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RETENTION OF CONCESSIONS.

· ́¿Continued from Page 1)," daring them to dro, and in any case od during these three days, they could see the fixed bayonets, one occurring when about 100 un-but hundreds of them, armed with armed Chinese troops entered the stones and bamboo poles, rushed at British Concession on Sunday morn- | the little force. ing and went to the Hankow Club compound. They behaved obscene-

· FIGHT ON THE FÖRESHORE,

ly, endeavoured to enter the club For five minutes there was a very and refused to leave when so rebrisk fight. Our men used batons quested. On the arrival of a small and their fists whilst they could but

ANOTHER PIRACY.

LOCAL CARGO BOAT SEIZED.

The report of another piracy has been made to the Police "byn Chinese merchant living at West Point.

It appears that the Informant together with another merchant engaged a cargo bout of 200 piculs capacity with a crow of four men,

| patrol of Marines, they were ajcet-in some cases they wore forced to take a eurgo, of salt and son- |

ed without further trouble. This to make play with their bayonets, dries from Yaumat! to Tam Chow, was but one incident, but it will

on the Canton River. The cargo serve to show the temper of the

was valued at $650.

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One of the sailors tripped and fell and before, his comrades could get I him out he had been badly mangled, The boat left and when sailing THE TROUBLE DEGINË. This face and head being cut open, between Kiau and Liptin Islands a. besides being bruised and battered fishing boat, having on board eight About mid-day on Monday, about the body "Another sailor men, armed with rifles and revol crowds began to collect found. the bayoneted through the leg with vers, held up the craft and Customs building at the end of the his own weapon, which was wrench commenced firing at her. After the British Bund, placards depicting ed away from him and subsequent-one of the crew of John Bull in various uncomplimen ly carried off. Not a few Chinese cargo boat had had his thumb tary attitudes were displayed and wore wounded in this aftray and shot off, the pirates boarded the Gery speeches were delivered by word taken off by their own people, vessel. They stole $10 from one uniformed orators. The position whilst those of our own men who of the men and then took the boat was sufficiently threatening for the went down were taken to hospital. to Lam Shan Island, near Lintin, Naval and local defence forces to This blood-letting seemed to where they put ashore, forcing the be called out, but no definite action prove to the mob that the defenders | merchant "now making the report was taken by the crowd until about could look after themselves even to remain on the boat. Later on, 2.30 p.m.

without firing and for a while there | leaving all the rest of the crew As the time passed, more and was a lull, during which six or ashore, the pirates took the mer- riore men could be seen going about seven Chinese military polico came chant with the boat to Sung Yuet, in the crowd, waving white flags of the scene, but even their pre- when they put him on a small fish- and inciting the people. About sence could not keep the imob quiet ing boat. The pirates then sailed 2.30. p.m., the agitators suddenly for long and the Marines wore sent away in the seized cargo boat in left and a number of uniformed to clear the foreshore and establish the direction of Mau King Sh, Epickets went on a tour of the Con- a line across the Bund and the fa near Taiping. Eventually, the cession, riding in rieshaa, but no shore down to the river, "with two merchant got ashore near Shekki notice was taken of them. Very or three Lewis guns in the centre and returned to Hongkong yester ahortly afterwards a dense crowd The mob became more excited and day. of quite 5,000 people moved determined between 5 and 6 o'clock, forward towards the wire bar- when darkness began to fall and ricadent the end of the Bund stone-throwing WOS renewed. Rome. Women police agents. and began throwing stones, but Things grew more awkward when may soon form part of the Italian even then the men at the barri-a number of them gained the shelter police force for the prevention and cades still allowed legitimate of a ricsha stand lining the Rand suggestion of immorality among traffle to pass through two open-roadway and from behind it rained Italian girls. This action was inga in the wire:

stones on the defenders at close proposed to the government by the The defence force 'showed great quarters, so orders were given to Italian Women's Association at forbearance and it was only wher demolish this piccement ns the antional council held in Florence. one of the special police was chance occurred.. It was nearly The proposal has met with heated struck in the face with stone down when the mob closed in to the controversy in this country where that he hit out at the men around line of the original wire barricade, women have only recently assert- him with his buton, this being the seized the remains of the riesha ed their right of participation in first incident which possibly could stand and started a bonfire near political activities. have been urged as likely to in Ewo No. 1 Jetty, but fortunately erense the temper of the crowd. their incendiary efforts stopped An advance-guard of small boys, short at this. supported by a number of coolies

CHINESE OFFICERS' WARNING. some distance farther back, took

During the afternoon communi- up-the stone-throwing with great-ention with the Chinese military au- er vigour and soon it reached such.

