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DARING DAYLIGHT

ROBBERY.

Exciting Incident In Hougkong.

The story of a daring daylight armed robbery was told by Inspector Brown to Mr. Dyer Ball, at the Police Court this morn ing, when three men were charg ed with committing an armed robbery and also with stealing a quantity of jewellery, olothing and money valued at $153, from 124, Lower Lascar Row.

The Inspector stated that sho master of the house was n accountant in the Central Market sad, on the morning of Hunday, left his house so usual about sight o'clock, leaving behind his wife, his wife's mother and two small children. Shortly before

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and one of the defendants went Swedish liberal review Forum THE Steamship || inside, the two other men, who Urs. Auns Baggs-Więksell, who had been on the stairs, rushing has studied law at the University

"TJILIWONG,”.

All broken, chafed and dam-

the 11th Decem- ber, 1917, at 10 a.m.

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in behind him. The door was of Land and there taken her having arrived, Consignees of closed sad the wife was pushed degree, says that at the conclusion cargo by her are hereby notified into the rear cubicle, being of peace to question of nation that all Goods are being landed threatened with a knife. Some ality will be harder to settle than at their risk into the hazardous pepper was thrown into her eyes, that of Alsace Lorraine. Ia ber and/or extra bazardous Godowns her head was covered with a cloth, opinion the happiest and most of the Hongkong and Kowloon and one of the men stood guard just solution of the problem Ltd., whence and/or from the Wharf and Godown Company, over her. The old women se would be gained by referendam Wharves delivery may be ob- tied up by the others with some under the suspices of some tained. Goods not cleared by the wire and was also gagged by a neutral powera. The vales 12th December, 1917, will be cloth being placed over ber should be taken in relatively subject to rent, mouth. As the children were small territorial unite, and crying, they were threatened with heside the two alternatives aged packages are to be left in knives. The men then broke France or Germany-the possi- the Godowns, where they will be open a box with a obopper they bility of creating from the examined on found in the kitobem and from revinees a email buffer State a this five bangles were stolen and la Luxembourg should also be also some clothing. From a small taken into consideration and press $80 in modey was taken. voted about. That France" He (Inspector Brown) happened against a referendum, ss being to be in Lascar Row.at about Fort of scknowledgment of the half past ten and a lakong asteration in 1871, is quite told him that something was natural, but Mrs. Bugge Wicksell being stolen. The lakong considers that such reBRODing showed him the house and went should be pat on one side for upataire. Just then the first sad the sake of the living souls, Becond defendants came down co sotually inhabiting the and be arrested them. The third debatable territory. As to the Hongkong, 5th December, 1917. man came tumbling down the Germans, to them also it is etsire straggling with the lukong. largely a question of prestige; tol All three were brought to the surrender Alface-Lorraine would station. A good deal of the pro- be the sign of having lost the war. perty was found to be in the Hence a referendom would always possession of the accused, batense the way for a transfer of the there must have been a fourth provinces, One thing is certaio. IT IS HEREBY notified that man, for some of the money and says the writer, if the bone of potiffios will be served on clothing had not been recovered, contration i passed over the 1.28 PM. train from Kowloon The woren then went into the to France without a referen- on SATURDAYS the 8th and box and told their story, and, dum, the pravicces will 15th December. -after other evidence had been remain in the future the same

taken, the case was adjourned.

CANTON NEWS.

source of friction they bere been ever since 1871. After mention- ing other questions of nationslity that of the Sleve and the Dines.

in Schleswig, Mra, Bogge-Wick- "sell touches on Belgium and says, "On this point there is no Would-be Murderer of Tuchua diffica'ty; the war will continue

Shot.

Our Canton correspondent

and should contiune antil it in

perfectly clear and quite decided that Belgiam will receive full re- atitation territorially, politically and pprnomically, There are oer- tain injustices so unmistakable. A paragraph in a registered until they are made good."

that the world cannot get rest

In weighing up Dr. Michaelia' speech of July 19.b, Emil Larsson

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Jatter referring to the failure to assassinate the Tachon led to the capture of the bomb-thrower in a

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He was taken before the Tuchan Fredafanan, that for such a speech

it was not necessary to have

and confime that he was sent changed Prime Ministers. It did Mok King-yo, the independent Commander of Swatow, to kill not contain the least indication the Tachos by bombe and would of how to end the war. “A new

Bad glorious Germany recaive the position of a magistrate

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a reward. The would be ever, Fare Leo, arise until German militarism has been op morning by order of the Tacban, rooted and been replaced by a The Military Government bag -ncert of all nations desiring refused the Tachan's request peace, arbitration and disarma- that the citizen soldiers be disment, Michaelis has lost the banded but agrees not to enlist psychological moment of making new reoraita.

On hearing that the Govern ment in going so increase the salt

tax the inhabitants have become very indignant.

Dr. Wa Ting-long bas refused the request of the Military Gov. ernment asking him to saume the post of Foreign Minister of the Provisional Government, declar- ing that his visit to the South is for mediation only.

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It is reported that the two gunboata Kong Kong and Kwang Lee have been stopped in Bong. kong and handed over to the Can-

Germany the pioneer of a durable peace. The peoples will have to take matters into their own hande, placing the weal of humanity before the selfish love of power of the mighty.

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