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TEN YEARS' PENÁL SERVITUDE.

RUSSIAN INFLUENCE NOT IN

DISPUTE.

ALL CHARGES DENIED.

London, Jan, 18.

The trial of Thomas McCartney. British, and the German student, George Hansen, on charges of espionage, was concluded before the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Howart, at the Old Bailey to-day, The jury found both prisoners guilty, and sentence of ten years' penal servitude was passed.

Sir Douglas, Hogg, K.C., the At. torney General, in the final speech for the Crown, declared that a dangerous spy organisation direct ed against the safety of Great Britain had been unearthed in the

Investigations concerning the prisoners.

Others Will Think Seriously, "Unluckily," he added, "we have been unable to gather the net round all concerned, though trust the result of this trial will make others think seriously before they pursue dangerous treasonable

activities."

The Lord Chief Justice, in pass ing sentence of ten years' panal servitude, said that the prisoners were

hireling agents out to do mischief, and that Hansen was undoubtedly one of the paymasters of a widespread organisation. Reuter.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

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SOLDIERS FIGHTING BANDITS ATTACK

COMMUNISTS.

BATTLE FOLLOWS RAID ON TRAIN.

EIGHTEEN EXECUTED.

Swatow, Jan. 18. The military authorities here are taking all precautions to pre- vent trouble, and, generally, the

situation is quiet. A change in the military situation up country may have the effect of causing unrest here.-Naval Wireles

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TUNGHWA.

MUKDEN TROOPS RUSH TO DISTRICT.

PERSIAN REBELS

KILLED.

REVOLT IN THE KHUZISTAN PROVINCE.

THE SAN NAM HOI PIRATES.

EIGHT EXECUTED AT PAKKAI.

MOST SERIOUS SITUATION OFFICIALS EXPELLED. TWICE PREVIOUSLY PIRATED.

Chihli to deal with the situation.

Basra, Jan. 18. Over sixty insurgents were kill-

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THORNY PROBLEM

OF CHURCH.

MALINES CONVERSATIONS

PUBLISHED.

PRIMACY OF POPE..

London, Jan. 18. The "Malines Conversations," the publication of which was re-

bishop of Canterbury lest the cently prohibited by the Arch- passing of the law for the revision of the Prayer Book be thereby

Peking, Jan. 18.

Swift retribution has followed The bandit trouble in the Tung-

ed and many wounded at Qasbah in the wake of the San Nam Hoi Ihwa district has been assuming such

from Pakkai stating that eight of important proportions that the Khuzistan, South West Persia, aspiracy, a Naval wireless message back a large number of troops from tary Feking authorities are drafting the result of a clash with the mili the captured pirates were shot yesterday afternoon by the Chinese The whole of the peasant popu-l in the hands of the military jeopardised, has now been pub-

authorities. The other seven are lations in the Khűzistan Province, authorities at Fakkai, composed chiefly of Arabs, is said to have risen in revolt against the Persian Government in con- sequence of the imposition double taxes.

A

Already cavalry regiment, "According to Chinese reports, another Communist plot to create fifteen hundred strong, and a regi- disturbances at Swatow has been ment of Heilung Kinng troops are frustrated. A few days ago, news on their way to Tunghwa, in addi reached Ifo Wal-chan, the leader of the 127th Regiment of the 13th tion to more than a thousand troops Nationalist Army, stationed on the previously stationed at Mukden Swatow-Chnochow Railway, that which have been under orders to large numbers of Communists, proceed to the district with the with much Ammunition; were arriving at Swatow from Chaochow by the morning train, with the intention to start riots."

greatest possible despatch.,

The forces guarding the city of Tanghwa have been defeated by but they have now retired within the bandit hordes outside the city,

the city gates and are defending the walls.

Japanese Consulate Threatened.

his whole regiment to concentrate The officer immediately ordered

at the various station's near to Swalow to wäit the arrival of the morning train. When the train conducted a rigorous search of eventually arrived, the soldiers all the passengers. While the atter were being subjected to the search, more than 200 Communists twenty Japanese, who had been among their number endeavoured sheltering in the Japanese Consul to make good their escape, firing

The seriousness of the situation

is further indicated by the fact that

several directions. at the soldiers na they boited in ate, which is just outside the walls Great con- of Tanghwa, have now gone inside,

the

pursue

Happy Valley.

BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY."

LONG MEMORANDUM ON SECURITY.

SPECIFIC GUARANTEES FOR SPECIFIC DANGERS,

SINCERE DOCUMENT.

London, Jan. 18.

In accordance with the agree- lished at the request of the Coun-ment at the December meeting of The same source of informationell of the Church Association. the sub-committee on security' states that there are indications that the attack on the vessel was

merely a premeditated attempt to of murder the Captain and officers, by a former crew of the ship and members of the Kongmoon branch of the Seamen's Union..

The insurgents apparently took the officials by surprise and over-

This confirms to some extent the came the slight resistance which Information received by the com- pradore of the San Nam Hol, and could be offered at the outset with passed on to Captain Sparke that. case. It is reported that they have the former disgruntled crew had from the district and occupied ing bandits to "get" the Captain, expelled the Government oficials announced their intention of hir

their offices.

compradore. The Perslan Government is Neither of the two European sending

a strong force from officers are able to say definitely Ahwaz to cope with the situation. that members of a former crew,

Reuter,

were among the pirates.

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PRAGA DETOURS TO

ELUDE CAPTURE.

and owner's son,

Inexperienced.

fusion ensued. The passengers as the result of the bandits de- JAPANESE CRUISER SAID TO If no former members of the were terror-stricken, and soldiers then began to

claration that the Japanese Consul- the fleeing "Reds." As a resultate will be the objective of their of the fight, three passengers wore next attack.. unfortunately wounded, and one was killed outright., Seventeen Communists were killed, while on

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Directed By Russians.

Deny All Charges,

Very persistent rumours prevail the side of the soldiers five to the effect that the outbreak is London, Jan. IA.

casualities were suffered, three net so much banditry as an organis The Englishman, McCartney, men being wounded and two ed affair due to Kuomintang insti- and the young German, Hansen, killed. One of the drivers on the gation, it being declared that the were found guilty of espionage train was also hurt.

Nationalists wish to harry the to-day by a jury at the Central More than twenty rifles belong-Pekingites in the rear in order to Criminal Court. Each prisoner ing to the Communists, 18 of whont get troops withdrawn from China was sentenced by Lord Chief were captured, were seized, "whilst to Manchuria. It is also rumoured Justice Hewart to fen years' penal the rest of the gang made their that two Russians are in the ban

servitude.

dits' cump, directing the operations. Giving evidence in the witness- The eighteen arrested men were

Strange/Report. box, the prisoners niade a general shot, by order of the Swatow Statement denying all the charges, authorities, on the same afternoon.

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escape.

THE WEST INDIES COMMAND.

VICE-ADMIRAL FÜLLER

Sir Douglas Hogg, K.C., address. ing the jury pointed out that despite the prisoners' attitude and this int-blank denial of every fnet. which every witness Tor the prosecution hard, proved, the ile fence had failed to produce any single witness to controvert those 'facts. The questionnaire regard-

APPOINTED. ing the British Royal Air Forcè, he added, was given by Thomas

London, Jan. 18. McCartney to Mr. Monkinnd, the

The appointment, to date from underwriter of Lloyd's who imme, diately communicated it to the June 5th, is announced of Vice- Admiral Cyril Fuller to be 'Com- authorities. There could be no possible doubt that that question-mander-in-Chief of the America aire was the work of a powerful and West Indies Station, in succes- spy organisation. It was also sion to Admiral Sir Walter Cowan.

-British Wireless. undisputed that the document in question was the product of the War Staff of the Russian Govern

ment.

Viec-Admiral Fuller,

A strange report comes from a Chinese News Agency to the effect |that the Nanking and Peking Gov- ernments are co-operating in Washington for Treaty revision, but the report lacks confirmation from the United States' Leuation or the Chinese Foreign Office, Peking-Reuter.

MANAGER SENT TO PRISON.

EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE

The Conversations originated in the preparatory Committees, 1921, when Lord Hallifax asked Disarmament, that the govern Cardinal Mercier to receive some members of the Anglican Church ments represented should submit who were anxious for a rapproche- before its next meeting, their ob- ment between the Anglican and servations on the suggested pro- Roman Catholic Churches.

Pope's Supremacy.

gramme of york before the sub- committee, the British Govern- ment have submitted a Memoran- Five meetings attended by re-dum on the subject to the League presentatives of both Churches Secrétariat. 1921 and 1925, and the separate considerable length and deals were held at Malines between This commentary which is of reports show that the question of seriatim with ench (tom of the sug- gested agonda has now been ia- the Pope's supremacy was

sued. most thorny topic.."

the

of

Arbitration

A Papal encyclical, epitomised

In dealing with the arbitration by "it is impossible to reach a treaties in general, the document compromise on the truth

8 emphasises that it is not the ron- revealed by God," was recently dering of a decision that is impor That the attempted piracy issued. The Pope invited Catho tant, but the acceptance and execu-

lic Bishops throughout the world tion of its terms: WAS not carried out along

to warn their flocks against fal- treaties, it points out, have no saric- orthodox lines give rise to the assumption that those who acious religious unity among tion behind them but the for

faith which some non-Catholics which a party to any dispute re." took part in it were, inexperienced. Christians which consisted.

public opinion in the world agreeing only on some points of

large. An arbitration a took part, but were merely instru- 'BE IN WAKE.'

mental In hiring bandits to make considor fundamental. The en- the attack, it is possible that the cyclical declared that any human solutely refused to execute, would Manila, Jan. 18.

compromise would be treason and not merely fail to settle the dis- latter were unused to such work, It is reported that the s.s. Praga, The time of the attack was in- was regarded as a death knell to Pute but it would prejudice the carrying 90,000 rifles for Marshal opportune, Kongmoon had hard-efforts to achieve Christian unity. movement in favour of arbitration. It is because it is so generally Chang Taowailed for Chin-ly been cleared by the ship before. Not Willing For Details. felt there .are some questions wangtao by way of San Bernar- the pirates showed themselves,

which no country could safely sub- dino Straits and thence eastward and they must have known of the

The Anglican memorandum on mit to arbitration that it has been to Formosa, In order to elude cap-presence of gunboats in the vicin- the Malines Conversations says usual to make reservations limit- ture by Nationalist gunboats, ity.

that both the Eastern Orthodoxing the extent of the obligation to which are stated to be on the look- Then, again, no attempt was and the Anglican Churches were arbitrate. out for the craft.

mrade to control the engine- prepared to recognise the primacy

the cruiser Ohi, room,

point usually at- of the Pope, but it was not likely which arrived in Manila recently tacked at the Seme time as that they would be ready to define from Forman, and cleared on the the bridge in the majority it more closely. 18th for Iloilo, is reported to be of other piracy attempts. It seems proceeding northwards, following Inconceivable that, meeting resis- a similar route.-Reuter,

tance from the bridge, the pirates had no forces to spare with which to attack the engine-room, as it has been established that there were at These least 25 men taking part. facts would indicate that the at- tempt was carried out by more or less inexperienced men.

:

The Japanese

POSTAL COOLIE'S

THEFT.

GAOL FOR STEALING AN OLD SEAL.

In an interview, Capt. Sparke said he did not think the pirates had any arms to spare. Pirates of previous experience would un- charged doubtedly have taken every pre- caution to ensure a successful at- tack, considering the dangerous situation they were in.

A postal coolle was before Majer C. Willson, at the Central Police Court this morning, with Stealing a quantity of string to which was attached an old lead seal. The theft occurred at the

years.

Victim Insured.

Lines Possible.

The lines along which progress

The memorandum of the Roman seems possible towards the uni Catholics emphasises the unwill-versal acceptance of an unres ingness of the Anglican Church to tricted obligation to arbitrate. in. go into details in an attempt to the case of a Justiciable dispute, define the rights in addition to the even by States which cannot now accept such obligation, are, firstly, duties of the Pope.-Router.

by the inclusion in particular treaties of an undertaking to ar- bitrate in disputes arising out of their interpretation, and, secondly, by widening the scope of agree- ments dealing with justiciable disputes generally, and pledg

the ing

parties

advance to aubmit such disputes to arbitra- tion. In numerous cases, Great.

