1922-12-04 — Page 1

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

THE RETURN OF THE GERMANS

to the Colony remində koon

15 that the Qarman business man kaw's full well the value and

affelener of gispson H® KRANG that when the eyes are well bis business efficiencF is well-too.

LAZARUS

12. Dom's ROLD CHATLIL-

The only Europeza Dykunan in the Columi

FOUNDED 1297

NO 12,838

PRINCE ANDREW'S SENTENCE.

The Case for the Defence.

GREEKS APPROVE EXECUTIONS.

of his rank and banishment for life.

登拜道

(Reuter's Service)

Athens, December 3. The sentence on Prince Andrew (see Earlier Cables) is deprivation Parliament was very crowded by Court habitues, including General Trisilas, giving evidence for the defence, vigorously supported the Prince's action and said Gon. Papoulas' orders were practically contradictory. He denied that Prince Andrew ever dis obeyed orders.

ladies and officers.

+ MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1922

AMERICANS CHARGED, HIGHWAY ROBBERIES.

8.8

A Kennedy Road Cafe.

With Possession of Arms,

One of the most interesting arms The week-end police reparts cases to come into Court of late, contain two cases of highway was that before Mr. J. R. Wood robbery in the Cisy. this morning, when two, Ameri- In the first case, a school boy, cans, named Gordon Hussey and named Frederick Sullivan who Charles Beamer. lat. Assistant lives at 34, Kennedy Road was Engineer and Engineer Store walking in Store Nulish Lane, Keeper of the President Wanchi, just before nine o'clock Jackson respectively, were charg on Friday evening when fire men ed with having in their possesssion rushed up to him, two of them two revolvers and 100 rounds of being armed with revolvers and ammunition each.

three with dagsers. They forced The facts of the case are these him to hold up his hands and then On Saturday the s.3. President arched him,stealing & razor and Carvounis, the Greek war correspondent, declared that Frince Jackson Arrived hare from $4 in money. They then d-camped Andrew was an exemplary soldier and shared the hardships with hs Americs and tied up aloog-| In the other case, a Chinese men. He treated the officers as equals and never took advantage side the No. 1 wharf Aclerk, named Ip Chu-n-ching who of his position.

Kowloon. At about two o'clock, lives at 12. Fung Wong. Terrace Prince Andrew read his own defence, obviously prepared for the two officers left the vessel, reports that on Saturday evening him, and pleaded that it was unfair to treat a Prince like other carrying overcoats over their he was walking along Kennedy generals, as he was only a figurehead sad occupied the position of arms, and left the godown pre Road, near Monmouth Patt Thief of an army corps owing to the fact that he was a brother of mises by the gate in Canton when he was stopped by a von.

the King.

Road. As they were walking men, one armed with a digger. Prince Andrew's counsel. Damaskinos, recommended the judges, along. a packet of ammunition They told him to keep quiet and as good soldiers, to judge the accused as they would say other fell from one of the overcoat then ralieved him of $40 is money, soldier.

pockets and an Indian constable, later running away. Princess Alice, the wife of Prince Andrew, when informed of who was close by, went forward the sentence by friends, said she was relatively happy at the result of the trial.

Endorsement of Executions.

London, December 3.

to pick the packet up and retur

it to the meu. The contents of the packet had spilled and the constable then discovered the

日六十月十

"SUI AN" PIRACY,

}

Enquiry Opened This Afternoon.

CHIEF OFFICER'S STORY.

BINOLE COPY: 10 STO

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PAVLOVA HERE.

To Open Season To-night.

„DAY BY DAY.

Pavlova. the incomparable dancer, arrived in the Calony by the as. Presideat Wilson-to-day, (and opens a season at the Theatre Royal to-night. With bar is a The enquiry into the Sul An company of no fewer than 35 piracy, and to consider whether artistes, and Hongkong is pro the existing precautions against mised one of the biggest attrac piracy are adequate and efficient, tions ever known in the Colony. commenced in the Council Cham- It is so seldom that a star artiste of Madame Pavlova's standing ber this afternoon.

comes here, and there will doubt Mr. J. R. Wood (Chairman of less be crowded houses to greet the Commission) presided, and the her on her first visit to the other members were Hon. C. Mol. Colony Merser. O.B.E. [Colonial Tres- A very fiae programme 'has surer). Commander C. M. Beck been arranged for to-night, when with, R.S.,(tarbour Mastar), Mr. Pavlova will appear in the Eu HP. White (Manager of the chanted Lake" and "The Fairy Douglas Steamship Company Dall." She will be seen in her and Mr. P. M. B. Lake. Mr. W.J.famous Dying Swan" dauce, Carrie was present as Secretary which no-one should miss. Those Mfr W. E L Sbenton appeared who intend asing Parlors daring to represent the interests of the her short stay here are advised Hongkong, Macao and Canton to book their seats carly. Seamboat Company; Mr. E. Davidson appested for the com- bined Chins Coast Officers Guild and the Marine Engineers' Guild VILLAGE ROBBERY.

