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Hongkong Telegraph

Patinhro l081

No. 12.702

號八十月三英港香 三拜禮

WEDNESDAY

THE PIRACY PROBLEM.

PEKING FRACAS,

VICE. MINISTER OF EDUCATION DISMISSED.

Poking, March 17.

A mandate was issued at mid-i night summarily dismissing Ma Hsu-n from his post of Vico- Miniator of Education.

1

BOME INTERESTING

SIDELIGHTS.

[BY "OLD HAND."]

In your lane of February 11th, most interesting thoro was a A definito stage has now boon

This was a sequel to a fraces article on the piracy question by entored upon in connection with the scheme for arooting a wireless that took place yesterday aftor-Old Timer," concerning which station on the Pratae Shoal for noon, when a band of students I should like to make a few re- the oight marks. "Old Timor" stated that out and employees of sonding the purpose of

enllagos attacked the local pirates hayo "two basos, weather reports for the benefit of Govoramon! shipping. The Chinese Admiralty Minister Wang Chiu-la on his Hongkong where the most stuut Hydrographical Survey yacht arrival in a motor-car to assume is planned, and their depot on thei mainland to which they carry off Kam L is hero in Hongkong, offico. having boon commissioned for proliminary survey work amongst the Shanie, and an interesting interview Wat obtained by a Telegraph reporter to-day with the Commander in regard to the actual work to be embarked upon on arrival of the vessel at its dostination.

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As a wireless station on the Pratas would benefit. not only Hongkong but also a large area of South China, from the shipping point of view, the mat- tor was taken up with the within Chinese Government

Wang Chiu-lin, who is a pro-their acquisitions in the shape of minent member of the Kuomin-goods and prisoners to be held tang and had doclined to assume for ransom." He further explains office until Sun Yat-sen's death, how Kongmi (opposite Mabning.) was rescued by a bodyguard and in the Shuntak district, and Blas

Bay, are, in most casos, the main-: returned to his homo."

land basos which the piratos u8c.

Now, was "Old Timor" right

Police were sent to quell the disturbance, but the students

SWATOW NEWS,

CANTON FORCES IN CHARGE.

[Our Own Correspondent).

Swatow, Mar. 18:

near

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London, March 17. unlawful possession of arms.

The King's Commission, to The first prisoner, who was condutat Stato affairs during his faither charged with returning to absence, is now gazotted, and the Colony after being banishod consists of:

TRADER'S JACKET CUT.

PRISONER DENIES

COMPLICITY.

The complainant and another witness for the prosecution failed to put in an appearance at tho Criminal Sonnions this morning when Chan To was charged, bo boforo Sir Henry Gollan, with the theft of $30 from the person of Mo Tat-yan.

Mr. H. K. Holmes appeared for the Crown and said that the

for ton yoars, ploaded guilty, at Princo Henry, the Archbishop incident occurred on February- the samo timo declaring that ho of Canterbury, Viscount Cavo, 23rd, when the ss. Lingohow was only carrying the loaded and Mr. Stanley Bakiwin, any was unloading her passongore, revolver on another porson's two of whom are jointly om- Complainant wad @ trador behalf. His Lordship imposed powered to act on behalf of His who had come from Pakhoi sentence of seven years' hard Majesty, oxcont in the case of aand in his innor jacket he was labour on the first count and dissolution of Parliament or bos- carrying $30 in three rolls of ten. throo years on tho Bocond.

towal of honours, or other matters cont pieces. One prokot bad beor which in their disorotion require recovored and ho had said that TEMPTED AND FELL.

the King's authority.

he recognised it as it was wrapped The installation Tand Sing. represented by Mr

in B paper advertising some N. I. Brewer, was charged, with Honry as a Privy Councillor is pills. He felt a man's hand in his possession of four rovolvarà and also gazotted.--Reuter. 400 rounds of ammunition.

of

Princo

pookot, which he found had been cut, and caught hold of prisonor. The whole of the packets were

The choice of Prince Hohry is Mr Brower, ploading guilty, owing to the fact that for a time said he would aok his Lordship all the Royal Family but himself missing and he accused prisoner

will be absent from Britain.]

to

powars.

his discretionary oxorcise

Tho arms wore not prisoner's property, although they were in his possession.

