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FOUNDED WATAANUT MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1929.

NO 22,663

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BITAL SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS

LULL AT THE HAGUE. DISAGREEMENT IN REPORTED STRIKE LOST IN BORNEO

MR. SNOWDEN WAITING

CONFIDENTLY.

BRITISH RETORT TO FOREIGN CRITICISMS.

PROMISE TO GERMANY.

Britain emphatically refuses to assent to the contention of the French, Italian, Belgian and Japanese delegates at the Hague Conference, that the Young Plan must be accepted or rejected as a whole. It is pointed out that there is nothing to prevent its alteration,, and British Press comment says that it must be altered.

A British Memorandum to the other creditor Powers is couched in vigorous terms, leaving no room for ambiguity,

Mr. Snowrien, it is suggested, has only consented to the formation of a Committee of Experts to consider the proposals made to him because he is confident that the experts will support his view that they are hopelessly inadequate to cover British

demands.

YOUNG PLAN CAN BE ALTERED

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BRIBERY TRIAL.

JUDGE DIFFERS FROM

THE JURY.

DESCRIBES THE EVIDENCE AS

VERY FLIMSY.

ON EMPRESS.

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'CHINESE' CREW IN DISPUTE ON BOARD.

POLICE POSSE SENT?

Rumours were current in the Colony this afternoon to the effect that the Chinese members of the erew of the CPR. liner "Empress of Russia" and gone on strike, and that a posse of police had, been sent on board.

$200 FINE IMPOSED. After the Pulsne Judge (Mr. Justice Wood) and dissociated him self from a verdiet of "guilt," Just before going to pross, we brought in by a jury on a bribery learn that the crew is still on board charge at the Criminal Sessions this morning, he imposed a fine of $200. the Empress, but there is obviously The accused was Lung Chik-waha dispute in progress, which, it is and he was charged with offering bribe of $60 to Lance Sergt. Melood when being taken to the Police Station with opium in his

possession.

a conviction.

JUNGLES.

AMERICAN SCIENTISTS

MISSING.

*SUDDEN END TO CONTACT BY RADIO.

MURDER MOOTED.

Manila, Aug. 15, Three American scientists who started on July 16 into the wildest portion of central Borneo, and whose only means of communica- tion with civilization was a rudio possible, may have been necom-Maher, a member of the Amateur panied by threats on the part of the mulcontents to leave the ship.

We have endeavoured to get fur- ther information from official sources without result, but at the

contact with Commander S. M

Radio Relay League at Mania, are believed to be lost, perhaps killed by natives, in jungle territory where white men have never huen before.

August 6th by Commander Mathes, They were last heard from on Seamen's Union we were informed who had been in daily contact with that members of the crew have re-them up to that time, and last fused to pay an amount of $2 per night local representatives of the trip, which has been collected for American Radio Relyet some time past to meet this free imposed by the U.S. authorities for "PMIZ." breaches of the Immigration law.

During the course of the case, his i Lordship said he had never heard of evidence less likely to lead to a con-offices of the recently-established viellon, and at the end of his sun- ming up he said it was the most flimsy evidence on which to support come the jury brought in their verdici, after a short retirement. his Lordship said: "I don't wish to comment unfavourably on your verdict. It is not my impression and I wish to dissociate myself from the verdict."

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ZEPPELIN FLYING OVER JAPAN.

EXPECTED AT TOKYO THIS AFTERNOON.

WIRELESS. PICKED UP.

Tokyo, Aug. 19, The Graf Zeppelin is making a splendid trip. The giant airship is now over Japanese territory, making for Tokyo, and she is expected at the capital in the course, of the afternoon.

A wireless message was re- ceived from the airship at seven o'clock this morning, giving her position as Latitude 43.20 North, Longitude 140.21 East...

That places her in the vicinity of the Kamulsaki Lighthouse, off roughly five hundred miles from Tokyo.

the west coast of Hakodate, and

Dr. Eckener has pursued a rather strange course, probably because of weather dificulties.

