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The Very Idea!

MC KAS NGA LARGA DUŽNIRANAMKA

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1928.

EPIC FIGHTS OF THE SAVIDGE TRIBUNAL DISCIPLINE IN THE THE ANTI-JAPANESE

R.A.F.

During the hearing of a case in AIRMAN WHO HUNG ON STRUT

OF A PLANE.

ENEMY CHEERS.

which a Chinese was charged in a Sydney Pollca Court with being a prohibited. Immigrant, the delen- dant declared that he arrived in Australia in 1901. He stuck to his story, and, although Mr. Wells, for the Crown, in his endeavours to gut "Official" wor histories are some damaging admission from the generally apt to be dull, but Mr. man, did not succeed, although H. A Jones, In the second volume bla questions ranged from Cook-of "The War in the Air" has pro- town to Rose Bay and embraced all duced what may, without disrespect sorts of subjects, much to the dis either to him or his subject, be guat of Mr. Dovey, who was repre- termed a "real thriller." sonting the defendant,

Finally Mr. Wells, addressing the interpréter said: "Ask him if he remembers anything about the

wart"

"Heavens!" ejaculated Mr. But the Dovey, "what next!" question was put, and the answer, If it did nothing else, provided t light touch to the otherwise sadness of the proceedings.

War in the air la more in- dividualistle thai naval or military operations, and In this the general narrative of the campaign ana more than a thread on which are trung brilliant cameos of epic deeds of the winged fighters.

There is the story, set down as though it were all part of the day's

ENQUIRY.

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PARLIAMENTARY VOTE

CHURCH.

CAMPAIGN.

AN ARCHBISHOP ON THE DEPOSITED BOOK.

Wm.

BIG CONFERENCE OPENS IN SHANGHAI.

Powell

Ltd.

DOCTRINAL CHANGES,

Newtown, June 22.

BOYCOTT MEASURES.

Shanghai, July, 20. London, July 20. The Archbishop of Wales, proi The All-China anti-Japanese The House of Commons, do-day siding at the St. Asaph Diocesan considered the reports of the Conference at Newtown to-day, Products Conference has opened Tribunal which inquired into the said that, the Church of England at the Chinese General Chamber of interrogation by the police at Scot had passed through six eventful Commerce here. Measurea to land Yard of Miss Irene Savidge, months, and the present moment carry but the boycott were discuss- following the dismissal of the called for patience and prayer anded at some length, but the nature of the resolutions passed, has not Hydo Park case against her and not for panic.

been disclosed. There were 65 if Leo Chíozza Mancy.

delegates present, representing various provinces."

Tientsin Raids,

All must find one subject for thankfulness, he said. The Houss The Tribunal delivered two re-of Commons discussed, tho. Prayer ports a majority report signed by Book Measure with a self-restraint Sir John Eldon Bankee, former and a reverence befitting the sub- Judge, and Mr. Withers (Conserject before them. It may be doubt

Shanghai, July 20. Three notorous gambling haunts vative M.P.) and a minority reported whether there was any other signed by Professor Lees Smith, popular Legislature in the world in Tientsin have been raided by the Labour M.P.

which, under similar circumstances, would have maintained euch a police, resulting in 162 gamblera The majority report expressed high standard in lone and in in being detained. Some of those arrested are said to be foreigners, the view that while, no coercion telligence. was used In the interrogation, It was unfortunate, he said, that according to the brief Chinese which was in accordance with the the doctrinal issues involved were cable, which does not state For weeks the two moved dis-usual pulice practice, that practice not from the first placed and kept what date the raids occurred. It took quite ten minutes to excrectly about enemy country pick-should be amenited so that when at the front of the discussion as the plain that it was the Great Euro-ing up what military information the character of the witness supreme issues to be decided upon, pean War about which information they could. was required-and not the Chinese affairs.

"He says." answered the inter- preter, "Lint he has been in Court all the morning, and doesn't know if another war has broken out since he got here this morning!"

And then more amusement was caused by the defendant explaining that he didn't, register as an allen during the war, because he might have been concripted and that he "no likee, allee sine, no at all."

work of Sec-Lieut. C. A. Ridley, who set out in his plane to land n French spy behind the German lines, but was forced down near Cambrat.

