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China Buliding:

DEATH SENTENCE WITHOUT TRIAL.

UNIQUE IN HISTORY OF THE COLONY.

MURDERËR INSISTS ON PLEA OF GUILTY.

NO SIGN OF INSANITY:

"It is no good"wasting time and suffering in gaol," said Yim Yat- hong making it clear to the Chief Justice (Sir Henry Gollap) at the Criminal Sessions this morning that he pleaded guilty to the murder of Lo Lau at Second Street,

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DOUBLE MURDER AT TAI-O,

MAN AND WOMAN KILLED WITH CHOPPERS.

EYE-WITNESS' STORY.

A double murder, with robbery suspected as the motive, is re- ported from Tul-0.

The preliminary report, issued to the various police stations on the

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MASTER'S ESCAPE U. S. COASTGUARD BRITAIN'S TREATY CHINA'S MINISTER

FROM PIRATES.

CAPT. HAALAND TURNS UP AT HAICHOW.

[MATE STILL PRISONER.

Shanghal, Sept. 20 After complete absence of news. of the fate of Captain Hagland, the master of the Norwegian sis. Botnia and Mr. Westerheim, the chief | officer of the steamer, for over a

anexpectedly at Panpu, the port of Halchow yesterday.

OUTRAGE.

CANADIAN SKIPPER'S.

ALLEGATIONS:

i

SHELLED TWENTY SIX MILES FROM THE COAST.

WITH IRAK.

POLITICAL CRISIS ENDED

BY NEW OFFER.

EGYPT AS THE BASIS.

Bagdad, Sept. 19. The political crisis in Irak, which has proved troublesome for several months, has been

over-

TO LONDON:

INTERVIEW WITH MR. ALFRED SZE.

HOPES EXTRALITY PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED.

mainland, gives seanty details of EXAMPLE FOLLOWED. weck, Captain Haaland turned up PREVIOUS INCIDENTS. come by a new offer by the British ANGLO-CHINESE AMITY“

the affair. It states that a number of men, during the commission of what is believed to be an armed robbery, assaulted a Chinese man. and a woman at Tai-0, inflicting fatal cuts with choppers, from which both the victims expired.

The name of the murdered man the woman is not yet known.

Geneva, Sept. 19.

coast.

Government, the Mandatory Po wer.

recom-

West Point, on August 11. His is given as Tse Ling, but that of national Justice, thus binding the sent concerning Captain Haaland's the incident will develop into an-Nations in the year 1932, and in Sze. Mr. Sze and his party were

Lordship indicated that it would be better for accused to plead not guilty so that all the facts could be heard, but accused insisted on his ples and his Lordship, having no power to enter a plea of not guilty in the circumstances, sentenced accused to death with

Mr. Arthur Henderson, the

It is learned that he made a sen- Secretary of State for Foreign sational escape from the bandits, Affairs, this afternoon signed, on

but he was forced to make his behalf of Great Britain, the dash for freedom alone, and then to Optional Clause of the Statute of make his way through rough coun- the Permanent Court of Inter-try to civilisation.

No details are available at pre- British Government to submit all the time of the commission of the court.

The police circular does not give disputes to arbitration of the experiences, though no doubt be has a thrilling story to tell. Nothing crime, beyond the fact that a re-

is known at present regarding the port was received at the Pai-O land, South Africa and India!

The representatives of New Zea-Tate of the other officers, Station at 3.25 this morning. The followed his example.

The Norwegiang.s. Botnia, it will Australia be recalled, was attacked by pirates brief detalls then available were and Canada did not sign.

Aus on Thursday last week after the phoned through to the other out-tralia was unable to do so owing steamer had grounded on the bar It is believed that this is the lying stations, and Police Head-to the Cabinet crisis in Australia near Haichow and was completely first time in the history of the quarters received a preliminary and the pending general election, helpless. The master and chief Colony that sentence of death has statement of the affair at a later while the Canadian representative officer were captured and taken been passed without a trial,

hour this morning.

has been unable to obtain Instruc-away for ransom, a sum of half a The accused was represented by

It was indicated that, as a re-tions from his Government owing million dollars being demanded for Mr. W. N. Thomas Tam, but when sult of investigations, an eye to the fact that there has been no their release, accompanied by a charged he said: "I plead guilty. I witness has been secured in the meeting of the Canadian Cabinet. threat of murder in the event of the in ballast, flying the Canadian in Bagded to-day, paid a tribute

but a trial.

