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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1930.

ARREST OF GANDHI'S SUCCESSOR, CURSE OF THE CAR. HARD LABOUR FOR A

Situation in India Thought to Be in Hand.

ARMY LOYAL.

Viceroy to Arrange for Indian Conference.

Too Many Chauffeurs in Hong Kong.

BÚS DRİVER'S MOAN.

many

Hong

LOCAL BOLSHEVIST.

"RED" CARTOONS ON CAPITAL, CHRISTIANITY, & POLICE.

IMPERIALISM "RILED.”

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. --- The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/5 11/16.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

MOTOR ACCIDENTS. Driver Fails to Report to

the Police.

REBELS SUFFER

HEAVY LOSS.

Business Manugor

Dainty Eyeglasses

N. LAZARUS

Ophthalmic Optician

13, Queen's Road Central.

YEN & FENG DECIDE TO SHIFT THEIR HEADQUARTERS,

LEFTISTS NOT WANTED.

Shanghai, Sunday.

LOAD LINE.

Case Against Ship Master for Overloading.

WAS IT CHOPPY?

Capt. D. Thomas, master of the

this | 8.5. Tin Yat, was

morning summoned before the Marine Court On the receipt of news from the for allowing his vessel to be over- front of the defeat of Sun Tien- toaded on the night of April 17. was ying, Wan Teun-tsai and Yuch Mr. O. E. C. Marton appeared for

Hsiang-yu, Yen Hsi-shan imme- the defence.

car

GIRL KNOCKED DOWN,

A Chinese motor bus driver em-

Two motor accidents occupied the attention of the Polles yesterday. ployed by the Hong Kong Hotel who was aued this morning at the Foo King-yim (22), a native of

The Arat occurred at 5 p.m., Summary Court before Mr. Justice Kinchow, Holsam,

was to-day when Ho Sang (50), an aller em- In the House of Commons yesterday, replying to a question in. R. Wood, said that there were

charged before Mr. A. W. G. Hployed by the Tramway Co., chauffeurs in regard to the situation in India, Captain Wedgwood Benn, Secretary too

drivers in the employment of the session for India, stated that he had the authority of the Commander in Kong, and for that reason, motor Grantham with the unlawful pos-knocked down by a motor

of seditious literature whilat he was engaged in oiling the remove his headquarters from said that he examined the load line diately wired Feng Yu-hsiang to Boarding Officer Thomas Lowe Chief of India (Field-Marshal Sir W. R. Birdwood, D.S.O.) who Hong Kong Hotel have had their which riled "the British Imperial tram tracks in Arsenal Street.

Chengchow to Lanfeng, about 66 of the Tin.Yat at about 9.30 p.m. Witness during his recent tour had seen very large numbers of Indian officers wages reduced. His pay was $75

The number of the car was not miles westward, on the Lung-Hai on the night in question. a month plus $10 for keeping his 1sts" and the "Hong Kong Gov-

but clean.

since the ernment." There were also some ascertained, as the driver drove online, in order to facilitate opera- found that on the starboard side the and had a long and intimate experience of the Indian Army, to say vehicle

tions. At the same time, Yen load line was submerged seven that he was entirely satisfied that the Indian Army was completely (orange bus had come on the run, roughly drawn cartoons, the larg-after the accident, and up to the advised Feng of his decision to inches and on the port side, at the time of going to press he had not remove his own headquarters central 'dise, the line was one inch yat reported the affair to the Palice, from Shihchinchuang to Teh- below water.

Witness then went on board and he will personally direct the cam-informed defendant about it. De- paign.

fendant sent the Chief Engineer Sun Tien-ying, who, as previ- down to make an examination and be ously intimated, invaded the north agreed with witness that the load of Anhwei and in various engage-line was below water. Witness ac- atments lost more than half of his cordingly held up the ship until troops, is now retreating to Yuyip some of the cargo had been die-

loyal.

The situation appears to be generally in hand. The arrest of Gandhi's successor, Abbas Tyabji, and a hundred volunteers, ap- pears to have had a salutary effect, whilst in Peshawar the serial demonstrations by British 'planes has dispelled any feeling that the Government's morale was weakening.

RAID ON SALT DEPOTS.

Jalalpur. Yesterday. The trial of Tyabji and his 59 volunteers opened behind closely guarded doors.

