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“MATTER FOR THE THE FLOWER HILL

AUTHORITIES.”“”

FLYING SQUAD MAN'S

METHODS."

RESTAURANT · ARREST.

FESTIVAL.

A MEMORY OF THE GREAT REVOLUTION.

SHOTS THAT RESOUNDED THROUGH THE WORLD.

"It is a matter for the authorities

Following is the story gathered to consider," said Mr. Mead, the magistrate, at Bow-street Police from native sources giving the Court, when he criticised the con-Chinese point of view of the 72 duct of a Flying Squad detective who brought a charge of assault Heroes of the Chinese Revolution, against Cecil Smith, an electrician, who lost their lives in Canton 15 of Tame-road, Witton, Birming years ago in an attempt to raise bam.

the flag of revolution' against the reigning powers:

Detective Williams, of the Flying Squad, said that he went to the Strand Corner House restaurant with a man named Littlefield, who had complained to him of the loss of his overcoat, and while they were there by chance they saw Smith in the coat.

Williams told Smith that he should arrest him, but in order not to create a scene he waited until he had finished his meal. Smith questioned whether he was a police man, and he produced his warrant card to reassure him.

...

He left with Smith after ten minutes, and as they were about to enter a taxicah Smith struck him a number of blows in the face Smith was charged at East Ham with the theft of the overcoat and was 'acquitted.

to

Taxicab Politeness.

..

At the close of the Manchu Dynasty, the prestige of China amongst the foreign nations had sunk to its lowest depth and the time was in many people's opinion tipe for a revolution, and Dr. Sun Fat. Sen found no difficulty in en- listing the services of mea fired with patriotism. The great sacrifice of March 29, 1011, was made when the Heroes stormed the Government Office at Canfan of the two Kwang Provinces,

SINGAPORE'S NEW WATER SUPPLY.

RESERVOIR OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR.

·64 MILLION GALLONS,

Singapore, March 23-Od Gunong Pulai, a mountaim in south Johore

which was practically unexplored four years ago, a large gathering. yesterday afternoon saw an im portant event in the municipal history of Singapore the opening of the Sultan Ibrahim Reservoir.

This reservoir collects water from two - streams" draining "catchment areas totalling 1,980 acres. A second reservoir draining an ares of 3,000 acres is now being con structed at Pontian Kechil, three had a half miles away, and the third instalment, which will be left undeveloped until required, pro- vides for the draining of an area of 400 acres It is expected that the two reservoirs, together with the existing island supplies, will be sufficient for the next twenty years,

Yesterday The attempt was un-

盛 brass inaugural successful and the men in question tables was unveiled by E. the lost their lives But their example Governor (Sir Hugh. Clifford). started things and a few months after, the Great Revolution broke out in Wuchang, spread all over China and stirred the world. The Manchu Dynasty received its death blow and the Republic of China was established.

It was in the winter of 1910 that Dr. Sun held a secret meeting of the Revolutionary Party at his Detective. Williams said in reply house in Penang to plan a general the magistrate that Flying onslaught against the Manchu Squad men usually called a taxicab Government in Caston. It was out of politeness to their prisoners decided that after the capture of Canton the Revolutionary forces Mr. Albert Littlefield, the owner would forthwith invade Hunna and of the overcoat, said that he had Kinngsi. At the same time secret been introduced to Detective Wil-agents would proceed to Shanghai, liams earlier in the day and re- Nanking, Hankow, and Changshay ported his loss to him.

He went to pave the way for the Revalu

tionary troopa

with him and two women to the Corner House for a meal, and by an extraordinary coincidence Smith happened to be there."

Smith said that be had been de coyed to a house in East Ham for a musical evening and met Little field there. He took Littlefield's overcoat in mistake for his own He immediately took it to the ship in which Littlefield was employed, but could not find him there.

He saw in the Corner House two women from the bouse be

visited. They were in the company of the detective and Littlefield, and when was spoken to he thought that he was being decoyed in the same way as before, and did not believe that Williams was a detec tive.

Mr. Mend imposed a fine of £6.

Privately Informed.

.

"I do not know what the police regulations are,” he said, "but I should have thought that a Flying Squad detective attached to Scot land-yard, being privately inform→ ed of a theft, would have referred the person complaining to the police station of the district and allowed them to pursue it.

"Instead of that he acts sa friend of the prosecutor, and goes with him for the purpose of spend ing the evening in. West London. Then, by a coincidence, the person against whom complaint is made happens to be in the same place.

"Then the detective acts as a policeman. As a policeman he was perfectly justified in what he did. As a matter of discipline I think it is a matter for inquiry whether s policeman should act for friend. It seems to me an incom- patible position, to be avoided."

NEW BISHOP OF WILLESDEN.

· ARCHDEACON, VERNON SMITH, M.O..

