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REVENUE STAMPS ON GEN. PEI THREATENS

DOCUMENT

APPEAL SUCCEEDS

PEKING

RAILWAY SQUABLE

CLAIM AGAINST GUARANTORS MAJOR NATIONALIST FACTIONS

NOW REVIVED

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SPECIAL DEFENCE SET UP

Because a document. did bear revenue stamps to the proper amount, an action against Chinese parties, who are alleged to have guaranteed

pending since March, was related in the Summary Court this morning.

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loan

AT LOGGERHEADS

DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF SPLIT

How two major factions in the Nationalist Party have run fout of each other, with possibly dire con- sequences, is related in one of to- day's despatches.

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1928.

SHANGHAI P. O. EMPLOYEES

1,800 ON STRIKE

NO DELIVERY OF LETTERS BUT NO DISTURBANCE

POLICE PRECAUTIONS

'Shanghai, To-day.

Peking Postal Strike

THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION

ANOTHER GIFT

£750,000 OFFERED TO CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ¦

COSTLY LIBRARY

London, Yokterday.

of

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

NEW AIR MAIL

EXPRESS

Your Eyes Are Eafe With Us. LAZARUS

Hong Kong's Only European

Accurate

We grind our own loneca, repair · work, " highest grade. Jensen. friendly, courteous service. Manager?

RALPH A. COOPER, Registered Optometrist (Canada)" FLO. (London).

A STEP NEARER SALT PAYMENTS

MONTREAL N. YORK SERVICE ON LOANS

THE NEW TIN TRUST

RUSH FOR SHARES

BEAR CUB TO CONVEY MAYORAL | INSTRUCTIONS FROM NANKING ......, 11⁄4 MILLION SUBSCRIBED AT

GREETING

·ALSO TORONTO-MONTREAL

Montreal, Yesterday.

OPENING:

THE TRUST'S AIMS

TO PEKING

MUST BE SENT ANNUALLY

Peking, Yesterday.

London, Yesterday. The Divisional Council in Peking

The subscription list In the Lon- The outgoing Vice-Chancellor, of: A bear cub was one of the pas 1,800 postal employees and Junior

an-sengers in the new air mail express of the Nationalist Government has don Malayan Tin Trust closed al- clerks of the lower grades struck Cambridge University has

most immediately.-Reuter. this morning and are demanding nounced that the Rockefeller Foun- service from Montreal to new York, received and hopes that the Provin

dation Fund has offered a gift to the an increase of wages.

Letters are not being delivered, university of £750,000 to provide which was inaugurated yesterday,cial authorities have also received 16 Companies to bo Absorbed concerned are The two leaders

Attached to the cub was a greet- to-day a telegram from the Nation-A British Wireless message, dat- new ing and message from the Mayor of alist Central Government at Nankinged London, October 1, states that the subscription lists were opened. General Pei Chung-hai, one of the but, so far, no disturbances have ac for the development of physical Big Four of Kwangal Group Incurred, but the police are taking and biological studies and a

library, conditionally on the univer- Montreal to the mayor of New York, informing them of the Salt Loans this morning for 1,249,000 shares of sity securing the balance Fifty Canadian 'planes acted as a decisions. power at Canton, Hankew and along precautions.

one pound at par in the London- the Manchurian frontier, and Gen-

| £228,000.

preliminary escort to the mail

The telegram received by the Pek-Malayan Tin Trust, which has been Peking, Yesterday. eral Yen Hal-shan who has held

The building of the library, which 'plane. The Union of Postal Workers alone will cost £500,000 will be Shanel province for 16 years and

the recently came into possession of declared a lightning strike here to commenced without delay, as Peking.