I admit it."

His Lordship said he would pre- fer a plea of not guilty to be enter ad and the evidence taken.

Tell him," he continued to the interpreter, "that he is accused of killing this man intending to kill

him."

Intended to Kill

In reply to his Lordship, accused said "I say I am guilty."

His Lordship:He means that he killed him?—Yes.

Was it because he intended to kill him?—Yes,

Well, I don't know what I can do if he insists upon pleading guilty. I must accept the plea,

Mr. Tam:-He la in a mood when he will plead guilty to anything. His LordehipWell, I am in a difficult position. If he insists upon pleading guilty, I am quite sure I am bound to accept it. a:

• Mr. Tam:--I cannot say he is unfit to plead."

His Lordship:-Well, I am afraid that I must take the plea and you must make recommendn- tions elsewhere.

Mr. Tam asked his Lordship to explain the position to accused once again, and his Lordship did So, after which counsel for the de- fonce conaulted accused, and also had a brief conversation with Dr. A. Cannon, who was sitting by the dock.

Accused would not älter is plea, and Mr. Tam said he could not get medical evidence to say that accused was now of unsound mind.

His Lordship:-That is the trouble.

Mr. Tam:-But you can tell it

by his demeanour.

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person of the son of the murdered man. He is reported to have iden.

Contribution to Peace.

money not being, forthcoming,

Halifax, Sept. 19.

His Excellency Mr. Alfred Sze, Considerable sensation has been

the Chinese, Minister to the Court aroused by the allegations of Cap- Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's Go- tain McLeod, of the Canadian vernment has offered to

of St. James, arrived in Hongkong motor-ship Shawnee, regarding the

by the .s. Kitano Maru this shelling incident off the New York mend unconditionally the admis-

morning on his way to London, sion of Irak to the League of There is every indication, that

being accompanied by Madame ·

the meantime to take steps to met by Mrs. Tong (the wife of the other "I'm Alone" affair.

The United States authorities prepare a draft of an Anglo- veteran statesman, Mr. Tong Shao- declare that the Shawnee has been Irakian Treaty, which will be yi) who is aunt, to Mrs. Sze by listed as à rum-runner. They say that the master refused to stop based generally on the terms of marriage. when signalled by a coastguard the Anglo-Egyptian settlement, cutter, which in the first place

Chinese friends of Mr. Sze In: fired three blank shots as a warn recently announced.

Hongkong also welcomed him ing and then two shells.

This conciliatory offer has had upon his arrival here and a tea the result of placating all the is being given in his honour by Sino-American - Returned rival political parties in Irak, and the a new Cabinet has already been Students Union at the Hongkong formed under Sir Abdul Muhsin. Hotel roof garden this afternoon.

The new Premier, in a speech Anglo Chinese Friendship.

Interviewed by the Telegraph. this morning, Mr. Sze and ph glad of the opportunity of again taking up work in London and of continuing his efforts in further cementing Anglo-Chinese re- lations. He also expressed plea- sure in visiting Hongkong, again and being afforded the opportunity

Colony.

Capt. McLeod's Allegations. Captain McLeod says emphati- cally that he was on his way from Bermuda to Halifax, Nova Scotia, The Norwegian Charge d'Affaires ensign. He says he was at least tified one of the assailants as a Mr. Henderson, in a brief speech telegraphed to the Foreign Minis-twenty-six miles off the New York to the British Government's con- young man, of about 26 years of preliminary to the signature, sald ter stating that in view of the coast when his ship was fired on ciliatory and far-sighted policy, age, who goes by the nickname of that by agreeing to refer her dis- frequent recent assurances that the without warning. Two of the but declared that in the long run, the pock-marked lad. The in-putes with other nations to the Chinese authorities are able to pro- shots from the coastguarder hit Irak would accept nothing short

of compléte independence. dividual referred to, has been seen International Court at The Hague, tect foreign life and property, he is the Shawnee,

He adds that he was afterwards Reuter. frequently to haunt the villages of Great Britain was making an im- confident that the National Govern- San Tau and Tung Chung recently, portant contribution to the endur-ment would take measures for the pursued by two other cutters, but