of China; Mr. H. E. Hung re presented the ship's com- Armed Men's Haul. pradore; whilst

Among those also present WATS Mr. Johs Twelve of the Chinese who An armed robbery took place Arnold, the Secretary of the were recently arrested in Shang- The constable, however, followed in the village of Sai Wan Ho Steamboat Company, the local hai aboard the as. Yicgchow oo the man to the Star Ferry Wharf on Saturday night. According to scretaries of the Officers' and rapicion of being pirates have cal-where he met Sergeant Mason the statement made by a woman Engineers' Guilds, and several been sent back to Hongkong. and told him of what he had found,living at No. 13, she and her Chinese members of the crew of They arrived here on the 5.5. Kan- chow and are being 'detained at the Central Police Station It is pointing out the men, who were daughter were sitting is the front the Sui An. about to board the ferry bost. Ser-room of the house when fire men

In opening the enquiry, Mr. thought they will be handed over geant Mason then questioned the entered by the front door. Three Wood said that this was the first to the Colness authorities at that they had revolvers and am revolvers. After locking both back session of the Corr mission which Canton. munition in their possession. e and front doors, they daanded as being held for the purposes of

Generals Lam Fu and Lap asked them to go back to the the keys of the boxes, drive the public exeniastion of wit

Prospe The enquiry would fallj into two parts. The first part

Tak-hing, former corsman iars of Godown Whrif with him, where in the two women into he searched them and discovered ubicle and placing gu that each man was carrying two them. Two of the men prds would relate to the circumstances the Kwangat troops in Kang- brand new Smith Weston revolto ransack the house, but, derlex of the piracy itself and more, are now visitors to General circum-Chan King-ming in Canton. They The course of the work, a faxi of particularly vers and 100 rounds of ammuni

He took them to the Water he house, named Cheung Far, so far as they related are residing at the Government Police Station where they knocked on the door and asked to the Pirany Regulations and Mint Building and will leave for whether they were kept or Kwangsi to direct the campaign lin clearing out the Kwangsi chatzed. They were allowed babe admitted. The robbers let him

W&3 propos-d to of $5,000 cold each but were usin and immediately seized bike that first, and witnesses bandits as soon as arrangements able to find it, spending the we hustling him into the end in police custody.

would be called to give evidence When the cas came on this

and to be examined in public morning. Gords Hussey, the 1st

Throuch the courtesy of the local was tried

press, & letter had been inserted for the trial of officials charged Assistar t Egineer,

in the newspapers inviting 50 with maladministration was pro- estnesses of the occurrence to posed ate meeting of the Governor- communicate with the Secretary in-Council held in Canton on of the Commission, who would be Saturday, when Governor Chan glad to receive any information Chik yo and other provinciali from any quarter. The second officers were present The fine. part of the enquiry would relations of the proposed civil court Cto the adequacy of the existing are to try all char.es against civil

for regulations and their possible officers in the province.

improvement. That part of the

A Greek semi-officist message from Athens claims that the ammunition. He asked one of Greek public, except a reactionary minority, heartily endorses the the men if the packet belonged executions, which have shown Greek politicians the ministerial to him, but ownership was denied. responsibility and serious reality of their position.

It is impossible to allow ex-Ministers to escape full punishment for criminal misgovernment, which has inflicted unparalleled

amities on Greece.

The message asserts that Mr. Lindley, the British Minister, did not sympathise with the revolution, and his intervention encouraged the Constantinists to begin propagands in the barracks and public services, compelling the revolutionaries immediately to try the ex- Ministers in order to prevent the reactionaries seriously menacing the new regime.

It contends that the trial was absolutely fair, and points out that Britain refused to guarantee that the ex-ministers would not return to Greece if banished for life.

The Royalties Depart.

Athens, December 3. Prince Andrew and Princess Alice left Athens this afternoon and embarked at Phalerum aboard a British warship.

THE ABDUL HAMID ESTATE,

Thousand Million Dollar Claim.

New York, December 3.

ship's officers and they admitted of

Lion.

st

The well-known lawyer, Irwin Untermeyer, whose father, Samu-1 Untermeyer, and other British and American citizens are Mr. J. M. Hall appeared to said to be financing twenty-two Turkish princes and princesses, defend both the men, end pleaded heirs of Abdul Hamid. has proceeded to Europe aboard the ..guilty to a technical off nee Olympic with the object of presenting at the Lausanne Conference Hussey went into the box and their claims to an oil property in Mesopotamis valued at over aadmitted the ma a ide's of the thousand million dollars, which it is asserted Abdul Hamid ownel.

case. He said he was walking in

FRENCH BAKERS RESUME WORK.