The strangest part of this day in an endeavour to reverse the university had already ear-marked authorities' decision to dismiss 200 £250,000 therefor and the Rocke quarrel is that observers have all poatal workers. At present it is feller Fund had also ear-marked a along professed to see close har-impossible to estimate the effective- similar amount for the purpose mony between the two Generalsness of the strike but there is a Reuter. because they are bound together prospect of a complete stoppage of

Balance To Be Raised by the desire of self-preservation. mails. Reuter,

A British Wireless message states: As was to be expected, the quar Mr. Russ was for the plaintiff,`

Cambridge University is to re- | Mr. Un Man-chik, merchant of No.rel is about control of something 141, Bonham-strand East. Mr. A. worth while, in this case the Railway el Arculli appeared for the defend-running between Peking (the former ants, Mr. Au Fung-chau and the capital) and Mukden (the capital Tin Shing Hing Kee restaurant of of Manchuria). No. 2, Percival-street, East Point,

Mr. C. A. S. Ruas informed the Puisno Judge (Mr. Justice Jacks) of the procedure adopted to rectify the omission. Mr. Russ produced the guarantee, now stamped, and bearing a number of minutes by concerned, Government officials which, Mr. Russ said, he thought were confidential.

"Want of Consideration" Plaintiff's claim was for $325, stated to be balance of money lent by plaintiff to an Au Pak-ming, re- payment of which was guaranteed by defendants.

Hostilities at this stage, will be dangerous to North China and harm- ful to China at large in the diplo- matic sphere.

Gen Yen. Sits Tight

Peking, To-day.

It is unofficially reported that friction has developed between Gen-

GERMAN "REDS”

CAUSE POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTIONS

"REGULAR BATTLE"

Berlin, Yesterday.

elections The municipal

at Geathacht near Hamburg have been postponed owing to Communists, re- inforced by supporters from the

Mr. Russ said that repayment was oral Yen Hsi-shan and General Pei neighbouring districts, atacking the He Tsung-hai owing to General Pei Republican organisation "Reichs- guaranteed by Dec. 7, 1927. also addressed his Lordship on the attempting to appoint his own banner" and invading the polling special defence of "want of con-nominee as Director of the Peking-booths. The battle between the op- aideration," of which Mr. Arculli Mukden Rallway in place of the pre-ponents, in which one man was kill-' had given notice..

sent incumbent who was appointed ed, 15 seriopsly injured and two | hundred slightly hurt, was only ter- Au Pak-ming, Mr Russ continu-by General Yen.

The present Director has wired minated by the arrival of a strong ed. owed plaintiff $526. Plaintif sued Au Pak-ming in Canton and General Yen for instructions us to force of police from Haburg-Reu- obtained judgment. A copy of the what he should do. General Yenter.

ordered him to remain at his post. judgment was produced in Court.

Eyewitnesses Accounts. General Pei is reported to have Eyewitnesses' accounts of the at Geesthacht describe it retaliated by threatening to stop all fracas traffic on the Railway unless his man is allowed to take over con- trol.-Reuten

"SOME RAIN"

N.E. winds, fresh, generally cloudy, some rain, is the forecast until noon to-morrow.

The anticyclone has moved E.N.E. and is now central to the north of Tokyo. The typhoon is about 300 miles S.S.E, of Hong Kong, moving west.

Strong to fresh monsoon may be expected along the S.E. coast of China and over the northern portion of the N, China Sea.

The telegram quoted below, was recoived from the Manila Obser- vatory at 9 a.m. to-day-

Manila, 9 p.m., 1st The typhoon has crossed Morthern Luzon in the form of low depression, it may increase in in- tensity in the China Sea.

service, between Toronto and Mon- treul, has also been inaugurated. Reuter.

A regular air mall and passengering Divisional Courell states that formed by the Anglo-Oriental Min- the earmarking of $10,000,000 per ing Corporation in association with to-day and that the money must be quire large shareholdings in 16 im- year for Loan. service commences the London Tin Syndicats to se- forwarded during the year in twelve portant tin dredging companies instalments to Nanking-Reuter.operating in Malaya and also the [Note: The Nationalist Gavernment whole of the issued capital of the han decided to apportion $10,000,000 Anglo-Malayan Tin Company. from Salt revente each your for the Owing to the heavy over-sub- service of Loans accured on salt scription the late were closed, at venue.

ten o'clock.

