'ANTI-FOREIGN OUT- BURSTS IN CHINA.
AGITATORS ACTIVE IN HANKOW AND ELSEWHERE.
FOREIGNERS PREPARING TO EVACUATE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
(TEROCON NEWTER'S ADENCY.]
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25гя, 1926.
WELL-KNOWN BRITISH SPORTSMAN PASSES
AWAY.
PEGGY BETTINSON OF THE NATIONAL SPORTING CLUB.
(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, December 24th. The death is announced of Mr. A. F. Bettinson, popularly known as Peggy "^
Bettinson, the well-known sportsman and Managing Director of the National Sport been ing Club. He died of heart failure, sub-
SHANGHAI, December 24th. Anti-Christian Societies have springing up lately in many centres, sequent to an attack of pacumonia. where the anti-foreign movement is the strongest: There has been much talk of meetings to be held to-morrow. Locally, the police are not apprehensive but Funkow' police telegraphs that anti-
WINNIPEG THEATRE
ABLAZE.
WAR DEBTS.
EX-UNITED STATES AMBAS- SADOR'S VIEWS.
SAYS U.S. SHOULD NOT HAVE INCLUDED ONE CENT. OF INTEREST.
{'REWTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}
EMPEROR OF JAPAN.
ROYAL PATIENT · GRADUALLY BECOMING WEAKER.
(THROUGH AKUTER'S AGENCY.)
TOKYO, December 54th. Last evening's bulletin says that the Emperor's heart is weakening, tho puise being irregular and the respiration
Court officials were called hurriedly to A Hayama message says the Regent and
the bedside.
New York, December 24th. In connection with Colombia Univer.quickening. aity's Debt Manifesta, the Times give prominence to a latter by Mr. Robert Jonnson, ex-United States Ambassador to Italy, who says: "As between friends, we should not have included one cent of interest."'
This statement is markedly in contrast with the spirit of d long pronouncement by Senator Smoot, Chairman of the
Christian activities intensifying. FIREMEN MISSING AND INJURED. Senate Finance Committee, who is also a
are
Agitators broke up two Christmas enter. tainments, one at the Wesleyan Mission Girls' School, the other at the Blind School. In the latter case, the invaders distributed anti-British literature. A for.
(TALOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY-}"
WINNIPEG, December 24th. Five firemen are injured and three are missing as a result of the collapse of the
is estimated at $125,000.
[RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}
eign missionary, who attempted to inter walls during a theatre fire. The damage vene was seized and carried to the street, where he was man-handled and badly injured. The anti-Foreign agita tion and boyent is also strengthening at Hankow as well as elscirhere, and foreign women and children have been advised to leage Kuling (Kiakiang), All for- eigners are in readiness to evacuate Kiangsi and it is "feared that they will also be compelled to evacuate Hunan,
U.S. RAILWAY DISASTER.
COLLISION CAUSES 20 DEATHS AND A NUMBER OF INJURED.
ROCKMANT, Georgia, Dec. 24th. Twenty persons have been killed and a number injured in a collision between two
SENSATIONAL DELHI, INCIDENT. Southern Railway passenger expresses.
HINDU LEADER SHOT.
Passengers Holiday Homeward Bound.
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member of the Debt Cozimission, in the Senate, in which he denounced the whole proposition as an absurdity and charged
the Colombia Faculty with aiming at complete cancellation of the debts, although subject has been interdicted.
The Times, in a leaders, suggests that the money owed to the United States
could best be employed by reviving Euro pean prosperity, pointing out that Euro- peans were customers as well as debtors.
The accident occurred after a driving DELHI, December 23rd.
rainstorm. The north bound train was Swami Shradanand, a noted Hindu laden with passengers en route for home leader, has been shot by Abdul Rashid, to spend the holidays; and was travelling presumably a Mahomedan An atten-at. 50 miles an hour. Most of the deaded dant, named Dharam Singh, was also were in the telescoped dining car and daycoach. In this train the rescuers had to use blow torches to reach the in prisoned victims.
hit and seriously wounded.