The Graf Zeppelin's position is such that she has to travel in a S.S.W. direction for Tokyo.

Happy Valley,

CHINESE MASSING AT MANCHULI.

CLASH WITH RUSSIAN TROOPS FEARED.

COMMUNISTS AT WORK 'IN. HARBIN.

FURTHER SABOTAGE.

Tokyo, Aug. 19.

Chinese

The vanguard of the expected reinforcements has arrived at Manchull, bringing field-guns and machine-guns, according to reliable intelligence from the frontier town.

It is alleged that some thou. sands of Russian troops are still in Chinoso torritory, with de- fences up, near Manchuli.

From Harbin

this morning come sensational reports of Soviet plots,

A

Bombing at Harbin, number of unidentißed The worst part of the Zeppelin's individuals threw bombs at the journey round the world is thought engineers' quarters near. Harbin gave up hope of raising their call,to be over. The crossing of vast last night, killing three,

uncharted regions In Siberia,

The Chinese allege that this presented the navigation officers attack in the work of Soviet with a tremendous problem, parti-sabotagers. The expedition is headed by cularly as weather reporta

The Chinese authorities have not available east of Moscow. also issued an official report of fessor of Anthropology of tho Reuter. University of Chiengo. There are

un attempt to blow up, the

embers of Parly,

Mr. Somerset Fitzroy prosecuted getting into-touch during the thinProfessor Theodore Seelman, pro-

for the Crown and Mr. Leo | D'Almada, jnr., Instructed by Mr.

Leo D'Almada, snr., defended.

Sergeant Enters Car,

Mr. Pitzroy sald that at 4,25. am, on the morning of July 19, Sergent MeLeod stopped a motor car, In which the accused riding, when it was outside the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.

WAS

Whether this is the true explana- tion of the trouble, we are unable to say, owing to the impossibility of

hour with officials of the Company.

Another report suggests that the payments referred to were intended for a loent Unlou.

NOMINAL FINE FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.

are

the

two radio experts, II. W. Wells, An earlier message stated that Sungari iron bridge with Washington, D.C., and John Pro- at seven o'clock last night, the dynamite. The attempt .Was since, Red Lodge, Montana. They Zeppelin was in Lat. 53.68, proceed-made at five o'clock this morning are both connected with the Alling steadily down the Tartary and it was frustrated by

Strait.

́special guarda, who opened fire Experis think she will reach the on the marauders with machine- aerodrome at Kasumigaura at seven guns. It was too dark to abserve o'clock this eventry, approximately all the miscreanta, but one of 100 hours after her departure from them, a Chinese Communist, whe Friedrichshafen.

killed. Reuter.

The Hague, Aug. 18. asking for the rights to which it A lull in the drama of the con-j is entitled by agreements. Great férvace is now Help until Tues- Britain must recover, afther· by day or Wednesday when the annuities or a capital, the sum of Treasury experts of the prelitor £2,400,000 a year which she loses Powers will have finished their under the Young Plan proposals, calculations of the meaning of the us well

ILA share in the proposade submittel to Britain, by unconditional annuities approxi- France, Italy, Belgium and Japan. mating, to her due percentage When Sergt. McLeod looked in UNSATISFACTORY SYSTEM OF Chicago concern.

Some surprise is expressed that not equivalent to It. Mr. Snowden agreed to the forma tion of this speeird anb-committee,

lieve.

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The Main Point,

the car, he noticed a wrapped-up parced beside the accused, who

WAGE PAYMENT.

Japanese correspondents on haard radioed that they expected to reach Japanese territory at midnight-Reurtr

Tokyo, Later.

American Mohawk Radio Corpora- tion of Chicago."

