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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1919.

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

By Courtesy of the South Chine Morning Poe “J

PEACE FOR CHINA.

A SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL DEMAND.

Shanghai, March 19.

The Chinese, commercial bodies held a mass meeting this afternoon to insist on the conclusion of peace in China, both sides waiving technicalities. They threaten refusal to pay further taxes or even the closing of their shops as a silent protest, unless the leader of the North and South comply, but there is little hope here that the deadlock can be broken.

THEFT OF STRAITS NOTES.

AF ARREST IN HONGKONG.

Singapore, March 19.

The Police have secured the arrest at Hongkong of a man charged with the theft of 1,000 five-dollar Straits notes from the 8.8. Nellore. Five hundred notes were recovered..

STRAITS PASSAGE CONTROLLER.

Singapore, March 19.

A Passage Controller for the Straits has been appointed to deal with all passages to Europe.

SHANGHAI LAND INVESTMENT DIVIDEND.

Shanghai, March 18.

The Shanghai Land Investment Company is paying a five per cent. final dividend.

FOREIGNER DIES OF INFLUENZA.

Shanghai, March 18.

Another foreigner has died of influenza.

EARLIER SPECIAL TELEGRAM,

INFLUENZA IN SHANGHAL

Shanghai, March 18. The influenza epidemic is getting worse. Mr. R.A. Good, of the Yorkshire Insurance Company, is among the latest victims. Severa! others are in a critical condition. There were over 300 deaths last week.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Daily Bulletin ** Service).

AMERICAN GUNNERY ON WESTERN FRONT.

mounts a distance of 242 miles,-American Wireless.

THE RECENT DEMOBILISATION RIOTS.

YO BOLSHEVIK COMPLEXION.

London, March 8. Brigadier-General Sir Ian Colquhoun, interviewed by Reutter's Agency, said the officers in the Kinmal Park and Rhodes were not attacked. On the contrary, the men treated them with the greatest courtesy and they themselves mixed freely with the mon Some actually put down the loot in order to salute him and then picked up the loot again.

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was

the safe. He said the keys were in the

theco pradore. The "rölibers - thama pointed a revolver at him one threatened kina with a sing ger, cutting" through two coats. His bunch of keys was taken from The Märck-Griminal Sessions him” which contained the key ware opened this morning, His of the safa. The afe Lordship Sir William Davies, K. C. Chief Fastice, and whole amount totalling $17,- Rees opened and money was taken, the Mr. Justice Melbourne sting. 849.72, Witeti bina throsianed.

(Before the Chief Ju Reports of the damage to the camp were greatly exaggerated. Some 50 to 60 men attacked some canteens. The men of one camp, RETURNED REMISEKES. anticipating danger, armed themselves and fired, contrary to express orders. That was on Wednesday, when the fatalities occurred.

Ho Sing was charged with The girls in the camp were not attacked. The girls were treated disobedience of order of danish with the almost chivalry, and not a man entered the girls, adroddment and pleaded guilty- while they were occupied.

One man, who raised a red flag in an attempt to introduce

Bolshevism, was shot.

BRITISH BATTLE EXPLOITS.

PROPOSED BATTLEFIELD" MEMORIALS.

London, March 17.

A Battle Exploit Memorials Committee, consisting, of senior officers representing the whole Empire, has been formed at the War Office to consider the erection of permanent memorials on the battlefields, preferably to "Divisions or higher formations. It is pointed out that the exploits of smaller anite may be recorded thereon. Claims from Australia, New Zealand and India must reach

| Whitehall before October 1st.

DAY BY DAY.

Messrs. Benjamin and Potts) are in receipt of a telegram from their Shanghai Office stating that the Central Stores, Ltd., (Shang- hai Hotels has declared a dividend of Shanghai 1.50. The profi: for the year amounts to approximately $300,000.

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AMERICA'S DEMAND FOR HONGKONG RICE.

** THE REMOVAL OF

RESTRICTIONS.

the 17th instant. Readers will

CENTRAL.

To-Day's Exchange. The alosing rate of the dollar desnand so-day was Sa. EFT-167.

