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NO 23.058 一拜禮

INFANTRY BASE MUTINY.

FRENCHMEN HOLD TAVERN FOR THREE DAYS.

OFFICERS INSULTED.

París, Apr. 6.

яE MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1930.

RESISTERS DEFY SALT LAWS.

MANUFACTURE BEGUN IN INDIA.

APPARATUS DESTROYED BY CUSTOMS AT CONTAI

FURTHER ARRESTS.

An official report has now been published regarding the mutiny at the disciplinary infantry base al the Island of Oleron, off Roche- fort, on March 20, news of which was hushed up at the time.

The London, Apr. 6.

report states that the mutineers assembled in a tavern,

Calcutta, Apr. 6. As was anticipated, the London barricaded the doors, smashed the Thirty-four civil Naval Conference has under-furniture and sang barrack-room manufactured un-refined salt at resisters gone no change during the titties in which the officers were week-end. Many of the dele- | insulted,

Manisbathan on the edge of a gates attended

The officers gave the order that salt lake. the England versus Scotland football match bloodshed must be avoided and

The Police kept the yesterday afternoon, and at its they had the tavern surrounded crowds which gathered to watch They then invited the recal- the proceedings half a mile from them did so, but the ringleaders the shore. held out for three days.

A quantity of salt was distri- Some of the ringleaders were buted to the journalists present. ex-Naval men who had previously

conclusion the Prime Minister motored to Chequers where he spent a quiet day to-day, no important interviews having been arranged. Most of the

citrants to surrender.

Most of

日九初月

THE CHATER WILL NANKING'S WAR

1 CASE.

DECLARATION.

MR. BAGRAM TO APPEAL TO PRIVY COUNCIL.

LEAVE IS GRANTED.

Further litigation in regard to the will of the late Sir Paul Chateri was commenced in the Supreme Court this morning when air application for leave to appeal is the Privy Council against the judgment delivered the Full Court of Appeal last month was granted by the Chief Justice (Si Judge Mr. Justice Wood) sitting Henry Gollan) and the Pulane

together.

YEN DESCRIBED AS MONARCHIST.

HOSTILITIES EXPECTED AT ANY MOMENT.

$36 PER AMFUN

SINGLE COPY 13 DENTA

JUNK TRIP ROUND WORLD.

THE "MASKEE” DUE HERE ON WEDNESDAY.

|FINAL ARRANGEMENTS

DUNLOP

British and Beat

STRAITS J.P. AND OPIUM

DEFENCE OPENED AT MAGISTRACY.

CRITICISED

OTHERS INVOLVED.

Yesterday morning, Messrs. REVENUE OFFICERS SEVERELY Stevenson, Banks, Price and Brande left Hongkong for Swatow, by the as. Hirundo for the purpose of bringing back to the Colony HONAN EXCITEMENT. the junk "Maskee" in which they will be starting out from Hong- kong shortly on a voyage round. Nanking, Apr. 6.

the world. Whilst at Swatów, the The Nanking Mandate order- party will be the guests of Mr. case for the defence this morn- Mr. D. L. Strellett opened the ing a punitive expedition against King. The application was made by Marshal Yen Hsi-shan, issued by junk

ing in the proceedings which are Given a favourable wind, the being taken against a Straits Mr. F. C. Jenkin, instructed by

should arrive here Hastings, Dennys and Bowley, on states that unanimous decision Junk Bay for the purpose of comfendant is accused of unlawful Mr. E. Davidson, of Messrs. the State Council this morning, Wednesday, and will drop anchor in Central Magistracy. The de- on Justice of the Peace, at the behalf of Mr. J. T. Bagram (de has been reached by the Nation-nexion with registering under the possession of a large quantity of

plying with the formalities in con- fendant-appellant), Mr. C. G. Alabaster, instructed by Mr. T. G.alist leaders for the arrest and British flag. Permission has been contraband opium. Bennett, of Messrs. Johnson, Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton (plain"

obtained to afterwards use Stokes and Master, was for the punishment of Marshal Yen.

the Mr. Strellett emphasised the im- Blue Funnel camber at Holt's portance, under the new amended The Mandate, which is tanta-

Wharf until the 11th.