Bombay, Yesterday. The first of the salt depot raids was carried out by two batches of 75 volunteers each at Shiroda. Four hundred maunds of salt were removed and purchased by the villagers. The police arrived half an hour later and arrested

100 volunteers.

Unlawful Assembly.

Later, The trial of Abbas Tyabji and his volunteers has been adjourned to May 13. They are charged under Section 143 of the Indian Penal Code with forming an unlawful! assembly with the object of break- ing the Salt Act and committing. various offences under the Penal Code.

Conference in London.

Simla, Yesterday.

The Viceroy has issued a state- ment emphasising that in spite of the disturbances, the Government is determined to abide by the policy he announced on November 1 last. Steps are being taken to arrange for the assembling of an Indian conference in London on October 20.

London, Yesterday.

In the House of Commons Capt. Wedgwood Benn announced. that. the first volume of the Simon Commission's report, (an his- torical survey) would be publish- ed on June 10, whilst the second volume, dealing with the Commis- dion's recommendations, would' appear on June 24.

Protecting Frontier.

Simla, Later. The Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act, recently applied in Peshawar district, has now been extended to the entire frontier province.

his and his colleagues" wages had

and the

been reduced. He was now get- ting only 305 a month $10 for keeping his vehicle clean taken away from him.

had also been

Usual Practice. The defendant was Ah Kwai, an Indian and he was sued by moneylender named Sawan for the recovery of $224. The aetus); amount lent to defendant was: $100, but in accordance with the be appointed to examine prices usual practicé, defendant signed and investigate cases of profiteer-for double the amount. The $24 represented interest for Aix ing.Reuter.

months. Defendant admitted the debt but claimed that he only "The general situation is at pre-owed two months' Interest. Plain- sent well under control and the re- tiff did not wish to dispute that, sources of the Government are and accordingly judgment for fully organised to resist the forces $208 was entered against defen- instalment of $7 a month of lawlessness-and disorder," saya dant.

Signs of Unrest.

London, Later.

a telegram from the Government was ordered. of India circulated by Capt. Wedgwood Bern, and giving an appreciation of the situation in India on May 11.

ganisers are unable to restrain, The salt campaign has been It was accompanied by the efforts abandoned in some provinces and to strengthen the boycott of continues only desultorily else liquor shops and foreign goods,

TANKS FOR CHINA.

Nanking's Order To British Firm.

London, Yesterday.

In the House of Commons

Mr. Frank Owen asked whe- ther recent negotiations oc- curred with the Nanking Gov- ernment for the delivery of British tanks.

Mr. Hugh Dalton replied that not so far as His Majes- ty's Government were concern- ed, but at the request of the Nanking Government a British firm recently supplied eleven tanks and contracted to deliver twelve more-Reater.

especially cloth. It must be un- derstood all these activities are! incidental to the general move- ment to stir up unrest and hostili ty to the Government. We have! previously referred to the case with which excitement can be aroused in the towns.

The activities of the Congress have succeeded in producing in many large towns an atmosphere which easily leads to outbreaks of violence on such occasions as the arrest of

important leaders.. Prompt measures have in all cases been taken to prevent any local disorders; they have been brought| rapidly to order and local effects have usually been transient.

Arrest of Gandhi.

The arrest of Gandhi, partly in consequence of careful precau tions taken by the local authori-i ties, has produced less disorder than might have been anticipated: and probably less than would have taken place some weeks earlier. Sporadic riots followed his arrest but were serious only at Calcutta, Delhi and Solapur. In Calcutta they were of short duration and the authorities had little difficul- Pro-ty in exercising effective control. In Delhi they were more serious, The civil disobedience move-but control of the situation was ment has had little success except never lost and conditions are fast (at Gujerat.

where, except in Bombay vince.

returning to normal. At Shola- Conditions, at Bannu

and pur, it is reported, three police- Kohat

ате disturbed and men were murdered under circum- Peshawar, Yesterday. the tribes are generally stances of extreme brutality. The The Aerial demonstration watching, with interest events in situation, however, was reported against a small concentration India, and there are definite signs to have been brought under con- under the eldest son of Haji of jof unrest among some tribesmen trol the same day. A company of Turangzai in Mohmand territory, at Tochi. had a good moral effect. Some of the Mohmands are now hiding in

caves.

Air Raid Near Peshawar.

