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JAPANESE ENVOY SENATORS CRASH

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· IN

NANKING

MUCH SPECULATION PROVOKED

AN UNOFFICIAL EXPLANATION

(Special to "Telegraph")

Shanghai, May 18. Considerable speculation has been

circles provoked in Chinese

In Shanghal and Nanking over visit to the capital of the Japanese Ambassador to Brazil, Mr. Ariyo-| shi, who is now returning Shanghai.

the

AGAIN

THIRD DEFEAT IN A ROW

New York, May 17.

THE

HONGKONG

INDO-CHINA S. S. MEETING

LOCAL LIGHT DUES CRITICISED

TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1932.

NO SECOND ESCAPE

Continued from Page 1)

ed a loan of $10,000 and the Crown case would be that the letter con- tained direct menaces to the lifo of the householder's son (in res-

were found guilty last Saturday, sentence on two being reserved

St. Louis appear to have broken VERY POOR YEARpect of whose murder three men

the morale of the Sonators, win ning their third match in a row

Depressed conditions in ship-

at Washington to-day, this timeping were stressed by the Hon. pending the outcome of a Full

by a margin of 11 runs to 2.

Meanwhile, the Yankees con- tinue

their winning progress. Cleveland failed again to-day in very tight game. Chapman hit home run for the Yanks and Averill replied in kind for the

Indians.

Waner lift a home run for Pills- toburgh, giving them the edge on

Brooklyn.

While the reason for the visit Results:- has not been made public, it la reported that Mr. Ariyoshi went

to Nanking for the purpose of in- Cincinnati formally sounding out the opinion Pittsburgh of Chinese government leaders re- Chiengo ,garding Sino-Japanese political

questions, particularly those

con-

St. Loui

National League.

2 New York

3 Brooklyn

Phillie

4 Boston

American League.

nected with the Japanese with- drawal of forces from Shanghai Philadelphio

2 Detroit

Boston

New York

3 Chiengo

2 St. Louis

3 Cleveland

and the proposal for the setting up Washington of a round table conference.

Mr. Ariyoshi failed to obtain, an interview with Mr. Lo Wen-kan. the Minister for Foreign Affairs, but he conversed for over two hoorn with Mr. Wang Ching-wei.

It is stated that Mr. Wang Ching-wel told the Japanese envoy that China had placed the settle ment of the Sino-Japanese dispute entirely in the bands of the League of Nations.-Reuter.

BOMBAY RIOTS QUELLED

NEARLY THOUSAND

Beuter,

PRIME MINISTER TAKES AIRING

1

4

3

Mr. J. J. Paterson when presiding Court discusalon on a point ro- at the annual general meeting of nerved on the application of Mr. the Indo-China Steam Navigation Somerset Fitzroy, defending coun- Co., Ltd., this morning.

Only Hel). year, he said, had conditions for during the last quarter of Inst the Company taken a turn for the better.

lerina, purported to be written by The second, continued Mr. Huz-

the son himself, and he then pro ceeded to read the letters.

KILLING OUR ENEMIES.

The letter by Cheung Ku stated he was a wandering

son from

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The increased light dues in Hongkong were criticised as like- ly to pince in danger the Colony's reputation as one of the cheapest porta in the East, and the hope was expressed that the Government 1 would reconsider the position.

CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH. Addressing the shareholders, the Chairman snid :-It will be

from the observed

Directors' Report that the year under review began in depressing circumstances and it appeared as though we were As they had no travelling ex- inheriting all the difficulties of penses, the letter continued," they 1930. If that year went down as had detained the son In their lose of the most

Nicmpon). disastrous, ex- house, he having been met "unex- perienced' by the shipping Indus- pectedly" by "our brothers." Also, try the work over, it is no exag- if drastic measures were taken, re- geration to say that its successor, pentance would be too late, and was even worse.. China's politica) | if any harm came to the deliverer problems. banditry, Inboùr trou- | of the letters, then the son's life bles, taxation, serious competition, was dearer than the life of the the continued fall in the value of bearer, and, "I shall immediately the dollar, and the world-wide de- | cut, your son's head and send it pression in trade were still to the back to you so as to repay for London, May 17.

