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How strikers' pickets in Canton It was thought that Canton's Rumours of impending de- (Reuter's. Service.)
(Reuter's Service.) are trying to lay down the lawstopping the river-steamer traffle mobilisation of the Hongkong even, to military officers and "aught a tartar was recounted between that port and Macao dur- Volunteer Defence Corps have been in the air for some weeks but
London, July 27.
kendon, duly "27. " to a "China Mail" reporter by the ing the week-end would prevent as time passed and nothing
In the House of Commons, In the House of Commons, Mr. man who took the leading part any more strikers from returning authentie could be gathered, the replying to Commander J. M.P. 6. Penny (on) draw atten in administering the rebuff to the to this Colony. The contrary has pesalmists hazarded that another Kenworthy (Liberal); the Hon. Malay States Govern, self-appointed policemen.
Having heard wild rumeurs as proved to be the case. Yesterday two, three or even four weeks W. G. Ormsby Gore (Undergut permitting the release on5,000 would probably pass before Secretary for the Colonies) said tons of non rubber upon to conditions in Hongkong a Gen-afternoon the 4.5. Charles tunics, putties and equipment that no Ordinance had been pass payment of an export duty of 42 eral, who is chief of staff to the Hardouin was to have left Macao could be discarded in favour ofed in Hongkong permitting the rents per pound and asked whether officer commanding one of the 2 pm. but actually sailed after civvies.
The general opinion logging of strikers. He under-the while mount, pigst be exposed. Army, arrived at Canton from the 3 p.m. as she waited for the seemed to be that the authorities stood that flogging was only per any pm thereof. He singesta
would go
to the other extreme mitted under the recent Ordin-hat in Tulum when any sacli zatim West River, on his way down to arrival of the tow-boat from rather than be obliged, like the Ance as a punishment for in-us contemplated. His Majesty's
Shekki. About 500 passengers authorities in Shanghai, to other grave criminal offences, brodeers and consa
timidation with violence and Government, in this intereste cur
corps in the First Cantonese
this Colony.
In Canton he shipped by the
s.s. Shing Cheong for Macao. As were conveyed to Hongkong by mobilise again after having beenHe did not know whether, the should make a declination" before )
the Charles Hardouin alone.
It appears that as soon as the Canton-Macao ships ceased run-
they could.
once disbanded.
1
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he was geing on board the vessel,
To-day, however, partial de Ordinance was permanent or temand in order to check speciation a batch of strikers, some of whom
mobilization
as far as possible. has begun. the Porary when it was received in were armed and in uniform, chal
Artillery Company and No. 6 England that aspect of the matter
The Hon. W..6. Ormsby.Gore| lenged him on the Bund and in-
would be fully considered, but heUnder-Secretary for the Colonies) ↑ sisted on searching him. 11 being/ning, strikers at once diverted by platoon of the Scottish Company was doubtful whether it was like. aid that the High Commissioner being the first. To-day's orders against his dignity to submit. native river craft to Shekki and contain further instructions fory to receive the Ordinance before ed informed him that acting on the General demanded indignant from that port to Macao, deter- demobilisation in respect of sixty would not reach England until tons of -coupon rubber; the Commons rose as it probably gul advice he had released FORBE ly, as he said to the "Mail" man, mined to get back to Hongkong.If officers and men of the Infantry the end of the second week in consisting of stocks held by dealers to know the reason why. The
Company. picket told him that they were
In view of partial demobilisa- August.
before restriction. He understood going to confiscate any correspon- Another means of communication the system of patrolling daily R. C. Morrison. Mr. Orinsby-all or any park at rates of duty Reply to the Labourite, Mr.the owners of it were fres to export dence for Hongkong and any tion, also indirect, Hongkong money, as a boycott established. The Foo Cheong is districts of the City is disco-informed him that nobody had westion to the notice of the acting? has been the East, West and Central Gore said that the Governor had mentionef. in' the question and pre- had been declared against British leaving Macao for Kongmoontinued as from yesterday evening been flogged, the object being to High Commissioner.
mised to bring Mr. Penny's Sup- "to-night and it is expected that As the Dairy Farm and lower prevent an outrage rather than "I have $5,000 on me in Hong, there will be an exodus from Peak Tram station guards had kong notes, declared the Gen- Canton Kongmoon where already been discontinued, that
inflict punishment: eral when, as he admitted, he only passengers will ship for Hong-leaves the only extra duties from had $30 or so. and I defy any kong, via Macao.
normal times to be performed as body to take a from me as no
the
Headquarters Guard and notice has been posted up to warn the public."
