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MONDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1929. 拜殿、城七十英港香

LOCAL. CURRENCY HAVE BRITAIN AND BOTNIA OFFICER'S

PROBLEMS.

SUDDEN FALL IN RATE OF THE DOLLAR.

COLONY GOING BACK TO A

SILVER BASIS.

U.S. AGREED?

SPECULATION CONCERNING

CONVERSATIONS.

LOG-CABIN PARLEY.

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Washington, Oct. 6. Speculation is rife with regard to the secrets which President Hoover and Mr. Ramsay MacDonald debated in the seclusion of their

GRIM TALE.

DESPERATE FIGHT FOR LIBERTY.

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LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE IN A CAVE.

NON-STOP FLIGHT MYSTERY ENDS.

COSTES NOW REPORTED TO BE IN MANCHURIA.

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LAID TO REST.

IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY AT THE REICHSTAG.

LATE DR. STRESEMANN,

REDUNDANT QUERIES, esteem to the late Dr. Gustav

The old woman whom. Privates Thomas Ewen and Harry Shen, of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, are alleged to have assaulted at Shelley Street on August 30 gave evidence this morning when the case was continued before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Central Magistraety.

The collin, covered with a huge

BURNT OUT.

COMMUNIST OUTRAGE AT SHANGHANG.

DESTRUCTION OF BAPTIST MISSION STATION.

Berlin, Oct. 6. The walls and lamps of the Reichstag wero draped with black and hung with garlands of ivy. und Alpine violets as a mark of

TREACHERY IN CITY. Stresemann, to whom final honoura wero accorde) to-day.

Swatow, Oct. 5. Republican flag with a burning candle or each side, surrounded church and mission house of the The burning and looting of the with masses of wreaths, occupied Mennonite Baptists are among the, a prominent position...

The Diplomatic Body was fully outrages committed by the Com-.

being represented.

Fally munist army under Generals Tsu uniformed, and Duly

"and Nationalists

Communists and Mo after the capture of absented themselves from, the Shanghong, near the Kwangtung- solemu" proceedings.

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extreme

THERE FOR PAST WEEK

Puris, Oct. 6. The Quai D'Orsay has received news that Costes landed safely on |September 29th in the ragion of Takaibar" to the north-east of BANKERS' OPINIONS..

It is learned that, Costes, the French airman, who started off on Shanghai. Oct. 2.

non-stop light across Siberin on The premium on local currency,

The mystery of the whereabouts September 27th, landed on Septem- which has remained at about

of the Ciner Officer (Mfr. Arthur F 29th near Tsitskhar, to the «per song, (dr vente time, hati uprost

Wusterheim} The President and Mr.

of the pirated str.

north-east of Harbin.-Hovas. vanished this mornings when the Donal spent three hours together Lionin was cleared up yesterday

Tokyo, Oct. 7. man,

A Rengo message from Harbin dollar was quoted it fa, Balóne yesterday morning, and re-morning when the missing

sumed their deliberations, in the badly wounded and weak from ox-states that the French Consul has with en ry prospect of a further afternoon, in the presenters of their haustion, came ashore at Woosung received a telegram from Costes rushed to the hospital saying that he was forced to land fall of a farthing during the resserretaries.

It is windbeant that Mr. Mad- where he now has in the same room at a village seventy-five verats to Witness said she was a married maining business hours,

the north of Tailsinar on Septem-woman and resided at No. 3, "The banks have come to the Douald is meeting, on Wednesday, with Capt. Haarland,

Everybody rog as the widow Fukien border, at the end of last conclusion that thera del Senator Borah, the chief of the date with him and whose her 29th, owing to shortage of oil Shelley Street, On the evening of

and petrol.

August 30, she was sitting on and her two sons accompanied by month. possibility of having to revert to Senate Foreiga Belations Com-thrilling story of their capture was related in the North-China. Dally

Trere is no mention of how Costes stool outside her door with her President inlenburg entered to The story of the raid of the Red- silver currency to remedy the pre-re, who has hitherto, ben que Vews on Monday.

tached Taitsihar from his land-daughter and a Toki, the former on the strains of Beethoven's Funeral army on the district city was Mr. Weaterheim, though serious- mium on exchange," wald the den ud the most "trenuous opponents of Mr. A. C. Hynes, Chie! Manager of the Anglo-American maval discus-y wounded in a dozen places, made place, though the telegram her ght and the latter on her left. March, played by the Berlin Phil-exclusively reported

states that he and Beliefonte

Her daughter whispered some-harmonic Orchestra.

