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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S. AQINCY.}

QUEEN MARGHERITA DEAD. MOTHER OF ITALIAN KING DIES AT BORDIGHERA.

Hou, January 4th. Queen Margherita is dead.

EARLIER GRAVE NEWS.

Roux, January 3rd. Queen Margherita, the Queen Mother, who was recently reported seriously ill, is dying at Bordighera." Their Majesties the King and Queen have departed for

Bordighern.

[The late Queen Mother was born on November 21st, the only daughter of the late Prince Ferdinando of Savoy, Duke of Genon. On April 22nd, 1668, she was married to Umbesta of Savoy, Prince of Piemonte.... He succeeded to the throne of

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5TH, 1926

FAR EASTERN CABLE ENQUIRY INTO "TUNGCHOW

NEWS.

(THROCAR REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TUAN, AND FENG." CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND KALGAN WAR-LORD CONSULT.

BOTH TALK OF RETIRING.

PEKING, January 4th. Chinese circles report that the Chief Executive (Tuan Chi Ju) has sent General Liu Chi Lung to Kalgan, to consult with Feng Yu Esiang about the advisability of Tuan retiring on January 15th

The spokesman" of the Kuominchun (People's Army) states that Feng Yu Hsiang insists, on retiring from public

PIRACY.

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WHAT THE SHIP CARRIED. The Tungchow carried six cosest dr silver dollars, worth $30,000 Twenty nine more cases had been booked but we not shipped. The pirates believed the full cargo of 33 casce to be on board There were 190 Chinees pasengers and 14 foreigners. There was no law limiting the number of passengers on a British ship leaving Shanghai and the coupons impooed no limit beyond the clause in its contract with the compradors that

the number must not be more than was consistent with the safe working of the ship and the space available. There was regulation, defining the amount of

WAICHIAOPU AND - SHANGHAI.

THE SHANGHAI ENQUIRY. SIR HENRY GOLLAN'S

Findings of the

the JudicialANDINGS.

conducted the shouting

A props the Peking telegram priblished yesterday saying that it is semi-oficially reported that the Chinese Foreign Office. instructed the Commissioner of

affair at Shanghai on May 30th laat were Forei Affairs at Shanghai to republished in Shanghai last week.

the cheque for $75,000 Beat turn by the Municipal Council as o comm passionate grant in connection with the shooting affair on Mar 30th, the Daily News had a telegram from Peking last week to the effect that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is trying to screw the Diplomatic Body up to cajoling the Municipal Council to pay $2,000,000 for the affair of May 30th. The naws, our contemporary said, would cause a very

disagreeable sensation.

Shanghai is

was due to its offer, which was not only titled to fool that a better reception

liberal in itself, but entirely soluntary Mr. Macleod said there worena British and the only affect of the Waichiaopa's regulations on the subject,

Italy in 1878 and died on uly 29th, 1900. life. The statement is made that another space per passenger,

circular telegram to that effect will be FLOODS IN EUROPE.

issued very shortly.

RAIN STILL FALLING IN THE NETHERLANDS.

JURTHER DISASTERS REPORTED.

AMSTERDAM, January 4th. Rain is still falling heavily and the flood-waters are rising. The River Waal, near Nymegen, is at the highest for very many years. Many houses in the Polders neighbourhood of Amsterdam are' sube merged.

The viaduct and railway station "at Beugen, north-east of Brabant, collapsed under pressure of the rising water.

Between Flushing and Gogh a train was derailed owing to the sinking of a dyke. EARLIER CABLES.

GOVERNMENT OF GREECE.

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PORTFOLIO REFUSED.

It is reported that Tu Hsi Kwai, who

behaviour must be to make people regret that the Council offered spontaneously what there was not the slightest compul sion upon it to offer at all." It must be

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SCOTTISH SPORT.

RUGBY CHAMPION'S SUCCESS.

