arrived in connection pursued down-river by his oppon-

Preliminary Talk. testant Cemetery, Happy Valley, Sebenico and Spalato and demand. The party covered 15,000 miles. with his tour of the Western ents who occupied positions further

Shanghai, Yesterday. this morning.

ing immediate satisfaction. Mediterranean. -"

in eleven months, passing through up, and all the way to Chungking, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek,

Milan, Yesterday. China, Indo-China, Siam, Straits The flight, in which Signor the Treaty Port 1,400 miles from the "Christian General Feng number resident in the Colony, tempted to renew the demonstra- Syria, the Balkans, and France. The first sign that anything Balbo, Under-Secretary of Aero- the sea.

forty ladies, being almost the full Students who, last night, at- Settlements, Burma, India, Persia, was wrong was when some of the antics, and Foreign Air At soldiers complained of severe staches from Rome, are participat

Yu-hsiang (chief of the Kuomin-assembled at the American Con-tion at the Yugo-Slav Consulate, Reuter. This week Yang Sen counter-chun) and General Yen Hai-shan sulate-General under the chair-were dispersed by Carabinieri,! stomach ache. The Senior Mediening. started from Orbetello on attacked and succeeded. He is be Officer of the South China Com- May 26, has visited Sardinia and lieved to have commandeered five of Shansi are to hold a council of man, wife of the gear man-who were detailed to protect the U.S. RETRENCHMENT. mand, his technical experts and the Balearics and returns to foreign ships to transport his other military medical officers Orbetello vin Marseilles, a dis-, troops back, up the River. were rushed across, in response to tance of 1.750 miles.-Reuter.

a summons, in a special latch,

The nien were found to be vomiting and suffering from viol- ent abdominal pains. The ail- ment was identified at once and treatment given. Ing little while, most of the men were on the way to recovery, thanks to the imnte- diate steps to combat the sickness. Removed the Night Before. Samples were taken immediate

BONDED LIQUOR.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS BEFORE MAGISTRATE,

NOMINAL FINE.

I

Bandits at Wuhu.

6,000 KILLED.

Heavy Fighting in

North:

Tokyo, To-day..

According to a British Naval wireless, fighting is rumoured to have broken out within 20 miles of Chungking. This indicates that either Yang Sen is making, rapid progress in his march on rivals atį Chungking, or the opponents of

It is learned from Tientsin Yong Sen are quarrelling among that heavy lighting has occurred Messrs. Donnelly and Whyte, themselves in the hour of defeat. between the Mukden and Shansi wine and spirit merchants, were Following the report of fring by

forces along the Pekipg-Hankow this morning summoned before bandits on the Jarding steamer railway front since May 26 and ly and laboratory tests-made cut. Col. P. Baves, D.S.O.. at Kingwo at Ichang, a later des- is said to have resulted 6,000 be- The source of the trouble was the instance of the Government patch says that bandits are reporting killed. The Shansi-ites are traced to the rissoles or, rather, to Import and Export Office, for re- cd to be active in the neighbour attempting to draw the Muiden the manner in which they had moving two gallons of brandy hood of Wuhu, a Lower Yangtze main force thither. been prepared by the Chinese and two gallons of cocktail from port which is only 55 miles above weakening their position

on their bonded warehouse without a the Nationalist capital at Nanking. other fronts and facilitating The beef was removed from permit. the containers the evening before,

Feng Yu-hsiang's troops break- Mr. C. E. L. Grist, for the de- mineed, and put in the ice-chest

ing through further east at the for that morning's breakfast. fence, pleaded guilty to a techni-

cooks.

There may have been contamina-",

cal offence.

Mr. B. C. K. Hawkins, of the

tion during the interval which led Treasury, who appeared as prose- to decomposition. On the other hand, decomposition may have cutor, admitted that in a sense

U.S. CONGRESS.

