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CHINA COAST PIRATES ADOPT NEW METHODS

SHANGHAI

SHIP'S FATE

TAKEN BY PIRATES FROM SMALL BOAT

NEAR WOOSUNG

ENGINESS WRECKED TO STOP SHIP

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(by Telegraph. Commright Mekonger Ordinaner, 1891, Received, free.

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Shanghai, Dec. 14.

An extraordinary story of piracy, carried out somewhat on the lines of the old-time buccaneers, has just been re- ceived.

small boat.

11. M. S. Enterprien, una of the vessels ordered to be rondy for an emergency in Porsian waters.

IZVESTIA'S APOLOGY

BRITISH PROTEST TO SOVIET

MATTER NOW CLOSED

It is the frat case of piracy in the vicinity of Shanghai for sev.) eral months. It occurred on Mon-

London, Dec. 13. day night outside Woosutig and a romarkable feature lies in the fact The under Secretary for that the pirates did not board the Foreign Affairs, Captain Anthony steamer as passengers in the usual Eden, to-day informed the House! manner of the China Coast, bul of Commons of the sequal to the hoarded the vessel at sea from a recent vigorous protest which Sir John Simon had made to the The steamer concerned was the Soviet Government. s.. Hungta, belonging to the Tai-

The protest concerned chiefly Lung Steamship Curaquiny, and as allegations published in the news. cording to a telegram received atj the offices of the Company paper Icrestia that the British Shanghai last night, the pirates Foreign Office had instructed its attacked the steamer, successfully agents to forge anti-Soviet docu- boarded her and overpowered the ments. officers.

HERDED TOGETHER,

Captain Eden said the Soviet | Ambassador had made an oral com-¦ munication Lo the Permanent

not

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WAR DEBTS TANGLE.

HERRIOT CABINET TO FALL?

BELGIUM REFUSES TO MAKE PAYMENT

LONDON, DEC. 13.

AS INDICATED BY THE CHANCELLOR AT BIRMINGHAM, BRITAIN HAS TEMPORARILY WITHDRAWN THE "CAPITAL PAYMENT" STIPULATION ATTACHED TO THE PAYMENT OF THE DECEMBER WAR DEBT TO THE UNITED STATES.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Winston Churchill sought an assurance that Britain would refuse to con- sent to French and Italian payments to the United States and not to Great Britain. Mr. Chamberlain declined to

assent.

Command of the ship was secar-Under Secretary for Foreign FALL OF HERRIOT GOVERNMENT. ed within a few minutes of the Affairs to the effect that while the hoarding. The officers and crew, Soviet Government only took together with some three hundred sponsibility for official communicas passengers, were herded together tions in the Izvestia, they desired in one part of the vessel, while the state that with regard to this. cargo and luggngo was systema-particular incident they did tically looted.

entertain, and had not at any time entertained, the suspicions of the Before proceeding with their Foreign Secretary and of the work of piracy, the gang damag- Foreign. Office which ed the engines considerably in pressed therein. order to bring the vessel to full stop.

The fall of the Herriot Government is regarded as imminent in consequence of the decision of the Finance

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Then, while the craft drifted with the current, they proceeded to rob their victims and loot the cargo, which was very full.

SHIP ABANDONED,

We

EDITOR'S APOLOGY.

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themselves from such statements.. On the contrary, they dissociated

The Ambassador had repeated this declaration and added that he himself had communicated with the Editor of the Izvestia, who had now replied that he had been When their lost had been load-misled by one of his correspon- ed into small boats which came dents, that he recognised the state- alongside the captured'ship, the mente in question were inaccurate, Anchor was dropped and thend that he wished to express his

and Foreign Committees of the Chamber of Deputies rejecting a motion for payment of the December debt instalment by twenty-four votes to nine. The Com- -mittees decided against payment under any conditions.

A French Note has already been sent announcing France's intention to pay.-Reuter. BELGIUM · REFUSES TO PAY,

Brussels, Dec. 13. Following America's Reply to the latest Belgian Note, elaborating the explanations in the first Note re- questing a suspension of the war debt instalment due on December, the Belgian Government has decided to refuse to make the payment to the United States.

Hungta was abandoned. regret for having published them. MR. CHURCHILL'S REQUEST REFUSED

these circumstances,

the

The pirates escaped to the In south, proceeding towards Gatz- British Government regarded the laff Island in the Yangtsze mouth, matter as closed.--British Wireless. Aome forty miles from Woosung.-- Reuter.

AMY STILL GOING STRONG

OVER HALF JOURNEY

COMPLETED

Gao, Der, 1.

PREMIER AND DUKE OF. YORK

BOTH SUFFERING FROM COLDS

London, Der. 13.

