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FRIDAY, MAY 5. 1333
WAR IN THE NORTH.
PEKING SURROUNDED.
CHANG TSO-LIN COMPLETELY DEFJATED.
PEKING, Mag 4.
neral Wu Pei-te ba surmoun led Peking. General Chanz Tas lin's army hereabout is scattered. Railroad traffic from Peking bas brea suspended. - Reuter.
-Pentre, May 4.
DEBACLE COMPLETE.
LATE MR. LAU`CHU PAK.
SUNDAY'S FUNERAL
ARRANGEMENTS.
Foolish rumeur concering the
nature of the complaint which caused
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the death of the Hon Mr. Lau Chaon MONDAY temporarily, and your pak on Wednesday afternoon will be Committee, wishing him to preside, stilled by the news that a post martem have called the Annual General Meeting was made last nigt which revealed for this afterDOOD. that death was due to ulceration of the stomach, two perforations being
General Chang Teo-lin was defeated in the most complete manner in a discoverd, with conditions desating battle to the south of Peking.
General Wu pei fa brilliantly turned the Fengtien ferees' right dank last night.
The Fergtien troops are retreating towards Feugtal from Changsintien. Aen rding to American official telers, the Chibli foreys again occupied Machang and they heavily defeated the Feastien forces on the middle front.
The debacle at Changsiation at pears to be complete. General Wa Rei-fu personally conducted the operations there.
FENGTIEN FORCES DISARMING.
PEKING, May 4. The report t' at General Wa Pei fu has been killed is not confirmed. General Wu Fei fu states that "General Freg Tahsiang remained throughont at Chengelow, Ilonar, with 25 000 froops watching the rear.
General Wang Chea-ping, the brilliant Mancha, one of General Wu Pei- Iu's ablest Generals, commands the region of Machang.
The Fention debacle in the vicinity of Peking is most complete, and thousands of the defeated soldiers are disarming around the city.
General Wu Pei-fu intend to push eastwards to join up with General Wang Chen ping at Shanghai.
FIGHTING DESCRIBED.
FERING, May 3. Arleast two Fezgtion soldiers were killed outright in the bombing of the vicinity of Changsiatica station.
A stream of civil an poured out of the town, lessing it almost deserted. At 10 o'clock the artillery of the Fengtien forces were disposed along ridges across the railway line south of Changsintien and the infantry lying forward on the slope of these ridges and on the plain southward. the Chibli troops facing them on the plain, which was swept by a withering fire of small The Fenstien troops advanced in open order several hundred yards, when the Chibli line began to break, the movement to the rear soon becom ing general.
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The Feastien troops quickly pressed home their advantage and coa tinued to pash on, endeavouring about 12 o'clock to extend their gains to theft, but were met with more resistance,
:
Az examination of a batch of 100 prisoners revealed the fact that they were Hozanese troops of the panrest quality, and evidently they had surrendered to avoid farther fighting.
It is noteworthy that they were treated with comparative kindness by their captor-Reuter's Pacfit Service.
WE PEI-FU'S SMASHING BLOWS.
bloodpoiroting.
I hope all members will give the meeting their fullest support.
R. C. WITCHELL,
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Mr. Lan Chu-pak's funeral, which will be conducted with customary Chinese pomp and ceremony, will leave his late residence. Babington arrive at the Kennedy Town para! Path, at 2 p.m. on Sunday and will above the tram terminus at 4.30p.m., for relatives and friends to pay their last respects. The cofia will then be removed to the Tung Wah Hospital prior to being taken into Chinese territory for interment at the deterious is by en Sourd Pins, Sleeve Buttons, Bracelete,
ceased's paternal home where his wife: and father already lie.
The funeral procession will pass Foase, dowa along Bonham Road,' Caine Road, Fast Government Queen's Road, turning into the Praya
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Also many Green Jade Ornaments, Beads Hand Bags Embroidered Bass, Amber Necklaces Golden Breast Fins,
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Commencing FRIDAY, 5th May.
PEKING, May 4. Having lulled the enemy into a sense of faise security by putting into the firing lize poor Horan terops, while concentrating his ora efficient troops in readiness to strike smashing blows, Genera! Wa Pei-fu has again demonstrated his rar powers of leadership During the past few days General Wa Pei-fa's most faithful friends in Tientsin and Peling had bereme most disconsolate, fearing that the preponderance of Fengties balcony, and finally the departure for A PICTURE OF LAUGHS & ROARS! artillery and machine gun: was proving a deciding factor. Everywhere the the honeymoon. Both for interest Fenetien troops appeared to advantage in meeting and defeating the half- and filming, this picture is ramark. hearted Chili attacks, showing their elation by declaring that able. More, it is unique. bis merited
reputation. great General Wa Peilu Yesterday they essayed an attack, the results of which confirmed their optimistic beliefs, but last evening General Wa Feilu, personally conducting operations, sent 500 Chihli troops round the Feagtien right fank at Changsintien as advanced scouts. The defenders attacked and dispersed the 100. capturing ball of them.
500.
had
100.
CHAN PING-SANG'S PARDON.