London, Yesterday.

troops were moved in rapidly Emergency measures are being from Ahmednagar and on May 9 taken to prevent the dissemina- the town was quiet. On May 10, tion of subversive propaganda. however, there were further mob additional The local administration is pre-demonstrations and pared to deal fully with the situa- troops are being despatched. tion. Alarmist rumours are A feature of the demonstrations!

that the movement is non-violent

STOP PRESS as required by the regulations. The chow, on the Tsin-Pu line where

Washington, Yesterday." A talking film recorded a re- markable function in the por- tico of White House before a guthering including President Hoover, Sir Ronald Lindsay, and Lord 'Derby, a Marine Band, led by Souza, played the latter's March dedicated to the Royal Welch tuaillers.

The genesis of the occasion Iles in the fact that the Welch fusillers and American Mar- ines stormed Tientsin during the Boxer troubles, a friend- ship then being formed be tween the two corps, a curious coincidence being, that the foreigners In Tientsin while waiting for relief, were pro- tected by a barricade of rica and sugar bags which were set in position, by a young American engineer, who was then plain Herbert Hoover. The March and the film are to be presented to the Welch full- llors by General Dawes,......... Reuter's American Service..

Fatir Yesterday.

` The French sorrët-Polica hava arrested four members of a gang of international forgersma Pole, a Russian, and two Rou- manians-or a charge of forg ing Bank of England notes of £60 each, which have been cir- culating in Europe, America, and China and particularly in Shanghai. It is believed that the notes are printed in Berlin.

Reuter.

Washintong, Yesterday, Mr. Snell, Chairman of the Rules Committee of the House of Representatives, introduced a resolution to authorise an in- vestigation into the activities of Communists in the United States by a special Committee of the House of Representa- tives. Reuters American Ser- vice..

London, Yesterday."

Two Indian women are in the news to-day—an ex-stu- dent of Cambridge and London universities and the poet- orator, Mrs. Naidu, who now control the civil disobedience campaign. They spent Mon- day at Allahabad hatching L new.scheme to defy the Gov- ernment.-Router.

Bhopal City, Yesterday. The death has occurred after an operation of the Septua- genarian Begum of Bhopal, the principal Moslem State of Central India, over which she was the ruling · princess from 1901 till 1926, when she abdicated in favour of her son, the present Nawab. She was one of the pioneers of the edu- cation of women in India. Reuter

Hindenburgh, (Silesia)

Yesterday.

Nine miners have been kill- ed and three seriously injured through a fire damp explesion in a local coal mine-Reuter,

The Hague, Yesterday. The death is reported from Scheveningen of the Interna tional Sociallet, Troelstra.-—-— Reuter.

oller received injuries which neces- sitated his removal to the Govern ment Civil Hospital,

Chinese Girl Hurt.

The second accident took place

8 p.m. in Queen's Road West near the junction of Water Street. The on the eastern border of Honan, charged. The vessel was, however, victim was a' Chinese girl named Li with the National troops hotly allowed to proceed on her voyage In Sham (6), who lives at 30 Second pursuing him. The Khominchun the early morning of April 28.

General, Sun Liang-ching, control-

Street, West Point.

Benefit of Doubt. Cross-examined by Mr. Marton, She was knocked down by a motoring the Lung-Hai line, with his cycle combination driven by Mr.headquarters at Kweiteh. has des-witness said that when he told the David Chan, of 3, Kennedy Street, patched an artillery regiment and defendant that his vessel was over- and fractured her left thigh. machine-gun companies to Chih-loaded, defendant said some thing

cheng, which is situated mid-way about his mean draught.

Defen- between Kweiteh and Luyip. This dant said his draught was 10 feet move is caused by the apprehen- 71⁄2 inches. sion of the fall of Luyip,

with

Mr. Chan communicated the Police who took the girl to the Government Civil Hospital, where, it

re- Was ported this morning, ber condition may be serious,

den. He was standing alone near

The water that night was not Two brigades under Sung Chih- particularly choppy, although there yuan were despatched to Luyip might have been a difference of to reinforce the rebels under about three inches. He examined Sun Tien-ying.

the load line by means of à torch, Forces Despatched to Front.

and, had the water been very The Shansi Kuominchun, who choppy, the invariable practice was

the wall looking into the streat assembled at Chengchow on May to give the benefit of doubt to the

In the accused's hand was a par- cel wrapped in pink paper.

Mysterious Parcel.

The watchman approached the accused, and revealing his iden- tity, said he wanted to search the parcel. Accused refused. - The watchman then called his foki and the latter took the parcel from accused.. He opened it and found 200 pamphlets inside.