Abdul Rashid was arrested. The shops have closed, and the police are taking precautions to prevent disturbances.
A Shocked Congress.
LATEX.
The Gautia Nationalist Congress Camp, preparing to open proceedings at Christmas, was shocked by the news of the murder of Swamis Haden, and, at an
FERMENT IN NICARAGUA.
AMERICAN SAILORS LANDED.
WASHINGTON, December 24th,
The State Department has announced
emergency meeting, decided, as a mark that American bluejeckets have loaded of respect, to abandon the Presidential procession for which there were elabor- in the district of Rio Grande, Nicaragua,
ate arrangements, including the use of
GO elephants.
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Swamis had recently severed his connce- tion with the Congress, but was highly esteemed owing to his services after the Amritsar disturbances in 1919.
The murder has upset the Congress leaders' plan for communal amity, since the militant elements among the Hindus will now be difficult to control.
[BKITISH WIRELESA BX2VICE]
XMAS AIR MAIL. **LARGE NUMBER OF AÉROPLANES
AT WORK.
EvGuy, December 23rd. "It is stated to-day that no fewer than nine British aeroplanes are engaged in conveyance across the Channel of Christ- mas gifts. This is in addition to the French, German and Dutch machines which have, their share.
Scores of tons of parcels have been and are being carried between Landon and Paris, Brussels, Cologne and Berlin. Yesterday, five tons were despatched from Croydon for Germany, Spoed is, aft course, the factor which has made the airways suddenly so popular for this purposes. Presents can be sent up to the last day before Christmas with certainly of their being delivered by Christmas Day.
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BRITISH IMPERIAL AIRSHIP -
SERVICES.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BASES.
Ruosy, December 23rd.'
protect American life and property.
TEAPOT DOME OIL
CASE AGAINST FALL AND
SINCLAIR OPENS.
MEXICO AND WAR MATERIALS.
PRESIDENTIAL MANDATE PRO- HIBITS THEIR IMPORT.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN" BERVICE. 1,
LITHUANIA'S REVOLT.
BOLSHEVIE PLANS SPOILED.
RIGA, December 23rd. The Lithuanian press reports that the police possess documents proving in- dubitably that Bolshevist emissaries from Moscow had prepared 4 Bolshevist
Putsch" for Christmas with the object of linking up Lithuania with Soviet Russia, and also, that similar putsches had been prepared for other, Baltic States.
The police claim that when they search- ed the arrested persons they found lists of people to be shot immediately after the putsch. The military coup which has resulted in a Right Wing Government, has thwarted these, plans."
GUNNER'S SAD DEATH.
VICTIM OF HYDROPHOBIA.
RABIES MENACE,
THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
LATEST NEWS FROM THE WAR AREA.
MUKDEN AND SHANTUNG TROOPS MOVING SOUTHWARDS.
{THËÓFOR RAUTKI'S AGENCY.]
PEKING, December 24th. A telegram from Taingtao states that the Pobai Squadron of the Eighth Shar- tung Army Corps is actively preparing to Chen has already left Tsingtao for Nan- go south against the Cantonese. Pi Shou
king.
tang stands for the Bolshevization of· China while Makden advocates the policy of China for the Chinese." There is so much difference between the two that it is impossible to effect a reconciliation, he concluded,
Trench-mortar factory's was expected in
Chang Tao Em Wants More Mortars. ..Li Yi Chun. director of the Mukden Tientsin on December 16th in response
The Fi Shik Pao "states that the Kuo-to a call from Marshal Chang Tso Lin. The Mukden warlord is anxious to spead minchun in Honan bare linked up with up"production of the mortars for the
use of troops moving south. Fask Chung Chieh's troops and have
Kuomintang Journal's Bilter Criticista, captured Lungmanchieh, south-west of
PIXING, December 23rd. Loyang.
