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BREAKING UP THE ATOM.

Discovery at Cambridge.

LORD RUTHERFORD,

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The "Splitting" of the atom, it is claimed, has been achieved by two young scientists. Dr. J. D. Cockroft and Dr. Walton work. ing at Cambridge under the! direction of Lord Rutherford. Dr. Cockroft stated that they con- centrated on an atom of Hydrogen and found that at 120,000 volts some of the atoms began to break; up into Helium,

The Helium

of from 190 to 160 times that of:

value.

COMMUNISTS IN THE SOUTH.

The dollar, on demand to-day at 1/23⁄4à.

China Mail

EIGHTY - EIGHTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION

APRIL 2/1372.

No. 28,096

HONG KONG, MONDAY, APRIL

MAY DAY RIOTS

LONDON AND MADRID

MANY INJURED

HYDE PARK SCENE OF CLASH.

BRITAIN AND JAPAN.

Face Simila..

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MORNING POST

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Result Of Ordered Government.

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TARDIEU AND DES THREE MEN NOW

ARE REELECTED

FIRST RETURNS IN FRENCH ELECTIONS

NO PARTY HAS YET SECURED A MAJORITY.

FEW DEFEATS OF PROMINENT

LEADERS

CHARGED.

The Victoria Gap Murder Case

ALIASES DENIED,

The trial of Cheung Man, allas- Cheung Ngo-wai, alius: "Cheung Hon-ching, alias Wong Hoi, alias Li Ki-kwong, Cheung Tase-san and Cheung Sau-foo, on the capital charge of murder of a youth Trang Tai-kai, at Victoria: Gap Road, The Peak, on February 18, was opened before Mr. Justice Wood (Pulene Judge) mɩthe "Criminal Sessions this morning.

day a fourth accused, Offpisto-

ship.

claiming only one, Cheun

London, To-day. Sympathising with Japan on the outrage at May Day passed quietly in the Far East but in Shanghai, the Morning atoms came out with an energy London and Madrid, there were serious clashes be- Post" refers to the mur-

The French Fremier, M. Andre Tardieu, whose wah, who was tried separately was, the particles which they had for tween the Police and demonstrators. In London a der of Mr. Douglas, the described the discovery as one of Japanese Embassy and were only dispersed after gistrate, as a sad re- resulted in his illness, has been returned in his own when charged, all three prisoners ed into them. Lord Rutherford procession insisted on making a protest to the Midnapore District Ma- hectic efforts of combining strenuous campaigning found not guilty on the charge last with important diplomatic discussions at Geneva week, and discharged by his Lord- the great scientific importance

minder that the but of po immediate commercial a fierce struggle with the Police.

All Madrid was paralysed as the result of a of Japan and eat Bri- constituency at the French elections. His chief pleaded not guilty the frat dislocation of transportation facilities and several tain have to ace the Party lieutenants, and his most prominent political oner denying three of the people were injured in the clashes between police same danger om the opponents also, have gained re-election. The re-chi. and demonstrators. Most of the other capitals re-same enemy namely, sults to date give no indication of the final state of Mr. T. M. Hazelrigg (Crown ported a quiet day with little or no trouble. anarchy in As, which mainly of the Left Republicans appears in danger ing the case for the Crown, while the parties, but the Government Party, consisting Solicitor) and Mr. R. E. Lindsell vents a deadly hatred

of defeat. derground railways and taxis were against all forms of Two policemen and three demon- paralysed by the country-wide May ordered Government.” strators were injured and eight Day demonstrations. Three Com-

The paper continues Revolution- arrests were made here yesterday munists and 2 policemen were in- when 250 policemen clashed with jured when the police dispersed aary chaos in China has forced Japan, as before now it has forced procession leaving gathering in the centre of the city. Great Britain, to fake strong May Day

One person was killed and two measures for the defece of her The procession insisted on cross-seriously injured in a clash be subjects and their intefesta. Japan, and Kinngsi is occupying the at-ing to Portman Square where the tween the police and Communists with admirable restat, is, pro tention of the Government and Japanese Embassy is located to in Cordova. A general strike ia ceeding with her atter to secure Military authorities here. Ur- protest against the Japanese policy

a trace and a with flat her gent efforts are being made to in the Far East...

troops from Shanghai, and” might| raise money, and troops are be

have been spared the entirely superfluous resolution from Geneva." Reuter.