ADJOURNS TILL DECEMBER

Washington, Yesterday. Congress has adjourned until

Thereby

important strategic centre, Hochien. Reuter.

+

war at Shih-chia-chwang, which is on the Peking-Hankow Railway.

Two of the Carabinieri were in- PRESIDENT SIGNS THE TAX.

Benson, general mana-Consulate. ger in the Far East of the Ameri- can Express Co. They proceeded jured in à scuffle with students, to the cemetery where they were; joined by American men rc- sidents.

The "Sacramento."

REDUCTION BILL.

BIG APPROPRIATIONS.

-

Washington, Yesterday. President Coolidge has signed

Belgrade, Yesterday, Serious collisions between stud-. ents and police took place last night when the students tried to Mr. Adger C. Tredwell, the the corps house. The police, sup- the Bill for a tax reduction

prevent the police from entering U.S. Consul-General and his staff ported by mounted gendarmerie, were present. Commander Gin, stormed the high steps of the amounting to $222,000,000 which U.S.N... captain of

Sacramento," which is in port. four students were seriously in the fact that the appropriations the U.S.S. house. Several gendarmes and Congress was able to pass despite attended with a party from his jured in the hand-to-hand fighting for 1928-29 exceed those of 1927- ship.

and 50 students were arrested.American Service.

28 by $627,000,000. Reuter's Whereas-in-other-places,-thé Reuter.

soldiers come in for special atten- graves of American sailors and Yugo-Slavia Complies, tion, all graves of Americans in

Rome, Yesterday.

Yugo-Slavia has complied with the wine from the defendants, the local cemetery were decorated the demands of the Italian note. directed them to let the last case to-day,

In North China and elsewhere, -Reuter.

off for $27. Therefore, in selling the case of wine to Watson's, the ' Decoration Duy is also the occa-

defendants were in fact acting as

sion for an important reception WITHOUT A PERMIT. Wing On's agents.

and other social activitles. In Hong Kong, however, the practice CHARGE_AGAINST CHINESE has always been confined to de- WINE MERCHANTS. coration of the gravta with flowers.

PRELIMINARY HEARING.

Permit and Storage.

This was explained to Watson's in the course of another telephone conversation, and they were told that they would have to take out the permit for the removal of the Messra. W. S. Sherly and Co., wine themselves, and pay for

A prelimi conference is being MEXICAN OUTBREAK. of Queen's-road Central, were storage. Messrs. Watson's agreed held by the first two. The object

800 INSURGENTS ATTACK MANZANILLO.

WARSHIP ON THE SCENE.

two

been due to uncleanliness of one and he did not wish to imply the offence was a techsteal one, -or more of the Chinese cooke am-that Messrs. Donnelly and Whyta December, to which month the

ployed in the general mess.

were attempting to defraud the Naval Bill and also the bill to Bully Beef All Right. Government. At the same time construct a boulder dam have been the final challenge to Peking..

is to discuss further, tactica in

summoned for selling liquor to and Wing On's were notified by the It has been established by the he must take a serious view of held over-Reuter's American Ser-

Messrs. A Watson and Co., defendants. experts that there was nothing the matter.

Ltd., without vice.

The "Big Three."

an appropriate Then Watson's sent round # licence. wrong with the bully beef. There He said that licensed ware-

coolle to remove the wine and al- Subordinates of the "big three"

Mr. M. K. Lo, who appeared for though there had been a lot of was no sign of "blown tins," or houses were private bonds, and ed, continuous stocktaking was out of the allied Southern Army met

the defendants, denied the offence, credit business between the "puffed cans," terms used in one as such they were not subject to of the question and therefore the in conference at Tehchow, the Na- section of the tinned food indus- very strict revenue control, be licencees of warehouse must be tionalist base on the Peking-Tien-

which related to a case containing firms, they insisted on paying cash try.

cause it is realise that the firms

Eighty-two rebels' and 29 Feder-one dozen bottles of Hall's wine. this time. The defendants again Alurm need not be felt over the having such warehouses were of trusted to a certain extent to carry tsin Railway. They are planning alists have been killed in an attack Mr. Hawkins said with regard explained that they were selling outbreak. Opinion in the best-sufficient repute to obviate any

jan early attack on Tientsin. How- Mr. Grist pointed out that the lever, the subordinates may wait by 800 insurgents on Manzanillo to the actual evidence of sale, he on behalf of, Wing On's and they informed circles is that such may suggestion of possible fraud..