The Weather. Forscast-frir. Barometer:- 30.05. Temperature 2 pm:

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TO-DAYS CHINES

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|from time to - time-and- ha wsk than tied up, with other fokia, {mfioi which", the robbers left, previously warning the staff not to make a ane. After the robbars had left witness went

Wah Taz. Yat Po Service.)

to the safe and found a

Peking, March 18, The Acting Attorney General, revolver there. A number of According to arrangement all the Hon. Mr. H.E. Pollock, K.0, rolls of ten cent pieces were the Japanese agreements are to said the socused had been banish-afterwards- found on the stairs be published, one by one. Now ed three times and had returned which witness.recognised as those the Diplomatie Commission, con- on each occasion. On two oses-produced in ovart. Witness Aidnes that publication means (China's recognition, as in the some tha banishment order was recognised the accused as one of for a period of 20 years.

the robbers

case of secret agréements entered Finto by individual official, with After farther evidence had fout the Government's cognisance,. been taken, the jury found the China should demand their can accused guilty.

Sentence of three years' hard labour was passed..

Hist

cellation.

Chan Yau pleaded guilty to

Shanghai, March. 18. the same charge.

in passing sentence,

Chut Kai-kim has been ordered The Attorney General said the Lordship said that whenever by the Premier to ask Tong scoused had been banished on cases of armed robbery came Shao-yi for an explanation of the to occasions, the last for life, before him, and were proved he Southerners aftack in Fookian. Sentence of three years hard intended to inflict the most Teung In, the Kwongsi delegate- labour was passed.

severe sentences in order to supat the Shanghai Conference, has Tong Fook also pleaded guilty armed rubberies. The accused signed to be one of the Coun

press the increasing" number "of declared that Luk Wing-fing has to a charge of returning from would go to prison for eight years cillors in the Military Govern

with hard labour, and receive 15 ment at Canton for good reasons, strokes of the "cat".

but not because he wants separate peace, as rumoured.

banishment.

The Attorney-General aid the accused had been banished on eight occasions, the last sentence. being banishment for life.

Sentence of four years' hard labour was passed

A telegram from Urga statos that Russians attacked Chinasa troops at-Tonuola, wounding several. The Chinese are now prepared for emergencies.

(Before the Prime Judget.. A couple of days ago we

BOBBERY AT TAI KOK TSUL announced that the American Consul-General had received in-

Ng Kam was charged on two structions from Washington to the effect that the import restric-rHE 918H, LIVINGSTONE ROBBERT, Counts with robbery with violence ions upon the shipment of rice Tong So was charged with on two persons Ng Hee sad Aa a: Tai Kok Tani on February 5th, That well-polished excuse of to the United States for consump robbery by two or more. "being given is to carry" still tion in the United States had Accused pleaded not guilty.

Yeung Chung, and on a third. finds favour with the opium been removed, effective from

count with wounding Au. Yeung | Jan. 26. A woman named Ho Nam, One. who

Chang. smugglers.

The Attorney General pro-

who earned her living by dealing caught on board the Kwong member that the restrictions, secuted and the accused was The Crown Solicitor, Mr. G.H. in jewelery, met another woman. Hing with 20 taels of illicit which came into operation during undefended.

Wakeman, prosecuted.

named Tai Ko, whom she had the war, were removed after the opium on his person tendered this Armistice, but for some unknown The jurymen were:--Messrs. Prisoner pleaded notguilty and previously known in Canton. excuse to Mr. Ht. E. Lindsell, and reason the U. S. Government J. A. M. Gracia, Laing Kamming, the following jury was empan-This woman asked Ho Nam to gu found that it did not help him. re-introduced the restrictions.

0. D. Barretto, Wong Sik Kai, Delled-Messus. J. M. Noronha, to the Ping On boarding house He was sent to prison for three months in default of a $1,000 fine. removal of the embargo bas so A Da Costa.

Contrary to anticipations, this P. L. Knight, T. L. Scott and S. Goldschmids, C. B. Kim, A. and the latter was introduced to A. Gil, P. W. Vermeulen, E C. another woman who was married to 3 max named Cheung locally. It is too early in the day secution, the Attorney General

Outlining the case for the pro- Arculli, V. A. Fxanovich.

living The Crown Solicitor said that o

far not affected the rice market

Gardiner stated that the foki was is

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a Chinese foki of a butcher's stall freely from America, for rice.