JURY SYSTEM

JAPAN ADOPTS AFTER FIVE YEARS

EMPEROR INTERESTED

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3 Tokyo, Yesterday. After five years preparation since the promulgation of the law on this subject, the jury oyatem has been Instituted throughout Japan.

To mark this important change In the country's judicial system

Later.

“IN WANCHAI”

DEFENDANT TELLS AN INTERESTING STORY

SCEPTICAL MAGISTRATE

rend.

In the prospectus it is intimated that important negotiations are in progress with other leading eastern. dredging groups, and it is intended to aim at a unification of policy and management over, the widest pos- sible area within the eastern tin fielda.

IN EXCESS

WHAT THE CAPTAIN COULD NOT DOI

$100. FINE

the Emperor, accompanied by high A Chinese, who was charged at officials, visited the Department of the. Kowloon Court to-day with the Justice, the Supreme Court and possession of certain articles of the Tokyo Local Court, and in clothing suspected to have been stolen, said that he had found, spected the arrangements.

While the Emperor was return while walking in Wanchal, two ing from his visit to the Tokyo pawn tickets, from which he had District Court Σ man wearing redeemed the clothing in question, workman's clothes attempted to The Magistrate, Mr. W. Schofield, The question of the acceptability" present a potition, but was arrest- remarked that it was vary perculiar of the passenger certificate of a ves- ed before he reached his Majesty that defendant should redeem sel formed the topic of an argument The police are examining the man, clothing that were obviously at the Marine Court this morning. but the nature of the appeal has women's garmenta

Captain H. A. Johnson, master of not yet been revealed.

Defendant said that he had obtain-the ́ss. "Shun Chih” (Chinese) was The Petition

ed them without seeing what they summoned for unlawfully arriving were or even questioning the pawn-within the waters of the Colony on Au Pak-ming then came to Hong

broker,

|Bept. 28, having on board. a large- Kong, Mr. Russ stated, acting con-

It is learned that the man who. trary to the majority of debtors in

as a regular pitched battle between ceive a gift of £700,000 from the

Pressed by the prosecution why he number of passengers than that al- Hong Kong who, when pressed,

two "armies,"

oach 1.500 strong. International Education Board of attempted, to appeal to the Em had obtained women's garments, de- lowed by his certificate. who fought in regular military style, the Rockfeller Foundation. This peror desired to request his went to Canton. However, plain-

Note: General Yen commands the in disciplined bodies which exercised offer ineludes a contribution

Mr. Q. H. Thompson, boarding of Majesty's good offees in raising the fendant replied that he could not tiff found him in the Victoria Cafe.

With 3rd Nationalist Army Group.

officer of the Harbour Department, The debtor pleaded for leniency units drawn from the 4th Nationalist almost professional strategy in £250,000 towards the new university standard of living of the poor.--

The Magistrate then enquired how prosecuting, deposed that he went Accordingly, a guarantee was given Army Group, General Fel has been sheltering behind walls and trees, library, designed by Sir Gilbert Reuter.

he knew which shop to go to, and reinforcements by the defendants that the $525 set un as commander of the North- throwing

into Scott, the building of which will

defendant replied that he had asked on board the ss. "Shun Chih" to- Fastern Expedition against the threatened sectors of the battleline, now be undertaken without delay. would be paid in two instalments. Northern remnanta, The Peking-

a foreman, named Li On, who could gether with others. The vessel was at that time mooring outside Green The sum of $100 had, in fact, been Makden Railway is 620 miles lone. bringing up reserves from the rear The remainder of the gift will be

Taland. paid, leaving a balance of $325 for nu a network of branch lines, and and were served by ambulance devoted to the larger proposal of

After further questioning, the who carried which plaintiff was claiming from was built with British and Japanese detachments

the providing for certain new develop

Magistrate remarked that it appear On counting the total number of capital. It runs from Peking east- the guarantors.

ward to Tientsin. then through the wounded, from the line though the ments in physical and biological

ed very likely to him, that someone passengers on board, be found that "Put Him in Gool"

K.M.A. mining zona, out through the weapons, were mainly brickbats studies of the university which have

* Hankow, Yesterday,

had stolen the clothing and, hay-there were 327 adults;; 66 children empty bottles, bludgeons, daggers for some time boon regarded as General Li Tsung-yen, In n'memo- Plaintiff aped defendants (the al-Great Wall Into Manchuria.]

and knuckledusters. A number of urgent by the heads of those de-randum to the Wu-Han division of ing pawned them, given the tickets (counted as 33 adults) and 75 of a

to defendant. leged guarantors) on March 19,

the Central Political Council of the 1928. Because the written guar-

pocket firearms was used.-Reuter.partments.