The expedition is named the All American-Lyric Malaysian Ex- pedition and their sponsors are Corey and Colbert owners of the

The parpose of the expedition aside from the study of the races that inhabit the Island of Borneo is to study and take dafly observa- tione, along the tropical and The Zeppelin wirelessed her equatorial belt and to record the position at nine o'clock this mor strength of the signals of certain ning as Lat. 41.46 North, Long. amateur and commercial radio 141.34 East, which places her near stations for a period of one year Shiriyazaki, the most northerly The defendant admitted be to determine the reason for the cape of the main island of Japan. charge, but stated that the cam-fade-outs" along the tropical-Renter plainant owed him $100 wiges belt.. which had been refused him.

there

The complainant admitted that was about $15 due to the defendant, and, in reply to his Worship, said that his fokis were not paid on any particular day. They drew whatever money they required from time to time.

was the only passenger. When A nominal fine of $10, or 14 It is understood he feels certals The Memorandum deals with he examined the pureel, ire daya hard labour in defnult, was that the Experts will and that the arguments and the proposals found It contained opium, so he imposed by Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith the yield from the proposed put forward in the note of the entered the car, with the accused, at the Kowloon Magistracy this allocations will be very B foar Powers. It states that she and fold the driver, who was morning, when a shop fok! was smaller than the four Powers be British Government cannot agree accompanied by another man, to charged with embezzling $98 be

that the work of the Experts' drive to Central Police Station. longing to his master. Consequently, they will then Committee must be dealt with as

As they were proceeding along know how much more money must whole and cannot be re-discussed. Jee House Street, neeused pro- be found in order to satisfy The Experts were independent and heed wo notes from a pucket, Britain's just demands.

Įdid not bind their governments, and and, folding up the larger one, Signor Pirelli (taly) has ean-this was recognised by the British slipped it under Sergt. MeLear's

M. and the coiled his journey to Rome,

French Governments hand which was resting on his their appointment Jasper, the Belgian Premier, has before

and knee, preceding it with the re- visit to Brussels during their meetings. left for

mark in English: "How much Kentor,

The British Government has you want?" ho desire to alter the The Sergeant said "What do fundsmental part of the Young you mean 2" He then passed the

·Pian and will accept it as regards | note to his other hand and certain His Worship said the system was "You may rest assured that we the payments to be made by words passed, but, as, Sergt. unsatisfactory, and there was no will watch Germany's interests Germany, which was the main point | Metaad did

understand I wonder that the not closely." Mr. Snowden is reported on whick the Experts' advice was Chinese and apparently the tempted to 'stenl. to have told the Deutsche Allgeme- asked.

accused did not understand English. ine Zeitany's correspondent at the

it

,!rown WAS not Hague,

whether they understood each Mr. Snowden added that while

All the British Government other. Germany was involved in the pre desires is to bring the distribu- Replying to his "Lordship, Mr. seni discute, she was not concerned tion of the whole of the annuities Fitzroy said there were 2.8 inela with finding a means of covering and the unconditional part of of opium, for possession of which the finial differences or a method them to conformity with existing the accused was fined $220, of distribution of reparations, agreements, which are binding which he paid. "

Germany's laterests,

Berlin, Aug. 18:

Haly's Luck,

Accused's Dental.

The correspondent emphasises the upon the Governments who signed importance of the statement on the them. The Young' Plan does not, kround that the last two offers of na suggested by the other Powers, the four other creditor Powers were offer to Great Britain the advan made at a cast to Germany-Reuter tages which would compensate for charged and answered that

French Propaganda..

London. Aug. 18.

the sacrifice under it.

The Italian Governmunt bad (claimed, and obinined.

a settle.

While it has been suggested on ment of their war debt to Great the Continent that the last offer Britain

anprecedenteilly

un

of the four creditor Powers opposed favourable terms under the plen

to Britain represented eighty per that they were entitled to a com-

cent.

did not give $60 to the sergeant,

he

"No, no." Witness understood ac-

of the British demand, this paratively small share of repara-cased to he asking him not to Iridiens by the British delegations. tion, which says that about twenty per cent. only was offered.

take him to' the Police Station,! but he did not think accused was asking him not to take the note. He thought it was a $10 note at first, but when it was opened at the Police Station it was found to be worth $50,

defendant was

THE RAINFALL.

LESS THAN EIGHT INCHES

BELOW AVERAGE.