Though the British Memorandum has not yet been published, the Kuomintang organ, the People'a ·Tribune, without waiting to learn the actual contents of it, shows a determinedly irreconcilable attitude towards the friendly overtures
FURIOUS BATTLE OF STONES.
In a furious battle of stones, force of the Kuomiuchun fell back to Lingpao, Honau, on December 10th, according to a native source.
An attempt on the part of the invading
The paper says: We state categori Nationist troops to advance on Shan the proposals, though dubbed by the cally, for the Nationalist movement, that chow from Lingpan was halted by stone professional apologists for British Im- throwing troops under General Tsai Yunperialism as the most beral hitherto Sheng. Owing to lack of ammunition, proposed, are utterly unacceptable."
"Utterly Unacceptable.". both attacking and defending forces rocks," the invaders being finally crush to offer we can understand perfectly well engaged in a terrife encounter with
ed back," it is said.
The main body of the Kuominchun is marching from Wenhsinng to reinforce the Lingpao troops, .consequently another castward advance to Shanchow will be attempted shortly, it is predicted.
In view of the crisis in Henan, To Kun, former President of the Republic, has advised Marshal Wu Pei Fu to retire, it is reported.
MARSHAL CHANG TO VISIT PEKING.
"If this is the best that Britain has
the necessity ita Foreign Office fools of. rushing all the naval forces it can spare from its other fields of Imperialistic ex- ploitation, to that which it seems deter- mined to retain and expand at any cest offer will only be the intensifying of the here in China. The net results of new already bitter attitude of our people towards their relentless and Imperialist foe.
Gunner Patrick Murphy of the 12th Heavy Battery, stationed at Lyeezun. died at the Military Hospital on Thurs day of hydrophobia. It appears that Marshal Chang Tso Lin will come to some months ago Murphy went to the Peking as soon as a new Cabinet is rescue of another man who was being formed, according to General Yu, Chiel attacked by a mad dog, and in doing so, of Staff to Marshal Chang, and Chief of was bitten himself. Apparently deceased the Department of Military Affairs at-posals. did not take math notice of it, and bydro-tached to the Headquarters of the Com- phobia set in.
Mexico City, December 24th. A Presidential decree, has been publish-"
The funeral was held yesterday morn prohibiting the import of all waring, a firing party from deceased's Bat- materials to Mexico for a period of one the garrison behind the band of the 2nd tery marching in company with units from year. The decree includes every kind of Batt, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Buglers sounded the Last Post" and a rearms and ammunition, as well as
great many wreaths and floral tributes poison gas and armoured cars.
were placed on the grave.
THROUGH" BEUTER'S AGENCY ]
FRANCO-GERMAN TENSION. FRENCH RESENT GERMANY'S ATTITUDE.
PARIS, December 23rd.
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A message from Landau says that the. three Germans who were sentenced to im- prisonment in connection with the Ger- mersheim affair, have appealed against their sentences. The Court Marital, however, states that it is incompetent to deal with an appeal:
Gunner Murphy was only 22 years of age and unmarried.
No Europese has died from hydropho bia in Hong Kong for several years.
ENGLISH BETTING LAW 'AÑOMALIES.
JUDGE ON RIDICULOUS POSITION."
Severe criticism of the betting laws was made by Mr. Justice Branson at Manches ter Assizes when summing-up in a Liver, pool betting case, in which the defence to the charge of keeping a Berting house was that the police when carrying out a raid planted" betting slips on the premises.
His Lordship said: "It is an extra crdinary thing that it should be perfectly legal for a man, to carry on a business
WASHINGTON, December 23rd. While French opinion is divided as The Supreme Court of the District of regards the expediency as well as regards Columbia has rejetted an application on the expediency" as well as the equity of behalf of the ex-Secretary of the Interior, the verdict the German attitude is strong Mr. Fall, and the Oil Millionaire Mr.ly resented. It is thought that the Harry Sinclair, for quashing the fadict-violent outburst in the entire German ment in connection with the leasing of press was a factitious political manoeuvre the Teapot Dome Oil Reserve to Sinclair, to basten the evacuation of the of credit betting that is to say, receive in view of the Government's failure to convict Fall and Doheny on a similar charge last week..