A condition is attached that the Nationalist Government, recom- antee was improperly stamped, said

univeraity should raise the balance mends the flotation of a public loan Mr. Russ, plaintiff was non-suited on June 12, 1928, when the then Puisne Judge (Mr. Justice Wood) gave leave to plaintiff to bring a At "traffic time," before Major C.

[Note: The centre of, the line be- fresh action if the document was Willson, O.B.E., at the Central

this "splendid offer of assistance." tween Canton and Hankow has not sufficiently stamped within three Magistracy this morning, there was

He added that in as much as the been built] months, but farther action to be'de quite a crop of speeding cases, no

resources of the university were. barred if it was not stamped in fewer than eleven Chinese, includ-

already pledged to the building of CARE OF three months...

ing two motorcyclists, being

Speeches emphasising the im- a new library it would be necessary The new action commenced on muleted In fines of $10 for the Aug. 28, 1928-within the interval lesser offenders, $15 for speeding inportance of personal contacts for to raise from outside sources, the stated and hearing was fixed for the control area at Whitfield, and the promotion of a good under-balance of £229,000 required to ful-

fil the condition. $20 for a similar offence in the standing between the peoples of

to-day.

TRAFFIC OFFENCES

BIG BATCH.REFORE THE MAGISTRATE TO-DAY

PACIFIC ROTARY

AN INTERNATIONAL CONFER ENCE IN TOKYO

150 DELEGATES

Tokyo, Yesterday.

In the course of previous proceed-more crowded thoroughfares. The the Pacific marked the opening of ings, it may be recalled, plaintiff offences occurred in Des Voeux-road the three days Pacific Rotary appealed to H.E. the Governor for Central, Queen's-road East, Bay Conference, at which the Japanese leave to have the document proper-View, Bonham-strand East, Con-Rotarians are hosts to about 150 ly stamped. Such leave was, ap-naught-road Central and Shaukiwan-delegates from America, Australia,

road. parently, given.

With the exception of one China and other lands bordering Giving evidence to-day, plaintiff lorry driver and the two motor the Pacific

In addition to the business said that he found the debtor (who cyclists, the other defondants were is sold to have been guaranteed by all drivers of public motor cars. defendants) and told him that he would have him put in jail if he. went to Canton..

BURGLARS

SENTENCED TO-DAY TO FOUR MONTHS! "HARD"

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BRIDGING THE GAP

CANTON-HANKOW. RAILWAY"

BUILDING LOAN

read.

crew.

A fine of $10 or 14 days' jail was The clearance from Salgon Was produced.. while the master of the Imposed..

vessel stated that he had cleared

of the sum required for the com- of $50,000,000 as construction ex-MR. J. W. MATTHEWS with 800 passengers.

pletion of the whole scheme. penses for the completion of the The Vice-Chancellor, Rev, George Canton-Hankow railway. Reuter, Arthur Weekes, announced to-day

SWEDEN'S CRISIS

A CONSERVATIVE CABINET -FORMED:

REAR-ADMIRAL AS PREMIER

Stockholm, Yesterday,

WOUNDED

NORTHERNERS IN PEKING. HOSPITALS

FUNERAL AT HAPPY: VALLEY

LARGE GATHERING:

