JAPAN'S NAVAL CLAIMS
MR. DAVIS ON THE RATIO ISSUE
TABOO UNTIL
1935
Washington, Aug. 16.
Mr. Norman Davis, America's roving ambassador, who is at present in Washington confer- ring with President Roosevelt upon problems connected with the Disarmament Conference, declared to-day that he was much more hopeful regarding, outlook.
He felt sure that as a result of the discussions which have been proceeding in Europe recently bo- tween the different governments, noma Bolution of the armaments, problem would be found when the Disarmament Conference resumed its sessions at Geneva on October. 10.
NAVAL RATIOS TABOO.
With reference to hints of A likelihood of Japanese pressure for a discussion проп navai ratios, Mr. Norman Davis said that the United States would not be prepared then to discuss the question of naval 'ration, which 1935 would be reserved for the Naval Conference.
In the meantime, he expressed") the view that the building pro- grammes of the United States and Japan could not be described as a race, as neither country had attempted to exceed the agreed
ratios.
ment Conference.--Reuter,
COAL UNREST
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933.
Mrs. Borrett, wife of H.E. the G.O.C., performing the official opening ceremony at the new Brewery at
THREAT TO OLD COUPLE
ALLEGED ATTEMPT FOR VENGEANCE
CONCUBINE AND MAN CHARGED
Sham Trong yesterday..
LOCAL ESTATE
WIDOW LEAVES
$41,000
CORRESPONDENCE
THE LEAGUE OF BRITISH WHITES.
(To the Editor,
Hongkong Telegraph.) Sir.-Mary thanks for your
in
Locul estate sworn under $41,000 was left by Chan Ho-aze, alian Ho Wal-fong, widow, of Victoria, who died Intestate at 38, Pau Chung Street, Kowloon, on March 21, 1928. Letters of administration offer to publish "a complete out- were granted to the son, Chanling of the League's policy Ho-chung, who has since died. Hongkong if I will supply it, pro- The story of a young concu Letters of administration de konis bine's vengeance on her husbandon have now been granted tovided I confine myself to the ob and his kit fat wife was revealed Chan Ho-chang's widow, Chungjestives of the League, and leave. at the Central Magistracy before Wong-shi alias Chan Wong-shin-the public to judge of their likely Mr. Schofield, this morning when hing, of 4, Tin Lok Lane, Victoria.ffect." proceedings were commenced
againat Kwok So and the concu-
threatening
to
Judging by past experience your. the suggestion would be a very one. scolding the}sided bargain, and 1 would not be
The winner.
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LONDON PREPARATION, Mr. Norman Davis added that he was awaiting & sumthons from the bine, Ko Ng, charged with having meant her to be a figure in European lenders to engage in used insulting and abusive incidents, started the preparatory work which would | language and commence in London early in assault Ko Sam, the kit fat wife, complainant and abusing her. "September, with strong prospects in Queen's Road, West on July 30.
BOGUS SUICIDE.
You confine me to A eertain of useful work thanks to the tour Mr. M. A. da Silva, prosecuting, Shortly after that, and as a re- undertaken by Mr. Arthur Hender- said that he would like to point sult of the husband discovering roarse of action but you do not son, the President of the Disarma-out that the second defendant had her infidelity, Ko Ng attempted a handicap yourself by undertaking already more or lean pleaded | bogus suicide. She went with her not to comment on it until the guilty to the charge.
mother to the Kennedy Point bath-rablie have judged for themselves, Mr. Schoßeld. Yes. As she ing beach, and there jumped into
1. Permit me to remind you that has been in custody for some time, two feet of water. Apparently I think it bust to take her plea the first defendant rescued her. you dubbed thé Society a "Secret" of guilty with a plen of extenunt-She was taken to the Government Society, whereas I claimed that it ing circumstances, or will you be Civil Hospital, and detained two was not.
· ŠTRIKE THREAT- IN satisfled that she be bound over? days, and then to the S. .C. A.,! Mr. Silva objected saying that where the husband and his kit fat S.W. FIELDS
You further tried to prejudice she was the chief figure in the wife were also called. It was then your readlug public by insisting Stoppage le threatening, the case.
decided that the parties should that it was a Society based on whole South Wales' anthracite coal Outlining the case, Mr. Silva soparate, and that the accond de-Fascist lines, whereas Ielafined industry. As a consequence of a sald that the complainant was a fendant should not receive any that it was not in any way con- wages dispute the miners have al married woman living ut
142.allowance whatsoever. ready given notice to one of the Queen's Road, West, and her hus
Since then she had got the first nected with Fascism but you stil? largest companies, and a meeting band was the proprietor of the defendant to threaten the elderly insisted that you were right, in of miners representatives to-day Yat Tun Tin restaurant as well couple on three or four occasions spite of the fact that I must know at Swansea decided that notices as the holder of two stalls.
