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No. 26,019

LISHED

HONG KONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1928.

BRITISH SHIP PIRATED

B. & S. "SHASI"

OUTRAGE OUTSIDE HANKOW

AUDACIOUS ATTACK

American Passenger's Thigh Shattered.

CHINESE SEAMAN KILLED; ANOTHER WOUNDED

The Yangtze River, just outside of Hankow, has been the scene of the latest piracy. The victim this time was the China Navigation Co.'s a.."Shasi," Capt. A. Cook...

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OFF TO SAHARA DESERT

CAMPBELL'S QUEST

HOPES TO CAPTURE WORLD'S MOTOR SPEED RECORD

[

TWENTY-ONE MIN

UTES' CHEERING .

FOR "AL" SMITH

22,000 DEMOCRATS UPSET RADIO PLANS

PROHIBITION PROBLEM

New York, Yesterday. Twenty-one minutes continuous

22,000 Democrate, nonplussed the cheering for Governor Al Smith, by radio authorities who were broad- casting Smith's speech in Madison Square Gardens in winding up his election campaign.

S.M.R. ENTERPRISE. .....

.SEGRAVE ALSO BUSY

CRUISERS IN NORTH

Several new Chinese railways in Action by the Government of

London, Yesterday, Manchuria are being rushed to tum China bearing largely on Chinese

Captain Malcolm Campbell left H.M.S. "Marazion," a sloop, and pletion, under contracts with the emigration has been reported to the the Naval tug "St. Breock" return-Japanese South Manchuria Railway effect that "such transportation of Croydon aerodrome, in a light acro- Co, it is. reported in American cir- Chinese labourers" will not be al-plane yesterday, for the Sahara to Hong Kong on Saturday. cles. Thousands of miles of vir-loyed except under special sanction. discover a 12-mile stretch of hard H.M.S. "Thracian" of the 8th Desgin territory are being opened up, Hong Kong is, interested in the level sand suitable for an attempt troyer Flotilla, returned yesterday. and Chinese officials predict that in carriage of Chinese emigrants, to beat the world's motor car apeed

a few years Manchuria will be more mostly to Malaya.

There was an American flag and H.M.S. "Cornflower," another

Says J, B. Powell of Shanghai-record, in his Campbell Napier car song book on every seat in the hall prosperous than any other part of sloop, will probably arrive here to China. It is now regarded as cer- "The National Government Over- He understands that such in which the 22,000 were jammed. tain that peace will be maintained seas Affairs Committee has order atratch exists in the middle of the!' Community singing whiled away morrow from Shanghai.

in Manchuria for years, and agri-jed the detention of a Spanish H.M.S. "Cornwall" arrived at culture and industry will be left, steamer lying at Taku Bar off Tien-Sahara and believes that if he can the time of waiting for Governor

Smith. Shanghai yesterday from Wel-hai-alone to develop.

tain, on the grounds that the obtain a sufficient run, before en-

The cheering lasted, despite of wel. She is one of the five county-

steamer was engaged in the trans-tering the measured course, he can' portation of Chinese labourers for capture a record. This is held by, every conceivable means of dis- colonization purposes in the Spanish England. Meanwhile, Major Segrave couraging it. colony located on the west coast is also busy with plans for estab- Smith devoted the main part of lishing a fresh speed record. Bri- his speech to urging a "sensiblo, tish Wireless Service.

reasonable and proper" solution of the prohibition problem.

Y

Expert's Views The attack stands out by reason of the audacity of the despera-class cruisers of 10,000 tons each.

Saya Mr. Henry W. Kinney, an ex- does, who got to work almost before the vessel had time to get clear H.M.S. "Berwick," another of the

cinas, arrived at Tsingtao yester-pert on Manchurian topics:

Railways in Manchuria, as is the of the Bund fronting the foreign Concessions.

day from Wei-hal-wel.

case with railways elsewhere, in- volve economic, political and strate- gic considerations. Broadly.

speak.

ance.

lars.

Three casualties are reported;

Mr. Henry Henvis, American, assistant in the firm of Gale! 2ND ROYAL SCOTS and Co, Hankow, had a thigh shattered by a revolver bullet;

One Chinese member of the crew was shot dead; Another Chinese seaman was wounded.

haul.

off in a launch with their booty.