LI CHAI-SUM.

FORMALLY RELEASED THIS

Into the Interior.

The expedition, after establish- ing a main base at Poerock, Tahoe (Central Borneo) about 10 miles south of the equator, and leaving John Province at this base, organized a party, to go into the interior of central Borneo. The party consisted of Seelman, Wells, and Captain J. L. de Quant, Dutch provincial commander, with nine picked men as escorts.

GANDHI'S DIETETIC

EXPERIMENT.

NOW OBEYING HIS DOCTOR'S ORDERS,

Poland Involved?

Warsaw, Aug. 18. Young Communiate, forty in number, demonstrated inst night in front of the Foreign Office against sentences recently passed on Com- munists by the Government."

They smashed the windows with stones and then fled, followed by police and a crowd. A number of Reds, mostly Jews, were arrested.

It is understood the demonstra- tion has some connexion with the present Sino-Russian troubles, as it is known that the Soviet considers that Poland is involved in her Far Eastern difficulties,Router.

Chinese Warship Captured,

Harbin, Aug, 18. Seven Russian gunboats, proceed. Ing along the Sungari River near to its confluence with the Amur, this Chinese morning, encountered a warehip, taking her by surprise, and capturing her with all hands after a brief fight,

Ahmedabad, Apg. 18, - Gandhi, the Indian Nationalist leader, has adopted meilen ad- vice to take goat's milk curd, fol- was lowing an The route to be followed

indisposition which the Murung River, at the head-was due to a dietelle experiment water of which no white man has by Gandhi.

to cat ever set foot.

Apparently, he decided The party planned to keep in only uncooked foods. This quick contact with the outside world only brought on a mild form of en-

small Bunges radio set of their teritis, from which he is still boats have since been demonstrat- ing at certain Chinese villages own design. The set had not the suffering, though there is no cause along the River.

to reuch further than for anxiely.-tenter, Manila, so the aid of the local stations was sought to relay the

power

Daily Contact.

AMERICAN RAILWAY

ACCIDENT.

FOURTEEN KILLED IN BI DERAILMENT.

The gunboat has been seized and taken into Russian territory. No- thing has been heard of her since. It is learned that the Russian

Anti-Japanese Feeling..

Shanghai, Aug. 18. Chinese feeling is reported to be running high against Japan as the result of incidents at Mukden on Friday and yesterday... Four thou sand Japanese troops took part in special military manoeuvrea in the auburbs of. Mukden, which the Chinese interpreted as demonstra-

tions. New York, Aug. 18.-. Fourteen persons were killed in

For the 24 hours ended at 10 a.m. to-day, the rainfall registered at On arrival at the Police Station, the Royal Observatory was 0.27- continued counsel,

inch. This makes the year's total, messages. accused wag

so far, 53.22 inches, compared with an average of 61.09 inches, or a

The party left on the morning Giving evidence, Sergt. McLeod deficit of 7.87 inches.

The past four days have yield-of July 16th and Province, who said that when the note was ed 5.95 Inches of rain, this includ- was left behind, kept daily contact placed under his hand he drew ing 6.64 on Friday, 1,92 on Satur- with them us did Commander it away and put it into his other day. 1.22 yesterday. hand, whereupon accused sald

Mathes of Manila..

They finally arrived in the Mu rung River section, about August

A protest was lodged with the 4th when a message was received from Tombangolong near the head a serious mishap to a Transcon Japanese Consular authorities, ac waters of Murung. They stated Linental train to-day. The engine cording to Mukden messages, but: that they were sufe but that the and a large number of carriages the Japanese troops were out river was hard going because of were derailed. The exact number again yesterday, practising with. the rapids and strong currents. of those Injured is not yet known. machine-guns etc.