It is believed that this is part of could produce two documents, a could only give a temporary receipt for orders from Chiang Kai-shek occur in any well-regulated house- hold. But the occurrence does these warehouses is that they are that the defendants and othere had return shortly from the council entry. so that the rebels might im-the paying of duty on the wine from them. This was also agreed The procedure with regard to proposed new systom was suggest-and it is understood that he will an attempt to secure a port of receipt for payment for the wine until after they had paid the money and another document relating to to Wing On's and got a receipt [at Shih-chia-chwang. Wah port arms to use against the pre- He could also call the evidence of upon, and a temporary receipt was

are

out the regulations.

Raiders Near Peking.

Mexico City; Yesterday.

sent Mexican Government.

"a man at Watson's," but as that The timely arrival of reinforce man was not in Court that morn-accordingly given by the defen- ments from Colima sayed the city, ing, he would have to ask for an dante. Peking. Yesterday. :

which was guarded by only a small adjournment.

Allegations. Raiders from the province of garrison. A Mexican warship also

Then, when the defendants asked Mr. Lo said that he was prepar- watson's to exchange, the receipts, Shansi. (the ruler of which is a bombarded the insurgents, who ed to admit the documents, that the latter made some "silly excuse" Nationalist ally) have appeared finally withdrew--Router's Ameri- would be of any help twenty miles to the west of Pekcan Service.

ed in 1920, and it was admitted stress the importance of scrupul-opened in the mornings.and closed ous cleanliness and care in all cul- in the evening by a Revenue Off-refused to carry it out. Since then inary establishments.

cer, the lock used being one sup-

they had always paid their duty Keung Po." That the Stonecutters' affair plied by the department. During every four days. It was presumed did not become more serious is the time the warehouses

that the Import and Export Offien very likely

due to the prompt opened goods may be taken out knew of the procedure, and as no received by the measures taken by the Military either for export or for sale notice had been medical authorities. The Gun-locally. It was laid down by the defendants that the practice must ners have all recovered now and regulations that in the case of cease, they had carried it on for the are without any appreciable, ill-goods removed for sale in the past eight years. Therefore, the ing.-Reuter. effect.

local market, duty must be paid offence was purely a technical one, jand a permit for removal obtained as if the Import and Export Office This the defendants had failed to had--sald anything to Messrs. do in this case.

Donnelly and Whyte about their Proceeding, Mr. Hawkins said practice it would have immediately that at one time it was thought

been stopped. that it would be more convenient admitted that the defendants had The Magistrate asked if it were for firms to pay duty weekly, the been carrying out this practice for suggested procedure being that they eight years.

THE ITALIA."

STILL NO NEWS OF THE

AIRSHIP.

RUSSIAN COMMITTEE.

pay as deposit-with the Government,

London, Yesterday. There is all no news

an amount representing the over-

of the

The Regulations.

BRITISH

"REDS."

KESWICK CONGRESS SHOWS

STRONG OPPOSITION..

MORE DENUNCIATION,

London,,Yesterday,

A feature of the congress of the

to Mr.

Hawkins, but in any case he did to the effect that the receipt had ... not think he could dispense with gone through their books and could CHINA AND ARMS. the presence in Court of Watson's at now be got back. Then, that same day Mr. Hawkins' representa- representative.

tive turned up at the defendants' office.

WHAT CEYLON IS DOING TO PREVENT GUN-RUNNING.