HERIOTONIANS DEFEATED.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

EDINBURGH, November

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A game which will have a vital effect The summary of the findings of Sir Henry Gollan (Chief Justice of Hong. On the Rugby Club Championship bas kong) extends to about two and a half been played. Glasgow Academicals de newspaper columns. The document befeated Heriot's (F.P.) as the Scottish gins with a recital of the facts, and Union Ground by two dropped goals and nry to a try, in an exciting match, then gives his lordship's conclusions as

from which the present Championa follow

difference After full and careful consideration of emerged victora The greas

all the evidence adduced by the wit-between the sides was in the book nesses of their demeanour, and of the division. Heriot's forwards, although stories told by them, I am clearly of the time, were the better lot, and the inherent probabilities of the respective they did not have the upper hand all

police, witnesses, and supported by the large body of independent testimony, is opinion that the evidence given by the

substantially correct, and that Inspector verson was justified in coming to the conclusion that, if the crowd had not been fired upon, the lives of the polico under his command would have been sacrificed,

is under the patronage of Sun Chuan tirely with the compradore. If the ineplainly understood that, in the Council', and the "crowd would have gained posses. miesis, on the other hand, once they got

Fang, has telegraphed his refusal of the portfolio as Minister of the Navy,

·MUKDEN AND TOKYO." CHANG TSU LIN AND EUO'S FOLLOWERS.

DELICATE SITUATION,

Tokyo, January 4th.

Foreign Office advices from Mukden state that eight of Kuo Sung Lin's civil officials are still taking refuge in the Japanese Consulate at. Ilsinminfu.

Marshal Chang Tao Lin insists that they be turned over to him.

It is understood that the Japanese Gov- ernment has instructed Consuls and Railway Guards that the refugece must be protected at all costs, thus creating a vidis somewhat delicate situation.

GENERAL PANGALOS TAKING

ENTIRE RESPONSIBILITY..

ATHENS, January 3rd.

has The Premier, General Pangalos, announced that herceforth he is assum ing entire responsibility for the govern-Chang ment of the country, and will rely solely on the power of the army and the national

conscience to save Greece.

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pose of escorting the refugees to the Mukden Consulate.

cularly in the first twenty minutes, should have been turned to better chances which they made possible, parti-

account. They gave a splendid account of themselves. Inspiration was lacking in the centre. When the ball did travel Answering Mr. McDonald witness said that the decision as to the number of

the length of the line, the wing men were

passengers to be carried did not rest en-

invariably left hemmed in. The Acade

into their stride, always looked more dangerous. Their attack lacked neither pectors and ship's officers were not

grant of money to those who suffered onion of the Louza Police Station; with satisfied they would have the numbers reMay 30th, there is no room for bargain-

results that might have been most

cleverness nor decision, and the manner in view of the quantities of arms and in which the two dropped - goals were ammunition stored there,

taken not only showed ability, but also match-winning opportunism at its best.. The tackling on both sides was a marked. feature. In the end there was not great deal between the teams, but the balance of superiority, such as it was, lay with the winners.

dacod.

Witness replied to Mr. Macicod that, admission of wrong-doing, no the inspectors know what life-saving question of compensation. It is, a com mquipment each ship carried and their passionate grant, which the Council has decision as to the number of passengers made out of no necessity, but from simple to be carried would be governed by this hurian kindness and in token of its regret that Chinese living under its jurisdiction knowledge. The present search made by the Customs oficers was not a complete have, for whatever cause, met their death.

one and to establish the credentials of each passenger would take at least half a day.

Answering the President, witness said that, short of shutting out the Chinese The President suggested it would be passengers entirely, or refusing to carry

possible to make a search for arms.

Witness-To arch 300 passengers for arms would take two or three hours.

COMPRADORE'S EVIDENCE. · The ship's 'compradore said that, ne cording to bis estimate, there were about 18 pirates. The No. 1 was a Cantonese,

the No. 2 was from Swatow and the rest

serious

And it is also to be remembered that, a mob had in December, 1905, seized and lostroyed the Louza Police Station, in the face of strenuous opposition offered by a body of unarmed police.

CROWD. PSYCHOLOGY.

A matter that struck me was the rapid change that, according to the evidence, took place in the state of mind of the crowd; within a period of about 13 bullion, he could not make any suggminutes, and without the commission of tion for preventing a repetition of the piracy. He thought the owners could do nothing further: he thought they already had done all they could..

Can you do anything further with

regard to guaranteeing the respectability

any acts by the police tending to irritate the crowd. At one time, the group of students who had been ejected from the charge room, and the others who had joined them, were being induced to move

back by a small body of police. The lead-

then seem to have been to obtain the

of passengers.coming. from the hotels or other places? No. If you do, you willing idea in the mind of this, crowd would drive passengers away from the British release of the students who had been ships.

detained.

