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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1929.

ATTACK ON TAIHU RURAL HOSPITALITY| ITALY'S UNKNOWN

PIRATES.

BY LAND AND WATER.

FIERCE RESISTANCE

OFFERED.

.IN CANADA.

MYSTERY MAN.

"OUR FRIEND THE STRANGER."

UNIDENTIFIED FOR THREE YEARS

[BY RALPH A. COOPER.]

ELECTRIC MACHINE USED EOR IDENTITY TESTS.

The famous case of the "unknown man of Collegno," that has filled columns of the Italian press for over three years, is not yet decided,

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The following passengers arrived

The Chinese press gives a long City people may be too occupied account of an expedition sent out to bother about entertaining casual from Souchow to clean up a band friends, but in the country, folks of pirates who infest the Taiht gladly extend sincere and welcom near Tsehshan. A combined landing hospitality which is slighted if and river force set out "to attack the visits paid be not long and tre- Found one night upon the streets crop that prices went up with a Shanghai; Mr. Y. Nakamura, Mr.

the pirate lair and, after a skirmish quent. captured two of their boats. The band then retreated towards the west.

The Rotilis followed them up, escorted by a gunboat. They espied the pirate fleet and, with the gun- hoat Covering their attack, moved forward. They were met by a hot fusillude and, after firing three

shots, the gunboat, enne to a stop

When people in the country say "come uitd see me sometime? they mean it, and if you do not go prepared to stay for a meal at least, if not for a day or a week, you will be thought guilty of the unpardonable sin in Canada, of being stuck up."

"A kindly old lady, old in years

On inquiring the reason the officer | sunrise till midnight with poultry,

in charge found that there was no more ammunition por motor spirit

for the engine.

The pirates went ashore and were followed by the troops. But the

but not in spirit, who toiled from stock gardening, and the thousand and one cares of the house and gardchildren, yet who was never too busy or too tired to welcome me as often as I cared to take the two

of Turin, the unknown man wasp. In a very short time the put into the asylum of Collegno price went up hom 11 pints to the 81 to 9 pints and the price is still where indentification could not be

going up, established. Was he Signor Bruneri, a workman, or Dr. Canel-, la, a cultured professor?

We have experienced three

THREE TYPHOONS AND THE by the A.M.L .. President Madi- son For Hong Kong: Mr. C. C. Black, Rev. W. H. Borer, Mr. R. Devaux, Rev. R. Gallagher, Dr. A. W. Herre, Master Kwa Fa, Master WENCHOW, Che, Aug. 18.

Kok Hong. Mr. and Mrs. F. Limjap, . The almost total inilure of the Mr. and Mrs Ng Fat. Anster R. carly rice erop is causing already Oamena, Miss N. I. Spivey, Master deep distress in many parts of the Wai Hoi, and Master Yan Kay Among passengers passing through prefecture. It has been an inordi Hong Kong were: Mr. L. Cowen, nately wet summer even for Wes. Mrs. C. F. Englehart, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Felix, Dr. A. Gutierrez, Mr. chow and blight and want of sun. Hilario, Mr. E Levy, Mr. E. W so seriously affected the early rice Miller, Mrs. Wm. Trundle, for H. Oguri, Mr. f. Suzuki Air. P. E. Wolfe, for Kobe: Mr. V. dibo, Afr. W. Narnindas, Capt. F. O. Stone for Yokohama; Miss A. Fajarno, Dr. J. Fajarao, Col. C. D. Herron, Dr. M. C. Icasiano, Miss La Lopez, Miss P.,,Lopez, Mr. B. H. Lopez, typhoons already and while the Miss C. Lopez, Comdr. and Mrs. C. A. Lucas, Mrs. R. Magee, Miss S. Both families claimed him, and wind has seldom reached gale force Magee, Miss M. Sevilla, Mrs. C. the rain has been excessive. Dar E. Van Sickle, Mrs. J. S. Wadding for a moment last year when the ing the last one the rain came down ton, Master J. S. Waddington, Miss unknown man was in the custody

L. Waddington, for San Francisco: of a lawyer he slipped away to live almost continuously from August Mrs. C. F. Fox, Mr. S. Fox, Mrs. with Signora Canella, who subseto 14 and the plain on which the W. T. Hurt, Master J. Hurt, Rev. T. Moczygemba, Rev. L Moczy- quently had a child the identity city is eituated became one great gemba, Mr. J. S. Sutton, and Mrs. of which cannot be established till lake with houses and embankments A. B. Xiques, for Los Angeles.

