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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1933

CHINESE CHRISTIANS IN VOLUNTEER PRIZES ATTEMPTED MURDER

CONFERENCE

AT SUNKIANG NEAR SHANGHAI IN MAY 1933

THE NATIONAL CRISIS AND RURAL

RECONSTRUCTION

(BY THE BISHOP OF VICTORIA)

Presented Last Night by. Brigadier Cousens

ENJOYABLE EVENING AT HEADQUARTERS

A gathering of over two hundred sat down to a very enjoyable "steak and kidney" dinner at Volunteer Headquarters last night, after which prizes for musketry, machine gun and rifle shooting were dis- tributed by Brigadier R. B. Cousens, D.8.0.

OF JOURNALIST

How the Accused was Caught

OUTRAGE IN LYNDHURST TERRACE

The case in which Chan" Hee, 22, a chicken carrier, is charged with the attempted murder of Lo Wai Keung, the proprietor of the Tin Nam Daily News, was continued before Mr. Wynne-Jones at Central

"The Japanese Christian Council, stitute for Christian leaders all sends fraternal greetings to the Chi-¦ over China interested in this experi-were held on April 15 and 10 at wese Christian Council and joins them in prayer to God that peace may be soon restored between our two countries."

The competitions for these prizes | Magistracy yesterday," Stonecutters.

ment. They had prepared for 80 members, and finally accepted and packed in 186...

Col. LG. Bird, most of the officers of the Corps and quite a number of guests, ware present at the 'function.

The unconscious effect of non- In a terrible stillness this tele Ronan Missionary work in the last giam was read out first in Chinese fifty years has been to drain the and then in English by the Chinese et life of the village into the

Following the prize distribution Christian Educator during the Bien- town. The bright boy in the vil musicnt and humorous items were hind Conference of the National lage school has gone on to the more rendered by Mesara, Ronnie True, Christian Council of China. Then advanced school in the nearest city; John Rymm, V. C. Labrum and C. as was fitting, "Let us stand in and the brightest boys from those de S. Robertson. Needless to say and after the silence schools have gone on to the univer.their efforts were much appreciated Will the Revd. K. C. Ban and Dr.sities in the great metropolitanby all, especially the delightfully Hoa Ban Chen lead us in prayer centres. Very few have returned to witty entertainment provided by Mr. Ban was chairman of the group the district of their birth. Endeavouring to draft a message of counsel and encouragement to the Christians especially in North China and Manchuria.

silent prayer

Russia is sending rome of her best university material back into the country. The Christian Church- in China means to do no less. The doctrine they take will not be communism." but "co-operation."

Groups,

Mr. Robertson.

THE PRIZE-WINNERS

follows:

The prizes distributed were

CANTON NOTES

Mr. Eugene Chen's. Appointment

GENERAL CHEN MING SHU LEAVES CANTON

(From Our Own Correspondent)

CANTON, May 11. Foreign Minister, who is now in Afr. Eugene Chen, the former. Hong Kong siter having been at Canton for a few days, is expected to return to the city soon, and, it The accused was alleged to be is reported, that he will be official- the man who fired, five shots at thely inducted as a member of the complainant at No. 19, Lyndhurst South West Political Council bext Terrace, on the night of April 18. Monday morning The appoint- The complaint had a most fortunate ment of Bir. Eugene Chen to his escape being only slightly wounded na to whether he will be called upon new post here has led to speculation in the left shoulder. Attorney General, appeared for the West is contemplating the establish Mr. J. A. Fraser, Assistant and reports state that the South to direct the foreign relations here,

Crown and the acoused was repre- ment of a separate Foreign Office, sented by Mr. M. K. Lo who rostensibly to be headed by Mr.

served his cross-examination,

Chen. Such reports have naturally Hing Shop at No. 19, Lyndhurst sentative of the Foreign Ministry, Ho Hung, a salesman of the Chee perturbed Nanking, and a repre-

Terrace, in which the complainant who happens to be in Canton just took refuge when he was fired at, now, has been instruoted to ascer said that on the night in questionaia the truth of the rumour. Mr. he was inside the left counter of Chang, the said Nanking repre- the shop. There were in the shop Press, has however now, revealed sentative, in a statement to the at the time two other fakis and two that he has received asurances Commandant's Cup for Musket-reporta from a gun aming from that there has been no idea of a He heard two from the South West authorities ery:-Engineer Co.

the street and they sounded like the separate Foreign Office. Gun Firing:-Anzac Co.

