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=#@BA+À^ƒÆĦ. TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1928. 日四十月七

HAYLEY MORRISS SENSATION.

WRITS AGAINST TWO PRISON GOVERNORS.

IMPRISONED TOO LONG

London, Aug. 8. The Daily Express understands that Mr. Hayley Morris, of Pip- pingford Park, Sussex, who

WAS

RETURNED FROM EUROPE.

'+

CHINESE LEADERS IN HONGKONG.

WU HAN-MIN NOT PROCEEDING

-TO CANTON.

WORK OF THE MORROW recently released from Pentonville HIS LONDON TALKS.

London, Aug. 27.

Prison, has taken the unusual course of issuing a writ against

Three well-known Nationalist

BRITISH STEAMER ATTACKED,

STARTLING INCIDENT.

FIRED ON WHILE AT ANCHOR

OFF WHAMPOA!

SMART CANTON ACTION-

One of those Inexplicable 10- cidents, exclusive to China's water- ways, involving wanton firing on foreign vessels, occurred off Whampoa yesterday. A British steamer was lying, quietly at an-

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HORRORS OF "RED" INCITING CREWS TO CIVIL

MISRULE.

CHINESE STUDENT'S

REVELATIONS.

BOYS & GIRLS AS PUBLIC EXECUTIONERS.

FOLLOWERS APPALLED The following is from the pen of a Chinese medical student who had first-hand experience of the Com-

MURDER.

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“JOCK" GARDEN ACQUITTED OF GRAVE CHARGE.

“A JOKING INTERVIEW”

SERVANTS' PETITION.

SALARY ADJUSTMENT REQUESTED,

DOLLAR-PAID EMPLOYEES ASK CONSIDERATION.

Sydney, Aug, 27. The trial of "Jock" Garden. the] well-known Australian Trade Unionist on charges under the State Crimes Act of wilfully incit ing to murder, closed to-day, the INADEQUATE INCOMES. accused being acquitted.

Garden is alleged to have said "If acab cooks man the vessels,

Fallowing the grant of tempor-

The Pael for the renunciation two prison Governors, Captain Eu-leadors, Messrs. Wu Han-min chor in, the stream according to gene Winter. of Portsmouth (former Chairman of the Kuomin- custom when a number of men, of war as an instrument · of na- | Prison," and Major Augustus tional policy, initiated by Mr. Churles Herber Benke, of Penton-Lang Government and a member of called pirates for want of a more munist reign of terror in Chenchow. Senos' will not be good sailors, and paid on a sterling basis, a petition

ville Prison.

our own tactics may change. We Ar additional allowances to may supply union men, even Hongkong Government servants. though there are scabs aboard. The Military Council of the Nag-precise description, took up posi

tions on the bank and opened fire Hunan, and he shows that they they will have to go to the railings has been forwarded to the Govern- Frank B. Kellogg, the U.S. Seere-

The writ was issued a few days king Government), Mr. Fu Plug-on the craft.

were little better than the flends of occasionally. They may lose their ment dary of State, was signed with Ingo by Messrs. Perey Bono, and

on behalf of all locally- sheung (former Foreign Commis- The veagel involved was the 4.8. Swabuo;

balance, in which base the sea is simple ceremony shortly after Griffith, anlicitors, of Great Marsioner in Canton) and General Baron Maciny, which flies the

deep, and dead men tell no tales." engaged public servants (Chinese, The Communists keep their ac three o'ekck this afternoon in the borough-street, W.

It is understood that the writ Hsu Sung-chi, were given a warm British flag and is commanded. by tions very much secret, so

Garden refused to go into the wit-Portuguese and Indians) asking Captain MacDonald. The crew Clock Room of the French Foreign falls under two main headings. welcome on arriving in Hongkong were startled by the cracklo of apart from their killing, looting, and i nens-box, but from the dock he for adjustmente in the existing Offer by the delegates of fifteen The first contains the allegation this morning from Europa by the rifle-shot from the shore and mora burning, those about them know declared that the charge

Powers.

The lenipotentiaries, ant tables Arranged in horse-shoe fashion-considered as 我 omen, and M. Briand, the French Foreign Minister presided.