PERSIA DEFIANT

REPLY TO BRITISH. NOTE

REFUSE CHANGE OF DECISION,

Teheran, Dec. 14. Persia has declined to ac cede to the preremptory British request for the with drawal of the cancellation of the Anglo-Persian Oil Com-

WAR DEBTS pany's concession.

RIOT IN PARIS

does

Tho Persian Government noi consider that the Hague Court is competent to deal with of examine the Anglo-Persian oil dispute or that the Optional Clause is applicable to the present ease. declares the Perelan Government's Reply to the British Government's

DEMONSTRATION NEAR Note.

CHAMBER

Persia takes up an air of in- nozence, declaring that the Per- Islan Government is entitled to draw the attention of the League of Nations to the threats of pres-

British Government, whose action

ANTI-US. SCENE sure made against them by the

Paris, Dec. 14. Serious rioting developed from a big War Debts demonstration outside the Chamber of Deputies last night.

Three of the demonstrators were

Mr. J. M. Balley and Mus Diana Churchili, who were"mar- ried in London yesterday. Mr. Balley is the eldest son of Sir Abe Bailey, of South Africa, and Mi Churchill is the eldest daughter of Mr. Winston Chur-

chill.

is incompatible with a spirit of ARMED MAN

uprightness and a desire for peace.

CRUISERS READY.

The Note disclaims any re- sponsibility for losses which mayj be suffered by the Company.

Measures from Karachi bint seriously injured and were de that British cruisers there are tained in hospital. About a thou-being held in readiness for emer and wore rounded up by

have been cancelled.

IN CONGRESS

police and taken into custody. thegency and that Christman leaves HOLDS UP HOUSE WITH

While the Deputies were inside

A Moscow mesange denies the the Chamber, debating whether or insinuation in certain papers that not France should make the De- the Soviet Government is behind cember payment to the United the Persian Government's action. States, a huge

erowd gathered Reater.

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outside the building, shouting: "NOT A CENT FOR AMERICA”

A large force of police were: rushed to the scene and they threw out a cordon. The crowd, which MEMORANDUM consisted largely of Royalists. endeavoured to force the cordon, upon which a free fight occurred REORGANISATION_OF

and the crowd went temporarity wild.

TRAMCAR WRECKED.

The demonstrators tore up twoj

trees and put a trament out of

Jaction before the police succeed- jed in quelling the disturbances.

All the prisoners were detained at the police station for an hour; or two and then allowed to go.

- Paris: Inter.

KUOMINTANG

REVOLVER

STRANGE SCENE

COOLNESS OF SERGEANT SAVES SITUATION

Washington, Dec. 13.

A remarkable scene was witnessed on, the floor of House of Representatives to- day when Congress was held up at the point of a revolver by an armed stranger.

The man leaped from the public the gallery into the centre of A stronger policy of resistance House and shouting: "I want the

STRONG SUPPORT IN SHANGHAI

Shanghai. Dec. 11.

A second Royalist rald on the to Japan is demantied by a powers. Chamber at midnight was folled by ful group of Shanghai members of floor." produced a revolver, which the Kuomintang Central Executive was afterwards found to be loaded, the police.

about, demanding that the House should listen in what he had to say.

A statement regarding war debt enter into any definite commit-ter payments and their relation to the ments modifying the existing war

Was mude debt funding agreement. usanne Agreement

in the House of Commons to-day by the Chancellor of Exchequer.

Mr. Chamberlain was asked by Mr. Winston Churchill for an Basurance that the Government would in no cir

London, Dec. 1. The Prime Minister, who eat cumstances con- cold while on the Continent, re-ent to pre- mained Indoors to-day. His forential discri- Mrs. Mollison (Amy Johnson foctors, who paid their regular mination by to dny completed her flight of over periodical visit this morning, France and athmannd miles from Deata to found that otherwise his healthItaly in favour their war Gao, landing safely and in grool was good. He presided over this of

payments spirits at 5.15 p.m. yesterday morning's Cabinet meeting and debt evening.

hopes to attend the House of to the United She plans to take-off again Commons to-morrow for the debate States.

against their 3 a.m. (1 a.m. Hongkong time) on war debts.

to y direct to

1,300 miles.

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Churchill.

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A further 250 temporary arrests Committee, who left for Nanking were made, including several pro-last night to attend the third and waved it minent personages. Amongst plenary session of the C.E.C.