Ordinance pertaining to the case, H. C. Macnamara, of Messrs. informs the people that for nine

brought before the Court, to enable Alabaster, K.C., instructed by Mi.

of all people known to have had

Deacons, was for the Official teen years Marsha! Yen has been

the Magistrate, by their evidence, Trustee of Bengal defendant administering the Shansi Provin-

to discern who is the guilty party. was included as the defendant.'

but the Revenue Officers had picked This, he said, had not been done,

tion was made extremely difficult.

other delegates spent the day been involved in a mutiny at Calvi, including Reuter's representative, tiff-respondent), and Mr. C. G. mount to a declaration of war, this will be the first attempt made opium in their possession being

out of London.

M. Briand, as already stated, left yesterday afternoon for Paris to consult with his Government, and he is not expected to return until Tuesday, Pending his re- turn it is unlikely that any impor- tant change in the situation will take place as the political ques- tions which have been the subject, of conversations between France and Britain form the chief obstacle to further advance.

Nine Questions.

No fewer than nine questions are down for answer in the House of Commons to-morrow bearing on the political aspect of the confer ance and the interpretation of Article 16 of the League Covenant. They display the fear that the formula interpreting Britain's obligations under existing pacts and covenants might imply a new. guarantee to France. It has, however, been repeatedly stated by the Prime Minister that the Government, while willing to de fine and explain the extent of Britain's undertakings, is not pre- pared to increase ner commit- ments.

The report denies that the revolt in its unrefined state. The salt was due to lack of food or over-looked much like sand but had a work.-Reuter.

salty taste.

CAPT. ROBT. DOLLAR SERIOUSLY ILL.

VETERAN SHIPPING MAN

HAS BRONCHITIS.

San Rafael (Cal.), Apr. 1. Captain Robert Dollar, noted, shipping magnate who operates passenger and freight steamers on trans-Pacific and around-the- world services, was reported to be seriously ill here to-day.

Later in the day small quantities respondent). Mr. Abraham Sadick cial Government, but there has F.R.G.S., who has organised the only on the defendant whose posi-

of refined contraband salt were sold in Calcutta at fancy prices. Amounts which normally sold for one rupee fetched up to twenty- five rupees.

Although the salt appears to be for the com- a good substitute mercial article it is doubtful whe ther it is strictly edible.-Router.

Utensils Destroyed.

Contai (Bengal), Apr. 6. Twenty-nine Nationalists broke the salt laws at Pichbani, six miles Dollar celebrated his 86th birth- however, destroyed the salt when Only two weeks ago Captain from Contai. Excise officials, day. Despite his advanced age it was manufactured and when the he has continued to give close preparation WIS resumed they attention to his shipping Interests, smashed the vessels in which sea which are among the largest in water was being boiled. No ar- the world.

rests were made.-Reuter.

Physicians attending Captain Dollar announced to-night that! their patient is suffering from acute bronchitis. Because of his advanced age fears are entertain The Observer, which emphasisesed for him. To-night Captain that if any practical or far-reach-Dollar was resting comfortably ing agreement on Naval reduction But physicians hesitate to predict is to be achieved France must be the outcome of the illness.

a party to it, says, "If it be found

possible to gratify France by the reinstatement of existing obliga-

DOCKYARD.

tions whether embodied in the FUTURE OF PEMBROKE Covenant or in the Lecarno letter to Germany, and thereby after all to induce France to agree to the; serious business of Naval die- armament, it is clearly the duty of British diplomacy to explore such avenue. That is the de- liberate view of the British dele- gation."

BASE FOR FLYING BOATS AND SEAPLANES.

London, Apr. 6. Pembroke Dockyard has been taken from the Admiralty by the. Air Ministry, to be used as Mr. Hugh Gibson, American base for flying boats and Ambassador to Belgium and one planes. The principal

Talk to America,

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Upper, India Situation.

much

New Delhi, Apr. 6. disobedience is making

There is no evidence that civil headway in Upper India. Some processions and public meetings have been held at isolated stations

and there has been some confisca tion of contraband salt, but no dia turbances have been reported,

The Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin. who prolonged his stay here to deal with possible civil dis- obedience developments, left to- day on a visit to the north-west frontier before leaving for Simla on April 17.---Reuter.

Gandhi's Son Arrested.

