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EARLIER TELEGRAMS,

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THE LATEST RAID ON ENGLAND,

London, May 20. The Press Bureau announces that hostile sireraft crossed the coasts of Kent and Essex at eleven in the evening of Sunday, going towards London. The raid is progrossing.

Lator.

The Press Bureau states that four of the aeroplanes which raided London and the South-east on Sunday night were brought down. The raid appears to have been on s large scale. A considerable number of bombs were dropped.

FIGHTING ON ITALIAN FRONT.

London, May 93.

An Italian official message reports: There is consider- able local fighting on the whole front. We completely repulsed an attack at Mount Mastello, also in the Adamelle district where we compelled the enemy to retire, leaving hundred dead and wounded. We carried out several suc- cessful raids at various pointa.

· FAMOUS`AIRMÁN KILLED.

Paris, May 18.

The famous airmen Gilbert has been killed in a flying accident

COUNT PLUNKETT ARRESTED.

London, May 20. The Sinn Feiner Count Plunkett has been arrested.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS,

Two Murder Cases Concluded.

CANTON NEWS,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1918.

THE

WITH OUR FIGHTING

MEN.

'LAWN TENNIS.

Last Evening's Tournament

In the Conquered Territory.

Осг Canton correspondent writes as follows :-

It is reported that Dr. Sun, At the Supreme Court this although his name is amongst the morning, the hearing of the case even administrative numbers, in which Pan Lam, alias Kai Ka declines to remain in Canton and Lam, is charged with the murder will soon leave for Japan.

Joseph Bocking, the well. known novelist, writes in the Daily Chronicla na follows:-

WS BIS

ON PATROL

[

been two years in the ranks of the Army before getting his com- mission. The vade baalth of all aboard the "Innocent Babekárovd

The Men Who Man the Navy. [him from all fear of overwork on the medical sida.; bat for the DON- stant reminder of his name” bal Malcolm Macaskill writes in the might have forgotten about it altogether. He doubled his role

"Last of all there was. Babe,"

LUSITANIA® CASE SIMPLIFIED.

Allegations bout-dung and Ammunitión-Witflekwa.

losses....

This was the

There was not a very large attendance at the Cricket Ground Daily Nose as follows:Wish with the parts of caterer for Baits for damages because last evening to watch the match the British Fies: The captain of tobacco and wine; smoked sad the loss of livse and property in played between Ng Sae-kwong the Innocent Babe was one of leas cigarettes, played aribbage the sinking of the steamship Let us never lose sight of the and M. K. Lo in the semi-final of the mates promoted under the with "Crane," was twice seen on Lastanie will probably be fought foot that the ghastly war on the Tennis Championship Singlee, Charobill-Battenberg scheme, the which we are now engaged was and those who did attend, whilst first, if I am right, to hold s com the bridge, which he foracok out on the igne, wa intended, prepared for, and fareed witnessing some slaver play at mand. If the others are of the almost instantly for the ward destruction of the vessel the want upon the world by the Kaiser times, were not treated to a very came stuff the sooner they are room, and fitted very pleasantly ton set of the common enemy, of and his Jonker minions, or man- close or exciting match. The given commande, too, the better into the men of the Innocent were the petitioning Compan

negligenas P ters, whatever we may be dispos- fist set was the best ontested, In him the lower deck has dis- Germany wanted war, all the Ex-krong was not playing on boy, of Irish blood on both sides, by one. A Rail boy, he reached tend which the one took shorts ed to call them. No country save mainly owing to the fact that Ng finetly "made good." A Tralee Sooty, in bis tesnu still, and 6ft. gente-guilty of contributory Allies did their utmost to avoid his top form and allowed Lo to the migrated early to London. He the mercantile marine by Redhilly after the heating was est

The captain, No. 1. "Doo," Mayer in the Admiralty Division it. Yet

told by ran him close all the way through. was studying for the First Division and the Nary by a torpedoed ship, recently before Judge Jalice

"Chief."

