1928-10-29 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

JAPAN AND CHINA THE BIG NANKING

TARIFFS

MR. YADA TO OPEN NEW CONVERSATIONS.

ANTI-JAPANESE AGITATORS AT WORK IN SHANGHAI.

LOAN.

GERMAN BOXER INDEMNITY

AS SECURITY.

THE TERMS OF ISSUE.

BOY KIDNAPPED.

WOMAN CHARGED AT THE KOWLOON COURT.

A charge of kidnapping a seven-year-old Chinese was pre- ferred against a woman before

MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1928.

OSAKA-SHANGHAI LAND GAMBLES IN

FLIGHT.

FLYING BOAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL TRIP.

Mr. W. Schofold at the Kowloon MERE EXPERIMENTS. |Magistracy this morning. The

defendant pleaded not guilty.

Shanghai, Oct. 20. Nanking, Oct, 25. Inspector Fallon, prosecuting,

The Japanese flying boat, Nant- The Ministry of Finance an- said the complainant ilved at No. nounces that beginning from Octo-581, Canton Road and went to we completed the return leg of its ber 26, the 17th Year Short Term work at 7 am. daily. On October Osaka-Shanghat flight yesterday Currency Bonds of the National 25, after she had left the house, after taking off from its Black Government of China, amounting to her two sons, aged alavan and Point anchorage at 8.30 am, and PROTEST TO NANKING. $30,000,000 and carrying eight perseven respectively, wont to visit alighting at Tomol at 3.55 p.m. cent interest per annum, payable their grandmother on, board a being delayed by headwinds. semi-annually Shanghai, Oct. 28.

on March 31 and small sampan in the typhoon Weather conditions permitting, the plano will start this morning on a An interesting announcement to September 30, will be offered to the shelter."

public through the Bank of China,

It appeared from evidence, return trip to Shanghai and should the effect that the tariff question the Bank of Communications, the continued Inspector Fallon, that arrive here pround one o'clock. was left in aboyance during his Kiangsu Bank and the Central the defendant, who was known to As on its down trip the craft recent informal conversations Bank of China (after November 1); the complainant, took the younger carried Capt. Abe and his Ave, as with Dr. C. T. Wang, was made by the price of issue being 92.

of the two boys away and he was sistants and was an uneventful as Mr. Yada, the Japanese Consul-

Regarding the security and ser General, In an interview with vice of, the Loan, Bir, A. H. F. Ed-not heard of again by the mother its first cruise... Chinese journalista in Shanghai wardes, Officiating. Inspector Gen- until some days later. to-day.

Mr. Yada added that it was thought to be outside the province

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NANKING.

PROPERTY BUYERS IN MAÐ SCRAMBLE.

EXORBITANT PRICES FOLLOW SPECULATION.

FORTUNES IN A DAY,

A frenzied scramble among wealthy property owners for land in Nanking, the ilke of which can be compared only with the Florida boom, fn now going on in the Nationalist capital. Most of the speculators are prominent Shang- hai merchants,

A little more than a year ago Contrary to reports published, the city was absolutely "dead." A report was made as soon ne eral of Customs, has issued the fol- the boy's disappearance was the Naniwa has at no time carried Before the Revolution, Nanking lowing statement:

The funds available from that discovered and on enquiries being any mail as this le expressly for was the home of the governor of of the Ministry for Foreign portion of the Customs Revenue made; the police discovered that bidden by the Chinese Government Kiangsu, Chekiang and Anhwel, Affairs, strictly speaking, and pro- formerly assigned to the service the defendant had taken a small in granting permission for the its people living on the wealthy visional arrangements have been of the German share of the Boxer boy to her house and later, had craft to land. Nor is there any officials, and its chief industry was made for a consultation with Mr. Indemnity, after service of the 14th left, taking away with her her possibility of presengere being the making of tapestry. It enjoy- T. V. Soong, the Minister of Fin. Year Loan of the Republic and of belongings. She had told other carried on the trip as its presented the exclusive right to furnish running programme is purely in tapestries for Manchu court-wear. ance, shortly. Mr. Yada will go the Continental Bank Loan of 1926, tenants that the boy was hars,

