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ROYAL NAVY

CRIME SOCIETY

SHORE WIRELESS SERVICE

London May 12.

An Order in Council provides that "the conditions of service laid down dor officers of the R.N. Share Wire- Jess Service since February 1, 1926. shall be amended, This service was organized after the Coastguard was transferred to the Board of Trade and the Customs and Excise. the Navy retaining only certain signal and wireless stations on shore.

In future chief officers are to be promoted to the rank of seritor chle? officer on attaining 10 years seniority in the Service. provided they are deserving and their records "are satisfactory. A new scale of pay provides for 14s. 6d. a day for senior chief officers on promotion, 15s, 4d. a day after two years, and 16s. 4d. after four years. Chief officers are to rank with. But after. warrant officers, R.N. Sentor chief officers under three years as such are to rank with, but after, com- missioned officers from warrant rank R.N. After three years as such they will rank with, but after.

Senior Heutenants, R.N.

chief officers with less than three years In that rank and chief officers are to be ineligible for a stap in rank on retirement, Senior chief officers

after three years as such are to be eligible for the rank of Houtenant on retirement.

MINESWEEPERS RETURN HOME

SMOKERS OF WHITE DRUG

Heroin Associated. With UnderworldTM Activities

REPLACING RED PILLS

Shanghal, May 23. Heroin, whose wide use in China is engaging the attention of the League of Nations, is a favourite drug of Shanghai's criminal, so- clety and in many cases is direct- ly associated with criminal activi- ties here. Many a member of the

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1936.

ROBBER SHOT

DOWN BY WOUNDED MAN

AMATEUR GOLF DUCE ADMIRED

Walker Cup Players"

Eliminated

Brave Chinese Constable

Challenges many players In the Gang

BULLETS AGAIN FLY IN POOTOO RD. DISTRICT

St. Andrew's, May 27. A strong northerly wind upset. British Amateur Golf Championship. Cyril Tolley, holder in 1920 and 1929, and Jim Ferrier (Australia), the ex- Shanghai boy who is now favourite for the title, both being taken to the 19th in their Third Round en- counters.

Tollay beat 5. B. Roberts, the former Welsh champion, while Ferrier eliminated K. V. Braddon Buckinghamshire, after being ac- tually three down at one period. Both, however, easily won their Fourth Round matches.

Shanghai, May 15, Police of the Pootoo Road Station had their second encounter with armed robbers in sixteen hours at ncon yesterday and an exchange. of shots resulted

the serious Outstanding defeats in the Third wounding of both a Chinese con- Round included those of Eric Fid- The robberdian. Rex Hartley and Tony Tor- stable and a robber. underworld depends to u

was arrested, but his accomplices rance, all of whom are Walker Cup large extent on a powerful narco-

players. tic for the "courage" necessary to escaped. commit crime. The narcotic is the handmaiden of his unlawful enter-

city's

prise.

now

While the White drug is common- ¡y smoked by Shanghai criminals of all races and both sexes, it is rarely used in other strata of "so- clety here. The

reason for its favour with the underworld is un- doubtedly his cheapness-a smal! packet can be purenased for only 20 cents and the low price again is the result of a surplus of the drug on the Shanghal market. In addition is is a very powerful nar- The 1st Minesweeping Flotilla re- cotle: it is roughly eight times as turns to its home ports to-day after strong as morphine. Most of the several months' service in the Eas- former smokers of so-called red tern Mediterranean, under the com- pills

in Shanghai have mand of Captain V, A. C. Crutch-changed to heroin-it suits their ley. V.C., D.S.O. The flotilla in pocket-book and their vielous crav- cludes eight mineswebpers, two of ing better than any other drug which, the Selkirk and Tiverton. Opium is still the favourite of the arrived at Devonport on April 30 more well-to-do classes. after calling at Vigo. The main body now returning consists of the Halcyon (senior officer's ship). Harrier. Hussar, Skipjack Speedwill, and Dunoon. The flotilla arrived at Alexandria on September 17 from England. Its work there has now been taken over by the minesweep- Ing trawlers recently purchased and fitted out on, the Fast Coast of England.

