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MYSTERIOUS HOTEL SHOOTING

VICTIM PERSISTS IN QUEER STORY

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Peiping, May 7.

AN elderly Chinese who register ed at the Wagons-lita Hotel in

FRESH TROUBE IN LUANCHOW

HO CHU KUO, MAKES HURRIED RETURN FROM PEIPING

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PENTING, May 7.

CHINESE telegrams from Lan-

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1933

KIDNAPPED GIRL RETURNED

RANSOM OF $80.000 PAID

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''AGENCY.]

HARWICH PORT, Mass., May 6...

of ni

WAR DEBTS

NEW PROPOSAL FOR SETTLEMENT

THROUGH REUTER'S ADENCI.]

Paris, Hay, T. The new proposal for the settle-

ment of War Debis purporting to MARGARET MOMATH, the ten have been elaborated at the White

old daughter yea

House after the departure of M. the Logation Quarter under the chow foreshadow the immediate wealthy Detroit family, who was Harriot and Mr. Ramsay Has name of Chung Shih Heng was renewal of hostilities. The Japan-reported kidnapped as she was re- Donald appears in the Petit seriously wounded and sont to hose have reaffirmed their demand turning home from school On Parisien, signed by M. Albert pital when a young unidentified that the Chinese troops withdraw Wednesday, has been returned to

Julien who accompanied M. Herriot te the West bank of the Tuan River parents after a ransom, reported to Washington, Chinese entered his room this morn otherwise they will resume operate amount to G.880,000 had been The article which hints at the ing and fired two shots at him and tions to drive them" (tho Chinese) paid. then escaped by getting away in a back".

The abductors had kept the little proposal contained in a note de waiting, car,

livered informally at The gravity of the situation is gick on a boat off Harwich Port

the Quai The assailant posed nerthe attendated by, the hurried return to Her family gained contact with D'Orsay yesterday, provides for dant of two Chinese who registered Luanchow_freen Paiping of General the

kidnappers

Wednesday payment in one lump sum consist at the Hotel inst evening under a Chu Kuo who commands the night, and promised to maintaining of the principal of the debts troops in the Lunnchow areN. ^ surrecy regarding the negotiations without interest. This sum would

for her release for 48 hours.

be paid one-third in the gold and one-third in immediately negotiable bond. The remainder is not requir

would be negotiable through the bank of International settlement.

assumed names,

Chinese police authorities claim

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that a search in Chang Shih He's MR T. V. SOONG IN of her safety leaked out despite ed to be honoured immediately but

room revealed papers showing con nection with the Manchukuo.

The case is very mysterious and the victim denied that anyone sho him, persisting in the story that he was struck by electric current,

Enquiries are being canied out into the affair.

CHANG TO VISIT MUSSOLINI

AND STUDY FASCIST INSTITUTIONS

(IN RODON RECTER'S AGENCY)

Rour, May 6. MARSHAL Chang Heh Liang intends to make a very close study of Fascist institutions during ie stay in Italy. It is learned that the party will move into a villa on the outskirts of the town a 800 as possible.

In an interview with Reuter,

CHICAGO

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CHICAOU, May

Mr. T V. Soong, Chinese Mini- ster of Finance, and other members 港 the Chinese delegation to Washington, visited the Century of I'rogress Grounds here before con- tinuing their journey to Washing-

trin.

WARM WELCOME ACCORDED

[TEROUGH REUTER'S AGENDY.]

WASHINGTON, May 7. MR. T. V. Soong, China's Finance Minister and Vice-President of the Excutive Yuan, who is one of the leading figures on the Chinese political stage; arrived this morn- ing with his entourage. He was ac corded a warm welcome by Mr. Hull, the United States Secretary

of State.

Mr Soong will

confer with.

The girl was later transferred to a friend's motorboat, but the news

the efforts of her parents.

Two coastguard surf boats visit ed the motor boat and took the child ashore with her father. "She WAS rushed to the coastguard station at Wood's Hole, presum ably for interrogation concerning her experiences.

TWO ARRESTS MÄDE

Massachusetts, May 6,

Two brothers, Kenneth and Cyrtl

·Buck have been arrested in connec

France's immediate objections to the new scheme very likely lie in the fact that. the Government has reached an early decision and that Washington argumes that the French Government can dispose, without difficulty, the Bank of France's gold stock,

tion with the kidnapping of Mar. DEMOCRATS WANT

garet McMatu.

General Needham, head of the Massachusetts State Police 10- Bounces that Cyril is under arrest

THEIR MONEY!

as a "go between." He is alleged | OPPOSITION TO CANCELLA- to have driven the car in which

Margaret was restored to her

father.