A "Deaf Mule,"

Presently he escaped into Hol and by carrying a ladder to the frontier and climbing over the electric wire fentes.

Disestablishment.

to mails.

Troop Movements,

"

on

Aerial Mails. *.

Shanghai, July 20. terrogated was involved, he or she while discipline and other debuted should be daly Informed before-points right have been treated as

A Nanking report states that. hand of the nature of the, interra-secondary and subsidiary. It was the Ministry of Communications Presently they crossed into Reigation and of its possible couse battling to the House of Commons, has decided that a trial aviation to be informed after the first reservice between Hankow and gum, where Ridley, his cheeksecus. painted with bodine, and his head The minority report, which ex-jection that the Bill would be balaged, went about as one deaf pressed dissatisfaction, with the amended and represented, and then Shanghai will be confined at first and dumb. Bat he was arrested on whole manner of interrogation, to find when represented that those a tramear near Moas, escaped by recommended an exhaustive en-crucial doctrinal issues still remain. It was obvious that the young punching a military policeman and quiry into the methods of police ed. Those considerations no doubt

had saved the House of Commons A nuval wireless message re- man standing on the street istandumping off whilst the car was run-administration.

Sir William Joynson-Hicks from the repetition of ill-consider celved in Hongkong this morning states that about 2,000 troops of was nervous, die made several at-ning at 15 miles an hour.

the 5th Army arrived at Kiukiang (Home Secretary) stated during ed criticisme.

from down the river on Thursday. the debate that the Government was bound to accept the #nings

The Church of Wales may Btting-

Hupeh Troops Disbanded. of the majority report, but he had!

Shanghai, July 20. decided to appoint a Roval Com-ly reget, he said, that the dread of

It is reported that on Wednes- mission to which every point establishment should have been raised in the minority report allowed to overshadow the discus-

Mean-sion. In his belief the Established day morning more than 10,000 men would be fully referred." while, he had given instructions Church in England was never more of the 44th Army in Hupch were amending the police procedure, In deeply rected in the hearts of the disbanded and sent back to their The way survested in the majority English people, and one who would own districts by order of General

regard · Disestablishment as a dire Li Chung-yen. report.

The majority report was accept-disaster must be pardoned for an ed by 211 votes to 63.-British entire lack of sympathy with the conscientious extremists who Wireless.

sought to realise their ideals in the results of such a catastrophc.

The problem of discipline re-

tempts to cross the busy thorough fare, bat always something appear ed in sight and held him buck After looking uncertainly at a policeman be Munsoned Bufficient courage to go and speak w him.

an

A month later he was back on the Somne with a nine of information,

An amusing incident in equally determined, but has sure- cessful, effort to get out of a tight occurs in the story of Flight-out. G. II. Rold, of the

"Would you mind seeing me across the rol?" he asked,

"Aren't you big enough and older enough to see yourself, across 7 growled the man in blue,

"It isn't that," replied the youth, "but I've just want five pounds a week for life!"

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A Hungarian song-writer, M. Johans Varsagh, had his eyesight seriously durungest, and mirrowly escaped losing it altogether, in con- sequence of a doctor losing his re-i son during an operation.

R.N.A.S.

Overturned.

Reid was returning in a snow- storm from a bombing raid on the German coast when he descended' in the sea close to the shore to pick up another British airman who had been forced to alight through en- gine trouble.

a hell on to Miritt

as anesthetist seems suddenly to for one of their own! lave snapped, for after the patient

the

£12,250 A YEAR FOR

- CHARITY.

CHIEF.

mains,"

he

said. "Have tho

Communications 'Conference. Shanghai, July 20.

On August 1st the Communicu- tions Conference will be opened'in Nanking, when delegates from all

Nanking Bishops of to-day forgotten what provinces will be present. Mr. their power can achieve Bishop Wang Pel-chun, the Creighton writing a year before Minister of Communications, now his death said, I have revised the in Teking, will shortly return to

In Memory of Fallen.

Shanghai, July 20.