On his right ant

Mr. Kellogg, in the exact place which President Wilson occupied nearly *ten yours ago dur- ing the Pienury Session of the Pence Conference.

11 M. Briand pre-

faced the.epic

that Mr. Morriss was detained in

prison for a longer period than was French Mall liner Athos. They so when it was observed that the lawful. A second clause concerns were accompanied by Mr. Maurice Kang were firing at the steamer,

The "pirates" Bred about fifteen rounds in all, but their action is difficult to explain, since it would have been almost impossible for It will be recalled that Mr. Wu them to secure control of the The Canton River has Han-min

was one of the party vessel,

a claim for damages for alleged A. Colen, former financial adviser good wrongful imprisonment and

to the Canton Government and personal bodyguard to the late Dr. Anult.

Sun Yat-sen.

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ceremony with a Frank Kellogg brief speech.

He was deeply conscious, he Baid, that silence would best best such a solemn occasion, but he

It was not known last night how soon the ease would come up fori hearing. Mr. Hubert Griffith, the head of the firm of solicitors who which left on a tour of Europe been free of Incidents of this are acting for Mr. Morrisa, has some months ago, when, at Singa- character for a long time past, pore, an attempt was made to particularly in this region where

bodies of troops large assassinate Dr, C. C. Wu, who was

atationed.. a member of the party,

been taken and is now in # pursing-home.

'DEAD SECRETS OF

THE EAST.

OXFORD:

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felt it to be his duty to acknow- MODERNITY BARRED. ledge how much his country appre- cint that Paris had been chosen

London Functions.

relations,

Last month, in London, Mr. Wu Han-min and Mr. Sun Fo paid call in Sir Austen Chamberlain, with whom they had friendly con ORIENTALIST CONGRESS AT erations of a general nature re-

garding Sino-British The two Nationalists also had an interview with Mr. Ramsay Mac- Donald, the Labour lender, partook of breakfast with Mr. Lloyd George at his London residence, and were entertained to lunchcon London, Aug. 27. in the House of Commons by Mr. For the next week the lecture, W. Looker, M.P, those present halls of Oxford University will at this function including Sir He made reference to Sir Austen resound with the voices of scholars Newton Stabb, Mr. David Landale, Chamberlain, prevented from at- of Europe, Amerlen, the Near East Mr. 1. N. Leefe and Mr. Stanley tendance by illness.

and the Far East, discoursing on Dodwell. "All of us," he said, "are think-things of the East.

Shortly after the arrival of the ing, of Sir Austen Chamberlain,

Six hundred representatives of Athos in Hongkong this morning, who is absent to-day, and we can nearly every country in the world a large number of Canton Govern- easily imagine the feelings he would have at the sight of this have gathered in England for the ment officials and representativen seventeenth International Orientat-of. various public organisations great re-union for peace."

Ist Congress, the first for Bixleen went on board and greeted the years.

as the scene of the signature of the Peace Pact.

HI

Prompt Work.

that,

very little, except these terrible outside actions. The writer is a medical student and was compelled to treat the sick and wounded, when Chenchow was seized and occupied for a period of two months. He knows some of their secret doinga, which he was able to see during this time.

As soon as they got to the city they put up placards stating "Kill all the wealthy owners of pro areperty and confiscate their property. Kill all selfish officers, capitalists, teachers, students. Everybody must join the Red movement. All pro- perty belongs to the public, Far- mers must come and divide up the fields and land. All people are equal, there must be absolute equall- tthety of men and women, freedom of marriage and divorce. No pay- ment owners of property; on money no interest to be paid. Every kind of religion prohibited."

The Canton authorities took prompt action when the news of the firing was reported.

In very short time, an armed guard was placed on board Baron Maclay, while troops from the local garriaun were sent to the

STKONÉSITHÉDROPS PETE COUNTLAND SECRETMENTES VEKKINCHISORASCIO

SHANGHAI MOTORING INCIDENT.

Russian Sentry Wounda Chinese Joy-tider.

on

AN UNTIEEDED CHALLENGE.