in the rear of the Concession, in connexion with the lantern proces- sion, but everything on the Bund remained quiet. I noticed, how- ever, that the illuminated launch parude immediately commenced to restore order, but, with the excep- pass the Bund, going slowly down was brought into position close to tion of the handful of men previ-river and returning about:9 p.m., the barricade and then the temperously, mentioned, none were seed with all the sirens sounding. of the crowd became very ugly. until after 6 o'clock, when a squad Mr. Wilkinson concluded: the people apparently being in- of perhaps 20 men arrived. Piecing all these events together, censed at the sight of Chinese Through an interpreter, the officer firemen manning the hose-lines, in command of these men informed and as a consequence the order to the British authorities that the mob turn on the water was withhold.

was entirely out of control and that, if a single shot should be fired, not a single foreigner in Hankow would

a pitch that it was decided to call thorities had been opened and they

on the Fire Brigade. An engine had promised to send a force to

A BARRAGE OF STONE.

it was obvious to an onlooker that the whole proceedings were enre- fully timed and arranged by the agitators, who disappeared imme- diately before the actual attack on the Concession bogan and who re-

mid-day till 8.p.m. could not fail to be impressed with the wonderful patience and spirit of the defence force. It was a terrific text of temper and endurance, for the

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The stone-throwing all the time he left alive. He suggested that appeared immediately after its was increasing and it is no exag-the Chinese police should be allow-conclusion. One standing by from geration to say that one could heared to take control and that the Bri- the noise of the stones falling on itish defence force should retire. the steel helmets of the defenders This proposal was accepted and all like the rattling of drums. The the Marines and sailors were with men were kept ducking this way drawn to the sandbag defences. and that and doing whatever they Despite the obligation they had sallora, Marines, and others had could to avoid the stones thrown accepted, the Chinese police appar, to stand for hours, being bombard at close quarters. Every now and ently did nothing and by 7 o'clocked with stones without being al- again one would have his face laid the mob had so far advanced that lowed to make an effective reply.

ANXIETY FOR WORK. open by a stone, but he simply the sandbag fort was almost entire It had to be seen to be realized. It would fall back to have a piece' ly surrounded. About this time, was a wonderful proof of their

REQUEST FOR LEG TO BE of plaster put on and then would Mr. Goffe, the British Consul-Gen-discipline that not one man lost

AMPUTATED. resume his place in the line. eral, got into touch with a Chinese his temper, in spite of many being

Considerable benefit to cancer Eventually the officer in charge military officer, who went into the wounded and all of them receiving considered it wise to withdraw the Ewo building to hasten the arrival every possible provoention. The of my own demerits. I am, in fact, patients by treatment with radium line of marines from the barricade of troops. These, apparently, local defence force was in charge pressed by that consciousness. I is recorded in a report of the Medi- to the open aquare of sandbag de- actually all the time had been of Mr. G. V. T. Marshall and dis nm relieved to some extent by the cal Research Council recently pub fences in the centre of the Bund, close at hand, for within a quarter played the same coolness and even reflection that this honour, which lished.

The report is a summary of ce- This was answered by a rush by of an hour they marched in. At temper as did every naval unit, the King has been so gracious the mob, who tried to remove the this time the situation, from the frore the bluejackets to the officer to bestow, is an honour shown to sults obtained during the prat.. horse-lincs, so the Marines' again defenders' point of view, was in command: Everything was the profession. This ceremony, year at a number of hospitals int advanced and drove them back, almost hopeless, as they were prae- quiet when I left the same night, my Lords, is one more instance of London, the provinces, Scotland, The Chinese, however, succeeded tically surrounded and stone- The whole affaly obviously was de.the constant courtesy and kind and Ireland, to which the Medical in pulling up the barbed wire bar-throwing wis going on as liberato provocation in an attemptness which I have always experi Research Council and the British ricade, thus leaving the whole vigorously as ever, despite the sup-to make our men fire, with he anced from your Lordships, and Empire Cancer Campaign have

from every member of both given a supply of radium. front beyond the sandbags entire-posed truce, The only further more than 80 or 100 men opposed

Two interesting cases of bone ly open. At this morcent, a action by the British was to, with to quité 5,000 and probably more. branches of the profession in this

Colony, and I thank you, my Lords, cancer (sarcoma) are reported by heavily-built Chinese, with the draw their Lewis guns, mounted

and them, most sincerely.".. the Middlesex. Hospital.. In one a typical mannerisms of the "Dare-on a motor, truck, to a position

jboy of 12 was struck on the jaw to, Dies," came through the crowd diagonally across the Bund in

by a cricket ball in August, 1924. und, advancing to within a few front of the Ewo building, in order