." "Guas," and "Snetty,

of the United States District some people that those who stand Le was not inclined to depart of the Civil Service when his father

these were the ward-room mess Court on the petition of the out for justice are prolonging from his favourite back line drive died. The loss changed the world the war, and are enemies to the and Ng Sze kwong did not have for the boy, and be "packed up peace we all long for so ardently, much difficulty in returning most and went into the Navy." He had the Canard Beamship Company to Of course it is the greatest of the shote he had to deal with, spent patient years on the lower the nocent Bubon carried the be relieved of damages. foolishness imaginable, besides The bet seventually went to Ng deck when the mates scheme Ideal Coxswain. Coxswaine who The allegations that the Lusit being atrociously unjust. We all br 8 games to 6. In the two eab extricated him. In the war he fall short of the ideal may get anis carried on her last trip gunt long for peace, and we are all sequent sets, Lo was cutplayed at gained golden experience. He various people into several sorte ammunition, and troops, Bisk struggling for it. But to talk practically all points and only was at Gallipoli and had no words of trouble. Cox, for one thing, gave her the character of

this capacity be rees to it that so Lusitania standa now, it is said, lightly about "no annexations succeeded in getting two games warm enough in praise of the 29th is the ship's Foliceman, and in vessel have been withdrawn. The gay indemnities, and to ad- and one game respectively. Ng Division, of whose work hafaz as the crew are concerned a simply as a merchant vessel wa vocate it, is like saying that Bill Sze-kwong's play had certainly witzeer; kapt for some time a good many things that might Sikes shall not make recompense improved from the opening set, watchful eye on the Greek army

and freight for hire.

The Cunard Line seeks to for outrage, robbery and marder, but he was never really extended. at Kavala, helped to celebrate otherwise make a difference are gaged in transporting paesangers and that he shall be treated as The winner of last night's the entry of Balgatis into the "just so." For another, he looks

sscape damages, but, failing in though he had never been a terror match is now in the foal and is war by bombarding Dedesgatch after the stores of the ship, sad

due to meet the victor of the con- from the sea; had a spell of ineficiency in distribution of this, aska that its ability be and a curse to the community.

Personally I should like all who test between S. E. Green (the stopping packeta wandering about bookkeeping in regard to which, limited to the actual value of Andrew M. Chulmara, a master' talk glibly about "no indemnities" present Chempion) and M. W. the Greek islands with passengers se the results will show, is s

scaman of twenty years' exper. - to visit the desolated regions of Lo, this being played. this even aboard that had been declared to grievous thing. And besides him to be suspect the "reddish steering the crew he is the ship's The "Ebbe's" the Somme and the Anore; Iling. ahould like to take them to There was another interesting thick-set man" who had been so steersman.

tant pier superintendent when · | the Lusitania sailed. Es had oraE=" Bapaume, and to travel with them match played last evening, this overheard to 37 a Hach for captain would not part with his tance, tetified that he was sosis- He was a simple, abundant looked the loading of the ship. saross the country which stretches being between O. C. Stark and the Kaiser or the "young girl cowsin for untold gold. between the Somme and the F. E. Joseland (sor.) and Major calling herself a Humanisn" with

Ardoino and J. Jennings (owe plans supposed to be concealed man, simple and abundant always. No explosivos were taken aboard. Hindenburg Line.

It was a grey wintry day when 4/6) in the Bandicap Doubles. in her right shoe! and, finally, grare til halda smile he said, and she carried 6,000 An official report from Chan I entered the scenes which will The latter pair won after a hard having taken a band in "flattening clear and childlike. Something tons of coal, the fall banker out the forta of Smyrna" and of a pluralist by virtue of his capacity. Boat drills, were held King-ming, commander in the haunt my memory, no matter fight by 8.4, 5-7, 6-4.

stood by the monitor on which he office, fancy clothed him easily on the day before the real failed. east, states that his troops have what my length of days may be.

was. "No. 1 aa long after ake with the robes of Pooh Bah. TheShe carried no gune or tabes, tremendous diguity of the part ha continned, and was painted For the defence, Mr. Alabaster encircled and defeated a party of Alight thin mist bid the

was on fire as it was wise to stay would have become hire perfectly black on the hall and aid that upon the judgment of Northern troops who attempted to aan, but did not hinder me

(the Tarks shelling her briskly the jury depended the life of attack the ine before Wong Kong, from viewing that wide stretch

the while), succeeded in saving and the majestically dowing elate color above the deck. a human being. They must be and followed them for 50 lis. A of land which the Germans left

We acknowledge with thanks himself and his diary, reached hahit; and he had the Pooh Bab He repeated on cross-examination and BOIDS

smmunition for" strategic purposes." Four absolutely satisfied from gad

a batch of reading matter for the England, and finally took com- Toins. He knew what the ship that the port boste actually were evidence that the accused way were

could do to a bair, and his judg lowered to the water in the drill osptured and 200 years ago this was all a fair countroops from the Masonic Hall; mand of the "Innocent Babe." guilty of the marder. If there men killed. A big attack on try of villages, towns, farme, and Kowloon.

