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AMERICA AND EUROPE.

An Opportune Intervention.

(Bruter's Service.

CPD NATA¤+Ã## MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1922 BENATI

BAKERS' STRIKE.

Offer by the Men.

GOVERNMENT STANDS

FIRM.

POLICEMAN'S SUDDEN

DEATH.

ARMS CASES.

Two Six Months' Sentences.

There were two arms Cases before Mr. J. K. Wood, at the Police Court this morning.

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SUN'S FOLLOWERS.

Plans for Rising in Kwangtung.

Our Canton correspondent re- parts that followers of Dr. Sun with them In one case a steward of the Yat-sen, bringing

Empress of Australia was large sums of money, have object of organising into a large. charged with carrying two Smith arrived from Shangha! with the Weston revolvers.

A

Lance Sergeant Lannon.

It is with regret that we have New York, December 17.

to record the death of Lance American participation in European affairs dominates the news

Sergeant Fatrick Lannon, of the and editorial columns of the American press. The determination of

Although there is no change to Hongkong Police Force, which Mr. Harding to find some way to join in settling the reparations problem is generally approved. The Republican papers eea in this a report in the bakers' strike situ-took place at the Government logical development of the Republican policies, while the Democratication so far as the number of mea Civil Hospital in the early hours

Mr. J. M. Hall, who had been force small gangs of bandits in the ones argue that the new development justifies Mr. Wilson's policies, out is concerned, there is an in-of this morning.

The deceased was only taken na ructed to defood, decided to Heungshan, Sun Hai, Hot Ping The Tribune, Republican, congratulates the administration on its taresting development to record in

be ready to rise when an opport- ill at eight o'clock last evening withdraw from the case after and Toi Shan districts, so as to apparently entering the European economic problem of the preciso the attitude of the man.

unity Occurs. Moreover, We learn Inoment when an American solution has become possible. The

to-day that the and when admitted to the Hoa consultation with his client

The defendant said that

number secret organisations World, Democratic, rejoices to perceive that the President is begia: Guild's solicitor. Mr. G. K. Hall pital was found to be suffering ning to discover the impossibility of the policy of isolation, and that discontent here must grow unless the agricultural surplus finds a Brutton, made certain overtures from internal hemorrhage, due to a whilst the boat was in dock in user of one of Contactos The authorities have bean ap- OD board selling arm5. Не market abroad. The New York Times advocates equipping Europe on Saturday morning, suggesting burst blood vessel. Death took Vancouver being repaired after with this movement

attention.

prised of these developments, and with ploughs and seeds, not for humanity's sake but because it is that, on certain conditions, the place this morning, despite every her breakdown, a European went

The late officer, who was ex-(defendant) bought two thecause they have wired to Chan Tak- "It isn't saving the old world, but the whole world, men were quite willing to return good business.

twork-atleast in the case of the

the

commander ia ourselves included."

Cafe Wiseman on the scale of tremely popular in the force, he wanted to take them back to chang

Police

July.

protection Kongmoon, and General Chan pay offered by the firm. Advice ied

arriving hera in the against robbers.

Wing-son in Heungshan to keep was taken on this offer and the 1914,

His Worship passed sentence of a strict watch with a view to men's request was met in some September of that year He was messure, bat nothing definite was native of County Kilkenny, six months' imprisonment with combating this movement.

Ireland, and, at the time of his hard labour, the arms being con- death was 31 years of age. Dur-fiscated.

THE VINHLONG DISASTER.

A Floating Furnace.

Constantinople, December 17.

the

is

the country

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the CANTON GOVERNMENT

done until this morning.

This morning, Mr. Bruttoning his service with the force be In the other The death roll on the French transport Vinhlong is now estimat

case. & Chi- ed at teen, including eight Senegalese riflemen. There was dreac indicated that the men were quite bad served at various stations, nese

caught wag ful panic on the vessel, which besides a crew of three hundred, carried willing to start work to-morrow and about a year ago figured in a Kowloon Railway Station Cus a company of Senegalese and some officers' wives, making Evehundred, morning on the terms offered, shooting auray by armed robbers toms barrier, with one revolver

Yaumsti. when also army stores. Rescue work was hampered by explosions of the muni- provided the Government would t

hs was and fifty rounds tied in a girdle to Destroyers came so close that many consent the re-opening of wounded in the leg. tions and smoke and flames,

round his waist. He had booked day following persons escaped by clambering aboard them down ropes and planks. the Guild the

The funeral takes place this to Pingwu. on which work A British destroyer tried to tow the transport ashore in order to that

W13 afternoOD.