Government

Active.

Canton, Yesterday.

Police Use Betons.

The suppression of the Com-Hyde Park. munists and bandits in Fukien

London, To-day.

standstill to-day when trama, un-

threatened there to-morrow as protest against to-day's events. During the afternoon the Square ing moved into new stations in was occupied by 250 policemen.

Warsaw, Yesterday. The May Day celebration here preparation for the conflict which in the battle that followed the de- is regarded as inevitable.

monstrators hurled stones at the was quiet except for two Commun- Mr. Hung Yiu-shan, a Magis police who retaliated by charging ists being killed in a fight with the in the county of Wing on feet and on horse. Truncheons police at Dombrawa.-Reuter.

One inspector and a Ting. Fukien, was shot and kill were used. ed recently, when addressing a meeting of business men on the suppression of bandits.

trate

Swatow, Yesterday,

It is reported that Civil and Military leaders here discussed at a recent meeting, with repre-: sentatives of the Canton Govern- ment, the question of raising $100,000 for the suppression of Communists in Fukien. The re- sults of the meeting were not dis- closed.

OUTLOOK FOR BRITAIN.

Mr. Runciman Optimistic.

PROSPECTS FOR 1932.

London, Saturday.

Dealing with the foreign ex-i

change problem in a speech løst]

constable were injured.

Tokyo quiet.

Tokyo, Yesterday. Except for a few minor scuffles Most of the European Capitals reported quiet May Day celebra- resulting in about 800 arrests and tions. Reuter.

Serious Madrid Riots.

Madrid, Yesterday.

6 people were injured, May Day was' passed quietly here with the customary demonstrations under All work in Madrid was at a strict police surveillance.

HONOLULU TRIAL VERDICT FURORE

CRITICISM BY WASHING-

TON SENATORS

"CRUEL MISCARRIAGE OF *JUSTICE.”

FORTESCUE SEEKS RE-TRIAL

Washington, To-day.

The verdict of the "Honour Slaying" trial was night, Mr. Walter Runciman, President of Board of Trade; said sharply criticised in the Senate, being described by that the Government desired to Senators as a cruel miscarriage of justice. see the sovereign reaching an A Congressional enquiry or a Navy investiga- equilibrium through which stab- tion is suggested and if the facts are as reported Stability was, to some extent, in the Press, it is held that the accused should be at their command through the pardoned. proposals of the present Budget,

lity could be maintained.

and their object was not to deal

Mr. Fortescue, when he heard the verdict, ex- with banking problems for as claimed: "O, God! that is terrible." He imme- they were Interwoven with diately left for Washington to consult the authori- industry. They wished enable the merchant, manufac- ties in regard to securing a re-trial in the United turer and shipowner, to be as- States.

sured of his costs at home and He was advised that a re-trial could not be held

abroad, and th's could only be achieved by stability in the re- legally now.

Reuter's American Service. lative values of British and for

Honolulu, Yesterday, of May Day. The scent of the eign money.

The latest development in the blooms is everywhere the na Mr. Rundiman remarked that "Honour Slaying drama, is the tives squatting in the streets sur- But the attempts to replace London as formation, of a group of local rounded by flowers.

the financial centre of the world women organised, to boycott all peacefulness is regarded as the had failed. He added, "I have no establishments where members calm before the storm. hesitation in staking whatever of the jury are employ

reputation I have, in saying we Only white people shall be far better oft, the end led to the meeting at wh

1982 than we were at the end decided to institute the of 1981 British – Wireless ↑ Ser- Meanwhile, the elt

Cars, mounted

ovit guns, are patr Sit was whilst runs are

Guardi,

with Lowers för uthe celebration American-Service.