Surat, Apr. 6. The arrest of Ram Das Gandhi,. sea- the son of the Mahatma, and four stations other volunteers, followed the of the American delegates to the for these cruft at present are breaking of the salt laws by three Naval Conference, delivered a radio Felixstowe, Calshot and Lee-on-hundred volunteers at Bhimrad address to the United States Solent.

village in the Chorasi district. this afternoon. He

Bail was offered to all those ar-

П

which

Described na Monarchist,

The judgment appealed from been no reconstruction work was delivered on March 24, last, ried out during his regime. before Sir Henry Gollan, Sir Peter after an appeal had been heard. Grain (Chief Justice) of His Britannic Majesty's Supreme Charging Marshal Yen with be Court, Shanghai, and Mr. Justice ing a monarchist and a supporter Wood. That judgment reversed of the anti-Kuomintang movement the judgment given by the Chief in North China during the time of Justice last year, in which it was laid down that Mr. Bagram was entitled to interest on his legacy at the rate of eight per cent per annum if the income of the estate was sufficient and that he should seven per cent, or at a lesser rate receive payment at the rate of as the income of the estate allowed to be paid.

In making the application, Mr. Jenkin asked the Court to strike out the name of Mr. Sadick, as he had no interest in the matter and the inclusion of his name only complicated matters.

The Chief Justice pointed out that they had no power to do this, among themselves that his name had been dropped. but said counsel could give notice

This course was agreed to. Bagram wished to appeal from the Mr. Jenkin added that M.

judgment of the Full Court, as it was desired to take the matter to the Privy Council.

Conflict of Evidence.

At the outset of the proceedings this morning, Mr. Lloyd, who is prosecuting, sald he thought it was his duty to refer to a point which cropped up in the evidence of the room boy at the Hotel, who in sab- sequent cross-examination said that were present when the defendant. Revenue Officers Nos. 23 and 9 telephoned. Mr. Lloyd continued:

to navigate a Chinese junk round It is interesting to note that

the world manned entirely by a British crew, composed as follows: Mr. Leslie James Stevenson, car-venture, and who will be in charge. Mr. Stevenson is a Channel Is lander who has had previous ex- perience with an expedition of exploration, having accompanied the Staffensen Reindeer Expedi- tion to Baffin Island in 1921. He is the author of articles which appeared in the Air Ministry's the late Yuan Shih-kai, the Man-Meteorological Observer on "Phos date says that Yen was principally phoresence in the Gulf of Siam." responsible for the dissolution of the Peking Parliament in order to complete the monarchical movement of the late Yuan Shih-kai; Y Marshal Yes's anti-Kuomintang ac- After giving a lengthy review of tivities during the five years follow ing the downfall of Yuan Shih-kai, the Mandate says that concrete proof has been discovered by the Nationalist Government that dur- The fourth member of the crew, ing the rebellions of Generals Lia Hongkong man, will join the Chung-yen and Pei Chung-hai party a little later at Sandakan.. (Kwangsi Party) and Marshal

Messrs. Price and Brande are Feng Yu-hsiang and General Tang assisting Mr. Stevenson in bring--You make this Sang-chi last year, Marshal Yen had ing the "Maskee" to Hongkong. viding money, and arms to the re- acted as the chief mover in pro- bels working against the welfare of the Central Government and the Kuomintang Party.

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The Mandate concludes by urging the military authorities of the Pro- vincial Governments to rise up and join the Central Government in ex- terminating the Shansi-Kuomin- chun allied forces.

War Imminent.

After some discussion, security of $5,000 to be put up within two months, either in cash or by bank guarantee, was ordered, and a further order was made that, the

The Honan situation is electri- record be dispatched within sixfied following the Nanking declara- months.

tion, and it is expected that opera tions against the Kucminchun- Shansi allies will break out along the Lung-Kai Railway at any me

RED PENNANT NOT FLOWN.

FINE FOR CHINESE MASTER OF A STEAMER.

ment.

Mr. Stanley C. Banks, of the Hongkong Electric Company, Ltd., and Mr. John C. M. Grenham, CA. The latter served through secretary of the Cheerio" YM. out the war in: H.M. submarines. He will assist with navigation, be the official photographer, and will collect biological specimena..

All communications concerning the voyage should be addressed to P.O. Box, No. 341.

GAMBLING CASE FAILS.

DETECTIVE'S EVIDENCE NOT

SATISFACTORY..

Eight Chinese arrested during

Nos. 23 and 9 have reported to the wharf don't know which me since that the room boy was on is right or correct. Nos 23 and 9 reported this to me since they heard the evidence of the room boy..