A contractor of Taipo saw the the nature of fulfilling a contract with the downfall of the Imperial into the whole problem of tariffs are sufficient to meet in full the

customs organisation with interest and redemption payments defendant and the boy at the with the Japanese Government to dynasty the city stagnated for over and

16 years. Although a large quant- Mr. Soong, and it is hoped that a of the 17th Year Short Term Cur- Kowloon Railway Station later the show that the route fe practical,

An official of the company ity of tapestry was exported to favourable understanding will be reicy Bonds now advertised. These same morning and he sain saw reached, as in the case of the con- available funds will be paid by me, them alight at. Taipo. The boy

on the order of the Minister of was subsequently taken to Chinese yesterday when interviewed stated European and American countries, that because of the peculiar con- that industry alone could not sup- -vereations with Dr. Wang,

Finance, to the account of the 2% territory and was still missing.

Treasury Bonds Sinking None of the witnesses who had tract with the Japanese Govern-port the city's population of 300,-|

000. Delnite Shape.

Fund Committee which controls the seen the boy knew him before ment the carrying of passengers or and could not therefore any that mail was practically imposalble

Past Experience, Questioned regarding the nature Service of this loan."

before 1980. of the agreements reached between Repayment of principal shall be he was the complainant's son.

Suspicion fell on the defondant him and Dr. Wang on the Nan-made by public drawings semi- king, Hankow and Tainan inci-annually beginning from 1929 until and she was later arrested.

The case was adjourned until denta, Mr. Yuda declined to say the entire issue is fully repaid In more than that the agreements 1935; 7 per cent, of the total issue Friday. reached a definite shape, and that is to be repald annually during the first three years; 20 per cent, of If both Governments show an equally conciliatory attitude when the total issue annually from the plenipotentiaries are appointed for fourth year to the sixth year in- formal negotiation, there should clusive: 10 per cent. of the total

per cent.

be no difficulty in finding the solu-esue on March of the 7th year; 9

FINED FOR SAND REMOVAL.

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In the meantime the trips are Almost every year since the being utilized to gather flying data outbreak of the 1911 Revolution and weather reports along the way some military leader has fought for and to assist the meteorological the control of the city, and con- department of Japan in furthering sequently any families with means Its work.

have migrated to Shanghai or When the actual commercial Bome other more peaceful districts. flying starts the Naniwa will only Some property owners, who were make the run to Tomei, where it anxious to leave the city, tried every means to get rid of their who complete the trip to Osakя.

There will be three other craft buyer though they offered to sell Mr. C. Burford prosecuted two depending on the Naniwa for their homes and land at ridiculous- contractors and two earth coolles, passengers and mail from Shangy Jow prices. In fact some owners, who could not rent out before Mr. W. Schofield at the hai. They are of Japanese manu- their houses, had to pay people to Kowloon Magistracy this morning, fucture and are known na the on charges of removing annd from Kawanishi 8 type, powered with live in them as care-takers. the bed of a stream at the end of single motors of 260 horsepower. Po Kong and Sai Kung Ronds, Kowloon City.

tlon to the problems presented hyper cent. of the total issue on CONTRACTORS AND COOLIES/will be met by additional planes properties, but could not find a

the outstanding issues,

Instructions from Tokyo. ·

With regard to his discussion with Mr. T. V. Soong, the Japan- ese Consul-General said he was waiting for Instructions from Tokyo. When these reached him, he would leave for Nanking again, and thus complete the task he had undertaken,

Meanwhile, the Anti-Japanese Society in Shanghai in not at all pleased with the course events have taken, and are agitating for a stronger attitude on the part of the National Government,

Protest to Nanking:

September of the same year. Draw- Inga shall take place on March 10 and September 10 of each year and payment of the drawn bonds shall commence on the last day of these two months.

