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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1930.

ELECTION CAUCUS LAST DAY OF THE

IN SHANGHAL.

EXCITEMENT PREVAILS AT AMERICAN CLUB.

CANDIDATES" PLEDGE.

(Our Own Correspondent,)

RACES.

GOOD SPORT LIKELY THIS AFTERNOÔN, ·

TANGO FANCIED FOR THE SUB. CHAMPIONS.

caucus, | “RINGTAIL’S" CHOICES.

Shanghai, Mar. 1. Amid scenes reminiscent of an old-fashioned "American plus a very plain- spoken feminine element, a hundred representative American residents of Shanghal, passed a resolution at the Ameri can Club last night, pledging their support of the two American ean- didates for the Shanghai Munici-

BANDIT OUTAGE.

SHOCKING MURDER OF MISSIONARIES.

The shocking news of the mur der of a Missionary Bishop, a Priest and three Chinese Sisters. all members of the Salesian Mis-. sion, in the North River District, is contained in a telegram received by the Order here, yesterday,

The mesange states that the Rt. Rov. Mgr. Versiglia and Father | Caravario, of the Salesian Mission In the North River District, to- gether with three Chinese Slaters, were killed by pirates a few days ago. It gives confirmation of the After the excellent sport pro-fears that were first aroused when. vided on the first four days of the letter was received by the Sale- sian Fathers in Hongkong telling Jockey Club's Race Meeting, of the kidnapping of the pect to see a very big crowd at the fortunate missionaries by pirates. Valley to-day, writes "Ringtail."

following an unsuccessful attempt Record after record has been

pal Council, the Rev. C. E. Patton broken in almost every distance, to extort money.

and Mr. Joseph Wm. Carney, of the Standard Oil Company.

have been

have been

seen

un-

The letter, written three days 50 by Father Lareno, a member of the Mission. at Shiukwan, ad- vised the Salesian Community at the St. Lewis Industrial School, had learned of the capture of the Bishop and his companions, and was proceeding to the mountains where the captives were taken, to obtain their release.

from the five furlongs to the mile

· These two gentlemen had and a quarter, and although the previously given an assurances best performances that they would abide by whatever registered by the griffins and decision was reached regarding old ponies, quite a number of in-West Point, that Father Lareno the American municipal platform.teresting races

The third American candidate, amongst the subscription griffins, Mr. G. E. Tucker, a well-known though I am inclined to think they exchange broker, declined to give were not so good as last year's the necessary pledge and will not shipment. receive support. He will there- fore run as an independent can

didate.

The meeting was marked by a dense barrage of fervid bratory, in which Miss Viola Smith partici- pated, accompanied by a score of

wonien,

The poll will be opened on Mon- day and Tuesday mornings, at 10 am, precisely, and will remain open for the convenience of per- sons desiring to vote, until 3 p.m. It will be open throughout the tiffin interval.

CHURCHES TO PRAY

FOR RUSSIA.

GOVERNMENT'S OFFICIAL

INSTRUCTIONS.

POLITICAL PROBLEM.

London, Feb, 28. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have asked that March 16 be observed in all Churches as a day of prayer on behalf of those who are the victims of the religious persecution in. Russia.

The Primate, in his message, expresses the hope that special prayers will continue during the week following Sunday, March 16.

The Archbishops recall that His Eminence the Pope has asked for intercessions on March 19, and they understand that the Evangeli- cal Free Churches will observe March 16 ns a day of prayer.

The Army Council has addressed a letter to the Army Commands at Home and abroad to the effect that has His Majesty's Government assumed, that it is undesirable that intercessory prayers for the Russians should be read at religious services in the Army.

Similar instructions have been sent to Navy establishments, His Majesty's Ships and the Air Force Commands.--Reuter.

A notice by the naval authoritica to the effect indicated above was published in Hongkong last week)

A BAD POLICY.

EMPIRE FREE TRADE AND THE COLONIES.

London, Feb. 23. The Conservatives are opposed strongly to the recently formed United Empire Party.

Last night Mr. Ormaby-Gore, who was Colonial Under-Secretary in the late Government, said that in no circumstances could he join the Party, or support its policy. The great Dominions were deter- mined to become industrial manu- facturing countries and were no longer content to be regarded merely RS producers of materials, and they would tolerate outside interference.

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Besides the actual sport, turf

On Pastoral Visit. enthusiasts will to-day have an op- portunity for a final "utter," and The information he had been As most of the Shanghai jockeys able to obtain, was to the effect have gone back, there should be that while on a pastoral visit to some good dividends on the pari-Lin Chau, Bishop Versiglia and mutuel.

The Main Event.

bably be fancied for this event, as he has been very prominent in his class during the first four days of the Meeting.

his companions were held up by pirates at Sul Pin. They attack- ed the boat in which the mission- The principal race on the card to. aries were, and demanded $500. they day will be the Professional Cup Not meeting with success, and Subscription Griffins Champ made an attempt to kidnap the ions, for which we shall no doubt three Chinese Sisters who were ac- see a good field. Tango will pro-companylag Bishop Versiglia. "The Bishop," says Father Lareno in his letter, "opposed with all his strength. The pirates then rob- bed the pilgrims of all they pos- sessed and made an attempt to burn the boat. They again at- tempted to seize the Sisters, and the Bishop and Father were badly beaten as they frustrated the at- tempt." All five were then carried off into the mountains and there all were

murdered three days afterwards.