Shanghai, Aug. 28. A somewhat sensational in- cident occurred here to-day when a Russian sentry Kuomintang politicians. A rous-

duty at the North Szechuen The last Congress of the kinding welcome was also given by a

crowd of more than 500 Chinese.

Road bridge challenged was held at Athens in 1912,

Chinese chauffeur. 1. are Modern Lopics

eschewed

Going to Shanghai, from the programme, which covers

Ancient A representative of the Tele- the entire field of the literature, arts and history of the graph succeeded in securing a level with her former adversaries, East. Archaeology will also play brief interview with the former Dr. Stresemann, the Germana prominent part in the discus- Kuomintang Chairman, who de-' Foreign Minister, had laboured sions.

A Great Lesson. ** What greater lesson could be - offered to the civilised world, con- tinued M. Briand, than that as sembly, in which for the signing of a pact against war, Germany of her own free will took part on

for three years, for the general Important papers are expected

principles of pence which were here involved.

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The League of Nations had al- ready sought to make progress in

the same direction of peace, but

to be read on the excavations at

clared that he was leaving Hong- kong for Shanghai this afternoon or to-morrow morning, and that he had no intention at present

Ur, Kish and the Indus Valley.

The meetings of the Congress going to Canton. will inst for a week.

of

Questioned regarding the rumours Litat the Canton and Han- The British Government is cnkow Governments intend urging new Government, him to form

it was the presence of the Unitedtertaining the delegates to.

States of America which rendered luncheon on Wednesday, Reuter. Mr. Wu replied that he had No this gathering se portentous.

For the first time in the history

Buck idea in mind.

The chauffeur did not heed the challenge,, whereupon the sentry fired, wounding a Chin- ese occupant of the ear.

Investigations disclosed that the occupants of the car were out on a joy-ride, and that the brakes were defective.

The bullet penetrated the back portion of the car and went through the scat, emerg- ing just above the petrol tank. -Our Own Correspondent,

of the world, war was being re- SOVIET PEEVISHNESS hand and his interviews with north bank of the river in search of nounced unreservedly as

an in-

strument of national policy,-that was to say, in its most specific and dreaded form-selfish and wilful

war.

:

Direct Bloy to Wor.

AGAIN,

REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN

LEAGUE COMMISSION,

Impossible Ransom.

Way

absurd. He said that his remarks scale of salaries, arose out of a joking interview. | The plea is made on the ground In saying what he did, he wanted of the steady rise in the cost of to put the Press off the scent living, and It's urged that the because, he said, statements in the need for revision ja no less argent Press often stopped the settlement than in the case of officers paid on of disputes.

a sterling basis, though the claims of dollar-paid servants appear to have been overlooked.,'

Garden drew attention to the fact that the cooks' dispute for the settlement of which he had worked night and day, was netually settled on the day of his arrest.

He was found not guilty by the jury, and discharged.-Reuter.

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OPTANT DISPUTE

DEADLOCK.

·HUNGARY AND RUMANIA STILL AT VARIANCE.

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BACK TO GENEVA.

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The petitioners express the view that, local subordinato officere, "many of whom have grown grey in the Government service, have not received the measure of con- sideration which their long, faith- ful and meritorious service leads them fairly to expect."

A further point is made that | advancement for the clerical staff is painfully slow, and that promo- tion is governed by length of Įservice, and not as a roward of

merit.

Text of Petition.

The full text of the petition is aa follows:

We, the undersigned, are mem- bers employed in the service of the Government of Hongkong and. are of Chinese, Portuguese, and Indian nationalities.

to

All the telegraph wires and post offices were stopped within their territory, They kill and burn as

Budapest, Aug. 27. they desire, often only on hearsay The Hungarian Government has Information, and often on evidence addressed a Note to the President produced by people who are trying of the Council of the League of to pay back old grudges.