Washington, To-day. That 500,000 to 1,000,000 bales of cotton can be disposed abroad if the necessary credit- financing is approved by Con- gress la indicated in the report of the Cotton Advisory Com- mittee to the Farm Board.

A selling polley in connection- with the stabilisation of hold- ings is recommended in the re- port.Reuter's American Ser-

vice.

BANDITS LOOT TUNHUA.

Manchurian Disorder.

BLACKMAIL PRICE UNPAID.

Harbin, To-day, Bandits and demoralised troops have occupied Tunbus, on the Hulan-Hailun Railway.

They looted the town after its failure to pay $75,000 as the price demanded for leaving the town. un-

molested..

There is now no communication to

the North of Tunhue--Reuter.

WEATHER REPORT..

The Royal Observatory's weather report for to-day is:** Pressure is highest over the Pacific to the East of Japan, and relatively low over China generally, with a depression central over Indo-China.

The Southern depression is situated about 800 miles ELSE. of Cape St. James moving W.N.W

Forecast

Inds, mo-

derate:

At 1,30 p.m. the state of the Parties was:- Right

Left Republicans (Tardieu Group) Centre

Radicals

Republican Socialists

Socialists

Communis

The second ballots number 198.

Paris, Yesterday.

The first results of the Election included the re-election of M. Tardien at Belfort by a majority of nearly 3,000.

(Crown Prosecutor) are condućti

|WEK Hin-shing Lo (instructed by Mr. P. H. Sin) is defending the first prisoner, and Mr.-H. Somerset Fitzroy (Instructed by Mr. J. M. D'Almada Remedios) the other two тел.

The following were ampangled on the Jury:-Messrs. E. J. Ainslie (foreman) M. Ferguson, A. Andrewes,, H. D. Benham, J. A G Anderson, Sui- wing, and H.-H. Romedios, thÈNERE

Buore opening, the Cham Mr. T. M. Hazelrigg (Crown Solf- citor) told the jury that there had been great publicity about the murder case In the Press. He

M. Herriot, the Radical leader, was re-elected at Lyons by a asked them to banish from their large majority.

minds entirely and anything they M. Paul Reynard, the Minister of Justice and M. Tardien's may have read or heard concerning Chief-Lieutenant, was re-elected at Paris by a comfortable margin. the trial of the other man,

Curiously enough, the first result announced in Paris was that emphasised that the jury must come to their decision purely on the from Saigon, owing to the difference in time.

If the result of the elections is negative, a second ballot will evidence put before the Court. be necessary.

CROWDS AWAIT RESULTS.

Paris, Later.

M. Painlevc, the Premier, M. Rollin, the Minister of Commerce, M.`d'Alandier, the Radical leader, were all re-elected,

M. Saure, the Secretary-General of ile, Socialist Party, was defeated.

Crowds were awaiting the results at the Town Hall and news paper offices.

NO INDICATION YET.

All the great Party leaders were easily returned, but the re- sult at present does not indicate the final state of the Parties.

M. Chautemps. the Radical ex-Premier, M. Boulsson, the Pre- sident of the Chamber, M. Leon Blum, the Socialist leader, M. Louis Marin, the leader of the Right, and M. Dumesnil, an ex-Minister of Marine, were re-elected.

and

Mr. Hazelrigg then went on to say that the first prisoner made his acquaintance with the youth, Thang Tal-kai. · On February 18, there would be evidence to say that pri- soners took the youth to

a lonely spot in Victoria Gap Rond and there tried to make him write a letter to his father, asking for ransom in the Bum of $10,000. The youth struggled and was pursued and

then killed.

When arrested, the third pri blood end in his possession was soner's clothes were spattered with

the

M. Flandin, the Finance Minister; M. Renaudel, a prominent found two $10 notes, which Socialist, and M. Chappe Delaine, Minister of Colonies, have been youth had been given that morning.

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