There will be four handicap events for old ponies, griffins and subscription griffins.

Tiger, which has been fancied in some quarters for the Also Ran Stake, is not running to-day.

My selections are as follows:

1st Race.

Cream Cracker.

1.

2. The Jamaica.

3. Armony.

1.

2nd Race,

Piccalili.

2. Stag Stable.

3. Mr. Heard's Mount.

Grand Tattoo. Eve.

. 3rd Race.

1.

Young Pretender.

2.

Fair Sport.

3.

4th Race.

1.

Snaefell.

2.

Peter Gurney.

3.

Thracian.

5th Race.

1.

Baby Face.

2. Mountain Oak.

Peter Gurney.

3.

6th Race.

1. President Hall. 2. Royal Flush.

Chesapeake Bay.

3.

7th Race.

J.

2.

3.

Four Clubs. Christmas Frolic. City Hall.

8th Race.

1. Tango.

2. Tonbridge.

Fathers Cavada and Lareno, on being informed of the attack by the Catholic converts of their dis- trict, immediately went into the mountains to treat with the pirates only to find that they had arrived too late.

Bishop's Career. Members of the Salesian Com- munity in Hongkong and Macas, by whom the late Mgr. Versiglia was much revered, were deeply moved to hear of his death and that of his companions under such terrible circumstances. For Z time their hopes had been revived by Father Lareno's letter enjoin- ing them to pray for the success of his mission, but the telegram which was received yesterday morning, confirmed their worse fears.

The late Mgr. Versiglia,, an S. C. M. Post representative was informed; was well-known amongst Catholic missionary cir- cles in China. A native of Milan, Italy, he came out to China years ago, and immediately in- terested himself in that Industrial- Christian work for which the Salesian Order is, noted.

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He was the founder of the Salesian Institute at Macao, and also its first Director. When an opportunity was offered for the creation of a Salesian Mission in the North River, Fr. Versiglia, na he then was, was appointed to Shiukwan. He was consecrated the First Salesian Bishop in China, with a diocese extending over eleven districts in the North River

3. Loch Tyne or Done Again. region.

9th Race.

1. Samaritan. 2. Sunloch.

3.

San Francisco.

10th Race.

1. Piccalili. 2. Silver Queen. 3. Stag Stable.

raw not

I.

11th Race. Christmas Chimes. 2. Monterey Bay, 3. Fifty Fifty.

SPANISH UNREST.

RED BANNER PROCESSION.

As to the Colonies, he pointed out that in Ceylon, Rhodesia, Cyprus, Malta, Bermuda, the Barbadoes, Jamaica and British Honduras, the determination of fiscal policy rested with the un- official members the Jocni legislatures, and not with the Colonial Office; but even in the more directly controlled Colontes, there would be most dire results

Madrid, Feb. 28. and reactions if, by Government action at home, the wishes of the After Sanchez-Guerra's speech, local inhabitants were over-ridden. thirty thousand people, mostly Free trade within the Empire in students, went in procession the new party's sense of the term through the principal streets of would destroy the free port of the town, carrying red banners, Singapore within a year. Such a and shouting "Long live the Re policy was impossible for British public!," "Down with the "Mon- Malaya, whose trade was in rub-archy " ber and tin, which could produce no food for itself, and must trade with all the world. The

same

In that office, the late Mgr. Ver- siglia had continued for about 10 years, when last week, he left the Mission at Shiukwan on his an- nual pastoral visit to various points, accompanied by Father Caravario, and three Chinese Sia- ters of the Order. He had intend- ed to proceed to Lin Chau, via Lin Kung Hau, when he and his com- panions were attacked by pirates who infest this part of Kwang- tung; under circumstances which revealed premeditation. He is survived by his mather, who is in Italy.

Father

Caravario, who has shared martyrdom with the late Bishop, was a young man of only 25 years of age. A native of Turin, he came out to China as a lay Bro. ther. In June last he was con- secrated Priest, at Shiukwan. He is survived by a brother, who la bours as a printer at the Salesian Institute, at West Point.

THE AIR SERVICES.

A SUPPLEMENTARY ESTI- MATE OF £700,000.

London, Feb. 28. A supplementary estimate of. A police attempt to capture the £760,000 for the air services is la banners resulted in a free fight.

sued, to provide, inter alia, for a Meanwhile, partics of women deficiency of £224,000 in respect consideration applied to the Gold belonging to the Catholic Associa of a contribution by the Indian Coast, which provided half the tion circulated among the crowd Government for home effective world's supply of cocoa,

distributing pamphlets eulogising services. Any future imperial trade the King and Ministry. A num policy must, in his view, follow ber of shops and cafes as a pre-nre £16,960,000. This is the thirty- The total air services estimates the example of many of the caution closed their doors at the seventh supplementary estimate Dominions in making specific height of the excitement, but the issued for the financial year of mutual arrangements limited to two or more individual parts of city settled down in the course of 1929, the total involved being

the evening--Router. the Empire.

£14,146,009.-Reuter.

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