Telegraph last week, and Intest the Hongkong and Shanghat Bankins,

ais escape from his cuptors by tak-now there and both are well. thing in her ear, but, owing to The Chancellor, Dr. Mueller, in details of the affair show that two Ser Borah is most adamanting his life in his hands, and, as Ing Corporation in all Interview

The Consul has left for Tsitsihar deafness, she could not catch a funeral oration, dwelt on the German pricats of the Dominican with a Telegraph representatio with regard to Britain's claims to wrth Caji. Baashaud's, his story to assist in preparations for cor- what she said. Suddenly, her great part the deceased statesman Order and two German nuts are this morning.

uphold the search of neutral ships reads like a page from a tale of tinuing the flight to Japan, and daughter jumped up and rushed had played in the rehabilitation of still in the hands of the Com- in wartime.Renter's Ameriena Lavagery a hundred years ago.

nunists, who are hoiting them to als to obtain the necessary permis- inside the house. Looking round, Germany among nations... Serfee.

sion from the Chinese authorities. she saw two British soldiers ad-

Tansom.

hopes to fly to Mukden as soon as he her under the armpits and threw A later message says that Costes vancing towards her. They seized has refuelled and from there to her across the street to the side channel, rendering her uncon-

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"It is abvious that we cannot brity ilver up to our exelinge. as I have heard one person 'argue, and therefore we have to dawn to silver," he added.

Avoiding Chaos,

Hel

Asked the reasons for the sud- den fall in the exchange, Aly, Hynes said they should be obvious to the perple who had been clamouring for the premium. on local intés E feduced. They had been told that the only way that could he diane was to get into cirenlation silver dollars to the value of the notes.

Mr. Hynes said he had seen, it suggested that all notes should be stopped and the silver dollar, used as local currency. The chhoa which would result could be imagined, he said. When people went down to the Races, for in- xtanec, they wouhl have to carry bags of silver dollars about with them!

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Washington. Det. 6.

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Mr. Westerheim's Cory is taque- As the result of the discussions and regarding the piracy of the roboration of that of Capt. Haar between Presideal Hoover and Mr. ship after she had been run o'a Ramsay MacDonald, at Rapidun last sandbar at the river mouth whilst | Japan. night, invitations to France. Italy bound for Halchow. He related In the meantime, it seems certainscious. and Japan to participate in a five- again how the pirate junk came that Costes has broken the non-stop Power naval conference at London alongside when their efforts at ex-record, covering about 6,000 miles.

Jaunary, will be issued ipfeation were seen to be trull----Revit. London to-morrow. -Renter's less and he told with obvious dis- Amerita Seirice,

gust of the wanton destruction by

BURGLAR MEETS ·

HIS MATCH.

TERRIFIC STRUGGLE IN A

KOWLOON FLAT.

INTRUDER OVERCOME.

Mr. Charles F. Chan, who lives

the pirates, who numbered 21, and DEATH OF EARL OF

whose presence caused the entire crow to desert the ship and" leave the two foreignera alonz on board.

Firing All Roundi.

HAREWOOD.

Very Frightened.

f:

The Orchestra played the

Symphony as policemen carried Funeral March from the Eroica cut the coffin to the Statue of Bismarck, where it was placed on an open hearse, while an aeroplane carrying mourning streamers roar ed overhead.