The Plan, Hwang Ko Ching was made commander and Chao Pah Hsien assistant: commander. Hu HAR in, one of the leaders of the Nazionalist "Government to-day, was made chief secretary. They established their Canton Head quarters in Hsien u Chich, with branch offices throughout the city. Preparations having been com pleted, the troops from Ling Tang were to penetrate the East Gate, the troops at the North Parade Ground were to form the vanguards, and they were assigned the task of entering the East and West Gates, and the People's Volunteers were to cross the river from Honam to- assist in the attack. Furthermore, it was decided that Hwang Kẻ Ching should lead a force to at Lack the Government Office of the two. Kwang Provinces Chao Peh Hsien was to storm the Viceroy's Yamen, and Hu I Haier to capture the Manchu Military Commander's barracks.

The Attack.

News of the proposed attack came to the Government so that martial law was proclaimed in Canton.

Dr. Hunter's Work,- eeedings, said that the reservoir Mr. Famer, in opening the pro would add six and a half million gallons a day to the town's supply. making a total of eleven millions." congratulated the Municipal Com- His Excellency the Governor. missioners on the work which had been brought to a satisfactory con elusion.

...

In the days when he first knew the Malay Peninsula they accepted it as a melancholy axiom that en- gineering works on a large scale were not only expensive as regards. money but exacted a heavy toll of matter of course that a very large life. They looked upon it as a number of labourers would die from malaria, and that a large propar- tion of the Europeans engaged in supervising the work would be in- valided before they could expect to see it brought to a successful com clusion.

"Nothing struck me more for- cibly when I came back two years ago than the precautions which have been taken throughout the Malay Peninsula in order to battle with the enemy of malaria, and I should like publicly to congratulate Dr. Hunter on the extraordinarily good work he had done in this con- nection.

His Excellency, after unveiling the tablet, proposed the toast of the Consulting Engineers. “

Mr. Deacon, responding," said that though the work as a whole was not yet completed, Singapore, by the opening of this reservoir,

was assured of an additional 6) million gallons of water a day, and when all the instalments were finish ed there would appear to be no cause for anxiety as regards an abundant and efficient supply for very many years to come..

There are two dams in the Sultan Ibrahim Reservoir, one 600 feet 310 feet long and 30 feet high. A long and 190 feet high and the other March 97, the troops in Lin Tang were disarmed. This was a heavy tunnel has also been driven through blow to the cause, and as there was a bill forming the divide between no time to lose the attack was about 80,000 tons have been quar- the two catchments. Altogether. scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. ofried for the works and 44,000 tons March 20. Hwang Ke Chiangled. the troops to storm the Government of sand dug from the river for use

in concrete. Office. They wore white bands on their sleeves and black rubber shoes to distinguish themselves from the Government forces. Armed with tombs and pistols they poured into the.. Government Office killing and disarming the police on the woy.

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SINGAPORE CONVICTS

* ESCAPE.

·DANGEROUS AND DESPERATE MEN.

UNHEEDED "WARNING,

S.M.C. POLICE ON PARADEL

FORTY LONG-SERVICE

MEDALS · FOR ···

CHINESE.

Shanghai, March 95:- pre liminary to the Council's Parade, in which about 1,000 police march- Singapore, March 25-Thirteen being inspected by Captain E. I.

cd passed the saluting base, sfter- ornvicta, among them two men con- M. Barrett, took place on the Race victed of trurder, have escaped from Course yesterday. The drill com Singapore Prison, drink

a stentorian voices they proclaim. The annual spring exodus of ard that they had come to give salva-Shantung and Hupei province tion to the Chinese people, that the farmers to Manchuria has begun guards, being Chinese, and conse with a rush. The Peking-Mukden this treedom is not known, but hout 40 long service medals to The actual time when they vegan-pleted, the Commissioner presented quently their brethren, should join railway reports that it is carrying

Chinese "uniformed men and detec in the movement and signify their more than 2,000 daily at reduced at 8.30 am the married daughter tires. assent by raising their hands. As rates. Some of them come back at of Mr. Tan Peng Guan, secretary

About 30 Sikhs, led by Tpr.- of the Discharged Prisoners Aið no response followed, the Revolu- the end of the summer, but many Society, whose house is outside the Inapr. Beal headed the march past tionate opened fire and killed the remain and take up virgin land in Prison, noticed some Chinese crawl branch (Major Bourne and. Mr. followed by the foreign. chief guard. The second gate was China's north-east.

