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POLICE ROUND UP ABDUCTORS.

REGULAR MARKET REVEALED IN CANTON.

DWARF AS DECOY.

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Shanghai, Dec. 10.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1928.

ENGLAND-AFRICA

AVIATION.

AIR ROUTES NOT DEFINITELY SELECTED YET.

LAND OR SEÁ PLANES?

HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM.

LATEST SCHEME NOT ACCEPTABLE.

GOVERNMENT WANTS CHECK ON THE HEADSTRONG.

London, Dec. 13. Questioned in the House of Com- mons to-day regarding the catab- lishment of 'an air service between London and South Africa, Sir Philip Sassoon, Under-Secretary REDUCTION APPROVED for Air, said a number of flights had taken place between London and South Africa and intermediate points.

London, Dee. 19.

́ Lord Clarendon's proposals for An organized gang of abductora who have been the scourge of the

Valuable information had been the reform of the House of Lords Settlement for weeks, and who have widespead ramifications, have been obtained as a result, but the ac-wore again before the Upper brought to book by the Municipal tual detalls of the route selected Chamber to-day.

The Marquis of Reading Police, the arrests including a would depend on whether land dwarfed Chinese who, despite his 28 planes or sea planes were used on (Liberal) sild the proposals were years, looks but a child, and also à cortain parts of the journey. That

Government Cantonese who it la alleged is acting could only be determined when a very distinct advance on the as "buyer" on behalf of a syndicate concrete proposals were formulat-proposals of the

which were put before the House

in Canton which has a regular slave | ed. market in operation.

The Air Minister expected such last year by the late Lord Chan- The six arrested men will approposals to be made in the nearsellor Cave. All were agreed pear in Court this morning, and it future, and if these

rest has been made.

were coll-

is due to vigilance of a Chinese sidered practicable, immediate there must be reform of the House, constable that this important aratops would be taken, in co-opera- with the object of giving nil 11 fair representation tion with the Government of South parties Africa, who were aware of our in- therein. Hitherto it had boen' Im- tention and desire to develop air possible to devise any plan which communications of that nature.would obtain the universal assent British Wireless,

of their Lordships.

Employed by Syndicate,

CHINESE DOCTOR CHARGED.

On Saturday morning, the Chin- es constable had his suspicions aroused when he saw two "child- ren" riding together in a rieslisha. One of the "children" had his the hand tightly clasped over truth of the other, and when t constable stopped the ricksha the dwarf revealed himself # 28 haul years old Cantonese who been employed by the Cantonese syndicate for the purpose of decog-down the medical science from ing children into taking a ricsha father to son; it is kept in the ride with him--preparatory to same tamily?--Yes. being shipped off for Canton for eventual sale in the slave market, which, it is stated, flourishes there,

Dwarf As Decoy. The dwarf, who is in custody, has all the appearance of a mile of about eight years of age, and it is stand that through his agency at last six Chinese children have been deroyed into the hands of the Can- lanese, buyer of slaves during the past week.

ed men are Cantonese,

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Family Traditions.

Mr. Loseby further asked if witnesa also knew of any Chinese physielan whose father was not of the sanie occupation.

Mr. Lindsell:-I suppose the traditions must Mtart family

somewhere. There is a possibility of the race dying out and a new start made somewhere.

Mr. Losuby-The race started, according to tradition, with one. There are such things as doctors multiplying in accordance with the increase in the population.

In a further dissertation on this

Not Acceptable. Continuing, Lord Reading said: any scheme of refoim agreeable to: their Lordships would also hav to gain the assent, of the people; of the country. An examination) of Lord Clarendon's proposals, however, had convinced him that it was quite impossible to accept them in their present form. They must result in a predominantly Conservative membership of the House.

To proceed to the election of 150 Peers by proportional repre- sentation or cumulative vote of the Peers themselves must inevitably

result in very large majority

of Conservative Peers out of that 150.

Amendment Proposed. Lord Newton moved un amend- ment limiting Lord Clarendon's proposals to the preamble, which

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The decoy and his captive were taken to the police station and there the dwarf gave information regard ing the gang which led to the other arrests. There was a general round- up by the police, and all the arrest-aspect of the development of declared the desirability of limit- Chinese medical science, Mr. Lose-ing the number of members of the

House of Lorits and making provi When the men appear in Court by asked if witness knew that a

slon for the elective representation to-day, they will be charged with large number of Chinese practi- of the Peerage and such other re- "slavery," and the C. 1. D. are lioners confined themselves to one

presentation nomination making determined effort to proprietory medicine which had wipe out this insidious business. been handed down to them with

It appears that the undersized the family traditions,

Witness and he man mingle with his victims and

did not know invelgten them into onjoying that such was the case. ricksha ride, and with the excep- tion of the little. fellow who was rescued yesterday, they all finish- ed up in the market at Cantori.