Nations in regard to the Hungaro. 2. Wo beg respectfully They capture people of means or Rumanian dispute over the Hun-address you on the hardships we without means and request impos-garian optants,

are labouring under, brought about sible money ransom. Even after At the League meeting in June, by the steady rise in the cost of they get this ransom, it does not the representatives of Hungary living in Hongkong, and to request means safety of life.

and Rumania reported that the that certain adjustments be made They collect all sorts of goods position" was at a deadlock, after in the existing scale of salaries of from shops and markets. Com- which the Council approved re-subordinate officers of Government mittees are appointed to look after solutions urged by Sir Austen so as to enable them to live free clothing, foodstuffs, medicines, Chamberlain In September last from anxiety and unharassed by salt, oil, and every kind of commodi-

this constant thought of an Inadequate

income.

ty, theoretically not to be id for year and again In March but to be worked for. Actually, year, suggesting that the parties

8. In support of our applica- they paid a comparatively low price, acttle the matter by direct nego

tiation,

tion, we beg to submit the follow- The city government consists of a The President of the Counelling facts for the consideration of chairman, a financial committee, an then regarded the affair of the His Excellency the Officer Ad- executive committee, a, food-stuff committee, and a land dividing com- Transylvanian optants to be finally ministering the Government.. At

the Alosed:

some time wo bag leave to mittee. The whole section was gov-

The Hungarian Government has, refer you to a letter forwarded last erned by the city, but was divided into districts and the districts however, now written asking that year to Government by the Chinese on Clerical Staff petitioning for sub-divided into smaller districts, the Council put the matter which were the lowest form, with agenda for the next Session of the ravision. committees responsible to the cen- Council and to deal with it at an

early sitting of the Session. tral city government.

MARINE CORPORAL'S

יוי

DEATH.

The Note suggests that the Coun- Union Tyranny.

cil should designate two supple The labour and farmers unions mentary judges to the Mixed Ar- were the strongest and most power- bitral Tribunal which is dealing Referring to his visit to Eng-

They had armed with the dispute, ir, alternatively, ful unions. guards and could ent at union head to refer the matter to the Perma- prominent English politicians, Mr. the offenders.

It would seem that the troops quarters, with food supplies. for nent Court of International Justice Was Ian-min remarked that he con- j sidered the results of his trip to Hurprised the gang and engaged their families. These must work at the Hague.-Reuter. various European countries most

them, as it has been reported that for the public. If workmen were one of them was shot dead in a employed, they received very high satisfactory, in that most of the brief skirmish and that several of wages. The guards ate at head- political leaders had expressed

quarters and were used for carrying out the desires of the organization. their sympathy with the Nation-the others were captured. ~ Moncow. Aug, 27,

The hail of bullets did trifling In the future, that country

alist movement in China' and with

Squads were formed mostly of the Baron Maclay, boys from ten to twenty years of which dared to break the under- M. Litvinoff, the Soviet Foreign the abolition ar revision of the damage to

though the vessel was struck in age, though there were also some taking to which its signature had Commissar, has cabled the League Sino-Foreign Treatles.

several places. No casualties girls in a few of the squads. Each been given would incur the uncon-of Nations announcing Russia's

Canton Officials.

occurred on board, and in view of squad had from twenty to fifty boys ditional condemnation of all the refusal to participate in the

the immediate steps taken by the armed with spears. Recond Session of the Special

They were signatories of the Puct,

Amongst those who went aboard authorities, it is confidently expect used often to kill those who had The Pact was a direct blow to Commission for the control of the the Athos to welcome the Nation-ed that there will be no further been caught and were taught to be the menace of war.

manufacture of arms.

alist leaders were Admiral Chan trouble,

fearless, to obey even though they M. Litvinoff gives as the ground Chak; Mr. Lam Wan-kal, Mayor of "Henceforth," added M. Briand, "we have a ancred duty to do all for the defection, the fact that the Canton; Mr. Samaul Wong, Chief from Hongkong for Whampoa on parents,

The 6.8. Baron Maclay cleared might be called on to kill their own that can and must be done so that Sovlet's proposals for general of the Canton Arsenal; Mr. Ma Saturday. our hope shall not be disappoint- disarmament will not fe

Chiu-chun,.. Commissioner of Re-

con-

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od. Pence da proclaimed but it sidered by the Preparatory Die construction; Mr. Chen Chang-lok, atill remains necessary to or- armament Commission at its next former Commissioner of Foreign ganise it, still in face of difficul- Session.

