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FIRST EDITION

Thongkong Telegraph.

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No. 14180

- W+=+EFF MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1933. 日二月一十一 HTNGLE COPY 16 CENTE

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DUNLOP

is the

SAFEST

TYRE

H.M.S. WHITEHALL RESPONDS SPANISH RESTORATION IN

TO S.O.S. SIGNALS

YU CHI

IN DISTRESS

ASKS IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE

EARLY MORNING

CALL

H.M.S. Whitehall is re- ported to speeding to the rescue of a disabled Chinese

THE

OFFING?

AFGHAN ASSASSIN POLICE CHARGE MOB

EXECUTED

No Delay After Passing

of Sentence

Kabul, Dec. 17. Abdul Khaliq, the assassin of Nadir Shah, and his accomplice, Mahmud, were executed soon after the death sentence had been announced.-Reuter:

steamer from which S.O.S. DE VALERA RANTS

Signals asking for immediate |assistance were sent out in

The American "Devil's Island" [the early hours of this

achama.hua struck, a song.” An Island

morning.

the

off San Francisco was chosen because fierce currents sweeping, round it The vessel in distress is the Mmaka capa

impossible." Two Yuchi, and she gives her position women have just swum -from the mainland to

the island and back Latitude 27.38 N. Longtitude. gain! Photo shows the awim in 121.02. E. No indication of

progress.

cause of her distress was given.

A mesanga þvas received by the local naval authorities at 3.26 .m. HI.M.S. Whitehall

TWO YOUNG to-day from

GIRLS IN SUICIDE PACT

14

SEAFRONT DRAMA LAST NIGHT

Neither older than years, according to Western reckoning, two Chinese girls were the central figures in what is believed to have

stating that she was proceeding to the assistance of the Yucht, whose position is about 80 miles north- east of Foochow, where the war ship is stationed.

The Yuchi is a steel screw steamer of 1,280 tons gross, and is the property of the Yu Ta Hong Co. of Newchwang. She was formerly a Norwegian-owned vessel, built in 1901.

MAINTENANCE CASE

I

ON BRITAIN

WE ARE NOT GOING TO YIELD

O'DUFFY TO BE TRIED

Dublin, Dec. 17.

It is understood that General |D'Duffy, the leader of the Blue Shirt organisation, who was arrested in County Mayo for defying the Government ban on the wearing of blue shirts, will be brought before, a military tribunal at an early date.

IN LONDON

COMMUNIST DEMONSTRATION. NEAR

GERMAN EMBASSY

REICHSTAG FIRE TRIAL PROTEST

London, Dec. 17.

Two hundred Communists, including numerous women and girls, broke through a police cordon near the German Embassy to-day, when the demonstratore were holding a procession protesting against the Reichstag fire trial

After their ranks had been broken, the police rallied and charged the crowd with their batons, scattering the Reds after a brief scuffle.

Later one of the demonstrators was permitted to present a petition to the Embassy demanding the release of the accused.-Reuter.

ALLEGED FALSE

Hamilton, nt the Central

Magistracy this morning, on |charges of issuing a false balance i

BALANCE SHEET sheet and embezzlement.

TAXI COMPANY CASE

It is believed that General TWO O'Duffy more or less submitted himself to arrest.

Meanwhile, Mr. de Valera is touring the country appealing for an end to internal dissension.

DIRECTORS CHARGED

The charge against the first defendant was that le *had intended to decoive the share-

holders of the Company by making, circulating or publishing, or concurring In making, circulating for publishing a false balance sheet

for the year 1932.

The second defendant charged with embezzling a sum of 1880 received from Cheung Wing

on behalf of the Company,

Mr. F. X. D'Almada (sar)

was

Yeung King-in, Chairman of Addressing a gathering of ten the Board of Directors and appeared for the complainant, and thousand at an open air meeting Treasurer of the Yellow Taxicab Mr. Horace, Lo for the first defen- at Traice, scene of a serious rict Company, Ltd., 129, Connaught dant recently, Mr. de Valera devoted Rond, Central, and Cheng fu, D'Almada, a week's formal remand On the application of Mr. his speech mainly to an appeal Managing Director of the Com-was granted_and_defendants were for unity and discipline, pence and pany, appeared before Mr. allowed bail in $1,000 each. order..

