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RECENT INCIDENT OFF BIAS BAY.

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FOUNDED IN WATAEXT MONDAY, JANUARY 26,

RECENT SHOOTING

AFFAIR.

A NEW CHARGE AGAINST MRS. J. M. XAVIER.

REVOLVER THEFT.

FM FRANKƠM

1931. BAA: BINDLE COFt 19 CENTS

CHINA CURRENCY | KOCHOW ON A BAR THE PROHIBITION

PROBLEMS.

GOLD BASIS AGAIN ADVOCATED.

SHANGHAI SHOWING SIGNS

OF ANXIETY.

IN WEST RIVER.

PASSENGERS TAKEN OFF BY

THE ANJOU.

BADLY AGROUND.

The ss. Anjou brirīga newa to The alleged theft by Mrs. J. M.

the effect that the river steamer Xavier of a revolver on a visit to

Kochow is ground in the West Kowloon is put forward by police

River. It is believed that the as another link in the ease against

mishap occurred some time yester her of making as attempt on the

day whilst she was on her way life of Mr. A. J. Manton, a Traffic

from Wuchow to Hongkong. Inspector in the employ of the

Under The correspondence columna

the command of Capt. Hongkong Tramways Company of the Shanghai newspapers are Morgan. the Kochow left Hong- The alleged attempt is stated in

KEMMERER REPORT.

MUDDLE.

P. HOOVER DICTATION

DENIED.

VITAL ISSUE IN AMERICAN POLITICAL CIRCLES..

CONFLICTING VIEWS.

A SECRET?

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DEAD MAN-FOUND | VELDTE PIONEER

IN NULLAH.

POLICE SUSPECT ANOTHER MURDER.

NO MARK OF VIOI ENCE

PASSES AWAY.

ADVENTUROUS LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

ORIGINATED IDEA OF THE ARMISTICE SILENCE.

SIR P. FITZPATRICK,

London, Jan. 25.

The death has occurred at

Officers of the Hangsang who have evrurred in a flat at Lockhart / deluged with views on the silver kong for Wackow on January 21 man of the law enforcement. I case of murder occurring within a Cape Town of Sir Percy Fitz

Romel last month.

1

This

morning.

The West River at

year is

up to Wurhow safely but on the The statement came after Wick- return voyage, she had the mineshare and the White House first fortune to go ground about five miles below Samshai, near Campdened to explain the apparent discrepancies between commis- bell Island.

She had on board general cargo ston's majority report supporting and a um berucht den te prohibition and the series of con- these were brought down to Hong-flicting minority reports showing kong by the Anjou, which ana that actually a majority of the

Washington, Jan. 21. George Wickersham, chuir-

The water on and exchange crises, the pro- this time of the

ver: commaission, denied to-day that apparently Mr. P. M. Hodson, instructed blems played such a notewothy part in

agitating

shallow and during the last few President Hoover had dictated the prevention of an allegedace the last remand to appear Shanghal more to-day than ever

weeks, soomus diffealty has been ex-the findings of the commission piratical attack off Pedro Blanc

for Mrs. Xavier, made an appth abefore in the last six months.perienced by vessels going to and on January 4 last, gave evidente tim for further adjournment Mr. Schloten, a frequent contri- from Warlow. The Kochow gut on prohibition. this morning before Mr. Lindseilfore Mr. Lindaeli at the Antral Intor, writes to the North Chim at the Magistracy, in the trial of tagistrars

He Daily News as follows: for a later date for 11 Sin That the twelve men who were cap-asked

intelligent people bearing of the charge.

should have taken the sagaries of tured:

Arting Detective Sale-inspector exchange as something unavou for the nice, informed the Court bably due to the habituni indit. M. Murphy, in charge of the ensemble like rain or sunshine is pro That Mr. Manton, who had been inference we show with regard to hospital for several weeks, was practically everything that does

not concert us directly, dicharged on Saturday,

The evidence to be brought for. When we see however the value wued. he further said, would he of a metal moving up and down very short, including disclosure of like a jumping jack we ought to visit made by the accused to realize that there is something Kowloon and of how she managed wrong somewhere. One certainly to stral a revolver there, shortly would not expect the further u

of this metal as a standard for before the alleged shooting.

value of measuring the thing we buy, sell, use or do.

Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy (Public Prosecutor) is inahing to tin- appearing for the structed by Mr. C. E. L. Grist) is defending all acensed.

Mr. Paul Studholme, third officer the .. ang-sang, said that when he took over watch at 12.30 p.m. on January 4, he noticeil three salls about three points from the

いず the Hang starboard bows

There was no other vessel in sight, although witness oc- casionally saw the smoke of the 3.9. Sovchow, which was behind, On drawing closer to the junks. witness noticed that they allered their course somewhat, and, being a calm day, the speed at which they were travelling attracted his attention.

What Witness Saw.

craft,

the

ressel

the Hangsang drew closer, witness saw that in all three junks the men were rowing hard. Then, as the steamer gol closer still, wit- ness saw the man at the tiller nf the large junk waving something, By this time, the bats were about

"

The Magistrate fixed 11.30 am. on Monday for the opening of the case.

BIAS BAY PIRATES QUESTIONED.

VALIABLE INFORMATION SAID TO BE SECURED.

Canton, Jan. 24.

following in her wake.

It is reported that an attempt commission believed In some al-

to teration. was made early this mornin

Wels Get Busy. refloat the vessel, but this proved unsuccessful, and as far as can be

However, the story refused to certained, she is still aground. It may be recalled that the Ko-dispose of the belief that somehow the chow went aground in the West the President's ideas caused River last year. She was badly commission to bring out the gen-

result damaged as n

that cral report which was so far at mishap, being holed.

variance with the expression of in- Whether or not she has suffered |dividual ideas, It is hard to believe that some-ly this mishap is not yet known. one should not see how ridiculos

Ridiculous Position.

every

it is that the depreciation in cateo of a single metal should affect the standard of living of a whole coun- try.

The metal is "aliver" and the rountry "Chinn," which does aut produre silver in worth while! quantities.

It is understood that valuable in-andard of valuation in practieni. formation relative to the pirney by all other countries? and the whereabouts of the remain-

inst members of the gang wer oh- {

Fooled By Profil-Mokers.

of

THE SINO-SOVIET

OUTLOOK.

The report continued to be the subject of all absorbing interest to-day, while wets began to take advantage of various angles.

were 7301

murks of

Foul piny is suspected by the poller following the discovery off the dead body of a Chinese coolle in the early hours of this morning, dumped in a nullah in Soy Street, near its intersection with Canton! Road, Yaumati.

Mystery surounds the affair, which appears to be the eighth!

There! two months. period of

patrick, the South African min- external violence on the body. The fact ing magnate, who was the origi which aroused suspicion and led to nator of the iden of the placing of the matter in the Minutes Silence on Armistice hands of the Criminal Investiga Day in memory of the Dead. tion

din- Department, was the

Others have made claims, but as covery that the man's mouth had

was shown by a letter His Majesty been stuffed with a cloth gng.

The police are now awaiting the the King sent to him at the time. results of a post-mortem examina- not made public until November, tion, Lo be made at the Kow-1930, it was Sir Percy's Idea and loun Mortuary to-day, for the it was Sir Percy who pressed it lo purpose of ascertaining the cause acceptance.

of death,

the Two.

The King's Letter.

The dead man was dressed in blue colton clothing, and and the

The letter, addressed to Sir Percy. appearance of a cualle. His nge

by Lord Stamfordham on behalf of is estimated at about forty, and the King, in 1920, assured the reci he appearance is reported to tally pient that His Majesty "over grate with the description of a

man fully remembers that the idea of "wanted" for another

recent the Two Minutes Pause on Armis- murder, exacted in a conlyard in tice Day was due to your initiation the same vicinity,

- suggestion readily adopted and Police are inclined to believe carried out with heartfelt sympathy that revenge provided the motive throughout the Empire," in the crime revealed this morning.

TALK ON SILVER LOAN.

MIL. C. C. WU TAKES UP THE QUESTION.

Nanking, Jan. 25.

The late Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, It may be recalled, was in London shortly after the Armistice had been declared. He made the Sllence suggestion to Lord Milner, who passed it on to authoritative quarters.

Congressman Fiorello Gunedin of New York, ardent wel, introduced resolution io set up On looking through his glasses.