HMS. HEBE

The keel has been laid without ceremony at Devonport Dockyard of the minesweeping stoop Hebe, one of the two of the 1935 programme allotted to this yard, the other be- ing the Sharpshooter. About £139, 000 will be spent on the two vessels during the current financial year. Devonport has two other sloop for general service in hand, the Aber-

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The former English champion T. A gang of six Chinese. four of whom were seen to carry pistols, A. Bourn, who won the British title entered a Chinese house at 1308 Ro- at Westward Ho in 1025, beat bison Road at 11.15 a.m, herded Robert Harris in the Fourth Round, the occupants together and then but Jack McLean, Walker Cup started to ransack the rooms for player, was surprisingly beaten by They stayed in the Robert Sweeney, the Oxford Un!- valuables. house until nearly 12 o'clock, when versity player, at the 20th. they left with a large amount of Alec Hill (Sandy Lodge) beat D money and jewellery, the totalR Tweddle, the British Walker Cup value of the loot being over $1,000.

captain, by 4 and 3, while Rogér As they walked away, however, Wethered. Hector Thomson. Arana, they were followed by one of the the Spanish champion, and Eustace tenants who called C.P.C. 1314, at. Story were all successful. Story tached

to Pootoo Read Station,beating Leonard Crawley, the Essex The policeman challenged the fee cricketer, by one up. ing men and they opened are on him. Although seriously wound- ed, CP.C. 1314 returned fire and succeeded in bring down one of the robbers. The others escaped.

Both the wounded men were taken to the Police Hospital and treated for gunshot wounds in the body.

WOUNDED MAN ESCAPES

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Of the persons arrested in Shang- halas heroin addicts approximâte- ly 50 per cent. have criminal re-

On Sunday evening a police party cords outside the narcotic field. led by Sergt. J. W. M. Dickson chal- Sull others' are undoubtedly asso-lenged four suspects in an clated with the underworlld

lighted stretch of Mapal Road in though they may not have been the rain and shot it out with them, arrested before. Prostitution and the suspects startläg Ere. Two of heroin addiction commonly go hand the men were arrested and in hand..

quantly of loot was seized a silver watch and $20 which had been in the evening in stolen earlier Ferry Road. One of the men was wounded and he was one of the two who escaped,

RETAILING OF DRUG The retailing of the drug is well brganized and the places of distri bution are many. A review of the

arrests made since the traffic as- sumed large proportions shows that. a considerable proportiop of the retailers are Koreans and Japanese. The local Japanese press makes

frequent reference to the

cases.

In dealing with offenders the courts

а

Thomson beat a fellow Scot in

Mitchell by 3 and 2 after both had gone out in 32 to equal Bobby Jones's record. Thomson has now fours for three done, 14 under rounds-Reuter.

BRITISH TRADE IN NORTH CHINA

THE SMUGGLING MENACE

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London, May 12. Mr. Charlton (C.-Bury) asked the Foreign Secretary whether he couid yet say what steps are to be taken to safeguard British trade in A third shooting was reported North Chins, in view of the exten- yesterday morning near the inter-sive smuggling of Japanese goods section of Ward and Paoting Roads: from Dairen into China through A Chinese walking in Lane 328. the autonomous area of East Hopel,

Ward Road, was wounded in the and what was being done to check shoulder and chest by one of two the smuggling. men who had' robbed him. He was

Mr. Baldwin. who replied, said

deen and Fleetwood, both of which impose widely differing penalties. taken to St. Luke's Hospital in a that the British Government were

have been launched.

REFIT OF THE TERN

"

The river gunbpat Tern is to arrive at Shanghal on June 2 to reft. Lieutenant-Commander G. G. Pugh-Cook assunied command of the Tern in January last. She is one of the 13 gunboats in the Yangtze Flotilla.

THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON

Resolution Of Thanks To The King

NEW MEMBERS

London, May 15. Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, commodore, presided at the annual May meeting of the Royal Yacht Squadron at Claridge's yesterday.

The following resolution, propos- ed by Bur Richard Williams-Bulke

Chinese connected with the traffic are severely punished and even addicts are given long terms by the Chinese courts.

Whereas the cocaine habit can be broken off easily, heroin addiction

destructive to the 13 SC

nervous system that a cure is not possible at present, at least no effective, genuine cure. The drug destroys the user's will-power; he deterior- ates both mentally and morally. It he cannot obtain the narcotio he is plunged into deep mental distress and will do almost anything to satisfy his craving. Because of the vicious associations through which The acquired the habit his case does hot usually come to the attention of medical authorities until he either becomes seriously ill or tar- gies with the law. And then there is generally little hope of re habilitation.

The physical appearance of the heroin addict is usually more cha- racteristic than that of other ar cotic victims: emaciation, sallow skin. extreme weakness, and a blank facial expression.

Owing to their social distribution -iew are outside the criminal and pauper class-it is impossible to es- timate with any degree of accuracy the number of heroin addicts in Shanghat but it is admitted that

ley, and seconded by Marquess they are legion, and that the Camden, vice-commodore, was pass-trame in the drar is widespread, lucrative and difficult to eradicate,

.ed.

"The Flag Officers and members-(NCDN). of the Royal Yacht Squadrori pre- sent their humble duty, and desire

to tender to your Majesty their res- pectful thanks for the great honour you have done to the Royal Yacht Squadron by signifying that it is your pleasure to become Admiral of the Cình, thus

preserving the gracious interest which your Royal House has shown in the club throughout its history.

They desire also to thank your Majesty for the generous gift of the King's Cup to be raced for at the Squadron's regatta."

Fire Brigade ambulance. The rob- ners escaped. (N.C.D.N.).

EXECUTION OF DR. RUXTON ·

Scenes Outside

The Gaol

MRS. VAN DER ELST CHARGED

at present in active correspondence with the Japanese Government in regard to this question with the view of protecting British interests, and representations were being made by our Ambassador in Tokio. He could not say more at the pre- sent stage.

Mr. Chorlton asked whether the | Minister would draw the attention

Dí the

and Chinese Japanese Governments to the serious en- couragement to smuggling arising from the fact that under the terma of the Tangku truce.not more than two Chinese revenue cutters were permitted to approach within three miles of the coast. to the deteri- ment of the Chinese customs on which British and other foreign Innns were secured.

Mr. Baldwin said He

was not

London, May 13, Extraordinary scenes were wit- ressed outside Strangeways Gacl. aware of the restriction, but the Manchester, yesterday at the ex-

Ciculties experienced by the ecution of Dr. Buck Ruxton for

Chinese authorities in combatting. the murder of his wife:

hadi been smuggling activities brought tu the notice of the

а

- Mrs. Van der Elst, the leader of

movement for the abolition of Japanese Government by our Am- capital punishment, later appearedbassador in Tokio.

at Manchester police-court..

She was charged with; Behaving

the

have

been

in a manner whereby a breach of retorting to the leers and hooting

peace might occasioned, wilful obstruction, and of a large crowd, driving in a manner likely to en-. danger life and limu.

She was granted a remand until to-day week on her own ball of

INQUEST PROTEST

At the inquest, on Ruxton. on whom the verdict was that he died as a result of judicial hanging,

James Bryce Allan, and Mr. Robert Juror stated that he thought Mrs,

Laidlaw

#NÁVAL HONORARY MEMBERS

Sir Vincent W. Baddeley was elected an honorary member.

Van der Elst could have put her money to better use.

