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四拜禮 號一廿月七英港香 THURSDAY, JULY

21, 1927.

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SENSATIONAL PIRATE ATTACK. PRINCES & PREMIER

TWO NORWEGIAN OFFICERS SEVERELY WOUNDED.

PIRATE GANG BOARDS "SOLVIKEN" IN HONGKONG.

GOLD BULLION

LOOTED.

TO TOUR.

VISITING CANADA FOR THE JUBILEE.

LONG AND BUSY ITINERARY.

London, July 20.

The Prince of Wales, Prince

George, Mr. Baldwin, and Mrs.

Baldwin, will leave England on Saturday to attend the Canadian Diamond Jubilee celebration. The programme of the visit to Canada iz issued. The party will sail from

of and will Quches on Friday, July 29. They will stay in Quebec until Sunday, i being officially welcomed and enter-

Two officers were shot down seriously wounded, eight well-tained. to-do Chinese, including the compradore,, were kidnapped, and gold bar bullion looted, in the course of a sensational piracy of the Norwegian steamer, the 8.8. Solviken, which was attacked. at dawn yesterday morning within 120 miles of Hongkong,

The pirates numbered about fifteen only, and one of the most unusual features of the outrage is that they boarded the vassol in Hongkong.

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Mr. H. Johnson, the Second Officer, was shot through the stomach on the bridge, and Capt. R. dentoft, the master, was similarly seriously wounded when he ran out of his cabin on the bridge deck..

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GENEVA BREAKDOWN HANKOW NOW ANTI-BORODIN.

FEARED.

RECALL OF THE BRITISH DELEGATION.

LONDON STILL HOPEFUL.

London, July 20..

FENG RE-APPEARS IN THE

PICTURE.

R. E. Lindsell his mornarik the Cabinet to-night in connexion

There was a special meeting of HUGE BLAZE FOLLOWS EXPLOSION

assaulting Peter Christian

and P. J. de Greeuw, third officer with the recall of Mr. W. C and chiet engineer, respectively, of Bridgeman and Lord Ceell from the same vessel.

Geneva.

Giving evidence, Mr. Nannik said

Geneva.

at

NEAR NANKING.

An interesting development at Hankow is the sticking up of anti-Borodin posters, though it is stated that General Gallon is still in the city and continues to convene meetings.

Southampton abroad the Empress it was necessary to inform the Ma- declare emphatically that there is CANTON REINFORCEMENTS. Well-informed cireles in London

last week when the vessel was on gistrate us to what took place no question of a breakdown the high sens.

It is pointed out that the. con- On the 15th, they were approach- ing a typhoon, and the officers de-versations have progressed further After attending service in Quesired to make the ship as sea-faat than before, and justify a continu- chief officer and the fourth officer of compromise has been reached Sunday, he

as possible. For this purpose the ance of the negotiations. A sort enfled the crew out to work, but by mutual concessions, and this they refused to do anything. Wit was now being considered by the ness added that the first defendunt, American Government, hence the. the sailor, appeared to be somewhat period of marking time at Geneva of a Bolshevik and the ringlender was opportune for Mr. Baldwin to of the whole crew.

confer with Mr. Bridgeman per sonally-Reuter,

by

Tec Cathedral on Princes and Premier will leave Steamer for Montreal.

Monday, August 1, will be spent in Montreal, the party attending various official and social functions On August 2 a journey will be made to Ottawa, where three days will be spent. The official monics will include a dinner given. by the Dominion Government at Parliament Buildings, at which im- portant speeches will be made, the unveiling of a statue of Sir Wilfred

cere-

Under threats, the Chief Officer was compelled to turn the

Laurier, late Premier of Canada, vessel round and pilot her to Bias Bay, where the pirate gangby the Prince of Wales; and the left in the ship's boats, with their loot. and eight Chinese as

dedication of the Memorial Cham- ber in the tower of Parliament captives. The Chief Officer was forced to accompany them but Buildings. The party will after- he was allowed to return.

wards proceed to Toronto, and thence visit Niagara Falls, Wales has no further oficial en- From this point the Prince of

gagements. The Promier, how ever, will visit various other cities in the Dominion, before leaving North Sydney on the return to Eng- land on August, 28.-British Wire- Leas.

The .. Solviken arrived in Hongkong this morning shortly before eleven o'clock, and the wounded officers were immediately removed to hospital. We are Informed that the yessel was not searched before leaving Hongkong as she does not come under the Piracy Prevention Ordinance.

CONFINED FOR NINETEEN HOURS.

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Carrying a large number of deck the injured men, and they were passengers, among whom the conveyed on stretchers-to waiting pirates had mixed, the Solviken launches within twenty minutes. left Hongkong for Saigon on Tuesday morning, and had reached position about. 130 miles S.W.

of Gap Röck at five o'clock yester

effected.

second officer.