MacDonald Trophy for Machine-firing of big crackers. Following the second report, there was a noise

Nathan Cup for Efficiency:

Motor Machine Gun Section,

D

Blake Shield:-Machine Gun Co.

Corpi Woodman, L/Sergt. Holmes, Team)-C.Q.M.S. Grenham,

Dr. Kist Ban Chen had made an impassioned appeal for complete pacifism and offered himself to go and live in Japan as unofficial linison officer between the Chris- A paster from Shanghai whose tinns of the two countries: As the whole life was changed under the onatal steamier on which Dr. Hau influence of the Group Movement had travelled to the conference had gome years ago addressed the con- been wrecked and then pirated, and ference, and so with less eloquence hr had lost all his possessions, in but bringing more conviction did elading manuscripts representing Bishop Roots, whose son has taken many weeks of work, this experi-ch a prominent part in the move. ence sermed to have given him ment. Two English names inter- dreper serenity than all of us. The rapted the Chinese pastor's Manham, Corpl. Woodman, L/Bergt Francis Cup: -C,Q.M.S. Gren- ceneral, opinion of the conference darin--"Sam Shuemaker," and then Holmes, Pte. Simpson. preferred individual vacation, to a neral rule of conduct for all Christians, but recognised gladly that Dr. Hsu's vocation was cer tainly the pacifist course that had been shewn to him.

As

Two representatives had come from the Church in Manchuria, and were the focus of much interest. was perhaps expected they brought news of spiritual revival in the Church, but of a greatly in

reased confusion in the country districts...

Rural Reconstruction.

"After the National Crisis" the question of Rural Reconstruction

Pte. Simpson.

Tile Competition: C. J. M. S. Graham, Corpl. Woodman, L/Sgt. Holmes, Pte. Simpson.

Attack Competition: C... Grenham, Corpl. Woodman, L/Sgt. Holmen, Pte. Simpson,

little later Edward Hill." The inder circle of Group Movement leaders is very small, which makes their achievement perhaps all the more remarkable. If the Chinese Church is to be helped by this new technique in personal surrender, it will not be by discussions at onRocha (Portuguese Co.), 2nd Pte. Corps Championship:-1st Pte. ferences, but by men and women in Simpson (Machine Gun Co.), 3rd twos and threes intimate and close Sergt. Salter (Engineer Co.). enough to he each others Father- confessors,

Officers' Prize :-Capt. As I listened to the expozition of the movement I real-

Forsyth. ised how much the non-Roman

Tyro Prize:-Pte. J. M. Xavier. Church in general has lost through

Reserve Challenge Cup:-Sergt. its, abhorrence of auricular confes

Coom sion: and how much the more rigid Catholic system loses in that its

and therefore

H.

R.

Q.M.S. Grenham (Machine Gun) Musketery Competition 1st

women customers.

General Ohen Ming Shu. as if some glass had been broken.ural Chen Ming Shu, after a stay The former local Governor, Gen. European style ran into the shop has been a much honoured guest, is At the same time a man dressed in of a few days in Canton where he shouting that someone had struck leaving for. Fukien this morning

When second shot he got down behind the by General Tsai Ting Kai, and him.

witness heard the ex route to Nanking, accompanied counter and immediately after he several high officials of the forner: heard three more shots in succes Kwangtung Government. There are sion. Ten minutes later, witness reports of General Chen being ask got up and saw & large crowd, ed to join the present South West headed by Detective Inspector Chu Government, but these seem now to Heung at the doorway of the shop, he discounted by his departure for Witness found a revolver on the Manking. While in the city, Gen- floor and saw Inspector Chu Heung Home newly opened in Honam for eral Chen Ming Shu visited the pick it up.

Route Army, and distributed a sum the disabled soldiers of the 19th of $1,000 among the inmates.

Ten minutes later, witness saw the man who had rushed into the shop being taken by a policeman from under the stairs. He identi- 6ed the man as the complainant.

Altogether four panes of glass were broken.

Native Cloth Movement Among

Students.

was paramount in the conference. priesthood of the laity is so much Ch.), 2nd Capt. H. Owen-Hughes Mr. Fraser Breaks the Court Fan their recent strike, are now launch-

leas spontaneous

(Machine Gun Co.). 3rd Corpl.

