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Hongkong Telegraph.

NO. 22,243

FOUNDED 1801D

號十月八英港香 WEDNESDAY,

AUGUST

BOMB IN CATHOLIC CHURCH BRITAIN OUT FOR BIG

ATTEMPTS TO SAVE SACCO

AND VANZETTI.

PROTEST MEETINGS TO BE HELD

IN BRITAIN.

ANOTHER APPEAL

FILED.

The agitation against the sentence of death on the Italians, Succo and Vanzetti, who are to be executed to-day, continues in various parts of the world. A feature of this 'international protest has been the anarchy associated with it, such as the use of bombs.

Latest cables report that a bomb exploded in the Catholic church in Chicago, in the heart of the Italian quarter, doing considerable damage. In Britain, eleventh-hour protest demonstrations are being held wherever there is an official representative of the United States, Meanwhile, by means of appeals, the defoger in the Sacco-Vanzetti case are trying to obtain a stay of the exertion. The Judge who passed sentence of death has refused to revole dis decree.

REFUSAL TO REVOKE. SENTENCE.

Chicago, Aug. 9..

give his decision on the motions The Catholic church here in the for revocation of sentence and centre of the parish inhabited by stay of execution on August 9.- 150,000 Italians, has been bombed Reuter's American Service. and the pillars and windows shat- tered.

Boston, Aug. 9. The State Supreme Court, in The neighbourhood was pre- its decision cabled last evening, viously flooded with handbills ad- held that there was no justifica vertising a Sacco-Vanzetti protest tion for interference in the carry meeting-Router's American Ser- ing out of the execution. vice

Reuter's American Service.

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Judge's Refusal.

Dedham, Mass., Aug. 9. Judge Thayer has refused to re- voke the sentence of death on Sacco

and Vanzetti, or stay the execution, which takes place to-morrow. Reuter's American, Service,

Vigil in London.

London, Aug. 9. A night-long vigil outside the American Embassy to-morrow night has been organised by demon- strators against the sentences on Succo and Vanzetti,

Similar eleventh-hour protest meetings are being held all over Britain wherever there is a United States Consulate,-Router.

1. Rumanian Offers Life.

RACE.

SPECIAL SEAPLANES BEING ENTERED.

LAST WORD IN SPEED.

London, Aug. 9.

Preas representatives were al lowed to sed to-day, at Calshot Air Station, two of the seaplanes which will attempt to win for "Great Britain the Schneider Cup.

at Venice, in September.

These seaplanes were the super Marine Napier and Gleater Napler Fourth.

TRAIN MISHAP,

COACHES DERAILED AT KOWLOON.

PASSENGERS IN A PANIC.

As the express train from Canton wounding the curve just prior to entering the Kowloon station yard at seven o'clock yes- terday evening, two of the rear coaches were derailed, and ran partly off the Hines.

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1927.日三十月七

RIVER INCIDENTS EXPLAINED.

THE TAIMING AND ANJOU AFFAIRS,

H. M. S. MOTH REMAINS.

It has been possible to gather

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HANKOW'S CHANGE OF HEART.

DECISION TO EXPEL ALL COMMUNIS IS.

further details of the Taiming in- UNREST OF NANKING OFFICIALS

cident at Dosing this morning, a number of vessels having' arrived from Wuchow during the past 21 hours.

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From the reports. received, it ap

GROWING.

When the accident occurred, pears that the original offenders in NORTHERN WIN REPORTED.

tened.

there was A great commotion the Taiming case were the newly- among the passengers, screams appointed inspectors for the col and cries being heard on all sides,lection of the salt tax These Great precantions have been but there were no casualties, most officials boarded the vessel at Dos- taken to ensure secrees regarding of those in the coaches which were ing, and, as far as can be ascertain- these racing machines, and neither derailed being merely very frighed, were: exceeding their duty by their speed or technical details

throwing overboard all the salt are divided by the correspon- The foremost coach collided which was found. This roused the dents. They are, however, the with, and severely bent, a signal ire of the crew, who made, a rea- fastest that have ever been built in not. There was a tremendous soned protest, with the result that this country, and it is believed crash when the mishap occurred, troops were called and the presum- that Great Britain has a splendid many residents in the vicinity be ed leader of the protesters, the chance of winning the Selineidering startled by the sound.