His officers said of him that he mentel give it on the highest the day before the sailing in

authority was perfect. When April, 1915.- was any doubt that must be Cheong Chow is now preparing.oaltivated land peopled by a

"liked things done smartly. to the benefit of the prisoner. The Northern troops at every prosperone, well conditioned ....

Mr. Chalmers said the ship had Looking at his own way of doing Cor was at the wheel there was He thought the jury would point of the front are showing an community. Cornisad abounded, be of opinion that the Crown inclination to retire.

while many of the necessities of we have made. In looking at the them it was easy to believe. There no need to concern yourself about sufficient coal aboard to make th had absolutely failed to make

A notorique handit with-500 life, grew in abundance. Villages maps which indicate the troosa of was never hesitation about a the "Babe." One might almost trip on fall boiler capamiz good its case. It was undoubtedly followers in Ya Yan district has and towns, the names of which land from which we have driven movement he made; it carried say he took her in and out of port although on the fatal trip six of the twenty-five boilers were not have been out swiftly a quick decision. He ander his arm,

The men on the "Innocent used.

■ case of murder but if they ex imitated the Generalissimo's title are engraven upon our memories, the Germans, we

Irving L. Lippincott, of New amined the probabilities they by calling himself the Geners! dotted the countryside. Thiep doubtless impressed by what bad "eyes all down his coat and would that the murder isaimo of citizen soldiers. Heval, Grandcourt, Gommecourt, seemed the smalinses of our gains. was a judge of men, in which gj Babe" were as keen as her officers. }

and vation. Up till the other day the Winchester Repeating Arms Com was probably the work of one issued a number of notices to sil Le Transloy, Bepsame, and a Bat it all appears different when sense of humour aided him. He But here one must make a reser Haven, an employes of the

instrument towns and villages demanding hundred- oibera Are well-one stands on the ground itself. was of medium height

kind had 2a. Bd. a day extra pay and 29 the company shipped 200 One man had been

tried certain supply of various necessi-known names to us all. It was, It is then one is impressed not mediam build, pala of face, with "Babe" and all other boats of her pany, said that on April 26, 23. for the murder, was convict ties, otherwise the places will be a fair region in a fair country. only by the huge stretch of blue grey eyes; hin age perhaps granted to her men sad 63. a day osate each to the Unio, Posallis to her officers in recompense for Cartridge Company-on order of ed and now stood under sentence burned down.

What is it to-day? What has land which we have wrested 35, his rank lieutenant.

"No. 1" the second in com special servics. The additional the Remington Arms Company the

but by the cocupation of Bill Siken from of death. In the case of this man

courage mand, when the war broke out pay put a fine edge on their keen. These were British tile cartridges, there was a motive, a poor ons

meant? I will not try to deal the indescribable with the hideous waste of the and endurance of our Aray. I was aboy at Dulwich. He came ness. If the inking it away has No shipment was made on the

of Lai Man at 43, Yes Wo Street The cashing of the Bank of on March 30 less, was continued China's notes has already begun, before Mr. Justice Gomperts. Mr. Holders are entitled to change F. C. Jenkin' appeared to prose- $100 worth at one time during oute for the Crown, and Mr... business hours, G. Alabaster (instructed by Mr. F.I. D'Almada) appeared for the defence.

200

man, with

800

the

but there was a captive neverthe-banished

less-the greed of money. There

Was which was known to the

for life, once

July, 1916. He had also been in

prison several times.

His Lordship passed sentence

of two years' hard labour.

For the Troops.

enemy,

*

Jaha N. Standish, of Bridge- or tell of the agony that German or two of which yet remain: I Schools scheme, took intensively nature. Sir Eric Geddes hse Was some money due to deceased in November, 1915, and again in most promising lives in the world, went into the "pill-boxes," one into the Navy under the Publis taken off that edge, it is haman Cunard Company..

militarism has meant to so many went down into the famous" dug in six months a course of years; settled more complicated things port, Conn., shipping manager condemned man and this money

thousands of homes. That osu onte," which the Germans thought was a snotty on tid for the better than this in five minutes time of the Remington Arma Company was found on him. Prisoner did!

said he knew some shipments of never be described, or even im- made their positions impregnable, and want to Jatland for the battle; Perhaps he will look into it.