MORE BANISHEES RETURN.

FLOGGING

AND BIRCHING OF NO AVAIL

in

Britain has already applied this procedure.

Sentence of ten months' hard Jabour, and twenty strokes of the

The document says further: "It birch was passed this morning by

the vital interests of honour and ADMITTED.

General Post Office, whers defen- It is learned that Mr. Hugh Mr. R. E. Lindsell on a Chinese who may well be that the formula as to

returned to the Colony recently, dunt had been employed for three Conway, the deceased chief officer. having been banished from the independence and the interests of The manager of the Fuk Kes

this State first adopted in the arbi- was insured with the. Canton C.M.G. D.S.O., has recently been fore Mr. W. Schofield at the Kow been thrown into a waste paper has against loss of life during a pirati

C.B, Sub-Contractors, was charged, be

tration treaties a quarter of a cen- Defendant said the string had Insurance in the sum of $10,000 Colony for ten years from 1927."

The man has a long record of tury ago requires re-examination. commanding the Battle Cruiser loon Magistracy, this morning, ket and apparently discarded. cal attack, all officers in the convictions against him, his first Whatever changes may be recom- Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet, with embezzling $4,820, the pro

Mr Perpetuo stated that all employ of the company being so, which time he had been caned, some limitations in the scope of a crime dating from 1919, since mended; however, it is clear that Ile entered the Navy in 1887 and perty of the firm. Mr. D. Me-these old seals were accumulated protected by the owners. was made Vice-Admiral in 1926.

flogged, birched, imprisoned, and treaty of this kind are essential" Callum prosecuted.

and later resold to the contractor He served with the Togoland and

for recasting.

Pirates. Manncled.

Legal Disputes. Cameroon Expeditionary Forces

Defendant was fined $10, ór

Another man, with a record fourteen days.

Reports by vessels arriving this equally long, and whose crimes "Disputes legal 'In their 'nature morning from Kongmoon, are to include larcenies, unlawful posses- may arise between two States with the effect that a number of mansion of stolen goods, snatching regard to matters falling exclu acled, prisoners were taken to Sai child's bangles and returning from sively within the domestic jur- Lan Po, the Headquarters Police banishment on A previous cisdiction of one of them. No Station yesterday. Reports as to casion, was sentenced by his Wor State in such case can agree to the number of pirates killed are ship to twelve months hard a submission to an international place it at 15, who were fired on returned to the Colony after hayaively within the range of its na- from the foreshore by the Mering been banished last year for tional sovereignty chant Volunteers.

Delay in McCartney's Arrest. The question had been asked why the arrest of McCartney

The defendant admitted embez- was delayed. The obvious reason in 1914-16 as Senior Naval Officer zling $2,820 but said that the re was that the authorities saw fit to and later commanded H.M.S. mainder belonged to his dead refrain from striking until they Repulse. In 1918, he was Direc- father's firm. were able to get into touch with tor of Plans Division, Naval War somebody a little higher in the Staff, whilst in the following year Mr. McCallum, after consulta spy hierarchy. By waiting a short he was Head of the British Naval tion with his clients, accepted the time they had been able to get the Section at the Paris Peace Con- plea, remarking that it was pos- super-spy Hansen: "

The Attorney-General conclud-

A younger brother who was also jointly charged with the defence, was sirailarly fined.

banished.

ference. Later, he became Chief sible that the defendant thought U. S. IN NICARAGUA. conflicting, but native sources bour and twenty strokes for having tribunal of matters falling exclu- of Staff, Atlantic Fleet; Assistant he had a perfect right to his

ed, "I ask you to say that we have Chief of Naval Staff; and Third father's share in the business, al- been successful in unearthing Sea Lord and Controller of the though, legally, he did not, as he Allied had not taken out Letters of ad- dangerous зру

organisation Navy. He holds many

against the safety of this country. decorations.)