As there was in room in the M. Varsagh underwent an opera-line for the stranded airman, he tion in

Hudapest kurs-climbed

on to one of the wings, PROVISION IN WILL OF NOVIS CCRsional services in more than Nanking to make preparations for for the removal of a ing home

200 churches, a gigantie task, in-the conference. gastric ulcer, and during the ad-meline took to the air again,

volving great labour. There has ministration of the urethetic the cherred enthusiastically by a crowd

The income from a fortune of been practically no opposition, All Biain of the doctor who was acting of Germans on shore, who mistook nearly $250,000 was, left, contin- services that went beyondly practically Book hava

In memory of the soldiers who Hendon air pageant stunts are gently, for charity under the will Prayer

ordered that on the 1st, 2nd,, and nd become unconscious, he de-mild inder compared with the epic of Mr. Thomas Cliffe Filton, of ceased. This is, in my opinion, of perished in the Northern Expedl- berately mured the contents of of Capt. Strange, da nirman, on his Milford-on-Sea, Sussex, and for supreme importance and goes to tion, the Nanking Government has He pointed out that the Innova-3rd. of August a big commemora- the other bullie in both his eyes. Martinsyde machine, which admerly of Macclesfield (Cheshire), rest of the matter."

who died on April 8, aged 73. The surgeon, notiëing nothing, turned upside down 8,000ft. up, and

Mr. Fitton, who was for 31tions tended Romewards, and ask-tion meeting will be held at the progeeded with the pastric opern-hegun to spin earthwards. He had tion, and it was not unifl the one bund out his Lewis gun, an- years managing director of How whether the Bishops were not Public Recreation ground, Nan-

"that Manchuria Negotations. patient, still only semi-conscious, olher on the rear centre strut; his Ltd, left £249,024. He gave £200 strong enough to take up and con-iking.

ench, and £150 a year, between his tinue as Blahop Creighton did and

throughout the Church

Shanghai, July 20. executors, Mr. J. F. Morion, of gigantic task."

Omitting the doctrinni changes General Chang Hauch-liang hus Macclesfield, and Mr. A. E. Cris safl, of 154, Grosvenor-road. Lon-in the New Prayer Book, he added, unofficially Informed his subordin- don, S.W.; and £100, furniture for it would seem reasonable to secureates that there is every ground to a residence and 2100 a your to his the nine-tenths which would be ac- believe that the negotiations with housekeeper, Elizabeth Simpson. cepted without opposition. 11, the Nationalist will be a complete

The residence of the pro he leaders in the Church contended, sticeess.

no doctrinal changes, left in trust during the fo of his here were daughters and the survivors of then why this obstinate insistence them, to pay the income to such on mere "enrichments" which in charitablo" as the executors may

had been taken back to his ward feet were caught up in the belt. that it was noticed what had hump- After spinning through 6,000ft, pened,

he kicked his feet free of the belt, The optic nerve of the left eye righted the machine and went home by this time was seriately damaged by the ether. The unfortunate M. again to his herodronie. Varsagh was immediately talen back to the theatre; replaced on the operating talle, and agajnunathe- tised, and a delicate operation was carried out on both eyes by a

LOCAL BASEBALL.

specialist, who succeeded in suving | RONGKONG. BEATEN BY THE "insitution and objects beingvolved no doctrinal changes?

ble sight.

The original anesthetist was

taken to an asylum a raving lunatic.

ASHEVILLE.

select,

Interviewed, the Chief of Staff of General Chang asserted that the future government in the Three Eastern Provinces will be under the direct control of the Nanking Na- tionalists but the Fengtien Party. On the death of the survivor of Modifications have been made to has decided that members of the An Interesting and spectacular [Viscount Grey has crpressed the baseball game between the U. S. S. his daughters it was to go to all the Saunders-Napier high-speed Nationalist Propaganda Corps shall opinion that every Englishman has Asheville and the Hongkong Baseball his grandchildren in equal shares.motor-bats, which Miss Carstairs enter the Provinces. Th: Fengtien in him, somewhere the roof of Club Look place al Happy

The income of the residue, at has entered for the International Party will despatch delegates to nt- being a rebel against authority. Valley Thursday afternos. per cent. per aunum, would be Motor Boat Trophy Race at De-tend in the coming Kuomintang

Plenary. Conference. Unfortunately only three of the re-about £12,250 a year. He'd never led a students' rug or join-gular players of the Hongkong teura

ed them in a bproe,

were present, but this gave them an

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His respect for law and order was apportunity to play six men who have

sublime,

nevor before donned their uniform.