with assault, and this culminated more about it than you do. "should"operate on August 14, while ́CONCUBINE'S ́ ́INFIDELITY. on July 30, when she and the first now state that much bE"
employees of other collierles should Being An elderly couple defendant went to the restaurant which we (you) have learned re- tender 14 days' notice as soon as and not having any children, with about ten other men, and,garding the League's aims hns possible.
the husband consulted his standing outside, informed com-Leen so self-contradictory that programmes are kindly supplied by Consequently 17,000 men will wife, and she approved of his plainant and her husband that farther explanation is undoubted-Messrs. S. Moutrie and Co. be idle on Monday and, unless a suggestion of taking a concubine. they were going to take them out ly necessary" but you fall to say settlement is reached meanwhile, alt This happened in the third moon into the street, and kill them. workers in the anthracite field, of last year, and he went to the
what has been "self-contradic- The first defendant also went tory." or to ask for an explana- totalling about 23,000, will cease country and took as a concubine, again at 7.30 p.m. and approached tion of what you think has been work inn fortnight-Reiter,
the secand defendant, Ko Ng, Hejan omah at the house, telling her self-contradictory. brought her back to Hongkong, that he had handcuffs and shackles
For the rest I repeat what I and installed her in an establish- ready to take the complainant and ment next door to that of his kit her husband to the police station said in your paper of August 15;: fat wife.
where they would be given a good that "if you and your correspon Matters were quite amicable be- beating. The attitude of the crowd dents will exercise a little patience tween' them, but towards the was such, that the old couple was and not prejudge the League or me, fourth moon of this year, the hus frightened, and the husband open. I shall be able to convince you that band obtained information, which ed the back door, enabling his wife the League is not of he confirmed, that his concubine to get out and report to the police, nature, etc., etc." . Harbin, Aug. 13.
EXECUTIONS: FAIL·
WAVE OF KIDNAPPING IN HABBIN
The recent execution of al-
was misbehaving herself, possibly) Mr. Silva asked that a very Ber- with some other men. This cul-ious view be taken of the case in
2. Tell Me To-night,
8 p.m. Local Time and Weather
Report.
8.3-10.30 p.m. Chinese Studio Con- cert. You 10.30 p.m. Rugby _Mid-day I'
Press thut Nown.
10.35 pm. Close DowIL
Fascist
All records in the above European
THE PRINCE ON
SUNBATHING
ADVICE TO MEN IN CAMP
Oxford, July 22. The Prince of Wales to-day gavù some advice on sun-bathing when' of unemployed men.
together 83 armed robbers, kidnap-minated in the first quarrel on the view of the threats lo' the old You will allow me the space, your he paid a surprise visit to a camp
pors and murderers does not seem to have had any deterrent effcet upon criminal still at large,
23rd. day of the fourth moon, when couple.
the complainant was scolding the Evidence was then heard, and fokis of the restaurant, and the further hearing put
over until at its height and hardly a day pass-concubine, thinking that the fokis this afternoon.
The wave of kidnapping is now.
es without an abduction.
The Intest victim is a Japanese foreman by the name of Maisutaro, who had been supervising the con- struction of the Lafn-Harbin Rajj-
He spent two hours at the camp. which is organised by St. Mary's Church, Konnington, and is ground lent by Christ Church, Ox- ford, at Sutton Courtenay, Berk-
on
Just one more small matter, if correspondent "Empire Crusader writing on August 16, anys:-
we shall carry on with our work in apite of 'Blonde Beasts' and their threats of kicks, both of which we shall know how to deal with when we meet thom." The Longue with shire. which I am associated has 'no con-
Walking about the camp in a grey nexion with "Empire Crusader,"
will flannel suit, the Princo was soon at favour me with his name. The home, especially as he met sovoral
or will it ever have, if he threat in "Empire Crusader's" men he know. The R.M.S. "Empress of Asia" (for) Yuen Lol, banished for ten years letter Is diametrically opposed to Manila) will leave here at 8.00 p.m. in May this year, was charged before the League's ideals and to mine; on the 17th August (Thursday), in- Mr. Wynne-Jones this morning in the but if I am courteous I expect re- stead of 6.00 p.m. as previously ad- Central Police Court with disobeying ciprocity..
the deportation order and was sen- tenced to six months imprisonment.
