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"MOORISH SLAVE?"

Paris, February 16. A French expeditionary force is leaving shortly for the Sahara De- sert to see if it can find any trace. of General Silvestre and a number of other distinguished Spanish officers who are supposed to be working there as "white alaves", under eruel Moorish taskmasters The tale is one that makes "Beau Gaste" seem pale by comparison.

In July, 1921, a Spanish army of 21,000 men under General Fernan dez Silvestre, was ambushed at Annoul, in Spanish Morocco, by Abd el-Krim and his Rian tribes- men, and there followed the greatest massacre of modern times, Abd-el-Krim captured enough military materials to carry on war- fare ágainst the French, and Spanish armies for Ave years, The disaster caused a wave of horror in Spain that almost led to revolution.

Son's Vain Search. The strangest feature of this ambush was that when Spanish re- inforcements arrived from, Melilla they were unable to find bodies of the commanding general and a number of his principal staff officers. The son of General Silvestre, who searched among the dead for his father, declared that he had undoubtedly been carried of as a prisoner, and it was felt by many in Spain that the general was held by the Moore, and that, according to their custom; he was forced to work as a slave.

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Chinese Jailer Shows Mercy to Prisoners.

LETTERS AND VISITS,

Prisoners serving jail terms in the Ward Road jail will hero- after be allowed to be visited more frequently, according to. an order Issued in the Special District Court, Shanghai, by Chief Jailer Zin Fóh-sz. ·

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CANTON U.S. CONSUL SUED.

REFUSING. TO VISE CHINESE PASSPORTS.

AN UNUSUAL CASE.

Canton, April 1, His Honour Judge Milton. D. Purdy, of the United States Court for China, yesterday had before him," in the Consular Court here, two The order permits prisoners cases ariking out of the refusal by serving imprisonment terms to be Mr. Douglas Jenkins, in his official vialted and to write letters to their capacity ns Consul General for the homes once every month. Prison- United States of America in Canton, ers who are serving jail terms of to grant visas enabling the two less than three months, J.e., deten-Chinese to proceed to the United. tion sentences, will be allowed to States as merchants. be interviewed and to write letters once every 10 days, according to the order.

Chief Jailer Zia explained in his order that he abolished the former all regulations of the Municipal Council in this connection in order to show the prisoners more mercy. According to former regulations,

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The cases were brought against the Consul General in his official capacity by Leung Siu-hai and Liew Chock. The plaintiff's were repre- sented by Mr. Edward C. Lyon, whilst Dr. Sellett. United States District Attorney for Chino, defond-"] ed.

Jurisdiction Issue.

it is understood, prisoners were The plaintiffs asked for a Writ of only allowed to be visited once | Mandamus, whilst the defendant every three months.

maintained that the Court had no. The jailer has also permitted | judiediction to issue such a writ frequent visiting of prisoners in against him. In his official capacity. the civil detention house in the In yesterday's proceedings various court compound in his former witnesses were called and evidence orders.

for the plaintifs and for the defen- dant was put before the Judge.

The order by the chief jailer is considered as a very important change in the administration and control of the Municipal jails.

Five new court interpreters have been employed by the Special Dis trict Court to take the place of the interpreters supplied. by the Municipal police force. these interpreters is to take charge of Russian language and la report. ed to have been invited from

In recent years many well-found-Harbin. ed rumours have reached Spain that there was a large number of these white slaves in the hands of wandering tribes in the Sahara.

This mystery

about General Silvestre's disappearance was only part of a skeleton that has been rattling in the cupboard of the Spanish monarchy and the Spanish Government ever sinca defeat at Annoul.

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Finally judgment was reserved pending the filling of briefs by the prosecuting and defending counsels, which are to be filed with Judge Purdy in the United States Court in Shanghai, after which judgment will be given.,

This is the first case of its kind to have been brought before the United States Court for China in Canton, and la regarded as a test case involving Important issues.

Renson For Visit,

The court authorities discharged In his petition, Leung Siu-haf about 20 clerks during the last two stated that he was the owner of two weeks. The new tribunals are hav- shares in the Maru Kwock Dispen- ing a record number of employers, sary, of 27, Tal Ping Maloo, Canton, but it is reported that the prasid- of which he is the manager. On ents of the two courts will dia- April 30, 1929, he made application charge a major portion of the staff, to the American Consulate for an which is at present estimated to immigration visa enabling him to comprise more than 300 persons. enter the United States as a mer- The former Mixed Court staff was chant, and to engage "therein as composed of 89 persons including such. He made it plain to the Con- magistrates and lower grade em-sul General that the application was

It is widely believed in Spain that King Alfonso personally 'ordered General Silvestre to adployees.

being made at the instance of the vance into the Riff country against According to reports appearing Board of Directors of the present Prime Minister, who

the firm, in the vernacular press, the new was then Spanish High Commis courts will resume hearing all civil United States for the purpose. since they desired to send him to the sioner in Morocco. Although this cases in which Japanese are plain among other things, of buying point was thoroughly discussed tiffs. Hearing of such cases was second-hand dental and surgical in when. General Berenguer Was suspended as the result of a disstruments to be sold by the Dis court-martialled and disgraced for pute over whether or not the Sino- alleged responsibility for

pensary, in Canton. the Japanese treaty providing extrater massacre, the records of the court ritorial rights is abrogated. It is martial have been kept secret. now reported that the Ministry of Mr. Harry J. Greenwall, the Foreign Affairs has reached an Daily Express special correspon-understanding with the Japanese dent, revealed this story and the government, and that cases involv- skeleton in a special despatch from Ing Japanese plaintiffs will be Madrid last year and it is now given jurisdiction in the local common knowledge in Spain.

trbunals.

