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CHAOS REIGNS IN DARTMOOR PRISON MUTINY.

THE TENSION IN SHANGHAI.

Convict Hero Saves Life of Asst. Commissioner.

ULTIMATUM TO END THE MURDER OF AMAZING TWO-HOUR FIGHT

IN 24 HOURS.

JAPANESE MINISTER'S RESIDENCE FIRE.

MILL LOCK-OUT THREAT.

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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).

Shanghai, Jan. 24. THE

HE Mayor of Greater Shanghai has been granted a further twenty-four hours in which to reply to the Japanese ultimatum.

Incendiaries last night set on fire a garage attached to the residence of Mr. Shigemitsu, the Japanese Minister to China.

DR. PORGES.

REAL FACTS OF OUTRAGE.

FOR FREEDOM.

WANTON CRIME MANY WARDERS & PRISONERS

ON CASUALTY LIST.

SUGGESTED.

(Our Own Correspondent).

Shanghai, Jan. 25.

ON FIRE

Chinese GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SET

TROOPS RUSHED TO SCENE.

Although the military authorities дге pleading that the shooting of Dr. Albert Parges, the Aus- Irian manager of the Ameri- can Express Company, was an accident, newly-disclosed facts concerning the outrage definitely suggest wanton murder.

T1 appears that the incident

was not the result of reckless shooting

travelling motor-ear without warning, or

in

Japanese mill-owners have threatened to close down every Japanese-owned mill in Shanghai unless the boycott of Japanese goods is removed.

These are the latest developments of the situation in rather putting it that way

jerentes a wrong impression, Shanghai, the gravity of which has so impressed itself | The true bels are that Dr. upen the Japanese Government that Mr. Shigemitsu, Porges was returning from A now in Tokyo, has been instructed to return to Shanghai drive to Laughan necompanied by

a lady friend. Near the yann.) immediately.

two soldiers shouted to the driver ¦ Mr. Murai, the Japanese Consul-General, attended at biste stop. The car was pulled up office throughout the day yesterday in anticipation that applical. The soldiers looked into with a jerk as the brakes were reply would be recived in the Japanese ultimatum. No the car and apparently antisfied, communication was made by the Chinese authorities, who have waved it on. a signal to proceed., given a further 21 hours in which to present their reply.

SECOND JAPANESE PRIEST SUCCUMBS.

Seated in Rear.

Dr. Porges, who was seated in The atmosphere appears to be less tense than it was on the rear of the car, gaard but of Friday, but the outlook is still grave, and social antagonismi | the rear window and one of the from the Japanese angle may be further intensified by the soldiers sullenly brought his news of the death of the scent of the Buddhist priests injured, rifle to his shoulder and fired 211 last Monday.

the ark of the car. The Japanese Cotton Mill Owners' Association yesterday The ballet giruck De. Porges in addressed a strongly-worded letter to Mr. Wu Tich-chen, the the back and passed out of the Mayor, advising him that the Association has definitely chest. iis died in hospital al decided to view all Japanese cotton mils in China if the hoyent aetivities do not cease immediately. This action would affert

well Over 200,000 Chinese in Shanghai, taking info avern the wives and families of Uie operativos,

The garage of Mr. Shigemitsu was partially destroyed in the fire which bruke out at 7.15 min. last night. There

is little doubt that the outbreak was the result of incem:liary" activities,

MINISTER'S HOUSE ENDANGERED.

(Special to the "Telegraph").

Last night's fire at Mr. Shigemitsu's residence in the Route Pichou was only confined to the garage.by the energetic efforts of the Fire Brigade, who fortunately, were quickly on the scene.

JARDINE GODOWN

BLAZE.

$100,000 DAMAGE IN SHANGHAL

night.

(Special to "Tolograph.")

The flames threatened in the early stages to sprend to the house, shooting high into the air. Incendiarism owing to the tension over the Sino-Japanese dispute is alfeger.

Mr. Shigemitsu, who has been conferring with the unknown. government in Tokyo, is expected back in Shanghai on Wednesday-Renters

EUGENE CHEN RESIGNS POST.

Shaking, Jan. 26. Interviewed by press representa-¡ The reported resignation of the lives, a high official of the Foreign Foreign Minister, Mr. Eugene Ministry stated yesterday that Mr. Chen, after only a few weeks in Chen had not written offelally to office, has aroused much comment the Executive Yuan tendering his in political circles,

resignation, although well-informed

The origin of the outbreak is

The loss is estimatel |$100,000,-Reuter,

P

THREE HUNDRED CONVICTS_exercising

signal..

