Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1930, Page 22

REMOVAL OF SHI GUARDS OPPOSED Hongkong Concerns Hold Piracy Too Prevalent for Change by British. By the Associated Press. HONGKONG, April 11.—Proposals of the British government to remove mill- tary guards from merchant vessels operating in Chinese waters have beern received with a storm of protest from Hongkong shipping concerns. Too many piracies occur every year | to make the step of removing British guards from the coastal boats a wisc one, the shippers argue, even though the native guards are substituted by the shipping firms themselves. Ever since British shipping became an important factor commercially in the waters of Southern China, the gov- | ernment has supplied all vessels flying | the British flag with an armed guard— | usually a squad or two of soldiers, The mere fact that these soldiers have been | aboard has served to keep pirates from | attacking a vessel, and for this reason special detachments of “Tommies” have | been kept in Hongkong ready for guard duty aboard ship at a minute’s notice. If the British soldiers are removed. owners fear that the safety of foreign ships’ officers will be placed in unneces- sary danger, even if a substitute guard is arranged. In this respect, the owners point to the piracy of the steamer Anking last September as an example During this incident, two foreign officers were killed, together with a Chinese member of the crew, all because there was no guard aboard except a few armed natives. The captain and third officer were wounded while the pirates carried off seven passengers for ransom ‘The incident stirred the foreign offi- cers along the China coast and yet it was only four months later, at Singa- re. when the owners of a vessel and its foreign officers came to grips over the subject and the latter came off | second best. - — SPANISH MISSION OPENS | IN CONVENT HERE SUNDAY | Dr. Joseph Gomez of Catholic Uni- versity to Preach at Series of Meetings. Spanish speaking Catholics here will take part in a Spanish mission which will begin Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock in the chapel of Perpetual Adoration Convent, 1419 V street. Dr. Joseph Gomez of Catholic Uni- | versity will direct the mission an reach the sermons. Each evening dur: | | benediction. ing a special mass will be celebrated and a mission sermon preached. A choir from the National Catholic School of Social Service will provide a musical program at all the exercises of the mission. The Spanish Carmelite Frairs of Catholic University are in charge of the mission. CANADA PROI;LEMS. TOPIC Chbarles 0. Smith Addresses G. U. Foreign School Class. Charles Oliver Smith, a representa- tive of the Sougham Newspapers of Canada, gave a talk on the industrial | and political problems of Canada last night before the class in industry and | commerce at the Georgetown University | School of Foreign “Service. Mr. Smith outlined the possible effects of the American tariff on Cana- dian economic conditions. He was in- | T kviisaog drak, WOULD ANNUL MARRIAGE |[eeoth. strest, against. Mrs. Oecelis Vehue, 1964 Calvert street. The hus- band charges that the defendant Francis Vehue Says Wife Not Free | through a marriage ceremony wlm‘;:x: at Alexandria, Va., June 4, 1927, before From Former Husband. the expiration of one year from the Annulment of marriage is asked in|granting of a divorce in Wisconsin. 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