In: his cross-examination-he gave" details with reference to the de fendant using the telephone in the

TODDEN

The Magistrate (Mr. Lindsell): statement Mr. Lloyd, after your Revenue Officers

have given certain information since the last hearing, which con- tradicts evidence given by the last witness. Do you apply for the. witness to be recalled for cros9 CX- aminution?

Mr. Lloyd:-The only thing I can do is to leave the matter in your hands.

Crown Witness.

Mr. Lindsell:-He is one of your witnesses.

*

Mr. Lloyd: In a way he is one

Ritchie during the week-end, were a raid supervised by Sergeant of my witnesses. charged before Mr. Lindselt this Gambling Ordinance. morning with contravening the

Mr. Lindsell-He definitely is. You had him here and called him. If you recall any of your witnesses, all they can do is to contradict the other of your witnesses.

Mr. Lloyd-I thought it my duty to bring the statement before

The principal evidence given in the case was that of a Chinese de tective, who had succeeded in in-

you. troducing himself into the privi

Conditions remain quiet along the Peking-Hankow Railway, despite the fact that both sides are con- tinuing their war preparations.

Railway communication between leged circle without exciting Tainanfu and Tientsin is maintain-suspicions and was able to detail Chan Kam, the master of the as.ed as usual, despite the fact that a game of tin kow which was in Kwong Hung, pleaded guilty when the Shansi leaders have comman- Chief Lieutenant Fined.

he was summoned before the Hon. deered many coaches at Tientsin. Commdr. G.F. Hole, RN., at the

Official Nanking reports say that Bombay, Apr. 6.

Marine Court this morning for fail- the Kuominchun-Shansi allies are Manila Kothari, one

of the ing to fly ared pennant at the not contemplating coming down chief lieutenants of Gandhi, was

masthead of his vessel whilst under from Tientsin for the time being, as arrested at Viramgam and fined way in the Southern Fairway. is evidenced by the fact that they 500 rupees, with the alternative of Defendant added that he had the have damaged the railway tracks at six weeks' simple imprisonment. red pennant up but the quarter. Pingyuan and Yucheng to hinder master trok it down before orders

the progress of the Nationalist forces, were given for him to do so.

said that Pembroke Dockyard, during the past week de owed its foundation to Lord Nel-rested by the Magistrate but they finite agreement has been reached son, was regularly used by the between the United States, Great Navy as a building and repairing refused to accept it.-Reuter. Britain and Japan. It meast that yard until a few years ago, when, from the fleets of the three Powers being listed as redundant and it was nine battleships were to be scrapped closed for reasons of economy.-- without replacement. Under the British Wireless. terms of this arrangement

the Japanese battleship fleet would con- sist of nine battleships. The re- duction of the combined battleship fleets of the three countries would, therefore, equal in numbers the third largest battleship Reet in the world.

COST OF GREAT WAR TO AMERICA.

APPROXIMATE FIGURE OF

Under the terms of the Washing- ton Treaty, the

$51,100,000,000, United States, Great Britain and Japan were com- mitted to the laying down of 26

Washington, Apr. 3. battleships between now and 1923.

The Great War cost the United Under the arrangement of last States of America approximately week not one battleship would be a gross sum of $51,400,000, ac- laid down during the next six years.rding to figures compiled by the

Great Achievement,

Treasury Deprviment on the eve of the aniversary of the American declaration nf war. Reuters

A great achievement of this con- American Service. ference was that it had arrived at

a basis for limiting all kinds of)

Reuter.

THE RAILWAY STRIKE. Men Walk on Line and Stone Passing Trains.

Bombay, Apr. 6. Groups of Great Indian Penin- sula Railway strikers, carrying red flags, walked on to the line with

Sgt. Riddell, who prosecuted, said he followed the Kwong Hung from the time she left the wharf until she was a good distance away but he did not see the red pennant at all.

Defendant was fined $20,

Chiang Leaving.

progress. After relating the dif ferent merits which each hand in the game represented, he WER unable to satisfy the Court on a technical point, and the case was finally dismissed.

MISSIONARY LADY RELEASED.

Mr. Lindsell:-The proper pro- cedure would be to ask to recall one of those witnesses,

If you wish it, you can do that.

Difficult Position.

