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No. 27,441 HONG KONG, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1930.

REASON OF FAR EAST AIRMEN IN CYCLE GREAT LOSS TO

FLIGHT

NO POLITICAL OR COMMERCIAL MOTIVE IN VISIT

"PURELY PLEASURE’

PILOT'S CRITICISM OF

AIR SERVICES

BRITISH

Frank criticism of the British air services, more especially of the Imperial Airways, was levied by Mr. J. B. Scholter, the chief pilot of the Fokker monoplane in which Mr. Van Lear Black arrived in the Colony yesterday, in an interview with a China Mail repre-

sentative at the Peninsula Hotel.

"You should have the finest sir service in the world," declared Mr. Scholter, "yet the Dutch-built Fokker machines can beat your Imperial Airways. "Havilland" 'planes all the way, We can easily arrive at Karachi 25 hours ahead of your 'planes, even if the latter start first."

He added that the Imperial Airways were in future to obtain a licence to construct their machines according to the Fokker design. "None of your firms in Britain can design wings giving such power and speed."

Asked why there had been some delay over the question of Dutch aeroplanes being allowed to land in India, Mr. Scholter said: "In my own opinion, the Imperial Airways are scared stiff of us. They are afraid of competition."

THE ARRIVAL DESCRIBED

(China Mail Special)

The Adjutant of the Royal Air Force, stationed at Kai Tack Aero- drome, Kowloon, was informed officially that Mr. Van Lear Black, the American newspaper magnate, would arrive in the Colony at 2.16 p.m..yesterday. There had been previous intimations during the

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allow of a

CRASH

EARLY MORNING COLLISION IN KOWLOON

A JOY RIDE?

NATION

THE PASSING OF LORD BALFOUR

POWER V. CHARM

The

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. — closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/6.1/16.

PRICE $3.00

Per Month.

ого

FORMIDABLE TYPE OF PREPARATIONS

SUBMARINE

FOR WAR

Ha

INVISIBLE TORPEDO, 4 6-INCH GUNS & SPEED OF 22 KNOTS

ONLY ON PAPER

POLICE OFFICER AMONG THE HAS NOT LEFT A SINGLE Berlin Technical High School, has

VICTIMS

A serious motor accident,

In

ENEMY

Berlin, Yeatorday. Professor Oswald Flamm, of

designed a new type of submarine, claimed to have superlor speed and power to anything existing. Rugby, Yesterday.

Its chief weapon is an invisible which five sirmen, a rikisha coolie, H.M. The King has addressed torpedo, not showing a wake. As and a Folles sergeant, were inthe following

telegram to Mr. Germany is not permitted to build of Lord submarines, and the Professor is volved, took place in Nathan Road,

Gerald Balfour, brother

unable to finance evon the con- at two o'clock this morning, just

of Lord

struction of a model of the ves outside houses No. 585-587, Orient Balfour: "The death

Orient Balfour will evoke throughout the ael, it is likely to remain on paper Buildings, apposite the Tobacco Manufactory.

Empire and many other parts of the unless a foreign power becomes The five airmen. all of whom world feelings of deep sorrow, which Interested.

Professor Flamm says that the are attached to

new type will be able to carry National loss of a great statesman four six-inch guns compared with riding

Harley Davidson Aerodrome at Kowloon City, were the Queen and I fully share. It is a

when they the last of Queen Victoria's Minis-one gun, as in the British Oberon model combination,

I shall treasure his memory (Class, but it will only need six came into collision with the riki-ters.

Furthermore, the sha, which had as a passenger as a lifelong friend, a great and torpedo tubes. Sergeant L. Boffan of the Police charming personality, and

ʼn wise vessel will be armoured and have a speed-surface of 22 knots com- Training School, a little way past and trusted Counsellor."

Both Houses of Pallament ad-pared with 15 knots of the un- Dundas Street.

journed to-day as a mark of esteem armoured Oberon Class-Reuter.

8 on

the Kal Tack

Three almen received serious skin abrasions, namely:-

Lending Seaman Stretton. Corporal Cox,

for Lord Balfour's memory, no business being done. In the House of Commons the Premier said, "I am sure the whole House will grieve to know that Lord Balfour" died

Leading Aircraftsman Tower. Leading Aircraftsman Taylor and Corporal Parsons were not so this morning, and I feel perfectly badly hurt.

certain that the House would wish

The police officer, who was to pay its respect to himself and thrown out of the rikisha, receiv-to do homage to his memory by He moved ed a scalp wound and abrasions adjourning at once."

to his right hand, which will cause the adjournment adding that to- him to be treated at the Kowloon morrow he would take steps so Hospital daily.

that expression might be given to The rikisha coolle was hurt the the tributes that all sides of the worst, for he got a bad blow in House would like to pay.

who

was

burt.