The prisoner intimated that ho did not wish to plead guilty and denied that the arms wore in his poanassion.

Ho

DOUGLAS S. S. CO.

DIVIDEND OF FOUR DOLLARS.

of stealing them. A struggle onsued and they fell into a motorboat at the bottom of the gangway. The complainant had stated that the prisoner handod him one of the packets and asked him to let him go.

Legal argument followed as to whether the Crown Bolicitor was permitted to road tho evidence at the Magistracy by the com- plainant and his fokl, and his Lordship decided to admit it.

Mr Brower consulted with his alient and for the second time ontored

ploa A

of guilty. After providing $70,000 for the pleaded for lonioncy depreciation of steamers, the in view of the fact that prisoner General Managers of the Douglas bad blind father and a wife Steamship Co., Ltd., recommend a

Prisoner, who pleaded not He dividoud of 8 per cent per annum guilty, dopied that he had any- and young child to support. was hard up, and, when tempted ($4 por share) to be paid on the thing to do with the theft, or by the offer of a useful sum for working of the Company for the that he had handed one of the year ending December the 31st, carrying the revolvers, he fell.

Sentence of five years' hard labour was passi. BLAMED THE PRINCIPAL TENANT.

complainaut.

1924, subject to the confirmation rolla of ton-coat pieces back to of shareholders at the annual general meeting to be held on Saturday, 28th March.

NOTED PIANIST.

for this

The jury racordada verdict of guilty and a sentence of three yoars' hard labour was passed.

Five provious convictions wore provad against the prisoner.

SOLDIER IN TROUBLE.

SPRING GARDEN LANE INCIDENT.

could not be persuaded to disporso in his statements? Let un 100.

Above is a portrait of Mr. Yau until the police wore withdrawn. We know that several of the Litt, who has been freely men- It is stated that Ma Heu-lin persons taken as hostages after tioned as a possible successor to instigated the affair because he the Tai Loo piracy-she is a the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen as head wished to remain in charge f the British vessel trading botween of the Kuomintang Party. About Ministry.Daily Bulletin.

this port and Kongmoon-have sixty years of ago, Mr. Yau is one been killed, and that a few others of the original band of revolut- of them are, oven now, still ionaries got together by Dr. Sun, Kong but after about 20 years' joint hold for ransom at whose jurisdictition the Shoal

the labour, Mr. Yau retired from Mi,

Mahning in Hos. From the exchange of views,

We district.

are active part in the movement, on Shuntak definito plans took shape when

also aware of the fact that many account of differences with his Since that time he has loader. a communication was received

of the victims of the piracy on lived more or loss as a recluse, from Sir Francis Agios (InE-

tho Chinese stoamer Hui Hoi aro poetor Genoral of the Chinese

still dotained at exactly the same devoting his time to the writing Maritimo Customs) that tho

place. The cargo taken out of hor of books. In this latter connect- lon, he has especially coucen- Government was favourably dis-

was quite openly sold thore. posed towards the schemo, and,

Recently, there was a case at trated on the teachings of Con- having on their part recognised

The city is again quiet, with

if put into practico, solve many of the benefits which would result the Kuo Ming Tang forces in the local Central Magistracy in fucius, which be considers would, from it, would undertake the charge. A fow Russian and Can-which a work themsolves. This much ton officers pass through here oc. years-old son was stated to have China's prosent day problems. was to-day learned from Com-casionally, and that is about all been abducted from Canton by brigands. Anybody who has mander P. Y. Kiang, who, having tha military activity available. boon commissioned by the Chinese The Canton forces at prosent rond this Court report will soo Admiralty for the work, brought stay in thoir barracks, situated the exact procedure followed by the Kam Lu from Shanghai last just outside the city limits, nearly the pirates. Although the lad

