The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-20
BLOODY ACT
 OF PIRACY Malays Slaughtered Crew
 of Vessel NEAR HARBoR OF SINGAPORE Eleven Men Were Killed by the
 Pirates. Girls in the English Schools of India Are Demanding Separate sys- tenn of Edncation From that
 for the Boys.
BY A. R. HOWARD.

f Calcutta, June 19.-One of the worst cases of piracy that have ever occur red in the vicinity of Singapore took place a few hours sail from the har- Dor limits recently. It appears that the Hylam wangkang Ga kind of Junk) Pac Lee, belonging to Teng Lee. had arrived from Hainan. and left Slnga- pore the day before for Annam <Saig- on) or Hanan. She had crew of four teen Hylams, and also had four pas sengers on board. When somewhere in the neighborhood of Pulau Ubin the breeze fell. The anchor was dropped near a fishing stake, about three miles from shore. Unconscious of danger, the Hylams partook of their evening meal, and then slumbered peacefully. About 1 a. m. two boats crept towards the junk from the shore. The smaller boat contained four men, and these were the first on deck. The second boat followed with ten men. They climbed noiselessly on board the junk and then suddenly fell on the sleeping Hylams with axes. parange, krises and knives. The pirates were Chinese and Malays, and they hacked savagely at everyone they could see. The shrieks and screams rent the peaceful morning air. The Hylams were taken by sur prise and were struck down before they could attempt any resistance. Five men were hacked to death, two, terri- bly, wounded, were thrown into the sea, and four were left dying on the were in the hold hid themselves and were not hurt. One vf the passengers was among the murdered.
 After the pirates had accounted for everyone In sight, they proceeded to loot the vessel. They took away six boxes belonging to the passengers, gold leaf valued at $so, candu costing $90 and S4 in money. The survivors state that the pirates left hurriedly on hearing a horn blown on shore. A breeze sprang up later, and those who had escaped massacre hoisted the sail and put back for Singapore. It was only when, on the port being reached. the matches were taken off that the terrible nature of the crime was seen. In the square of the hatch on top of the sand ballast and some mats lay four terribly mutilated corpses. A dy- ing man lay across two of the bodies. In a small cockpit aft another body was found. It was identified by the survivors as the Taikong (captain.) In the fore part of the hold, two wounded carried on deck, and their wounds were dressed.
 Governments Intention.
 The government of India has issued e communique on the subject of Mo- hammedan representation in the new legislative councils, in which it is stated that the government of India has no intention of departing in any material respect from the arrangement outlined in their dispatch of October last, an arrangement which received the cordial approval and support of the Special Committee of the All-India Moslem League in February. The gov ernment of India adheres to the view expressed by them in October last that In provinces where election by Mo- hammedan electorate Is feasible, that methods should be adopted, that Mo- hammedan associations should be made use of where electorates cannot be formed, and that nomination by gov ernment should be adopted where neither of the first two methods Is practicable This Is a clear and defi- mite reassertion of principles which have been accepted by the Mohamme- dan leaders.