Varied Tributes

Tributes to the deceased Con- servative statesman from leading men of all parties are published in Among Conservatives,

the back and abrasion to the The Conservative leader, Mr. hip, and had to be taken to hos-Stanley Baldwin, said he was con- mechanic, and the two pilots, Mr.pital in an ambulance. The other vinced that the Premijer had moved Scholter and Mr. J. G. Geysendorffer. injured parsons were removed to a resolution which would be in ac They experienced no trouble at hospital in a taxi.

cord with the sympathy and senti- all during the journey and the

Shortly after the impact, Ser-ments of the whole House. It

geant Boffan,

Sir Herbert Sanfel for the engines behaved perfectly. was quite simple to find the aero- drome, since it was the only suit-reported the accident at the Mong- Liberals associated elf with the able landing place to be seen in kok Police Station. As a result, motion, which was a ghd the the midst of the mountains. The Sergeant Browne arrived on the House signified its assent by rising actual landing was somewhat awk scene, where parts of the motor on the road, week that he would arrive at vart-

while the right wheel spokes of cus times, but owing to unfavour ward, since the ground was hard-cycle were strewn

the rikisha were in splinters. conditions thesay large enough to

good run..

Three of the Injured men were Under British Flag

lying on the road and two on the the Press. The flight started originally pavement. from Croydon, and the machine, A little past two o'clock, Chief that in Lord Balfour the Nation has which was registered, at the Air Inspector Aris and Traffic Ser-lost the finest mind that has been Ministry in London, flew under geant Clark attended to the re- given to politics in our generation. Mr. Winston Churchill says that the British flag. "Scotland Yardmoval of the men to the Kowloon

Lord Balfour was the greatest mem- were very suspicious about us." Hospital.

Mr. Schalter "They laughed

The motor cycle, which had bers of the House of Commons since Gladstone. The earlier part of his thought we were engaged on turned turtle, was rendered use- some political game, and it took less, and had to be pushed to the political work was intermingled some time before they could be Kowloon Motor Bus Co's garage, with party controversy but his finally persuaded that we were where it was parked for the re-principal actions were national and

mainder of the night,

able weather plans were altered.

Sir Austen Chamberlain declares

That he would arrive yesterday afternoon, however, was consider- ed to be definite, yet, although the local branch of the Standard Oil Company of New York had cabled to Hanol to despatch the news of Mr. Van Lear Black's departure, a party consisting of Mr. M. J. Quist, the Consul General for Hol- land, the Adjutant, R.A.F., several Dutch business men and represen tatives of the Press, waited in vain until four o'clock. There being no news of the airman, they left the aerodrome. Half an hour

In a report of the accident to personality, which endeared hima later the drone of engines was trip for pleasure-just to see the the Police Leading Aircraftsman even to his bitter opponents. heard overhead and the giant world. He prefers it to going Fokker machine, the largest pri- around in his yacht, for a change." Taylor, stated: vate plane to visit the Colony.[ appeared in the sky and made a landing against the faint breeze.

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not."

"As a matter of fact," he said, "Mr. Van Lear Black is doing this

There was no political signi- cance in the flight. Mr. Van Lear Black was a millionaire, who had interests in coal mines in America, and was the owner of the Baltimore Sun, a daily news- paper. He was in no way con- nected with the Fokker Company, nor with any aviation concern. In fact, he had bought the machine outright-and paid a little more as a penalty for being a million- aire!

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A Report To Police

gained the common gratitude of all.

speak of Lord Balfour's charming

FINE TO CLOUDY

To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states:

These are probably two anti- cyclones, one central over 9. Manchuria and one over N. China,

The Formosa depression fa now central to the east of Naha, moving E.N.E.

Forecast:-N. E. winds; mo- derate; fine to cloudy.

The American Consulate- General has received the fol- lowing telegram from the Manila Observatory:—

To-day, 11 am.-Cyclone or typhoon E. of Naha, moving N.E.