A BITTER COMPLAINT

WELCOMED ON ARRIVAL IN

NORTH CHINA

IST EAST YORKS COMING

Tientsin, Yesterday.

The 2nd Battalion, the Royal

ed here this afternoon.

·

ROSE-TERRACE

· LADY'S HANDBAG SNATCHED

NEARBY

Bea.

it

may

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of Africa, south of Morocco."

Govt. Ställment The official statement of the Nationalist Government is as fol- lows-

Hong Kong's Interest

ARMISTICE DAY

PREŠ. COOLIDGE'ISSUES A PROCLAMATION

FRIENDLY RELATIONS

www

Router's

ADDING NAMES

PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS

PUISNE JUDGE'S RULING

The Women's Vote A notable fact of the presidential campaign is that not for many years have the opposing, parties talked so little of foreign affairs and so much of home ones. ́ Public discussion has concentrated on: Internal problems.

It is considered that two things weigh heavily with women voters,

pay

Campaign Expenses

Washington, Nov. 3. The Republican and Democratic "Since such action concerns the

parties together have received MODERATE MONSOON

welfare of the Chinese people the

nearly $9,000,000 to further the Government does not intend to per-

causes of Hoover and Smith for N. E. winda, moderate, fine is it such transportation of Chinese

the Presidency. The Republican The Captain and Chief Officer-the only foreign officers--were

the forecast till noon to-morrow. labourers in the future unless it is

national committee reports receipts confined to their cabins at the outset of the attack but were not,

The anticyclone is central over specially sanctioned by the Minis-

Washington, Yesterday. of $4,912,000 and expenses, of apparently, molested. The skipper's wife and two children were

S. W. Japan. Moderate monsoon fters of the Interior and Foreign

President Coolidge, in a proclam- $4,744,000, while the Democratic aboard the vessel. There was no time, apparently, to offer resist-Scots (the Royal Regiment). arriv-may be expected along the S. E..Affairs."

atlon, urges Americans to observe party's receipts are $4,089,000 and coast of China and over the China In addition to this action, the Armistice on the 11th inst., with ap- expenses $4,008,000.

Government ordered an investiga-propriate ceremonies in schools, A large crowd turned out to wel-

Experts, however, declara that tion of conditions of the Chinese churches and elsewhere and to give this is only a fraction of the total The other three foreign passengers, a French Naval officer and come the troops as they marched

from the station to their quarters.|ing

be affirmed that labourers in the Dutch East Indies; "expression to our gratitude for, throughout the country not only on a Mr. and Mrs. Pepper (Americans) escaped unscathed.

The 1st Battalion, East York- all these railwaya havo main the matter having been precipitated Loot is estimated at between fifteen and twenty thousand dol-shire Regiment left for Hong Kong ly economic importance,

by the recent action of the Dutch peace and the hope and desire that behalf of the candidates but for all

this morning-Reuter.

they al} Berve lands which colonial authorities in deporting our friendly relations with other election purposes. [Note: The 2nd Royal Scots, with are already economically important, several members of the Kuomin-peoples may continue," The pirates complained bitterly at the smallness of families, have been transferred or open great, fertile, but as yet tang from Java and Sumatra, adds American Service.

from Egypt for two years' service undeveloped regions for settlement M. Powell." Mr. Henvis is said to be progressing favourably in hospital at in the North China Command. by the great hordes of immigrant

In 1927, 286,593 emigrants left Hankow, to which port the "Shas!" returned after the pirates made They passed through Hong Kong farmers which are now flocking into

Manchuris. on the troopship "Dorsetshire" od

Hong Kong for various destina- Oct. 24. The lat Batt. East Yorkar as all railways the world over ried in British ships and 147,880 All railways are affategic in ao tions. Of these, 138,263 were car- shirea are bound for Indis.]

constitute essential factors in mill-in foreign ships. 181,100 returning tary operations, and those in Man- emigrants were reported to have churia are of strategic importance been brought to Hong Kong from The question of procedura in firstly prohibition and secondly la proportion to the extent to which the several places to which they civil actions was raised in the Sum-Mrs. Smith. Many women

tribute to her personal qualities, one regards Manchuria as a future had gone either from Hong Kong mary Court this morning when Mr. but do not conalder that she is or from adjacent Coast porta. of F. X. d'Almada argued that the worthy to represent the country battlefield or not.