cook, was taken away as a prisoner. Italian winding machine was 216

ago, and the Taiming was refused The incident happened many days] Cup. Tast year the speed of the miles an hour, and those of the

permission to leave unless $10,000 twa British planes are declared to

was paid, be much swifter.

A feature of the machines is the twelve-cylinder Napier engine, which is stated to be the last word in mechanical perfection. The engines are amazingly compact and light, though they develop as tonishing power.

In the contest for the Schneider Cup. Britain has never before been represented by Service officers, but this time six officers of the Royal Air Force will go out "to Italy to act as pilots. They will be accompanied by 27 mechanies of the Air Force, in addition to mechanics from the aeroplane firms.

Air Vice-Marshal Scarlett will be in command.-British Wireless.

coaches, each containing a fair The engine was drawing seven

number of passengers, and on ap- proaching the station yard speed was reduced to the normal five miles an hour.

Suddenly, shortly after the road crossing by Holt's wharf had been passed, coaches five and six ran off the rails, the fifth breaking it coupling, with the fourth, and the sixth breaking with the seventh, leaving the first part of the train and the rearmost coach on the lines.

H. M. S. Moth 'arrived at Dosing on Monday morning, and the fine) was reduced to $75, but not paid. The negotiations and subsequent rescue of the imprisoned man were as stated in yesterday's issue.

H. M. S. Moth remains on the spot, it is understood, and mean- while vessels are not stopping at Dosing, making a clearance from Wuchow direct.

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The previous reports that there was a change of tone at Hankow, appear to be borne out by news to-day that the Wu-han authorities have ordered the expulsion of certain prominent Cem- munist officials, as well as decreed that no members of the Kuomin- tang can be Communists.

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Meanwhile at Nanking there is much unrest, both in civil and military circles, and this is probably aggravated by the arrival of numbers of wounded from the Northern front, where the Shantung forces are said to have occupied Pongse.

From most of the Yangtsze ports there is nothing to report, and apparently the position in the South is becoming, of greater interest. There is more talk of the "Anti-Red Expedition."

MORE TALK OF ANTI-"RED" WAR.

action. It

Shanghai, Aug. 10, count of their very doubtful back- The Wuhan Kuomintang Head- ing and the very many forgeries Passengers in Panle.

quarters yesterday ordered the which are in circulation. Anjou Boycotted.

dismissal of Tam. Ping-shan (the The government is considerably Immediately. pandemonium As a result of an Incident which foremost Communist leader); Lam agitated, fearing economic broke loose among the passengers occurred about three months ago, Cho-ham, Wu Yu-chang, Hwan travelling in the fifth and sixth when the vessel

speaks of raising a the Tri-ying and Kau Yui-hang (all troubles and has promised definite coaches, which remained re or Wuchow run, the, Anjou is now notable Communist leaders). less upright, and a breakdown laid up by a Seamen's Union boy- gang was hurried to the scene.

These Communist leaders were loan from the Chinese banks. It

charged with having rebelled An interesting point has occur was then discovered that the fifth

From information gathered, it against the Kuomintang Party and red in connexion with the shor "Like Swallow."

coach had one bogle off the rails and the sixth two bogies, and that appears that certain arrests were with causing danger to the nation. British Administration and the use The mandate also orders that of Treasury Notes for the pay. London, July 17.

owing to its momentum the fifth made on board the Anjou when

Debenture interest. "Like a swallow in light, is coach had travelled far enough to she was on the Wuchow run, three the names of these leaders should ment Sacco-Vanzetti case rests with Mr. how sightseers describe the "Blue collide with a signal post, bencing members of the crew having been be struck off the Kuomintang When these same notes were used

an Indian registry.