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
Mr. and Mrs. E. Stone returned to
presa of Asia."
ALL-FLOW FROM DEITY AND ALL.
ALL MUST BE ADSORBED IN HIM the Colony this morning by the "Em-
way bridge near the Fuchtatien dis trict of Harbin. So far the amount AGAIN.-Zoroaster. of ransom demanded by his captors has not boen disclosed.-Reuter.
TAONAN REVOLT
DISTURBANCES IN
-MANCHURIA
vined,
morning
on
NA
K
L. CASSEL, Major.
"HALF AN HOUR AT A TIME.”
Ho spoke of the men's, tanned akins and warned them of the dan- gar of exposing their bodies to the sun too long.
He related what he described no GRADUALLY his own painful experience In
Africa. RESUMING WORK
· He arrived as dinner was ready to be served in the open, and, soo- ing the plates heaped with food, sold:
"You should only,” he said, "ex- Injured by mallet dropped en hla For placing ten boxes of silk un-TAXI STRIKE
poso the body about half an hour at head, Tani Book, a bullder hand, was manifested aboaril the s.a..Tal-Po Sek
oll or admitted to the Government Civil bound for Kwong Chow Wan, a Chi-
FIZZLING OUT a time, at frat, and use
cream," Hospital yesterday, Tho accident nono shop keeper was fined $20 by Peking, Aug. 17. occurred during work at the City Hall Mr. Wynne-Jones this morning in the Disturbances by Chinese volun-site yesterday.
Central Magistracy. Inspector Car- tears in Taonan, following the re-
pentor said the cloth was found in the DRIVERS volt of a Manchukuo regiment on A fine of $500 or two months was crew's quarters. The freight charge.
this able was 25 cents per box. Taonan imposed by Mr. Wynne-Jones Monday evening turned
elderly Chinoso
London, Aug, 12. into great confusion.
"Mr. before A Chinese brought The mutineers joined the Volun-woman who pleaded guilty to the possession of a quantity of non-
The London taxicab atrike, which teers and clashed with Manchu Government prepared oplum.
Wynne-Jones in the Central Polleo Court this morning on a minor theft threatened just after the August kuo loyalists. In a short skirmish
charge denied that he was a life Bank Holiday, is patering out. In the suburb, the mutineers and Ton dollars from the
banished from Singapore. He ad-Efforts at settlement have. falled volunteers word victorious and funds is to be set aslda for "mitted the theft of a few packets of but the men are gradually resum took fifty Manchukuo prisoners. Chinewo mendicant's passage to
The disturbances were suppress- Shanghai. Charged with begging for cigarettes from Jubilee Street, and ing work and there are now only
was remanded until to-morrow for about 800 drivers out. ed lator and Ave mutineer lenders alma the man was convicted bave been arrested and executed. cautioned by Mr. Schofield in the proof of the banishment record.
Central Police Court this morning.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Poor
Box
and
The strike started on August 5 Felice action against beggars in when the Transport Genoral Work- As an aeroplane was passing over the Wanchal and Happy Valley disers' Union called off the streets Caterham, Surrey, flying at a good tricts led to 10 mendicants being all drivers except those owning height, a Aro extinguisher dropped off brought before Mr. Schofield, at the cabs. Consequently over half of The family of the Into Maria Gomes the machine and struck the roof of Central Magistracy this morning, ind London's 8,000 cabs wore out of
do Carvalho desire to thank all Stanstonil House, the homo of Lady!
sentences from binding over commission.as various friends for the many expressions MacRobert. She was away from to face of $10 or twenty days Im- of sympathy in their recent home, but several men working in the prisonment being passed on them. The Union aimed at giving official bereavement and also for the room under the part of the roof. which Three pleaded not gulity, and were sanction to a partial atrike which Vidpralkabalarent and attendance the fire extinguisherstruck were remanded unth Saturday morning had already been in progress in
"If you boys can manago that, there fan't much wrong with you." REMEMBERED THE PIPE,
To one of the men he said: "Hello! Have you used that pipe yot?"
"No, your Highness, I haven't," was the reply. "I'm keeping it as a memento."
The man is Mr. C. Tucker, of Kennington, and he said that the pipe was given to him by the Prince after a boxing match at the Kennington Club.
Chatting with a group of men In shorts, the Prince told them he
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employed men who had been atjirom Kennington and Brixton.
Before leaving the Prince bought "NICE LETTER FROM BRIXTON.", olgarettes for the men. He from fellow at Briston, whe die: Jaimes, a Chelst "One," he said, "was a nice letter gratulated Squadron
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