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"SHASI" PIRACY SENSATION. "ANKING" PIRACY GOES ASHOREL H.M.S. LONDON HITS QUAINT JAPANESE CEREMONY.

SEQUEL.

MYSTERIOUS LAUNCH NOW CHINESE CHARGED AT

IDENTIFIED.

BA.T. CRAFT SEIZED BY „ARMED

MEN RIGHT IN HANKOW.

MAGISTRACY.

NEW EVIDENCE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND.

POLICE ENQUIRIES.

LAODAH'S STORY OF VIGIL.in piracy at the Central Magis-

The mystery of the strange latinch that cooperated in the tragic piracy of the British s.s. Shusi near Hankow on Saturday night, has been solved in a manner which has not merely caused a surprise, but has created a sensation.

It now eventuates that the craft used was the launch "Old BU" belonging to the British American Tobacco Co., Hankow, and that it was Heized in the river at Hankow just off the ox-British Concession an hour and a half before the Shast was due to sail.

Five armed men forced the crew to take the launch to the Japanese Concession, where ten confederates were picked up. The craft then proceeded down river to Seven Mile Creek.

The watchers on board had kept vigil for about an hour when the pirated steamer was seen drifting towards them. Flashlights were exchanged between ship and launch, after which the latter went alongside.

It is estimated by the skipper of the Shasi that his vessel was allowed to drift with the current for nearly forty minutes before he was ordered to drop the anchor.

The pirate gang afterwards split up into three parties, the launch taking the gang to different points in the vicinity of Hankow.

FLASHLIGHT SIGNALS FROM SHIP.

Hankow, Nov. 6.

the Shast and the launch, which was lying close inshore without lights.

The man had previously been held for the alleged possession of money and jewellery said to have been part of the booty from the pirated vessel.

EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FEARED TO BIG FREIGHTER,

ENGINEROOM FLOODED

A LINER.

CRUISER & S.S. RUNIC EMPEROR DEPARTS

IN COLLISION.

WHITE STAR' SHIP'S STEM DAMAGED.

Nows has been received in the Colony this morning that the 8.8. Michigan belonging to the State Steamship Company, formerly the Columbia Pacific Steamship. Com- pany, went ashore at Samar Island MISHAP IN THE CLYDE. on November 1, whilst on a voyage from Tacloban (near Cebu) to

The nature of the damage to the

relinble

London, Nov. 5.

ANCIENT CAPITAL.

FOR

BRILLIANT SCENES MARK FIRST OF CORONATION CEREMONIES.

To-day, witnessed the first of the brilliant and colourful ceremonies in connexion with the Enthronement of His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Hirohito of Japan, when His Majesty de- parted from Tokyo for the ancient capital of Kyoto for the purpose of formally announcing to the Ancestral Spirita and the Gods of Heaven and Earth the fact of his accession to the Throne.

There was a sequel to the An-Legaspi.

A collision occurred during a THREE SACRED TREASURES. tracy this

& morning, when Chinese was brought before Mr. ship is not at present known, but slight fog in the Clyde off

From one extensive. R. E. Lindsell by Delective In-it is feared that it must be very Greenock Last night between II.M.3. spector Lane on the actual charge

about nino fect of water in the cruiser, and the White Star liner, of piracy, with murder and kid-source it is learned that there is London, Britain's latest 10,000-ton napping counts added.

engine room and that the cargo holds are also very heavily flooded, 4. Runic, a big passenger and The spot at which the vessel cargo steamer of approximately went ashore, it is understood, la' 13,000 tone. known to navigators as extremely" Fortunately, the mishap was not treacherous, owing to the existence serious owing to skilful seamanship The vessel, it will be remem-of reefs and strong currents. by the respective navigating officers, hered, was pirated on a voyage The B.. Michigan was formerly the blow struck being merely á

to Swatow on from Singapore

the West Holbrook, a steel vessel glancing one. September 26. The pirates re-

of 5,376 tone gross register and mained on board two days and 3,343 tons net. She was built in eventually put off at Hong Hai Los Angeles in 1920 and her Bay (near Blas Bay) with booty dimensions are, length, 410 feet: estimated at fully $100,000. The beam 54 feet; and depth 27. At Chief Engineer and Chief Officer the time of the Incident she was and a Chinese quarter master were killed, and among the wounded were the Captain and the Third Engineer.

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under the command of Captain_0. W. Carlson and was carrying about 2,000 tons of copra.

The vessel is a freighter and was completing the last portion of her journey to China and the Philippines from Portland.

She

Arrest Last Month.. Whilst the details of the piracy wore still frosh in the minds of

was scheduled to arrivo in Hong- the public, the police arrested, early last month, in Shaukiwan,kong on November 13. a man who had in his possession n large quantity of money and

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Stem Damaged.