The Position

this number, 100,889 arrived in Bri-written consent of persons whose whose women attach much more "A FAVOURITE SPOT”

Briefly, the position is this: tish ships and 80,211 in for-names had been added as plaintiffs importance than men to dress, The South Manchuria Railway Co. eign ships. The following is a to an amended writ should be obspeech and social amenities. 'Remarking that the defendant is Japanese. It owns and operates table of Chinese emigrants passing tained before the amendment was

Final Speeches to $20,000 in money and valuables. was a trained hand at snatching 695 miles of line, having secured a through Hong Kong:-

filed in the Court Registry.

New York, Nov. 3. The China Navigation Company's

As soon as the pirates had made bags, Mr. F. H. Loseby, prosecuting footing after the Russo-Japanese

Mr. C.. A. S. Russ replied that, As Mr. Hoover aped towards "Shasi" (Messrs. Butterfield and off the skipper had the anchor rais-in a case at the Kowloon Magistracy War in 1904-5.

Chinese lines Year

such was the practice at Home but California preaching the doctrine of Swire, agents), which left here at ed, turned about, and put into Han- this morning, said that it appear parallel to the S.M.R. are forbidden

not here. The Puiane Judge (Mr. Republican prosperity, Governor 9.30 yesterday evening, was pirat- kow again.

Justice Jacka) ruled that written Al Smith was wildly welcomed on ed to him that Rose-terrace was a by Treaty with China. In the north 1922 ed nt

Mr. Henvis, the wounded Ameri-favourite spot fer this form of theft. of Manchuria is the Chinese-1928

consent must be filed by the new his return here by hundreds of 10.10 pm. just below the

can, was sent to hospital and ac-

Eastern Railway and the Russian A Chinese youth, unemployed, ap- trans-Siberian Railway But in the 1925

plaintiffs before their names are thousands despite the rain. Seven Mile Creeks by pirates to

peared before Mr. W. Schofield on South, the Japanese S.M.R. has been the number of 32 who were travel is not considered dangerous. a charge of snatching a rattan hand-giving assistance to Chinese to ling as passengers.

bag and a leather purse containing build lines. "The assistance thus It is worthy of note that Mr. $8 from Mrs. C. C. Telfer, of No. 6 given has not been remunerative Henvia, who is employed by Minden-avenue, while she was walk-from a strictly financial point of Messrs. Gale and Co., merchants ing along Nathan-road near Rose-view.... but they have been justi- and englucers, of the Rue terrace on Saturday.

fied in that they (these Chinese Dautremer, French Concession, was Mr. Loseby said that his client lines) act as feeders to the main proceeding on leave to America for was walking at about 7 o'clock when, line of the S.M.R.," says Mr. Kinney: on the pavement opposite Rose All such lines are owned and oper- At the time of the outbreak the the first time in eleven years.

According to information suppli- terrace, defendant snatched the bag ated by Chinese, with the exception skipper, Capt. Archibald Cook, wased by members of the "Shaaf's" from her hand., He ran around of one which is managed by the on the bridge with the pilot and erew the pirates were well-dressed, Hose-terrace to the vacant fields S.M.R. under special.contract. quartermaster. Shots were heard some in foreign clothes, and ap behind and thus into Middle-road; below and immediately a number peared to hail from various Pro- Mrs. Telfer followed and her cries of desperadoes rushed the bridge vinces. It is believed the des- attracted the attention of a Chinese and overpowered the captain, whom peradoes are disbanded soldiers as postman who ran they confined in his' cabin.

a military identification disc was and caught him. discovered on the deck of the ves-

Hankow, To-day.

Reuter's account of the outrage, received from Hankow this morn- ing, is as follows:-

The raiders hardly gave the vessel time to get clear of the foreign Concessions before hold- ing up passengers and crew at the point of pistols.

Capt. And Family

Pirates' Complaint

They complained bitterly as to the size of their haul, which was said to have totalled only $15,000

cording to a report his condition

Well Dressed Gang

Capt. Cooke's wife and two chil-sel after their departure.-Reuter. dren, who were accompanying him in the vessel, were also bundled into the cabin.