Rainfall Rainfall to 10 am. to-day, nil Rainfall since January 1. 7.19 inches against an average of 4.82 inches.

Temperature and Humidity

The temperaturo and humidi- ty at certain specified centres o'clock this morning at 6

Were:

Temp.

Hong Kong 61 Macao

Humid. 54

61

59

Pratas Island

81

99

Manila

75

86

Amoy

52

98

Swatow.

58

94

Chefoo Shanghai

42

66

41

97

Liberal and Labour members FIRST LADY BROKER

GOES TO JAIL

Mr. J. R. Clynes, Home Secretary,

OF WALL STREET

WAR MATERIALS FROM FOREIGN FIRM

Dainty Eyeglasses

N. LAZARUS

Ophthalmic Optician

13, Queen's Road Central,

SITUATION CRITICAL

LEGAL DEFINITION OF CONSPIRACY

CHEF JUSTICE DISAGREES WITH CROWN ATTORNEY

PIRACY SEQUEL

CHRISTIAN GENERAL ASSUMES NO CASE AGAINST SECOND

PRISONER

NEW POST

Peking, Yesterday.

There was an unexpected develop- Further reports indicate that the ment this morning at the Supreme Court in the case against the two Chin- military conference at Tanyuan a ese charged with obtaining a ransom March 13 reached the following for the liberation of a Chinese who decisions:

was captured by pirates during the That the Shansi and Shenai attack on the s.5. Deli Maru. military leaders are to Issue a After the case for the prosecution the Chlef Justice, Sir joint circular telegram, request-had closed, Ing Yen to delay his trip abroad; Henry Gollan, sald that the Crown had produced no evidence against' 'the That preparations be made for second prisoner. And as far as the the coming war;

first prisoner was' concerned, his Lord- That subscriptions be raised for ship said that the Grown had also fall- military expenses:

ed.to produce evidence to substantiate That food-stuffa be collected by the first two counts under which tho means of requisitioning;

man was charged,

That politicians be sent out for propaganda pигрове;

The two counts in question were one of conspiracy with persone unknown liberation of the kidnapped man, and in order to procure a ransom for the

also with obtaining a ransom of $11,600.

That doubtful troops be bought over for primary sacrifices;

That Shanal and Shensi (Kuo- for his liberation. minchun) forces аго to move simultaneously, with the

main

No Agreement. Proved

were

body to attack the Tein-Pu and His Lordship' held that no agrie- ment had been proved by the Crown Ping-Han Ines;

to be in existence between the first That Feng Yu-halang who has prisoner and the pirates. Also there accepted the post of Vice CIC.. was no evidence to show that both of be urged to issue a telegram an-the parties in the conspiracy nouncing his assumption of office; within the jurisdiction of Hong Kong. That a large quantity of war Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy, Assistant materials be purchased from a Crown Attorney, contended that if one foreign firm and that the Shanal party was, in Hong Kong, it would As to an Arsenal be instructed immediate be sufficient for the case. ly to expedite its output of arms agreement being in existence, be relied on the evidence of the witnesses who and ammunition.

said that the first prisoner had repre- sented himself to be a "representative of the men in the hilla.”

Another cable intimates that an Allied General HQ. have been or- ganised at Taiyuan, with Yen and Feng to assume the posts of C.I.C. and Vice-C.I.C.

Kuominchun Re-Organised

Nanking, Yesterday. According to General He Ching- ying. Feng Yu-halang has reor ganised the Kuominchun. Into five routes armies, after his arrival at Tungkoan Pass. Chang Wal-sai is

His Lordship said that would not be sufficient. Unless the other party was also in Hong Kong, letter, or other evidence must be produced to show that the one In Hong Kong had been communicating with the one outside. Such evidence would then be equivalent to bringing that party within the juris- diction.

Direction to Jury

His Lordship then struck out the first to command the 1st Route Army, two charges against the first prisoner, Sun Liang-cheng the 2nd Route and directed the jury to return a verdict Army, Feng Ping-boun the Brd of "Not Guilty" against the second ac Route Army, Soong Chih-yuan the cused. The man was accordingly dis- 4th Route Army, and Sun Linchung charged.

The two accused in question-Lo the stb Route Army.