President Hindenburg followed In reply to her Worship, witness the cartege for a part of the way said that she was very frightened to the cemetery along a thickly at the time and was

could not lined route. The British Ambas give a clear account of how shesador occupied a prominent posi- was thrown across the street, see-lan on special instructions to ing that she was a heavy woman. attendas the personal representa- She realised that her accusation tive of His Majesty the King. against the two defendants would Router, be very serious for thom 1

When last I saw the captain en CLOSE CONNEXION WITH THE is Worship found them guilty

the hill with fring all freund s and him in tire micidle incapable of Fanning, beatise he was so ex-

ROYAL FAMILY.

of the alleged offence; but she would swear, as his Worship suggested, that "if all she said was

austed after five days with little LANDED PROPRIETOR.not the truth, then she and her fund er skep, i thought that was the last time I would evy s Bin," said Mr. Westerlein, I can never furget the same on 'that hill. The

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"Dollar Yalue. Mr. Hynes painted out tha, the

or by the firing of the salteas rea value of the dullar was about

who were trying to rescue us. It Is 9. That, was the cost of im-

was on dark then that all we could porting a British silver dollar from the Mint, getting it made and pay

their rifles all around us, but we ing the freight, etc. If we were by a noise, and saw a man, who manages to get away. going to have dollars circulating had untered by the kitchen d freely, the banks could get the moving about the room. Ile im- cover for their purchases by immediately sprang out of bed and porting dollars. Thiet was not being done, however. The banks losed in with the intruder, who was overpowered after a grim could give all the silver dollars

struggle. that might be required,

Road, states that he was awakened on the ground floor of 58S, Satinden wir the sparts of flame from.mily being summoned to Hare

The only dollar now minted was the British dollar, and the value of that was about 1s. 9d.

The rate locally this morning was

now

whole family would perish.'

Witness said that she had rather that her family be left in peace and happintas. She would not take the cath, but left the matter in his Wor- ship's hands.

Defendant Serry.

·HONGKONG. YOUTH'S

SUCCESS.

PASSES EXAMINATION OF

THE 1. C. A.

Information has been received that Mr. Edgar V. Reed, son of Mr. A. J. Reed, Accountant, General

In the

Misfortune and, Treachery. The town fell owing to mingled misfortune and treachery,

At

A few days before, an attack was made, but this wus benten off by the soldiers who were holding the place. In a sally which they made, many casualties wore in- flicted on the Communista. the time a force was being sent down to the relief of the city from Amoy, but the officer in command, elated by his victory, wired that i was unnecessary for them to continue their advance.

A few days later, the attack which took the city was made. It then became evident that, that which had bean repulsed had been made by villagers sent on in advance of the main body, and it was this latter under Tsu and Mo which took the city,

They were attacking on the north and east without avail when soldiers within the city betrayed their officer, and opened the gate on the west, admitting the enemy,

Attack on Mission..

London, Oct. 6. The death bug occurred of the A terrific trygde with an "in- mate who was a light sheper rag ran ahead with, me and I had Earl of Harewood, the father-in-law sulted from an early-morning visit to follow them, for it was a case of of Princess Mary, at the advanced

them,

The 6th Earl, he was taken seri- by a burglar to a flat in Kowloon either belag killed yesterday.

still recently, his condition

Before cross-examining witness, taking a grave turn yesterday, the

wood House.

Mr. D.L. Strellett informed her that Post Oflice, has succeeded in pass- Le pass away this he represented one of the two doing the final examination of the

fendants who, he was sure, was as Institute of the Chartered Ae- The Reds were strangely Incon- afternoon."

Princess Mary

beconies sorry as he himself was that she countants (England and Wales)sistent from the time they took Then the gang took me to un-

possession of the town. Some of other hill, just as the dawn was

Trigos Mary, Countess of Hareshould have been injured, especially held in May this year.

the mission property was allowed breaking and there they found a

wand. She was

Mr. Reed is 24 years of age and to go unmolested, but they appear at her country her injury had been caused

was educated at the Diocesan

to have made a determined set on house where, wo bid all that day home in Yorkshire when her father through the two soldiers being ip

St. George Colleze, Weybridge, Mennonite Baptists, oud, but the pistes Sew the his ther's bedside.

Ta late Earl was one of the big-shining on the door that night when.

Owing to the troublous times, countryside and hat nung friends

Matriculation Examination of the missionaries at the Baptist sent to the hospital. A somewhat † where the no.nutains were, but being esim:1ed that he owned over together. She did not notice the January, 1924, when only about Mission had been compelled to who helped them. I don't know post l-owners in the country, it witness, her daughter and a feki sat England, His passed the London

werf, 29, 09f1 ticres. He served in the idlers until they were a few paces 800 candidates were successful out desert their station early in the.. verember' then from the marks of his encounter with fatuld show the ghetone was 7.300 army in early life, retiring as Chri- from ler, just getting acres the of a total of nearly 3,000, uccord-i summer, and the place was empty

feet up. We crassed this one and

venent. Her daughter ass tee overal others until I was emplate ly lost,"

When the police were' enlled" in to take charge. the man had been saddened man, he hore on Es face

Is 914d and there was a prospect the imante. that it would go down another farthing before the day "was out. The prisoner, who gave his name It would so m.-Cherefore, maid Mg.as Ho Wai, will be charged'before Hynes that the premium had the Magistrate in due course. practically vanished.