fore with us in the East, nnd mat-the bearer." The Prime Minister went for after were made more disheartening motor drive in the country today, by the appalling floods in the Yau- He returned to the Nursing Home tze Valley during the summer. to-night, but will leave to-morrow,

I will not delay you with an ex- and, after spending some time in position of our troubles except to Downing Street, he will travel by touch upon them in discussing the night train to Lossiemouth, Scot-trades in which the Company is in-

The letter which purported to Innd, to complete

terested, as they are already fami- valescence.

liar to you in speeches from this have been written by the son to his father, stated that he had fal- chuir and, to quote from one of

Fairplay's” 1931 Reports. "the len into a bandita' den and as his task of describing the course of right hand had been wounded by akipping business during the past a gun he got someone else to write As he was year could only be handled ade- the letter for him. quately by him who wrote the story located on a desolate island it was of the sufferings of Jub," Suffice difficult to get the services of a it to say, however, that these fac-doctor. At present he was in no tors all took their toll on the Com- | imminent dunger but they had ul- pany's earning power, and it was lowed him to write and ask for only during the last quarter of $10,000. It was to be feared that the year that conditions generally action would be taken against his took a turn for the better, a gleam life if any measures were taken

LEAVES FOR SCOTLAND TO-NIGHT

his con-

CASUALTIES

Bombay, May 17. He will be away about three The grave developments in Bam-weeks. returning to London in bay and Calcutta are now subsid-time to prepare for the Lausanne Ing.

Conferetice, which opens on June After four lays of rioting in 26th.---British. Wireless, Bombay, in which no fewer than 88 were killed and 850 wounded, quiet was restored this evening.

Order has been restored also in Calcutta, where, in the course of the rioting. The Deputy Commis sioner of Police and other officers,

DOLLAR DROPS A FARTHING

as well as a number of constables LOCAL MARKET VERY of light in stygian darkness. It is

were injured. There were also a score of civilian casualties.

The trouble was due to Hindus stoning u Moslem Renter.

procession.----

buck.

UNCERTAIN

3.-

not to be wondered at, therefore, that once again your Directors have to submit an unsatisfactory report on the year's working, but taking everything into account it is better than it might have been. FIRING ON SHIPS.

Cheung Ku signed himself as the

Villeer in Charge of the Chinese Iron and Blood Branch of the Eastern River

CAPTURE STORY. ·

against his captors.

Mr. Hazlerigg explained thai, when charged, prisoner made a statement

eribing events in connexion with the murder, he added, that they returned to the Mei Chow Hotel where "Wong Hoi told me to write done two letters and when this WAN structed to deliver them."

Cheung Sau-fu

in which, after den-

WAS

MUST HAVE KNOWN.

AH the Magistracy prisoner stated that he went with Cheung Sau-fu to deliver the letters, but Mr. Hazlerigg explained it would Appear that he waited outside the house and when Cheung San-fu was arrested returned to town.

Although silver is up in London, the Hongkong dollar declined a The presence of British troops farthing this morning to 18. patrolling the disturbed areas in 1/8d. The local market is very Jombay had a salutary effect to uncertain, with little inclination day, although in places there were for anyone to do business.

On the Yangtze River, despite further fierce outbreaks of Hindu-i London reports a rise of 1/8th every obstacle to peaceful trading Moslem animosity. The tensionin silver. China and India were the Company's gross earnings ex- was heightened by the fact that sull hayers, while sellers held eeeded slightly those of the pre- it was the Mosleni New Year,

Early in the day, several mo the market

After the official fixing,vious year, and it is pleasing to rnled steady, with note that the travelling public, people were killed and many in jured, .but the

America inclined to buy, authorities

both native and foreign, supported gradually gained control of the

In New York silver at 2834 is us to a gratifying degree. Firing altuation, the pollee and

down 3/8ths, but the market is re-on merchant ships continued as in troops

previous years, but was confined displaying complete impartiality ported to be steady.

