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TUESDAY,

AUGUST 9,

1927.

TRADE AGREEMENT.

TERRIFYING TRIP.

DOCTOR'S GRAPNIC_

NARRATIVE.

SACCO-VANZETTI,

GERMAN DYE TRUST AND SOCONY.

HEAVY RAINS.

THE RIVERS AGAIN.RISING,

BOSTON DEMONSTRATION.

Boston, Aug. 8.

Canton, Aug. 7. The police broke up several at-)

Owing to the heavy rain dur- A graphic story of his experi-tempts to stage a Saeco-Vanzetli

Berlin, Aug. 8.

ing, the past week the West and onces on the Yangtsze during a protest meeting at Boston. Sev between the German Dyo "Trust rapidly. Hchau, where the Nortit An agreement has been reached the North rivers are again rising trip from Hankow to Chungkiang eral arrests were made, but no and Mr. Walter Teagle of the and the West rivers nucet, is parti is related by Dr. J. H. McCartney violence is reported. The crowd Standard Oil Company involving cularly affected. who left Ichang for Chungking at was estimated to be from 8,000 to the joint use of technical experi- places and most of the business the time of the evacuation of Yang 10,000.-Renter's American Serments conducted by both parties streats there have been flooded. Sen's army. P

and arrangements regarding vari- Several junks are reported to have ous matters relating to the gen-been overturned near Hohou re- oral working of both concerns, contly.

Writing of the evacuation. Dr. McCartney saya moot of Yang Son's boats were small oil motors

vice.

and lacked power to steam the fre-ting to look very serious indeed.-Reuter's American Service. shet. They not being able to make The lieutenant was ordered off the progress irritated the men who boat and things quieted down for a

by torturing him. They tied his thought that the enemy WAS

All efforts on the part of the en-hands behind his back (a favourité around the comer, We passed

while.

beat.

The market

Another heavy storm swept Canton yesterday afternoon, of traffic between the Bund and causing the complete suspension Honam for several hours. Much

of

hats, broken windows, matsheds, They slapped him and pounded | etc., were found in the streets. him unmercifully. The man un-

the Chingloong rapid about hoon gine crew, to obtain coal, or good method) and hung him up, to the damage was done and when the

coal, failed and as a last resort se- af the same day as we left Ichangcond quality coal, (which it proved girders supporting the roof of the wind stopped large number The captain reported having asked the chief engineer if his coal was next morning) was secured, as the sufficient to tako us to Wusan, as officers demanded to sail next we were passing Shiangchee, the morning without fail. last place we could get any more coal before reaching Wasan. Ha reported that we had enough to get us above that place.

A Fuel Difficulty,

*

50 M.P.H.

MOTOR CYCLIST'S FEAT ON DANGER SLOPE.

The three or four Generals of der punishment told them they did the party spent the night gambling not go faster because the captain and drinking. We never spent had not rung up (he knew that HILL-CLIMB THRILL AT such a night in all our 36 years in there, was not more than 100 b. China, as the men were in a bad of steam which helped to shift the state of mind, after two days with-blame on the captain)... lout food:

General Keeps Promise. After passing Patung the steam.

They freely threatened to shoot er began to slacken speed and we us, and as the Generals did not As matters were becoming seri- were making no progress. The have any control of their men, weous not only for the man but would engineer then reported only five did not know but that they would terminate in harm to the captain, or six tons of coal left and we were put their threat into execution. We I told the general, who was aleep- In an attempt to climb the rough still over 20 miles from Wusan, feared for the captain, pilots and ing in his cabin, wearing off the and grassy Sugar Loaf hill, near having gone 23 miles beyond our engineers in case the coal taken effects from his long debauch of Folkestone, recently, a motor- only coal supply.

on the boat did not prové good the night before, that he should cyclist named Cunningham had steaming coal.

order the loosening of the on-a narrow escape when the rear gineer, and to stop all such foolish skid chains snapped while he was talk among the mon, and to wait travelling at 50 miles an hour.

The Search for Coal.

London, July 4.

The engineer thought he could take the boat through the next morning by burning the extra planking about the boat,

The next morning our worst our attempt to run the boat on the A serious accident was only The captain thought we could fears were realized as after steam- new coal. He loosened the man prevented by a board over the rear not get through the gorge, and asing for over one hour we did not and I am glad to pay be kept his wheel, and Cunningham was only no anchorage was thought possible make more than four miles. The promise.

slightly injured when he in the gorge and the captain and situation became very grave as No one among the foreigners, truck in the back. crew were in fear of robbers, after officers and man who crowded the and I dare say very

Previously he had driven his much vacillating the captain de-bridge believed it was a trick of the native crew slept that night. machine up one side of the all cided to return to Shiangchee, the captain to get them off the No one had anything to eat and round the summit and down the against the better judgment of boat.

very little to drink for 24 hours. side again.. several of us.