The defendants were then arraigned and pleaded not guilty.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
WIRELESS. FOR LIGHTHOUSES AND LIGHTSHIPS,
A LONDON JOURNAL'S
ENTERPRISE:
ROBY, December 23rd. The equipment of the London hospitals with wireless na a result of the efforts of the Daily News is to be followed by, a schepie, promoted by the same journal, to instal in lighthouses and lightships, wireless sets for receiving the broadcast programmes of the British Broadcasting Company
Rhineland.
LUNATIC ON A STEAMER. SCENE IN AN ENGLISH LADY'S CABIN.
RANGOON, 'December 23rd.
A French merchant of Singapore, who was arrested last week after being found with a torch and a dagger in the cabin of an English lady, the daughter of a Singapore tradesman, aboard the 4.5 Ellora,
en route from Calcutta, and charged with attempted outrage and murder, has been sentenced to detention as a lunatic
Subsequently he will be repatriated.
OUTBURST ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
SIR C. PULLEY BOOED FOR 20 Twenty-five lighthouses and forty-five
MINUTES. lightships are to be thus provided. The Daily News appeal for subscriptions has
Members of the London Stock Exchange met with immediate response and the stopped work for twenty minutes on editors of four provincial newspapers November 23rd to boo an elderly man have already offered to equip no fewer who had suggested that they should work than five lighthouses and five lightships on Saturday morning instead of playing
Captain Fellowes, Dircotor of Airship Development, is leaving England shortly to give expert assistance to the Domin ions which contemplate the establishment in their localities.
of airship bases in connection with the scheme of Imperial airship services, pro posed by Sir Samuel Hoare, Air Minis ter, at the Imperial Conference.
Part of Captain Fellowes' work will be to survey site for an airship base at Bombay, proposed by the Indian Ait Board. Three other airship experts, who- are likely to be detailed for this work, are Major Scott, who has done great ser vice as an airship pilot and is now Officer in-Charge of "Airship Flying, Squadron Leader Colmore (Deputy Director of Air ship Development) and Major Sydney Nixon, who carried out the practical survey work at the Egyptian and Karachi airship stations.
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PURER FOOD.
MAKING PRESERVATIVES
ILLEGAL.
Ruany, December 23rd.
(THROUGH REUTZA'S · AGENCY.) POLISH-GERMAN PROBLEMS.
NEW AGREEMENTS AND CONVENTIONS.
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bets by telephone or letter and run up an account with the man who bets and pay that man by letter at the end of the week and there is no offence. But if, instead of receiving a bet by telephone, zman comes into his office and makes a bet with him there, that is unlawful. You may think it is a ridiculous position, and you would not be alone in that opinion, but it happens to be the law, and in these courts we have got to adj minister the inw as it is, and not as we would like it to be. In the ordinary sort of crime there is always an injured party to come and give evidence, but in a case where one man wants, to go and bet and the other wants to take the bet, there is no way in which the police" can get evi- dence except by sending somebody, or going themselves and seeing if the sus pected man will take a bet. Nobody likes spying, but, after all, if the law says a certain thing shall not be done and sets up a body to see that it is not done; then that body must take the only steps
available.”
THE ILLS THAT FISH ARE HEIRS TO.