MORE DELEGATES FOR

machinery for amending the con-

46 Years in South Africa. witness saw two smaller junka

MOSCOW CONFERENCE.

stitution to give congress the power following behind a larger

Frominent In South Africa in the Nanking Jan, 25, to regulate prohibition, without giving the impression that

The Ave pirates who were cap- Is it not placing a rather tow

fields of development and politics, An official of the Ministry of stipulating in the constitution larger one was a motor

Sir Percy Fitzpatrick was an Irish- were tured following the sin Ming valuation on the intelligener Foreign Affairs sintes that General that the country must be dry. Nanking official circles state that man, being born at Kingwilliams- towing the others. They quite a dlatanee away and could piracy were subjected a severe people to suggest ng a remedy theo Teh-hui, chief Chinese delegate

the Chinese Minister to Washing- Two Salient Queries. not be seen very distinctly. Aragamination by Admiral Chiessing of a value of this caprici as

ton, Mr. C. C. Wn, has exchangedown in July, 1882.He was educated at St. George's College. Downside, Chak at the Naval Headquarters metal in relation to another metal attending the Moseaw Conference,

The growing tumult of discus-views with U.S. officials concerning near Bath,

the proposed big silver loan to here gestorting, when they were in instead of using this other metal: may leave Harbin for Peking to

"gold" which is the acknowledge rompany Mr. C. T. Wang, the slon, dispute and speculation cen terrogated individually.

Going to the Transvaal at the age Foreign Minister. to Nanking. tred to-day on two ealient queries China. The exact extent of these

of 22, he soon became an expert The Nanking Foreign Ministry

comniission negotiations is not disclosed. intends to appoint a number or Far did the

Nanking believes that the horseman and hunter, and when in assistants to help General Mo Teh-mean to go toward recommending

u revision of the eighteenth negotiations may be successful, al 1891, Lord Randolph Churchlil, the hut in the coming negotiations at fained, although no otheid state-i

Where is the sens in makian Moscow concerning the Soviet re-amendment and what will be the though realising that Japanese and father of Mr. Winston Churchill, ment has yet been made,. Cau Then complicated something that 134 quest for a resumption of political political effect of President Hoo-British banking eireles are seep.made a hunting and exploring ex

tical on the subject.

pedition into Mashonaland, Fitz- ||tain and easy? I wonder if and commercia!

ver's opposition to such a step?

patrick accompanied him. positivut.

-commis. great mass of the people really su

Chiri pat see that, they are being fooley Mr. Wang is expreted to leave stoners over reports that the Pre- by a very small gaine ity who pro-Peking on Tuesday as his presence nident had intervened to forestall

t by this complication.

at Nanking is urgently needed in an unequivocal proposal that the Talking about exchange with an connexion with negotiations with following statement was issued by intelligent Chinese, official I strl-

the Powers Chairman Wickersham: | representatives of denly found what might be an concerning the extrality issue.

"The statement of the Wasking- | PROPOSAL TO LINK NANKING THREE GUNBOATS AND MORE | explimation for the inactivity of

ton Herald that the president had

WITH MONGOLIA, the Chinese Government with re

persuaded the commission to aban- gard to the currency muddle.

HUPEH FINANCE

dou a tentative recommendation This is what he said: "Yes, ins

QUESTIONS.

favouring the revision of the eigh Ta order to check the activity of † ported goods are getting so expen-

teenth amendment is untrue and without foundation." Proceeding, witness saith that Pirates at Bins Bay, Naval Head- sive that we shall have to da with- quarters have despatched the gun- Lout them. After all there is little when the crew of the leading junks An Pak. Hui P, and Max of

il that

really nced. realised that they could not cut Seng to be permanently stationed "Foreigners in China of course off the Hangsany, they alterod their course and tried to keep up

five points on the starboard bow at a distaner of ahoot one mile.

Continuing, witness said that by the time the Bangsang got almost abre of the junks, he noticed that the leading junk was altering its course to follow the langsang and that the men on beard were all shouting.

Mr. Fitzroy:n the lealing Juuks

Witness: Just from the lead- ing junk; not from the others.

Shouting one Word.

MORE FORCES

there.

BIAS BAY.

FOR

MAHINES.

Canton, Jan. 24.

suffer

We

than more.

da," ste

relations with

NANKING GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST.