The 8.8. Runic steamed Into Liverpool to-day with her stem damaged, her skipper immediately taking her into dock for repair.

She is due to leave Liverpool on Saturday on her regular run to Australia and it is stated that there will be no interference with the date of her sailing,

Admiralty Message,

jewellery. This individual had THE LOST SUBMARINE. cruiser of ten thousand tons, em-

junk,

arrived in the Colony by and after the police had searched the junk at Shauliwan, they de tained the man who had so many valuables in his possession, for further enquiries.

It is stated that the amount of

SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST GREEK CAPTAIN.

Paris, Oct. 16. From the inquiry which is be-:

all.

The procession, which was nearly half a mile in length, was remarkably ornate in character, special prominence being given to the Three Sacred Treasures (the Mirror, the Sword, and the Jewels) which, according to tradition, have been handed down to succeeding Emperors from the Imperial Ancestress Amaterasu Omikami, the Goddess' of the Sun, which constitute the Imperial replica in the Enthronement Ceremonies.

The progress of the Emperor and other members of the Royal Family was the occasion for a striking display of loyalty and reverence on the part of huge crowds. Below, the event is picturesquely described. The actual Coronation takes place on Saturday.

A PICTURESQUE DESCRIPTION.

line of monarchs.

An official communique issued by the Admiralty Bays that while un- dergoing secret trials in the Clyde,

Tokyo, November 6. triumphal archos, brilliant ban- H.M.S. London, which is a new

This morning witnessed the ners, elaborate carriages and flash- departure of the Emperor for the ing military uniforms, like an bodying some of the latest improve- ment in warship equipment, collided ancient Capital of Kyoto, there to uncut gun against an intricato

play the leading role in the long background of filigree. with the a. Runfc, of Liverpool.

The Runle was able to proceed awaited ceremonies marking his

The box-like palanquín in which on her voyage and the cruiser formal accession to the Throne as it was carried rested on two heavy suffered practically no damage at the 124th successor of an unbroken beams of plain white wood, and was covered about the sides with The London will be able to con. Long before midnight, hugo money which this man had with ing held at Rottorham by the tinue her trials without interrup-crowds in silent reverence had brocade, while its roof of red him was somewhere in the vicinity French, Dutch and Greck authori- tion, and when they are completed started to assemble along the lacquer was surmounted by # of $500 and that no fewer than ties, it appears that the captain will repair any slight damage, and route to be followed by the Im- single golden ball,'

2,000-Year-Old Replica. thirty-six articles of jewellery

leave for the Mediterranean where perial procession on its way to the were in his possession.

she will serve as the flagship of one | station, although, when the ap

Inside the Shrine, hidden from pointed hour arrived, only com the Cruiser Squadrons.

paratively few could hope to catch human eye, was the two-thousand- more than a glimpse of the impos. old replica of the mirror conferred, She is of the same type as II.M.S.ing cortege, as the distance to be so Japanese legend has it, by Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess her- Troops of the Imperial Guards self, upon her Heavenly Grandean, Kent, and the other large cruisers covered was but short. on the China Station.

The as. Runic was built in 1900 Division and of the First Division the progenitor of the Imperial She Is of 12,663 tons, and her di-gay with triumphal arches, flut Little wonder then that this to the order of the White Star Line. lined the route, and all Tokyo was Family of Japan, mensions are 560.2 feet long, 63.3 toring flags, waving bunting, and Holy of Holles, which plays so important a part in the Enthrone- feet in breadth and 39.9 feet deep, decorations of all kinds. -British Wireless,

ment ceremonies and in the Гарапеве

Household Imperial

of the Greek steamer the Ekaterini Coulandris is gravely implicated in the loss of the French aub- marine, the Ondine, with its crew of 149,

A Large Ship.

The B.A.T. launch "Old, Bill" which now appears to be the my sterious craft which quietly awail- When the piralós were satisfied, ed the coming of the pirated those on board the steamer evi- "Shani" and enabled the success dently released the skipper and ful completion of the daring en ordered him to drop anchor. terprise, was missed from her

Pirates Split Up, moorings carly yesterday morning.

Officials of the Company, how The lodeh relates the story of over, did not in any way connect the vialt of the launch to the Shasi, her disappearance with the out- and the transfer of the loot and

New Evidence. ruge, in view of the habit of mill- baggage in the darkness. lie also tary officers in Hankow of com- states that approximately 30 armed On the arrest of this man, the mandeering launches when they men left the pirated ship and pro- police

made diligent and On arrival at Rotterdam on Oc- think they need them. E was cecded back in the direction of systematic enquiries, and although thought that this was what had Hankow in the "Old Bill" which the man was brought before the tober 9 he observed complete happened to the "Old Bill" then had the whole gang on board. | Court from time to time to answer

silence. Instead of handing in The pirates disembarked at a charge of unlawful possession the ship's log, according to inter- different places. About thirty gut of the money and jewellery, the national custom, he delivered it alf below the Japanese Concession police never actually opened the three days later, and in it only

case, which was remanded

referred vaguely 15 an encounter on the Hankow side of the river,

with a wreck. Meanwhile he had Ton others left the launch at various occasions, Suchinpong on the Wachang side,

