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TREBITSCH LINCOLN

AT TIENTSIN.

THE OLIVE BRANCH TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT,

ADDRESS TO ROTARIANS.

SHOOTING

NG AFFAIR AT TIENTSIN.

AMERICAN N.C.O. AND WIFE WOUNDED.

FRENCH SOLDIERS' EXTRA. ORDINARY ACT.

AUGUST 31st, 1928-

“STEAMBOAT BILL JUNIOR.'

BUSTER KEATON'S "NEW COMEDY.

PEALS OF LAUGHTER AT THE QUEEN'S,

[BY OUR FILM CRITIC.]

TIESTAIN, Aug. 31st. TIENTEIN, August 17th.

A serious shooting affair in which There was a more than usually two French soldiers were concern- large attendance at the weekly ed took place in Woodrow Wilson

If you really want to enjoy a luncheon-meeting of the Rotary Street at Tientsin on Sunday night. Club of Tientsin at the Astor It appears that about 11 o'clock comedy at the Queen's go at 2.30 House Hotel yesterday when the at night, the two French soldiers or 9. The squeals of delight and the giggles of the younger genera- speaker was Mr. Ignatius Timothy in question "entered Kiessling'e tion at the earlier house are so Tribich Lincoln (Trebitsch Lin-Calé, and tried to speak to the infections that you laugh at even wife of Q.M.S. Jonce, an American hackneyed situations, and the coin") who gave an address on "Buddhism" to which he prefaced non-commissioned officer, who was a statement of his position with sitting with her husband and an regard to the British Government American officer, apparently with with whom he came into conflict a view to asking her to dance. The through his actions "during the Americans tried to prevent the intruders from epeaking to Mrs, Great War.

Jones and the French soldiers then took offence. They went away and waited outside the café.

About 18.30, Q.31.S. Jones and his wife left the café and the two French soldiers, who were lying in wait for them, drew their pistols and fired two or three shots. It is stated that the shots were fired at the legs of Q.M.S. Jones, but they

sudden guffawe from the servird men which sweep the house at 9.20 serve to put even the mast captions, critic in a good humour.

There was no doubt that the youngsters enjoyed the whole pro gramme at the Queen's yesterday afternoon.

They were thoroughly

in sympathy with the short ** Our Gang" comedy, and cheered like mad when the unfortunate freckled youth ture of his fancy clothes and became a "regular" boy. "Steam- boat Bill, Junior," kept them in an almost hysterical state of squeaks and wriggles. If you are fond of children go to-morrow at 2.30 and enjoy their pleasure.

"Steamboat Bill, Junior"

is

Mr. C. N. Joyner presided at the luncheon and introduced Mr. Lincoln, who wore a neat suit of Tuasore silk with a bow, and look- ed much younger than his 59 years. Somewhat bald, and with a keen intellectual face, Mr. Lincoln shows few outward signs of the stress of a life which is one of the most extraordinary and romantic that a man has ever lived. Heissed him and one of the bullete was at one time. in Holy Orders struck Mrs Jones in the leg severely wounding her. Exactly in the Church of England, and he what happened next is not quite Buster Keaton's latest comedy, and was private secretary from 1900 to clear but the Q.M.S. received perhaps his best to date. He plays 1909 of Mr. XI. Seebohm Rowntree,

the head and the small college-aducated son of severe wound on A having been naturalised British subject in 1908. In 1910 he neck, apparently with a sword- Ernest Torrence the burly skipper of

The delapidated river steamer. It ́is | was elected Liberal M.P. for Dar- bayonet or similar weapon. lington. During the War, he was police of the First Special Area rather nice to see Mr. Torrence in deprived of his status as a British were quickly upon the scene and a lesa terzifying role than those he subject.. Mr. Lincoln has recently the wounded persons were removed usually takes, but he still looks adopted Buddhism and is a strict to the American Hospital The vegetarian and be claims to have French soldiers then ran towards

the British Concession entirely given up all interest in politica He has been travelling extensively in Far Eastern coun- tries and for the past few months he has been quietly living in Tientsin, his identity unknown to any. He is said to be planning a journey into Tibet..

through old blackguard, and although it has been said that he steals a large portion of the laughs, Running Fight With Police.

they are laughs of rather a different Five minutes later the policeman order to those inspired by Keaton. duty in Taku Boad between You laugh at Torrence rather as Dickinson and Cousine Roads beard you laugh at Charlie Chaplin in the the polica whistles from Wusih | lion's "cage in "The Circus" with Road followed by a shot. He ran a delicious mixture of amusement to the Taku Road-Dickinson Road and horror, but, Kenton's laughs are corner, and saws two men wearing pure comedy, with sometimes a hint the French uniform runting of pathos.