Kenneth it is stated had been in the car wearing a black hood.

RANSOM RECOVERED

THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY)

HABWICK, Later.'

TION OR REDUCTION

·OF WAR DEBTS

-(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

WASHINGTON, May 7 THERE is reason to believe that informal debt negotiations have been going on between the United States and Great Britain since

JAPAN'S PROPOSAL.

COMMISSION TO SETTLE FRONTIER INCIDENTS

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TOKYO, May 7. JAPANESE quarters assert Tokyo, M. Yurenev, personally ap

that the Soviet Ambassador to

proves of the Japanese proposal for the formation of a joint Japanese Soviet-Manchukuo Commission to' seek a settlement of all Frontier. incidents as well as a solution to the Chinese Eastern Railway die pute and to the question of naviga tion rights on the Sungari River.

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THE CITY FRAUD CHARGES

CHOSEN CORPORATION REPORT

MARTIN COLES HARMAN AND THE AUDITORS.

(Special Air-Mall Service)

Conigrave.

London, April 18. was proposed that another firm of Martin Coles Harman, 47, of accountants be appointed, and this Grosvenor House, Park Lane, W.; was carried, there being 170,000 Berkeley Fairfax Conigravo, 81, votes cast against Messrs. Lewis of Lancaster Gate, W. Herbert and Mounsey. The Commission, if formed, will

"Mr. Roberts. Whe controlled have headquarters at Tokyo with Hely Pounds, 4, of Russell Road,

W. and Emile George Changeat, those votes --I now know that they sub-committees at Harbin, Mane, of Bartholomew Road, N.,

ware controlled by Harman gad chuli, Progranitchnaya and Blago company directors (all on bail), veschansk.

again appeared before Alderman

"Extinguishment" of Liability. Sir Stephen Killik in the New Court, Guildhall, yesterday on the Mr. de Verteuf (cross-examin- charge of having between Noven, Fing)-In the balance-sheet. for ber 10, 1930, and August 31, 1932. June, 1930, you have been referred unlawfully conspired together and to two sums as being dae from a. with other persons unknown to debtor bank, £35;600 and £20,000, cheat and deftand such persons as and when you go into the accounts then were shareholders in the Choin the following year you find that sen Corporation, Limited.

IN HONG KONG TO-DAY

MODERATE; FAIR

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER REPORT, FORECAST AND REMARKS, ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT 6.20 P.M., STATED 1-

THE

THE ANTIOYCLONE REMAINS IN PACIFIC TO THE SOUTH' OF JAPAN AND A DEPRESSION IS IN- DICATED TO THE NORTH OF HOK- KAIDO.

LOCAL FORECAST:-ÉIST WINDS, MODERATE, FAIR.

YANGTSZE NAVAL COMMAND

REAR-ADMIRAL CHILTON APPOINTED

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LONDON, May 6,

Mr. G. D. Roberts represented the Director of Public Proseen

tions. Mr. F. de Verteuil and Mr. Gurney Beagley appeared for Harman, Conigrave, and Founds, and Mr. J. N. Nabarro, solicitor for Changeat. Yesterday's was, the fourth hearing.

£30,000. has been extinguished. Did you find out how that extinguish- ment took place? Only partly. The transactions at that date were. incomplete

You wanted the shareholders to infer that the extinguishment was caused by this purchase of shares? i.-Yes.

Your ground of complaint against the action of the directors of the Chosen Corporation appears to have been that they purchased shares at £1 when the market price. was 6s. --Yes, and less. 2.

It was stated at the opening of the case for the prosecution that in April, 1902, the Chosen Syndicate was registered to sell certain min- ing concessions in Kores to a com- pany that was then being formed. Mr. Willy Brunner, manager to Subsequently the Chosen Corpora Messrs. Singer and Friedlander, tion came into being, and in 1820 foreign bankers, Salisbury House, it was reconstituted, its capital London Wall, stated that at the then being £500,000 in £1 shares. end of 1929 the British Bank of In 1927, there were registered in Foreign Trade owed his Arm be Japan three subsidiary companies tween £20,000 and £30,000, and -the Nurupi, Tong Chang, and they were holding as security cer Kapam-and the prosecution arose tain shares, including 7,600 Chosen out of complicated transactions be Corporation shares. In 1830 the tween these and the Chosen Cor-British Bank made certain pay- poration. Of the latter the four mente off their liability and lodged. defendants were said to be direcwith the firm as additional colla tore, and to be connected with other teral 2,728 further Chosen shares. by counsel as of the "Harman and Friedlander sold to the Bri group." It is alleged by the pro- tish Bank 400 from the 7,500, leav secution that Harman, with theing in their hands 9,828 At the fendants, was using the money of owed the witness's firm £11,250 15 concurrence of the other three de- beginning of 1831 the British Bank the Chosen Corporation in order to od., and in February of that year bolster up his other companies and

the firm was pressing for the re- get them out of the grave difficul-duction of the debt and the bank ties they were in at the time.:

Marshal Chang declined to discuss President Roosevelt in the White THE police announced that they President Roosevelt and Mr. Raan- THE appointment has been ap companies of what was described On August 18, 1930, Messrs. Singer

politics,

and expressed delight with Italy. He said that he in- tended to stay for several months.

Countess Edda Ciano, daughter of Signor Mussolini and wife of the Italian Minister in Shanghai, who rently returned to Italy. for a reation, will shartly take Marshal thung to see the Italian Dictator.

Marshal Chang hoa grown con- siderally stouter since he left Chin with a result that be has ind to buy new clothes.

He has received many telegrama from China. expressing the sol diers' disappointricat at losing him.

CHINESE MAINTAIN POSITIONS

DENIAL OF "PROVOCATIVE ATTITUDE ***

House on world economic problems. The first meeting will be held on Monday.

'YU-HAN. AIR LINE

GERMAN PILOT ARRIVES IN CANTON

(“Wah Taz Yat Po.")

Chaton, May 7. Under the auspices of the Eura- Bian Aviation Company, Ltd., an aeroplane piloted by a German aviator is undertaking a trin} flight along the Yu-Han lino The

(from Canton to Hankow). 'plane arrived safely at Canton yes- ternoon and the passengers includ- ed Mr. Li Ching Chung, manager of the company.

At a reception given to Canton pressmen, Mr. Li said that the re- sults of the trial flight were quite satisfactory, but he was not able to say at present when the Yu-Han air line would be opened for mail service,

[92171H WIRELESS SERVICE.]

RUGBY, May 6. A MEMBER of the Peiping branch of the Military Council

He added that he had decided to to-day denied as untrue and abfly to Hong Kong by the same surd the Japanese allegations couplane to-morrow (8th) and on the cerning the "provocative attitude" of the Chinese forces to the east following day leave Hong Kong on

a return flight to Shanghai.

of the Luan Ho.

He states that since the Japan- ese withdrawal from the Luan Ho region the Chiness troops have maintained their position along the River, only sending small forces to Changli, Lulung and Funing for policing purposes.

The member concluded by saying that the Chinese forces have not advanced at all and that therefore it is difficult to see how they adopted a "prococative attitude."

No Advance by Chinese..

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U.S. ASIATIC FLEET

SCARE-MONCER REPORTS

DENIED

THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY]

SHANGRAI, May 6, THE submarine divisions of the PRIPING, LATER

United States Asiatic Fleet, General Ho Chu Kuo arrived here accompanied by the submarine ten- from Luanebow this afternoon talder Canopus, arrived in Shanghai report on the military situation to General Ho Ying Ching.

Interviewed by the Chinese Press, General Ho declared that no Chio- ese troops had advanced beyond Peitaibs.

to-day for a short stay before they leave for Taingine for the Eummer reason.

",$60,000 and allege that they have recovered the ransom of

found $10,000 in a cupboard and 630,000 in tin cans in Kenneth

Buck's home

The authorities intimated that they believe there are no other persons involved in the kidnapping.

STUDENTS RAID “SEXUAL INSTITUTE”

LIBRARIES "PÜRGED **

GERMANY

IN

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BERLIN, May 6. VARIOUS public libraries here, were to-day raided by groups of students, who confiscated "Un- German," books. The chief action was

against

Professor Magnus Hirschfeld's Sexual Institute," which is known to medical men throughout the world for its ex- haustive library on sexual, matters,

The students carried off hundreds of works and pictures and conveyed thera by motor-car to Berlin heaped and publicly burnt in the University. The book will be Square outside the State Opera on May 10. Nazi" Brown Shirts " ccupied the Sexual Institute after Library had been "purged."

The students

dispersed after singing a song entitled "We take German girls and women under our protection."

More libraries will be similarly purged during the week-end but

say Macdonald met, but apparently. no accord has been reached.

Meanwhile the Democrat leaders have indicated strong opposition to any of President Roosevelt's pro- posals regarding cancellation or even a temporary moratorium of War debts during the Economic Conference.