mostly to the Middle River by bands of irresponsible soldiery styling themselves the Soviet Re-

Mr. Hazlerigg commented that public of China, and it was only

prisoner must have known the possible to navigate this stretch contents of the letters as he ad- of the river in safety with the mitted having written them in his assistance of H. M. Navy, to whom statement, and by accompanying ngain I would record

the Com-Cheung Sau-fu to the house he pany's keen appreciation. Owing ofther directly or indirectly as to the heavy rains in Centralsisted in causing their delivery. The Yangtze waters continue China, floods of an unprecedented

towards the riotera.

There was also a clash between Moslems and Hindus in Calcutta to-day and during the efforts to restore order the Deputy Cum- missioner of Police, Mr. Hartley, and other ofleers and constables were struck by flying missiles.- British Wireless.

THE GALLANT

NINETEENTH ARMY

Shanghai Defenders Now

in Nanking

FLOOD MENACE

YANGTSZE RISE CAUSES ALARM IN BANKOW

4

Hankow, May 17.

to rise and are causing consider- nature occurred and vast areas After evidence had been called, able anxiety. Urgent petitions were submerged causing untold the jury retired and after an have been sent by the people to damages and incalculable loss of absence of two minutes they re- the local authorities to strengthen life. In July, the river at Han-turned a verdict of gulity, the Changkung and Lanklang kow passed the previous record dykes, two of the most important, level of 50'5" in 1870 and went on for protecting the Wahon area rising until 19th August, when it reached the peak of 53" 6" after turn which it fell slowly

from floods.

The local authorities

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BY AIR TO PEKING.

Mr. Justice Wood then sentenced prisoner to imprisonment for life.

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

Friday, May G.-The Hon. Mr. W. T.. Southern, C.M.G., attended a meeting of Executive Council, and took the prescribed oatlis as Oficer Ad- minlatering the Government before His Honour Mr. Juatico Wood.

Saturday, May 7-Commodore A. H. Walker, O.B.E., accompanied by Captain G. II. Knowles, R.N., and attended by Paymaster Commander W. K. G. Grace, R.N., called on His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government at Government House. Brigusler R. B. Cousons, D.S.O., at- tended by Lieutenant J. Baskervyle- Glegg, the Groys, called on His Ex- celloney the Officer Administering the Government at Government House. His Excellency the Officer Administer- ing the Government, attended by Captain F. W. Webb, A.D.C., returned

H.M.S. "Tamor," and of Brigadier Cousens at Flagstaff House.

It is quite impossible, in the permitted to enjoy untramelled the calls of Commodors Walker in scope of these remarks, to convey trading.

| adequately an impression of the

TIENTSIN THREAT.

Sunday, May 8.—Captain_F. W. Webb, A.D.C., called on M. Dufaure de la Prade, Consul-General for

French

Nanking, May 18.

difficulties which confronted us Our regular services in other The Sixty-First Division of the Nineteenth

during this period, not only at directions were well supported Route Army, which

Hankow but at other adjacent with the exception of the Calcutta bore the brunt of the early fight-

ports. Cargo had to be shiftedLine which suffered from political France, to express the sympathy of ing in Chapei against Japanese

in India disturbances from lower to upper floods of bluejackets and regulars, have en-

PROPOSAL FOR EXTENSION

and the His Excellency the Omeer Adminlater- world-wide depression. Here resing the Government and of the Colony godowns as well as to lighters,tricted immigration to the Straits of Hongkong, on the death of M. tored Nanking, coming from the

OF YANGTSZE SERVICE tronches at Kunshan now that the

bulks, tsenmers and other hired Japanese troops are withdrawing.