Defendant said he had formerly beach her, but was unsuccessful. Salvage tugs were powerless in commenced. The Secretary for

the Blue the face of the floating furnace. It is believed the tire was due to Chinese Affairs, however, who short circuit.

was consulted on this matter. stated that on no consideration would the Government consent to the re-opening of the Guild. It had been closed as an Bolaw. ful society and would not be re- opened.

THE ASSASSINATION OF POLAND'S PRESIDENT.

Warsaw, December 17.

M. Narutowicz died in a few minutes. His aide de camp arrest ed the assailant. The body was covered with a Polish flag and taken to the Palace in the Presidential carriage, followed by a large crowd in awed silence. All Bags were half-masted and places of amuse- nent closed. Business was also suspended. There is great indigna- tion at the outrage, but the country is calm.

The President of the Chamber, temporarily acting as President, bas entrusted the Chief of the General Staff. General Ladislas Sikorak, with the formation of a new Cabinet. Skrzynski, the Palish Minister at Bukharest, becomes Foreign Minister.

THE CHINSHAN

SENSATION.

Troops Join with the

Bandits.

The men, when apprised of

state l that they this reply. would not resume work on such conditions. And so, the strike Our continues.

bean

2 SOLULU on

APPOINTMENTS.

Four New Commissioners

According to the Seatbern Funnel a.. Keemun. He was News Agancy, the new Mayor of Kim Cosug, bas advised by a European in America Canton,

to but the arms as a protection announced the appointment of against robbers.

four new commissioners of city departments.

Sentence of six months" hard labour was passed, the arms being! confiscated.

ALLEGED KIDNAPPING, commissioner

-Hongkong Youth's Adventures.

of

OUR COMPETITION.

The result of last week's

Football Competition, in which prizes were offered for Service and Civillum' readers, will be announc-

+ In our issue of ta

morrow,

On Page 4 of this issue will be found the new coupon for this week's Competition. In addition to twelve matches on Saturday next, the Scot. land v. England match, to be played on Boxing Day on the Club ground, sp- pears on the coupon. Entries for this competi- tion close on Saturday, 23rd. lastant, at and the result will be

announced in our: lasim of Wednesday, 7th. Ins

noon,

LABOUR DISPUTE.

A Guild's Denial,

Recently, following a demand Chen Tung-chi, now in Tientsin,

wages, & number of formerly a student in Japan for more and America, will be commis- employees of second-hand clothes Kwan shops in Hongkong went on finance: of sjoner

provincial strike. Others, however, remain King-suo, formerly

industry. at work, and these bave been will act as commissioner of in receipt of threatening letters. Macao correspondent

public utility: Che Pak-jong, This has led the Kun Tuo Charg forwards further details of the

formerly city assistant commis Wai Guild to issue & notice in the on the garrison We learn that the special bread (attack

sloour of finance, will become following terms:-"On enquiry, delivery coolies engaged by Wise- Chinshan which took place early

commissioner of public works; we find that someone bave sent man's Cafe having carried on Friday morning. He states that

and Wong Hi-shing, a teacher in out circulars in the name of our out their delivery duties the attack was organised by *

clothes TROOPS' FAREWELL TO ERIN.

shops' Li Chung appeared before Mr. the High Normal School, will be Kung Ton, urging the second. failed platoon in the garrison, which

of education. hand on Sunday morning,

band of Justice Gompertz at the Criminal commissionar London, December 17. (with three exceptions) to turn joined hands with a Remarkable scenes marked the completion of the British evacua-up for dusy this morning. It is about 400 robbers. They landed Sessions this morning. charged Kwan is a graduate of Cornell ployees tion of Dublin and the transfer of the remaining barracks and posts-alleged that they were frighten- from long. rowing boats at Kur with being concerned in a con- University in America: Chen to their shops to work. They Dense cheering crowds lined the streets when the last four British ed." Another staff of coolies, Tai (a village on the coast neajupiracy to kidnap a youth named Pak-jong, Columbia University; have thus forged our name in circulars, aud they are indeed Houagcbow and some thres Tam Won, the twenty year-oldan Wong University of Califor-te publications and issue of the violent and lawless. Our Kung regiments, numbering between three and four thousand men, march- however, has been engaged.

miles from Chinshan,) and after son of a contractor. ed past General Macready. The pressure of the crowd at the North

Tun absolutely disavows sach circulars. Wall was so great that the ranks were brokea and the quay gates

Fearing that the rushed.

people may not know the truth, and that they may be misled, this is specially published for the information of all.”