The Bonds are secured on that portion of the. Customs Revenue formorly assigned to the service of the Gerinan share of the Boxer Indemnity, after service of the 14th Year Loan of the Republic and of the Continental Band Loan of 1926. The Inspector-General of the Mari- time Customs shall deposit monthly the signed funds with the 2% per cent.

Treasury Bonds Sinking Fund Committee for custody and repayment of principal and in- Lorext.

The Bonds are janned in do- nominations of $10,000, $1,000 and $100.

A large meeting held this even- ing decided to enl] a meeting' of

The Bonds may be used As representatives of all business and public organisations in Shanghai fiduciary reserve of banks or as with a view to presenting a peti-security in Government Service in tion to the National Government cases where security or guaranty is setting out the points, which In required.--Kuo Min. their opinion, the Government should not concede.

An attempt is also torbe made to organise a mass meeting in the Chinese city to be followed by a big parade and demonstration, to illustrate to Japan the public feel- ing in China."

OPIUM CHARGE FAILS.

NO ATTEMPT MADE AT

CONCEALMENT,

IN COURT, '

The defendants pleaded guilty.

WATER WASTER FINED.

ALLOWED TAP TO RUN AT

STREET FOUNTAIN.

That there are quite a number

With the competition of the Northern expedition and the as- tablishment of a more or less stable government office-seekers flocked to the capital. It is estiniated that there are at present about 50,000 office-seekers living in the hotels here, this figure not.in- cluding those who have jobs.

The New Situation.

Mr. Burford said the two coolies were actually removing the sand, but they had stated that they re- celved instructions from the two contractors to take the sand from the stream. The contractors denied issuing any such instruc- tions, stating that they paid the coolies for the sand and did not care where it was obtained from

is His Worship intimated that the in the use of water, la evidenced such a shortage of housing facil- contractors should see that the by the fact that considerable ities, in Nanking that house-rent sand was not taken from Govern-avoidable wastage of drinking has risen to an impossible figure. In one instance, for one, small One offender was brought before room, a landlord wanted $20 per ment land without permission, and water is still going on.

Mr. R. E. Lindsell this morning, month In the morning, raised it to fined each contractor 88. The coolies were each fined $4.

and the Sergeant who brought the $40 in the, afternoon when some PRESIDENT COOLIDGE ISSUES charge informed his Worship that more persons came for rooms, and

• PROCLAMATION,

the man was arrested when he finally rented the room out for $60 allowed a 'street fountain In in the evening.

The city's population swelled of Chinese who fall to realise the with the incoming of thousands of necessity for the strictest economy government

officials. There

Washington, Oct. 24. Mallory Street to be turned on at A Mohammedan mosque here President Coolidge issued the full pressure for almost a whole owns a piece of land about 1,000 Thanksgiving proclamation to-day, minute whilst he went to fetch square feet in area on one of the calling upon the people to offer a receptacle.

side streets The land has been thanks on Thursday, November 29, It appeared that the defendant for prosperity in agriculture, in had filled a bucket of water at the rented for years to some farmers dustry and commerce and for the tap at 1.15 o'clock-this morning, for $20 a year. It is reported that ed to send a telegram to all its Magistracy this morning, with peace which has prevailed during land instead of turning it off when the mosque authorities have re- the first bucket was full, he allow-cently signed a contract with come

Yesterday's meeting also decid-

branches throughout China to make similar protests and demon- strations,

Ofeials in Shanghai, however,

A donkeyman on board the 8.3. Changte was charged before Mr. W. Schofield, at the Kowloon having in his possession on board the past year. the 8.8. Anhui 24 tuels of prepared

The proclamation said that the led the water to run to waste, while Shanghai businessmen to rent the opium.