For stealing a quantity of beef, to say whether orders will come said the accused was charged the offence was committed at 124 in the boarding house. Ho Nam in the Central Market got six There is a heary congestion on with committing, in company Cranmer Street, Tai Kok Texas told to go to the Hotel weeks to-day. The butcher had the wires, and samg of the cables with three others, s robbery, at where An Yeang Chung and his China and take some jewellery a contract with the Naval Tard received from San Francisco and the premises of Messrs. Gribh,wife, Ng Hei, kept a tobacco with her for Cheung to elect for the supply of meat to the other large rice-importing centres Livingstone and Company, or shop. At 9.15 p.m. on. 5th She went there and was gagged Naval ships.

fand bound by the accused and The foki was are dated the 5th instant So the evening of Feb. inh, this February, someone went to the entrusted with the delivering of the until the transmission of tele-year.

shop and called out that he wish her jewellery stolen. An alarm meat and yesterday he was arrest grams assumes it normal tenour we shall not be able to say

The evidence for the prosecutioned to bay tobacco. The door was was raised and the three socused ed on going out of the gate, whether Americs will need lange would show that on that evening, opened and three men entered. tested

Evidence was then taken Washington, March 18.

and a search brought forth 51 be quantities of rice from Hongkong at about 7.15, the head shroff of They immediately Rear-Admiral Plunkett, Commander of the American Naval of meat, which he had retained Battery in the fighting on the Western Front, has reported upon from the quantity that was to ing time. When purchaser Company who had his office on pepper in his eyes

The rice market is simply mark Mears. Gibb, Livingstone and. Au Yeung Chung, and threw after which the jury found the Be called facoded guilty and a sentence of the part his guns played in the last days of the war. The 14-inch have been delivered. An inves-comes into the market prices of the top floor of St. George's out, and while

five years hard labour and twelve temporarily

strokes of the "cat" was inflicted 50-calibre guns were originally designed for the battleship Sue, but tigation of the stores of the ships the different grades go up immed Building, was at work counting blinded, one of the three man ware ister placed on a land battery.

this quantity iately. During the last three cut money collected during the stabbed him.

His wife was upon each of the accused. Commenting upon the work of these gans, Admiral Plunkett revealed that

Mr. J. H. weeks or so, prices have fuotuat day. with a

of assaulted by the prisoner. She Wis missing.

number

THE LITTLETON ROAD ROBBERY. said that observations were made after the retreat of the Germans,

ed. When a lull set in, the other Chinese assistants. There was thrown to the ground and a and these showed shell craters remarkably uniform in size and of Gardiner later appeared in

La Cheang and Chan Shing great extent. He said that one shot completely wrecked the railway Court and applied for a re-rates drooped. Since the Japan were also two watchmen present. gold hairproes taken from her

ese retired from the market

8 charge of lines of these tracks for a distance of 100 feet, tearing up the rails hearing, which His Worship things have been fairly dull. Whilst the counting of the money hair. She shouted and blew a pleaded guilty to and shattering the lines, leaving an enormous crater in the road bed. adjourned until to-morrow. Mr. Siam usual quality, which was going on, the prisoner and police whistle, whereupon the robbery. The accused attempted Traffic was completely stopped, not only during the firing but from

in great democrac from

three other men, all of whom three robbars departed. They to rob hawkers of $15, on Lyttle: six to ten hours each day after firing had ceased. The batteries cost innocent, on the ground that he America, is now quoted at 18.56 were armed, entered the room and were arrested by the police tan Road, on January 22. Ak $2,689,970 and with 2,400 projectiles the total outlay was $3,337,870. brought in more meat than was per pical. When a bad my sets after threatening the staff and shortly afterwards and prisoner alarm was raised and the first The guns at an elevation of 45 degrees could be fired from railroad required and that the quantity in, rates jump up 20 to 30 cents a tying some of them up, stole was identified by both husband accused was caught by a chaleur in the employ of the Hon. Mr. said to have been stolen was the picul and rice versa in a dull cash and notes to the value of and wife. surplus,

market. Should the enquiry from $17,843.72. They also took from Evidence was then given after Lou Chu Pak sad the second was & large one in one of the Chinese staff a silver which the Jury found the scanned chased by a watchusn in the volume, prices of the different watch and chain and a gold ring. guilty.