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It is expected extra guards will be sent.

were equally divided as to Swatow and from Mukden to Hsinminfu for the pur-Canton. Witness ascertained that they had come from Hongkong and stayed in a hotel in Shanghai until the Tungchaw Before tickets are cold, is it not pos Chang Tso Lin's troops are said to be sailed. They forced witness to open the sible to demand a guarantee, or to have watching the Consulate at Haiuminfu to

tutes of silver they were very angry chich man taken 1-I think it is impracti- treasure room and when they found only their names and some particulars of prevent the escape of the refugees..

Chang refused emphatically and said that they had received telecable, unless all the companies do it. ponement of the Senate elections siar dir Japanese petition that he should show graphic information that there would be including the Chinese and Japanese Louza Police Station waved to the mal-

He undertook to furnish reasons. Meanwhile the Senate elections have been postponed sine die.

REASON OF POSTPONEMENT. "It is officially explained that the post-

is due to certain party leaders persisting, giving them a political complexion, which will thus defeat the "Government's object in obtaining a vessation, of the increasing political tension.

LATEST CABLES. DECISION WELL RECEIVED.

ATHENS, January 4th. General Pangalos made his announce.. ment at a banquet given by Officers of the Republican Guard. It evoked demon- strations of enthusiasm, which were re- newed by the Guard during a parade of the streets in the evening.

General Pangalos said he was prepar ing a programme based solely on armed forces.

RECORD OF PANGALOS. General Pangalos has been Premier. since June, when he organised a cute d'état in the Army and compelled the resignation of the Michalacopulas Govern.

ment:

He was largely instrumental in the events leading to the deposition of King George 11." in 1623, and the estab lishment of a Republic, He presided the court-martial in 1929, which ordered the execution of the former Premier, M. Gounaris, and three other ex-Ministers on the charge of responsibility for the overwhelming defeat of the Greeks by the There has been much speculation re cently regarding the possibility of the return of King George II. to the throne:

Turks in Asis Minor.

BULGARIAN CABINET: RESIGNATION OF "ZANKOFF MINISTRY ANNOUNCED.

SOFIA, January 3rd. The Zankof Cabinet, which has long been in a precarious position, reugned to-day.

MR. GANDHI TO REST. INDIAN LEADER DECIDES ON POLITICAL" HOLIDAY.

AHMEDABAD, January 3rd.

Mr. Gandhi has decided to take a year rest from politics and to devote his atten- tion to the development of hand spinning He declares that this decision has been taken after consulting with many friends during the National Congress at Cown (Continued on next column.)

pore.

mercy to the followers of Kuo,

the

THOSE WHO SURRENDERED.

PEKING, January 4th. The units of Kuo Sung Lin's army, which surrendered, have been reorganized as ten' mixed brigades, under General Officers below Chang Hsuch Liang.. battalion commanders are permitted to retain their posts, bat subordinate post tions have been found for the higher

officers.

BOXER INDEMNITY MISSION. BRITISH DELEGATES TO BEGIN

WORK IN MARCH.

Losbox, January 4th. The Baxor Indemnity Mission expects to begin its labours early in March.

Lord Willingdon deparis, on January 15th, rid Vancouver and Japan and ex- pects to be away at least nine months.

EIGHT WOMEN KILLED. FATAL COLLISION AT LEVEL CROSSING.

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KALKA, January 3rd. The Maharaja of Patiala and his party, were returning from a shooting camp, when a lorry conveying the Maharani's female attendants and two of her girl cousins, was smashed by an express train at a level crossing. Eight women were killed and two seriously injured

OBITUARY.

MR. G. H. MAIR, CMG.

LONDON, January 3rd.

The death is announced of Mr. O. H. Mair, C.M.G..

The late Mr. George Herbert Mair has been Assistant Director of the League of Nations Secretariat since 1910. He was born in 1887, educated at Aberdeen and Oxford, and joined the editorial staff of the Manchester Guardian in 1909, later acting as leader writer and political cor respondent in London. He became assist ant editor of the Daily Chronicle in 1914, but resigned to do whole-time work first with the Home Office and later with the Foreign Office (News Department), and in the Ministry of Information. He was the director of the Press section of the British Peace Delegation to Paris in 1910, when he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour." The CM.G. was con- ferred on him in 1920.)

