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TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1929.

POLICE SERVANTS ATTEMPT ON LIFE

IN FIGHT.

FIERCE BATTLE BETWEEN RIVAL GROUPS.

SEQUEL IN COURT.

OF GENERAL.

HANKOW SHOOTING

INCIDENT.

OF. FENG?

An incident approximating a riot WOULD-BE ASSASSIN AGENT occurred at the No. 8 Police Station list night when the coolies and "boys" employed at the place engaged in a fight in which, they

STREET FOUNTAIN SQUABBLE.

WOMAN WHO SAID SHE HAD WAITED ALL DAY.

CHARGE OF DISORDER,

"She pointed a finger at me and called me names," said a Chinese constable in support of a charge of disorderly conduct against an old Chinese woman and her daughter,

were joined by a number of out- THE WAR IMMINENT? at the Police Court this morning. side sympathisers.

From the statements in Court: this morning,' when seven of the men were charged; it would appear that for some time past, there had been bad feeling between two houseboys, and last night came the decision to settle the differences by combat.

Shanghai, June 17. Alleged to be the work of an agent of Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang, an attempt was made on the life of General Chu Chpo-liang in Han- kow, yesterday morning.

Only brief detalls of the sensa- Returning with a number of tional affair are so far avaliable, sympathisers, one of the parties in but it is learned that General Chu the quarrel called upon his Chao-liang was boarding a train advisary to show fight. The In-at Hankow on the first stage of a vitation appeared to have been trip to Nanking at the special re- accept with alberity, not only questiof Marshal Chiang Kai-shek by the man to whom it was extend-when a fairly well-dressed Chin- ed but by other servants at the ese suddenly appeared on the station as well.

platform and opened fire on the General, firing a number of shots.

The original motives bringing the parties together appeared to have been completely, lost sight of in the general eagerness to make most of the opportunity.

Miraculous Escape.

The General had a miraculous though опе of his The barassed European police escape,

received a slight officers quartered at the station, bodyguard were unable to restore order until wound.

The would-be saanssin was im- some fifty policemen had been aent for. The fight was over by the mediately overpowered and hand- time, they arrived but the arrested over to the Commander of the was effected of three servants, Carrison at Hankow, two of them being the principals in the affair, and also four other men, outsiders, who said they were visiting."

All seven men were cautioned by Mr. Hamilton, who heard the case this morning, whilst four "outside" men were fined $5 on a charge of trespassing.

DEATH OF A NOTED CORRESPONDENT.

SIR MAURICE LOW DIES IN AMERICA.

General Chu Chao-ling, who has been preparing for an advance against Feng Yu-hsinng from-Hu- peh, and is one of Chiang's most trusted lieutenants, has postponed his trip to Nanking. He is the commander of the Nanking 8th Division.

Decision Expected,

Shanghai, June 18. The second plenary session of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang is closing this morning, when it is expected that' the Government attitude towards Feng Yu-halang will take a decisive turn,

Important Generals who are al- Washington, June 17.

tending the Congress are expected The death has occurred here of to leave for the front immediate- Sir A. Maurice Low, the chiefly, and it is rumoured that Mar- Amerionn correspondent of the shai Chiang will shortly inspect London Morning Post-Reuter's the troops on the Lung-Hai Rail-

way.-Renter.

American Service.

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War Soon.

[The late Sir Maurice Low was; born in London in 1860 and was educated at King's College School, London, and in Austria. He acted

Shanghal, June 17, correspondent during the The outbreak of hostilities be Spanish-American War. He was tween Nanking and Feng Yu- the holder of several foreign de-halang is imminent, according to

sources. A corations, and was knighted in well-informed

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1922. His works include "The patch from. Peking quotes the American People," "The American private secretary of General Ho at Home," and a life of Woodrow Cheng-chan, (Nanking'a peace Wilson:]

WOMAN ORDERS PETS TO BE KILLED.

WILL OF FOUNDER OF HOME FOR CATS AND DOGS.

BESTESANAN KARANGURSAK3 2014013££££;

A COMMON DUTY.

Whether you are in/the home or in the oflice, do your best to prevent the wastage of water.

"In case my three dos, εινα love birds and two ennaries beNOREGON (ICHELINE JA alive at my death the trustees aro.

Testifying bofore Mr. E. W. Hamilton, the constable said he saw fourteen bucketa at the hend of a water queue, unattended by anyone except for the old woman and her daughter. As he removed the buckets (he explained that ho did not kick them) and allowed only four tins to remain in the line, he was met with a storm of abuse from the old woman, who pointed a finger at him.

She mocked his calling as a policeman, and threatened to pro- ceed against him through the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, the whole number of whose employees, she explained, were her clansmen. She also said that the sight of a policeman did

not frighten her much, as there were any number of policemen staying at her place.

After having been once taken to the Police Station and warned by the Inspector, she continued the tirade for another hour. Hér daughter also took up the cudgels To obtain peace, on her behalf. witness said he was at length com- felled once again to take the two women to the Police Station, where they were then put on the charge

sheet.