A MENACE TO BRITAIN. was kidnapped at Canton the wook with a CTOW of over all the time. Enemy troops are thirty mon and with all equip-situated not so very far from the woman had to come to Hongkong

London, March 17. mont пocossary for the important city. Once in a while always in order to see the pirates "go

In the Houso of Commons. Mr. betweens", and it appears that

Four Chinese, Lau Sui-chuon, task of obtaining soundings during the night-the Canton she received some assistance from Grattan Doyle introduced a re- Lau Sun-chu, Lo Kam-wa and! amongst the shoals,

forces will make a raid upon their

Socretariat the

for Chinese solution expressing the opinion

Lo Pun, charged separately with offoncos undor the Armb He pointed out

the onomies and do a littlo scrapping. that scheme would not be practicable They always return before the Affairs here in order to try and that it was undesirable to con-

find the culprits, although tinue unrestricted importation of Ordinanco, arising out of a raid TO PLAY IN HONGKONG. unless they made the shoal approach of daylight, and I havo'

on a house at Mongkok, when all arrested in a to boats carrying ascertained that so far their only a couple of the lesser foreign manufactures made under accessible

go-botwoona

thoy wore raportod awoated conditions, which wore

There is another treat have always boon.

The detrimental to the interests of caught.

cubicle, blamed the principal Hongkong music-lovers, provisions and stores, and the advancos

tenant of tho houso, First week, for on Friday evening, at place tolerable as a place of quickly repulsed. They are by to have been

prisoner admitted possession of a 5.30, Feliz Dyck, a noted pianist. habitation for the staff of the wire no means being so firmly seated place Kaugmi again appears in British workmen and a contri- Ho referred to a rumour that a

loaded revolver, but said Cheong is to appear at the City Hall. Ho loss station. Nothing loan attrac-in the saddle as formerly report this caso, and the pirates de-butory factor to unemployment.

manded a thousand dollars, ton tivo could be imagined than those ed, and the end of this disastroussels of opium, and fifty dollars syndicate was being started in Chow, the principal tenant, gave has just arrived here from Manila, Shoals, said Commander Kiang, civil war does not by any melucky money' aa ransom for Glasgow forthe purpose of importit him.

whore he scorad big succos808.

Charges of wilfully damaging the facilities as a place of resi- Boom to be in sight yet.

the boy, and asked it all to being German coal cheaper than it

Felix Dyck has been given property inside a tailor's shop at

Prosa notices in sent to Kongmi. So far, the could be produced in Britain. Ho

No. 19, Spring Gardon Lane, of the world. little boy does not appear to have asked what Labour was going to

parts

creatinga disturbanceand assault- do about it. been returned to his mother.

(Paris) describes Figaro

ing a lukong wore investigated and there aro BB only throo

On March 11th, an interesting The Labourite, Mr. Dalton, palms

tochaique, coconut

it

a remarkably sure threatening letter, sont to a com- proposed an amendment declaring

bira as an artist who pos60980s at the Central Magistracy, by Mr. J.R. Wood, this morning, Private adorn the solitary landscapo.

"He reveals a decidedly pradore of oup of our river boats, that the interakts of British

adding

William Day, of the Surreys, bo- Of fresh water there is a little

was published in the Telegraph, workmen cannot be helped by any

outstanding personality,

ing the defendant. supply from a wator hole ex-

and the place where they wanted tariff. The

bined with a wonderful fooling tonal subtleties." The Lau Bun, who, in addition to a for cavated by the Japanese fiohor-

Evidenco was adduced that, the money seat was again near saquencos of sweating at home men who frequent the shoals, Tho

Kongmi..

and abroad were indivisible, and

found to be in Berliner Tageblatt says that "ho with three comrades from the wirelons station would have to ho