country as a whole has boon pro-he crossed the street to fetch the land to a motion picture theatro corporation for ten years at the Mr. H. S. Loseby defended and tected against pestilence and dis-other bucket. do not take the movement serious-entered a plea of not guilty. aster, and directed toward A fine of $3, or, in default, alx price of $18,000,, and the persons who signed the contract on behalf ly, and express the opinion that. A Chinese detective

days' hard labour, was imposed: gave national prosperity,

of the mosque have been attacked the agitation does not express any evidence that he was on the Anhuf

by the other members as being general feeling, but is being work- and saw the defendant go

"too kind." ed up by Communists who seek board from a sampan. He was means of creating dissension and carrying parcel, which, when dissatisfaction.

searched, was found' to contain the opium.

THIEVING RICKSHA

COOLIE.

SEQUEL TO RAID ON QUARTERS.

on

After hearing the evidence of the detective and when the case for the prosecution, was closed, Mr. Loseby submitted that he had no case to answer. He comment- ed

of tho absence upon

evidence to show any

that the curtificate, which wns produced, WAS In any connected with the opium which was alleged to have been found in the box. Neither he nor, he sub- mitted, his Worship was aware that the box contained oplum.

way

The Water Police are in posses. sion of a gold brooch, a fan and an umbrella which was seized in a raid of a ricksha coolies' boarding house, and which are still await

His Worship was Informed by ing a claimant. One coolie, in whose box the things were found, the police that there was pothing was charged before Mr. W, Scho- to show that the defendant know fleld, at the Kowloon Magistracy that there was opium in the box. this morning, with failing to re-He had stated that he had been port the finding of the articles to given the parcel by a friend, but

had failed to find him. the police.

Ho admitted that he had found the umbrella. In his ricksha but denied all knowledge of the fan. The brooch, he said, he had found In the street.

His Worship intimated that there had been no evidenco given to that effect.

Mr. Loseby pointed out that the precautions usually taken by the Sergeant Humphreye said a re-Revenue Officers, in personally port was received that a brooch handing the oplum under locked fiad been lost and later the police cover to the Analyst, had not been Mr. Lozeby discovered that a certain rickaha taken in this case, coolle had a brooch similar to that further pointed out that his client reported Jost. A rald was made did not know the nature of the con- and the thres articles mentioned tenta of the parcel. He had been Ho were found in the defendant's box, asked to carry it on board.

The defendant wae fined $20, or had done so openly and made no one month's hard labour in de- attempt to hide himself among the

erowd of passengers. fault.

His Worship-Even on the merita, I think the man can be dia- charged, quite apart from the want of evidence about the opium.

The defendant was accordingly }, { · discharged.

It is advertised that the "Peak Flata" will henceforth be known

the "Peak Manafona".

capit

OTHER BY MEN BÉRÁCE, ME,

PEILLA, B. PAY, OFT,

"Business will be at a standstill until after the elec

tion!"

Prices Sky-ligh. Corporations are being organis- ed to build new Chinese theatres, motion pletura houses, hotels and restaurants, and prices have gone sky-high. No land, no matter how small the lot may be, is under) $10,000, Somehow that figure seems to havo become quite natur- ally a minimum amount. With $20,000 one can only buy a lot 900 feet square, and even that on a side street. Fortunes are being made in a single day.

The situation is all the more unusual since property owners here take probably more risk than those of any other city in China. Town Planning Does Not Scare,

Every day the city authorities are tearing down houses to mako way for new roade. In the case of the Chun Shan road, which cuts right through the business.section of the capital, hundreds of blocks of buildings have been torn down. Although the city agrees to com- pensate the property owners, the latter get the worst of the argu- mont. They are paid in govern~! ment bonds and then almost a nominal sum compared to the actual value of the original pro- party.

Nevertheless land, buying goes on with unabated fervour. The buyers feel that if they can pur- chase ten pieces of land, even if they lose mine of them, they can make the last one pay for the cost of the others with a reasonable profit in addition.

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