The Irish commander-in-chief, Gen. Mulcahy, attended, the transfer of military headquarters, after which he hoisted the Irish BOMBS, DYNAMITE AND tricolor, and also reviewed the Free State garrison. The last troops

REVOLVERS. sailed to the strains of Auld Lang Syne and "Let Erin Remember."

ANOTHER WASHINGTON CONFERENCE PROPOSED.

Washington, December 17.

DUTCH-BELGIAN EXCHANGE SPECULATION.

Sessions Arms Case.

|tion. Brussels, December 17.

The Vain Beige states it has been decided to send a commission The Jury were Mesars, W. A. of legal experts to Amsterdam to help the Netherlands legal Butterfield (Foreman), J. F. authorities to enquire into charges of illicit exchange speculation, ia Anderson, E. M. French. V. c. which & firm situated in the Netherlands is alleged to be implicated. Rozario, J. J. Harrington, H. F

Bauer, and C. M. Larsen.

COLLISION IN A CANAL.

cutting all the telephone wires The jury were Messrs C. they attacked the garrison." The Lauritsen (foreman). C. P. Marcel, guards offered no resistance, and G. d'Aquino, A. C. Gomes, the attackers were thus able to G. M. Shaw, D. Tolian and Ng tike BWAY 300 rides, four machine-guns and about 20,000 rounds of ammunition.

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Marine Who Wants a

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ARMED ROBBERIES.

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The Attorney-General (Hon. Mr. Two Week-End Incidents. A party of the bandits then J. H. Kemp) said Tam was

Two armed robberies have b-en broke into a college and kidnap married man and at the time of ped two teachers as well as 21 the kidnapping was pupil at a reported to the police as having At the Criminal Sessions, betore boarders. The whole gang toen drawing school. About the middle taken place yesterday. In the Senate. Mr. King, of Utah, introduced a resolution sutbor-!

In one case, the robbery took ising President Harding to call a Washington disarmament coofer- the Chief Justice (Sir Wm. Reas left by host in the direction of August.

Three who took him to the Stag Hosel, place in a busy thoroughfare at- they came. this morning, two whence ence of Governments with which the United States have diplomatic Davies),

taken by the bought bim Deal, and in-most in the centre of the town.

If you Are contemplating relations, with the object of arriving at a general international agree-Chinese were charged with being launches were

Lascar Row, reports that ear.y visiting the Hanoi Fair during ment effectually to reduce and limit land and sea armaments, in the in illegal possession of two bombs soldiers to intercept the bandita troduced him to accused. The A married woman, 34, of Lower

strange the Holidays, refer to Page 9. interests of peace and for the relief of all nations from the burdens and two portions of a stick of (not by the bandits as first re-next day prisoner appeared as a

There be cultivated Tam's friend-woman, with whom were three The Italian Grand Opera Cam- of inordinate and unnecessary expenditure on preparations for war, dynamite. Oce of the accused ported), who, however, success- pupil at the drawing school yesterday afternoon a

was also charged with being in fully got away.

ship Tam, prisoner and others anen, entered her flat. One of the pany

giving & special illegal possession of two revolvers

bad meals in restaurants on men proved to be armed with a re-farewell 'performance to-morrow. and aine rounds of ammuni-

variona occasions. Tam each time volver whilst the other two were aight, of "Faust."-Page 4. heing a guest. A visit to Canton carrying daggers. They demand- A reception to His Grace Mon- was suggested and eventually ed the keys and when these were signor Ceisa L. Constantini will Tam, prisoner and two others not handed over they proceeded take place at 6 p.m. this evening went. While at Canton some-togag and bind all the inmates and Page, 4.

There is a special attraction at body suggested going to Fatsban.then carry out & search of the The party went off by train. place. The keys, hidden under the Coronet Theatre.-Pages 4 They alighted at a certain station a bed mattress, were found and and 12. From the Crown's story, as

and, walking along the road. boxes opened and rifled. outlined by Mr. H K. Holmes, it

We are informed that Private they were accosted by five men gether, jewellery to the value of appeared that about a quarter Ainsworth, Royal Marines, armed with revolvers. Three of $2,165, Hongkong money amount.

