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[From Our Own Correspondent.]
. Canton, June 24, The Nationalist" Government is
preparing a formal protest to be forwarded to the Macuo. Govern- Two Distinct Questions. Sir Austen Chamberlain,
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Commander Oliver Locker-Lamp were raised. Had His Majesty'stion was heki recently when the Tia and Wong Ha villages contain tion; made, with full details, by a MONDAY June 28th that "this House comdemns the good reasons to complain of, the Dr. F. Graca Ozorio protested and ing 300 families and 2.000 persons. [local resident.
this country of Soviet organisa- Russia: and secondly, if they election, After a date had been the villagers Lave been crowded on practicabilities, but, there are subversive political activities in action of the Soviet authorities in the Government ordered another cible and without cause, and that
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Debt Repudiation.. Commander Locker-Lampson, in the course of a vigorous indict- ment of Soviet policy. said that Russia alone of our Allies had re- pudiated her debt of £800,000,000. She had also confiscated the pro- perty of every British merchant who was working in that country. She owed £250,000,000 to these unhappy people: This money
had such reasons: to complain, would it be wise for them to show their indignation or resentment by breaking off all diplomatic rela- tions and terminating the trade Agreement? The two questions were distinct.
Hixed, the election was pet of as there was difficulty in connection with the votes, who, though not on the list for jury service, were qualified to vote. Such, of course, were mostly professional men. It was stated that the definition of A "vernacular school-teacher" "I should answer the first ques-
Steps were taken for a subse- tion unhesitatingly in the affirma- proved the stumbling block..
Ozorio tive should answer the second question in the negative not be- quent election but Dr. Cause I think the Soviet Govern- withdrew his candidature and of us, having regard to their atti-official. Now for the future. ment has a right to ask anything Dr. S. C. Ho's election became tude toward us, but because I do Persons whose names are on the
not think that British interests jurors' list can exercise the right or the interests of world peace to vote. Certain other persons, relations with them. The Soviet Ordinance) are exempted from
1 is said that the removal was for-
to unhealthy damp land near
Heung Chow,
CANTON ITEMS.
CHANG KAI-SHEK AND HIS SUBORDINATES.
FEARS OF INVASION.
ค
(From Our Own Correspondent.J. Canton, June 24. General Chang Kai-shek hus
missioner of Agriculture and
To the layman, the project does not seem beyond the realm of
many technicalities: to be studied. Readers, however, will be interest- ed to read about the scheme. The correspondent heads his article:-
CONCORDIA ISLAND.
To Be Opened By the Governor on May 1, 1928.
The Praya East reclamation between Arsenal Street and (Jardine's) East Point will prob ably be completed in a few years. The Praya (sea-front) will then be very close to Kellet Island- now a ganpowder depot
was coming back to us to subvert would be served by breaking off who (according to the jurors pacified Mr. Chan Kong-pok, Com. The better to follow the outline, Government is something stand-jury, service, can also vote. It is Laheur, who resigned earlier in the will be found on page 10 of this!
constitutional order "throughout the Empire. No opportunity scemer to have been lost by the Soviet to abuse its diplomatic yard rights and, under the cloak of friendship to stab us in the back. There would be no Communist Party in Britain worth the name were it not suckled by Soviet! shekels. How long, he asked, is this going to last?
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commander-in-chief high enough for motor boats and sampans to pass underneath, and night. as he expects to do within a fort-wide enough to run a tram track,
motor road and footpath.
General Ho Yin-chin, commander
ing in a class by itself.. It resem. learned that an Ordinance is "on bles the Government of no other the stocks" to set up the machin- week and declared his intention of now announced, he will give up his country. It is not easy to main-ery to deal with the "exempted going to Shanghai. Instead, it is tain relations with it. It is im-list." A logical deduction is that possible to say that the relations an
Ordinance will be passed Department, but instead of joining position as head of the Labour whereby the Government can the voluntary Kuomintang exiles in name: whenever desired, al Shanghai, he will Zo: officer, with whom exempted per- Northern front, as General Chang sons must register their names on a fixed day, prior to the election. If the mere question were had On the day of election, jurors.can the trade agreement been kept he obtain their voting papers by re- would answer that it had not.ferent to the jurors' list and The words of the trade agreement exempted persous can get their were clear, and he understood slips by reference to the special should refrain from any 1108 them to the effect that each party | register. action or undertaking against the viner and Trom conducting out- side its own borders any official propaganda, direct or indirect, against the interests of the Bri- tish Empire, and the Republic, of millions of pounds to this coun-respectively. The agreement fur- try? When was there a Cover ther stated that it understood ment in Russia of which they
that the term conducting could approve? The present official propaganda included the Government was terrible tyranny, but it was only one terrible giving by either, party of assist- tyranny which was an efficient Aubstitute for a terrible tyranny which was inefficient, corrupt, and treacherous.
Terrible Tyranny. Mr. Lloyd George, the Liberal leader, said that he intervened in the debate as having been respon- sible for the trade ngreement which was concluded in 1921. The question was not whether they approved of the Russian Govern.. S principles, or its methods, but whether they were going to cancel a trade agreement that brought trade to the extent
ance or encouragement to any pro-
Paganda conducted outside the
whole borders.