Mr.

CHIEF OFFICER'S STORY. Stunned By Revolver. The Chie? Officer, Mr. Konow

were'

five

day morning when the coup was told a Telegraph representative The officers were taken com- that he was asleep in his cabin ai pletely by surprise, and it was the the time of the outbreak, and was anexpectedness of the happening rudely awakened by a stunning that had much to do with the blow on the head. He found three shooting of the captain and men standing over him armed with revolvers, and one of them spoke

him H. Johnsen, the second to

in excellent English, if there

any officer, was on watch and when he asking

He replied in the saw an unauthorised person step arma on board.

negative and WAS then taken, on to the bridge, he seized him by

their pistols, to the wrist, and was immediately covered by

the Mess room. fred at by a pirate who had ap

Tor "We stayed there proached from the other side. Two ballets passed through his arm, minutes," continued Mr. Konow, and another lodged in his stomach, and then I was taken to the bridge, The captain awakened to find wo armed pirates keeping a close guard ever me. They told me to somg-one in his reom and made turn the ship in the direction of as if to eject him when several Hongkong. When I was going to shots were fired at him.

He the bridge I saw the Captain, Mr. received a bullet wound in the Jentoft, lying wounded on the deck. stomach, another in the shoulder I made a move to help him but my and a third bullet passed through guards would not allow me to give his upper arm.

him any assistance. He said that Complete Control.

he had been, shot by, thể pirates. The pirates had complete con-

When I get to the bridge trol thereafter, the officers being altered the vessel's course in the marshalled into different rooms direction of Hongkong. After this and a guard set over them. The had been done 1, together with the Third Engineer and Second Second Officer was told to take the Engineer were shut in the mess Easter to his cabin. We wont room and kept them for nineteen down and after cleaning the hours, not being allowed to go Captain's wounds bandaged him out for any purpose, though 10 best we could. He had a wound violence was used towards them in the stomach, and two wounds Wireless communication was cut in the upper part of the left arm; off, a small piece of wire being One of these had pierced the arm- eut out of the connexions, and the pit and the other the shoulder. pirates, after ordering, the Chief

Sir A. Chamberlain to Act.

London, July 20. The Cabinet met to-day, when the Ministers bade farewell formally to Mr. Stanley Baldwin prior to his departure for Canada.

H.M. the King conversed at some length with Mr. Baldwin: at Buc- kingham Palace regarding his trip to Canada.

It is officially announced that Sir Austen Chamberlain will act as win's absence-Reuter... Prime Minister during Mr. Bald-

TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIERS.

THE SERVICE, MEN GET MEDALS.

New York, July 20. At a banquet given in honour of Commander Byrd and the crew of bis trans-Atlantic monoplane, also Chamberlin, the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Wilbur, on behalf

Officers Injured.

When the ship got into the ty phoon all the batches were blown away because they were not fasten-

A Bolt from the Blue,

Geneva, July 20. The news of the recall of Mr. ed down. During a temporary Bridgemitn and Lord Cecil came lull, the chief officer and the second like a holt from the blue. It is officer did their best to close the expected the situation will take a cargo hatches, and in the course decisive turn when they return of their work they were very badly Router. * injured.

The witness had therefore acted as chief officer until yesterday.

The engineers, assisted by wit Less, managed to close the spare

mam

SHANGHAI RATES.

Police Accompany Collectors,

-- Shanghai, July 21. The Settlement authorities are determined to enforce the increased rates. Yesterday, police patrols accompanied the collectors and picketed. shops refusing to pay.

The authorities have notifi- ed a well-known ham shop that, failing payment within 24 hours, they will shut up the shop under the conditions of its license, while hotels, not paying will be liable to similar treatment, their guests being turned out.-Reuter.

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of President Coolidge, presented bunkors, and witness mentioned Comdr. Byrd And Lieutenant that none of the Chinese crew lent Noville with the Distinguished any assistance at all. Fiving Cross, for their flight to France.

Messrs. Chamberlin, Balchen and Acosts are ineligible for the medal as they do not belong to the United States forces. Reuter's American Service.

NO PURCHASE OF SOVIET PETROL.

AMERICAN COMPANY'S

DENIAL.

New York, July 20. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey has issued a denial that it is negotiating for the pur- chase of Russian oll products.

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Again Refused,

When the storm was over, it was

MORE WORLD TRADE FACILITIES.