SEARCHING VESSELS.

"Not Cricket.” Proceeding, Mr. Lo said that if Mr. Lo commented that the pro- the facts of the sale of the wine secution of the defendants "stood were known to Mr. Hawkins it out a mile" as an attempt on Wat- would be seen that the prosecution son's part to get the defendants in brought on information provided trouble and take over their agency. by Watson's was not cricket.” Colombo, Yesterday. Mr. Lo said that his clients were which had passed between the two Henceforth the Postal author- the local agents for the importarms Watson's action in purposely

TOKYO STOCK.

In view of the credit transactions

cious."

age week's duty pald by each parti- Mr. Hawkins said that without National Union of General and ities will, search every Far East tion of the medicated Hall's wine demanding a receipt on this occa "Italia" It now appears that the cular firm. When this suggestion stocktaking, it was impossible to Municipal Workers' Union at hound vessel. to prevent gun-run- for the past two years or so. Forsion, he (Mr. Lo) would call "mali- S.O.S. picked up at San Francisco was placed before the firms con- say. It might have gone on for Keswick was a resolution, unanining to China.-Reuter. came from the wireless station at cerned, however, almost all of them eight years, Hitherto the depart mously carried, declaring that, as Vladivostock, which broadcast an refused to accept it, preferring to ment had taken the defendants' the procedure and policy of the appari_for_help for the "Italia" in pay their duty daily.

word for it that they had taken out Therefore, when it was now the liquor on the same day on Moscow, Yesterday. found that Messrs. Donnelly and, which the permit was applied for.. -Aviation circios consider it pos- Whyte had been taking liquor out of course, he commented, the mat- sible that the airship might land of their warehouse without a per-ter would have come out right in the on the Siberian count. If this is somit and without paying duty, it long run, as they did not suppose a_special relief expedition will be must be viewed as a serious breach that the defendants had at any sent to her assistance."

of regulations, one which struck at time tried to defraud. the Govern

five languages.

the root of private warehouses,"

Cordova, Alaska, Yesterday.

ment, but still the fact remained Whilst it was admitted that it that the regulations had not been The United States anval wireless station here has intercepted a

was not thought that the defendants complied with. wireless message from the ""Citta the same time the view must be true that the defendants had been were out to defraud the revenue, atl The Magistrate sald if it were di Milano," the supply ship to the taken that they must be aware of carrying out their procedure. for "Italia," showing that she is 'bat- the fact that a permit must be eight years they must have an idea tling with a fierce snowstorm to taken out before the liquor could that the procedure was known the north of Cape Barren, Reuter, be taken out for consumption in the Mr. Hawkins' office.

Russian Committee Formed. local market, and they had ignored

Moscow, Yesterday,

the regulations,

·

to

Mr. J. R. Clynes, castigator of the "Reds."

ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.'S BONDS TO BE OFFERED:

BIC SUM INVOLVED. -

·

New York, Yesterday.

命

merly another firm had been the ngents but they gave, it up, end

Mr. Lo further commented that since that time his clients had act ed in their shoes.

if what he had said could be prov- On May 14, Mr. Lo said, his ed, he would submit that the Gov. clients received a letter from their ernment, which should not lean to principals in London _regarding a elther side, should not undertake request that they had received to these proceedings. ship some of Hall's wine to Measri.

Mr. Lo's Advice. Watson's. In view of the fact that "Let Watson's engage a solicitor - the defendants' were the accredit and do so themselves," said Mr. Lö,.. ed-agents-for Hall's wine, the order “then I can give vent to my feel- It is understood that $120,000,000 could not be accepted, and Messrs. inge in the matter." 6-per-cont. Tokyo Electric Light | Watson's were referred to the de- In conclusion, Mr. Lo said that Company's bonds will be offered in fendants. The letter also suggest he was not taking advantage of the | England, the United States and jed that the defendants get in touch fact that Messrs. Watson's were not Japan next week-Reuter's Amerl-with Watson's and see what ar-present in Court. He would wel can Service.

rangements they could arrive at as come Mr. Hawking' taking steps to the London firm was anxious that and out the-facts-for-himasif, and the sale of the wine be pushed. if then it was found that his (Mr.