One man came for. ward and replied. "I will take it frem you if you have $5,000" and promptly seized two letters which were protruding from the Gen- erdi's breast pocket.
ecinage.
to
Abundant cargo is being carried between this Colony and Macao. Only the .s. Sun Ning, which went into dock has dropped out of the service the boats remaining being as follow:-the Steamboat Co's Suf Tai which returned yesterday and sailed for Macao this morning; the ss. Sai On (sister ship to the Tung On); the Charles Hardouin and Paul Beau; the Chuen Chow; and the Ko Chow.
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The special guard for night and day telephone duty has also been continued and this in future will be carried out by Headquarters Guard, the strength of which has been increased to 1 N.C.O. and men. The stand by armoured ar crew has been discontinued.
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(Reuter's Service.)
Raydying to My Shaw (Con), Mr. Ormsby-Core said there had he representations that many industries in the country already suffering from lack of raw material.
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The sudden expected, partly artificial, rise in the price of ribber! was being considered very seriously, "Maintenance. Not Profit." Mr. T. C. M. S. Amery (Colonial Holding the striker by the neck
London, July 27.
Sarietary, in the course of a speedi the General produced his hadge.
In the House of Commons, Estimates, after stating that hy hul GERR: I
introcking the Colomai Orticus and the letters were returned; but
replying to Labourites, the picker commander still insist
Mrt not the aght the Stevenson scheme. Austen Chamberlain (Foreign for the sharp rite if the ed on going through his pockets
Secretary) said that in his inter- rubber, said "Certainly! and his effects. Pointing to his
the latter's attention to the char view with M. Rakovsky, he drew close, divestigation of the problem dozen bodyguards behind him, the General replied "You see those The Chinese owned boat Hwa
acter and the continuance of reveal a situation different from x few weeks shonld men coming up from the rear? Tai, from Canton, was observed
activities of which His Majesty's that which our investigations have Apart from the partial de-Government had reason to com-hitherto shown, and there is a You can see that the Mausers they by Waglan to be in British waters
on its way from Canton, this week mobilisation of the Hongkong plain. namely, the general failure set of a grave situation even carry are brand new and service- ❤able. Now, go!”
no form concerning it Volunteer Defence Corps which of the Soviet Government to with existing rates of release, then, Realising that the General was had been left with the Harbour naturally leads to the belief that comply with undertakings of the course, we shall have very care too much for them to tackle the Office the representatives of the greater confidence is felt by the Trade Agreement that neither fully to consider whether any ci men disappeared and the former owners here were communicated authorities as to a peaceful out party use influence to provoke or might have to be made in those
come
of the present state of encourage movement hostile to mutter is the maintenar, not the dismissed his Ecdyguards. A few plied with. According to the form affairs, there is little to report in the other elsewhere in the world. ale of undis, proht, but the six-cess minutes later, a man who claimed the boat is on its way to Shanghai regard to the strike position.
Mr. Chamberlain did not con- ful maintenance of a great industry to be chairman of the "supervisors and will shortly return.
It is Employees of firms and boys are sider any useful purpose would be which millions of British.capitul of the China National Labour) expected that on its return it will returning in many cases and loyal served, or friendly relations pro-mes, and, at the same Strike delegates" demanded an carry food supplies to Canton.
Chinese no longer ask for extra moted, by a constant stream of time, the supply to Britain and als apology from the General. Point-
protection in the way of hoard detailed complaints. ing to strikers who-ware-search-
ings or detention in the homes-in Mr. J. E. Davison declared that reasonable price,"
..... the world of rass, material at-a- ing passengers baggage and
which they have been working. members of the Soviet Govern- confiscating foodstuffs,
Boys may now be observed shop-ment openly boasted their success from its being our object to main-
·Mr, Amery also said that so far General said "You put up no
ping at the several markets, at notices us to what may or may
In spite of the
British tain induly high prices of rubber, not be carried. You tell that poor
unanimity regarding treatment of plied that if so, he thought they price would give British industry Mr. Chamberlain re he believed a moderate, reasonable Woman there that because she has
returning employees, complaints had boasted prematurely. three water melons they must be
have been made by more than one
in Malaya and Ceylon the best opi- confiscated, but that she could.,
person to representatives of the
portunity of holding its own against have gone if she only had two.i
"China Mail" that in certain
the industry in other countries. We That man over there you have|
On June 22 the Wong Fat households amaha particularly
were well aware that the continued assaulted because he had over five Press, 68 Hollywood Road, was are being taken back at wages in
level of high prices would lead to catties of lichees. What are your printing of seditious literature before by housewives who are found to have been engaged in the advance of those they received
extensive plantation elsewhere." He methods And What is your
knew for certain that Fran- authority! You claim
but as no power was then invest-considering their immediate con-
facturers in Britain were consider. acting for a patriotic cause and ed in the Police officials nothing venience rather than the principle
ing closing down certain branches, yet you know nothing about re- was done immediately regarding involved. It is to be hoped that
This required a most searching | gularity or order. Clear out the matter.
the enthusiastic acceptance of
semtiny. A sudden change of before my bodyguards open fire!""