The work begun by Dr. James Yen for the coolies in France blossomed much less effective than in the Woodman (Machine Gun Co.).

some eight years ago into "The Group Movement.

Personalities.

Thousand Character Movement for popular education in a minimum standard of literacy. In the last As the veteran Dr. Cheng Ching two years" this movement has be- Y is stili very strictly under doc come something with the significtor's orders, the chairmanship of ance and power of Father Jellicoe's the conference was shared by three Housing Work in Somers Town-others-Dr. C. P. Wang, Methodist only for the farmer and the country. Episcopal Bishop of an area stretch.. side. In a whole Haien (practically ing from Peiping und Tientsin to an English county) in North Shan-

School at Nanking (in no way an inferior chairman for being a chair

a member now of the Legislative Yuan at Nanking. The Ministry of

Revolver Competition (Corps); - 1st L/Cpl. Lockhart (Engineer Co.). 2nd Pipe-Major Mackie (Scottish Co.).

Revolver Competition (Open) 1st Sub-Inspector Hopkins (H.K. Police). 2nd

A. B. Thompson (H.M.S. Hermes),

SOLD

The students of the Sun Yat Sen University, who have just finished

When another fob of the shop ing a campaign for the use of was giving corroborative evidence, native cloth among themselves. A Mr. Frase in trying to show the set of rules has been adopted for ladder which had a bullet mark on

observance and requires all students it to witness,, struck a fan with to wear only clothes made with domestic material. First offenders the ladder, breaking the blades will receive publicity in the Univer- which missed Mr. Lo's head bysity publications, while those who inches.

do not heed such warnings will be more drastically dealt with by hav- ing their clothing (of foreign materials) sheared or otherwise damaged. This movement was

The Chase,

Ng Tak Wing, who caught the Rocused after a long chase, said that

far Chenghu: Dr. Wai Ying Fang, GIRL TRICKED AND on the night in question he was tung a team of men, many of them Hendmistress of Ginling Girls' not professing. Christians, are living ia Franciscan style redeeming the countryside from poverty and ignor-woman), and Dr. R. Y. Lo who is ance. Dr. James Yen is still the leader, He has, he claims, only one sermon "The Word Was made flesh.' God could only save the world by living ainọng men, so the Christian Church can only save rural China by a similar incarnation in the fabric of village life.

At Easter time the National Chris- tian Council had organised an “in-

STRIKE IN YING TAK, DISTRICT

SHOPS CLOSED FOR DECISION.

"" Word and Sacraments, the Ministry of Teaching, and the Ministry of National Government were therefore all represented. This is truly a symbolic picture of The influence of the Christian

Church in China.

RONALD HONG KONG..

**PROGRESS.'' AND THE CRACKER INDUSTRY -

CHINESE SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS' GAOL

labour was imposed by Mr. Mac

Sentance of four months'. hard Laren at Central Magistracy, yes terday on a Chinese who was charg ed with selling a girl to a brothel up country-in the Po Kong dis- trict.

launched on the 10th of the month, brated by the holding of a fashion- parade by the students. the girl students being seen in fashionable dresses made of native material.

YANGTSZE TRADE NOT DEAD

in Lyndhurst Terrace when he when the occasion was being cele heard a shot from behind. He turped and saw a man dressed in a black suit firing a second shot just outside No. 19, Lyndhurst Terrace Witness could not see who the man was firing at. Immediately after he had fired, the second shot the was then about two shops away, man rushed into the shop. Witness. and when he stepped about two paces forward, he heard two or three more shots in quick succes sion. The man in black then ran. detective chasing him. out of the shop with a Chinese dashed past him and witness adeo The man

gave chase and together with the detective followed the man down

According to Detective Inspector Elston of the S.C.A., the girl and the defendant formerly worked together and on March 24 last, she was missing from her home in Be- 50,000 WOMEN IN TUNG KOONcond Street. Persuaded by the de-Gage Street. Near the end of Gage

OUT OF WORK.

A massage from Canton states that a strike was proclaimed in the

The citizens of Tung Koon City, Mong Fow village of Ying Tak between Hong Kong and Canton District since Wednesday,

belong mostly to the Cheung, Tang, since then all shops have been shut. Li, and Wan claus, and the wonten In the past, merchants of the are mostly employed in making village have had a Commercial fire-crackers...