રી prearranged warders suddenly attacked by overwhelming numbers of men with concealed arms

chaos for two hours a mass attack on heroic intervention by a man sentenced police and troops brought up to order restored after stiff battling. Thus may be summarised amazing scenes at Dartmoor Prison, one of the most famous of England's penal colonies, yesterday, the trouble being the culmina- tion of signs of serious discontent among the prisoners for some time.

frantic efforts to scale high walls Assistant Commissioner

to penal servitude for life quell mutiny

According to the first reports of the affair which is sensational for England, though a faithful copy of a series of gaol outbreaks in the United States, over sixty convicts were seriously wounded and sent to hospital as a result of the mutiny, while a dozen warders were seriously injured.

A Home Office statement last night stated that the injuries to the prisoners in the Dartmoug Prison riot were not so serious as first reported. According to the official version, twenty convicts are now in hospital suffering from minor injuries from shot wounds and the warders' staves.

It is added that no prisoner was seriously wounded, no prisoner managed to escape and none of the injured officers is in a serious condition.

The heroism of one of the convicts, an Irishman sentenced to penal servitude for life, saved the life of the Assistant Prison Commissioner in the course of the outbreak.

The Commissioner was confronted by a band of prisoners, armed with iron bars. Donovan, the convict referred to, regardless of the grave risk, rushed between him and his assailants and warned them to caution. It appeared momentarily as if both Donovan and the Assistant Commissioner would be killed out of hand, but Donovan succeeded in turning the attackers.

MASS ESCAPE ATTEMPT EARLIER.

fiercely

Shanghai, Jun. 26. Agudown belonging to Messrs. Jardine Matheson and Company, at their East Pootung Wharf, was

Complete peare has been re-] The convicts resisted completed gutted by dre last stared at Dartmoor hust night. When the reinforcements arrived

and most of them had to be for.. following the muting, which

the fcibly raptured before riol unparallelled in British prisnawns quelled, at history..

The authorities are now busily dealing with the wounded and in- vestigating the damage.

The whole of the control portion of the gnol, has been! burned down and while officin statement gives only twenty as sent to hospital,

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The Presidential Palace of San Salvador, under military guard dur ing the revolution crista.

Short-lived

The Revolt.

some reports place the total of REDS ROUTED IN

injurles ng high as 84 convicts, and six worders.

SAN SALVADOR,

MILITARY CAMP BLAZE.

EXCITEMENT AT SHAMSHUIPO.

SHEDS GUTTED.

Three buts were com. pletely destroyed and four other buildings partially damaged this morning as a result of a fire which broke out at the Military Camp at Shamshuipo, the headquar ters of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

No fewer Han five fire appliances were rushed to the scene, but it took more than an hour offer their arrival to get the confluxratina un- Įder complete control.

The difteulties of the fire-fight- ters were enhanced by a shortage of water.

Sea water had to be used.

Heavy Losses.

The

fire is believed to have hroken out in a passage way be- tween two big huts, one used as a laundry and the other for storage purposes, in which were many band Instruments and bandsmen's uniforms. Besides the valuable collection of band lastruments, including bugles and drums, there was also in the shed a pair of sil- ver pipes belonging to Major Sin- luir. There are believed to inve been

destroyed, whilst much damage was also done to the in- struments, although some of them were retrieved.

The

Battalion Turns Out,

Brigade found the place well alight when they arrived, despite the fact that the whole Battalion turned out and kept the blaze wihin bounds, though some dificulty was experienced with the water supply.

Concentrating their efforts o hats which were in danger, though not actually

involved in the blaze,

re-

the Brigade had little option but to allow the fire to burn itself out.

The Tsimshatsui Fire Station

call at 10.52 feived a

A., and hres appliantes went immediately under Station. Officer G. Saunders, Two turned out from Mongkok un-

Smith.

der Station is sent at 11.03

A "Hane

am, but despite the additional aid, three sheds, 120 feet long and about 15 feet wide were completely destroyed. Four other buildings received slight damage by fire and brankage. The fire was under com-. plete control by 12.05 p.m.

FIERCE BATTLE IN KIRIN.

DEFEATED ARMY

·PLUNDERING.

Harbin, Jan; 25.

has been The trouble which brewing for a long time between the troops of the old and the new Kirin Governmenta flared yesterday morning.

up

to

Fierce fighting is reported have occurred a few miles to the south of Sinolin Station.

General Yu Hsich-chow attack- ad in full force, supported by several aeroplanea, whilch dropped many bombs on the opposing army.

A hundred police are remaining in an around the prison as Iprecaution, constant vizit being

maintained alt night. Troops ati Crownhill Barracka also remained in readiness for an emergency.