by debenture holders for the pur caught stealing by Fuller, Governor of Massachu

Another mandate by the Wuhan pose of paying the taxes they were setts and not with President Coo-Bird," which is the name of the it considerably.

mystery super-marine Nupler In the meantime, the breaking of Guard. These men were handed

states that all promptly refused by the Adminis- idge, who has no legal power over

machine..

the couplings had automatically over to the shore authorities and Headquarters

the Kuomintang commissioners tration. persons condemned, in any State..

applied the Westinghouse brakes put in prison. Preparations for the execution

During their "incarceration, the who are found to be also Com- which immediately caused the

The Right of Pardon.

Now York, Aug. 9. The axoreise of clemency in the

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It had only been seen skimming over the Solent during its tests, and no: even members of the Royal Air Force have been allowed to ap- proach the craft.

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at midnight have been completed. Guards have been doubled round on the the prison and mounted

I is explained that the secrees roof--Renter's American Service. One Day Strike..

is not aimed at the prevention of foreign espionage, but because the New York, Aug. 9,

"Blue Bird" embodies innovations, Socialists anci Communists all and the designers do not want the over America are planning one day Italians and Americans to know strikes in protest against

the what they are before the Schneider Succo-Vanzetti exeration; It is Cup race is decidet. Bucharest, Aug. 9. claimed that in New York alone According to one report, the de- A disabled Rumanian soldier half a million are ready to down signers aspire to attain a speed of

300 miles an hour. named Crangu called at the Ameri- tools.

Very elaborate police precau- The pilot, Lieutenant Worsley, can Legation to offer his life in order to save Sacco,-Renter. tions are being taken everywhere. has been specially training to take Advices from South America turns at full speed in the "Blue A Practical Joke? describe the agitation in Panama, Bird." The chief danger is that Asuncion, Guayaquil, Buenos Aires the pilots may have a rush of blood London, Aug. 9. and Montevido. Protests and to the head, inducing temporary Some alarm was caused to-day strikes in Uruguay are assuming blindness. by the explosion of a bomb at Ald- serious proportions. Several" re- wych tube station, in London. The explosion took place at ten o'clock giments of troops have been moved in the morning, but Aldwych sta- to the vicinity of Montevido where no newspapers are appearing.-

tion is one of the least busy stations Reuter's American Service. of the metropolis, and was practic-

ally empty at the time.

No-one

was hurt, and beyond scratches on the walls and the shattering of

some plaster, no damage was done.

AN

Swedish Protest.

Stockholm, Aug. 9.

A resolution was passed at a

JUMP IN U.S. COTTON PRICES.

AN ACCUMULATION OF ORDERS.

front part of the train to pull up. Seamen's Union interested them- munists should be dismissed.

A rapil examination revealed selves in the matter, but before

the fact that beyond a fright, none anything definite could be done, »

Union.

Armies in Retreat.

of

We have still no news of Mr. Riley, the Times correspondent and the government has sent men. to Chengchow for the purpose of making a thorough investigation.

Increased Paper Money.

Hankow, Aug. 4,

of the passengers had sustained one of the prisoners died. Sub- The armies of Generals Yeh any injury. They were only insequently, the remaining two were Ting and He Lung are retreating convenienced to the extent that released before the expiration of southward from Nanchang, they had to walk a short distance their sentence, and the case was General Tang Sang-chi and have jointly to the station instead of finishing carried further by the Samen's Chang Fat-kwai

The Sino-British Administration. despatched a telegram to Canton the journey in the train.

The only other damage, in addi- It is understood that compensa-asking General Li Chai-sum to have suspended the receipt of the force payment of taxes in Treasury an expeditionary

notes and the National Govern- tion to that to the coaches and tion has been demanded, but this send

several. themselves.

sleepers has taken steps to have the Anjou The Kiukiang General Labour ment is being informed to-day that signal post, was done to the lines not being forthcoming the Union against these "Reds."

boycotted. On her last trip up to Union and the Labour Union of unless they regularize the Ad- having been torn up.

