CORRESPONDENCE."
(To the Editor, "Hongkong Tolsgraph.")
Piracy Prevention.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SHANGHAI WIN AT LAST.
SCORE LATE IN THE GAME
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M. HERRIOT'S SPEECH.
CAUSE SENSATION IN GERMANY.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1926.
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London, Jan. 29; Political and official ciroles are Bir,-After a prolonged stay in, Chins, and also after having con scoring until one began to think result of M. Herriot's opcoch. Though thoy Jelayed their plunged into a sensation 歌 П aulted with various other persons it was almost too lais, Shanghai as to which profound disappoint. who should bo considorod gained a win in the last match of mont entitled to voice their opinions in their aerica and by three goals to" aggressive" words of a stator.
oxpro acd at an authoritive mannor, I wish to ono. Get forth the following in regard not the ball until after Eaton vocate of conciliation and peace How it was they failed to man hitherto regarded as an ad to the piracy problem :--
bad put the Servicos ahead 15) We hear of piracles, if not every minutos from the end, only For instance the Boersen Zeitung The newspapers are very bittor. day, at any rate very nearly so. Shanghai and Wavish can tell, in an articlo headed "End of thi In most casos the dosporados are for it was Shanghai's game from now concillation ora saya thea nover caught. It appears that the beginning; they woro, in fact, speech confirms the conviction Mr Fortuo, the Chief Criminals superior to the Services as that Intelligence Officer stationed at Hongkong were superior to them Socialists and Pacifists want the French Democrate this port, has recently conducted In the Interport.
me as the French Chauvinists. a vory successful raid upon a
The Serviced wero poorly re-juola Rhino frontior anc certain village near Bias Bay. prosented in defence and in attack. Germany's everting political where many pirates who were ro- Eaton was the only player to military and economic impotenco STANDING ORDERS NOW BEING BOOKED. sponsible for the Hong Wha out-shine. Neither Hume, Waint The opinion is expressed tha rago had their rosidonce. Mr
nor Humberstono found it poa-the views of nine out of ter Perdue hap, to a certain extent, able to turn out and their places Germans are reflected in the already shown us how one of our wore taken by Doody, Bahaire Press outburst, and thus it is) most critical problems might bo and Reade, though Eaton took feared that M. Herriot's speech solved. Another Indication of
the contreforward position. vill add many recruits to the how it might be done is shown in Shanghai should the action of Mr Hilliard, the established a
have Nationalists who assort Rood Jand in hopelessness of a coming under- Commissioner of the Chinoso the opening half but chance standing with Franos-Reuter. Maritime Customs at Kongmoon, aftor chanco who has appealed to the Military to
Paris, Jan. 28. Authorities in charge of that left to Eaton to show them how resolution by 541 to 32 in favour go begging, and it was The Chamber has passed a distriot to retallato upon the to score. pirates,
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In my opinion the only way to got at the crux of the situation and the solution of the problem is as follows:
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He went through on of placarding the whole of France his own, and, after manoeuvring with M. Horriot's speech or into position, despite the close pounding attention paid him by Turner, beat policy regarding Gormany.
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Paris, Jan. 29. not, as is commonly believed, and, running clear, boat Wavish placard M. Herriot's speech was
The Chamber resolution always ensconced in strongholds easily. He repeated his succone accorded a big majority only aftor in some inaccessible mountain.in quick time in much the same a stormy debate, which was once In reality they usually live in way before the close, though susponded. como villago or another, and Wavish mado a great effort to through fear of thom the village save the third and secured Gold-section of the Socialists' throat to Excitement arose owing to a alders and other inhabitants man's first shot. the locality are afraid to give any
abstain in order to show disap Information as to their whore-troduced into the Shanghai sido tone of part of M. Herriot's speech The two Hongkong players in-proval of the alleged reactionary ahouts or identity. They simply made a allow matters to drift along a once to them, Wynne, and Law: riot to-day succeeded in taking Kood deal of diffor yesterday, nevertheless M. Her best they can, and they are rence, of the Hawkine, right and sufficient edge off his speech to usually afraid of opening their left half respectively, played conciliato the recalcitrant Social mouths. Now, white we know splendid gamos and with Gowan ists, without alienating the Right where most of the pirates are playing on the top of his form, the and Contro. situated, it would be a very simple Servico forwards were well hold plained that being obliged to at The Premier ex- mattor, every time that a piracy and played just as well as they tend a dinner yesterday evening, has been committed, to approach
wero allowed. The the Military Commanders of the defonce was not to be grumblodspeech in which ho appealed to Services ho cut out passages from his district and uny: "We fine you at as far as defonce was concern the consciences of the free and as much as has been robbed plused, bat their forward passes wont peaceful poaples, especially Gor 200 per cent. This you will have almost every time to the foot of
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to collect from your village. In Shanghai man. Shanghai in League of Nations an agroomont the meantime we will hold your the circumstances took the in-might be reached providing an olders as justagor," and it should itiativa almost throughout and outlet from the prosent tragic also be stated on very meagre had their forwards bad shooting situation, enabling all to work provision." Through co-operation boots, a big scoro must have freely and peacefully. Reuter. with the Chinese Military Com-natorialised. There was far more mandors in charge this can easily combination to be soon amongst bo accomplished.