Paris, December 3.

Canton Road when a policeman

came running up and asked hir

them were armed with

same

cubicle as the women. The rob bers stayed for about half an hour and left with jewellery, mones & dclothing to the value of $1,021

SUMMARY COURT,

Drapers' Claims. Messrs. Kayamally and Aspers, obtained indement $40 60 against Miss Annie

It

to

the

have been made.

The organization of a civil court)

if he had any ammunition. Urquhart, for goods sold and deergory it was proposed to con. The Rev. J. Kirk Maconschie livered, in the Summary Court.duet in private. But the Com

would welcome before Mr. Justice Gompertz, this wission

As the result of an interview this morning with the Minister of

after consultinz the members, informed the Minister that bread

aking will be resumed to-morrow morning.

Agriculture, the president and committee of the Bakers Federation, mitted having the arms. They

"

SWISS REJECT CAPITAL LEVY.

Berne, December 3.

The Swiss referendum by a large majority has rejected the Socialist proposal to introduce a Bill in Parliament providing for capital levy.

on Pages and...ö.j

(Other Telegrams

ALLEGED ST 'LEN AMMUNITION,

Police Store Coolie

Charged

STOWAWAY.

morning, Defendact Was до

present and Mr. Longinatio, her make the enquiry successful.

sclicitor, said he had received no further instructions. There was another claim by Merars.. Tyeb and Co., drapers, for $69.08, for

IN THE NEWS.

Anna Pavlova.

the famous dancer, wbc ar- rived in Hongkong to-day.

China's Ex-Emperor, whose marriage has just taken place.

News in To-day s New Advertisements.

admitted right away that he had

any will give the first of two Lantern Beamer was walking with him but it was be (Huse-y) who al

Assistance which might help to Lectures on "The Stars" at the Helena May Institute on Monday, Decemb-14th, at5 30p.m. to which were taken back to the ship where

Evidence was then called.

the Public are invited. It will be their rooms were searched and they were taken to the station.

The Chief Officer, Mr. J. Cape-remembered that last year Mr.

A notice of interest to the The Magistrate Why did you

and, was the first witness called. Maccaachis gave very interest

Sun" and Ladies' Section of the Royal carry these arms? I had no goods sold and delivered. Pisin-He was on the bridge at the time. ing lectures on the reason. I simply put them into my iffs did not pot in an appearance The piracy commenced about ten "The Solar System." The two Hongkong Golf Club appears on pocket and walked ashore

minutes past six He beard a shot lectures on the Stars are a con- Page 4. fired. He was hit on the back of tinuation of the same series.- In reply to Mr. Hall, the de.and the case was struck out.

the head with the butt of Adet.

a fendant stated that he bad ro

licence to carry arms in America

SATY

.

revolver and put in & corner of the bride, with a

A charge of manslaughter has

Chefalo and Palermo, are up- pearing at the Theatre Royal on the 9th. inst-Paze 19.

The Chias Drawn Work Co.

He did not know it was necces he went up to the men and said

"I understand you have some pir te mounting guard over him. been preferred against the driver are holding a sale of popular Mr. Hall asked defendant if guns on you." The defendant Thera he remained all night, but of motor car No. 79. On October songs.-Page 4.

The feature at the Coronet -hip's officers were entitled to aid "Yes. I have." He (be he was permitted to get op and 27 h., he was driving his car carry arms, to which defendant Sergeant) then told the men he get his coat about three o'clock. along the Tain Wan Road when Theatre to-night is "A S ave of said he could not reply. The would like to search them and The bridze grills were cloud he knocked down a Chinese, aged Vanity."-Page 12

Consignees are notified of the' Chief Ocer was, he thought, r. ok them to the Kowloon at the time, but not locked 28 years. The man be since

where be found the AR The other entitled to carry arms, so be sup- Godown

grills on died in hospital, and Inspector arrival of the 8.8. "Seattle Maru.” An Australian Charged.

posed they all were.

arme and ammunition on them. the ship war- locked. Witness Garrod brough; the driver into Page 42.