Mr. Lloyd: thought, your Worship, the Court would have to recall him if they thought ft. My position is rather difficult. I can't very well apply to recall one of the witnesses to contradict what an- other witness has said.

Mr. Lindsell:-I do not recollect either of these two, R.O. No. 9 or the other man, mentioning anyone of the small boys being present.

Mr. Strellett: That is 80. Mr. Lindsell said he could take no action in the matter,

Mr. Strellett, in addressing the Court, sald if there were no amend- ment, he would submit that the de- fendant had no particular case to practically no evidence except one man who said he saw the defen- dant in possession. case to answer.

Mr. Lindsell:-You still have a

a view to holding up the trains. PICKPOCKET WHO WAS coming offensive against the rebels. -Miss Gemmell has been released answer. Mr. Lloyd had called

They also stoned passing trains.

Up to the present nineteen strikers have been arrested.. Of these six have been sentenced to three weeks' rigorous imprison- Three policemen were injured this morning in a fight with strikers at Thana-Reuter,

vessels in the three largest fleets. difficulties had been solved.-Bri- ment each.

Cruiser, destroyer and submarine tish Wireless!

tonnage under this limitation would

be far below the lowest lim.t which

was discussed at. Geneva in 1927.

The results attained so far were

Mr. Hearst Again.

New York, Apr. 6.

beyond reasonable expectation. That the British Dominions are There was good reason to hope that responsible for "asserting the doctrine of no more

A Five Power agreement might be American

signed before the conference con- foreign entanglements".. in the ?cluded.

course of the procedings

at the

RAIN AND MIST.

The Royal Observatory reports

CLUMSY.

TRIED TO GET HOLD OF DOLLAR,

"Nothing very clever about it," said Mr. Lindsell when shown how a pickpocket had managed to ex- tract a silver dollar from a com- patriot's pocket, this morning..

Inspector Macdonald, said the complainant had two silver dollars which jingled in an outside pocket

MISS GEMMELL FREED BY Marshal Chiang Kai-shek is directing the war preparations and

THE BANDITS. the defence of the Nationalist capital and he has commissioned

Hankow, Apr. 7. three aeroplanes and a fleet of

A telegram has been received via motor trucks for Tainanfu to as- Changsha from Mr. Glazier, who is sist General Han Fu-chu in the now at Pingshiang, reporting that Marshal Chiang ia leaving here by the bandits who recently cap some time to-morrow to inspect the tured her. No details have so far defensive lines at Hsuchowfu and been received. Pengfow.

Mr. Glazier, who together. with Nearly 6,000 cases of arms and his wife and Miss Bugg escaped Arsenal have been sent to Nanking capture is remaining at Ping- for distribution among the Nahsiang to await developments. tionalist Commanders along the Reuter. Tientsin-Pukow Railway.

Fortunate For Public. Continuing, Mr. Strellett said:- I want to make certain points ENGLAND CHAMPIONS. impress on the Court that no now to your Worship, and to

A Friendly Feeling,

Peking, Apr. 5. Despite the numerous daily re- ports of advances and withdrawala of the opposing troops, there is no If the full measure of that agree London Naval Conference is the that an anticyclone is central over tion of the defendant. Somewhat taking place. On the other hand of his jacket and drew the atten- definite news of actual fighting ment could not be had at this ses. Hearst newspapers latest dig at 5.E. Mongolia. A depression lles clumsily, he made an endeavour to the members of the Shansi and sion, & Three Power agreement Mr. MacDonald. All splash the over S.W. China. The local fore extract-a dollar, and was seized Shantung partics are reported to by five goals to two, England won would be made on a basis which foregoing conclusion in the course cast is:-E. winds, moderate, gen-red-handed. would welcome na parties to it of their leading articles-Reuters orally overcast, some rain and the other two Powers when their American Service..

mist.

FIRST FOOTBALL HONOURS SINCE 1913.

London, Apr. 6. By beating Scotland at Wembley

power lies in my possession or the defendant's regarding this Or dinance, which is a new one. In fact, this is probably the first case

have, perhaps fortunately for the actually brought before the Court under this amendment. We have a series of circumstances which Sentence of two months hard touch with each other in Northern ship yesterday for the Brst time possibilities which may arise ig be fraternising as they come into the association football champion-public, brought to light the labour was passed in the case. Shantung-Reuter.

since 1918. British Wireless.

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