Cancer developed and was treated feet of the line of Marines, dared to be clear of the surrounding

with radium The bone was f them to kill him, 'affording definite mob, whilst the Marines fell back

tensively destroyed by, the cancer proof that the intention was to from the sandbag defences and provoke a firing incident

took up positions by the wagon..

with resulting deformity, but the radium removed the cancer, and Jast January the boy had improved. A cook from the steamer Tailee remarkably in general health. He was charged before Mr. Schofield has been fitted with a dental splint this morning with smuggling 1,000 to correct the deformity, and it is Three Star" cigarettes, hoped at some future date to graft

A fine of $25," or three weeks a new jaw bone. imprisonment having been pos- In the other case a man of 24 ed, Revenue Officer Pearce applied strained his left knee while row for imprisonment without the ing. Radium removed the cancer. option..

but the bone was so enlarged and The Magistrate said he was pre-painful at the knee joint that "the pared to raise the one, but could patient, who was very anxious to not refuse the man the option return to work, asked that the leg

The penalty was accordingly in should be amputated, and the aur the Chins station, reached, Shang-creased to $75, with the alterna- geon gave a most, reluctant con- hal yesterday on the Despatch.

Admiral Williams, of the United tive of six weeks hard labour. States Navy, is expected at Shang hai from the Philippines in tho cruiser Pittsburg to join the other United States forces; and the French, Italian and Japanese'

vessels at

EARLIER MESSAGES.

ceived. Reuter.

4

SMUGGLED SMOKES.

ORIGINAL FINE INCREASED,

Peking Jan. 11. The British community generally heartily welcomes the Shanghai and also Council's statement; cordially approves the decision by Hankow firms and banks, not to This man Boon WRB bundled The Chinese troops were posted open till a clear understanding of away from the front line and a inside, the Concession, from the the position and safeguards be re- few moments later there occurred Ewo Rond to the foreshore, to hold

Manila, Jan, 11. Halifax, N. S--Discovery of a The King set up a record for one of the most serious incidents back the crowd. Several of their Marine officers at Cavite under- new rapid process of freezing fish Smithfield at the Club Cattle Show of the day. There was a sudden officers then mounted the sandbags stand that the Guam contingent is which is expected to revolutionize

rush to the foreshore on the left and harangued the crowd, telling sailing to Shanghai aboard the Canada's fish export with the recently. His Southdown sheep of the defending line. Owing to them that, if they would go, back, Huron which has been held there United States was announced here from Sandringham carried off the the steep slope of the foreshore the foreigners had agreed to retire since. 7th instant. by the Atlanta Experimental allver cup and the reserva in the down to the river, it was difficult to Ewo Road. For about 15 No orders have been received at Fisheries station. The new pro- Southdown class and also the to understand the immediate ob-minutes, the crowd would not Cavite, where 182 Murines are ceas makes it possible to freeze Prince of Wales perpetual chal- jective of the mob, but, in view budge, but anally they were per- stationed-Reuter, Aah for shipping within sixty lenge cup. This is the first time of what happened, it only can be sunded and about 7:45 p.m. there

Rugby, Jan. 11.. minutes after they are caught. that this has been achieved in the surmised that they had decided to was a general retirement.

By. Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Under ordinary refrigeration pro- chief classes in the history of the attack some of the. Naval men who 8 p.m. the whole Bund was clear commanding the British ships on cesses, from twenty-four to forty famous show. The Earl of Dur-wore in isolated positions on the and was held by a line of Chinese hours are required. Tests of fish ham secured a double prize, being foreshore. To repel this at- troops at the level of Ewo Road. frozen by the new method have awarded the champion plate for tack a

small party of Marines, The interpreter. then asked the proved that the product will keep the best beast in the show and regular and special police doubled British to retire altogether from indefinitely in cold storage with the King's challenge cup for the down to the foreshore, where there the Bund, in order to avoid

best beast bred by the exhibitor. occurred a skirmish, which showed further trouble.

to what a pitch the mob had been CAREFULIY ARRANGED PLAN. Printed and Published for the Proprietor by FREDERICK worked up. The Chinese must have PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8, Wyndham Streot, in the City of assumed our mon had loaded riles, I that a clash with the mob occurred the mouth of the Yangteze. Dollar on demand

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Examination of the amputated leg showed that the radium thad destroyed the cancerous growth. The report says:Before the introduction of radium, the prog hosla in these two cases would have been considered almost hope less."