Eventually, it is learned, the sailed to Schiedam, and had had and the remaining five men, who polier, on the arrival of the An- his ship hurriedly repaired to hide

all traces of a collision. Combinert with the facts al kept the crew under constant sur king in the Colony on Sunday, were

The last honours to the dead veillance and held Mausers pointed able to obtain evidence which. rendy known regarding the netual practically the whole time, then they believe connect the arrested trew were paid yesterday by the bappenings on board the gai, Ska- ordered the launch to be taken to man with the piracy.

Elgar Qufhet. A salute of 21 si, the nodah's statement show Longwanmino, a village a few When the man was brought be- guns was fired, and flowers were the icy to the one of the most miles along the Han River from the fore Mr. Lindsell his orning thrown into the sea at the spot TEN KILLED & MANY BADLY: Imperial Mujesty, the direct Dif- original mirror, which now roposes carefully planned and carried out Wahan cities,

the prosecution handed in further were the, submarine sank. charges of piracy, with murder and kidnapping. A remand was asked for, as the Anking is at pre-SMALL-POX OUTBREAK sent absent from the Colony.

AT KOWLOON.

On her return in the afternoon,

however, the loodah, who had been loft in charge of the craft, had a starlling and much different story to tell.

Planned in Detail.

in the history of Yangisze ship- ping. Indeed, it is the first of its

Authorities Scouring.

type of the reaches of the Lower." Acting on this latest informa- Yangtze, and fears are expressed as to the future safety of river tion, the Chinese authorities are steamers unless adequate, precau- round, but not much hope is enter- now scouring the districts all tions are taken.,

tained that any of the robbers will

Every detall seems to have been be captured. worked out carefully beforehand, and successfully carried out.

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B.A.T. Launch Seized.

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Hope of Witnesses, Regarding the identification of the jewellery, Acting Detective Inspector Lane, in answer to his Worship, remarked that unfor tunately the victims of the piracy

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FIERCE FOREST FIRE

IN POLAND....

BURNED OR INJURED.

Warsaw, Nov., b.

"Offspring of the Gods.” The sun was gleaming in a ritual generally, is regarded with cloudless sky, when the booming so great awe and veneration and is of guns from the warships lying treated with auch reverence and out in Tokyo Bay and from bat- respect.

Tradition records that the teries on shore announced that His

spring of the Gods, was about to in the Imperial Shrine at Iso, the set off to make formal announce- Mecca of all good Japanese, was ment to the Ancestral Spirits, and presented at the dawn of Japanese

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A devastating fire which is to the Gods of Heaven and Earth, history by the Sun Goddess a5 & the and also to the world at large, of device by which she might project spreading rapidly through Forest of Rozanka on the eastern the fact of his accession to the her soul of her body and make it

available to her offspring as borderlands of Poland has caused throne of his ancestora.

As the guns boomed their salu- protecting genius. It is regarded several tragedies. TEN CASES REPORTED

Many homesteads have been en-tation, the head of the procession as such to this day, as also is the YESTERDAY. The opinion is still held that

veloped by the flames and it is re-was seen issuing from the main replica used in the Enthronement the gang were made up of dis-

ported that the casualties number gates of tho Imperini Palace, ceremonies which was made by Small-pox would appear to have at icast ten killed, and many Crossing the famous Nijubashi order of the Emperor Sujin who, banded soldiers, large numbers of which have been infesting the were not Hongkong Chinese, The broken out rather seriously on the others seriously burned or injur Bridge, it made its way by the fine according to Japanese chronology, About eight o'clock on Saturday district for some time. It police were getting in touch with

ed Four of the victims were broad road across the wide open lived from 97 to 80 B.C. evening, an hour and a half be thought that such daring despera- some of them, and it was possible Kowloon side, for yesterday's ro- burned to death, and their bodies grounds which lie between the The youths carrying this sacred fore the 8.8. Shael was due to enil does will be able to cover up their that they might be able to secure turn of notifiable diseases shows have not been recovered, Reuter, picturesque old stone walls of the relié were clad in floging cere- monial garb of green and wore como witnesses to identify some

Palace and the Outer Mont. no fewer than ten fresh cases, all of the Jewellery,

Leading the procession was a preceded and followed by ritualists of which are Chineset Last week for one week.