Effect on Trade. Asked regarding the effect of a high premium on nutes, he said it had an adverse effect "on trade between Shanghai and the coast porta. The tael rate was also going down, however, and whereas the quotation was 86% last week. the tael was now nominal at 78.

The exchange rate had been gradually reduced in order to give merchants an opportunity of covers. ing their forward purchases. As soon as it looked probable that the rate would be pushed down. merchants naturally covered them- selves. Mr. Hynes pointed out that it could have been done t one fell swoop, but importers, mer- chants, etc., were duly grateful for -the gradual fall,

Means of Adjustment.

We knew solnieca were somewhere day died, her husband being at the street at the time.

Witness said there was no lightBoys School, Hongkong, and at the premises belonging to the

Feet Cut and Bleeding.

In connexion with the affair, a "Meanwhile, my feet were giving police report, issued this morning, more pain than ever. They were states that property amounting leem and bleeding, but the pirates did $45.in value was already follested nothing for me and I thought a by the intruder before his search dozen times that I could not con- was interrupted by the interven-tinue but would have to fall down tion of the inmate. All of this

The and take the consequences. property has been recovered, with food they gave me was not fit for the exception of a watch, valued a dog to it, but they took it and at $10, which has not been found. Thought nothing of it.

WRANGEL BURIED IN

YUGO-SLAVIA.

RUSSIAN EMIGRES PAY,

LAST RESPECTS,

Lain ip the Grenadier, Guards on succeeding to the Farldom. He has already side the house, sing to the Journal of Education, when the Reds arrived.

kong-born youth to have served his held the rank of A.D.C. to His Matood up, but was too frightens to He is believed to be the first Hony-

do anything jesty the King for many years,

Winess terified the fact to Fer accountancy, articles in England while he was Liertenant for the

and to obtain his A.C.A. West Riding of rkshire from daughter and her son lived in # 1904, until 1927--Renter.

ause across acreet. br su was then lying on a camp-bed and her daughter was standle; el se to him.

ed.

ESPIONAGE TRIAL CONCLUDES.

PROFESSOR GETS LONG SENTENCE.

Mr. Strellett:-I put it to you that you got up and wanted to ga across the street?

Wilness was 'too frightened and did not know where to go to.

Fell In Side Channel.

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And now, of course. you know where you ended up--near where your daughter was standing? Yes, my daughter was,

"For several days we marched by night and hid by day, sometimes in

Prague, Oct, C. houses, sometimes in caves. They knew the countryside and just after mating wo months, the where they could find help. I don't trial for espionage of Professor remember how long it all took, but I Tuka, a distinguished acholar, mem-I fell in the side channel near where thought I had walked over all China, ber of Parliament and leader of the Their plan was for one or two men Slovak Home Rule Party, has ond- Lo walk with me with their rifles

The accused has been sentenced podding me from behind,

to fifteen years' Hard labour for while the athers kunt out

allegedly maintaining an Espion of sight and made arrange- Between thing and forty thoumont for the

that age Bureau on behalf of Hungary. Atop

The trial is likely to have pali. Tea thousand people who waited

Court-room and had to be dispersed. by baton charges. Reuter.

Belgrade. Oct. 6.

sand Russian emigres lined the night. Sometimes I had one guardtical repercussions.. streets of Belgrade to-day, to, pay and sometimes two and, as bad as

a fast tribute to General Wraret, my feet were, I decided to make an

In answer to another question, witness said she did not move at all before she was seized by the two soldiers, who went up to right to the door. She was shaken with terror at the time and she could not say whether they talked to each other.

Mr. Strellett:-So it appeared to

Witness-I can't say.