Similar "demonstrations". The train was travelling from The natives according to the message appeared friendly, St. Louis to San Francisco when reported to have been staged at Cross-examined by Mr. D'Al-

The natives in this section.are.it ran off the line near Henriette Changchun. mada, witness said he had been

the Dyaks and Purans. Little is in Oklaḥama, Twelve of those in the service for two years and

known of the Punans but the killed

negroes, Reuter's ten months, and he understood

Dyaks are u tribe of aborigines of American Service.. somo Chinese. Ife had no cer Bath Marshal Chiang Kai-shek | Malayan speech but differing in tificato. He stopped the car and Mr. Wu Jan-min sent déle-stature with more Caucasian fea- New proposals for deliveries in because it was going rather fast gates to welcome the former Can- turns and of very much lower kind, which are, vague and in-and because there had been an ten leader following his formal re- civilization. Both races definite, are less favourable to armed robbery previously and he lense which took effect this morn-from peaceful, and Httle is known The British delegation's reply Great Britain than tho Versailles was on

the look-out in conseing.

of the Punans, who principally in- to these inadequate proposals Treaty and, in any case, would | quenes. -'.

habit the upper Murung River where no white man has consists of a covering letter and not compensate 'Great Britain for

been. memorandum, The former sug-other funnelul sacrifices.

From Parly.

Incidentally they did not suveest | any sacrifice whatever from Italy. ar France, but proposed to increase! the British share to a certain ex- tent at the expense of the shares of minor Powers,

Mr. Snowden bas ninde It known that he is not prepared to buy a concession to Great Britain at the expense of the rights of the smaller Powers.

to

Serious Effort Needed.

Yet it was now proposed that Italy's share in Germins annuity should be increased Bt the expense of Great Britain not for the purpose of covering her debt liabilities but in order to provide her with a substan-". tial surplus over all above full war debt cover,

Search Duty.

MORNING.

Nanking, Aug. 19. Marshal Li Chiu-sum has re- turned from Tangahun do Nanking and is now 'residing at Military Headquarters.

1.

SHOWERY WEATHER, .

· are far

were

THE INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE..

Mukden Conference.

Are

Mukden, Aug. 18. The head of the Manchurian Government, General Chang Hush-Hang has called an impor tant millary conclave at Mulden! and Invitations have been extend. ed to General Chang Tao-hsiang, military governor of Kirin, Gen- aver GERMÁNY DEFEATS UNITED-erál. Wan Ru-lin, Garrison Com-

STATES.

mander of Heilungkiang and Gen- gests that if the conference in The British Memorandum and Witnees denied that he started

eral Chang Ching-huaj and otherá Rucceed a further and more the Decompanying, letter. were to search the accused in Ice House

New York, Aug. 18.

to come to Mukden. The discus- serious effort must be made to considered by the leading dele-Street, He agreed it was part of The Royal Observatory reports. On August 6th the last message

Germany won the series of slon will be confined to the steps meet the British position.

gates of the four other creditor his duty to search accused, but that a weak anticyclone la central was heard from PZM being sent yncht races for the President which the Manchurian Govern- The Note from the other Powers Powers last night and the nego he did not do so because he found over South Japan. A depression of from Toembang Topus and stated Hoover Cup at Marblehead, Mas-ment, is to adopt segarding the

are continuing. repeats, in a vague manner, sug. tiations

Mr. the oplum,

considerable intensity has develop. that the party was safe and that

sachusetts, AL MON

Russian Invasions and demonstra- gestions already discussed and Snowden has agreed that a com: His Lordship pointed out that ed over the Gulf of Tongking; it they had a full collection of The eighteen-year-old Mias Eli-tions on the frontiers rejected by the British delegation mittee of financial experts should witness meant to say that if he will probably move westwards: weapons and photographs. They zabeth Tovey, in "Oridle" won the The latest plans of the "Young

investigate the precise value of had searched accused it would The forecast till noon to-morrow indicated by their mesenge that the as quite inadequate.

The British delegation claims the offer made to Britain. This have been in the course of his is winds, fresh, cloudy, natives were still friendly and final race, but German helmsmen General Include the dispatch of were second, third and fourth the 12th Manchurian Regiment no unfair-advantage, but is simply (Continued on Page 12.)

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