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36 cases. They all came on the ship as The British companies might institate such a system, but they would get no deck passengers.

trade.

But surely respectable Chinese would net be put off by having to give their names and so forth-Yes, they would, They even very much resent the examina tion of baggage.

Mr. G. S. Scott, the Second Officer, recalled, said that he was on the bridge at the time of the piracy and the Captain was in his room, but he could not of his own knowledge state what happened to the Captain. It was not until over an hour later that he knew the Captain had been shot,

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A real old-fashioned encounter took place between Stewart F.P. and Edin- burgh Academicals, and the former were full value for their win-12 to 3. «Waɔ- - derers were by far the superior team, but lastitution say to it that they had to go all out to get the verdict, and it was only in the last minutes that they got the winning try,-8 tó 3,1-- RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP TO DATE.

Glasgow Academicals Kelso......... Heriot's (F.P.) Stewart's Coll, (F.P.) Watsoniane

Edia. Luiversity West of Scotland.

Greenock Wanderers ........ Hawick .. "Melrose

Then this smaller retreating crowd was

elements of unruly character in it, a student coming from the direction of, the Edin. Wanderers stopped by a much larger crowd with

gamated crowd to return in the direction

of the Station, the movement to the

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Institution (F.P.) Royal H.S. (F.P.)....... SOCCER UNDER DIFFICULTIES. east was arrested, certain persons deye-inhese the games had to bu Fog played the deuce with the League loped a high state of excitement which openoncu, and a third, the engagement communicated itself to the rest of the ot, Motherwell and Kangers, war aban crowd, the crowd turned on the police, and finally was worked up to attack the policemen who guarded the approach to the Louza Police Station. The evidence of Major Hilton-Johnson throws light on

Even though the practice might reader the piracy of the ship they were this aspect of Chinese mob psychology

Rangers forwards showed the greater doned sen minutes. arter the interval. kill, and appeared to be moving with old-time freedom against a defence that was more than ordinarily good. Neither side had scored when the game was stopped; in all probability the game will be replayed it Mirren, the League regulare, established a lead of 2 goals,

recalled, said that a Chinese who was betravelling on less likely Yes, I think He particularly. Feferred to "first, the leaders, who were without two of their so! As a temporary measure I think it inflammability of the Chinese tempera- but in the end were forced to a division

Mr. J. R. Nisbet, the Chief Officer, lieved to be a beggar atowaway died and was buried at sea. The Chinese do not approve of such burials and Captain world be advisable not to carry bullion McIntosh had remarked that there might and Chinese together, but as a permanent be trouble. Later on he was able to tell witness that, when he heard the measure I think it most undesirable. commotion caused by the pirates' seizure It would be better to go easy and see of the ship, he thought it was due to

ment and the rapidity with which, in the mass, they are capable of passing from a state of quiescence to a state of frenzy which soon gets beyond their control;

some protest over the burial. He left hix / what comes ef the Customs' examination. second the length to which a mob raised this season. On ground that presented.

room and, seeing a young Chinese stand- "ing at the door of the wheelhouse, he at

Is

it true that your ships shortly will be fitted with wireless-The position with regard to wireless is that the four ships on the Tientsin run, I hope, will be fitted with wireless inside a month. They are actually wired and the opera- tors have left Hongkong.

to that pitch of fury, will procced and the excesses it will commit unless the mob spirit subsides or is quelled.".

of the points. Partick Thistle made a distinct advance on recent displays," and their comparative success was entirely merited. The first meeting in the senior division of Dundee and Dandee United provided, the best contest, seen in Dundes difficulties owing to the uncertain foot hold both teams contrived to play foot- ball of a high quality. A division of the points was & correct return, and the promoted club gained considerably in prestige by their fine stand against their St. Johnstone likewise Jocal rivals. gained-materially by defeating Aberdeen on the latter's ground. The progress of Dundee United and St. Johnstone makes the situation at the foot of the table almost as interesting as at the top, and various competitors who appeared to be in comparative security a month ago are now involved in the relegation dan- ger zone. Clydebank, however, are still unfavourably placed, and suffered an overwhelming defeat from Hibernian. 11 It is only fair to remember that action with the return of their injured players,' taken by students previously to May 30th have regained much of their old power, had never led to serious consequences and there is every prospect that they and that, as happened in May, 1910, will steadily progress to a safe position. when students attempted action similar Falkirk recorded their tenth victory by to that taken by them on May 30th, defeating Hamilton Academicals, disturbance had occurred..

tempted to grapple with the man. How ever, the Chinese fired two shots and one

The Reasons, If Any, That Existed for of them brought the Captain down.

