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TRAGIC ROMANCE IN INDO-CHINA.

WOMAN REBEL'S SUICIDE.

FULFILS VOW TO" LOVER AND LEADER.

A remarkable story comes from Indo-China, where the revolt by Nationalists against French rule in that country was recently suppress- ed. It has to do with the guillotin- ing of the Nationalist Party leader, Nguyen Thai Hoc, and the events preceding it.

A young Annamite girl, the be- trothed of Thai Học, and leader ot the women's section of the Na tionalist Party, committed suicide there on June 20, by shooting her

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1930.

Money and Markets

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

RECENT MOVEMENTS.

[UNITED PRESS.]

Not only gold coins or bion

DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

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EXCHANGE.

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une

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New York; July 17.-Many lead are banned, but jewellery or other ers on the Now York Stock Ex-articles manufactured of gold are change drifted moderately lower also prohibited from exportation to-day, in spite of occasional bay from China. In consequence of a ing movements, says the daily telegraphic report to the Mistry review of the Dow Jones Financial of Foreign Affairs from the Chin- ese Consulate-General at Yokohama News Agency.

stating that merchants were secret- self through the head with a pistol.dey and many amusements gave the transporting "gold articles to

Barely 10 yeara of age. 1 graduate from a French Univers

Japan from China, the Ministry At the close, Vanadium was of Finance has issued an order to ity and well educated, as are the majority of the Young Nationalist 3 to 102 Fox Film "A" the Customs authorities to prevent

close at 47smuggling of such articles. Party which engineered the recent attempted coup, Thi Giang, as she its known by her people, has led a life of perilous adventure such as falls to the lot of few women of modern times.

More Vivid Than Fiction.

market the appearance of steadi-

negs.

moved up

to

Paramount Publix Corp, was up to 611.

There were, however, Intervals of considerable selling.

1a-

According to a report appearing in yesterday's Shunpao, the tional Government is, in view of the fact that many unscrupulous merchants have ignored the order Utilities Average Up. During the final hour good buy-probibiting the exportation of gold by melting the metal, transforming ing appeared and converged upon Her life-history, with its glamor American Tel. & Tel., which closed into small article, and then ex- ous atmosphere, is like a chapter from a work of fiction, and. it up 3 to 2204, while the Dow Jones porting such articles to foreign stands out in relief against the average for 20 utilities was up 1.39 countries, shortly to issue an order dark background of the revolution, to 85.55. International Tel. Tel. prohibiting the exportation of all During the past few months, the Of Tonkinese parents, Thi Giang was up to 47. Radio Corp. was articles made of gold.

off an eighth to 414. Columbia Gas with an elder sister was sent to n

was off an eighth to col, with Con- Shunpaa says, reports have been French University,

received almost daily by the Gov solidated Gay up 2 to 1124. graduated two years ago. Accom- The Dow Jones average for 20 ernment of smuggling in this man plished in many ways, and equip rails was up 167 to 134.81; Penner and, it is alleged, both Chin- ped with a dual education, zigingsylvania" gained a point to close cse and foreigners were involved them both the Eastern and Wes at 76; B. &O. was up 1 to 1081; Accordingly, the Government tern outlook on current affairs, the sisters came into early contact with the political life of the country. and the story with which we are now concerned dates from the first meeting between the younger, Thi Giang. and the 21-year-old leader of the Young Nationalist Party Nguyer. Thai Hoc.

where

hoth

Enters the Movement. "The organisation of the party along revolutionary linea was at that time being developed in the country, and Thi Giang, young and impressionable, her mind fired by the immensity and peril of the adventure, at once threw heart and Soul into the work.

New York Central gained 31 close at 170; Northern Pacific was

eighth to 13. up to 78 and Erie was off

tocently ordered the Ministry of Fin

ance to give special attention to the matter and to devise means to put an end to gold smuggling, but the Ministry requested the Gor- ernment to make it clear as to whet ther the exportation of articles made of gold would, like gold bars, be prohibited.

i C.S. Steel dropped to close at 1851. but the Dow Jones average for 30 industrials gained 3.44 to a level of 239.07. General Electric held at 13 Enstman Kodak jump:

General The question was referred to the ced five pointa to 216 Motors was off an eighth to 413. Central Political Council for dis- Du Pont was up a quarter to 1101,cussion and, as a result, the Minis and American Can was up 4 to

Says the Avenir de Tonkin:- "Intelligent, educated, and well- instructed in all essential matters, intensely devoted to the cause of the Nationalist Party: obedient, according to the strict discipline of the Nationalists, to all orders issued by the Party Chief, no task was so perilous or confidential that she could not undertake it and carry it to ʼn successful conclusion." For many months she had lived in the shadow of the quillotine. that grim emblem of French au thority now erected in the public aquare at Yen Bai, But always she had managed to evade the net work of spies thrown out by the Political Bureau. Now dressed as. aman, now 16 4 woman "a con-.

summate mistress in the art of dis

131.

Rise in Call Money. Call money rose half a point to 2 per cent.. with time money at per cent. for 30 days and 3 per cent. for 90 days.

Sales for the day amounted to 2.497.870 shares.

QUOTATIONS.

New York, July 18. Market Arm Business done, 2,497,670 shares.

July 16

17 26 27 .....1281 131

Adams Express ***. American Can....

merican & Foreign Power American Bolling Still... American Smelting. American Tel. & Tel. American Tobacco "B" American Waterworks... Atlantic Refining Anaconda Copper Baltimore & Ohio Bethlehem Steel

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Puise says the Avenir de Tonkin. Can Pacific Railway she always succeeded in evading! capture by means of the counter Chesapeake Corporation espionage service she set up and Chicago Rock Island coatrolled in the interest of the Na tionalists.