appearing above the surface." The following passengers arrived the identity of the father is legally the canals in the city overflowed here by the B., Hakozaki Maru, from Japan and Shanghai, OD were Saturday:-Mr. Allenxander Paul, Dr. Bernardo de Sousa, Mr. C. D. K. Ewart, Mra. N. Negishi, Mrs. C. Uyemurs, Mr. Cheng Sin Tehe, Mr. Chuneg Sin Kuin, Mr. Richard Lanigar, Miss. Anry Stonhaw, Mr. Takashi Takahashi, Mr. C. C. Wong, Mr. Manichiro Endo, Mr. M. Fung. Mr. Jo Heng Shing. Mr. R. J. Jorgensh. Mr. Ken Liang Wei, Mr. C. M. Li, Miss H. V. F. Linng. Miss H. Liang, Mr. V. Olofusky, Mr. Cheng Bun,

Bettled.

Before the Tribunal.

The case has again been brought

streets

All

ground was hilly, and the pirates and a half mile walk to her house, before the tribunal at Turin, where through any of the gates of the Bhatt, Miss M. B. Ewart, Mr. F.

night.

and many of the inundated. It was impossible to go

for city without wading through deep Phyalology at Rome University, water. It will be many days before

remember well. If she knew be forehand that

was coming, she the saw to it that there was a batch offended if I ate less than a dozen.

well-known

Professor

af delicious cream puffs, and, felt Professor Caligaris, has now made the plain can assume its ordinary Haytor, Mr R. Hung, Mrs. Lily

One evening we drove over to buy

seed from a young Bohemian Bache lor, and bia first question when we drove in the yard (which looked as though it had been swept and Justed every day) was: Did you have supper When we re-

some astounding.statements regard. ing the unknown man of Collegno.

Professor Caligaris spent twenty- five hours with Signor Bruneri or Canella (whichever he proves to be) and by tickling the axle aerve of

appearance even if we have fire sunny weather..

In some of the country, districts the poor people have been reduced to such straits on account of the rice, failure that raids have been to get the necessary foud on which to live.

plied in the negative, he ushered his thumb with an electric current made on the richer people's houses Mr. Yu Lee Pin.

claims to have succeeded in proving beyond doubt that the man is Dr.

The method employed, says Pro- fasor Caligaris, was invented by work. He said that the unknown man recalled fragments of his mili- sary life during the Italian offen- sive against Bulgaria in the Great War, und niso of the fact of his having written a comedy which was given in Turin and corresponds with Dr., Capella's life.

The second. rice crop is in greas danger of failure also unless the weather greatly improves. A month's sunshine is necessary to redeem the erop from failure.

were on high ground, concealed by "bushes, from which vantage they poured a hot fire on the invaders. These were forced to retreat and telegraphed for another gunboat.

This arrived the next day and the attack was renewed but was found that the ammunition did not fit the gun and after a trial the gun hurst.

Troops Forced Back,

us into his whitewashed two-by- log shack, immaculately The fire from the pirates was like four

scrubbed, and served to our Y and the troops were again forced to retire, Learning that satisfaction and gratified palates, Canella.

snowy home-made bread, home- sue of the pirates were on an is them there and continued the bem-herries, which he had picked and land in the lake the flotilla attacked churned batter, tea, and wild straw. hardinent for a whole day and preserved. Ambrosia for the gods! himself, and he knew it wouldN.-C. Daily News.

In the same spirit. if not quite the so much appreciated, was hospitality of the old French half breed widower at whose one-roomed shack we once paid a brief visit, He insisted on our eating, but though it was long. past supper tinte, we tried to excuse ourselves having noticed the swarms of flies Luckily, the mast snapped at that and the very doubful aspect of the moment and, though in falling it surroundings. But his manner was hit the captain on the head he had princely, and we could not hurt his something to cling to and was haul feelings, so we made the best of it. ed on board. They were now joined Boiled eggs we had, and tea-these by a number of gunboats from the I maanged, but when I was in the Chekinng side of the lake and react of biting into some dark looking turned to attack the pirates in their bread, he remarked proudly den..

make dia bread myself!" my ap- petite suddenly failed, and 1 secret ly slipped the bread into my pocket to be cast upon the waters when passing a convenient slough on the homeward drive. This same jolly old chap, when he was away. from home, used always to leave his door, unlocked and food on his table, so that any weary traveller might step and refresh himself.

The next morning they rushed the island to find that the rascals had escuped. The soldiers comman dered a carga boat and crossed the lake in pursuit. The wind was very fierce and the waves dangerous, The captain of the band stumbled and fell overboard.

But a letter was received saying that the pirates, in revenge for this attack, meant to descend on the prosperous market of Tangshan and wipe it out.

The flotilla was therefore direct- "ed towards that place and its pre- sence evidently seared the pirates away so a guard was left in charge and the expedition returned Scochow.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S -PEACE VIEWS."

