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INGENIOUS CONSPIRACY

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1926.

NORTHERN WAR.

JAPAN'S ULTIMATUM.

Tientsia, March 16, The story of a daring and com- Heavy ring has been proceed•¦ plicated conspiracy to defraud the ing over the week-end at Lanehow, Asintiu Petroleum Co. was related where the railway staff at the at the Contral Magistruoy yesterday,station are living in dug outs. It when a Chinese was charged with, is reported the Kueminchan troops being concerned in un attempt to started to evacuate yesterday. stent six tons of crude oil from-Reuter. the North Point installation of the A. P. C.

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Peking, March 16.

A local report confirms the news Evidence showed that tho electric light failed on the night of the of a Japanese ultimatum, and says attempt.

oil had the time expires in, two days, that been

pip: It is not yet certain what action Ute lines into a boat. It was stated will be taken if there be no com- on pliance. The Legations are now that watchman had fired supposed accomplices who approach. considering that point.-Reuter, od the pier and tried to recover the boat containing the oil.

Shanghai, March 16.

A mosaage from Japancae sources at Tientsin reports that British, Japanuse, French, Ameri-, can and Italian Naval agents

Mr. L. D. Turner, prosecuting, said the pipo lines ran down the pier. The first intimation that anything was wrong came when the lights handed in an ultimatum to

THE LEAGUE CRISIS.

MORE CONFERENCES.

Geneva, March 16. Meetings of all the Dominions representatives wore summoned at ten this morning, in order that Sir Austen Chamberinin might inform them of the latest phases of the situation.

The Brazilian Foreign Minister," Senor Franco and the representa- tives of Guiana and Uruguay, both non-permanent members of the Council, are conferring with the delegates of other Latin- American states, for the purposef of furnishing to the latter ex- planations of the, crisis and the uttitude of Brazil regarding her elain to 4 permanent seat.-; Reuter.

Geneva, later.

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wing water front failed. Two watch-haveral Lu Ching-lin, the con- The delegates said the situation THE NEW ROUTE NATIONAL

men saw a man on the pier about 1.45 a.m. on March 2, and he was arrested.

It was found that a control wheel was fixed to the pipe-line, and that another pipe was connected up ta a small boat,

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ANOTHER FLIGHT.

The 'conference of Dominions re- presentatives broke up at 11.30.

mander of the Kuominchun troops was much more hopeful- for the district of Tientsin,, and Reuter. the commander of the Chinese Yellow Sea squadron, demanding that the squadron he withdrawn from Tientsin, that marine mines be removed, that the Inspection of foreign vessels cease and that the beacons he replaced. The

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who ultimatum notifies that if the de- nhat Morth 1, hamands are not complied with said

(which the rørrived 1 telephone message within a fixed term

does not state) the ying that a ship would be report

-concerned: will ru bunkared on the following day. He Powers

certain sort to united naval force Kavo instructions for lighter to have alean up between Reuter.

Defen-

Mariager's Evidence. The other evidence was giver by Mr. W.B. Lightburn, the mana-

the installation,

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D and 10 the next morning. dant was the pumpinan and fireman

on that particular lighter.

The lighter was alongside the hunkering berth, and witness sinted that he, kuow no reason why the man should be on the jetty in the small hours of the morning. He had nn duties there.

At about seven o'clock on March 1 watchman reported to witness that the Eghts would not functiong and witness lopked at the Inse and it appeared to be alright. In coper quence of the light failure, witness toll the watchman to keen an expec ially keep look out during the night

Pipes Connected.

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At about two o'clock in the morn ing a watchman came to his house, and witness went down to the com- pound. He found three watchmen there with a man in custody. He made an inspection of the premises with an electric torch and went to the jetty.

Ho found a handwheel on the minin valve of No 1 pipe lino, and a plate bolted to the end of the valve, had been removed. A length of hose has been connected to the pipe line with clamps, and led on to the edge of the jetty and was

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At the edge of the jetty there was a Chinese water, boat with tanks, which had a pump on board. Ha could see that there was a quantity. of oil in the bout, and left a watch- man on duty there.

Mr. Turner said that although it was not part of the eure for the prosecution he thought in incident which occured during the night temied to show that there had been a general conspiracy.

Shot Fired.

He explained, that several watch- men were 'on duty, and during the

MR. DAVID KEITH.

PRESENTATION AT BOWLING

GREEN CLUB.

Mr. David Keith, a former com- mittee member of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, was presented with two.water-colour paintings of Hongkong, yesterday evening, at a gathering in the Club promises,! In view of his approaching depar ture from the Colony. He is leav ing for Home on Friday, "by the Empress of Canada,

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In making the presentation, on behalf of the members of the com- mittee, the President, Mr. P. T. Farrell, referred in eulogistic terms to the services of Mr. Keith to the Club, particularly in connection with the initial work for the co- struction of their new pavilion. Mr. Keith suitably replied.

An Indian police guard said that when the lights failed the manager ordered him to find the electrician but he could not do so.

It was explained that the elce- trician did not live near the spot. and there was no suggesting that he

and anything to do with the case.

Second Thoughts. - Continuing witness said that a Chinese came up to lim about ten o'clock and said that song oil was to bo, stolen. Witness" disbelieved it, and went to bed Later however he thought there may be some truth in the story, and he got up and went to the jetty.

He saw a ship out at sen flash u light towards, the shore, and the night they noticed several sampe also saw a junk come close in signal wne answered from a lighter. coming towards the boat which donandi noticed a man go off une.of the gine the oil. "I understand they lighters. irinde an attempt to recover the [boat and that a watchinnu fired a

shot at fliem" be added,

Witness wont to the pipe line and found defendant sitting there. He and blew his arrested the inan, whistle. He saw another man jump down from the jetty, and beard him splash into the water. Another man jumped off the junk.

Mr. Lightburn, giving further evidence, said, that when he made (another examination of the boat be found it contained six tons of oil When lighters were not being lond ed at the installation, the hand-

It was stated that the pipe deli- wheek controlling the pipelinevered 0 tons of oil an hour, and supply were kept in his offer, and consequently, that in the boat, could he had been able to account for have been stored in five minutes. the disappearance of one from his Th case was adjourned until office.

to-day,,

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Copenhagen, March 16. The Danish army airmen, Butvend and Berschend, departed at eleven this morning in two aeroplanes, on an attempt to fly to Tokyo via Bagdad, Calcutta, Bangkok and Peking-Render.

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