We were informed this morning Kengmoon, no cargo was landed, the Nanchang-Kiukiang Railway ministration's order for rates and that there has been but little delay and she was compelled to return workers are charged by General taxes to be paid in silver or its to traffic in consequence of the to Hongkong without a single Chang Fat-kwai with secretly equivalent the bankruptcy of the

In helping Generals Yeh Ting and Ho municipality is inevitable. accident, and no trains were being package less than she took up.

As it is the municipality has cancelled. The last two trains yes- consequence, it was announced Lung. These Unions have conse terday, one which leaves Kowloon yesterday that the Anjou will be quently been closed by order of only been able to pay its way by at 7.23 and a motor train which reald up until further orders. General Chang's headquarters turns from Canton, discharged')

Nam Chung Pao. their passengers at the scene of the accident.

Line Blocked.

MORE AMERICAN CRUISERS.

A NEW BUILDING-

"moderate."

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NANKING UNEASY.

Northern Victory Reported.

Nanking, Aug. 9..

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using the money devoted for pub- lic works in order to meet the ex- cessive police and administrative costs. One single item in con- nexion with the latter will serve to explain what I mean.

Under the heading "petty cash" approxi-

The atmosphere of unrest here mately $3,000 has been spent as is maintained, and is affecting from March 15 to June 30, as againt $300 for the corresponding hoth civil and military circles.

There are numbers of wounded period of last year.

All Chinese launches, including returning from the Northern front, and a reliable, report is to the the ferry, have been commander- effect that the Northerners have ed in Hankow this afternoon for occupied Fengse.-Naval Wirelese, the purpose of transporting troops to take quick action against Gen- eral Ho Lung at Nanchang,

The general feeling here is very apprehensive as to the safety of

dent, Mr. Riley, the Times's correspon-

One of the derailed coaches was replaced on the lines last night. buy the other was left in a position blocking the line, às before it can

PROGRAMME. At first it was thought the explo- mass meeting protesting against

be moved the signal post with sion was the work of symphathisers the Succo-Vanzetti sentences and

New York, Aug. 5, which it collided will have to be

Rapid City, Aug. 9. with Sacco and Vanzetti, the con- requesting the Swedish Govern

Cotton" futures, which advanced removed. It is expected that the

President Coolidge has approv demned Italian Communists, await ment to use its influence with the$10 a bale yesterday, jumped work will be completed some time ed the building programme of the ing execution in America.

Inves- United States Government for re- more to-day in a scramble by to-day, when both lines will again Navy Department's general bourd, tigations, however, showed that the investigation of the case. A de- bomb Was not of a destructive

While the down line is blocked, which is officially described as

Quiet Elsewhere. character. It was of the home. legation presented the resolution the cotton trade to bear traders be open.

buying orders, estimated at 100,- to the United States, Legation.000 bales, which accumulated yes- no serious inconvenience will be

The programme approved by Mr.

Shanghai, Aug. 9. made kind, and consisted of explosive substance in a mustard. Reuter.

terday during a period of inac- caused, as three platforms are

Everything is very quiet here, of construction of 12 cruisers tin. The railway company regard

Bomb Explosion in London. tivity in which the market was available to trains using the up Coolidge will involve probably the

line, the Incident merely as a stupid

unable to rise.

Interviewed this morning, Mr, 10,000 tona, armed with 8-inch and normal, and there is nothing practical jokė.-British Wireless.

London, Aug. 9.

Prices went up with a bound on

Other Yangtsże prts are also A bomb exploded at the Aldwych the opening to-day, and the 20 G. A. Walker, Traffic Manager, guns, in addition to eight 10,000 of special interest to report. Another Appeal.