Already condemned to death in contumacio by the dreaded Politi-| cal Tribunal set up at Yeu Bai. she would assuredly have shared the fate deals out to all guilty re volutionaries had she been caught. But she chose another fate..

A Death Pact.

'or

The fact is disclosed that The Giang had become, the betroth- ed of Thi Hoc: and that, while

his

her had gone each

Inset- pwn perilous way, only ing at rare moments fraught with peril, they had sworn a death pact

"If you die, I will kill myself,"* quotes the Arenir, in recording the

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TO TO

581

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2177 847

2207 242 244

D4 94 40% 491 381 38 1064 1062

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try of Finance was ordered to de- cide upon measures for the sup- pression of the practice, itself. As a result, the Ministry will confer the Waichinopu and the with Ministry of Industry, Commeric and Labour regarding the matter and will shortly issue an order with a view to remedying the situation arising out of the exportation of gold articles by unscrupulous mer- chants.

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BROKERS' LOANS TO UNITED STATES.

RISE OF FORTY MILLION DOLLARS.

[UNITED PRESS.]

"Washington, July 17.-Following many weeks of decline, brokers, lens showed a rise of G.340,000,000 for the past week, according to the weekly announcement here to-day.

This brought the level of the pre- sent week to G.83,229,000,000, the low for the year having been regis tered last week with G.83, 180,- 55000,000.

301 304 15 13

61 02

187 187

106 107 -31-32

273 231 $

The high figure for 1030 was 18 G.4,234,000,000.

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It was Thi Giang. Thus bad she fulfiled her pledge. The Brown ing pistol which she always carried during those many months when Vow she is known to have made danger dogged her revolutionary to Thai Hoe when the two chief activities, was found clutched in actors in the national tragedy saw her hand. A bullet discharged by trouble looming ahead.

it had entered the right temple and Thai Hoc was surprised and cap. tared on February 28 last, a few lodged in the brain. days after the abortive attempt at

The Secret Service has had no Montgomery Ward rebellion. With about 40 others be was condemned to death by the trouble in identifying the body," Nevada Consolidated Coppe Political Tribunal at Yen Bui, says the Avenir, in drawing the New York Central and, with 19 of his followers, was curtain over what is probably the Northern Pacific Railway guillotined in that town on June last--episode-of-the-rebellionit Pacific Lighting

was that of her, the Thi Giang, The You Carried Out. for whom they had been searching When the news came that Thai for months and had never found Prod Hoc had perished at the guillotine, alive; she who, eomehow or other, Thi Giang prepared for the end. always found a way of escape, Whereas, previously, she had been when capture appeared inevitable. all caution, serving the interests Her death will dispense justice of the Party, she no threw all from the task of occupying itself circumspection to the winds, and with the problem of a dangerous did not trouble to conceal her in person, one who had any crimes tention of returning to Dong Khe.

There, in the village where Thai The journal states that at the Hoe was born, while the gendar present moment there remain at merie and soldiers were converging large only four or five of the de- on it from all directions, she as-partmental chiefs of the revolution Texas Corpo sumed the full dress of mourning, ary movement. Thi Bac, the elder Timken Roller Bearing and before an altar, performed the sister of Thi Giang, and the lat-Trana America

years, häs Inion Carbide & Ca ice i hobou het senior by only two years, has fender, and lover,enasrested Convicted Facia

As the head of a military column volutionary activities of a degree Union Aircraft & entered the village. confident of shade less serious than her sister United Corporation capturing Thi Giang alive after Thi Bac was condemned by the United Gas & Improvement

United I ry Dock U. 8. Rubber many months of relentless pursuit. Political Tribunal to life servitude, al a shot rang out, and a Mifeless body, and. On June 13 last, was deport us. Steel attired in the native dress indica ed, with about 135 others to Poulo Vanadiumi tive of doop mourning, dropped by Condor and other far-away penal Warner Bros. Pictures settleraents, there to atone for Weatinghouse E. & M. the dimr

their crimes against the State. (Continued on next Column.),

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Tone of Market:-Weak.

No. of Shares Done.-2,500,000.

~Call Money-9-per-cent.

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NEW YORK, July 21, 1930,

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~JAPAN CANNED CRAB,

CUT IN PRICES DECIDED UPON..

The minimum prices for Japan canned crab for this season have Tokyo, July 15Under the aus. been fixed as follows at the general pices of Mr. Kawasaki, Parliamen- meeting of the Japanese. Conners' tnty Vice-Minister for Justice, Mr. Association Katsutaro Laahata, Vice-Chairman Y35 per box of fancy, contain of the Japanese Chamber of Coming 8 'dozen flb. cans, ex-warehouse merce and Industry, Yokohama, and at Yokohams, or X lower than last Vice-Minister for Commerce ond season.

Industry; Dr. Watanabe, Secretary 32.50 per box, containing 4 dozen General of the Tokyo Chamber of 1 lb. cans, or Y5.50 lower than last Commerce and Industry; and Mr. season. ...

Tamura, a member of the House of Y21 per box, containing 8 dozen Peers, the newly organized Japan fith, cans, or Y5 lower than last sea- Trade Development Association in- son..

augurated by Viscount 8bibusawa All the prices mentioned have and Mr. Tawara, Minister of Com been reduced by some 20 per cent.. merce and Industry, has organised compared with the lowest prices.

TYCE, THU THÉVitry-fred lastSETAUD - The Exporters Mission to proceed to America and then asked the proumvery to Make Europe for the development of further reduction if the market, Japanese markets in foreign lands. prices become still lower. The pro

The first mission consisting of ducets declined to agree to this.. sore 20 business-men divided into Counter-measures, therefore, will be American and European parties is consider at a general meeting of expected to leave Yokohama by the Association whenever the the Chichibu-maru on August 8, market prices decline. further