1935-06-06 — Page 11

DEATH CHAMBER FOUND

BY POLICE

Whole Family Discovered

Poisoned

Shanghai. May 31.

A dead woman and three dead "and three dying children formed the gruesome discovery made by the French Police yesterday after- noon, following the receipt of a re- rnarkable report from the River Police, to whom a man saved from the waters of the Wangpoo had been handed. The three children who were

breathing were" still rushed to hospital, where one died shortly admission,

Found in a small room on the third floor of 171 Route Magy, some of the victims were lying in a bed, and some on mattresses lying on the floor. Other occupants

of the house were apparently una- ware of the tragedy which had been enacted over their heads, and a.cook-shop on the ground floor carried its normal thriving business throughout the day.

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It appears that the woman and children took polson, whose nature has not as yet been ascertain. The woman's husband, who was pulled out of the Whangpoo, is also said to have attempted to take poison, which he found he could not swallow. The man, Ngo Ling, 51 years of age, has been employed as houseboy to foreigners in Tientsin, Hong Kong, and, for five years, in Shanghai, but latterly has been without a job. He speaks Mandarin arid some English,

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SAVED FROM RIVER

Sampan men on the Whangpoo at 7.45 a.m. yesterday saw a man in the water, and went to his assistance. They got him out eas- to the River ly, and took him Police.

Ngo's explanations for his act were far from lueld, and it was some time before it was understood that his reason for Jumping into the Whangpoo was that his whole family were dead from poison. The statement seemed a remark- able one. but it was passed on, for what it was worth, to the French

PASSENGERS »

S.S. PRESIDENT TAFT The following passengers left the Colony on the ss. President Taft at midnight on Tuesday:—

Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Veth, Mr. W. T. Alexander, Mr. Walter Kelly. Mr. LL Farnsworth, Mr. M. C. Chow, Mrs. G. M. Pragneli Dr. and Mrs. John Lake, Mr. W. M. Lal, Mr. Paul C. Y. Liang, Captain and Mrs. M. D. Barndellar, Mr. C. L Tong, Mr. T. F. Lo, M C. N. Shen, Mr. Y. M. Ma Miss R. Atwell, Mrs. Janet King, Mr. J Muckle. Mr R. B. Bell, Dr. Wu Pak Shing, Mr. Fan Ng Yong. Mr. Frederick W. Palmer, Miss Fannie Northcott, Miss Virginia A Lake. Mr. Y. W. Ma, Mr. Liang Sau Ki M. H. C. Lee, Mr. K. Y. Chu, Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Fan, Mr. P. S. Cheng, Mr. Blan Sinn Ling, Miss Edna Callender, Mr. Wm Eler.

THE ANTENOR

The following passengers left the Colony on the ss. Antenor yesterday:-

Mr. T. F.. Bradford. Mr. S. M Barney. Mr. G. C. Boath, Mr. E. Brangger, Mr.

Mrs. and

D. Cameron, Mr. J. R. Combe, Mr. J.

HỒNG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1935.

NEW GERMAN

"SUBS"

Public Uneasiness Created

The reappearance on the seas in the near future of German sub- Police, as the man had given his marines has not unnaturally creat- domlelle as 171 Route Migy. This ed considerable uneasiness in the was shortly after 3 p.m.

public mind, which recalls the ter- Foreign and Chinese detectivesrible days of 1917. when, on April Immediately went to the house, and 17, thirty-four ships were sunk in broke open the door of the room the night, at the top, to make their discovery of bodies lying in all directions. On a table was a chit from Ngo, in which he is alleged to have stated that, as he could not end his life by swallowing opium, he was going to jump in the Whangpoo. Exami nation of the bodies showed that three were still living, and they were sent to Ste, Marie's Hospital.

The dead were Ngo Ching. 35. Ngo Ling's wife: two boys. 14 and 12 respectively, and a girl of Ave. The three who were still breathing were a boy of 11, a girl of nine and a girl of four, the last being the one to dle shortly afterwards.

NGO'S STORY

It is significant that these twelve litle German craft of" 250 tons ive immediately caused alarm, while the 360 foreign submarines, the majority of which are modern ocean-going vessels, and which will Je in commission in the near fu- ture, have left the country quite undisturbed.

In view of the resurgence of the submarine" anxiety "the following table showing the general sub- marine position may be of interest. Submarines Bulit and Complet

Ing.

'Great Britain

France

Italy

Japan

U.S.A

Russia

80

10

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

I

NOTE-Figures in parentheses indicate number of letters in the words

required.

2

ACROSS

1--A violent rainsform (10), 6-Sharp (4). 10-News 7).