Witnesa asked that a portion of his

Anticipating Disorder. It is clear that evidence as taken on Tuesday might be

A strong feeling of hostility was operat- read over again. He had noticed in an evening paper that he was quoted as

ing, on general grounds, in e minds of saying that the ship was slowed down.

certain members of the Chinese com- THE COURT'S FINDING off, the Lammocks That was not correct

The Court adjourned at noon to community in Shanghai against foreigners for and he did not consider it fair to the engineer officers, for at no time did thaider the evidence and returned's finding Fat 4pm. Following upon a summary. ship slow down.

The official transcript of the evidence of the evidence, the following conclusions was read over and witness expressed his were announced:- satisfaction.

THE COMPANY'S PASSENGERS.

"Having carefully reviewed the evidence and the circumstances aboyo stated, the

Mr. N. S. Brown, sub-manager of conduct of the ship's officers or crew. Messre. Butterfield & wire, said that heIn the light of the experience which had had been in touch with the Customs' been gained by this incident, it considers, authorities with regard to the searching however, that greater care should be of chips. The newly-instituted search was exercised in future in the matter of in the nature of an experiment. The Chinese passengers. If possible, some Commissioner of Customs had expressed record should be kept of the Chinese the opinion that it was quite impracti-passengers to whom tickets are sold and cable for the Customs to institute, a they should be searched for arms before search of less than 24 hours duration the ship leaves the port: In the case of which would be likely to be effective in ships carrying bullion or specie, it might making certain that none of the native be advisable, at all events as a temporary passengers bad arms or ammunition in measure, either to take no Chinese passen- their possession or secreted about the gers or else to carry an armed guard in ship. He agreed, however, that a search addition to the crew, litera of two hours might have a certain moral effect and witness understood that he bad given instructions to the examiners to do the best they could in the time at their disposal.

The Court is also of the opinion that the provision of wireless, which it understands is shortly to be installed on the China Navigation Company's ships gap running between Shanghai and Ticatsin, Witness said that he had had ex- will not as an additionni deterrent to perience in Hongkong The only ships pirates contemplating a seizure of this searched there were the river steamers nature, 4pm piring on the Macao ran and on the Canton River and Delia No vessel engaged in the southern coolie trade, or, for the matter of that no vessel moored

in the harbour, was-searched,

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some time previous to May 30th, 1923. There had also ocen strikes at a consider able number of cotton mills in which serious action had had to be taken by the police; and some strikers had been injured, while one of them had subsc quently died from his injuries.

In the circumstances above set forth I do not think that on day 30th there been present to the minds of the respon- were any reasons which ought to have sible authorities in the Settlement and have led them to anticipate disorder on that day.

Hibernians, 5; Clydebank, 1 Falkirk,11; Hamilton Academicals, 6 64 Mirrer, 9; Partick Thistle, 2 Cowdenbeath, Morton, 3 Dundee, D; Dundee United, 0. Aberdeen, 0; 3t. Johnstone, 1. Kilmarnock, 8; Raith Rovers, 0. Motherwell, 0; Rangers, 0.

WEATHER REPORT.

The Precautions that Were, or Might

urbances-There was no information in Have been Taken to Prevent the Di. the possession of the Municipal Author ties on May 30th, 1925, which pointed directly, to the possibility of disorder in any particular place or places taking place in the Settlement on that day. The information in his possession, did not point, to any particular time or place The anticyclone has weakened and is on, or at which, disorder might arise, and approaching 6.W. Japan. A moderate mon there was nothing to show that occur. soon may be expected along the B.E. rences such as these which took place on coast of China and over the China Sea,

Last night's weather report, forecast and remarks by the Royal Observatory stated

Finally it desires to record its con- riction that the only satisfactory way of dealing with the pirate menace is to destroy the pirate bases on shore, with May 30, were more likely to arise on Local forecast: E.. winds, fresh to mode out which attacks such as that on the that day, than on any previous or speceedrate, generally overcast, some drizzle ar 1.8. Tungchow would be impossible.'

ing day.

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