I should like to add a word cartridges had been sent to New not draw the money, and there

The second prisoner was Chan egined, Bat thick only of the sad I cannot but marvel at what and had come to the "Babe" on

For we the way, he hopes, to submarinse, shout the coastal air work, York in April, 1016, bat had no was no motive in his case which Bhing, alias Chan Lee, and to material loss. Of all those fair has been accomplished. could be suggested.

towns, villages, farms, cottages, must remember that much of the the new ambition's ladder of the word only, because I had only personal knowledge that any

Bar I

were put on the Lusitania: These Mr. Jenkin asid prisoner's the charge he pleaded guilty,

In this case, Mr. Wakeman not vestige remains. I am region that has been regained has Navy. He was 20, pink-checked, ashore glimpes of it. defence was a two-fold one, the stated that the man had been speaking not figuratively but been fought for inch by inch; and dark-eyed, with eyebrows finely saw enough to see that the boy cartridges would not explode first being an alibi, a common banished three times. He was literally. We have heard a good as I passed through mile after arched and a forehead as smooth in the sirship or the kite balloon shock, he said; the blow of defence, but one which needed first banished for five years in deal about Thiepval, for example, mile of the shell-torn country and clear as a summer's mon is as keen on his job as the boy sorpedo would not set them off proving; and the second a direct Jana, 1915, and on January, 1916, To-day there is no Thiepval could not help pering my homiage ing. He had the look of a hard in the seroplane. He keeps hit These cartridges are shipped

on his work of freely by expreen and freight. eyes "skinned accusation against the other man he wse banished for life. It was Literally not one stone, not one to the deantless heroism of the worker who could slack with

spotting," and woe be to the that he was solely concerned in in October, 1918, that the man brick is left standing upon men who, in the face of seemingly entire joy. Good humour radiat-

George W. Strubel, of the the murder.

impregnable defences, and almost led from the eyes, there were no U-bost he wwoops down upon. Bethlehem Steel Works at In both of theee

The NavyThe ships," wrote Mr. Kipling, Bethlehem, Pa., testified that he You ride mile after mile and it certain death, swept onward and (angles about him, defences he had miserably failed. again found here and was another.

banished for life again.

have a thousand syee." Coastal knew that some shrapnet shells The witnesses for prisoner had

Mr. Lordship passed sentence in the same thing. Ever and still onward towards victory and has no nas for angles, not, at say been called but had failed to of three years' hard labour,

"KB." always is the same ghastly de- justice.

rate, in its wardrooms,

airships and the

had been shipped on order of the But what impressed me more "Gaze" was Devonian, & have added to their number: Canard Company on the Lusitanis. substantiate the story which he

Rickaha Coolfe Robbed. · solation. As for the countryside, .asked them to believe.

Two Chiness were charged with where in the past were farme, than sll was the ghastly crime of Plymouth lad; the chief engineers More than one of the schoolboys The shells: confibed conls the Aftet an exhaustive samming committing an armed robbery orchards, gardens, cottages, you the Germans in forcing this wer "Chief," a Devonian 100, as I met had a scalp to his girdle ballesa, so powder was or them up by Mr. Justice Gomperts, the near Quarry Bay, there being see only shell-torn stretches of upon the world. Mr. Asquith from Barnstaple. They were TheB.F.0.(Senior Flying Officer), when shipped.

He displayed jury retired, and, after being two counts against them. They land. Mile after mile, league after spoke, in 1914, of war as hell strongly contrasted types, with I was told, decider whether ships and samples of four toch belle league, and still the same dreary let Jooen; but I do not think common keenuses on their jobs can go up or not. Who is the He knew no explosives were in absent about five minutes, return both pleaded guilty to both, ed and gave a verdict of "Not The Crown Solicitor stated that death pell reigns ever the land even he realised how tras his and a love of Devon. "Guns" had 8.F.O.?" I asked:That chap these abella, he wild. Guilty."

The prisoner was a rickshs coolie was returning to scape. Nothing grows, Bays a words were. Militarism is hell, the seafarer's eyes, that begin to ever there." "That chap" was accordingly discharged. Hongkong from Quarry Bay and kind of starved desert grass ghastly hell, to destroy which pucker with long watching: the playing "Bagger" not so long

when near Chat Tei Mai he was Scarce a foot of earth has been all the forces of civilisation should face was long, with clear-cat chin, mince, in the home of the game, Before the Chief Justice, a set upon by three men, all armed left untorn by the wild tornado be need. To give one example On the bridge he inspired the Javavele, named Sarro Din, was with knives. He was robbed of of explosives which were hurled of what I mean, and it is only one esme kind of confidence the missed charged with the murder of his purse. An Indian constable, bere during the great battles of example among thousanda. In captain did. His eyes Mohamed Batcho, on April 18 at shortly afterwards, passed the the Somme. That is the picture reading our newspapers we have nothing they should have seen, three men and arrested one of which greets you to-day, often come scrom descriptions of and he had the Devon Isd'sinterest Wanchai.