Ming and Chan Chung-nam, were re- The levying of military expense presented by Mr. Leo d'Almada, jun, and horses at Peking by Shanai instructed by Messrs. Geo. K. Hall troops is now disclosed. Yen has Brutton & Co. instructed the seizure of all coaches

Further. evidence.adduced against

for troops transport to the South. them this morning was given by Sgt. War preparations of the Shansi Foley who said that he ralded the third forces have been completed. The floor of No. 222 Reclamation Street, Yaumati, on January 14. At the rear movement of the Kuominchun has cubicle he saw the No. 1 prisoner, and begun, Sun Liang-cheng being the during the raid a Chinese constable C.I.C. of the Ping-Han line.

Ho later brought in the No. 2 man. Change of Plans

was then taken back to the Police Sta Taught by bitter and costly ex-tion and when..searched the sum of perience that the principal reason 900 was unearthed from each of his

Bocks. of their defeat last year was their

Insp. Fallón, said that he was also plan in placing the main body of present at the raid. In one of the their troops along. Hauchang Cheng-pillows belonging to the first prisoner chow line, the Kuomlnchun are sald he found $5,000 and in another $1,000. to change their strategy this time

Follow the Whole Day -

"The machine was being says, "I do not think Lord Balfour THREE YEARS FOR MISS MCCANN, driven along Nathan Road from has left a single enemy. He had South to North, and when near the restraints of a philosophic mind!

Street, Dundas

the driver and, though subtle, was sincere in (Tower) saw a rikisha going in higher degree than other men. the same direction. It appear He combined power with charm ed to witness that there was and had an agility of mind' rarely Miss Margaret McCann, the first Honan-Hupeh to threaten Heiang-following the first prisoner about the man coming out of his 'boarding house, going to be a collision. The surpassed in the House of Com-woman broker in Wall Street, con- yang and Fancheng, with Hankew,as whole day before the raid. He saw the Hence the situa- and there he followed him to the bousa driver of the machine swerved mons." Messages have been re-jvicted of grand larceny in connec-their objective.

$500,000 FAILURE -

New York, Yesterday,

by despatching four divisions from Chingteekuan Pass on the border of

A Chinese constable, then spoke of

She was a monster monoplane, fitted with triple 300 hp. Wright Whirlwind engines, and having a seating capacity for eight passen gera. In

two pilots. addition to Mr. Van Lear Black stepped out

to the right in order to avoid ceived from a number of foreign tion with the failure of her firm tion if Halangyang and Fancheng at Reclamation Street. After waiting of the machine, dressed in a grey

the rikisha but the side car Governments conveying their con-last autumn, with labilities of is growing critical. General Ho for over an hour, the man came out. suit and wearing kid gloves and

wheel struck the of wheel ofdolences.

nearly $500,000, has been sentenc- Cheng-chun has decided to transfer again and, in the company of another after shaking hands with the

both rikisha, causing

ed to Imprisonment of not niore the four divisions under General man, made his way back to Hong Dutch Consul and; some of thu

vehicles to overturn.”

From Jerusalem it is stated that than three years in accordance Fan Shih-san, Hsu Yuan-cheun, Li Kong. Whilst on the ferry, the, first other gentlemen who were there His alm was not to organise, a to welcome him, he proceeded to

On enquiry at the Kowloon Hos- the grief over Lord Balfour's death with American usage. Reuter's Wen-hin, and Sia Chi-tso, together accused asked his friend to lent him new air service to the Far East,

American Service. his rooms at the Peninsula Hotel.

run by Dutch or American capital, pital this morning, a Chine Mail is perhane nowhere more widesprend Scholter, he knows more about it signs in haegard to me and Tower ato suffering from among the Jews for whom the GANDHI'S TAUNT TO

"You go and have a talk to Mr. and he had no commercial de reporter learned that Stretton, Cox and genuine than in Palestine

sovere abrasions of the face, memory of the British statesman⠀

than I do," Mr. Van Lear Black smilingly said to the China Mal representative. "I'm tired after the journey and I need a rest.” Delayed by Winds

(Royal Dutch Air Line).”

K.L.M. Line, but that was solely

the

Grief in Jerusalem.

with a squadron of 'planes to handkerchief, and, under cover of that, strengthen the defense at the above he passed a small bundle to the other. A Chiness Interpreter gave evidence points, and, if necessary, further

statement the

reinforcements will be despatched as to the atawering, the charges, pre-

by General Ho Chien from Hunan. feared against them.