In view of the widespread con- viction in Spain that General Silvestre and some of his officera are still alive and hold as slaves, | General Berenguer took up tho matter with M. Lucien Saint, re- sident-general of French Morocco, when he was in Madrid a few days ago, and asked if the French Army could send an expedition into the Sahara in search of the missing

men..

arrived at Oran yesterday with his staff, and is: leaving to-morrow for Colombo-Bechar and Erfoud.

He said to-day that although General Berenguer, the Spanish Prime Minister, is sceptical of finding Silvestre alive, a former Spanish soldier who had been taken prisoner by the Moors about the same time and had been, held prisoner ever since, recently. The Spanish Government does made his way to Spain, and report- not believe that General Silvestre ed that there are a number of and his officers are alive, but it Spanish Boldiers

held stil! wishes to satisfy publie opinion. prisoners.

M. Saint agreed, after consulta- tion with the French military chiefs, to send an expedition into the Sahara. This expedition is now being organised, and It will start on its pathetic search in a few days, accompanied by a number of Spanish officers.

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Challenge to Moors' Desert Lair.

This man believes that he recog nised General Silvestre, among them, although he did not see him closely.

The search is not to be carried out in the Sahara propes, but in the wild, unpacified Tasilalet dis- trict in the High Atlas mountains.

Deserters' Refuge.

The district, which is a refuge for the many deserters "from the French Foreign Legion, has never been brought under French control. -Oran - (Algeria), Feb.-19. It is understood that the French The French military expedition military authorities are giving which is being organised to search Major Bottola a powerful escort of for General Fernandez Silvestre, Foreign Legion, units and native the supposed survivor of the An-partisans for the expedition into houl massacre, and other "white the fearsome bandit retreat, but slaves" in the hands of homad the exact strength of this force is. tribes, is leaving-southern Morocco being kept a secret. at the end of this week.

The French intelligence service Major Battola, of the Spanish has also enlisted the services of all army, who is to accompany the exits Informera in the mountains in pedition as the special representa a supreme effort to clear up the tive of the Spanish Government, mystery.

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apprised by the Consul General that in denying the application, he was acting under the Instructions of the Secretary of State and of the Com missioner General of Immigration, and that it would be useless for plaintiff to request either of these officials to overrule the Consul's decision.

Plaintiff claimed that he had no other adequate or speedy remedy than by Writ of Mandamus ordering the Consul General to grant him a visa.

No Jurisdiction. The plea of the defendant's coun, ael was that the United States Court issue a Writ of Mandamus against for China had no jurisdiction to

the Consul General in his official capacity, and that the Court had no. jurisdiction to issue such writ order- to permit him to enter the United ing. him to issue a visa to an alien

in this case. States in any case, and particularly

The Consul General, in his answer The firm did not desire him to go to the petition, denied several of the as, a traveller, as a merchant's visa points put forward by the plaintiff was the only one that would suffice and stated that after thorough in- of his visit. to enable him to carry out the object❘vestigation of all the facts, he had, and still has, good reason to belleve Consul's Refusal.

that the plaintiff is inadmissible to Plaintiff further stated that the United States

as a merchant, consulting with attor being of the opinion that the neya in the United States plaintiff had

intention and specialising in Immigration does not που Intend matters, through his own attorney, enter the

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he took up the matter of re- the purpose of therein engaging, opening the case and requested that in businces as a merchant within the Consul General examine plain the meaning of the immigration tiff's store in Canton in order that laws of America, or to enter the all the facts pertinent to the applica- United States solely to carry on tion might be in possession of the trade in pursuance of any existing Consul General, and that a state treaties between the United States ment of facts might be submitted to and China. the Consular Court in Canton to determine the legal question as to whether the plaintiff was entitled to a merchant's visn. ::

. It was further stated that the Consul General Intimated that he was unwilling to examine the plain- tiff's store or to reopen the case. but that, plaintiff was carefully ex- amined by the Consul General re garding his application, and that the Consul General thoroughly examined the books of plaintiff's firm..

Reason for Refusal,

How a Prisoner Escaped.

Bangkok, March 28. The special committee appointed to make an enquiry Into the sensa- tional escape of the former Phra Sanbayuddh from the military lock-up has concluded Its Inves- tigation,

The result of the investigation tended to indicate that the escape

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It was plaintiff's understanding that the application for a visa was, denied him solely because he had was not made by any spectacular arc of immense value in the home not shown to the satisfaction of the or mysterious feats but through the as a prompt remedy for Infantile Consul General that it was his in- influence of, bribes.

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Ave mivates. The committea's re- sleep in a perfectly natural way. Plaintiff submitted that the denial port has been submitted to the Are guaranteed absolutely pure, of the application for a visa wad in Minister of War, who, It is expect and perfectly safe for even the plán violation of the Sino-American cd, will hand the case over to the youngest or most delicate infant. Treaty of 1881 and of the Immigra-military legal section for examina- Of chemists, or post free, 60 tion Act of 1924, for reasons which tion so us to enter formal charges | cents the vial, from Dr. Williams' he sets forth..

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