"mines" and, speaking for my in the wanderers of the oceanside. Marie Louise Show, of Holly The Hon. Attorney General them, and another constable, just And the people? The farmers, (Mr. J. H. Kemp. C. B. E.), pro coming from the police station the shop-keepers, the mechanics, self, I have had only very vague He was of the race of those who Lodge, Branksome Park, Bourne- secuted and Mr. B. E. Belilios, arrested the other. The third the labourers what has become ideas as to their results. But curae the sea and follow her month, the wifs of a member of (instructed by Mr. P. W. Gold-man göt away,

of them? Where are the happy, during my visit to the desolated conscientious in grain in the work Poole Town Council, was charged presiding of the annual motio ring) defended,

The prisoners excuse was that romping boys and girls who regions I saw the scenes of more he had to do a chief ganner an st Poole, with food hoarding. of the Lotors Association hard skie

intelligent Admiralty should use. Sesrah revealed considerable effect of the Education Bill At the conclusion of the hear they had no money with which learnt their lessons in the school than one "mine explosion!”

I stood on the top of one great "Chief" wan e fist, or, to be quantities of food, tecluding children on the flags would ing, the jury retired, and after to buy rios and were forced to do houses and played in the village.

akrests ? God only knows! From besp of debris thrown up, sad precise, round, contradiction of sugar, jime, traite, beans, tice, most serious one. No ch only seven minutes absence, what they did by hunger,

His Lordship gave the men a all we can gather, the one-time looked down to the grater beneath Mr. Kipling's "sad-eyed en four, dn, stored in a storeroom ander 12 years of age could per Hie Lordship passed sentence severe warning and sentacoed population of this region have which the explosion took place, ginger. Never was merrier attic. Parsuses had been made form, and this was a meet drague of death in the usual way. them both to eighteen months' not only had all their belongings sad the dietsnoe from the top to pair of eyes in a more genial face at London stores while the derstep. He moved that a deputa destroyed, but they themselves the bottom is over eighty feet. He had a quick laugh, and mirth fendant was drawing rations and tion wait og Mix Pinker, and this Returned Banishees Sentenced. bard labour.

have become the slayer of the The grest-mountain of rubbish, eaised him easily. I do not re- supplice from Bournemouth was agreed to. (The proposal This afternoɔá- two-osses of

Pless, were taken in two other invader, the sport of the last, the together with the crater, covard member his ever mentioning grocer. The magistrate imposed he added, meant that it would returning from banishment were heard by the Chief Justice. The cases, one being a case of armed cupidity, the passion of people several scres, while beneath it all engines except under the pro-fine of E100 in all ordering 80 imposible to present on themse Arai man charged usa Chu Kong, robbery at Wanchai and the other whose motto was "Deutschland lie hundreds, perhape thousands, vocafion of a direct question, but per cent, of the hoarded food, ex many of Bankrepeate

men of human bodisa.

snything the Lancoent Bab cept the sugri, to be confiscated, many others, indrad who pleaded guilty. Candy an armed robbery at Waterfall uber Alles."

The Crown Bolicitor (Mr. G. H. Bay. Both the sccused pleaded Another thing strikes the This is or This is the thing wanted her engiasroom to do was and defendant to pay 20 gufoas Berrie. He a7200.

After the search 1821b. of to Basert its Wakemen) stated that prisoner not guilty, and these cases will be obeerver in peeing through the by which Germany set out to always dous, and done well

sugan had been given to local | Elili ki will arrested on April 29 at proceeded with to-morrow, before territory we have reconquered. I conquer the world, and is in this "Doo WA Canadisz,

Is le the magnitude

effort we are called upon to destro student Lam- MoGill.

and alunghouse, Kowloon, He had been twice the Chief Justion at 10.30.

The Javanese Marder.

rolarned a verdict of “ Guilly.”

„To-Morrow's Cases..

A Bournemouth Hoarder,

and Liedt, W.M. Sparka. 2nd Lieut. WM. Sparke, Nys- ealand Fila Force, formerly of the Källan Kising Admisikia. tion, Tongeben, has been awarded the Military Cross,

Wat Children and the StáreENTE, Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson;

Lobjectionable elsan