same gentleman's employ, bat.- Resulting from s fight from grades are bound to harden, This man, in company with the

managed to escape. He wa which one of them received and this

bound to

Prisoner had nothing to say eventually arrested and sevərsi The Sino-Japanese Agreement of Sept., 1918, and the Supple-pair of black eyes and a broken bit the poorer classes. tran- police, want on board the Kwong and had no witnesses. He added wounds on his person were found, believed to have been self mentary Treaty and Note of May, 1915, concerning the disposition of arm, two Indians came into Mr.saction of 2,000 tons is enough to Sai, the afternoon following the that he came from Macso. German rights in the Shantung province, are now before the Council E. Lindell's court to-day the put the market up, now-a-days, day of the robbery, and there His Lordship immed up inflicted, of the Great Powers at the Peace Conference.

damaged participant acousing the to 40 or 50 cents per picul. saw the prisoner sitting down in

Sentence of five years' harl have been withheld from the Peace Conference, which is expected version of the affair, as given by Japanese have dumped there.

Both Chinese and Japanese Delegates declare that no documente other of assaulting him. The Havana is reported to be flooded a dark part of the ship. The briefly and the jury, without

with rice supplies which the man was arrested and after animous verdect of guilty on the "cat" was passed in each ins leaving the box, returned a un labour and 18 strokes of the

shortly to pass upon the disposition of the former German holding the complainant, was that he

very careful test of identification first two counts and not guilty stance. of the Shantung Province. American Wireless,

was walking in Connaught Road

had been made, was picked out

on the third.. Central when the defendant and story of being assaulted with as being one of the robbers by

The Crown Solicitor said no- another man came up, and "in-the object of getting him (the six on the staff of the Compra- vited

him to a drink. He defendant) into trouble. Mr. dore department of Mesers, Gibb, thing was known about prisoner. Prisoner was sentenced to five declined and the two men there- Lindsell to the complainent- Livingston.

"You expect me to believe that apon belaboured him with a Paris, March 18.

To So Hing, the head shroff of years hard labour, with 12 The Sub-Committee of the Peace Conference dealing with the stick, and whilst he was lying because you refused a drink they Meara. Gibb Livingstone, asid strokes of the cat.

ROBBERY AT HOTEL CHINA.- responsibility for the war has completed its work, and the result is prostrate on the ground in a daze assaulted you?"I know of that on the evening in question, about to be made public.

ed condition, the defendant no other reason." Mr. Lindsell he was in the office, counting Chan Tean, Kwan Tan and It is believed that the finding of any moral responsibility is not kicked his face and hands so to the defendant How do you money. Four men came in, Kwan Shing were charged with regarding the technical violation of international law by Germany.badly that he had to receive account for his two black all of them being armed with robbery with violence at the The other Sub-Committee on other phases of the responsibility medical treatment. On the other eyes? He knocked his revolvers and some with daggers. Hotel China on January 27th. for the war has completed its work,

hand, the defendant told face against a gate Inspector They first took loose cash from

They pleaded not guilty.

SINO-JAPANESE AFFAIRS AT PEACE CONFERENCE.

Paris, March 18.

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The Allied representatives on Monday heard for the first time Mr. Lindsell that the com Browne They were both the counter, about $1,000, next, M. Paschick on the Albanian claims, which were referred to the plainant was not on good drunk, and had to be resisted to they wrenched open: a drawer of The jury was the same as in Committee on Greek áffairs,

The Council of the Great Powera further discumed the terms with him because the the Station.The defendant witnesses, desk and stole notes and the previous case. preliminary peace treaties on Saturday. These which include complainant believed him to be admitted he was little drunk, coin to the value of about $2,000. The Crown Solicitor, outlining territorial, financial, reparation and economic subien, as well as an informer to the Government Headwellspanded the case Witness was then dragged into the case for the prosecution, main guable the defendant the middle of the room the three prisoners were charged military and naval disarmament, will soon be prepare American in respect of souse seditious to Wireless,

matter-and so he put i the to produce Kr

«urse asked for the keys of with committing #robb

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