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*TAI LEF'S" CAPTAIN MURDERED AND SHIP

* LOOTED.

INDIAN GUARDS SHOT DOWN.

CORR

Local Muslims.

The latest addition to the list the local papers regarding the Sir-Referring to the report in

We have received from Messrs. with. But we all have our niche Dodwell and Co. two artistic

Chinese calendars issued by of vessels pirated in this vicinity to fill; and even the journalist the Liverpool, London and Globe is the s. Tai Lee, and unforthe Islamic Society, I, as one of the original members, feel. [bàs his osas, if only to land his Insurance Co.

tunately this time the outrage that there are a few statements has been sccompanied by tha fellow man to a contented man-

murder of the master (Capt.Which raiect very badly on the ner of thought.

Willex). Three Indian guards, Hongkong-born Indians, I wish The approaching marriage is

who put up a fight, were shot, to point out that the Society wIS- announced. of Lieut. Richard

and one died later of his wounds. not formed "for the purpose of Ralph Beauchamp, RN. H.M.SAbout a score of the passengers fostering the Islamio faith Tamar, to Miss Sarah Millicent have been taken for ransom, and amongst local-born Fadians.". It Nicholl, 350 the Peak.

the loot with which the pirates was formed in order that all the followers of Islam: whether, Barn got away is valued at well over | $100,000.

in Hongkong or elsewhere, may ment. It was” one in which a Slight injuries were inflicted! The Tai Lee sailed from this come together and leam the Islam In this Chinese was charged with house on a young Chinese when a taxi port at seven o'clock last Sunday teachings of

connection it is as well to point breaking at the premises of the/knocked him down at the foot of night for Kongmoon, with out that there is many a local- born Muslim who is very ing police officer stating that taken to the Government Givil of passengers, some fifty or siXY }well versed in the teachings of the man was seen by a servant Hospital.

be pirates. Indications also point time be relied upon to give a the Quran, and can at any

A Kowloon case which came into the Police Court yesterday

P. deserves sword or two of com-

Nin the act of breaking the lock

of whom afterwards turned out to

to the implication of at least one

jof the door. The accused was

later chased; and caught by al Messrs. Carroll Bros, are in re-member of the crew, the chief good account of himself, so far as European, but because the police ceipt of the following advice from boatswain, who it is said warned his knowledge of the Faith is Yofficer to whom the latter banded Singapore, wait for the Chief Officer to get out of the concerned. The report goes on to over the accused was not present Estates, Ltd., have declared away just before the uprising of that the Promoters of the in Court, Mr. J. R. Wood saw : final Dividend of 716 payable disguised passengers and later Society have realised the need of to disebarge the man. If the on the 31st instani”

17, Changbt Road, Central,

Te 1186

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16, at police were ready to call evidence

Mrs.

HONGKONG, 2nd Jan, 1924.

EACH MAN HIS NICHE.

Road Central.

WAS

I doubt if any member of the

took personal charge of the affair. such an institution for some time facts are as reported, we can]

It is also alleged that this man past, owing to the fact that many only marcel at the magistrate's

fired the shots which killed the young Indians born in Hongkong outlook. At the most, the absent

The Bank Line steam launch Captain. He went ashore with are not fully conversant with the Islamic faith, and many of them. police officer could only depose which missed a party of picnicers

the pirates afterwards. to receiving the accused from on Lantao Island on Sunday re-ed on board the ship, which entirely wrong, as I know for a According to information glean-speak English only." This is the European who managed to turned to Hongkong yesterday, returned to Hongkong shortly f that all Hongkong-born catch bim: he could

sive whilst the other two members of after nice last night, there was indians are heart supporters of no evidence bearing on the party have been brought to nothing unusual until the vessel Islam and most of them can read the guilt or otherwise Hongkong by a police launch.

the Quran from the first word to of the prisoner.

leaving Presumably the

ta Wongmoon LEVINE -On January

Chinese maritime customs station) last. There is not one amongst the Victoria Nursing Home, of a vital character, including that

astern Shs departed from this us who could speak English only. Shanghai, to Captain and of the servant who says he the Colony from Kwangsi only a Approximately

Said to be a student arrived in station about midnight on Sunday.I myself can speak three lang- J. E Levine, a son.