World

SILVER MARKET ་་་་་་་་

(From Our Own: Correspondent.}

LONDON. May 6. FOLLOWING ARE THE BILVER

QUOTATIONS .ON

LONDON THX

MARKET TO-DAY:

Sror

FORWARD

May 5 May: 6

19) 10% 19.3/16 10.9/18

TWENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY

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OF THE KING'S ACCESSION

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(BLITISE WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, May 6. TO-DAY is the 23rd anniversary of HM the King's accassion. Flags were flown on Government and public buildings in honour of the event and a salute of 21 guns was fired in Hyde Park at noon.

Buckingham Palace from Windsor Their Majesties,who returned to

yesterday," are spending the day

are being held;

proved, of Rear-Admiral Fran- eis G. G. Chilton to be Rear Admiral and Senior Navy Officer Rear-Admiral Richard Hill, to date on the Yangtze, in succession to from August S.

He will assume "command on about October 23,

NAZI TROOPS RAID COMMUNISTS

150 ARRESTS AT ESSEN AND DUESSELDORF

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COLOGNE, May 6 THREE thousand Nazi troops assisted the police in a huge anti-Communist drive at Duessel- dorf yesterday. Troops surrounded the district of Gerresheim at 4 6,1, and searched all buildings and

even powers,

They arrested 90 persons and seized arms, signalling apparatus. and an immense quantity of sedi tion literature.

Sixty arrests were made in a. similar drive at Essen,

Lewis and Mounsay's Report,

was asking for the release of their securities. The firm took up 5,000 Corporation shares at 4a, and sub- Mr. Walter Douglas Mallet,sequently sold 5,000 at prices rangi clerk to Messrs Lewis and Moun- ing from 5s, to 31. 13d.pn веу, chartered accountants, of Early in 1931 Harman was press- Finsbury Square, who were audied for a settlement, and in April tors to the Chosen Corporation, Harman wrote regretting his continued his evidence. The wit-present inability to provide the ness said that on March 19, 1930, requisite cash.” - Harman asked the he received a letter from the secre witness to prevail on his partners tary of the Chosen Corporation. It not to press matters for a few was considered that the effect of weeks, observing that he saw signs that letter was that the position of of a coming improvement in busi- the British Bank of Foreign Trade ness certainly in Korea. was such that it was unable to

In 1902, continued the witnem, meet its liabilities. Harman was there was still a liability from the specially interested to know whe British Bank to his firm. Har ther the total deposits the corpora man, after & "tremendous strug- tion had made, amounting to gle' (as be wrote), sent to the wit £30,000, with the interest due, were safe. Communications passed be- "You will adyance £1,750 against ness a bill for £3,500 due May 20. tween the Corporation and Messra. Lescher, Stephens and Co., the Chosen shares attached. When the that," Harman wrote, "and 10,000

auditors to the British Bank.

bill is met you will take £1,750 in

aa requested, and sent the bill to

On December 5, 1830, continued further reduction of our indebted- nos.” The witness received the the witness, there was a board meet- Nazis Send Delegate to Britain,

ing of the Chosen Corporation,n Korea. He advanced the £1,750 10,000 shares and the bill payable. LONDON, May 6 and in the report and accounts a Herr Hosenberg, a member of the sum of £35,000 odd "due from a Nazi "Big Five, arrived in Lon-debtor bank was referred to as Korea for collection. dan yesterday, to explain to British of doubtful recovery." The an- diplomats and politicians, the attinual general meeting was held on tude of the present German regime. December 9, 1930. The report and Mr. Herbert James Hill, a part Norwegian Cartoonist's Residence accounts were not adopted,

ner in the firm of Millar and Raided.

Austin Mr. Mallet said that an amend-Llewellyn, stockbrokers, ed report was prepared and the Friars, stated that in June, 1029, COPENHAGEN, May 6.

Harman spoke to him about his references to the British Bank wers

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A ̈ Byndicate.

private libraries will not be touch quietly and no special celebrations sidence of Baron De. Mackadell; altered and modified. His firia's firm participating in a syndicate

ed as the students are appealing to owners to hand out "Un-German" books spontaneously.

INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE

NEW GOVERNOR OF CEN- TRAL PROVINCES

BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}".

LONDON, May 5

This means that practically the whole of the United States Asiatic Fleet is at present in Shanghai se He added that the Japanese and a preliminary to the usual Summer Manchukua troops at Haiyangchen sojourn in Chefoo and Tsingtao. and other points have been rein-

In this connection it is note HIS Majesty the King has, ap forced during the last few days worthy that scaremongering proved the appointment of Mr. and apparently intended to resume rampant in Manchukuo Andelsvit Service, to be. Governor of Hyde, Clarendon Gowan, Indian the offensive, but the Chinese are where prepared for emergencies,

It declared that the Actele the Central Provinces in succos Chinese quarters express consider Fleet is proceeding, to North China sion to Sir Montagu Butler, on the able, anxiety regarding the, position under secret orders" and "to appointment of the latter to be at Kuyuan, with which telegraphic

Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of communication has boop suspended since yesterday afternoon.