The old

woman told the magi- strate that after waiting a whole day without getting a drop of water, she had the chagrin of being turned out of the line. She said tho constable followed her to her residence and that it was there that he arrested her. She дво complained of the action of an im patient Inspector, who threw a book at her head in the charge room.

The defendants were remanded bail being allowed in the sum of for 24 hours for further enquiries,

$10 each.

STRONG CRITICISM

OF POLICE.

(Continued from Pope 1.)

was almost a set formula used by the interpreter in explaining the objects of the parade.

A Public Danger.

The Chief Justice then made the remarks quoted above and sald he could not accept the evidence. Addressing the jury he nald that identification parades played a great part in the administration of criminal justice. It was essential that they should be most carefully carried out or else there might he grave miscarriages of justice. Apparently the Police could not understand, but he hoped they would understand after this case, The witness ilid not know Chinese- and he asked the jury to guess at what took place. It was unfair to everyone and became a public danger. He must ask the jury to return a verdict of not guilty."

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The jury held a brief consuita- Goldwyn

to instruct Mrs. Florence Bonat to emissary to Shansi) as saying that chloroform them in a box con- one of the terms offered by the structed for them, and she is to Nanking leaders was that the receive £20."

"Christian" General should arrive The above was a clause in the in Shansi not later than June 17th tion, the foreman then intimating will of Mrs. Zoe de Longueville to join the party of Marshal Yen that they would like to hear the Rutledge, of Ferdinand-street, Kal-shan which was to leave interpreter at the identification Haverstock Hill, N.W., founder of China.

parade. The Chief Justice point- the London Institution for Loat Feng has given no indication ofed out that the interpreter was and Starving Cats, carried on at any intention of leaving his strong-not in the depositions and was not hold at Shens and complying with there. They did not know what that address.

this demand, and it is practically took place at the parade. certain that Nanking will take the initiative and declare war;

Mrs. Rutledge, who was 76 and a widow, died in February. She left £3,271 gross and her bequests included:

Prepared For War.

To, Harold Percy Carter her Webley and Scott automatic pocket General Liu Chen-hua, com- revolver with 100 cartridges per-mander of the 11th Route Army, feetly new.

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now in Tientsin, to-day stated that ho had received instructions to direct the transport of his troops from Tientsin to Changteh, in readiness to open hostilities,

He regarded the rumours of the Impending retirement of Feng as entirely without truth, and added that Nanking does not propose to take any further risks.

Prisoner Discharged.

The jury held another brief cou- sulation and then in accordance with His Lordship's ruling return- ed a verdict of not guilty.

Addressing Mr. Holmes, the Chief Justice sufd:-"Something must be done about this. It is disgraceful. It in essential that these parades should be properly! carried out. It is perfectly easy to follow the rules. An identifica- tlon parade is a most valuable stage in a criminal prosecution. It is. monstrous of the Police not to take the right steps. Suroly an Assistant Superintendent of Doubting the bona fides of the Police who carries out a parade "turncout" Kuominchun leaders, must have some rudimentary ideas Han Fu-chu and Shih Yiu-sang, of the laws of evidence." Marshal Chiang is aald to have The prisoner was discharged. lasued a decree in Nanking order- Ing their troops at Chengehow and Kaifeng to evacuate and to hand and the relinquishment of his over the control of Honan to the Interests in Ilonan and Shenet. JAPANESE VOLCANO. troops of Tang Seng-chi and Fong

CHASE NATIONAL LINKED WITH NATIONAL PARK.

New York, June 17. The third largest bank in the United States has been created by the merger of the Chase National Bank and the National Park Bank. The Joint resources of the two concerns is in the neighbourhood of G.$1,700,000,000. Reuter's American Service,

HOT ASHES SET, FIRE.

TO FARMHOUSES.

Tokyo, June 17 Komagatake, the active volcano at the head of Muroran Bay, Hokkaido, has crupted, emitting

causing tremors.

The “Mutinous" Troops.

Chen-wu, the commanders of the Nanking vanguard.

The orders are that the troops under Han Fu-cha should go to Western Shantung and those under Shih Yiu-san to Northern Anhul.

A Nanking Offer.

Chiang's Tour.

According to Nanking reports Marshal Chiank Kai-shek, Presi- dent of the National Government, is likely to leave Nanking Wednesday to begin a tour of troop Inspection on the Tientaln-Pukow Railway.

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quantities of ash and smoke and According to another Peking The President is to be accom-j The falling ashes set fire to the telegram regarding the pesce panied by cadets of the Nanking

overturea, Marahal Yon Hel-shan Military College. thatched roofs of neighbouring has cabled to Feng Yu-halang He will stop at the following farms, but no serious damage has offering him one million dollars as cities: Heuhelen, Linwelkwan, been reported thus far, Reuter, compensation for his retirement Fengfow, Hsuchowfu,

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