It was always his endeavour to sup-The outstanding feature of the game

port the powers that bo

And he did it to his utmoat, every

time.

Ho'd "pass along" upon request and

nover make demur; Until the tramenr stopped he'd keep

his seat, Such a perfect reputation made police

man call him "Sir," He was docile, unassuming and dis-

erect. But the rebel spirit seized him when

hia Derby fancy won. For that night his sober, instincta

wont adrift,

And he gloried when he realised the

reckless thing he'd don

W38 the attempted comeback of Muccio, the star fielder of Honggong (it will be noted that there were only two other regular Hongkong players, Owen Hughes covering first and "Bucky" Harries over, second.) It was thought at first that Muccio's at- tempted como-back would be a com- pleto failure na hi wanderings around in right feld looking for a four-leaf clover, he' accidentally got under a fly ball which dropped in his glove but it was so unexpected that he did not have ample time to set up on hie, apparently, long neglected muscles and as a result the next thing noticed was the runner safe on second

Smoked a pipe for thirty seconds in baso. However, ho subsequently re-

the: lift.

deemed himself as he had evidently Drummett, Greenwich found his four-leaf clover and was all Mr. magistrate: A man who invites prepared for the next two fics to right field. Another miracle happen his wife and mother to live undered when, in the Brd.inning, Muccia the same root is simply courting got a hit. This, of course, pladsed the disaster.

spectators, but wo suspect that the North London policeman: The umpire told the pitcher to give poor boys saw the above prisoner run- Mucelo a chance. ning through Love-lane.

Another unexpected and pleasing Judge Turner at Westminster feature of the game was when Fore County Court: The woman secre- man, the "And" of the Hongkong on Baseball team volunteered to stem the tary is always conveniently

hand to hour conversations and tide for Hongkong. The Asheville supply confirmatory information, players, after the first inning, were so Magistrate at Willesden: Was tired running around bases that this he under a delusion? Witness: relict in pitchers was welcome. The

No, sir. He was quite sober.

players can attest that Foreman's ablity has, in the past, boon greatly Willesden maglairate to a man underestimated by baseball experts. who asked for time to pay his find: After he want into the box it was Well, you have, an honest face. three up and three down.

final score of 14 to 0. in the Man, misunderstanding: I cannotville's favour plainly indicatos

help that, elr.

Judge Thesiger, at Shoreditch: that the "Skipper" moant what he Girls do not have to dress as smart sald when he told the Manager that ly at home as they de out of doors. the Anketitie must-have-asbazáball. Shoreditch witness: My mind is team. All hands know what awaits a blank to anything I do not want them forward on the second deck- to remember.

¡Contributed,

DINER BY NGA HISAGE, ME,

troit.

"Let's "BEU now butterflies-are-drafting-with the breeza. which sweeps the broad expanse of fields and trees."

Marshal Li at Legation.

Peking, July 20. Marshal Li Chai-sum called at

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the British Legation and held two-hour conversation with Sir Miles Lampson-Reuter.

BRITAIN AND THE LITTLE ENTENTE.

MOSCOW MACHIAVELLIAN DESIGN.

Moscow, Saturday. The conference of the Little Entente at Bucharest arouses special interest here in view of the unsatisfactory state of Soviet re- lations with, Poland and Roumanla of the rusiours and recent strengthening of the military alliance between those countries:

In a leading artjele the Pravda declares that the conflicting policles of France and Italy threaten the unity of the Little Entente, but it ascribes to Great Britain the role of mediator. It attributes to the British Government the policy of smoothing out the differences be tween Italy and Jugoslavia and Roumanie and Jugoslavia with the ulterior motive of blocking Jugoslav and Czechoslovak recognition of the Soviet Union, and making the Little Entente a solid anti-Soviet bloc.

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The Pravda concludes; Buckarest conference is a new de- monstration of the attempts of British Imperialism to subordinato the contradictions within the Little Entente to Ita busje problem,the struggle against the Soviet Union.

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