Simmering for a Fortnight. The struggle between the can-i

300 and viets, numbering

the ormed warders, reinforced by were hundreds of police who Although silver la down both in rashed to the prison on the first Mr. Chen did not appear at the circles state that he communicated London and New York, the Hong alarm

A search of the cells this even-

New York, Jan. 24. Forelga Ministry yesterday and by telephone with Mr. Sun Fo and kong dolla: remains unchanged al towns and villages, lasted

from the neighbouringing after the outbreak was pro- great surprise was caused in th verbally tendered his resignation Is. 5.1/16d. on dentund.

for perly under control, rovented A message from San Salvador, After stubborn roslatance, tho afternoon when it was. disclosed

aver two hours.

number of hidden weapons such whither British and American old Government troops retreated that he had quietly left for Shange-

The decline in London was 1/10th

answer to Slaolin. The commander of The trouble had been simmering knives, pieces of lead tubing warships are rushing in Shanghai Trouble.

both for spot and forward, India for a fortnight. It boiled

over and nails tied in handkerchiefs,

to urgent

the the Sinolin garrison demanded

·Besieged by newspaper

requests from being a small seller on a quiet mar- during the morning when General Chiang Kai-shek. pendents ut the Shanghai Railway Wang Ching-wei, Marshal Feng Yu-

Tr. ket.

the confirming the belief that the

British and American

int they surrender their arms. trouble has been brewing

acting Station. Mr. Chen said he

prisoners were exerelaing. Sud-

Rofusing, they continued their re- Ministers, atates that the Govern- treat towards Ethzentlanze, which was halang

New York ruporta a fall of Marshal Li Chai-sum, quarter, with the market dull. visiting Shanghal to confer with General Li Chung-yen and twenty

#1 denly, the prisoners attacked the some time.

ment have now routed the Com-town they captured. the Chinese leaters regarding the other commissionera of the Central

|wardors with Improvised weapons,¦ Moreover, it is now revealed that munists and are in The ro-rate in down once after which, temporarily in con-

control of situntien there, but he declined to Political Council und Kuomintang, the figure being 3.424.

It is reported that shops in the they trol of the situation,

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the situation. comment on the rumours of his

town were plundered and that Executive Committee assembled

many Locally there is practically noth-fire to the Governor's Office,

casualties resignation.

occurred.- Very heavy fighting is reported Reuter. Mr. Sun Fo arrived at Shanghal House where they lund a lengthy here and in Shanghai in steady.

yesterday afternoon at Governmenting doing, though the market both later in the day and conferred with conference on the Shanghat situa-

to have taken place and tho Communists have suffered severe Mr. Eugene Chon and It is believed in.

105808. that the President of the Executive]

bai.

corres-

prior to leaving for Shanghai.

Both Chiang Kai-shek and Wang owing to the Government's rejec-

tion.

for

there was an attempted mais escapo earlier in the week, while on Friday a warder was slashed in the face by a razor.

Rifle-fire mingling with the crackling flames could be seen and heard for miles around.

A "Terror" Averted..

When the trouble was at

its

Martial law has boon declared throughout the republic, and com- plete quiet now prevails.

:

TRAMWAY CO. DIVIDEND.

FINAL OF SIXTY CENTS:

Yuan is endeavouring to persuade Ching-wei addressed the meeting at tion of his policy of breaking off Chen Le continue in office.

While rainforcements wera height, the women in the neigh considerable length, and it is stated diplomatic relations with Japan, being hurried to the scone com- bourhood were warned to is understood that the Foreign that the leaders agreed to continue in favour of a policy of modera-plete chaos reigned inside It

lock Minister is dissatisfied with the the foreign policy maintained by

the themselves in their houses owing Government's handling of the the Chiang Kai-shek Government.

prison walls. Hundreds of con- Manchurian problemi, in which con.

A last-minute draatle change invicto tried to scale the high walls to a fear that the convicts might the instructions to Dr. W. W. Yon without success. noxlon he recently suggested the Resignation Definite.

possibly escape en 7114880 regarding China's attitudo at the

Over League of Nations meeting la ex-

↑ hundred soldiers, terrorise the countryside. Nanking, Jan. 26. Mr. Eugeno Chen talographed pected to be despatched to Genova equipped with steel helmets and which has not met with support from Shanghal this morning off are based on a polley of modera-orders to proceed from Plymouth only averted by the timely arrival strong for the rebels and drove cents per, nhnie stikha diste of the

to-day. The frosh Instructions fighting equipment års under

to Dartmoor.

severance of all political relations)

with Japan, a recommendation

in Government circles.

cially tondering his resignation, tion-Reuter-

The Communist coup was very near success at one stage. They seized and occupied a number of Making a total of $1 per share. and

towns, and entrenched themselves for the year 1981; the Directors of against attack. The Government Hongkong Tramways, Ltd., will It is believed that this was forces, however, proved too recommend a final dividend of 602 them cut after much slaughter forthcoming *dinary 3ATWELL |of-large" forces of police, Reuter: Reuter's "American Serviet,

Tenerally most

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