GETTING NEARER. TO THE IDEAL.

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For nearly 20 years Mr. Lloyd George has presided at the annual flower service of the Welsh Baptist Sunday School, Eastcastle Street, Oxford Circus, London. On a re cent occasion," the Relation of Re- ligion to Life" was the subject of an address by the school superin- tendent (Mr. J. G. Daniell), and Mr. Lloyd George took this for his

text.

I could recount dozens more, in *stances of such hospitality. I

was shown me not only by people I had met. Many times I wLS Laken by accquaintances to visit people who had possibly never even heard of me a meal here- night there and at times I felt very re- luctant to force myself upon busy farm households. But everywhere I went I was accepted in that cordi- al yet matter-of-fact way which made me feel at home at once. always there were invitations to "Come up for a week come again, eud and we will make a dance!" Come and spend a week or two of rour holidays with us," and so on.

And

very

If remains to be seen "how much validity will be attached by the tribumi. to this curious test. Not only is Signora Cadella 'anxious to have the parent of her, child restored, but if he is declared to be Signor Bruneri all of Dr. Canella's considerable wealth will go to a convent. interests Bruneri "claim.

Similar financial

are involved in the

ADVOCATES IN INDIA,

RIGHT TO APPEAR IN HIGH COURTS.

Mr. M. A Jinnah, Adocate of the

Bombay High Court, appeared last week before a Division Bench of the Punjab High Court to argue the appeal of the accused, in a murder case. This incident has an interesting history. Some eight or nine years ago the High Court of Judicature at Lahore offered to per mit to appear in the Junjab the Advocates of those High Courts which would allow the Advocates of the Punjab High Court to ap.) pear in their courts.

Several High Courts in India ap- reciprocity arrange cepted these ments, but the High Court of Bombay declined to accept them. The Punjab High Court decided se cordingly that, since the Bombay High Court had decided not to let Court appear in Bombay, Advo the Advocates of the Punjab High

cates of the Bombay High Court could not be allowed to appear in the Punjab

It was always the policy in my hone in Canada to put up any stranger who might be passing the It was idents, not dogmas, he said ranch around meal times. A hearty that mattered. That was why he shout, a "Come right in!" off was glad they were beginning fear with the horse's harness, a feed for lessly to examine the question whethe trusty steed, and always an ther Christianity had not been over.

extra plate for the passing laid with forms and ceremonies' and stranger. It was so usual that we

Special Permission. doctrines of every kind so that they thought nothing of it. Many and Last month, when Mr. Jinnah could not see the Lord Christ and varied are the types we thus en- applied for permission to appear His teachings,

tertained-old, grizzled settlers, at Lahore to argue the appeal of He was not sure whether they scapegoat sons of titled English Ilm Din, who had been convicted could regard the Great War as a mea, canny Scots, humorous Irish-by the Sessions Judge of Lahore complete proof of lapse from Chris men, old salts and old swaddies, of the murder of Raipal, the pub- tianity. There were many things and we always enjoyed their corn-lisher of the book entitled Rangila in it which indicated that Chris-pany, and the varied aspects of life Rasul, and sentenced to death. The tianity was making its impression. that were presented to us. After Chief Justice of the Punjab High the meal was finished, out we would Court decided, as a special case, A cheery to grant the application of Mr. Even in the moments of savagery ko to help "hitch up."

"Goodbye," and away goes our Jinnah, particularly as His Lord- there were scenes in it of mercy friend the stranger.

ship was anxious that the appeal, tenderness, and kindliness which would have been impossible. 2,000

to argue which Mr. Jinnah had been engaged on a heavy fee, should years ago.

be argued in the best and most efficient manner and fully satisfac tory to the neensed and his rela

“Encouraging."

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Even the savagery of war had been humanized to a certain extent, but until wer had been completely eliminated, he continued, it would be idle to say that the Christian faita was dominant in Western

civilization.

But one of the things which was most encouraging of the Churchen was the fact that they had now got in real movement to outlaw war: not merely to put it out of sight, but to suppressit.

Such is the hospitality of Canada. One sees it even in the cities, the welcome "Going down town from a passing motorist, and the "Hop in, I'm going your way!" to complete strangers, is typical of that spirit which per- mentes the entire land. May it never pass away!

Clerk, at Acton to woman ap- plicant for an assault summons: Where do you ma, she struck you? Woman: On my doorstep.

County

Shoreditch Man. at. Court: It is not my debt. I am

tions.

It was added, of course, that this decision of His Lordship would not be taken as a precedent, because it was not in accordance with the or- ders passed by the Judge some years igo.

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