AD hour later ages. fluently, Le. English, actually saw the can attempting few days age. So Shenk-ming, there were shots fired on, the Chinese, and Hindustani,and to get into the house. But be cause, for reasons which we do took his life by cutting his lower deck, some pirates who not know, one of the police throat with a razor at the Tailoy were travelling first class in alamic Society can speak Arabic, officers concerned in the case was Boarding House in Connaught mediately, joined in, and soon the in which language the Holy absent, the magistrate ordered

The body was ship was under the control of the Quran is written. Since the in- the man's discharge. If Mr. taken to the Mortuary.

men and the systematic looting auguration of the Society, four Wood's desire was to insist on

of cabins and personal belongings lectures have been delivered by "pure bred" Indians on various, the necessity of the officer's

commenced. presence, he could have remanded We learn that Bishop Pozzoni Capt. Willox was apparently subjects, but these were delivered the case for that purpose and told was removed from the Catholic coming from tha lavatory when in the most imperfect English the officer what he thought of his Mission House to the Fronch he was shot down, as he made aand it was very hard to follow the lecturer, moreover, the absence when the case was first Hospital yesterday, his condition move towards his cabin seemingly called. But to decline to hear the having greatly improved.

His to get his frearms. He was not lectures were extracted from case and acquit a possibly guilty lordship is most grateful for the killed outright, but received three English books and not from the A policeman's, or for that mat-man on such a trivial point many enquiries made last week mortal wounds, and died within Quran itself, which proves that the next few hours. The Indian the lecturers themselves do not terra China Coast officer's, lot is appears to us little short of non-as to his condition.

sensical. We make these com-

guards made an attempt to resist, know how to correctly interprate not a happy one. But we are menta-on-the presumption that

and three were shot, the others the Quran. not writing today about the the facts were

In writing the above, my in- as reported, in The Royal Humane Society on of the Indians died later.

being subsequently disarmed. One

tention is to avoid as much as scandalous prevalence of piracy which event

Do Dec. 12 awarded its Silver Medal possible justification for

Chief Officer, Mr. J. possible any party feeling am in these water that subject has action taken.

the to Tom Henry Teagus, A.B. of Fletcher, was compelled to stay ongst the members, so *that*

H.M.S. Tamar, for his gallantry in the wheel house, and only a Hongkong-born Indian may been threshed out almost a

in saving Lieut. Thomas H. Dick-discovered that the Captain had feel, when. be is with. ausrum, and ere long the public Unification by Force.

son, serving on Submarize 19, been shot some time afterwards. the "Home" Indians, that he will be able to judge of the

when that vessel sank during a The search of the bona fide knows just

much 28 merite or otherwise of the scheme Force, far from bringing about typhoon off the Naval Dockyard

passengers Was carried out the other man knows, if not more. now being pondered by the au-actually tearing the parts as

the desired effect of unification, is at Hongkong on Aug. 18.

systematically and thoroughly, But, let me tell you, unless this the unfortunate people being distinction is removed. I thorities in conjunction with under, bastering bankruptcy and

robbed of everything of value safely say that the time is not far commercial men of this port. accelerating ararchy. The way The sual Weekly Meeting they possessed. The cabins were distant, when we will see the The piracy reported today, into peace and unification lies not of Hongkong Lodge of the also ransacked, and much of the Islamic Society close its doors.

in the efficacy of bullets." These Theosophical Society will be cargo looted.

Let all Islams treat each other volving the death of the captain admirable words, penned in re- held on Wednesday January 23rd, FREEBOOTERS GO ASHORE, as equals, as said Mohamed "The of the e.s. Tai Lee, is merely sa lation to the present situation in a 5.45 p.m. at the Lodge, 16, The Chief Engineer, Mr. slave that says his prayer is as answer to pur query made a few China, appear in the Cunton Queen's Rd. Central. Subject: Dwyer, was ordered at the point much in the eyes of God as the days ago. "who will be the next?" its predecessors of varying names, Evolution of Life and Forms," by of a revolver to ses to the engines that after reading this, Hong- Apparently pirates, like the poor. noteworthy for its support of Dr. M. J. Russell.-The lecture is and was then ordered to remain are always with us. So while Sun Yat-sen and all that he does. open to all-Adet.

We C30 see

Gazette, an organ which is, like Lantern slide lecturo on "The

offering our condolences to the Apparently it has not occurred to their author that such a stand

The

can

King upon his throne." I hope

a prisoner in the wheel-house kong-born Indians will gather with the Chief Officer. About 4 together and see that in future a.m. yesterday the pirates reached a reference is made to their a point on the coast somewhat norance of the Islamic faith,

freebooters departed with their haul, and a number of captives,

bereaved, we leave it to the ex-represents a distinct indictment perts to evolve a plan for piracy of Dr. Sun and his advisers. CANTON RICE STRIKE. west of Malin, and there the because they are not ignorant.

suppression.

MERCHANTS FLEE TO

in three of the ship's life- boats. These they appear later;

quarter past six yesterday mor

Yours etc.,

A HONGKONG-BORN MEMBER

ENGLISH CUP.

London, Jan. 21.