Mr. Gowan, who was born in Sydney in 1675, has been a member of executive Council of the Clover nor of the Central Province's since

STOCK MARKETS IDLE,

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE,}

Rugby May B This morning sterling again show- ed marked strength on New York and Paris, following a continual speculative selling of the dollar and the French france. *

Sterling on New York 4.00 Paris 85 0/1607

Gold dropped 7 pence to 124/1d, Stock markets:

protect the China conat.".

United States Navy officials Men describe the rumours as bunk, de- claring there is no special signi france attached to the Fleet's forthcoming Summer, cruise.

NEW POSTAGE STAMPS

THROUGH BETTER'S AGENOT"]

NANKING, May 1

A new issue of postage stamps

PERRY BEATS AUSTIN AT BOUKNEMELIH

bearing the words "Nationa) Salva. ****

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NEW

· DISTINGUISH- ING MARK

FOR BRITISH AIRCRAFT

TISA, WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, May | 0. British aircraft have been grant ed an official distinguishing mark consisting of a Lion Rampant in gold within three rings of red, white and blue. The mark 28 to distinguish airgraft which are of possession of a certificate of worthi British "construction and-- are "la ness. It has been registered under the Trade Marks

JUBILEE HANDICAP. - GORDON RICHARDS WINS

ON COLORADO, KID

【THROUGH KEUTRAL, IS

THROUGH REUTER Abarty 1

Great Jubilee LONDON, Mayton Park to-day

pion

May 07

the

Seven men raided the Berlin re

correspondent of the Danish paper Berlingsketidende, and seized cor respondence and other papers.

The raid a believed to be the sequel to the publication by the Berlingsketidende, of caricatures by a Norwegian cartoonist.

RUGBY LEAGUE FINAL

HUDDERSFIELD BEAT WARRINGTON:

· [KEITISH WINKLESS SERVICE).

HOME RUGBY May 8- In Rugby League Oup anak, at Wembley, Huddersfield 21 pointe beat Warrington 17 points. ⠀⠀

TORNADO SWEEPS

ALABAMA

TWENTY-ONE PEOPLE KILLED

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama,

May. 6. TWENTY-ONE persons were kill. milo, and

ed, and many injured, in n (15), tornado which swept Western

tion through Aviation" are now on IN the nel of the Bournemouth two furlongs sale at all post offices throughout (Penal Championship Perry Firdaussi, at 6 to 8 was two Alabama yesterday, the country. The gtemps are of heet Austin, 2/6..7/8; 7/5,50/1.. 120 and 10 cents dénominations

and bear the picture of an airplane in the centre.

-Ladies' Finals?=\"

lengths behind the winner, and Hundreds of buildings were de. Nitrichin at 100 to 9, 21 lengths bemolished and damage to proper Dorothy Rounds best Helenhind the second borse in the field is expected to run into- Jarobs, 3/6, 0/2,:0

of sixteen

to be formed to take up Chosen accounts, said the witness, were

Harman produced never submitted. At the latter shares.

memorandum of the terms signed part of 1931 they were engaged on

by Harman as chairman of the Rock the audit for that year. A state.

Investment Company. The firm par- ment that at that time the cor poration had £50,000 at the Bri. ticipated to the extent of 10,000 tish Bank was not correct. The shares at 2017d. a share with the

2 sum was about 238,000, och dusting them back on the Rock at a later at: 186) 7d. Mr. RobertsIn fact, were any The firm paid £10,100 6. for the credits of the king mentioned over shares. There was no opportunity opened at the British Bank of selling them, and in December There is no record of them in the books of the corporation

1990, the witness's firm was de sirous of exercising the option. In

* Continuing, Mr. Mallet said that a letter of December 16, 1929, Hár the had seen, a number of cable-man suggested taking up the shares, grams that had passed between the in the following February: A come Chosen Corporation and the Japan promise was Arrived at in regard ese companies, but could not reto the shares being bought back by concile them with the subsequent instalments. Harman gave his pat proceedings, or with the way in sonal guarantes" in regard to the which the transactions were se Rook Investment Company carry tually carried out. His firm resing out their undertaking. Various asked to vary their report, but re- payments were made off the In- fused. At a subsequent meeting it. Continued on Page 123-

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