Japan's Attitude,
TOKYO, December 23rd. Though the British Memorandum is be- ing studied carefully, the Japanese Gov- ernment has not yet. decided upon the attitude to be adopted towards the pro-
This delay is partly due to the "Em- mander-in-Chief of the Ankaochun, saya peror's conditon which necessitates the the Peking and Tientsin Times.
presence of the Members of the Cabinet at General Yu says that Marshal Chang's Hayama, and who are, consequently, un- visit will be brief and that after his re-able at present to devote as much atten-- turn to Tientsin he may pay a flying visit tion as is desired, though it is under- to Mukden. The headquarters of the An- stood that it is hoped to instruct Mr. kuochun will not be moved to Peking but Ken Kichi Yoshizawa the Japanese will remain in Tientsin,
Minister in Peking, either.to-dag, or to- morrow. In the meantime, owing to the delicacy of the question, no intima- tion of Japan's probable attitude can be. obtained.
"General Ya attributes the delay of Marshal Chang in going to the capital to the dificulty in selecting a suitable man for the Premiership. He observed that there is less talk about General Chin Yun
Tokyo Press Opinions. Peng being appointed to organize a rew Government than during the past few
"Presa opinion is somewhat divided, the weeks. Dr. Wellington Koo is not out of sympathising with the British posi-
tion which it considers led her to decide.. the running.
Asked about the situation in Honan, to modify her policy, purposing thereby General Yu declared that although there to mollify Chins. But the paper ex- has been considerable movement of Presses doubt whether other Powers, with Mukden troops down the Kin-han line, their own special interests, will fall in not a single soldier has entered Honam
The Yamato considers that the pro all the Mukden troops being concentrated at Paoting, Shihchiachwang and Tse- Posals indicate that Britain is attempt- chow. Marshal Wu has not yet asked ing to trick the Japanese Government, for aid from Marshal Chang, as he still hoping to estrange Japan from Chang
Tao-lin. asserts that he is capable of dealing with the Cantonese and the Kuominchun with. out outside help, ・・
The General also denied the report tha: Mukden was 'negotiating with Kuorin tang representatives in Tientsin. for a compromise. He said that the Kuomin.
HOME SECRETARY AND
"OLD LAG." ~
YEARNED FOR GERMAN
PHILOSOPHY.
line.
Belgian Mission,
PEKING, December 23rd. The Belgian Legation Counsellor, M. Sergysels, left Peking for Hankow yesterday, with the object of seeing Mr. Eugene Chen.
HOUSTON WILL GIFT.
£50,000 FOR MAN WHO WAS WORKLESS FOR 3 YEARS,
A married man who had been out of Sir William Joynson-Hicks, the Homework for three years and tramped the Secretary, told A meeting, in aid of streets until he obtained a job a few the Central Discharged Prisoners' Aid months ago is to receive £50,000 under Society, the following prison convezana final agreement which has been reached tion between himself and a man who had concerning the will of the late Sir Robert spent 40 years of his life in prison;- Houston, who left estate worth about
"Sir William Hm! Forty years;
£6,000,000. quite a long experience. Any com
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plaints 1
Prisoner: No.
Food all right 1-Yes. None too rieb,
of course.
Skinner, who lives in Wallasey. His four The man is Mr. Cecil Houston Smerdön
married cunts are also to receive £50,000 each from the estate. Two of them live in Vancouver, and the other two are Mrs. Ena Mather, of Marine Parede,. Are you sure there is nothing wrong-Brook Cottage, Mouldsworth, near Ches
I'm glad you find, things so comfortable. Brighton, and Mrs, Wilfred Wade, of Well, look here, governor, if you are ter
asking for a complaint, take this one. Lady Houston and Mr. G. H... Apple- The prison library is rotten. There isn't ton, of Birkenhead, the chief beneficaries a single book on German philosophy in it under the baronet's will, are making the
PHILADELPHIA BOYS SEIZE
£950,000. gift to the five relatives, and an agreement has already been signed.
"Mr. Skinner, who arrived back from London to find one of his children ill, said: "I am delighted with my good fortune, but I have made no definite plans. It is impossible to say within a FOOTBALL VICTORY CELEBRATION. day or two what one will do with
£50,000."