Night then setting in, General Chan Ping sang, former president Wu Fei-fa launched a heavy frontal attack, which concentrated the defenders' of the Seamen's Union, has been par- attention towards the front. Meanwhile, 4,000 Chilli troops, following the doned by President Sun Yat-sen
been bad
in communication with According to the Canton Times, when with whom they cotecting files, quietly took up a position nearly at the rear of the he was set free from the jail yesterday Fergie fortes. At daylight the flanking Chibli forces endeavoured to aftemoon, he was cheered by a large: reach the Marco Polo bridge, from which they cut off the defenders. Here crowd of labourers who had gathered
held heavy fighting occurred, while all night long the attack from the front as the gate of the prison.. À meeting at the Hotel Asia was presed. The Fengtien troops quickly realised the different material was
by the Seamen's Trion to celebrate of the attackers, and by 7 o'clock General Chang Ching-huai ordered s retreat. Most of the defenders crossed the bridge and reached Fengtai, the liberty of their leader. from which & train loads quickly proceeded to Tientsin and ten train-loads te Scircao.
By nine o'clock the Coihli forces had completely occupied Changtaintien. the defenders abandoning ali guns, mucitions and supplies.
The retreating forces kept up a rearguard action without guns in the direction of Fengtsi, under cover of which about one-third of the defenders entrained.
General Chang Ching-huni, Fengtien commander-in-chief, leit Fengta
for Tientsin by special train at 10 o'clock.
Neutral divisions are disarming groups, who, finding the city gates closed, are lying exhausted outside. General Wa Pei fu has telegraphed the French Chief Engineer asking him to proceed to Changtaintien for a con ference regarding the restoration of traffic to Hankow.
The populace is feverishly delighted at the Chibli victory, sa well as at the removal of the war menace from the vicinity of the city, which threaten- ed the city with an early lamise.
Reports of the victories of the Chihli forces at Machang and along the Fanho continued to arrive, indicating a smashing victory along the whole line, but these are not yet officially confirmed.
Telegraphic and telephonic communications are congested.
Mr. E S. Bennett, the British Vice Concal who sustained a scalp wound,
is reported to be in a more serious condition.-Reuter's Pacific Service.
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CONTENTS,
Domestic OccaZTENCES Leading Articles Chinese Students
FAGE 1
5
Strike at Chin.se Post Office
-Braten for an Hour
5
Shanghai
.20
Local and General
6
8 Canton's Army
.20
Impudent Fraud
B
Company Reports ..
21
The Hon. Mr. Lau Cha Fák
9
Wages Disputes.
.21
Chinese Y.M.C.A.
9
Hongkong Shipbuilding.
21
Solicitors As Counse Canton Situation
10
Canning Bobbers..
21
.10
Shanghai Races
22-23
.10
A Praya Collision
.23
Canton Forces
.10
Alleged Shop Theft
.23
Hongkong Volunteers..
House Collapses
.21
Mr Ho Koni Tung's Betite-
Opinn Point
.24
ment
.11
Woman Poisoned
.24
Canton Police Ignoted
11
The Post Office Strike Bettled..25
Smuggling Tobacco..
Fighting in the North Starving Students
.12
Avowed Spies
.25
.18
Reported Railway Robbery
..25
.13
Overheard on the Ferry..
.25
Launch Men's Wages
.13
Besamont's Affairs
.It
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Moral for Wives
.14
Hongkong's Health
Hongkong Marys
.15
Penang Will Suit...
Legislative Council
.15
Hongkong Harbour.
St. Stephen's College
.15
Flague
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Engineers and Shipbuilders..16
Sport..
Prince in Japan
.16
Typhoon Warnings
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.16.
Athletio
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Ia Bankruptcy
.16
The Man Who Ban the
triks 32
Tram Cai Hazmera
17.
Deep Bay Piracy..
.32
17
Shanghai Hotels, Ltd..
.33
China Coast
.17
Passengers
.18
Local Share Market.
18
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the little prospect of general mails being European bathe and kitchen. Moderate, General Chan Chalis Us Postmaster-General (Mr. F. G. despatched to Bombay by aeroplane rent. Tel. 3344. Kellaway) dwelt on the progress of for transmission thence by train to air mails, notably the Cairo to Negspatam and steamer to Hong- Bagdad service which had proved kong. O course, once the aeroplane efficient and reliable that service to Bombay was opened, it hopes for imperial
services should be possible to post Hong raised. He added kong mail from London paying the had been that the civil aviation advisory board acroplane rate to Bombay and the was already working on the Cairo to ordinary rate thence to Hongkong.
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With a view to learning how this Far East owing to the high cost last project would affect home mails reducing the traffic to such small for Hongkong, China Mail reporter Proportions that it did not pay to approached the local Postmaster run a special service for it. The only. General this morning. Mr. B. B.C. Rose hope was that passenger or high value recalled that plans to open air goods traffic would make it possible mail services "Between Hongkong to carry mails cheaply as a subsidiary and Maczo and Hongkong and Shang interest and there was no prospect hai had ended in failure because the of that traffic would not warrant the expense.
Mr. C Mentagne Ede is likely to People would not pay the high rates
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