He through East Wusih Road. shouted to them to stop and one of them immediately pointed a pis tol at him and fred at a distance of about three yards but fortunate ly mised. The French soldiers

Finished With Politics. On rising to speak, Mr. Lincoln said: "I wish to state that I am yery grateful to you for having extended to me this invitation, enabling me to meet once more with Englishmen publicly and të shake hands with them. So I am very glad I am able to come to this then ran along Dickinson Road in a westerly direction chased by the British Concession and to say publicly that it is my intention policeman and another Sikh con- and my desire to let byegones be stable in the British service, and byegones and if the British Gov- he fired again at random. A con ernment will make one step to

stable of No. 1 Section then came wards me I will make two steps up and opened fire on the fugitives,

The British police towards them. You know, Gentle men, that there is probably man living about whom so much has been written as about myself, and I can assure you without go

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Perhaps the best scene is that' give his imprisoned father a loaf in the prison, when Buster tries to staffed with files. Mr. Keaton gets an atmosphere which so far Chaplin alone has got and the whole episode is exquisitely funny. But everything is good in "Steamboat Bill, Junior" from the opening, to. the cyclone, and the delightful fade out with Buster, still expressionless, towing a clergyman to his boat.

It would not be fair to give away more details and it only remains to say that the tone of the photo- graphy is particularly pleasing, the settings good, and the cast com- blew their petant, and to recommend you to

sce it for yourself. whistles and near the Dickinson Road Post Office they were again fired upon.

After a long chase one of the fugitives was arrested by a party was apprehended however by the French military

He

MISS CECILIA HANSEN,

REVISED: PROGRAMME, FOR TO-DAY'S CONCERT.

THE CHUNG SHAN DRESS.

PEKING MERCHANTS!

REVOLE.

WILL AFFECT TRADE.

!

ing into details that 99 out of a of British police but the other hundred of those things are abso-caped. lute lies. I will give you a few authorities and both are now in ABOLITION OF LONG GOWNS illustrations. I was supposed to French custody. have been arrested in Italy for The man arrested by the British police was found to have twelve implication in the murder of the rounds of ammunition in his posses-

PEXING, Aug. 16th. Socialist deputy, Matteotti, whension and his cont-sleeve was bloody. The Chambers of Commerce of I was actually in Peking, but it. He had no pistol in his possession Shangbai, Nanking and Hangchow have wired to General Yen Hai was never stated that I was not the when the police seized him,

It is understood that both Q.M.S.Shan, Garrison Commissioner of man who was arrested. Last year, Jones and his wife are making Peking and Tientsin, urging the when I was in America, lecturing progress towards recovery but that necessity of maintaining the use of the Chinese traditional long gown's on Buddhism, one of the leading the N.C.O.'s wound is a grave one.

and black jackets in the aorthern papers in New York published

provinces. The petitioners etate that I was seen in Berlin buying

that the thousands of Chinese twenty million dollars worth of

merchants and workers who depend проп the manufacture of silk, ammunition for China-and there

satin and other fine materials for I was lecturing in San Francisco

black making long gowns and on Buddhism, 1 admit-for ver..

jackets extremely alarmed at tain reasoNS this is not the

the Prees reports from Tientsin Those who had the pleasure of and Peking that the authorities in place to go in to it—I have worked attending Mias Cecilia Hansen's these cities are prohibiting the against the British Government, memorable concert at the City Hall wearing of these traditional attires I have got the courage, and the on Wednesday and others who in favour of the Chung Shan have yet to be conquered by this dress and that unless the use of frankness and the" sincerity to ad- great, artiste's skill, will be in the long gown and black jackets mit this. But three years ago for terested to bear that Miss Hansen by the better class people be main- certain reasons I have finished bas decided to cancel the pro-tained thousands of manufacturers with all political work, directly concluding performance in

gramme originally arranged for her in the provinces of the Lower the Yangtze who practically depend and indirectly. I have never en- Colony, and instead, she will play upon the export business of their gaged since in any political work a number of popular works pro- goods to North China will lose and nothing will induce me to re-minent amonget which will be two their jobs and then there will be s concertos by Vivaldi-Nachez and serious disturbance in the Chinese enter it. I want to declare from Mendelaoba respectively. The full money markets not to mention the this international- platform of programme is as follows:- fellowship and goodwill, namely Concerto A Minor the Rotarian, that if I have done

Allegro ought against the British Govern-

·.. Adagio. ment in the past-and I have done

Allegro. 4. Concerto BO-I am willing to make it good.

Allegro, If I have crossed them in the past,. Andanto.

Allegro.

Vivaldi-Nachez.

loss of revenues to the Nationalist Government,

In conclusion, the petitioners state that according to the recent orders of the Home Ministry in Nanking the wearing of both Mendelsohn, Chung Shan dress and the tradi tional clothes by the people is per mitted and there is no law, to fores the

Government employees of

I am willing to please them in the future. If I have damaged their 3. (a) Larghetto......... Handel. Boards to discard their long gown. interests in the past I am willing (b) Rondo Mozart-Kreisler, and black jacket

to aid their interests in the 4. (a) Lotus Land Cyril Scott.. General Yen is requested to pay

(5) Dance future

Cyril Beott. attention to this serious question Mr. Lincoln they gave ad zde. (e) All-Win Dodomky Pro which affect-the-commercial-Bran dress on Buddhism for which he (d) Perpetuum Mobile Paganini elal and economical conditions-ol, was much applauded.

At the Piano Boris Zakharoff. numerous provinces.-N.A.

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