INTERNATIONAL CONVEN- TION FORESHADOWED,

London, July 20,

A diplomatic conference to seek

Apparently General Feng Yu-hsiang is acting as a go-between in negotiations with Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, a somewhat cryptic Hankow message stating that the former has sent troops to Fukow as an escort for a delegation conferring with the Marshal,

Further news of the disastrous explosion at Hsiakwan, states that it was apparently caused by some petroleum catching fire, which later set fire to a quantity of ammunition, and this exploded. There was a big blaze, which had not been subdued at the time the message was despatched.

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In connexion with the Canton anti-"Red" expedition, matters at length seem to be moving towards definite action, large numbers of reinforcements having arrived in the vicinity of the city, and their commander having already started a conference with the military headquarters at Canton,

In an interview in London, Sir Henry Pollock expressed the opinion that the Powers should resist the illegal taxes being imposed by the Nanding" Government.

SIR HENRY POLLOCK'S OPINION.

Hankow, July 19.

unresisted

la convention for the prohibition of import restrictions Was fore shadowed by Sir Philip Cunliffe- Posters denouncing Borodin Canton-Hongkong anti-treaty boy-

Lister in a House of Commons debate on a Board of Trade vote.

Mr. W. Runciman drew attention to the resolutions of the Geneva Economic Conference in favour of a reduction of tariffs, and enquired as to the British policy in the mat- ter..

Sir Philip said he would wel- come wholeheartedly any further effort to facilitate trade transport. We had made seventeen comm- cercial treaties since the 'war, embodying most-favoured-nation the projected clauses, and in' diplomatic conference we would be to the forefront.--Rëuter,

THE FREEDOM OF A SHEIK.

A QUESTION FOR PERSIA. » TO SETTLE.

London, July 20. Asked in the House of Commong found that the ship was too badly whether the British Government battered to proceed on her trip Trom had taken any steps to return to Balikpapan to Japan. The Captain the Shick of Mohammerah his per- decided to put into Hongkong for sonal freedom and territory, Sir repairs.

Austen Chamberlain said, "The

the prolonged and

have made their appearance.

cott, which enriched its promotera, General Gallen, who is still yet by lying propaganda was re- here, is continuing to convene presented all over the world ds? meetings."

⚫ an unselfish and patriotic move Troops have been sent to Pukow ment. by Marshal Feng Yu-hslang, to act

Sir Henry Pollock repudiated as an escort for the delegates who the apparently prevalent Idea

with Marshal are conferring Chiang Kai-shek.-Naval Wireless. that British and Chinese interests In the Far East were mutually AMMUNITION EXPLODES. opposed, and declared that if the Nanking demands were not restat- ed, other local Chinese authorities would make similar disastrous exactions on foreign trade, de- voting the funds thus obtained to more intensive civil war.--Reuter,

ANTI-"RED" EXPEDITION.

Fierce Blaze at Hsiakwan.

Nanking, July 19. About eight o'clock this morning an explosion occurred on the Nan- king side of the river near the rail- way pontoon, after which flames sprang up and spread until a big blaze could be seen. Following the outbreak four. further. explo sions occurred.

obtained

Reinforcements Arriving, Latest Information It is thought that the most pro- from military circles indicates that lable cause of the outbreak was the vanguards of General Fan. benzine or of becoming ignited, Shek-sang's troops have reached and the later explosions were of Samshui, on their way to Canton:

was stored to join the anti-"Red" expedition ammunition which

against Hunan. there..

The blaze la not yet subdued.- Naval Wireless.

Hankow, July 19.

It is reported that, yesterday afternoon three regiments of Gen-

There was an explosion at Hala eral Fan's troops, together with a When the steamer anchored decision does not lie with His kwan yesterday, which was follow-machine-gun section and artillery ed by a fierce blaze and further battalion, arrived at Samshut on. alongside Taikoo Docks, the Chin- Majesty's Government, who how-

junks and gunboats from Wa- ese crew refused to work.

chow.. ever, have repeatedly urged the explosions.-Naval Wireless, Witness added that after the Persian Government to, put into

Quiet Elsewhere. typhoon, half the crew complained practice their frequent and cate of injuries, and did no work on gorical assurances that the their way to Hongkong. Yestor Sheik's affairs would be settled on day morning the two defendants re- a just and equitable basis, fused to go on deck, and the Cap Negotiations between the Sheik tain ordered them to be handcuffed. and the Persian Government are While attempts were being made to handouff them, they resisted, and struck witness..

Case for Police Court.

Threats to Kill. Ocor to turn the vessel round

After attending to the Captain and to head for Blas Bay, went I was again taken to the bridge, systematically through the pas leaving the Second Officer with sengers, robbing them of cvory- the Captain. Our course wa's The New York Times points out thing of value.

again changed on the order of one that the company will not have Passengers For Ransom. of the pirates who directed me to business dealings with the Soviet Blus Bay was reached at about steur towards Bias Bay. I was Government while the latter de

fold that all the white officers clines to recognise the rights of two o'clock this morning, the pirates using the ship's boats to would be shot if we did not obey private property.-Router's Ameri-eturned to the Court and informed

can Service. get ashore, taking some of the the pirate's conmands.