The group is headed by the for- these was M. Pujol, chief editor of Action Francaise, who, however, mer President of the Executive

Many of the members ignored circumstances, they could not was immediately released. Rru-Yuan, Mr. Sun Fo, who carries the request and did not wait upon

memorandum which

has been the order of their going, rushing drawn up after long conversations to the exits and disappearing, between the Shanghai membera of The Public Gallery also emptied the C.E.C.

with startling rapidity after In the course of the memoran- temporary scramble at the exits. dum, it is suggested and re-

* LOADED AND COCKED. commended that the C.E.C. out: Hue a stronger foreign policy

The stranger aimed his weapon against Japan and undertake at several members of the House thorough reformation of the menacingly, but the situation was Kuomintang.

saved by the coolness of the Ser- geant-at-Arms, who walked for-

They agreed, however, that the annultles due under the agreement should be suspend. ed until the coming into force of the Lausanne "Agreement, (Continued on Page 7.)

The Royal Observatory reports that the anticyclone remains centred to the north of the Yangtse Valley and the depression to the north east of Ilok- kaido. Fresh monsoon will prevail along the coast and fresh to strong monsoon over the China Sea. Local forecast:-N.E. wage, fresh; Ane.

SIX DAYS AND NIGHTS ON A FLOATING TREE

EXTRAORDINAR Y. ADVENTURES

OF A MALAY

Bevoro

PLENARY SESSION.

The memorandum is signed by ward calmly and ordered the in- all the Shanghai members of the truder to throw down his [C.B.C., the group including which he did.

gun,

General Cheung Wai-Cheung, for- The Sergeant caught it loaded mer Director of the Canton Air and cocked. Forces, Admiral Cben Cheb, for-

The stranger was then quickly mor Commander of the First Nava} [rushed out of the building by Squadron, Chen Ching-yun, Mu police.-Reuter, Chao-tain and Liang Ban-tuko.

he

The memorandum, will presented at the plenary session of exposure, the C.E.C. which opens to-day at

Lo-day and will probably attempt The Duke of York is suffering Payments of

The Crom cold and is confined to his similar debts due to Britain, and That truth is stranger than withstand the northern coast, a distance of same room by doctor's orders-British whether he would demand equality fiction is again exemplified by bobbing like a cork in the heavy Nanking-Renter.

and simultaneity of treatment for the remarkable story of a monacon-blown seas, and clinging! Britain from these two countries in order to prevent all payments Pahang Malay who was saved by to the trunk of a cocoanut tree by all countries to the United a kindly disposed Providence which had accompanied him out States on December 15th being after six days and nights in the to sea. made at the sele expense of Great sea near Singapore. Britain.

With her arrival at Gao, Amy completed over two-thirds of her African journey and half the long trip from Capetown to England. If all goes well, she should be back In England to-morrow evening.~~ Rentor.

Amy cabled from Dual to her husband stating:-"Unlucky again, cannot arrive Wednesday" Fog delayed her, but who left Inter for Gao-British Wireless,

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DUTCH TEXTILE

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IMPORTS TO BE CUT BY 50 PER CENT.

The Hague, Dec, 13.

DOLLAR DROPS A

FARTHING:

MARKET ON EASY SIDE

HURRICANE BLAST. When picked up by the

The Hongkong dollar declined a On the 18th of last month, he

farthing this morning. The local Carnarvonshire, Hongkong-bound,

working in on the 24th of last month, he had stated, he

market has an oasy undertone, and APPRECIABLE RISE

coconnut plantation running to

very little business is passing. Replying, Mr. Chamberlain suta drifted some 800 miles from Singa the water's edge at Pahang. He

In London, silver dropped REPORTED

the letter which he addressed to

A lean wiry man, as are the war collecting cocoanute shaken

A Royal Decree has been issued, 3/16ths. America sold and China London, Dec. 18. the French Finance Minister ut

Bin off a tree, when a suddon hur reducing the quota for the im-bought and cold, the marke being When the Stock Exchange elos-Lausanne in July, 1993, stated that majority of his race, Sanib

next nine months to fifty per cont, the market zuled dull, America the firm basis of British funds, would have been glad if it had a Telegraph roporter who saw him bodily off his feat.

He found himself carrial through of the average value of imports being Inclined to sell, Berchur, of Felix Villas, was bitten which generally rose v to, with been possible to cancel the French this morning at the Central Police

Station, an amazing story of the air out to sea, and was dropped during the corresponding nino New York reports allver down by a neighbour's deg with which ho was playing, yesterday. Ito was given War Loan 316 por cont. at 98% war debt as part of our physical endurance which had into the water together with other months of 1929, 1980, and 1881, a quarter to 3.27/8, with

British Wireless,

cancellation, but, in the actual enabled him for almost a week-to (Continued on Page 7).. Reutar.

Imarket, anays raedical treatment.

Roland, the year-alil son of Mr. fed to-day the leading feature was the United Kingdom Government Ahmet All. 42 years of age, tola ricane aprang up. and lifted himportation of textiles during the quiet. . After the official fixing.

the