Transport Officer Beaten.

few among

was

They demanded to know the why For us the time was spent in pray- The hill, which forms part of and wherefore of the boat noter and asking for help from the the North Downs, is 280ft, high, making progress. We had over kind Heavenly Father, as no one and on the side on which the We feared just what did happen. 1,000 dirty, filthy soldiers and offi- thought the coal looked any better ascent was made the gradient. We reached our coal supply about cers not much better than the men. than the previous lot. We were is 1 in 12.

The absolutely in the hands of the Lord dark. Soon after casting our an-Ali angry and hungry.

At times there was danger of chor two coal burning transports situation was explained to their of Heaven and earth.

the driver being thrown to the came in and took the coal (two leaders, and they were told we

bottom Eyes on the Steam Gauge.

his machine through coal lighters) that had come for us. must return for "hetter coal and

overturning. Cunningham cover- Several gambling, opium smoking this we did.

The engineer, frightened beyond raise the anchors the writer cor- in 2min. 27sec., roughly 25 miles When the order was given to ed the distance of 1% miles officials, transferring over to our

description, went on shore with ralled all generals on the bridge an hour. boat, as we were not crowded.

coal. It took him over half a day

It was only a few weeks ago that

feat on Sugar Loaf Hill.

Every minute ive feared that the several soldiers to try and find where it would be easy to explain oil burners would come in, and take possession of our boat. Just to locate what appeared to be bet to them by the steam gauge why Cunningham performed a similar about dark three did come in and ter coal (but he was not sure). we failed if we did fail.

The steam gauge registered 225 The coal boat had gone up a small as soon as they came to anchor a stream in hiding for fear of being. when the anchors were pulled lieutenant and several men with taken without pay, as the others up and we left in high hopes that rounded by soldiers, and no sam- revolvers came on board looking had been the day before.

our prayers were to be answered. pan was allowed to approach, and

for Yang Sen's transport officer, The coal was loaded and every- Everybody kept their eye on the there was firing of. guns to intimi with blood in their eye. They thing made ready to leave, but gauge and prayed that the steam date the natives, so it was not con- rushed about the ship looking for what would be the result if the would not fall.. We steamed ducive to quiet the nerves of the him, but he was in hiding, evident coal was not good, was the ques- steadily the remainder of the day foreigners returning to the old ly frightened.

tion on everyone's lips and in our and at night anchored where we home town. Presently we heard a great com- minds, We who knew realized had been the night before.

We soon found out the cause of motion and found they had found that our only hope was in the Everybody was happy and the the trouble. It seems the crew of the transport officer and the lieu- Lord's help, and Him alone. What officials and soldiers were con- the two Japanese boats which had tenant was beating him with his would be the result if the coal fists and kicking him for all he failed to produce steam, was worth.

They had given orders to shoot the transport officers, and as mat tera had come to a serious pass, the writer took a hand, to see what "hao wa" would do to pour oil on trouble waters,

Gambling and Drinking.

Second Engineer Tortured.

vinced that we had not lled to left the previous day or two had them as to the cause of our failure been caught smuggling ammuni- the day before. All concerned are tion to the enemy and that they convinced that God Himself help had decided to double their vigil

A serious situation arose while ed us out of the difficulty. Capt. ance hence our reception. we were waiting for the first en- Henkel looked years younger after gineer to return with the coal. his trying ordeal was over, for it The soldiers reasoning among was a sad experience for him and themselves, were. convinced that might have been fatal. the engineer was the cause of the

Prisoner Executed. delay and the longer they talked

We had no more than come to anchor when the blare of trumpets announced the coming of a prison- er who was to be executed. He was run up in front of our boat. made to kneel, and a soldier placed We found the General in charge the madder they gat. They finally After passing Wanhsien we na- the muzzle of his revolver against of the crowd, and after much talk rushed down and grabbed the se-turally thought all our trouble had the prisoner's back, over his heart, finally persuaded him to interfere, cond engineer.

come to an end, but not so. As we and fired. The man rolled over which he did and stopped the law- They tried to get him to give a neared the wharf of the Y. R. Co. and his body was still there when less proceedings which were set-reason for our morning's failure in Chungking we saw It sur-we left the ship the next day.

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