· PACIFIC AIR-LINER Affairs of Canton; General Chen He also alleges that the League Chai-tong, leader of the 4th. to be the work of ties. That is

DISASTER. has given no result towards real Nationalist Army; Mr. Feng Cho- to-morrow."

disarmament-Neuter.

man, Commissioner of Finance in Canton; and delegates of the Canton City Kuomintang, the Provincial Kuomintang Depart ment and the Students' Generat Union.

Delegates Sign.

AMERICAN TENNIS,

After M, Briand's speech had been translated into English, Lic French Foreign Minister read the Pact. He then invited the dele- gates to sign and ench in turn pro. | MISS ceeded to a little oblong tablo upon, which lay two copies of the Pact-one in French and the other in English.

Each delegate affixed his signa ture to both copies with the golden prosented to Mr. Kellogg,

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WILLS RETAINS LADIES'

SINGLES TITLE.

New York, Aug. 27.

MT. MACCALLUM SCOTT'S DEATH CONFIRMED.

London, Aug. 27.

PASSES AWAY AT NAVAL..

HOSPITAL

Food, Clothing and Rents. 4. The high cost of food, general commodities and clothing, in part, accounts for the greatly increased of living. Then, again, cost Chinese in all walks of life and throughout the length and breadth of the country, and not confined to Hongkong alone, have shown a steady and remarkable tendency to adopt a higher standard of living prompted by the example set by foreign neighbours. This latter fact has an important bearing on the difficulties met with by the undersigned whose small salariés. {make it dificult to make ends meet [not to speak of the provision of some little comforts for them- The death took place in the solves and their dependante, and Royal Naval Hospital yesterday of to keep together the members of Corporal Robert Hallet, of the their household who, by reason of Royal Marines.

a higher living standard, demand The late Corporal Hallet was and expect to recalye higher wages, attached to HMS. Curlew, the 5. High house rents on the cruiser which left for Home from whole show no signs of abatement, Critics Put to Death.

Hongkong recently. He halled from as evidenced in the recent rise 'In Once a month, the ruling Plymouth and it 19 under the Government assessment. And officials held a conference, when stood that he leaves a wife and If, added to disproportionato high, most of the affairs of government family in England.

rentals and servants" wagos, the were settled. If members The funeral takes place this even recent increase in school focs is criticized the actions of the ing, the cortego leaving the Naval government they were punished Hospital gates at 6 pm. The firing taken into consideration, it will be party and band escort will be from seen that the burden which Goy At one meeting they decided H.M.9. Berwick, whilst anilors and ernment servants in receipt of that every one should bring their gun crew will be drawn from H.M.S. small pay is called upon to bear is clothes, bedding, Jewellery, etc. Castor. The Rev. Riganti will con- reaching the breaking point. Only necessary things were 'allow-duct the service.

Provident Funds,

and often put to death,,

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It is confirmed in a message ed and those who had more than Aeroplanca from France,

from Victoria, British Columbia, the required number of garments,

6. It is not our purpose to make Shanghai, Aug. 28. · that Mr. and Mrs. MacCallum say three suits for summer and

comparisons between Admiral Sir R. Tyrwhitt, Com- invidious The Nationalist Air Department Scott were passengers on the miss one comfort for each person, had mander-in-Chief of the China squad. salaries of the clerical branch of In the final of the United States at Nanking has received a telegraming air Ifner.

to give up the rest to be divided ron, with Lady Tyrwhitt and their the Government service and those Lawn Tennis Championships at from two of ita officials now in No doubt is expressed in au- amongst those who did not have daughters arrived in Peking on paid in the Banking and Com Forest Hills, Miss Helen Willa re-France stating that they have order thoritative circles, that the ma- anything. Gold rings and all August 16 for a short stay. They mercial houses. Suffice it to state ed twenty new type aeroplanes chine met with disaster in the other jewellery were confiscated. will be the guests of Bir. Miles and that public companies and business defeating Miss Helen Jacobs, 6-2, 6-1,-Reuter's American Service.

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pen which the City of Havre had tained the ladies' singles title by from an aircraft factory in France. Pacific and that all the occupante Fortunately, this order had hardly Lady Lampson at the British lega- firms in Hongkong are making it a

have lost their lives-Reuter,

tion,