Tube Station at ten this morning. cent line was crossed in the first said the accident was probably ton cruisers already under con-

Naval Wireless, Boston, Aug. 9. Nobody was hurt but the building hour of trading, after which the just one of those things that can-struction.--Renter's American Ser- quiet, with nothing to repert. --

shaken. Fragments of an Sacco and Vanzetti's counsel have way filed an appeal against the decision amateurish bomb were found in the upward movement slowed, but the not be explained, and he was not vice.

undertone remained very strong, in a position to state a likely and the reaction from the top was cause, of the Massachusetts Supreme cloakroom the wall of which

He added that an enquiry would American moderate. Renter's Court denying the writ of error,

be made into the matter. This is another effort by the de-

Service. fence to utilise the State Courts as much as possible before applying to the Federal Courts.-Reuter's American Service.

EARIER MESSAGES.

New Trial Refused.

crackedRouter.

Feeling in Paris.

was

A JAPANESE BISHOP.

TO BE CONSECRATED AT ROME.

Not Affected by Geneva.

Later.

Mr. Coolidge's approval of the naval programme, which it is intim- ated the President considers to be tion's defence followed a confer ence With Mr. Wilbur, the Navy

EAST RIVER FLOODS. moderate and adequate for the nn-

MANY HOUSES COLLAPSE. The recent heavy rains has wrought havoc to several cities plong the East River.

Paris, Aug. 9. Ordered by Communists as pro- test against the forthcoming exe cution of Sacco and Vanzetti the 24 hour general strike called for yesterday in Paris proved a flasco.. The mass of the city's workers 'disregarded the appeal to cease work and the only noticeable re- Dedham, Mass., August 9.

Rome, Aug. 9. Judge Thayer, who tried Sacco sult was that the number of taxi cabs on the streets was less than

The Pope has appointed Gen- and Vanzetti, has refused motion for a new trial on the quarter of the normal.

Small scattered bands of Compare Hayasaka, of Hakodate, to be Bishop of Nagasaki. He is the ground that such was not made

munist demonstrators paraded' in

Arst Japanese to be a Bishop. and the loss is estimated at over within the requisite period of one the streets. Demonstrations and year after the verdict or before meetings took place also in provinsecrated by the Pope at St. Peter's, The Canton Government is tak the passing of sentence. The clal towns but no serious incident with great pomp and solemnity, at ing steps to provide relief for the Judge announced that he would occurred.Havas.

the end of October-Reuter.

flood-stricken cities....

a

He will come to Rome to be con-

In one district, more than 11,500 acres of land are covered with water.

Many houses have collapsed,

$370,000.

Secretary.

SILVER SHIPMENTS..

Embargo Lifted. (Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, Aug. 9. The embargo on the export of silver for outports has been lifted by order of the, Nanking Ministry

IN HANKOW NOW.

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Danger of Economic Trouble.

Hankow, Aug. 3.

A Change of Heart.

Hankow, Aug. 4. The Wuhan Government yester- day Issued instructions to all the Army Commanders to the follow- ing effect..

"Diplomatic negotiation is the only means to fight against for- elgners for the nullification of unequal treaties and the exter- mination of Imperialism. The nation is not to come out in any hostile act against foreigners who are resident in China.

It la believed that "full speed of Finance. ahead" has been ordered as regards

"Each Army should insist on the construction of eight additional cruisers sanctioned by Congress.

strict dicipline and a perfect pro- tection should be exercised ovari. The keels of two of these have al-

churches, schools, hospitals, busi- decided that the whole eight will be

A large number of Chinese ncás firms, factories, etc., which launched within three years, if

shops is being closed and more are are under foreign supervision.. ready been laid, and it has been

ready.

Mr. Wilbur in a statement de closing on account of their Inabi- Unreasonably firing on forelgr clares there will be no change of lity to transact business, except merchantmen on the River should plan due to the lack of agreement with heavy losses by reason of the be stopped and every opportunity at Geneva. Reutera American rapid depreciation of the National for Imperiallats activity in China

Treasury notes. This is on ao- should be avoided.” .

Service.