Ship Drifts

The "Shosi," whilst the pirates|

MISS TOBIN FREE

were engaged in their work of pill- HER RELEASE FROM BANDITS

age, drifted down the Yangtsze

with nobody in control. Eventual-; ly the pirates released the skipper)

for sufficient time to allow him to! give instructions for the dropping of the anchor.

The first officer, who

was the

only other foreign officer, was also

EFFECTED

"RETURNED UNHARMED”·

after defendant}

Captor Praised Mr. Loseby said that the bag was 'found at the feet of defondant; as,

Innocence.

NANKING “RAPE”

AMERICANS WAIVING

CLAIMS

MISSION BOARDS

Tata!

98,393

120,224

Bound for Straits Settlements

50,356 65,584

1924

129,859

75,682

140,534

97,552

1926

1927

216,627 285,599

167,285 202,408

STRONG PROTESTS”

PORTUGUESE TRIAL RAISES BRITISH IRE

AN APPEAL..

added as such.

The Governor, smiling happily, Mr. Ruas was for plaintiffs in a drove. In a procession containing money loan association case which lorries conveying brass bands and he said was of considerable impor- newspaper photographers, through à tance to the Chinese.

storm of tape and confetti.

The names of eight traders were Mr. Hoover at St. Louis, devoted set down as plaintiffs. Defendants almost his entire speech to farm were the Asia Cafe, formerly relief and promised. If elected, to known as the Seck Yuen Cafe," and inaugurate a new institution in the Kwan Yun-fong, described as a government specially designed to partner in the cafe. The name of deal with existing and future London, Yesterday, the Tung Yuen Chi Tim Cafe was agricultural problems, the institu→ The British Ambassador at Lis-added as that of "purely nominal tion to comprise a Federal Farm bon has addressed strong protests to defendants."

the Portuguese Government regard- ing the delay in holding the trial

*

Much Red Ink

Board. '

Mr. Coolidge's Confidence

Defendant pleaded guilty. He against the National Government of imprisonment plus costs on a charge dants and plaintiffs are alleged to Assured. President Coolidge add-

vice.

IN MEMORIAM

A TRIBUTE TO LATE LORD MILNER

and the extreme, and unwarranted Leave had been given on May 8

Washington, Nov. 8. The Republicans think that Pre- Beverity of the sentence passed into amend the original. writ. The the case of Mr. A. G. Brewer, second result was a sheet of typewritten sident Coolidge is practically.eer- officer of the 8.8. "Clan Lamont," at matter in 55 lines, of which all tain that Mr. Hoover. will be elect- Lobito Bay, Portuguese West but one were underlined in red ink. ed as his successor, Africa.

Defendants are alleged to have

Last night President Coolidge evidently, when he thought the game, With the exception of one, all the

Brewer was sentenced a few days drawn $720 in return for which sent a telegram to Mr. Hoover, who was up, be dropped it to pretend American mission boards which ago to 850 days' imprisonment and they had to pay eight monthly in- is at St. Louis, to the effect that the

have the right of presenting claims a fine of £18 or a further 60 days'atalmenta of $100 each.

Defen- success of his election campaign is

ed: said that he had been misled by a China for damage suffered in the of theft.

have been the ten members of a

"I shall turn over the great office friend who had said that he would Nanking Incident of March, 1927, Brewer was arrested at Tobito money loan association, the draw of President to your keeping and do the snatching and then pass the are stated to have foregone such Bay last September and, as a re-ings of which were held in West am sure it will be in competent

righta. This news is conveyed in a ault of the long delay in bringing Point restaurants. purse into defendant's keeping,

trial, the intervention of

hands."-Beuter's American Ser- To the postman who had affected "Chicago Tribune" despatch, read-the case

the British Foreign Office was

The case fa proceeding. Wuchow, Yesterday. the capture of defendant, Mr. ing Mias. Tobin, of the Church Mis-Schofield said: "I wish to con- Dr. Wang stated to-day that sought, which resulted in the case

SUDDEN DEATH Bionary Society, who was captured gratulate you very much on your American Methodist, Baptist and being heard on October 25 when

public spirited action.”