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Conference on solf-determination The following story of the fire-crackors wore being fired by Christian lands, said the workers in the native churches in non- recent raid ashore by a pirate the Chinese residonta to mark in India were not trying to make Pakkai, concerning the advent of the Now Year, but the East a palo imitation of the which we published some par- the noise caused by the bandits West, but ware offering Christ for ticulars on Wednesday, reaches and the victimized families was the East to interpret for herself. us from our Kongmoon corree-big enough to wake up the whole He said Mr. Gandhi had once pondent:
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A sensation was created among were supposed to be on guard the residents of Pakkai when a that night! mosi sonuational robbery took Yan Wo Lane is largely inhabit- place on the first day of the first od by members of the staffs of the -moon about 1 a.m. at Yan Wo] Customs and the foreign firme. Lano, not far from the back of the and some of them are armed Customs House and about 50 with revolvers, but owing to lack Roverend Mr. McLaurin (India) Other sponkora included the yards from the precincts of the of organization among themselves and Rov. Mr. Hurlburt (Africa).) Customs Compound. Four porno-one fired a single shot, A-Reuter's American Service. sons were carried off, but one of corpau of one of the bandita was, them later made good his escape. however, found nearby in tho The Lune consists of 24 houses, morning and was identified to be, but only thros of them were that of an ox-soldier. He wan enterad by the robbors. They supposed to have boon tho broke into the houses simultane informnor of the robbera and to ously, through the windows on have boon shot dead by mistake the first floor, by meaus of bam by the bandits themselves.
London, Jan. 29. boo ladders, which they loft
Mr. Waltor Leaf, chairman of bebind them afterwards. Among eum, the Chinese preacher who the Westminster Bank, presiding: the captives were a landlord and escapod from the bandits, the at the annual meeting of share-| his girl-norvant, a small boy robbors spoke of a second visit holders, said it did not follow and Mr. Chau Yun-sum, a Chinoso on the following night, which that because we had ranched gold preacher of the Canadian Presby-might havo most probably been purity that we could immediately terian Mission, who finally made carried out but for this escape, remove the embargo on the ex- good his escape from the bandits as ho reported the mattor to the port of gold. This was due to ex- after two unsuccessful attempts. authorities at once, Additional pire at the end of 1925, and its It was not so much the extent soldiers have been sent out to non-renewal might confidently be of the robbery as the daring of Pakkai from Kongmoon during hoped for. the bondin that has caused a the last fow days, but this has Mr. Leaf asked whether the A very clavor cartoon on the soneation horo. Happy looks buen only a temporary measure. time had not arrived for a con- Luterport football match, by Stan vanished from the faces of Chinoso
Одо successful and easy forence of national banks, the Hill, will appear in to-morrow's residents immediately they heard robbery leads to another, and issue being to formulato a scheme isaus. about the robbery on the marning unloss BOMO permanent anti- of co-operation as rogarda gold of the first day of the year.bandit; measures are taken by raservos, as suggested by the Indeed, overy face soon Was athogo responsible for the peace Goneva conference. Ho added sorry to learn that Mr. E. A. exhaustively with the products, picture of fear. The robbery was and order of the place, Pakkai that the ro-establishment of the Leggatt, superintendent of the and trade opportunities of Siam. a most astounding ono-astound-will FOON become an unin parity would be of iminones ae- Ponang branch of the Eastorn Two coloured maps add to the log.booause the gang consisted of babitablo placo. It is most eistance to international trade.--Extension Telegraph Company, valuo of this about 30 man only; but, at the regrettable that such a state of Reuter.
excellently. and Mrs Loggatt will be leaving produced guide, which should be timo of the robbory, there were no affairs should exist in Pakkai of
Ponang in the near futuro, says in demand with all who have fower than 100 soldiers billoted in all places, ns it is virtually the
the Straits Echo. It is said that business dealings with thio different parts of Pakkai, which Treaty Port of Kongmoon and
Mr. Leggatt is being transferred country. is merely a large streat with about is inhabited by a large number of
to Hongkong. 150 houses and the Customs and foreignors.
Mr. Airey has taken considerablo Missionary Compounds and the From onquirios made on all K. C. C. "A" on Saturday at 2 Hongkong will logo a valued interest in local matters, being a residences and offices of the hands, it is gathered that had pm. sharp on the Hongkong member of tho community member of the St. John's A.P.C. and 8.0.0. H.M.S. Cisala the informer not boon mistakenly ground. Tha following have shortly, when Mr. M. E. F. Cathedral Church Body and tho was also in port. That the raiders killed by the robbers themselves, been solooted for Kowloon Alroy, superintendent of the Board of Education, as wellas on could commit robbery for about the raid would have been far B. Patheram, O. B. Ravon, J. H. local branch of the Eastern the Committee of the Hongkong three quarters of an bour and got more extensive, for the gang wan Hondle, L. A. R. Duncan, A. J. Extension Telegraph Co., loaves Club. He will be succeeded here away safely was indeed su pris- very well organized and had all Kow, E. G. Renton, W. P. G. for Wallington, New Zealand, by Mr. E. A. Leggatt, super- Ing. It may be said that at the the approaches towards the soone Gorvin, E. J. Edwards, J. 8. Cox, whither he has been, transferred, intendent of the Company's Bing of the robbery, plenty of effectively guarded.
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