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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, ''MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1930.

SOVIET SERVICES - GANDHI CHANGES SUDDEN DEATH OF

INTERRUPTED.

YESTERDAY'S INTERCESSION FOR RUSSIANS.

NEW MOSCOW EFFORT.

London, Mar. 16.

Intercession for the persecuted Christians of Russia was made in all the Churches and chapels throughout England and Wales to- day, except in the Roman Catholic Churches (Wednesday having been Axed for intercessory prayers in the Roman Catholic Church). and military and naval parade services (in view of the Government's ban on compulsory participation.)

Interruptions on the ground that such prayers were tantamount to anti-Soviet propaganda occurred in some churches and chapels.

At a meeting in London of the Jewish Board of Deputies, the re- presentative body of the English Jewry, a resolution was passed de- ploring the anti-religious policy of the Soviet which is "threatening Russian Judaism with extinction." -Reuter.

Riga, Mar. 16.

A special anti-Easter campaign to last for a period of two months began throughout Russia yester- day.

The programme includes the ar rangement of anti-religious plays, carnivals, buffoonery, prize com petitions, exursions, and lectures

HIS TUNE-

BLOOD REQUIRED TO WIN SWARAJ.

MARCH THROUGH SALT AREA HALTED FOR DAY.

UNIVERSITY CLOSED.

Bombay, Mar. 16. Gandhi is striking camp at Anand, in Bombay Province, for the night, and he will remain there all day to-morrow.

Addressing the villagers of Boriavi, 'Gandhi said:

"Money alone will not win Swaraja If money could win Swaraj, I would have secured it long ago. What is required, therefore, is your blood."

Gandhi admitted that the inde- pendence of India, his object, could not be obtained by the refusal of volunteers to pay the salt tax.

British Injustice,"

He wanted by his campaign of | civil disobedience to draw the al- tention of India and the world to the other injustices upon which British Imperialism was based.

A message from Ahmed Abad states that the Nationalist Univer-

to children and the workers. It is hoped to recruit 100,000 new mem- bers of the Anti-God Society.sity founded by Gandhi in the

Renter,

COMPANY REPORT.

HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

The report of the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., just issued, is as follows:

"Non-Cooperation" days, has been closed down to enable the students to enlist with the civil dis- obedience volunteers,

New Curriculum.

It is understood that it will shortly be reopened with a new curriculum, namely, an intensive course of training for students and teachers in the principles and methods of civil disobedience.

Gandhi, on his arrival at the 1928 Account.This Account shows a surplus of $714,807.47, village of Boriavi announced that and it is recommended that this from to-morrow, his party will sum be appropriated as follows:- rast on Mondays, which he per- To pay a dividend of $47 personally will observe as a "day of share, $376,000.00; To add to Ster silence."

ling Reserve £25,000, $307,692.31; To add to Reinsurance Fund £2,528.22, $31,116.16.

1929 Account. The balance at credit of this Account is $511,- .112.36.

Consulting Committee. Mr. A. S. Gubbay resigned his seat оп account of his departure from the Colony.Sir Robert Ho Tung, Messrs. C. Bernard Brown, A. H. Compton, L. Dunbar, T. E. Pearce

and A. H. White retire but, being eligible, offer themselves for re- election.

Auditors. The Accounts have been audited by Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews and Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming who, being eligible, offer themselves for re- election,

SEQUEL TO HATRY REVELATIONS.

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allegations and libellious state- nients made in some sections of the Press.

When he left England he left there the whole of his private for- tune. Out of this large sums of money were paid through his Lon- don solicitora in settlement of his private engagements and to refund to the banks loans which he had raised to enable him to make ad- vances to the Austin Frairs Trust. £49,000. Owed Him.

A Day of Silence. He will not speak all day long on Mondays.

It is understood that the cam- paign of civil disobedience will be launched in different Provinces when Gandhi gives the order or gots arrested.--Reuter.

Gandhi Keeps on Walking.

Ahmedabad, Mar. 15. corded Gandhi and his followers An enthusiastic reception was ac-

upon arrival at Matar. The two miles from Vasna were covered in an hour.

Some of Gandhi'a volunteers have fallen sick and they were accom- modated in a car when the party set out from Matar-Reuter.

Nudiad, Mar. 16. Despite their fatigue, Gandhi and his followers covered the ten miles from Matar to Dabhan where the people flocked to pay their res- pecta.

EX-DICTATOR.

COLLAPSE IN ROOM AT PARIS HOTEL.

| BLOW TO REPUBLICANS

Paris, Mar, 16. The death of General Primo de Rivern, who was Spanish Dictator until two months ago, took place with dramatic suddenness.

He had been suffering from diabetes for some time, and he expired from heart failure in his room at the hotel, while his son and daughters were attending Mass.

The body is being embalmed for transport to Madrid.