Shanghai, May 17.

premises, and for a while the Com-was a serious factor in our deck Daumer, President of the

Republie. The population here lined the The Chinese National Aviation pany's business was conducted on passenger business.

one of our vessels. atroots and gave them a tremen- Corporation, which has to succeZB-

It anys much dous welcome after

their three fully run the Yangtso Valley air nshore and afloat, that they were those in charge of affairs,

A depressing feature of the months in the trenches.

service, is proposing to extend its able to carry on in the face of such Tientsin trade in the recurring service to Peking. A test plane trying circumstances, and to them allting of the Haiho River, which returned here after a flight to Tion Lake this opportunity of convey-threatens the future existence of toin, making landing arrangementsing our grateful thanks.

Tientsin ne a port. A scheme to It is expected that the service

prevent this allting was put into will operato very shortly.

force and financed by the impoal- Renter's Special,

In my speech last year, I re-tion, in June 1929, of a surcharge ferred to the Company's losses at which still continues and has re- Changsha through the wanton des-sulted in the collection

of over

The tronps, who will rest here for some time, looked fit, despite their experiences in the fighting line.-Reuter.

CANADA FINANCE

PRECAUTION

* WIDE AUTHORITY FOR

CABINET

Nanking, May 17. With a view to giving some mea- Burs of relief to the Chinese silk industry, the Government has de cided to exempt Chinese silk from the export tax-Reuter.

for

CHANGSHA LOOTING.

Monday, May 9-Captain F. W. Webb, A.D.C., represented His Ex- cellency the Oillcer Administering the Government at the funeral of Mr.

Tang Chi-ngong-

of

Tuesday, May 10.—Ilis Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern- ment presided at a meeting Herr, Commander-in-Chief of the Executive Council. Vice-Admiral French Naval Forces in the Far East,

called at Government House.

AIDING SILK INDUSTRY.truction and looting by communists $3,000,000. Unfortunately; al- Wednesday, May 11.-His Excel- or bandita. Not only are we still though the measures calculated to icey the Officer Administering the without a settlement of our claims permit the diversion of silt-laden W. Webby A.D.C., returned the call of Governmont, attended by Captain F. on the Nanking Government but tributaries to the settling basin Vico-Admiral Herr in the French consignees who lost their goods were ready to be put into opera-cruiser, Waldeck-Rousseau. commenced to boycott us and this tion, the diversion did not take was felt with varying degrees of pince at the crucial momont for Ottawa, May 17.

intensity throughout the year. It some unknown renson and drafts A Bill authorising the Cabinet

is to be hoped that our claims may in the Heiko River are once again to tako steps to meet any financial

receive favourable treatment, and limited to 9 feet with overy pros- crisis during the forthcoming re-

that some effort will be made by pect of navigation becoming in cess will probably be tabled in

Mr. Wyana Jones yesterday dis- the Chinese authorities to end possible for even shallow draft Parliament by the Governmont be charged Ho Kam-chun, lodging-house this agitation against us.

tuge and lighters. keeper foro Parliament la prorogued.

This state of of 186, Connaught Road West, who was charged with possession of

Keen competition was felt on affairs cannot continue indefinite- This announcement has been two Dutch notes and one Straits Set all sections of the river and sense-ly and the-responsible Authorities made by the Prime Minister, who tlements note. It was stated by deless rate-cutting indulged in at must bestir themselves if they are adda that emergency measures will fendant that he received the notes frequent intervals. Towards the to save the port from extinction. only come into effect by proclama- from one of his lodgers in payment end of the year, however, circum- tion, after minture consideration, of his bill and sundries. Mr. Peter stances arose over which we had referred to the tendency of Port For the past two years I have Router.

Sin defended.

ho control and the Company was (Continued on Page 5.)

Thursday, May 12-His Excellency the Oficer Administering the Govern- not, attended by Captain F. W. Private A.D.C., and Mr. J. Barrow, Memorial Service for M. Doumer, late Secretary, attended the Prealdent of the French

Republic, St. Joseph's Church. Dufoure de la Prade paid a farewell Friday, May 18-M. and Mmo,

call on His Excellency the Oficer Administering, the Government and Mrs. Southorn.

in

Toissier, Consul for France, called at Saturday, May 14.-M. de Soulsagos

Government Hous

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