being rished and the guards speedily dis

ing along a drain which led ander armed. They made a thorough search of the premises but found tebody. It was inter discovered and brought before the Viceroy, that the Viceroy was holding a Chang Ming Chi, and Admiral Lee meeting therein at the time of the Tsin. attack, but had subsequently made

the

marks. She immediately informed

he prison walle in shorts, but the then the Japanese in charge of M clothing was distinguono arreu after which came four companies of Tojima, Assistant Commissioner, that, she could distinguiab no arrow Sikhs, led by Inspr. Stubbins. The King has approved the appointment of the Venerable Guy

a native subwarder, but the latter Mesara. Kerrigan and Yao, As- Vernon Smith, M.C., Archdeacon of good his escape by breaking one of longstanding grievances of the peo- she had goen were escaping convicts, the Chinese, led eight companies At their trial they enumerated the pooh-poohed the idea that the men sistant Commissioners in charge of Colombo and vicar of St. Peter, the walls and leaving by the ple, the humiliations and dangers to and she thought no more of the of Specials, commanded by Messrs. Colombo, to the suffragan bishopric Admiral's Office. The Revolution which the country was reduced, and matter. of Willesden, in sucession to the ary forces then headed for Admiral the destitute and miserable state of At this time apparently nothing Gande, Assistant Commissioners RG MacDonald and W. T. Right Bev. William Willcox Perrin Lee Tsin's office and an engagement their fellow-countrymen. Those who was known to the Prison authori (Specials). Mr. Dewing, Assistant The new bishop, who was educated took place in which several favola- sat in judgment against them were ties. Nor, apparently, was the eus Commissioner, had charge of those ab New College, Oxford, and at tionista fell and General Hwang deeply moved and accorded them picien that anything was amiss - who received medals and Supt. Wells Theological College, was call lost two right hand fingers every possible consideration. Sentertained even as late as 12.30 p.m. ed to the Bar before he was ordain- ed. He has been curate of Romford, forces split into three parties. One sarily passed on them, but they met startling discovery was made at the march past.

"After this, the Revolutionary tence of death, however, was neces- It was at 2.40 p.m. that the and sub-inspectors, who did not. Sinclair commanded the inspectors chaplain at Oxford House, Bethaal made for the Small North Gate, their, fato smilingly... Green and rector of St. John's-at-another for the Military Training

Prison that 12 long-sentence pri-medals made a smart appearance The Chinese who received their Hackney, before going to Ceylon in Quarters, and the third for the never known, but seventy-two bodies The alarm was then given, and They formed to the right of the

The number who had fallen was soners had escaped 1025, while he held the appointment Great South Gate, where they en were collected in the grounds of the the Police were informed. Inves Commissioner in three lines. Each of priest-in-ordinary to the King countered Garrison troops who had Provincial Council. The Authoritigation revealed that the men man came to a halt before hir from 1916 to 1920.

promised to cooperate with them. ties intended to bury them in the escaped by way of a drain leading superior, made a left turn, saluted, During the war he served as tem- Unfortunately an error was made. burying place for oriminals, How from the courtyard to Outram and took his medal Another porary chaplain from 1915 to 1919, The Garrison troops failed to wear ever, foreign preacher, deeply Bond. One of the two thick iron salute, a right turn, and he march and was awarded the M.O; in 1917, the white bands on their sleeves and

Dr. Perrin, who is eighty years the Revolutionary forces mistook moved by their sacrifice, offered a-bara set adoss the opening had ed off the field before the assembled old but in excellent health will con them for enemies, and opened &

piece of land for their graves while been cut through, leaving an aper-parade, which stood at ease., tinue his work in the diocese of deadly volley against them kulling took charge of the funeral. At this passage of a fair sized man,

the Chinese Charitable Associations ture sufficiently large to permit the Landon as bishop, retaining the the leader who was enthusiastically juncture, protest was made by one. It is believed that one of the men charge of the Deanery of Hemp devoted to the Revolutionary move of their comrades, that the coun- who escaped was concerned in the stead and the rectorship of St. meat. "Andrew Undershaft.

try's heroes should not lack proper attacked on Insp. Sheridan, thift The Reckoning

burial in land belonging to the another had attempted to murder Before long the Government country instead of to the foreigner. Insp Costello and that a third was troops came up in full force, and This appeal carried the day and the convicted of having fired at Detec Absent defendant's letter read att to direct until au last the Bill was allotted. Upon the estab-Two of the men were serving ten

sharp engagements took place from present site of the Yellow Flower tive Insp. Dixon in Queen Street. Willesden In "anticipation of ammunition of the Revolutionary ichment of the Chinese Republic, years each for murder and attempt the magistrate sending me for a forocs gave out. abort holiday, I beg to say that I lost. Some had fallen, others were their tombs to remind the people seven and eight years, except ons The cause was splendid monuments were built near ed murder and the rest periods of can pay nothing, and ara absolute wounded, and some were caught that these brave sans of China had who was serving four years for ly stone cold, as regards cash" (Continued on next Column). died for their country's canoe. forging currency notes,

PIGTAILS IN PEPING.

Peping (UP)-More than 2,000 men have cut off their queues in Peping during the past six months, and more than 206 women havo the official report of the Custom unbound their feet, according to Reform Corps of the Bureau of The six-month limit permitted Public Welfare has now elapsed, and offenders are now being arrested