13-Up to 15).

14. Money on trust (4), 15.-American ice (6), 17-Hyphen (4),

18.An archbishop (7). 21. Separate (4). 2-Mediterranean island (6). 24.-Boss (4).

26. Porcelain (5). 27,-Surround (7).

Decline (4).

31. To criticise or censure (10).

DOWN

61

109

30.

80

68

..39

16

12

seas

Ngo is alleged to have made h statement that when he returned to his house at 6 p.m. on Thursday, he found that his Wife bad swallowed oplum and administered it to the six children as well. In- stead of calling for a doctor, he lost his head, and attempted to put an end to his life by swallowing oplum as well. Three times he swallowed the drug, he is alleged to bave stated, but on no occasion than on the outbreak of the late would his stomach retain it. Then war.

he slept until 7 a.m yesterday, when he left the house, frst having pinned to a wall of the room the chit later found by detectives.

The police have opened an in- quiry in order to establish the ac curacy of the alleged statement, and have also seat for chemical analysis various samples of liquid's found in the room.

Ngo has a son aged 4 who is employed by the Texas Of Co., and who was unaware of the affair until informed by the police. The family is completed by an eighth child, a boy four months old, who had been taken into an orphanage only two days previously.

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INCORRECT REPORT

Special to the "Hong Kong Dall Press" (Copyright).]

Berlin, June 4. The Paris message transmitted Ly Transocean on Friday last con- cerning the vigorous measures taken against speculation by the French authorities have now pro- ved to be only partially accurate. "Dien" that day, and later all

Germany

N

In the event of war the

would be crawling with submarines

on a scale incomparably greater

With regard to these new Ger- man craft there are two technical points which deserve notice,

In the first place their very small tonnage provides a further indica- tion of the German conversion to the doctrine of "small ships and

plenty of them."

not

THE "GREAT SHIP"

Though in other Navies, excluding qu own, there is, in theory, a disposition to treat large tonnage as a fighting characteris- tie of supreme merit, it is notice able that the new small vessels, of all classes, upon which Germany has concentrated, are regarded with a reverence amounting almost to awe. Surely this phenomenon should lead foreign nations, and our own, to question the wisdam of the "great ship."

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Emphasis has been laid on the the reputed under- danger of water silence of the new German vessels, but this characteristic, if It exists. does not adversely affect the new means at our disposal of accurately detecting the where- abouts of a submerged submarine, ris papers, mentioned the names because the new methods do not of Tumain as well as the Franco- depend upon that broken reed- Chinese banks among those whose the hydrophone. premises had been searched and Memories of the devastation sealed by order of the public pro-wrought by submarines in the late secutor, thus compelling them to war are apt to obscure the fact suspend business. While this that "convoy," instituted, in spite news is true of the former private of naval opposition, at the eleventh bank it was entirely false as far hour. provided security and de- as the Franco-Chinese bank was feated the submarines. How e- concerned which never suffered fective convoy proved is shown by any interruption of business, Parls the fact that out of 98,000 sailings newspapers state that the report, in convoy. 430 vessels only were to which they fell victims to rum sunk or damaged (a very different ours, was purposely spread by cer- thing), or rather less than .05 per tain speculators од the Paris cent, a loss which, though frrita- bourse.-

Transocean Bun Min.

GERMAN DIPLOMAT'S

DEATH

ting was not serious in, view of our great shipbuilding resources,

Happily, the tactical and strate- gical defence afforded, by convoy cannot be neutralised by any technical developments in sub- marines. The group-sailing of

Cromby, Master EW. Cromby. (Special to the "Hong Kong Dal merchant ships remains the reply

Cromaby, Mrs. Cromby. Master J.

Mr. V. M., Chinnathambi. Captain

V. L. Douglas Mrs. Douglas, Mrs.

L. Evans, Mrs. F. de Gorter, Mr.

and Mrs. B. H. C. Hallows, Mrs.

Pres", (souriant).}

Cologne, June 4.

to the submarine menace, but this strategical counter necessitates the The German Minister, plenipo-availability of adequate escort

mann von Adelmansieiden, died

Henderson, Captain F. 0. Hodg.lentiary in Brussels, Count Adel-vessels of the right type.

kinson, Mrs. Hodgkinson, Master J. Q. Hodgkinson,

R Dr. M. Lawrence, Mrs. S, Lawrence, Mrs. W. N. Leckle. Miss E. G. New- combe, Dr. and, Mrs. Pisson. Mr. G. Eenton, Lt. Comar: R. F. C. Struben, Retd., Mr. D. Balti, Mr. L. Sobmerak, Mr. W. A. Stephens, Mrs. Stepheria, Mrs. L. Wasem, Mrs. J. G. P. Wilson.