What

of same regiment, Day broke into the deduce should be dealt with as a whole, dagger, was Wo

possession of five walnuts (for stands in the first rank

• whilst the provisioned from time to time,

from all this? In the first place, He declared in favour of the de-

Now shop and scattered the contents and Commander Kiang under

it appests that the pirates are velopment of international labour gagging purposes it was suggest pianists;

ed,) and four longths of thick York Musical Courier remarks of a cigarette store which was stood that arrangements in this

very often stationed in Hongkong conventions all over the world.

tapo, pleaded guilty and also that ho is an exceptionally gifted also included in the tailor's Mr. Crawford doscribed the connection would be organised Bir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, wol while they are planning their

referred to the principal tenant. pianist, possessing an extraor establishment. They also dam- from Hongkong.

coming the Empire-wido

He received seven years hard dinary re outrages, and also that their lair resolution as baked protectionist

technique

Aaged an labour. To make the main inlet, on presontatives, omphasised the is in the vicinity of Kongmi, in propaganda, and declared that which the wireless station is to importance of development of the Shuntak district. This place the Liberals were prepared to bo built, accessible to those pro-imperial resources and mutual is by no means strongly fortified, Jola in action on the lines of the vision craft, it will be necessary trado. Ho promised that the and the ridiculous myth about Washington convention, to establish a channel through Government would do its utmost terrible strongholds can simply be ticularly through the League of

Nations. the aboels and surrounding to assist the work of tho com-cast asido as no much nonsense.

The amendment was defeated It seems to the writor that the rocfa. A way through has mitico. heon discovered and used by Sir H. Mackindor, replying. beat way in which the operations by 240 to 137, and the resolution Japanese fishing boats, but it is emphasised that the torme of from Kongmi could be suppressed, was talked out.-Reuter.

chief would be for the Hongkong: TINNED CHINESE EGGS. not dependablo in all weathers reference indicated the

London, March 17. unloos the channel is marked competitor, with which the com-authorities out with buoys. The work which mittee was concerned was the understanding with the Chinese. In the course of the discussion will now be entered upon will foreign food supplier, not the authorities at Canton whereby the on cheap Gernian coal imports, in bo to tako soundings of home producor in Britain. The latter would impose a heavy fine the House of Commons, the would therefore on the district and the village Labourite, Mr. Tom Johnstono, this channel and to lay out the committee course with buoys. Later on,

endeavour to socure that food-Foldere be detained until satisfac-referred to the sworted conditions materials will be taken to the stuffs in Britain camo as far as tion was given. If this procedure in India, and said that when these shoal for the erection of the wire- poselble from inside the Empire, were followed, I baliqye that we were aboilshod it would be time

committoo Whe an lose station, which will bo equip. The

ox-should soo better results than to cast stones at places like Japan. He declared that Australia pod with a radio compass. In this porimant in Empire co-oporation, from all the other anti-piracy

could not send ourrants to Britain connection, Commander Kiang not as attempt at Empire Gov-moasures now in operation.

The futuro develop- That the pirates are often enjoy-to compete with sweated currants mentioned that signal goar will ernment. also be erected for the benefit of mont of the Empire both as to ing immunity here at Hongkong, from Smyrna, where they wore passing vossols, and, possibly at a trado and constitution lay in the while they are concocting their trampled upon with naked foot, later date, & lighthouse will also application of the principle of villaintes, can be soon from the whereas the Australian handic

co-operation,Reuter, bo built on tho shoals.

dence being next to nothing. The main roof measures as much as

a mile and a half in length,

on

to

INTER-EMPIRE TRADE.

COMMITTEE COMMENCES

SESSION.

London, March 17, The Imperial Economic Com mitteo hold its first meeting at the Boad of Trade to-day.

gan

to como to ад

UBC As

wonderful

His Lordship:-Why did ho give it to you?

Prisoner:-To

ajall weapon for fighting. I had boon The drinking wino and he foroibly handed it to mo.