It is by the exercise of force, and by that alone, We suppose there is not a man that the present Administration or woman, living who is wholly continues to exist in Canton. We are well aware of the argu-

HONGKONG.

to have abandoned, one of them Hongkong, Jap. 22nd.; 1924. content. Same men, ons might ment that Dr. Sun has been com. say, are born into their calling in pelled. by threats of invasion, to unsettled. Most of the rice mer to the spot when news of the

The Canton rice strike is still Robin, which

being found afterwards by H.M.5. was despatched life, some achieve it, others have rely on military strength. and chants, fearing that they would piracy became know at Pakkai, it thrust upon them. Each aud defensive battle which has been Government and made to comply Lee after the pirates departed.: that he is merely fighting a be sent for and detained by the whare the crew took the Tai every one of us, however, filis a thrust upon him by circumstances with the workers' demande, have Pakkai was reached about a DRAW FOR SECOND ROUND, niche, is useful in some way, and over which he has no control moved to Hongkong: forms a cog in the big machine But we do not forget that he once and not so long ago, either- of human progress. Perhaps actually started on

At present the price of rice of ning, and two mission doctors offensive the common quality is $13 per came on board The Captain was The Football Association Cup we are merely spare parts, to operations against the North, pictl, whilst that of the best found to be still breathing, and draw for the second round, to be was taken ashore to the hospital played on-bruary 2AE be used when replacements are and, what is very much more to quality is $15. necessary, to be thrown away templating a similar expedition. the "point, that he is again con-

there, where an operation was follows:-Brighton v Everton; performed; but it was of no avail Manchester City v. Halifax; when worn out and of no further In other words, he will attempt

and he died about nine o'clock. use: but there is always our unification by force. Which is

| Crystal Palace,v. Notts County; The bodies of Capt. Willox West Ham v. Leeds; Derby v.New and of the Indian guard were castle; Swindon v. Oldham: South- biz" to be performed. Cervantes i direct conflict with his declara- tion of some time ago that he

brought back to Hongkong last ampton v. Blackpool; Swansea. v. in his tale of Don Quixote intro-had decided to embark on a policy

night The two wounded guards Aston Villa; Sheffield Wednes duced some satirical philosophy of unification by

were removed to the hospital at day v. Bristol City, Bolton v peaceful when he wrote: "I would do methods.

Fakkai, and are apparently not Liverpool; Burnley. Fulham; in a very serious condition. what I pleased, and doing what I

A report from Canton states

West Bromwich: v. "Corinthians **: B.M.S. Robin arrived at Pakkai Charlton. Wolverhampton, that certain officers of eight yesterday, and immediately news Cardiff v. Arsenal: Exeter provinces have been promoted by of the piracy was obtained the Watford Manchester United

pleased. I should have my willi

"A CANTON REPORT/

MILITARY SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT.

and having my will, I should be DOMESTIC QUARREL. Dr. Sun Yat-sen to the rank of gunboat left for the region where Huddersfield.

LEADS TO SERIOUS-

WOUNDS.

contented; and when one is con- tened, there is no more to bel desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it" Yes! when there is no more to be desired. Unfor- by a Chinese now lying in a he can declare that he is support Hongkong, where the local police tunately, few can say that they serious condition at the Governed by the military forces of were immediately notified of all have reached that stage of exis-ment Civil Hospital. This is said eleven provinces, the other three that had happened

to be the sequel to a quarrel be- being Yunnan, Hunan and The late Capt. Willox, who was tence, and anyhow nobody would tween the man's wife and another Kiangai. believe them. The navvy might woman, living in the same house, ***

about 60 years of age, and un The Siamese Forest Dep wish he were

There is a fear amongst the married, was a very capable ment has purchased the propert Conservative over the drawing of water. Chow 3

Foo, aged 50, a rattan worker, is inhabitants that Canton will officer, and had been in command belonging to the British Consult Cabinet Minister; the Conserva alleged to have inflicted the in- thus be the headquarters of large of the Tai Lee (belonging to the service in Chiengrai live Cabinet Minister might juries whilst taking sides in the numbers of outlaws from other Wo Yick Co, of Wing Lok Street) to erect offices and (especially these days) wish he quarrel

provinces.

́a number of yests.

ings there at an enz

military commanders and have the pirates had abandoned the First round Cup replays result. been asked to enlist certain num Tai Lee and gone ashore, but so

bers of their respective followers far the only discovery reported is ed as follows: Orient, 1 who are to be brought to Canton of the empty lifeboat alreadyfa 4 Northampton,

Swansea, ~ 2 Tottenham: and formed intoa military body, so mentioned. The Tai Les proceed- Stab wounds, which had per- that when the new Governmented to Kongmoon yesterday after-

Sheffield Reute forated both lungs, were received is formed and a President elected

noon. and, then returned : to

PURCHASE;