Later.

The death of Primo de Rivera has enormously simplified the political situation in Spain. It is regarded as a heavy blow to the Republican Case against

the King, as

the

strongest plank in the Republican platform hitherto has been the sup

General Primo de Rivera, the former Spanish dictator whose death is announced.

manic

in the coup d'etat of 1923, which made the late General de Rivera the

Dictator.'

It was proposed to challenge upon that when the time came:

It is believed that Primo de Rivern was most embittered over the King's curt dismissal of him after seven years' service and over, the popular rejoicing at his down- fall.Reuter.

ARSON MYSTERIES SOLVED.

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case, early discovery saved the houses from possible disaster. The traces left behind by the person re- sponsible for these attempts were identical in each case-a cigarette tin which smelled oa if it had been recently filled with kerosene.

With five distinct attempts oc- curring within the space of a few hours in one night, the situation certainly appeared alarming for the

the authorities. While

various

Gandhi, who refused to ride in a bullock cart accompanying the Fire Stations were instructed to procession, did not stop there. The be on the alert in case further at- procession was welcomed at Dabhan | tempts should occur, men of the by numerous villagers, including C.L.D. were put to considerable the village headman and the tax pains to devise measures to deal assessors, who announced that they with what looked like an emergency. had resigned.-Reuter.

Arrest Made, They were soon rewarded with an arrest. Between 2 and 3 o'clock on Madras, Mar. 15. Sunday morning, not very long The Andhra Provincial Congress after the last attempt was reported Committee has appointed Konda as having been made in a house at Vankatapayya as "Dictator" and Shanghai Street, a Chinese détec- has empowered him to fix the date tive saw a figure moving suspicious- and place for the start of civil rely away from the shadows of a sistance in Andhra.-Renter. building. He chased and caught

"Dictator" Named..

Calcutta, Mar. 15.

the suspect, a young boy of about 14, and questioned him.

Among the shares which he re- A partial hartal was observed in ceived as securities for the said the city to-day on account of the It was noticed that the boy's His loans it has been subsequently arrest of Mayor Sen Gupta.-Reut-hands smelt of kerosene.

clothes also reeked with the oil, and found that the registration of a ter. block of shares (not of the Hatry

found to New Delhi, Mar. 15. when searched he was group) has been refused by the With a view to counteracting have in his pocket a piece of paper company on the ground that it is Gandhi's campaign, the Central twisted together into a quill. Be- alleged that the same had been ob- Board of Revenue has invested fore long, the detective had satis- tained from the transferrer by every police officer above the rank Bed himself that he had made a fraud by one of the defendants. of constable in the Bombay Pre- timely capture.

It has also been found that 8,000 sidency with the powers of a salt Associated Automatic Corporation revenue officer to enable them to shares were duplicated.

order the confiscation of un authorised salt and to take any other action.-Reuter.

Recently Gialdini has heard that a block of debentures which he had received as security for a' loan granted to the Austin Frair Trust

.!

Lád Identified, Taken to the Yaumati Police Station, the prisoner was there identified by a woman living at the. house in Stanley Street as being the same individual who, earlier in the evening had revealed himself to her

as far back as January 1929 was pocket, nor has he benefited by them in the role of the helpful citizen.

being contested.

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been unable

It then only remained for the in any way directly or indirectly,

authorities to satisfy themselves The total money received by way. to obtain copies of the neces of fees, salaries, and remunera- regarding the motives behind these sary document to enable him tion from the companies of the various attempts. "Pure school- to prepare an account be-group amounted, as far as he can boy devilry," said a police official tween himself and the Austin remember, to an average of less when interviewed by a Telegraph Friars Trust, but he has no doubt than £3,000 per annum during the reporter this morning. There 18. that if such an account is prepared years 1926, 1927, and 1928, and to however, one other possible ex- it will show that the Austin Friars a much smaller figure during 1929. planation, suggested by the report Trust la Indebted to him for a sum No other remuneration or pay- that the boy has made an alleged amounting to about £40,000.

ment of any kind was received by confession. This is to the effect He had no knowledge of the ir him from any of the companies, that he was in the employ of two regularities disclosed. He acted in When he left England he had men who had agreed to pay him absolute good faith and he was not the slightest intention of not ten cents for each attempt made misled and deceived: He was in noreturning, and this is clearly In Hongkong and double that way concerned with the manage-evidenced by the fact that amount in the case of the build- ment of the Corporation and Gen the fortune he left there was to a ings situated at Yaumati. eral Securities or Secrétarial Ser great extent represented by free Investigations are still proceed- Vices; neither was he a director of balances on current account at Ing, it being disclosed this morn these companies..

his bankers which he could have ing that no formal proceedings Not one penny of the loans raised drawn before he left England if he have yet been taken against the on bogus securities went into his desired to do so.

alleged culprit.

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