Detective officers have left foring peace of the world.

prisoners to be immediately freed. succeeded in outdistancing them. He says that he was 26 miles from Tal-O to assist the police there in He added that if the Tenth-Reuter.

the coast and that the cutter had unravelling a grim tragedy in Assembly of the

League of

Delo, Sept. 19. The Norwegian Sailors Associano authority to demand his stopp- which two villagers met their Nations, now drawing to a close, donths in a moat shocking manner. went down in history as the tion has asked the Government to ing. He Intends to protest to the

Ottawa Government. Reuter's: "Optional Clause Assembly" was pay the ransom demanded by the it too much to hope that they pirates who carried off the master American Service. would soon have

and chief officer of the Botnia, and not to await the result of negotia- Assembly."

tions with the Chinese Government. A big meeting of officers of the merchant fleet at Bergen paased a afmilar resolution, and expressed the opinion that the Interested na tiens ought to consider the problem of Chinese pirates.-Router.

HAUL OF CHINESE

OPIUM.

FOUND IN SACKS UNDER

CARGO OF STONE.

JUNK IS DETAINED.

One of the biggest hauls of opium recorded for some time past, was seized by Revenue Officers, when they raided a junk in the harbour on Wednesday night.

Having been previously supplied with information, regarding an attempt by a syndicate to smuggle a consignment of Chinese-grown opiùm into the Colony, a party of men in

"Disarmament

League's Duty, Disarmament, in all branches, he went on, was the most urgent of the questions of foreign policy to-day. It was vital that plans for general disarmament should be submitted to a conference em- bracing all the countries of the GEN. CHAN MING-SHU. world, and he suggested that such

conference could and should be organised by the League of Na- tions within a reasonable period.

It is interesting to note that the signatures of Great Britain and the Dominions" mentioned hold though they are subject to rati- good for a

period of ten years, fication by the Parliaments, con-

cerned.

Reservations to Clause, the preventive service planned a surprise visit on a junk The signature has been append- which was anchored off the fore-ed with a reservation excluding shore at Yaumati

from its operation, firstly, all dis- The junk was loaded to the putes in which the parties concern- brim with a cargo of stones, and ed agree to have recourse to some

it was strenuous work removing other method of peaceful settle

NOT RETURNING SOUTH FOR A TIME.

Shanghai, Sept. 20. Enquiries in official circles show not boarded the President Polk for that General Chan Ming-shu has Hongkong, but is paying a visit to Hangchow with General. Tang Yin-wah, Head of the Canton Re- construction Burenu.

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It is reported that during his visit to Nanking, General Chan Ming-shu. successfully completed negotiations with Central Govern ment concerning the financial status of the Canton Government. General Chan has been instruct- these to reach that for which they ment; secondly, all disputes bed by the Central Government to were looking. Eventually, a num, tween members of the British Com- complete the scheme for the sup ber of sacks were exposed to view, monwealth of Nations; thirdly, all pression of opium-smoking and which, on being opened, were disputes which by international found to contain 56 taels of raw law tall exclusively within the gambling in Canton within a cer-

tain period.-Nam Chung Po and 2,000 taels of prepared opium.jurisdiction of the signatory, and (A Reuter message to hand The junk has been detained, fourthly, reserving the right to re- yesterday etated that Gen. Chan while it is also reported that one quire suspension of the proceed-was leaving for Hongkong by the Accused said it was only a

or two members of the crew were ings of the Court in respect of President Jefferson on Saturday.] disputes which are submitted to waste of time and he was suffering taken into custody.

the decision of the League of Na-

His Lordship-Well, I cannot, and he obviously understands what you say to him. Tell him once more that I advise him very strongly to plead not guilty, so that all the facts can be gone through.

in gaol.

A Waste of Time.

AERODROME PUMP of meeting his friends in the

STOLEN.

CHINESE GARDENER SENT TO PRISON.

Mr. Sze said his last visit "to Hongkong was in 1914 when he passed through, as now, on his way to take up his position, as Minister for China In London.

Mr. Sze spoke confidently of the" continuation of the present amicable relations between Great

On

Extrality Issue.