Nanking, Jan. 25, General Ho Chen-chun, the Nn-

So aroused wore the

Various Interpretations. The country apparently has been

LATEST AERIAL

SERVICE.

At the termination of that suc- ressful expeditiun, he joined the firm of Eckstein and Co. of Johan- nesburg, which place was then be ginning to develop owing to the discovery of gold in the noighbour. hood,

The Jameson Hald,

Nanking, Jan. 26. This development gradually led to Oficials of the Mongolian and serious hostility between Boers and Tibetian Affairs Committee, are the British subjects and others, who considering the advisability of arrived in large numbers to inaugurating a regular air mail ploit the goldfields. service connecting Nanking with the

These "Uitlandera" (foreigners), capital of Mongolis with stops at

*x-

with the steamer. One of the two marines being posted at various but that does not affect the mass | Hupeh armies, who is visiting its own interpretation on the re-in North China.

In addition to two battalions of importers may raise their pricestionalist Officer commanding the left by the commissioners to place Manchuli and other important cities numbering about 40,000, complain- smaller funks also altered course stations. Colonel Tsai Teng-fei has of the

very people . to cut off the large junk. pultting also obtained the approval of head- | Papecinily in the interior the cast dent, will be leaving here by aero.preted to-day as a straddle of the and commercial relations between the greater part of the taxation in

the second of the smaller junks right astern.

It was obvious, continued wit

something ness, that there was wrong, and he enlled out to the quartermaster to aseerlain what The helm the men were shouting. of the Hangsang was then hard

and the stand-by aport

much.

affected

by

General Ho has reached an un-

in

Nanking to confer with the Presi- port, which was variously inter.

dry-wot issue. quarters for the transfer of our of living is not much

silver. plane on Tuesday. more battalion of marines to that the fall in the value of

The commission's general report (urea.---Canten linzette.

People of course buy less ofderstanding with the Finance upheld the 'present prohibition ported gonds when the price is high bul they do not really suffer Ministry regarding the financial system with the exception of re-

in upeh. The commending minor changes because they have to do without administration

practical pur- things which are not necessariea." Finance Ministry agrees to pernilt various laws for

the Hankow Government to collect poses, and opposed various pro the newly-inaugurated Trade Tax posals to legalize light wines and by appropriating part of the fund beer, the entrance of the federal

support the Municipal Governor statu

governments Into the ment expenses.

liquer business or the legalizing of any form of saloon.

The President has issued a com- munication saying:

CANTÓN-HONGKONG TELEPHONE.

signal was cabled to the engine room. At the same time, the cap-GOOD tain, who was having his tiffin. was summoned to the bridge.

Mr. Fitzroy:-When you turn- starboard ed the ship's head to

what happened?

*

PROGRESS BEING MADE

WITH WORK:

China's Living Standards.

My argument that the reducto tion in imports would have the unavoidable result thai foreign countries could not buy China's

Furthermore, Nanking agrees to Chaton, Jan. 24.

$100,000 monthly to defray mili- Work on the Canton-Hongkong export products and what assist Hupeh to the extent of long-distance telephone is proceed was bought would be paid for with

tary expensex, smaller ing pace. The Canton end of the sliver metal, which after all wa *thelp' Courses ground cable is now completed as a luxury-did not seem to make.

much of an impression.

Witness-The two

junku altered

and headed towards the land, in fur as Pak Tze Road, whence it will

different directions.

Rifles Procured.

be carried along the Canton-Kow- loon, thence by under water cable to Hongkong,

It is hoped to be able to establish Witness added that he left the telephonic communication in the bridge as soon as the captain ar-

next six months. Our Own Corres rived and went to the urmoury.

patent. where he procured six rifles, two of which he loaded, while the first nilicor loaded the others. The Hangsang was manoeuvred around and proceeded to take the large junk in tow. The crew wanted the дру Hanganng to tow them in direction away from the other two Junks.

NANKING-MUKDEN EXPRESSES.

BIG FINANCIAL CONFERENCE.

TO STUDY EFFECT OF LIKIN

ABOLITION..