Seven years hard labour was

Causes and con-imposed.

par-

The remaining two, on whom daggory word found, resorted to the same defence and wore each sentenced to savou years' hard labour.

ROBBERY STORY.

sympathetic tons."

and

GRAIN SLUMP.

EFFECT ON STOCK MARKET.

com".

electric bulb bofore running out of the shop to avoid arroat. It was alleged that Day struck a lukong in the faca when the latter moved for- ward to arrest him, and that an attempt WEB made by him comrades to roscuo Day from the custody of an Indian constable, but that this was abandoned on the arrival of other officere,

Chicago, March 17.

His Worship said it was clear Panicky conditions have spread that Day was guilty on the charges to other grains. There was some of creating a disturbanco and of. ALLEGED THEFT OF OVER recovery late in the afternon, but damaging the electric bulb, De short-lived, and liquidation was fendant would be fined $5 and $60,000,

rosumed.

required to pay fifty cents in for Delivery

ÁLIS May closed addition as compensation. The theft of a sum of $5,170 within two cents of the lowest regards the charge of assault on from a safe has boon reported to quotation.

tho lukong, His Worship proposed the police by a salesman of the In Now York, stocks broke to adjourn further hoaring of this. Fook Wo firm of rice-importors, precipitatoly, coincidently with

Defendant had stated that the of No. 144 Winglok Stroot, the drastic declines in the grain

The raport contains a story of markets. Most of the standard abrasions discovered on his hands and in- wore caused by his playing pitch an armed robbery in which Yip descriptions of rails fact that in many instances the machinery.alone. Britain ought

Chuan-chi, a salesman who livos dustrials dropped one to three ball, and that he would bring two

low recorde Boldlors to testify to this, In the shop, was bound and points, to victims of the depredations are to toll Grecoo, Turkey and the Kam Lu has boon joihad in

asked to come to Hongkong in natione engaged in the production

gagged and removed from one for current movemant.-Reuter's

to another. All those American Service. room Hongkong by Mr. Woltemad, an

order to pay their blood-money. of sultanas and operants that

things, ho told the polico, architect, also by a civil engineer Glasgow, the Kam Lu (3,000 Irdood, a missionary, told me they must ratify the Washington

oconrred whilst ho was asleep!

Chicago, March 17. and carpontor. The Vossel tons net) was formerly the very recently that he know of at Convention, otherwise their pro-

and he did not know what had

After sovoral days' excitement is awaiting a report on the British Admiralty yacht Atlanta. least two instances where the ducts would be prohibited from

transpired until ho woke up this

on the wheat market with large woather conditions from the Bho is a trim-looking vessel, ransom money demanded, by entering the country.

Australia was also provented

morning,

net losses belbg recorded daily Weather Bureau before procood- and her appearance with white pirates in Honogkng had actually

If a robbery had been com and a big overnight drop in Liver ing to the Pratas Shoal, which is hull and yellow smokestack to been paid out by chequel It seems from sending liquid ages, because

mitted by armed robbers, it is pool quotations, wheat collapsed about 170 miles from Hongkong. moro suggestive of a multi-to me that such a matter as this she was cut out by Chinesa

conte this morning, Some particulara in regard to millionairo's yacht than nords looking into, in addition to sweated labour. “

presumed that entry was effected eleven Mr. Johnstone exhibited a tin the vessel itself may not be with- Chinese Government vessel, which there there should be the

through the trap door of the roof opening with heavy selling so- out interest. Built some 18 years She is 385 foot long. Hor closest sooperation between the of Chinese liquid eggo, assuring

and that a duplicate key was companied by the wildest trading.

Reuter's American Service. ago by Massrs. Russel and Commander received his training Hongkong Government and the the House, amid laughter, that he

had not punctured the lid Reuter, used to open the safe. Company at their yard at Fort at the Foochow Naval College,Chinens authorition.

The survoy staff aboard thol

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