On receipt of this letter, the de- Lo's) statement was true, he sug fendants were about to get Into gested that Mr. Hawkins* depart touch with Watson's when, on the ment should not take part in the same day, the latter telephoned to proceedings, He (Mr. Lo) would the defendants and inquired if they like, to have in the box the man had any Hall's wine. They replied from Watson's who conversed with to that they had and told Watson's the defendants over the telephone... on the price. Mr. Lo explained that The Magistrate said that ho did

they did not have a licence to sell not think that Mr. Le could-single- the wine, which they had out in out the person whom he wanted, it

Mr. Hawking replied that his Communist Party and the Minority H.M.S. "HAWKINS.” the absolutely Office, did not know of the proce-Movement directly conflicted with A special committee has been essential point of which was that dure. The particular stocktaking the Union's interest, no Communist formed for the relief of the miss- permit must be obtained before which resulted in the summons was could honestly represent t

ing airship "Italiu," and it has been decided to ask the Govern-

removal.

Question of Duty.

made by the Government's audi- The resolution further instruct- tors, and then the matter wased the General Council to do its menta of the United States, Japan, Continuing, Mr. 'Hawkins said brought out for the first time. utmost to protect the Union and Norway to co-operate in the that Mesers. Donnelly and Whyte However, he would not press for a against the disruptive forces seek search for the missing vessel.say that they pay their duty once heavy penalty aé he was, in fact, Ing to operate within it.

in four days. That, he said, could only aiming to bring the point out not be accepted, as the defendants and make it clear.. Thad not paid any deposit; and the

Nominal. Fine.

Router.

PROCEEDING TO THE

NORTH.

Shanghai, To-day. H.M.S. "Hawkins" is going Tsingtao and Chinwangtao Saturday-Reuter.

P

A London delegate sald that on Two Chinese were this morning their bonded warehouse for Mesars, was for the prosecution to call May 15 individuals of branches en charged, before Lieut. Col. F. Wing On's. The latter had taken whom they wanted from Watson's Mrs. H. Wooda, together with Government, by this procedure of

gaged in Communistic activities Eaves, D.S.O., with the theft of fish practically the whole of the ship-to prove their case, the Misses Eileen and Doris the defendants, were losing inter-

The Magistrate imposed a no were suspended after. receiving a whilst they were being taken from ment received by the defendants Mr. Lo said that he would with- Woods, were passengers on the est on their money,

minal fine of $20, and directed that warning. He hoped that other a ship to the Central Market. One with the exception of one ease. draw his admission to the docu- "Empress of Asia" which left to- Asked by the Magistrate if the the defendants should cease the unions follow this one's example, man, who stole one fish, had a pre- This Wing: On's did not take be- ments put in by Mr. Hawkins and day for Vancouver,

Import and Export Office had any practics from now.the

Practice from now. that wThe vice-president, Mr. Arthur vous conviction for a similar cause where there had formerly leave him to prove his case the best A farewell concert was held at means of checking the movements

that that was Hayday, M.P., (Lab., W. Notting-offence and, was sentenced to one been a lot of business in the wine, he could.ANMAR the new Cheer O Y.M.C.A. fast of goods, Mr. Hawkins said that all that his department wanted hem), denounced the Communists month's hard labour The other that business had fallen off Farther hearing of the case was night at which presentations were they could do so by taking stock that the defendants should cease as treacherous and cowardly man, who stole two large fish, was Consequently, Wing On'a, al- fixed for Thursday afternoon at B made to the three ladies.

though they had virtually bought p.m.

fat the warehouse, but, be comment the practice.

-Reuter.

| given a similar sentence.