Accused was taken to the Cen- tral Police Station and that aame night was taken to his house in Queen's Road East where a search was carried out, but nothing was found. Accused claimed that the parcel was brought to him by an- other man who gave it to him on: the roof, but the watchmen were positive that he was alone at the east end of the garden. Accused also said that this friend lived with him in Queen's Road East, but when the house was searched the man had already gone. The Police ascertained, however, that the man did live there.

RAIN LATER.

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The Royal Observatory's weather report this fornoan states

Atrough of low pressure extends from Indo-Chins to Guam.

The typhoon is nearly ata- tionary about 250 miles E. of Ishigaki. It may be filling up. Forecast:-N.W. or variable winds, moderate; fair at first, some rain later.

Rainfall: Rainfall to 10 a.m. to-day nil. Rainfall since January 1, 18.18 inches against an average of 15.39 inches.

Temperature and Humidity

The temperature and humidi- ty at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock were:-

Temp. Humid. 74 70

Hong Kong

Macao...

70

69

Pratas Island

76

88

Manila Amoy Swatow Chefoo

79

92

€9

90

70

91

64

62

Shanghai

.69

96

3

The Sergeant concluded his statement by saying that he selected eight samples of the pamphlets and sent them to the S.C.A. to be translated.

Certified copies of the tran- slations, pinned to the pamph- lets, were

by pat in Chinese translator of the

ship.

Mr. Marlon informed the Court that on May 10 the ship went into Kowloon Docka go that the load line might be examined by the Gov ernment Marine Surveyor, The result of the examination showed that the ship had a mean draught of 10 feet 8 inchrom keel op. N

After corrobo ve evidence had. been given, his Worship adjourned the case until Thursday morning and intimated that he would visit the vessel himself.

schemes to usurp more political power for themselves. Yen Hsi- shan, who now realises that he cannot any longer co-operate with them, intends to combine with the old Peiyang Militarism. 8 Great Alliance, in order to use the latter to check the duplicity of the Western Hill Cliques and Re- organisationists. The following members of the old Peiyang Mili- tariats have been invited to parti. cipate by Yen:-Chen Hseh-yuan, Chang Chi-tan, Sun Ching-yun, Sun Chuan-fang, Wu Kwong-sin and Wu Fei-fu.

Marshal Chiang Kai-shek.

Marshal Chiang Kai-shekar- rived at Tsinan on May 10 and was warmly welcomed by the in- habitants. Upon his arrival, he

S.CA., and the Magletrate examin-8, have been since despatched to summoned Generals Chen Tiao- ed them closely.

the front, leaving about 70,000 to Yuan and Han Fu-chu for the dis- 80,000 troops in Chengchow. The cussion of military affairs, and "Two, Three, Four." Evidence corroborating the Ser-inhabitants have been evacuating giving them personal instructions. the city for the surrounding dis- In the afternoon, accompanied by geant's statement was given by tricts due to the continuous the two generale, the President the District Watchmen, who both bombardment of that city by proceeded to Senchwang to in- was alone at National 'planes. Communications spect the 1st Army Corp. After the east end of the roof. There in Chengchow have been inter- the inspection, the high military officials were assembled when the was a large crowd drinking tea

rupted.

a lengthy speech at the west end. After the dis-

Due to the outbreak of hostili- President in covery of the pamphlets, accused ties on the Lung-Hai line, Feng stressed upon the rebellion of Yen said repeatedly: "Two, three, four, Yu-hsiang is

Hai-shan to destroy the unifica- tion of the country, and, for the-

wald that nccused

west," but they did not know what he meant.

Accused's own statement from the dock was that ha went

to with two friends. Melchow roof to drink tea.. Аа

the

to

reported-

to proceed

decided - have

to Lanfeng for troop inspec-freedom and independence of the tion. He will also establish a country, the imperative need of commissariat at Chengchow with eliminating men of Yen's calibre. sub-stations at Chungman, Lan-The President concluded by prais- the west end was crowded, they feng, Kaifeng, and Lingning. It ing the loyalty of General Han Fu- went to a table at the east end. is learned that Feng has decided chu and inviting the other gen- to open the campaign to advance erals to follow the example set by One of his friends was carrying eastward in four directions. The General Han in order to achieve. the parcel produced In Court, and