I'm Alone Affair, Following upon the "I'm Alone Incident, which has been the sub- ject of Notes between the United DANGER POINTED OUT. Britain and China. States Government and the Cana dian Government and which has now been submitted to arbitration, the Shawnee Affair will be watch ed with the closest interest.

Captain Randall of the I'm Alone, it will be recalled, declar ed that his craft was several miles outside the twelve mile limit when she was heavily shelled and sunk. One of the members of her crew whg drowned,

The recurrence of such illegal activities is not apparently checked, though very strong pro- American Government. tests have been lodged with the

Previous Incidents. Three years ago the Vancouver schooner Coalharbour was seized 23 miles off California by the cut- ter Cahokia, and Captain Hudson, with his crew, thrown into gaol without bail. During the trial the coastguard commander broke down and confessed to falsifying the

Charges of larceny of a grease

the question of extra C. Munro, R. N., from the Kai Tack territoriality, Mr. Sze said he had pump belonging to Sarg.leut. W. Aerodrome, and of trespassing, nothing to say except to express were brought against a Chinese, the hope that the question would described as a gardener of the be settled in course of time: Diocesan Boys' School, on his ap- There were difficulties on both pearance before Mr. T. S. Whyte sides, he added, but he was con Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy fident that in the future existing difficulties would be overcome._7

this morning.

The defendant denied the charge of theft, and, in reply to the second count, said he did not know the law.

The watchman

Varied Career.

Mr. Sze said he was not carrying )...: any special instructions to Lon don and that at the present time there was no fixed period of Inspector Phillips said that at appointment. He recalled that about 4 a.m. yesterday a police previously Ministers were appoint guard, who was employed at the ed for a period of three years, but Aerodrome, saw the defendant the Government now left open the crouching in a channel outside the question of the duration of the

appointment. } No. 1 Hangar approached the defendant who' tried to get away. An Air Force

Mr. Sze, who is a native of aantry, hearing a noise, went to

The sentry aaw John's University, Shanghai, and- investigate and assisted the guard Hangchow, was educated at St.

In 1903 to arrest the man. the defendant drop the pump beat Washington School. fore being arrested.

he was secretary" to" Viceroys log.

Other incidents include the

After hearing the evidence, his Chang Chih-tung and Tuan Fang steamer Federal Ship, fired on by Worship registered a conviction on and later director of the Peking- Railway and the Pacific, and the Aquila, fired on alternativo count of trespassing to Northern Railway In 1911, he the coastguard 270 miles out in the the first charge and allowed the no

was nominated Minister to 60 miles out, which, when boarded, be dropped.".

Inspector Phillips pointed out America, Peru, Mexico and had her Union Jack hauled down

that to have stolen the pump the Canada, but did not proceed.. by the coastguard.

Captain Hudson statee: Moat defendant had to go inside the From 1914 to 1920 he was Minister coastguard commanders are not hangar. He might easily have to Great Britain. Mr. Sze is now navigators and many cannot take

taken some Important part of one therefore, to represent China in a sight. They travel by chart; of the planes, resulting in possible Great Britain for the second time. LARGEST BANK IN THE and, like yachtsmen, guess their disaster when the machines were. Since Dr. Wellington Koo left

WORLD? Other Adherences.

distance by..

the Charge watching

London in 1921, marks used.

His Worship passed sentence of d'Affaires, Mr. W. C. Chen, has ashore,"

two months' hard labour, and said looked after China's interests. After the British Government

Notorious Case

that he was taking into considera-: Mr. Sze was Minister to and the Dominions representatives

"A most notorious case was that tion the danger mentioned by In-Washington from 1920 onwards, had signed, the French spokes-

of Captain Robert Pamphett, a spector Phillips,

being the chief delegate at the man at the gathering announced a

Canadian ex-Service officer, last

Washington, Conference in 1922. renewal of French acceptance of

year, who when a considerable dis. the Clause for a period of The formation of what is claim tance out responded to an SOS five years, while Czecho-Slovakia ed to be the largest bank in the from a sinking boat, dashed inside and Peru accepted the Clause in world, with resources, estimated at territorial waters, saved five lives respect of all cases which are not G$2,500,000,000, is announced with submitted directly to the League the amalgamation of the National 98 the boat foundered, and is now. serving a sentence of two years in the Federal penftantiary on McNell of Nations Council for decision. -

Island, although presented with a gold watch by the owners of tha New Judges,

vessel anda, testimonial by the survivors' familles.