Advertise in the newspaper the eleven on the night of

who arrived in the Colony these men seized Tam and tooking to $65 and American money past

recently from England, is him off. Tam was taken from amounting to $30 were atolen people have selected. November 23rd two constables were in Gough Street, when anxious to y conclusions with village to village and during the The men got away without being they saw the two accused coming say middleweight in Hongkong. time he was kept in captivity he caught. towards them from the directione comes with a very good re-was made to write a letter to his An Exciting Chase. of Queen's Road. One of the putation, beving defeated Kid father, suggesting that if anyone In the other case, "a rent col for Queen's College should read prisoners was carrying a card-Wailers on two occasions in tan- should ask for money that be lector of Princes Buildings, told the notice on Page 4. board box and the other a tin ca round contests, and also Corp. should pay.

the story of an exciting chase. "A Private Scandal" is the The policemen looked inside the Jeanings in six rounds. Jennings The father in Hongkong re- He said be bad collected the name of the festure being screen- box and found two tips. They was the man who stopped Arnold ceived a series of letters demand rent from No. 63, Key Road,ed at the World Theatre-Pagal2 took both accused to the Police

Rolfe, the Canadian middleweight. ling ransom,

of of which Yaumati, when he was stopped Graduates

Edinburgh Station. One of the prisoners gave what be visited Englan

was in his

handwrit by Bon's

armed men,

with University should turn to page 4. an address at Portland Street and

he was coming Just prior to Ainsworth leaving ing. The father reported the revolvere, 53 the other Shangbai Street.

the police and down the stairs. They robbed night, "The Fenalty" will ba Mongkoktaui. The police visited Home for this Ssation, he lost on matter

notes screened.-Page 12. At one they points to Sergt. King, the man to the S.C.A. Negotiations were him of about $100 in

As the who defeated Guardsman Pio entered into and ransom was and $10 in small coins. ammunition and in a rubbish tin well, heavyweight champion of arranged. On Nov. 8th. two men men ran away, he chased them. See notice on Fage 4.

went up to Canton and banded They ran down Ker Road, in the at the other they found a number the Army and Navy.

over $2,700 and Tam was released. direction of the Cameos. Works of pieces of glass.

and then down a path, through a Returning to Hongkong on Nov. small village. The rent collector THE SHARE MARKET. 10th. by a curious coincidence, blew his police whistle and

Ymuiden. December 17. The British steamer Elizabeth. Harrison, outward bound, and the Dutch steamer Prinses Juliana, from Batavia, collided in the North Sea Canal. The former was badly and the latter slightly damaged. The former is returning to Amsterdam for repairs.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS.

Melbourne, December 17.

The latest election returns indicate the following possible state of parties: Nationalists 27, Labour 35, Countryites 10. Liberals 3, Several doubtful seats may alter the position.

BY-ELECTION FOR NEWCASTLE EAST.

London, December 17. The first death in the new Parliament, namely the Labourite these addresses. Mr. Bell has takes place, involving a by-election at Newcastle East, found the two where the late Mr. Bell gained his seat by a majority of 3,085,

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE ELLIS ISLAND SCANDAL.

revolvera and

The bombs, Mr. Holmes explained, were charged with dynamite and fired com- plete with detonators.

Твет were glass bombe and the piecas Washington, Dec. 17. of glass found in the rubbish tin The Secretary of Labour, Mr. Davis, with whom was Sir Auckware of the same nature. One of land Geddes, discussed the conditicas at Ellis Island affecting British the pieces in the rubbish tia Immigrants and stated that he had ordered a thorough investigation, joined up and fitted pieces of with a view to providing separate accommodation for the immigrants glass found in the bombe, of different nationalities,

(Continued on Page 2.)

sen-

One of the scoured was tenced to 14 years' imprisonment and the other to seven years”,

The principal alterations in to day's share quotations are ---- Banks.—1970, buyers. Vaiona.-$220, buyers. Cementa--$21, buyers, Chins Lights.~$17, salen. China Providents.--436, sales.

One

two

Was

the three travelled on the same Chinese constable joined in the train as accused. Tam pointed chase. The man separated at the him out to his companions, whe foot of the hill, but the man took care to see that he did not chased by the constable leave the train. At Sheklung eventually arrested in Bulkeley prisoner was going to get out but Street, whilst the man chased by the two men would not allow him the rent collector succeeded in and brought him on to Hoogkong, getting away. where he was handed over to the police

The case is proceeding.

The man who was caught will, in due course, be charged before the Magistrate.

LISTEN!

Parents of prospective pupils

At the Kowloon Theatre to-

Two private rickshas for sale

Lace, Crawford's give a list of Christmas delicacies on Page 6. Consignees are notified of the arrival of the 8.5. Mar"--Page 10.

Alabama

To-Day's Exchange.

The closing rate of the dollar on demand to-day was 22.13/15d.

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