The Order in Council now hav-the policy indicated by the re-
London, July 27, policy eculd only be carried ont indicate huss far the strike leaders confiscated this morning under the yesterday will bring them to a asked whether any instructions fortnight or two months. Chur aim
The foregoing story only goes to ing been passed, the business was solutions before the
In the House of Commons, with grave unfairness to thong who meeting Mr. S. Saklatvala (Communist) a mud contracts in the past have usurped functions outside superintendence of Mr. R. A. D. realisation of the disloyalty ofhad been issued to the
Forrest, Police Magistrate.
the
to be
their scope and how their crum-
bling movement is being desper ately maintained. As the General said, batches of them are canvas-
PRINTERY SEIZED.
ALLEGED SEDITIOUS
LITERATURE.
27
sing the city with collection books, The silk which left here by the wailing like beggars and, in the P. & O: s.s. Malwa on June same tone, threatening shops that was delivered in Marseilles on will not pay as they like.
July 25, a transit of 28 days.
cases of notifiable
The General also stated that there was no truth in a story METAL ROOFING published in some vernacular the following
During the week ended July 25 papers that General Cheung Kai- disense shek, commanding the Whampoa small-pox, American, imported, non- were reported:-One of Cadets, had been grievously fatul; one of enteric fever, Chinese, wounded by a confere at a coun- fatal; one of paratyphoid fever, cil. Nor was it true that General Indian, imported, non-fatal; one of Hsu Shung-chi, commander-in-cerebro-spinal fever, Chinese, atal. chief of the Cantonese (Kuomin- There was a clean sheet for Samples and particulars on application. tang) Army, has espoused Com- yesterday.
munism. He concluded by say ing that General Hsu would op- pose Communism, or the four- four-two plan, as it is popularly known.
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TO-DAY'S DOLLAR.
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SHIPPING POSITION.
CURIOUS QUERY.. INDIA'S C.1.C. AND CHINESE
CRISIS.
CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST.
(Reuter's Service,)
Com- was to maintain stability as far as mander-in-Chief in India in con- possible. Mr. J. H. Thomas (Lab.)
Colonia! There are signs of improve.sequence of the Chinese crisis; if approved the
Office ment regarding the moverments of So, what were their nature. handling the subject and hoped ocean-going steamers, four Bri-would be contrary to public in-despite the clever propaganda going Earl Winterton replied that it they would not lose their bends tish steamers having arrived and terest to answer a question of this on and calculated to deceive people one left in the course of the last kind. 24 hours. The Jardine boat Lai: Sang, which arrived a few days) ago from Shanghai, is to leave later in the day with a crew con-
sisting of Chinese and Japanese. There are now 55 British steamers in the harbour.
CHINA'S STATUS.
EXTRA-TERRITORIAL
INQUIRY PROPOSAL.
(Reuter's Service.) ;
London, July 27,
"
AGAINST WAR.
SEDITIOUS COMMUNIST
ARTICLE?
PARIS POLICE RAID.
(Reuter's Service.)
Paris, July 27.
here..
BOMBAY COTTON.
·OWNERS TO REDUCE WAGES.
INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION,
(Reuter's Service.)
Following the publication in the Communist "Humanite" of an
Bombay, July 27.“ The Mill Owners' Association has article by a Central Committee of action against the war in Morocco decided, owing to depression in the In the House of Commons, urging French troops to fraternice industry, to reduce the wages of replying to the Rt. Hon. C. P. with the Riffs, the Police raided cotton operatives by 11 per cent. Trevelyan (Labour), Mr. Austen the promises of the Committee beginning on September 1. Chamberlain Foreign Secre which are lusted in the offices of had passed between His Majesty's sized a number of documents tary) mid-that communications the Grrent Intant Union and
Government, the United States cluding a list of members. and other Governments with re
gard to the proposed appointment.
of the elections for Councila Gen
Paris July27-The final remits.
eral, after the second ballat, show that the Cartel captured 183 sents from the Opposition, «nsately -Lôn:
of a commission to inquire into The committen of the Hongkong from the Commumets, fourteen the question of extra territoriality: Chiness General Chamber of Com-from the Conservatives, sixty-ons In China but had not reached the merce is holding an important meet from the Bepublicans and forty tage when he could publicly ing at the Chamber at 2.80 p.m.eight from the Left Republicans make a statement at present.
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