The seizure is in the nature of a tions Council. His Lordship:-I am

afrald 1 windfall for the Government. must accept it. I have no power monopoly, which benefit to the to order a plea of not guilty,

extent of over $10,000.

Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, for the Crown, referred to a case in the North East circuit at Home within the last three months where a similar problem was raised. In

made that case an appeal was but the Court of Criminal Appeal refused to intervene.

His Lordship explained to ac cused that he had pleaded guilty to doliberately killing Lo Kau under circumstances which would mean execution..

Accused: Yes, I am prepared to dle. I know that."

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No More to be Done. His Lordship: Then I afraid I can do nothing more. So far as I am able to judge he fa parfectly able to understand what Is said to him.

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TOBACCO GROWERS. »

May Call on Governor. Mr. Sze proposed to pay a flying visit to Macao during his brief stay in Hongkong, but cancelled weather. He had diffin with. his arrangements owing to rough

Chinese friends and will probably pay a call on His Excellency, the Governor at Mountain Lodge early fo-morrow morning. He will saft by the Kitano Maru at 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Portraits of Mr. and Mrs, Sze

The Assembly later elected Sir. Cecil Hurat, Legal Adviser to the British Foreign Office for the past ten years, and M. Framageot; of The route will bo vla Pedder France, as Judges of the Perman-

The Royal Observatory reports Road East, Morrison Hill Road, taking the places of Herr Weiss, eastwards to Kores. The typhoon and Leighton Hill Road,The and Lord Finlay, who died recent is situated in the vicinity of the Mr. Tam asked for the case to buses will return by the same ly-Reuter,

Paracels, moying WN.W. Another be adjourned for further medica; route, except that they will branch

typhoon is passing between Naha observation of accused but his off to the Praya via Murray Rood.

and Ishigakajima on a NNW Lordship said he must follow the The service will run from 7

q.m. to 11.16 p.m., and the through kong University Arts Association, noon to-morrow is East winds, Under the auspices of the Hong-track. The weather forecast up to tordinary procedure.

Mr. Tam. It is the usual prac- | fore will be 20 conte, with 10-Mr. Lee Pul-tong is to deliver a lec-strong, moderating; cloudy; rain. tica in the Courts of the Colony, cent fares. on theTalkoo-ture on "The Development of Chin- A Manila warning issued at 7.30

His Lordship:-But I have no Causeway Bay run and between ese Prose Fiction in the Union last night stated that there was a ty power to do it. If you can show Blake Pier and Bay View Police Assembly Room at 8.30 pm on the phoon in about 126 Long, 21 Lat,

(Continued on Page 19.)

moving NN.W.C

Street, Des Voeux Road, Queen's ent Court of International Justice, that the anticyclond.has extended the Northern, aerial mineral ex-decided to call a conference of appear elsewhere.

Station.

24th Instant.

Pretoria; Sept. 19. At a meeting of representatives of the tobacco growers of Rhodesia Colonel John Leckle, who re- and the Board of the Central Co- contly returned from commanding operative Tobacco Society, It was pédition, which it has spent the delegates of the Union, Rhoddin winter at Hudson's Bay and the Nyasaland at Salisbury in October adjoining barren. lands, in an ad-to form plans for the exploitation dress to the Canadian Club said of the Chinese market for tobacco that when their vessel left the St. produced in the Union and South American coastguard. Eventually Passengers who arrived by the Lawerence roadstead they were ern Rhodesia Reuters eladowed for four days by an Colonel Leckie had a huge sign Blue Funnel ds. Aeneas from painted, "Who won the war and Home to-day included Mr. and Mr hung it over the side. The coast OH. Elkins, Mr. 3. M. Mayes, and guard then decamped.

Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Hazell

The following forthcoming wed dings are announced. Lieat. John Graham Shillington, KOS.B., Murray Barrackie, to Miss Hilan: Gardens, London, S.W.9. Pay Mary, Mahony, No. 87 Drayton, mister Lieut. Commander Adrian Marriner Pigott, H.M.3. Tamar, to Misa Betty Allee Mand HaggaS, Myrtle Grove, Keithly, Yorkshire,