THE OLD STORY,

He said that the Irish Free State

been a suicide pact drama WEALTHY CHINESE IN

COURT last night which had a fatal outcome for one of them. Lo Shun-wan, of independent was at present being pressed by

Late in the evening, u Chinese means, against whom a warrant constable, on his beat along the was issued by Mr. Hamilton, at the

one of the biggest nations in the

CANTON'S LOAN QUEST.

world through economic means to PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS

make them yield to unjust de-

Praya West, had his attention Central Magistracy last Friday, drawn to two figures struggling in was arrested on Saturday and manda.

produced before Mr. Hamilton this morning..

the water.

Without hesitation he threw off his jacket and boots and leaped into the water, and succeeded in keeping the two girls aflost until a sampan came alongside and Look them out of the water.

Both victims were in the last stagea of exhaustion, and although police officers did their best with

the application of first-ald, one of them died while being taken to Hospital.

WRISTS TIED.

The two victims were: Lan Fang, aged 15, of No. 198,

The defendant appeared on a summons taken out by his kit fat wife, Tong Wai-yen, who accuses him of having neglected to pay maintenance of $150 on an order made by Mr. Schofield, Police Magistrate, recently,

he declared, but peace in the Free They were not going to yield,

State was essential if they were to maintain themselves against the pressure-Reuter,

NANKING

WITH

A

of

FREE TALK IN MADRID

UNCERTAINTY IN POLITICAL FIELD

Madrid, Dec. 17. Although Senor Lerroux, the Socialist leader, bas" agreed to form a Cabinet, which is likely to include Senori Barrios, the ex- Premier, there is common talk of the possible return of ex-King Alfonso,

The ultimate outcome of the -political situation is very obscure, Sonor Lerroux will find it dif ficult, if not impossible to secure. a working majority in the new Cortes.

It is thought to be conceivable that his agreement to form a x-King Cabinet may be a manoeuvre to

Recent anapshot

Alfonso, taken in London.

securo the dissolution of the Cortes and either a new election, organised in a different mander from the last, or government with

CIVIL WAR Cortes may follow.

LOAN DEFAULTS

MONAÇO CLAIM IN AMERICA

OPENS UP WIDE FIELD

New York, Dec. 17. An application which may have far-reaching conse- quences is to be heard in the Supreme Court shortly.

OBSERVERS AT LOSS.

Spamah political observers aro at loss in their attempt to predict developments. They confess that no-one can foreshadow with any degree of confidence what would happen th any given "circumst→

ancea.

Although twice the size of Great Britain, Spain has only half Bri- tain's population and 52 per cent. of her Inhabitants are illiterate.

The fiery individualism of the Spanard is Illustrated by the fact that, in the recent elections for the 470 seata in the Cortes, 7,000.candi- dates, representing altogether 44 parties, entered the fray.

1

-RETURN OF KING? Provincial feeling transcends na

tional feeling, and there is no con-

ception of politics as eisowhero.. It Is still ancertain whether, the The Principality of Monaco is majority of the people, not omitting: lodging an application seekink per the politicians who effected his mission to sue the State of Missis- downfall, really desired the 'expul-

sippi for the repayment, plus in jaton of ex-King Alfonso. tercat, of a bundred thousand dollars worth of bonds.

In addition, the terrorism, whole- Shanghal,, Dec. 18. this issue of bonds, and during the

sale arrests, suppression of justice' Mississippi defaulted on the and anti-religious violence of the Canton Government negotiations last three years in particular, the bonds over ninety years ago and Azana Cabinet in the past two with Nanking for a $15,000,000 Canton Government has been in a has never paid n cent in interest. years have dooply outraged the lean, have now been definitely con- poor financial condition. It is,

Before the prosecution of the instincts of the people and have firmed by a statement issued by therefore, the Canton

Govern claim can proceed, the. Supremo made many of them look back FINE WEATHER

Mr. Yang Teh-cho, General Chanment's wish to secure a loan of Court must annul the provision upon the period when Alfonso Chai-tong's resident representa- $15,000,000 from Hongkong and in the Mississippi Constitution of occupied the throne as a golden. The anticyclone remains station- tive in Nanking.