The coroner

HECKLING CROWD

When she attempted to speak a woman shouted: "How would you' like your daughter cut up?" and a man, referring to her large car, shouted: 'Pawn it, and give it to the poor."

For a moment she came out of 4 her car to talk to a police official, and she was heard to say: "It's a terrible thing for civilisation" but before she could end her sent- (Mr. R. Stuart ence there was a loud shout of: Rodgers): "What money she has "Aw! Get out! spent in this city in propaganda The following were elected Naval she could have put down for the honorary members: Vice-Admiral benefit of Ruxton's innocent chil- Capt. Henry Tepnell-Dorling, D. S. F. A. Powlett, Capt. H. C. Bovell, dren.'

The jury expressed condemna

O., Capt. A. F. E Palliser. Capt. tion of what they described as "her Angus E. M. B. Cunningham Gra- self-advertising propaganda." ha. Cindr., Laurence Fitzgerald Driving a large car, Mra. Van der

Gaol at about eight o'clock, follow Col. R. A. Blogne Stanley and Mr.ed by two loud-speaker vans. She of Normanton, Lord Kemsley, Lleut-E. D. Guinness were elected to fill drove to within 70 yards of the pri Col. George Clark, Major C. C. vacancies on the Sailing Committee on when the vehicles were stopped Nainby-Luxmoore, Capt. Ferris, Mr. due to the retirement by rotation of by the police.

The following were elected mem- bers of the Squadron: Viscountley, and Crodr. James Joseph Elst arrived outside Strangeways Mondell of Masham, the Marquess Weld, M. V. O.

at Bligo, Viscount Elveden, the Earl-j

F. B. St. George, Major Ralph Bir. Ralph Bt. G. Gore and Major Blewitt, Mr. George Nickerson, Mr. the Hon. Bir John Ward.

Chris and women were prominent in the demonstration against her.

When she was driving away from the prison after the execution the,

an extent that the police had to crowd surged round her car to such

unk arms and form human, barriers across the street everý, few yards. On one occasion they were obliged to draw their betons.

After the car had travelled about.

a quarter of a mile it was stopped An officer took by the police. charge of the wheel and drové (Mra Mrs, Van der Elst sat at the Van der Elst to Albert-street police driving wheel for about 10 minutes 'station."

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IN BERLIN

Italy's "Right" To Colonies

Berlin, May 11. Admiration for Italy is the key- note of to-day's German coun It is tacitly assumed that Signor Mussolini will in the end, lustigy the accomplished. fact with which he has confronted, the world by successfully maintaining his hold on Abyssinia.

The Deutsche Allgemeine Zei- tung" adopts Intentionally pr otherwise 2 line of argument which could equally well be used to justify action of a similar character in the future by some ather Power than Italy. It says:

"Intoxicated with victory, her Altes failed to pay Italy the price for her armed assistance during Lie. Grea: War. England annexed after the war 770,000 square miles of territory and 6,000,000 inhabi- tants in Africa.

"France

annexed more than 320.000 square miles and 2.500.000 inhabitants. Only after many 33,500 years wus Italy accorded square miles in Jubaland-where Italian Somalland adjoins Keny

with 100,000 Inhabitans to- gether with light frontier ad Justment in southern Libya.

"GOD OF STATUS QUO* "The 'Haves' made a god of the status quo, sacrificing at its altar both commonsense and considera Mon for the vital necessities of the "Have nots.'

"It is this denial of rights which was invoked by Italy as a justifica- tion for her independent action, the ruthlessness' of which was thereupon denounced by the very nations which had denied the rights of others. Now England 19 willing to liquidate" matters, while France is using forcible language. No country, however, can wipe out

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the past merely because it has its Action Explained-prescribe it for my patients, and have changed its Government,

"Who can fail to understand, the pride of the Italian people that fù has succeeded as a result of hard Fascist discipline in accomplishing a feat of which the world formerly would

belleved it never have capable We in Germany must re- cognise this feat ail the more freely in, that we have always pre-

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