A famous collection of Chinese The Magistrate: What did you Mr. Hall-Did they offer any could not swear to this. He had Court this morning on a charge off Ani ter-sting case in which a Philip Gilmore, an Australian, propose to do with the arms?—1 | resistance ?—No.

been on the ship only three days, minelaughter. Mr. A. E. Hall Bronzes, Porcelains, etc., will be was charged before Mr. J. R. did not propose to do anything!

whac atore coolie employed at the

Mr. Hall: No resistance what-bat from

he had sen appeared to defend. A e ka sold by auction in Shanghai- Central Police Station storeroom Wood at the Police Court this special with them; I proposed to ever ?—No.

the other grills were remand was granted, brit being Page 4

is charged

being with stealing 600 morning with

This slow-take them back to the ship

closed

There locked. the case, the kept

were allowed in the sum of $500, rounds of revolver ammunition away on board the a. Glengarry

and duty The Magistrates-When were Magistrate saying he would lik four "guards on

off.

were DT Two from Shanghai, which was brought before Mr. R. E

arrived you going back to the ship?-1a little time to consider his two Liuds- this morning.

here on Saturday.

It appears that the man went to the store early this morning and

opened it by means of a duplicate

he had no moner and couldn't get

These arres.

могу

3 LISTEN!

It pays to advertise seasonable don't know how long I was going sentence. He remanded the guard on the middle deck and

goods ns early as possible. Get actual buying Gilmore said he was a mechanic to be ashore.

defendant in police custody until two on the top deck. The stair In reply to Comdr. Beckwith, ahead of the The Magis rate:It looks very to-morrow morniaz.

ways had no grils. They had witness said be had been two or period. aviator and had been in the em

The сьве

sometimes three trips in the Kinshan. He ploy of the Chinese Government much as if you were trading in

against Charles doors which were y. He placed the 600 rounds

At the World Theatre tonight, " You had two re- Beamer, the Assistant Storekee looked and sometimes not.

had never seen the piracy re- at Peking. He went to Shangbai, basket and was walking away where he had some friends, and volvers on you. Why did you er of the vessel, was then taken. The Chairman So the second-galations. He had never had in The Challenge of the Law” will ith it along Wyndham Street stayed there about a week but astrave two? Why did you not only

Defendant admitted having class passengers had access to structions from the Master What be screened Pages 7 and 12. when he was stopped by a con-

The Phemius" having committed & technical offence and the top --All of them have access be had to do in the event of aug carry one?-I don't know. stable who wanted to search the

Mr. Hall; I am afraid I can- asked for leniency.

to the top deck at any time, ....... trouble on board; for instance, iffarrived, consignees are given the job he decided to go away. He basker. The ammonition was had come up to Australia by the s.s.

not offer any further evidence. The Magistrate asked Mr. Hall's

In reply to further questions, he beard police whistles. It badu.ual notice.-Paze 4.

The attraction at the, Kowloon discovered and the man arrested.St. Albans and thought if be could

Sab-Inspector Mody, who was permission to put one question, witness said between the middle never been brought to his "notice When the case cuda ón in get to Hongkong he might be able in charge of the case, said be and then asked defendant "Why deck and the third claar-passengers that he should have been carry Theatre to night is The Son of Court, Sergeant Stimson stated

these arms?” to work bis passage back on the would like to call the police did you carry

there was a grill which was keping a rezolver and 25 rounds of Wallingford Page 12..

Lane, Crawford Co. draw that the C.3.P. wanted a two bost be bad travel ed East on. evidence to show how the men Defendant replied: "I do not locked. The

passengers were ammunition from the time the days remaid. It had.

know, I had no evil intention. I ben He went on board the Glengarry became arrested. further di-covered that another

The Magistrate said he did not simply put them in my belt and allowed to keep their baggage hip started from Macao. If was attention to Tweed Wrap Coats.

quite possible that if the big Page 6.

The Market of Boulsis 1,030 rounds of ammunition had

think it was necessary to call the walked ashore." been stolen at the same time. It

Indian constable, because the ac- The Magistrates that all The Chairman: You did not cargo ports on the 'tween deck

the third-class showing at the Star Theatre- would bero Was & special kind of ammunition and so came on down to Hope cosed had admitted possession. He you bave got to say? Yes, I attempt to use the steam bose ?—were oper

no Page 12

Kelly & Walsh, Limited, live would like to hear the Sergeant.simply had them in my possession. I did not have a chancer

dimoally in getting on to the Sargeant Mason said he was

&selsction of profusely illustrated The defendant was then - Are you provided with arms promenade deck. approached by the Indian coa-remanded in police custody until yourself?—The Company supplies

The enquiry is proceeding as children's books, etable, ia conscquence of which to-morrow morning.

sims, & revolver and 100.rounds. Iwe go to press.

presents-Page 2.

and would not fit the majority of revolvers,

Bin Worship granted the remand asked for.

** Shanghai and made friende

i with some of the crew

kong.

The Magistrate remanded the man in police custody until to morrow morning,

with them...

A Ritable for