Canion leading banking interests, 1876 prohibiting the payment of era, who would be provided with ample the bonds, ary, pressure being highest over Mr. W. A. MacKinley appeared the Yangtse Valley. The depres-with Nanking leaders over this ment, which is however, undecided loss be followed by enormous from Fascism as it is from demo-

After for the defendant, and Mr. H. Lalon has moved to the north-east loan and the Fukien situation, which portion of the national claims, especially from British and cracy on British lines, a period of

sories of conference security by the Nanking Govern-

While it is agreed that the nature A successful suit would doubt of the Spaniard is equally remote Dennys for the plaintiff.

of Hokkaido. Local forecast: N.E. Mr. MacKinlay asked for an ad- winds, moderate; fine.

Yang is leaving for Hongkong and revenue to devote this purpose. journment for two weeks, faaying

Dutch holders of Southern States' virtually oligarchical administra- Canton to-morrow to submit the results of the negotiations to the serious banking crisis in Canton frequently mentioned in the last the constitution; and, when the time The statement also explains the defaulted bunds, which have beention is thought possible to reform Canton Government.

Y and failures of the numerous four or five years in connexion is ripe, it is expected that a nations Mr. Yang's says that the Canton native banks, which are now look-with the British war debt to the al referendum will be held to Provincial Treasury has beening to Government assistance, in United States.-Beuter.

decide whether or not the mon- archy should be revived.

he understood negotiations were:

being carried out by the parties Found wandering ina sick and concerned for a settlement. He destitute condition on the Round.

the-Island Road at Tytam, dant.

Yuen

Tung Choi Street, Mongkok; and also asked for ball for the defen-Wah-kwok was admitted yesterday heavily burdoned with the interest some form or other, Concerning]

Chan Wal-hing, aged 15, of No. 64, Tung Choi Street.

They were both factory girls

to the Kwong Wah Hospital.

Mr. Hamilton said the difculty

In the case was that the defendant

on $60,000,000 worth of bonds the Nanking government's month-| Issued during the 1926 Kuomin-ly subsidy for bandit suppressloy,

The Empress of Canada is due tang expedition to capture Nan-Mr. Yang says that the contribu- KOWLOON TONG

had all throughout the case not at Hongkong on Friday at 7 a.m.

employed at a knitting mili at put in an appearance.

Mongkok, and the affair appeara to have been the outcome of a suicide pact.

A MISUNDERSTANDING.

When rescued they were tied Mr. MacKinlay said he under-1 together by the wrists,

stood there had been a' misunder- What possibly could have in-standing. between the defendant duced them at their age to make and the representative of the this attempt on their lives, is a other side about the settlement, question which is being investi-and defendant thought it was not gated by the Police,

necessary for him to appear in Court.

Lay Fung was the one who died. Her partner in the fatal contract: is reported to be, progressing "as well as can be expected" at the Government Civil Hospital,

NEW SCHEME TO FINANCE SMALL TRADERS

Mr. Dennys said he had no ob jection to an adjournment, provid ed substantial bait was fixed. He understood certain offers had been mindo with a view to settlement.

Mr. Hamilton said the defen- dant actually had to pay the sum of $1,150, on an order dating back from May last with costs. Accor dingly ho would fix ball in $1,000, adjourn the caso ́untli been January 2. Ho sincerely hopad

London, Dec. 10. The City is discussing an important (and Lanking schema which has

mooted to aid the recovery of industry the care would then be settled, nd through a new Loan Corporation to be ho understood there was a strong formed with the object of financing tradors whose requirements are too feeling on the part of the other small to justify public iseus of elde that the defendant could pay. Mr. MacKinlay said he under-

capital, but for a longer period than

the bank advances normally granted. stood this was 80,

The first hint of the scheme was

given by Kr. 1. W. Beaumont PORNO,

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letter.

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