According to the prosecution,

Captain H. A. Johnson stated. that when he cleared at Saigon he reported the approximate number of passengers on board and the author- Ities there had verified the exact number before the vessel departed. The late Mr. J. W. Matthews, Defendant also pointed out that the A.MIN.A., chief ships draughta vessel would not have been allowed man of the Kowloon Docks, whose to leave the last port if there had sudden death at the Station Hotel, been excess passengers on board. Peking, Yesterday. Kowloon, was reported in yester The Saigon passengers' certifi Through the exertions of the day's "China Mail," was buried at cate was also produced and the de- Peking police and Chen Shin-chang the Protestant Cemetery, Happy

according to French regulations. He of the Hankow forces here, the Valley, last evening fendant contenged that he had acted, wounded Northern soldiers, were The coffin, which was brought denied that he had committed an removed from Chienmen atation and over from Kowloon in a Kowloon offence. have been distributed among the Dock launch, was disembarked at varlops hospitals including the Queen'a Pler at 4.30 p.m., and Peking Union Medical College, not transferred to the hearse, which when the s. "Shun Chih" was bur of entertainments has been ar A new Conservative Cabinet has however, before many had died proceeded to the cemetery followed veyed at the begining of last month, ranged, including, a banquet at been formed. The Premier is Rear- from exposure and lack of attention by a large number of the deceased's the was allowed to carry+212 paa- which Prince Kuni, father of the Admiral Arvid Lindman, Foreign to their wounds-Reuter

friends and colleagues of the engern and therefore the excess in

this case was 145. Kowloon Dock At the Cemetery, Empress, la expected to speak. A Affairs, Trygger; Finance, Pro

the corbege, was met by many other Mr. M., K. Lo, for the defence, argued that since the vessel had mourbers awaiting there.

The burial service was conducted, been cleared Said at the graveside by the Rev. W thought that it would be Walton Rogers, of St. Andrew's bere. But since the Saigon

ities allowed the vessel to London, Yesterday,Church Kowloon, M. Venizelos the Greek Premier, Among those present were Mr. passengers and as Hong had an interview this morning with MDyer and Mr. F. E. G. Munn as allowed her to carry

Munn, be barbarious for the Mr. Baldwin, Lord Cushendun, the chief mourners, Messrs. Acting Foreign Secretary and high Craig, Pearson, Wilson, McLaggan throw the passengere overboard when

arers. the vessel arrived here. officials of the Foreign Office and Nicholls acted as pall Sir Austen Chamberlain, Tady It is understood that the Greek Others attending were Chamberlain and family have arriv. Premier explained the details and Owen, ed. They were escorted by four the Intention of the pact of amity Intosh, United States destroyaca,, turgand arbitration recently signed by McIndoe,

They will stay In California for Greece and Italy British Wireless Rattray, Keit two weeks,

PASCAL GRISONI

THIS MORNING

PREMIER ON GRECO-ITALIAN

BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE garden party is being given by the fessor Wohlin and Justice, Bla- PACT EXPLAINED

A Frenchman, named Pascal

Premier Router.

marck Reuter.

Grisont, was this morning charged NAVAL COMPROMISE SIR A. CHAMBERLAINAGREEMENT

before Major C. Willaon, O.B.E..., at

NO FURTHER PRONOUNCE-

·MENT FROM TOKYO

A SUGGESTION

Tokyo, Yel As- it has already

By entering a tane at the back of the Central Magistracy, with the un- No. 108 Tal Nam-street, Yaumati, lawful possession of a 9mm. "Brown- two Chinese managed to gain acing" automatic pistol, bok ceas Into the house by one standing Sub-Inspector Elston, who prose- near the wall that encircled the (cuted, asked that 'Grisoni, who was back-yard, while the other, climb arrested at No. 8, Fung Fal-terrace, ing on the former's shoulder, thus Happy Valley, on September 24, be got over the wall. Once inside the dealt with summarily. In the moan-notified its views on yard, the two secured a chopper and time, however, he (the Inspector) French naval proposals, moved a wooden bolt fastening the asked for a remand for 24 hours in principle to them, it is door separating the yard from the In police custody. He explained that that the Japanese back room of the house,

there was a serious allegation against does not intend to

One of the inmates aroused from the defendant, behind the present further pronouncement sleep by hearing movement down charge and the police wanted time to understood that stairs, at once Investigated. One of to investigate.

the two Chinese was found hiding The Magistrate adjourned

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