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To-day.

(April 28.)

Annual Inspection, Hong Kong Police Reserves, Central Polic: Station Compound, 3.30 p.m.

Rotary Tiffin: Speaker, SK Lender P. C. Wood on "Aviation." Lengue Football.-1st Division: Club, Borderers.

H.K.C.Q, Tennis, Tournament:

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APRIL 28, 1931. 式拜雞

BALKAN BANDITS.

A SAD SLUMP IN BUSINESS.

B¤ARÆŒŒ3⁄4

CAUSED BY EFFICIENT AND UNSYMPATHETIC GOVERNMENTS.

The ancient and popular, profes-] slavin, the professional brigand, sion of robbery under arma-rob- though frowned upon officially,

Open Doables C. A. L. Rumjahnberg, that is, with all the tradi- suffered from no serious attentions. and J. A. E. Cassambhoy r. H. Lotional swagger and picturesque The position of the authorities was and Iu Tak Cheuk, or W, T. Les dress of munient comedy--is to-day, indeed difficult enough, because it and P. Kong.

like other remunerative and well-was almost impossible to track down Sanitary Board Meeting. 4.13

established occupations in Europe, the offenders.. suffering from a severe and pro- longed depression, writes Mr. Petered, objection to working the home Carvel in the London Morning farm except in emergency. Post.

Queen's Theatre:

.

"Billy The

17.00.

Kid."

World Theatre: "The 24 Heroes" Part 2 (Chinese film).

Central Theatre: "The Benson Murder Case,"

King's Theatre: "Ingagi." Majestic Theatre: Street of

Chance."

Dances: Tea Dance, H.K. Hotel; Dinner Dances, Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotels and Hotel Cecil.

European Mail-Inward: Europe in Suez (Felix Roussell). Outward, Europe via Suez (Felix Roussel), 2.30 p.m.; Europe via Suez (Per sets), 2.30 p.m.

Wednesday.

(April 20.).

Birthday of Emperor of Japan. Reception at Japanese Consul'a Residence, 4.30 p.m. |

Lanmert's Sale of Property, 3.15 zm, and 3.30 p.m., Sales Hoom,

Paddell Street,

League Football.-1st Division: South Ching . Navy, 3 p.m.

H.K.C.C. Tennis Tournament: Open Doubles: M. K. and M. W Hoa Lu and Yew Man Bit.

Hong Kong Schools' Athletio Sports, Caroline Hill.

Queen's Theatre: Rilly The Kid."

World Theatre: "The, 24 Heroes" Part 2 (Chinese film),

Central Theatre: "The Light of Western Stars."

King's Theatre: "Ingagi." Majestic Theatre: Street of Chance"

Dances: Tea Dance at Hong Kong Hotel; Dinner Dances, Hong Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotel.

European Mail: Inward.

Siberia Europe, via

(Chichiba Maru), 8.30 a.m.

Thursday, League Football.al Division: Athletic r. Borderers, & p.m.

Meeting of the H. K. Lawn Ten- nis Assn., Sanitary Board Room,

8.30 p.m.

H.K.C.C. Tennis Tournament: Finals of Open Championship Singles.

Queen's Theatre: "Those Three French Girls,"

World Theatre: "The 24 Heroes" Part 2 (Chinese film).

King's Theatre: "Ingagi." Danes: Tea Dance at Hong Kong Hotel; Dinner Dances, Hong Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotel.

Within the last decade the ami- able bandita who operate along the marches of Albania, Bulgaria, and Jugoslavia have had to face the uncomfortable fact that their un lawful occasions are treated with increasing lack of sympathy on the part of the Jugoslav authorities.

To-day, however, though natural ly they enliven their more depress ing moments with pious hopes, for better times, they have found that there is precious little money and an overflowing measure of danger in the only job which they know,

Albanians, like foxes, have a root.!

The consequence of this was thet Alban-"

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There were other complications, too, for the "Katachi,” the pro fessional Albanian brigands, were)

ways willing for a consideration to work in with the Bulgarian Comitadji," the Macedonian Re- volutionary, organisation whose aim is to unite Jugoslavian Macedonia with Bulgaria. These Comitadji,

ed in border.

Until the slump in robbery set unlike the Katachi, who, after all, in, brigandage the good, old-only murder lost and benighted

travellers or

local prominent "cut-and-game-again " fashioned

citizens if they resist robbery or sort was going with a swing in fail to produce the modest, ransom this somewhat inaccessible part of

demanded, have for many years Eastern Europe. The local brigand created a reign of terrar along the leaders were regarded as men of consequence, who lived and died in

The Dulgarians themselves seem an atmosphere of let us..DOW praise famous men,” but now their quite impotent to control their ac halons have become a little dimmed. tivities, and it is only within the Improvers" in the bandit busi lash year or two, since King Alex- ness expect leaders who produce the ander became Dictator, that the goods, and no excuses which no Jugo-slava hare succeeded in seri- cribe the depression to the ruthless ously check-mating both Comitadji methods of the Jugoslav Govern and Katachi, whooo frequent crimes are a menace to life and property. ment cut much ice..

Without some knowledge of the country it is diffoult to realise The Bulgarian bandits, for in- what an achievement this is Even stance, can only operate with safety to-day in many places the inhabit- on the home side of their own ants can still hardly realise that frontier- restriction which brings they have finally escaped from the loon unpopularity to the profes sion and profits down to vanishing point. In South Serbia, too,' once' the happy, hunting ground of the picturesque Albanians who live on either side of the Jugoslavia fron tier, last year has been the worst -season for loot and bloodshed within living memory.

In the old days, before the for mation of the kingdom, of Jugo-|

terrorism

It is only when you arrive in "bandis country" that you see how thorough are the Jugoslaw methods of policing. On 'all the mountain roads of South Serbia you find the most vigilant precautions employ- ed to prevent any recurrence of bandit outrages.

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