In the House of Commons, in being spread through India, many following the arrest of Gandhi the course of a reply to requests apparently with the definite inten-was the hostility shown towards for latest information in regard tion of encouraging. revolution. the Police and, Government offi- to India, Capt. Benn said that Steps are being taken to deal with cials. The hollowness of claiming Haji-of Turangzaí, with followers. their dissemination. Reuter.. approached within 20 miles of

is becoming increasingly appar Salt Campaign Over." Peshawar. He was definitely

Rugby, Yesterday, ent. The military authorities warned on May 10 to depart. He The Secretary of India, Capt.[have given most valuable assist- responded by blocking the high- Wedgwood Benn, has circulated ance throughout and the spirit road with felled trees. An air to Members of Parliament a tele-shown by the troops and the raid was accordingly carried out gram from the Indian Govern- Police has been excellent. yesterday. (Conservative cheers), ment, dated yesterday, containing Quiet in Peshawar. The results were not known. an appreciation of the general In regard to the North-West The Mill Strikes, Moder situation in India. The telegram Frontier Province, no rioting has Bombay, Yesterday baya: "In our appreciation of occurred in Peshawar since April That the Bombay cotton mill April 24, we said that the salt 23 and no opposition has been industry is bestirring itself with a campaign showed signs of lan- offered to the arrest of persona view to turning the present coun-guishing in many places, and it required by the Police, most of est of which showed Christianity, His Worship convicted, and trywide boycott of foreign cloth was uncertain whether it would whom have been apprehended: Capital and the Constabulary rid to the best account, was indicated remain the chief plan for pro- The conditions in Bannu ani ing on a tank ruthlessly crushing in a statement by the Mill Owners' paganda much longer. It has now Kohat Districts are disturbed and the "poor workeral This was Association, stressing the desir been definitely abandoned in some the seditious Meetings Act, which obviously a copy of the product he had been in Hong Kong. ability of organised price control provinces and elsewhere continues is already in force in the Pesha of some Bolshevist "artist" in order that consumers will not except perhaps in the Bombay war District, is being applied to Outlining the case for the pro- Magistrate: You claim to be a tsai are at Kaifeng and surround- Interviewed, Admiral Chan be penalised as a result of the Presidency in a desultory manner them. Hail of Turanzai still re-secution, Detective Sergeant student are you attending any Sun Tien-ying are at Luyip and of general offensive is expected to ings. Several thousands underak told Presamen that the order Swadesh vement (to favour only. The results on the Govern- tains near the border of Peshawar O'Donovan said that at about school?—No. ____________

Loods) ment, revenues have been negligi, District. Tribes generally are 8.15 pm on April 30, two Dis Sargeant O'Donovan: He said th of Kweiteh.

ble. The real effect achieved has watching with interest the course trict Watchmen were on the roof, he is student, yat he has been been to arouse the spirit of law of events in Indis and there are garden of the Helshow Hotel, in here three months and not yet

eseness and defiance of authority definite signs of unrest among Des Voeux Road Central, when found selfooli

the use of

In view of

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he prices

Frills ell

and to arrive an impétus-, to the

forces of disorder which its for 1

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be left it on the table. As he first route will be directed by Gen- success in the cause of the Re- observed that his stool was dirty, eral Chang Wai-si; the second by volution.

The Kwanga Campaign. accused picked the parcel up to General Sun Liang-ching; the

The Kwangsi insurgents under: wipe the stool. Just then the third by General Fang Feng-hsun;

and the fourth route by Sun Chih-Mo Bha-chi assaulted Konghow watchman came up and his two yuan. General Lu Chung-lin has on May 8, which was guarded friends ran away.

been appointed the C.IC. by one regiment under Chu Wai- chun. After a severe engagement About 8,000 troops under Liu lasting several hours, Chu eva- having ascertained that there was Kwei-tang and Kung Hao, who cuated Konglow. At 4 pm, of nothing previously known against were formerly adherents of Tang the same day the 63rd Division the accused, asked him how long Seng-chi, are stationed at Tsai-under General Li Yang-king ar- cheng, Tangho and Chungman.rived with reinforcements, and re- 16,000 troops under Wan Tsun captured Konghow.

Said to be Student.

'Accused: Three months. *

Yen Defects Duplicity. Finding the Rear

and Western Hill

be issued at any moment. Gen- aal Liu Chin-shu of Hunan is now attacking Kwellin, while the Yunnan troops are advancing

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