Kuominchun Advance

This closed the case for the Crowd,

Bir. Scholter, admitted that on arms, knees, and legs, while the who signed bla name to the Brian THE GOVERNMENT his first sight, from London to coolle, whose name is Cheung Lin, War Cabinet's declaration favour Cairo, he used a machine of the has a sovore injury to his backing & Jewish national home will farq WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM A portion of the Kuominchun and before calling upon the defence,

Their detention at the hospital ever remain green, no matter how

forces are reported to have arrived his Lordship queried Mr. Fitzroy as SNATCH SALT FROM ME” at Yenshih, not far from Cheng prisoner, `......

to what the case was against the second -

chow. Mr. Scholter, who, In spite of because Great Britain did not will, it is hoped, not be of long practical the aspects of Ziontem

General Han Fa-kul has duration.

work out. The Jewish Agency

"FIGHT TO THE LAST"

Counsel said that the man was found wired. to Wen Hsun-tsol to prevent in possession of $1,800 for which, he his having spent six and a half possess a single plane, carrying

The other two airmen, Taylor and the Jewish National Council met

the Kuominchun forces from fur-could not account. Furthermore, the hours in the air, looked perfect more than four passengers, sult and Farsons, had their injuries to find a suitable form in which to ly fresh and willingly answered able for the purpose. On that dressed at the hospital, but were express the sense of loss of the Mahatma Gandhi addressed pub peaceful unification of the coun- to the first prisater.

Borsad, Yesterday. ther advancing adding that a money was the same that was paid arer the questions that were put to casion they used Shell oil and

not detained.

Jewish people, him. He stated that they arrived Wakefield's Castrol oil, but in the

Lord Balfour will be buried on his meetings at Raas where try is now expected and that there His Lordship pointed ant, that the Prohibitory order has not been is no reason why the Kuominchun man was not charged with receiving enforced against him. Gandhi, in should be moving esatward. Gen- stolen money. He was charged with

Other Accidents

at: Hanof on Monday from Bang-machine used on the present Mr. L. Jack, employed by the estate at Whittinghame, in Scotland, kok, and left Indo-Ching at 10 fight they were using Standard a.m. yesterday (11am. Hong oil, mainly because it was more Standard Oil Company of New on Saturday, when a memorial the course of his speech said that eral Han hopes that they will with conspiracy: In the crime, and unless Kong time). It was owing to the suitable for the engines.

York, In a report made to the vice will also be held in Westminster Yaumati traffic office, said that he Abbey. There now remain only difference of one hour in the Dutch Built times that the misunderstanding The body was Dutch-built, the was driving in a car along the two ex-Premiers, Mr., Lloyd George Brase in regard to their arrival at triple engines were American, Cheung-the-wan Road from south and Mr. Baldwin British Wireless Kal Tack. They were also con and the spare parts wore British, to north yesterday when a Chin- Service siderably delayed by head The entire machine was composed ese suddenly appeared from behind Winds.

Hanoi of the very best componente, another motor car, and was knock- Shu, a Yoki of the

£450 Mr. Van Lear Black, who was fed down

bruises 19

ver: 60% and had ratired from BC-

fnance, made his first fight

Fby pure: hccident, since

business ap

Cairo. ~ He liked th

much that He took

as a reply to the arrest of Valiab- draw to their own territory in order evidence was produced to show that be a Patel, Rass should send 500 to avoid misunderstanding Canton had taken sart, Ju the transaction, he paign. He warned the volunteers | Bang volunteers to participate in a cam News Agency that they would have to fight to

would be discharged, valued 5206

His Lordship further questioned Counsel for the prosecution on the first

the last and would not be treated Two firemen were Injured in a two counts at the first prisoner afe, mercifully if arrested and sentenc fire which severely damaged the and made the raing as recorded above.

“Gandhi added that he had been Royal Sussex Assembly Rooms on The Third Charga ka ld that if he manufactured salt the Pantilen Tunbridge Wells, 3 The first prisoner was then held on Can the third charge-ong of threatening ould-be snatched from his wave to do ma injury to a third perion in

but he would like to see how the cat pho

the ramson was moto paid and after. Bait An acre of rhubarb was destroyed Mr. Almada azad addressed, the fury,

the Government

Kentro

was in a field fire alongside the Great without 100 West Boad, the Isleworth (Middle: dict of

25 sex) fire brigade and other helpers furgcaftor: istrict- beating out the flamer in thayan

sence of watár::

any witnesses, a ver

was returned by the Zuriat retiremianti.