His Worship granted a remand there were six cases, and these, HULL AS AN AIR PORT. followed by a detachment of lan- bluo, rod, black, green, and purple, posse of mounted polico, closely of high rank, robed in rich allks of like those notified yesterday, wore

cere from the Guards Division, and mounted on horses decked from Old and New Kowloon.

their pennants fluttering gally in with trappings of red and gold. None of the cusca has so far

MAIL SERVICE TO NORTHI (the early morning breeze,

The Emperor's Carringe. proved fatal..

EUROPE,

Then came the most impressive

Behind the Kashiko-Dokoro, the section of the cortege, the Shrine of the Sacred Mirror, borne aloft Shrine of the Sacred Mirror, came on the shoulders of a band of the Emperor in a magnificent stalwart youths selected by time carriage, bearing with him the honoured custom from the village Sacred Sword and Jewels, which, of Yaso, near Kyoto.

together with the Mirror, consti tuto the Imperial regalia used in the Enthronement ceremonies.

The Sword, like the Mirror, is a.

for Shanghai, five armed men tracks successfully. boarded the B.A.T. launch, which The garrison commander had Was lying off the Special Adminis ordered military posts to watch trative District No. 3 (the ex- the creeks and waterways for the British Concession).

pirate launch, but the order does

The crew were taken complete- not appear to have been pursued ly by surprise and they were forc- with any vigour. -ed at the point of the pistol to get Mr. Henry Henvis, of Gale and the launch under way and to pro- Company, Hankow, who, as report- cred down river to the Japanese ed yesterday, was shot through Concession.

the thigh, has been operated upon Here, saya the laodah, ten other and the bullet removed. His con- members of the pirate gang, all dition is favourable, though the well-armed, were waiting by a wound is painful. aignment. The launch went in-

The Shas loft for Shanghai

·CHIANG TO TOUR "CHINA,

WILL. INSPECT TROOPS ON TRIP.

Nanking, Nov. 5, shore and picked them up and yesterday with an armed guard Council, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, The President of the State then under the pirate orders, the aboard.-Reuter. launch continued on her trip

is leaving the capital in a few Further details of the happen- days time for Pengpu and other down river and anchored just be ings on board the as. Shasi are districts along the Tientsin-Pukow Jow the Seven Mile Creek. contained in a wireless message Hallway. His trip will occupy received by the local naval author about one month. In the North, Itfes this morning, and obtained he is to proceed as far as Hau- chowfu, whilst in the South be will visit Anhul.

Flashlight Signals.

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The whole process had taken from Captain Archibald Cook, the approximately an hour and a skipper.

half. The launch waited at an-

The tour is being made for the Shoto in Attack on Bridge. chor for about an hour when the

purpose of Inspecting troops of 5. Shasi was observed to be ap- Captain Cook states that the

the First Nationallit Army Corps, proaching, drifting slowly down-pirates were armed with Mausers, which is under Marshal Chiang's Command. When he returns from They attacked the bridge from the Inspection, Marshal Chiang is Flashlight signals were Intor- both sides at about 10.30 pm, or to call big military conference changed between the pirates on (Continued on Page 18.). at Nanking.

stream.

There were also alx casca "of typhoid reported last week, four

London, Nov. 5. of which were Chinese and two

Plans to establish Hull as the British, the latter being imported. One fatal case each of eerebro-air port of the North are stated spinal fever and puerperal fever to be taking shape, were also notifled, as well as four deaths from influenza.

FRENCH COLONIAL

MUSEUM.

PRESIDENT DOUMERGUE, LAYS THE STONE,

PRTIS, Nov. 5. President Doumergue. to-day aid the first stone of the Colonial Museum which is being built for the occasion of the International Colonial Exhibition in 1981

Havas.

The proposals include the pur- chase of threo aeroplanes for a

Crowds Pay Homage. regular mall service to Northern 'Europe and one for reserve,

The great crowds of spectators, Major Atkinson, Chairman of awod by the presence of this centuries old replica of one that the Hull Chamber of Commerce, cred, symbol, stood in allent is declared to be of divine origin, stated to-day that the capital re-reverence and bowed low as it and which is now enshrined at quired is £125,000, which is to be passed, for, great as is the respect. Atauta, near Nagoya, while the Ipercased when a passenger ser-

vice Wirclean, .

becomes possible. British paid to the Emperor as the living Jowels are said to have been hand-

porsonification of the invisible ed down from the Gods direct,

Be that as it may, it is certain gode, this shrine with its precious contenta das about it all the that all three of the objecta fortn mystery that attaches to the unscen ing the regalia are of great ago and Mr. G. T. Padgett was flued $5 and even the Emperor himself has that, for hundreds of your past, they have served as sacred Insignia by Major C. Willson, at the Central to how before it

In its enclent dignity of siruć- and have passed on direct from Police Court this morning," for leaving his car unattended in ture and ornamentation, the one ruler to the next, thereby Queen's Road Central on Wednes Shrine, as it passed by, stood out legitimatising his succession and

(Continued on Page 12.) day last,

against its modern setting of