TRAIN.
Thirty high-school students, ten of whom are under 16 years of age were arrested recently at Philadelphia as the result of a frolic". after a footbal victory,
OXFORD UNDERGRADUATES
OUTBREAK.
It will be news to many people that The scene, described by a member pre- sent as absolutely disgraceful," began fish suffer from mesales, cancer and tuber. at 3.20, one of the busiest periods of the culosis,
Mr. F. A. Mitchell-Hedges, the "ex-"} afternoon, when Sir Charles Pulley, who advocated Saturday opening in an inter-plorer, is convinced that they do.
Broadcasting to all stations from Edin- view in the Daily Express last week, entered the building. Quiet was not burgh on." The Horrors of the Deep,' restored until he left at twenty minutes he pointed out that little is known of WARSAW; December 23rd.
diseases in, fish,, although it is realised by The question of the deportation of their
Sir Charles was so upset by the inca few that fish suffer from a counterpart respective nationals, which for long has dent that he felt the City for his home of many complaints common to m
"From a study of these diseases in the been, straining the relations between immediately afterwards, and will prob Germany and Poland, has been settled by ably not return for a few days.
more simplified organisms of sb,"he They celebrated the victory with the
A wild scene, recently occurred in the conclusion of a series of conventions Hundreds of members took part in the anid, it should be possible to obtain customary violation of the prohibition and agreements. The number of Polish booing. One or two, who protested and valuable data in regard to the genesis of laws and then sallied forth to the nearest which 180 Oxford undergraduates' wreck- workers who have been in Germany, for had the courage to support Sir Charles cancer, tuberculosis, etc., from which fish tube station. There they took possessioned two coaches of a train on which they several years and who were ordered to Pulley, had to make a dash for the undoubtedly suffer.
of a train, from which they ejected the were returning from the inter-Varsity leave the country has been reduced to, doors to escape a atvere ragging.
I believe I am correct in stating, guards and the river, after smashing the relay races at Cambridge. 8,000. An agreement in that connection Sir Charles Pulley has been a member though it will doubtless come as a sur seats and electric lights and locking the From the time the train left Cambridge until it arrived at Bedford pendemonium stipulates that a definite Convention on of the Stock Exchange for forty years. prise to many people, that a form of doors against passengers.
reigned. The plate-glass windows of two the migration of agricultural workers In his recent interview with the Daily measles and cancer occurs in trees, fish, One of the students took command of corridor coaches were amashed with beer shall be negotiated before February 27th. Express he said:--
the beasts of the field and man.
the switch and drove the train several bottles, lamp-glasses were shattered, lug- Protracted poirparler corrning "It is ridiculous that the London Stock "I feel convinced that the day is not miles to West Philadelphia
gage racks torn down, and the door of questions of nationality have also re- Exchange should close on Saturday, when far distant when it will be recognised The police, who had been appraised of the guard's compartment was smashed. sulted in an agreement. Germany has all the Continental exchanges are open that a systematic examination of life in the escapade, forced an extrance when open.
was reached the cuments to Poland and Poland has pro- considerable business would be done, and humanity." It may possibly provide that finally the boys were subdued and con- tumult, had subsided, and many of the mised to refrain from selling goods to it is unfair that the older members should clue to the cure of cancer that the best veyed to gaol, where their wounds were young men were asleep. At Oxford, Germans who were temporarily Polish prevent young men who want to get on brains of the world have sought for so attended to pending their trial for mali- where proctors met the train, the under citizens in 1920.0
from working."..
(long, but up to the present in vain. cious mischief, assault, and battery. graduates were on their best behaviour.
"A New Order comes into force on New agreed to restore archives and other do From my experience I am convinced that the sea will prove of enormous henent to the train stopped. A fight ensued, and By the time Bedro
Year's Day under which more than 20 per cent. of the housewife's average daily food may contain preservatives, but only in small specified quantities.
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