Regular Market..

would ensure to ench political party a fair position in the House. This would eliminate Lord Clarendon'a actual proposals.

Lord Clarendon accepted the amendment, and expressed his will ingness also to substitute the word "reduce" for "limit.".

Dangerous Drugs. Inspector Lane:-Is it not n fact that European drugs of that kind The Marquis of Salisbury, re- might be more dangerous in the plying for the Government, said the hands of Chinese practitioners?---| dißculty on this question lay ra- Investigations go to prove that They would be, through being ther in the House of Commons. How could the Government be there is a regular market in Can-more concentrated. ton with an organization which Dr. E. Kirk, another medical identified with any special method covers not only the main ports of expert called by the prosecution. of reform until its supporters in China, Including Shanghai,, but said he had been in China since the Commons were able to come all the provincial centres. Smail 1910. He was up-country for a

to some agreement? children are inveigled into taking number of years, and while there

Check on Headstrong," motor car or ricksha rides with he saw the workings of purely He had many the abductors and are then shipped Chinese medicine.

Referring to the particular pro- to Canton after being so thorough personal friends who were Chineseposals of Lord Clarendon, he sald ly terrorised that they are afraid herbalists, and had consulted with he thought the Second Cham to make anything in the nature of Chinese practitioners in medical

ought, the whole, 10 an alarm.

There is every reason to believe) The term "herbhuist" was the be Conservative. It was meant to most convenient that could be be a check on careless or head- that the latest capturé of

But the Guy- strong leginition. police involves at least one of the applied to the Chinese practi-ernment could not identify itself principals of this unscrupulous tioner, although not so suitable with Lord Clarendon's proposals. because there were other branches gang of abductors, and it is ex of Chinese medicine, such as

It must not accept a sketch until it pected that the proceedings this

was prepared to fill in the whole morning will throw further lighter surgery where they put on picture, and in this Parliament it

plarters, termed ko peuk...

the

on this despicable business which is being carried on in the Settle. ment, and other places in 'China.

Shanghai Times.

GROUNDLESS FEARS.

MONEY FOR PANTHEON SAFE.

Paris, Dec. 13. It is ascertained that the money subscribed for the Inter-Allied Pantheon at Amiens, to commemo rate the Anglo-French war dend, has been duly handed to the French Government.i

It was stated yesterday that M. Klotz was the promoter of this scheme, and that no statement had been issued as to how the hun- dreds of millions of francs sub- scribed in France and England had been applied.-Reuter.

GREEK GOVERNMENT BONDS.

READY RESPONSE MADE IN LONDON.

London, Dec. 13. -The issue in London-to-day of £4,000,000 of six per cent, sterling bonds of the Greek Government met with a ready response, and the subscription lists were closed this morning-British Wircless.

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Other Methods. Westerners, also knew that these Chinese practitioners used needles and also used a method of counter- irritation by pinching and suction, causing livid marks to the part trented. Such methods were not compatible with the use of the term "herbalist." Those methods were all of great antiquity and tradition.

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Lord Newton's amendment was adopted by 62 votes to 8-British

Wireless.

SERIOUS NANKING

ROWDYISM.

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In reply to a query from Mr. Loseby, witness sald with refer--"Diplomatic affairs cannot be once to a word he previously used successful by word of mouth. In in evidence: My meaning of future, no procession is to be car- "consulting" is that Chinese herb- ried out without permission from alists always sought my advice. I the responsible authorities." never sought theirs.

Witness agreed with Mr. Dovey's definition of the essential difference between Western and Chinese medicine, but explained that, it was not quite complete in as ho had mentioned so far previously that the Chinese had other methods of treatment. The case was adjourned.

FINE TO CLOUDY.

Crowd's Regrets.

Marshal Chiang told the mob to appoint a delegate, from each of the organisations to see him the next day, but no delegate was op- pointed.

Suddenly one of the crowd yel- led out that they regretted the disturbance. Marshal Chiang was then asked about the Shanghai opium scandal and on receiving a satisfactory reply, the mob loft.

Mr. Tokonami returned to Shanghai last night-Nam Chung Pao.

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