Presbyterian mission boards. had Brewer was sentenced as stated.. overpowered and had no time to by bandits, has been released and

Notice of appeul against the.sen- Defendant, who Was

convicted agreed to waive claims for damages

MR. E. W. WHITE PASSES offer any resistance, while the has arrived at Chaoping unharmed. only ten days ago when he was suffered in connection with the tence has been given on Brewer's

AWAY Įbehalf. birched, was sentenced to Your Nanking incident in March last months imprisonment and twelve year. The amount involved is aptuguese Government was made FUNERAL-TO-DAY

AT CANTERBURY [Note: Miss Tobin and Miss strokes..

proximately a quarter million gold Watkins were captured on Sept. 22

dollars.

| the receipt of a report on the case] We regret to announce the death

London, Yesterday, while going from Wuchow up the

The American Episcopal mission and trial from the British Consul at of Mr. E. W."White, Nathan-road, A niemorial to Lord Milner was Kweiklang (Cassia River) to Kwel-

is reported unwilling to waive Loanda, Fortuguese West Africa, Kowloon, who passed away in his yesterday dedicated in one of the claims, insisting in payment.ALA In. Miss Watkins was released

The case has attracted much sleep last night, Mr. White, who eldest and most beautiful parts of The Naval officer and the forthwith. Chaoping (apelt Chiu-

On September 22, Reuter reported notice in the British Press-British leaves a widow, a son and daugh- Canterbury Cathedral the Chapel Peppers escaped unhurt, but Mr. ping in Cantonese) is about 100

as follow from Nank rig *--* ja Wireles Service.

tor, had beep in the Colony for of Saint Martin of Tours-by the Henvis, on opening his cabin door miles north of Wuchow, or leas

"In connection with American was fired at at point-blank range, than half way to Kwelin. The The body of a Chinese woman, which total $1,200,000, it is under claims for compensation in Nanking, a bullet shattering a thigh bone.missionaries were followed by ban-aged about 40 years, who had ap

In addition Chinese member of dits to beata The district magis-parently been killed by being struck stood that the Nationalist Govern the crew was killed by the pirates trate has been in negotiation with by a train, was yesterday afternoonment will probably go to Pay while another Chinese seaman was the bandits for some time before picked up on the railway near the British claims in Nanking approal

approximately $1,000,000. The woundedahk

effecting the release, presumably No. 8 bridge. The unfortunate

mate $10.000.000 #57 Shortly after these ghastly hapon payment. British Naval repre- woman was terribly injured, her

- penings

8 strange launch came sentatives, went to Wuchow to in left arm back and skull being alongside the stationary vessel and vestigate and Bishop Holden- of broken

cabins of the four foreign passen- gerea French Naval officer, Mr. and Mrs. Pepper and Mr. Henry Hervis (the latter three all Ameri- can subjects)-were simultaneous ly rushed,

American Shot At

-Our own correspondent.

RAIL FATALITY

CHINESE WOMAN FOUND BADLY INJURED

TO DATE DOLLAB the pirates transferred the loot into Kwangsi and Hunan rushed to The police removed the remains to The closing rate of the dollar on

the Kowloon mortuary. Chaoping to help]

demand, forday was 2/05/16.

Meanwhile a protest to the Por

by the British Government, after

ACCIDENT

25 years. the Colo retiring Archbishopa

He was in charge of the furnish-It consists of an altar with, above ing department of Messrs. Win it, an inscription in which reference Mr. D. Sherman, of St. Francia Powell & Co., for 28 years, but lat-is made to the manner in which Hotel, while driving his motor cycle tarly had been with the Kowloon Milner, who died three

‚ago, Chinese named E. Y. Hing, Pot Mr, White, who was about 1 p.m. to-day collided with a Tong: Development Co.

“Devoted his life to the social and about 50 nati rell-being of Britain at tinger-streek, outside of the City years old, was nember

and overseas Hall Hing was taken to hospital, K.C.C. and frequently

Lighis address, the, Archbishop suffering from various bruises scorer at cris

and South Sherman had merely a scratch on The funeral passes the Mo | his right-hand

lment at 8 pm. to-day:

Serv