"I am in accord with this view. I am in unity with the spirit of the report in seeking constructive If the above is the generally

steps to advance the nationni ideal of eradication of the social, econo adopted official view of the nitus- tion

mic and political evils of this this would be a clear indica tion that China instead of in-

traffic, preserve the gains which proving her standard of living

have been made, and eliminate the abuses which exist at the same was satisfied with going back to

Mukden, Jan. 25. the primitive mode of life of

General Chang Hauch-lang has timo facing with open mind the former days. Perhaps most

condimeulties which have arisen un Chinese will he just na happy and summoned a big financial

ference to be held at Mukden at dar this experiment." cne enn hardly blame people when which Finance Commissioners and

A Vital Issue. are really satisfied and happy with little beyond the late suplex prominent Government officials, of

Kirin. Heilungklang. Fengtien, Observers interpreted Hoover'a of life. The lesson to be learned Charhar, and Shanet are expected comment, to congress

as placing then will be that: what is con-

the Republican party in a position. countries is not necessarily con- sidered to be progress by China.

The idea is to facilitate official

Nanking and Mongolia,

KWANGSI PEACE PARLEY. GENERALS HAVE INTERVIEWS

IN NANKING,

ed that, although through the duties on gold exports they paid the Transvaal, they wore dented any volce in the govt. of the coun- try.

Organising a Reform Committee, they made Fitzpatrick its hon, set- retary and, through him, pressed thoir demands on Kruger, the Pre-

ident.

Suddenly there came the armed rald from the north under Jameson Nanking, Jan.25. In Jan. 1896, with the idea of seiz- General Wang Shao-hung and Wu Ing Johannesburg on behalf of the Ting-yung arrived here this morn-Uitlanders. The crushing defeat Ing and interviewed President of the raiders was followed by the Chiang Kai-shek at the latter's arrest of Fitzpatrick and other Be- headquarters regarding a settle-form leaders. Released after a few business ment of the military disputes in months, he resumed his

and in 1898 became a partner in his South-Western China.

In the evening, the Kwangel firm. delegates interviewed Messrs. Hu Han-min, Wu Tze-hut and Chang Ching-klang.

SHANGHAI GOLD SPECULATION.

NANKING ATTEMPTS TO DEAL WITH ISSUE.

Boer War..

an

In the war with the Boers, which began in 1890, he served as officer of a British mounted force. On the restoration of peace In 1902 ho became president of the Rand Chamber of Mines and was knight- ed. Betiring from bustness In 1907 he was elected in 1910 to the Arat Parliament of the South Afri- Nanking Jan. 26. can Union as member for Pretoria The Ministry of Internal Affairs Enst and next year was awarded In 1926 Sir Percy Fitzpatrick da- ment complains that following or attempting a revision thereof the aim of checking the extensive

only by repudiating his leadership.speculation in gold bars in Greaterlivered the oration at the unveiling of the memorial at Delville Wood For those expecting a revival of the abolition of likin there is The management of the Peking- thought they only wanted us to Mukden Rallway is conferring with trade, prospects are not very deficit of $800,000 monthly.

Some predicted that the report Shanghai, General Chang entertained the

The regulations have been sancto South Africa's dead in France, PLEA

He wrote several books on stop."

Mr. Fitzroy:- might have the officials of the Tientsin-Pukow bright under such circumstances. Military Governors of Kirin and will immediately make prohibition

the South Africa, the chief of which Hellungklang last evening and took the all-Important political Issue tioned by the Central Political been an attempt to pirate you?Hallway with a view to suspending

the opportunity of discussing, the as strongly in the foreground, as Council, which has maked the through oxpross service connect Witness continued that be and ing Mulden and Nanking in view

It will be interesting to watch likin problem with them. The date it has been in the background Shanghal Municipal Council to see was "The Transvaal from Within", form movement, Resiter and LF,8) (Continued on Page 7-- the chief officer went to the storn of the unsatisfactory-support by how-much longer the gamble in of the big conference has not been heretofore, with the figure who to the immediate enforcement of setting forth the case for the Re-

(Continued on Page 7.) Free Continued on Page 7.)-

the public,

"We wore a little bit doubtful," added Mr. Studholme, "and

You

SERVICE NOT POPULAR WITH sidered to be progress in foreign to be present.

The Teking Municipal Govern of defending the 18th amendment has drawn up ten regulations with the K. C. M. G.

THE PUBLIC.

Peking, Jan. 25.

· Kemmerer Report.

k fixed.

the Taw