CHICHIBU MARU

The following passengers left the Colony on the ss. Chichibu Maru. yesterday:———

for

here on Tuesday after a prolong- Happily, again, by "Article 8 of ed illness at the age of fifty-the London Naval Treaty we ar eight, Deceased served with dis- at liberty to construct as many tinction in the German Foreign escort vessels as we require Office as well as various other trade defence, provided that the diplomatic posts.

tonnage does not exceed 2,000 tons; Transbeean Kuo Min

the armament: four 8-inch- guna; the speed, 20 knots; and provided, also, that these vessels are not Hawkins, Miss L. B. Havkins, Mis. Į equipped to discharge torpedoes. Yayeko Hawkins, Master Yashiaki Such vessels are ideal for the pur- Hawkins, Master Shinji Hawkins, pose of anti-submarine defence, Miss Koko Hawkins, Mrs. Buyeko provided that they are constructed Hironaka, Master Holt Hironakan sufficient numbers to enable." Master T. Huronaka, Mr. J. W.it necessary, the institution of Hunt, Mr. J. C. Lambert, Mr. wholesale" convey. Lecler, Mr. and Mrs. Max Loeser, Miss M. Long, Mrs. E. E. McWalter,

Owing to their moderate speed

Miss L Bamett, Miss A. Barnett, Mrs. A. D. Bennett, Rev. Fr. F. Borzon-Bontemps, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bosman, Mra. A. G. Botelho, Mr. and Mrs. G. Miskin, Mrs. J. thelf cost would be a traction only Mr. and Mrs., R. Brezet, Mrs. J. Paterson, Miss Nancy Paterson, of the cost of recent small high- Louise M. Christopherson, Mrs. W. Rev. Ms. Adolphe Rayisac, Mr. R. speed cruisers, and considerably M. Crosthwate, Mrs Maria Dobra, R. Roxburgia, Miss Martha A. less than the cost of modern des- Mr. A. Dobry, Mr. Ray M. Duterte, Schweitzer, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. 'troyėra, which are by no means Már, W. Oilan Eley," Mrs. W. R. Spiker, Master Spiker, Mr. W. A. Ideal for this particular class of Farmer, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Fer-Spradbrow, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. work, and which, in any case, are guson, Mr. H W. Friend. Mr. P. 8. Wilson, Bir. and Lady Shou-son constructed for operation with the Gazder, Mrs. W. Hall, Mra. E, C. Chow, Miss Pearl Chow.

· main ̈ ̈feet.

1. Butter-fingered (8). 2.A faunting display should be. allowed "into no State". (ana- grain) (11).

3. Have done (3). 4.--Receptacle for ashes (3),

5. Indifferent (4). 7-A disastrous end (11). 8.-Mat (4).

9.-Divers (8). 11A vague beller. (4) 12. The wolverene (7), 16-Real (5).

19. The highest paint (4). 20.---Compliancë (§).

23. A ferry boat (4).

25. To have gone somewhere (4). 28-Energy (3).

29. Preceded (3),

The following is the solution of yesterday's puzzle:-

Across-1. Dried; 6. Bhang: 9. Elusive: 10. Sheaf: 13. Strip-(ing):

NOW

ON SALE

16, Compost; 18, Iterate; 20. Re- condite;. 21. Asti; 22, Acme; 23. Car-o-us-als; 28, Beloved; 30. Un- loose: 33, Orate: 34, Anger; 35. Reunion; 36, Sheet; 37, Oxeye.

Down-1, D-19-c; 2, Item: 3, De- foe; 4, Gust-o; 5, L-iv-id; 6, Beset; 7. Agra; 8. Gape; 11. Holster; 12, Apricot; 14, T-reason, 15, Itemise; 17. Score: 19, Titan: 24-Avert; 25. Odour: 26, Susie; 27, Llano: 28. Bows; 29, Lake; 31, Ogle; 32, Erse.

CZECH CREDIT TO RUSSIA

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright).]

Prague, June 4. After many weeks of bickering the negotiations for the Czech credit to Soviet Russia was brought to a successful conclusion here on Tuesday. The syndicate from the Czech banks headed by Živnos- tinska Banka will grant Soviet Union credit amounting to two hundred and fifty million crowns at six per cent interest, payable after five years. ·

The credit will be guaranteed by the Czech Government and is to be used exclusively for

payment

of industrial orders placed by the Soviet Unioòn with Czech fans in the course of the next twelve months-

Tronancean. Kun Man

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