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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 20, 1937.

The STORY of

by FRANK C. PAPE

THE CROWN JEWELS

COLONEL BLOOD'S THEFT *IN 1671 (CONTINUED)

A DAY WAS FIXED..

ON WHICH THE NEPHEW

WAS TO BE INTRODUCED. TO HIS FUTURE WIFE.

THE FRIENDSHIP RIPENED, AND WHEN BLOOD SALD THAT HE HAD A NEPHEW WHO POSSESSED A SMALL FORTUNE, AND SUGGESTED A MATCH BETWEEN THIS IMAGINARY NEPHEW AND MISS EDWARDS, BOTH, FATHER AND DAUGHTER AGREED.

BY AN EXTRAORDINARY CHANCE,. A SOLDIER SON OF MR.EDWARDS OBTAINED LEAVE TO VISIT HIS FATHER ON THE VERY DAY FIXED FOR THE "BETROTHAL BREAKFAST WHEN BLOOD PLANNED TO CARRY OUT

THE THEFT

AT 7 A.M.BLOOD AND HIS FRIENDS ARRIVED. THEY FOUND MR. EDWARDS UP AND READY TO RECEIVE

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Shooting By M. Delbos Pleases None Pirate Gang

in th

With Speech

Paris, To-day. "Weak and hesitating" is the Discovery of two men

description applied by "Echo de Cheung Chau police district, one Paris" to the week-end speech on by the shot dead and the other seriously foreign affairs delivered wounded with a bullet through Foreign Minister, M. Yvon Delbos. the back, has completed an extra- Clear and uncompromising lan- ordinary story of a local junk pir-guage would have been preferable. the papers says. As it was, the acy for the local police.

agency

A junk owned by Ng Ma-so, speech left doubts as to France's carrying a cargo of $1,700 worth ties with her allies.

In Berlin, says. a news of wolfram, was attacked near the Ninepin Islands on Saturday, message, the opinion is held that the crew of four including Ng France's attitude towards European Ma-so being menaced by dyna-[problems will apparently undergo

no change. Trans-Ocean, mite, a revolver and daggers.

men

DUTY-FREE RICE MANDATE

Five

boarded

a from "strange" boat, tied the master and his fokis up in the hold, but later Landed Ng and one foki in the Sai- kung district. He proceeded to the Saikung police station and reported Final Approval Likely

the occurrence.

To-day

Nanking, To-day.

ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE? Yesterday, the rest of the story Having received a cable jointly was part told when Wang Yiu, 51, signed by General Yu Han-mau, one of the fokis was found shot at Pacification Commissioner, Mr. Wu Cheung Chau, and was sent to hos-Te-chen, Governor of Kwangtung, pital, and later the other foki who and Mr. T. K. Ching, Vice-Minister had been kidnapped was found shot of Industry, urging the Government dead.

to uphold its descision to allow for-

At present it is not known whe-eign rice to be imported into the ther they were shot attempting to province free of duties, the Execu- tive Yuan is to hold a meeting this escape, or whether they were land-

morning to consider the question:- ed at Cheung Chau and cold-blood-

Our Own Correspondent. edly fired upon.

DIVINE WIND Leaving Berlin For Paris

Berlin, To-day. The Japanese monoplane Divine Wind, which flew to Germany after its record-making dash from Tokyo to London, is leaving Tempelhof aerodrome to-day for Paris.

Nanking Banquet

Nanking, To-day. Dr. Wang Chung-hui, Acting Pre- mier and Foreign Minister, is giv- ing a

banquet to foreign diplo- mats this evening.--Our Own Cor- respondent.

Belgo-Canadian Week

Brussels, To-day.

Belgian commercial mission

in

The airmen had planned to hop will visit Canada for "Belgo-Cana- off yesterday but the start was de- dian Week,” which takes place layed by bad weather.Trans- Montreal from May 23 to 29.— Ocean.

Trans-Ocean,