Mr. Hynes also pointed at that the White Russian Jeater, whose attempt to escape when I had only the result of the trial rushed the have been prearranged?

there were only three ways in which the rate could be adjusted. Oné was to get lotal-currency back to the silver basis. That had been done. The other means were to have a gold basis, which was impossible, or to have the Govera ment fix a rato and iaaue notes Itself.

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A False Basis. "We have been living on a false basis for a long time," said a foreign banker to a Telegraph re- porter this morning. This pre ant fall is the result of the re cent outery against the premium on notes. It has given merchants- the idea that we are going back to (Continued on Page 12.)

remains were brought from Uccles Cemetery, Brussels, for ftaal burial here.-enter.

JAPANESE PRINCE'S

ILLNESS.

one guard.

PADDY WORMS.

SAID TO BE DELICIOUS

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Did they each lay both hands on you?-I can't remember. I was too frightened at the time.

Magistrate Intervenes His Worship at Cho this point fu terposed by saying that the witness could not be expected to give slowmotion picture of what actus-j

› TWO MORE SUICIDE

ATTEMPTS.

POISON CASES REPORTED

OVER THE WEEK-END.

Two further cases of attempts by persons to commit suicide were reported to the police during the week-end.

known.

The compound of the Mission is outside the City wall, and the church and mission-house inalde,. but both places were invaded by the raiders, and after a thorough" search for valuables had been made, the premises were set on fire and completely destroyed by ire:

Christians Seizei

The Chinese minister of the con- gregation and two Chinese preachers were seized, and are among the captives, presumably to.. be held to ransom.

While this was going on, no. attempt at interferenco with the English Presbyterian Mission was Taking poison, a young man, made. The hospital. of the named Fong Wai-mo, was admitted Presbyterians is still open, and into the Government Civil Hospital they have been attending to on Saturday, in a serious condition wounded men, Communists and The motive for the attempt is un-otherwise.

Certain details of the affair are The second case reported con- still wanting, but the main fact cerns Au Cheung, a man living at seems to be that in addition to the No. 81, Connaught Road Central. foreigners, over a hundred pro He too, attempted to take his life minent citizens were carried off to by drinking some form of polson, be held for, ransom.. but, being discovered in time, was at once rushed to hospital, where he is recovering.

WEATHER REPORT.

German Missionaries.

The Roman Catholic Mission in Shanghang is staffed with German priùsts and nuns, and at the time of the attack there were many in the city. Some made good their escape, hut three priests and nine the Royal Observatory reports quently six nuns were released nuns were taken prisoner. Subsc-

the anticyclone has passed and then ore priest and another

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Attempt to Exempt. "The time came on a night I have later figured was a Monday. They had me in a small cave that was not very high. The guard sat ahead of me, inside the entrance,

TO EAT! and his rifle was across his knees..

During the hearing of the usually took place. She had given Avpl SUCCESSFUL OPERATION FOR He had a platel strapped to his

but I had seen him hawking cases, Mr. T. S., Whyte Strellett clear answers to all his into the Pacific. Another appears nun. try to use it and I knew Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy questions, but he (Mr. Strellett) to be developing over China. De it was useless. I was sitting this morning, noticed that, one, was asking the same question over pressions are situated in the Sea want too many women, and let one of Japan and over Southern An-priest away to arrange a ransom. on a small stool and trying hawker was charged with selling and over again in different forms.

"It is not fair for the witness to nam. The typhoon is situated This is the same band that held- to figare how I could go for him, paddy worms and asked what peo

about 700 miles east of Manila, Dr. Holloman. One can only hope. when my hand fell to the ground pie did with them.

moving W..or W.N.W. The fore-that they will be well treated, as, cast till noon to-morrow is:-N.E to some extent, it may be said that, winds, fresh; fairi

he was Our Own Correspondent..

APPENDICITIS.

waist,

Tokyo. Oct. 7. Prince Takamatsu, one of the younger brothers of the Emperor. was successfully operated upon and I found a fair-sized rock close Sergeant Barnicle replied that this morning for appendicitia- to me. I reached for it as quietly they were eaten and, he belloved Router.

(Continued on Page 7.) were very delicious.

be tired out in this way. The anime question has been put several times for the last quarter of an hour and (Continued on Pope 18.)

Presumably the bandits did not