I was

allowed to leave the

deck hands to row them, and bridge at one o'clock and have forcing the Chief Officer to accom- tiffin, the Second Officer, Mr. John- pany thom.

The compradore

sen, taking my place on the bridge. Mr. Luk Shing-aan, and seven. He had been wounded of course. of the better class passengers I was taken back to the bridge were taken away, and presumably again at four o'clock, having been they will be held to ransom.

Two hours later I was conducted The vessel got under way again down to the mess room where I at about 5 o'clock this morning had dinner, returning to tho

maintained full speed bridge about 6.30.

and

BRITISH FLIGHT TO NEW YORK.

reported to be still in progress, and His Majesty's Government earnestly trust a solution of this long-outstanding question will be found without further delay-

At this point the Maglatrate stop-British Wireless, ped the hearing, and gave it as his opinion that the case should be heard in the Marine Court.

After a short adjournment, he

Sub-Inspector. Murphy, who whs prosecaling, that the case was one

ANGLO-EGYPTIAN DISCUSSION.

THE PRESENT.

for a Rolice Maglatrato, as the Har- NO NEW AGREEMENT FOR bour Master atated that the fracęs, having taken place on board a for cign vessel, should be dealt with by a police court.

General Fan himself was with the troops, and immediately upon Shanghai, July 19.- Thero is no

change in the his arrival at Samehui he took a situation and no untoward in- special train to Canton, arriving

here yesterday evening at cidents to report.

Other Yangtze ports are quiet. o'clock. Navel Wireless.

A FRIENDLY VISIT.

British Gunboat at Hukow.

Kinkling, July 19:

After his arrival the General had his headquarters established in the Yunnan Civic Guild build- ings, on Yat Tak. Maloo. He call- ed on General Li Chai-sum at the yesterday Army Headquarters evening, to discuss the coming A friendly visit has been

ex Hunan expedition. The question changed between the officers

of of transportation of Fan's troops one of H.M. gunboats, which has from Samshui to Canton, by train, arrived at Hukow, and the local was taken up.-Nam Chung Pa

military authorities-Naval Wire- less.

ILLEGAL DEMANDS.

Sir Henry Pollock's Views.

DEFENCE COSTS.

Nearly £2,000,000 Already.

London, July 20.

In the House of Commons, re- London, July 20,

London, July 20, Sir Austen Chamberlain was

plying to. Mr. C. P. Trevelyan, A General Fight.

Sir Henry Follock, K.C., the Sir Laming Worthington-Evans ATTEMPT POSTPONED UNTIL

asked in Parliament whether any Resuming hi'evidence, the Third negotiations were proceeding with senior unofficial member of the said that the extra cost of the TO-DAY.

Officer said that before the carpen- the Egyptian Government regard Legislative Council, Hongkong, Shanghai Defence Force to army who returns to Hongkong in No funds, oxcluding the Marine bat- throughout owing to severity of Arriving at Bias Bay, we an-

London, July 20... ter could be secured, a struggle oc-ing tho, four reserved points. the injuries to the mastor and chored first of all just inside the light this morning help, other seaman rushed into the ly taken advantage of the pro- in London expressed the opinion 81, 1927, at 4950,000, and sub- Captain Courtney made a fur-curred and in response to a call for He replied that he had natural vember Interviewed by Reuter talion, was estimated up to March bay Two sampaus came out from The Solviken renched port the shore and they took some of with a view to testing his wire- compartment. amidships, and five sence in this country of Sarwat that it was imperative the British sequent to that date at appro- shortly before 11 o'clock and the loot away. Both sampans

less apparatua.

men succoeding in getting through Pasha, the Egyptian Promier, to Government should resist the taxa ximately £1,000,000 for capital anchored near Stonecutter's while were piled high. I heard that two

He found that certain adjust-before witness could put his back discuss Anglo-Egyptian relations tion demands of the Nanking and transport charges, also appro police investigations were going first class passengers

with him, but it was not Sarwat's Government, which were a breach ximately 2250,000 a month for were also ments were still necessary, and "gainst the door on. Tradiately the anchor was taken off, but do not know whether to fly to New York, until tomor officers a general fight followed, the any new agreement during this He said that these recont de Reuter

Between these men and the intention, or his own, to conclude of the treaties made with China extra maintenance - charges. accordingly postponed his attempt. dropped, arrangements were made this is right.

GANT STANIkit, British Wireless, and mands were the natural sequel of knew Con me be for the transport to hospital of (Continued on Pone 15),

rowBritish Wireless.

second officer.

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