FAIR BUSINESS "AT

KIUKIANG

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

KIKING, Kiangsi, Apr. 20. fendant she stayed with him at Street witness met another con- In this province things are not Shamshuipo and at the end of stable, C300, and asked him to join as peaceful as we would like. The April, through the services of an in the chose. Together they ran

"Reds" have control of quite a other woman, the girl was taken into Guttzlaff Street where they big area, and they seem to be in- to the country where she was sold saw the man in black coming out creasing in power and numbers. to a brother for 800. Defendant from Chuk Hing Lane, Witness was Chiang Kai Shek is at present on was alleged to have kept 840 of the about 10 paces behind, and when the war path against them, but he Proceeds, and, given the remainder to the other woman,

near No. 1 Guttzlaff Street wit before him. Large bodies of troops has a very difficult bit of work Union for the purpose of solving! This kind of employment enables Canton Police and brought back and throw it away. The constabla Nanchang and beyond; but it is The girl was recovered by the nos saw the man take off his jacket bare heen passing through here for business disputes.

Fair standard 5f living to Hong Kong by her father. But the new District Magistrate as the workers earn about $10.-

who was with him stooped down to said that the "Reds" have at least has decided that the Union is per month,"

Giving Evidence, the girl, sald pick up the jacket while witness forty thousand men, in different illegal, because it has not yet beenOwing to the big losses suffered ing he had no wife. She was forced was now wearing a white

defendant had cheated her by say continued the chase The fugitive parts of the province properly registered.

by firecracker merchants last year, to go to the country as the defen- and black trousers. He ran down anglet An order closing it was therefore and further to the increase of sul- dant was unable to support her. Wellington Street and eventually issued, but the merchante refused phur and salt-petre, the business If she had not been recovered by into Stavely Street witness made a to take any notice.

her father he would have died.. Many factories have been obliged, She was afraid to run away from spurt and ought him. to close down and unemployment is the brothel.

Constable C300 then came up and increasing.

Defendant, in the course of a searched the fugitive, al The total number of women em- girl ran away to Macao, And re- he was the man you wanted

statement from the dock, said the Mr. Fraser How did you know ployed in cracker making was ceipt of a letter from her he went Witness: Because I kept on chas fomerly no less than 100,000, and there on April 1. He did not going him. it is reported that over one half to the country.

His Worship however convicted Yok the defendant and passed sentence as stated.

The situation in Mong Fow is very serious, and the strikers re- fuse to yield.

SAVINGS BANK

TO BE ESTABLISHED IN

·HÖK SHAN.

Mr. Lee Yat Ngok, the ex-Ma- gistrate of the Hok Shan District,

has received a severe set-back.

of this number are now out of work.

be established as soon as possible, for the benefit of the people, and

was very anxious to establish of the country. savings bank in the city, and went An important oonference was to America to visit his countrymen therefore held to discuss, the mat to collect contributions and invest-ter, and during this proceeding,. inents, an

A

SIX MONTHS FOR SNATCHER

•

have seen six large river steamers This is still quite a busy port. in port at the one time, and on most days two or three steamere pass down river and usually there are the same number up stream. There are also three or four gun boste of different nationalities anchored out some people to know, that though in mid-stream. It may interest

we are six hundred miles from the You are sure he was the man-mouth of the Yangtee, it is still only just possible to see a humán The case was then adjourned until being moving about on the opposite next Wednesday.

shore and quite impossible to re cognise who they are that is of course with the naked eye.

THE STRUGGLE **

Prague. The unemployed

There is quiet a good deal of business hore in the line of the manufacture of matches. This is ofat present a growing concern and For snatching a handbag from a Prague have begun to publish amáv in the future grow into a nearly five hundred thousand dol-woman at Wun Sha Road, Tai newspaper with a circulation of business of rest importance. He was heartily in the United lars in shares have been applied Hang, on Thursday night, a Chin- about 1,500 copies produced on a States and his fellow countrymen for, and allocated. all agreed that such a bank should

ese was sentenced to six months' hoctograph, The future prospects of this bank hard labour. The bag contained (Vontinued at foot of next Column) seem to be very promising.

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The

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