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Unluckily we have not been able

RAIN PREDICTED FOR 'TO-MORROW.

ministration.

labour.

Owing to the possibilities of to gather into our net all the

such a confusion in defendant's persons who were concerned in it,

mind the prosecution was willing to though I trust the result of this

reduce the sum mentioned to trial may make the others think

$2,820.. seriously before they pursue their dangerous as well as treasonable

His Worship sentenced the de- The Royal Observatory's activities."

The Lord Chief Justice, in his weather report to-day states that fendant to four months hard summing up, referred to a second the anticyclone is beginning to questionnaire which had been sub-move eastward. The depression mitted to the Court in camera. over Japan has" deepened and He said it had not been denied moved B.N.E. Fresh to strong that the information therein mensoon may be expected along sought was of a most vital and the south-west coast of China and secret kind. It had been written over the North China Sea.

The forecast up till noon to-. by the prisoner McCartney in Mr. Monkland's presence and handed morrow is: East winds, fresh; to Mr. Monkland,

fair at first, some rain later.

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Lord Chlef Justice Hewart pointed out that the case for the prosecution, however, depended not only upon the evidence of Mr. Monkland, but upon the witnessca who had given material evidence in camera.

TO-DAY.

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SHIPPING, CONFERENCE ÎN BERLIN.

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SENATE COMMITTTEE TO INVESTIGATE.

To Resume Sailing. Washington, Jan. 18. The new Chief Officer has not yet. A meeting of the Foreign Rela-been appointed, but the deceased tions Committee of the Senate was Indian Guards have been replaced held to-day, after which Senator by the authorities. It is under- Borah predicted that the Com-stood that the San Nam Hoi' will mittee will investigate the develop resume on the Kongmoon run to- ments arising out of the Nleara-morrow. gun imbroglio. Reiter,

life.

.

PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS

PRESIDENT.

The view is also expressed that the method of signing a general undertaking, even when coupled with the power to make exceptions as to the categories of disputes to be arbitrated, lacks a flexibility. which enables the measure of obligation to be varied in the case. of the particular States towards

Havana, Jan. 18. Senhor Bustamente, the chair- man of the Cuban delegation, was which the obligation is being ac at the first plenary session to-dayMere progress is likely to be Two Previous Piracles.

elected President of the Pan-achieved through a bilateral. A most, remarkable feature of American Conference,"

agreement than through general JUNK STRUCK BY LAUNCH the San Nam Hoi affrir" is "that Mr. C. E. Hughes, the United treaties.

this sama vessel, when known as States Secretary of State, was Non-justiciablo disputes, says BADLY DAMAGED.-

the Tai On, was involved in elected Vice-President.-Reuter.

the document, are even less auit- similarly sensational piratical at

able for submission to a tribunal While lying this morning.tempt, just over thirteen years

with the power to give a binding decision and the procedure of con-. Berlin, Jan. 18.. off the seawall, opposite the go..

The affair of the s.a. Tal Oni

ciliation, as provided under the For the first time since the war. Railway Station at Kowloon, a

League Covenant, la in such cases the International Shipping Con-lighter, No. 2230V, was run as she was then known, occurred

alone possible at the present time. ference is to be held in Germany. Into by the Netherlands Har in 1914, on April 27, the vessel The Committee of the North bour Works: launch Otto and then belonging to the Yik On S.S.

Security Agreements. Atlantic Shipping Conference, ro- damaged to the extent of $1,000, Company. In the attempt of the presenting all North Atlantic Ship- according to a repart made by the pirates to drive the captain from the bridge, the ship was set on fire ping companies, except the Italian, lighterman to the police. holds its first meeting in Berlin The junk remained afloat and and burned to the water's edge.

(Continued from Page 7) to-morrow (Thursday) Reuter.

there was no loss of life,

U.S. GOLD SHIPMENT TO FRANCE.

Paris, Jan. 18.

A further consignment of gold

to the value of $7,500,000 have ar rived for the Banque de France from New York. Havas.

it

Regarding accurity agreements, is recalled, that the Locarno

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