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BANK SENSATION.
?
ARREST OF EUROPEAN ACCOUNTANT.
ALLEGED BREACH OF TRUST.
1
Bombay, June 26.
L. Evans. Chief Accountant in the Bombay branch of the Hongkong
"It is perfectly clear to His Majesty's Government; and should Menace to Communists..
be perfectly clear to everybody, as Referring
to correspondence it must be clear to the Soviet and Shanghai Banking Corporation, between the British Communists authorities, that they are not con- who was stopped at Aden on his and the Soviet organisations, forming to the definite engage-way Home on furlough and brought which was published by the Govment of a trade agreement. Sug-bick, is charged with breach of ernment yesterday, Mr. Lloyd gestions have been made that the trust and falsification of accounts George suid that it was argued Government should enter into that there was in this correspon- some new negotiations and that in respect of 640,000 rupees. dence sufficient evidence for the they should try to construct some Ereaking off of diplomatic rela-new agreement."-British Wire- tlons with Russia on the groundless. Service.
that it was sending unlimited gold (NB.The.
"remaindër of
to' overthrow our Constitution. message not received owing to
"CRUELTY EXPOSED.
But he pointed out that the com-bad atmospheric conditions.] plaint was made throughout this. correspondence that the gold was very limited. And in this, corre- spondence what was regarded as a menace to Communists? Not the Prime Minister or the mem- |bers of the Government. The cne danger was a Ramsay MacDonald Government. It was stated that
British Beaten and Murdered.
London, June 25,
de
He was remanded.
or cancelling the British-Russian trade agreement.
Commander Hilton Young (Conservative) expressed the opinion that it would be a very great mistake to break off reia- tions with Russia.
BD-
the
Than level Keilet Island, sloping the shore south Side). Build three
of the First Army, is here from Swatow for a special conference piers on the cist, north and west. with General Chun Kai-shek and Fut seats along one side-of-exch the Military Conpeil, concerning the pier and leave the other clear for peril of invasion by forces from promenading. Erect steps at tha Fukion. The Fukien.generals, he
end of each pier for launches, etc. has reported, will probably launch
of
a campaign against Swatow as soon to go alongside, algo steps at the as many more Kwangtung soldiers sides of each pier for use have been sent North against Wu
·Pei-fu.
bathers.
Build a pavilion on the island, dance hall, concert hall, band stand,
buffet. dressing rooms, necessary ofices and quarters for caretaker, servantá and boatmen.
The whole scheme to be adequate-
bands..
"
Strikers As "Specials." Meanwhile, he reports, General Lin Foo is in the south of Kwangsi province récruiting his old forces, so as to attack Kwangtung simul- taneously with Fukien, and Generally fitted with electric light.
Arrange musical entertainment; Tang Chi-yao has already sent by civilian, military and naval forces into Kwangst to co-operatu with General Lau Tsun-wan in an upon Kwangtung from .a attack third direction.
Because of the need for sending soldiers to the Northern front, and the consequent inability to spare them for warfare on bandits} of the province, the Government is offering out-of-work. "Hongkong 'strikers" posts us special constables in a new force being raised for bandit extermination.
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The work of organising two brigades of Kuomintang Boy Scouts
in Canton is progressing rapidly. has voted more money for the move-
The Central Executive Committee
ment.
Stubborn Union.
wax
When the municipality formed a year ago all officials were promised, a rise in salaries after one year, but now a notification has been sent around to the effect that increases at this time are not justified by the "condition of the municipal treasury.
Open all the year round, say from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Such a place would be convenient to Hongkongites: Kowloonites could cross by ̈spécial ferry.
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[It is admitted that on first sight the scheme sounds a little ambi tious. Views and suggestions, not necessarily for publication, will be welcomed.-Editor)
WU'S ARREST,
CHARGES AGAINST A CANTON OFFICIAL.
[From Our Own Correspondent,? Canton, June 24. A new explanation has come to
light for the arrest of General Wu Te-chen, which started the exodus of Canton's moderate officials a few weeks ago.
means
Sir F. Nelson, who WAB A member of the party of Conser- visited vatives who recently British-Russian relations pro-Russia, strong opposed break- merciless measures must be adopt vided a lively debate in the ing off relations and closing up ed to fight the Labour Party. It House of Commons, which was the trade delegation: was for this that we were asked attended by the Communist Mr. Ramsay MacDonald to throw away trade with Russia M.P., Mr. Saklatvala, who was pealed for an extension of
It is stated how that among other running into £34,000,000 a year. released from prison in the trade agreement.
The Mechanics Union, which has charges to be listed at Wa Te-chen's morning, He was loudly cheer- Sir Austen Chamberlain, in An Urgent Duty.
replying to
no charter from the Government, court-martial, and by no the debate, un- Commander Hilton Young (Coned by the Labourites.
peralata in its refusal to obey the among the least important, will be that the servative) said that the Govern Commander Locker-Lampson, hesitatingly" declared
Government's order to permit lines- one to the effect that when he went Government was entitled to com- ment had an urgent duty to the in initiating the debate,
to re-connect cut electric on leave to attend his mother's people of this country to protect it nouneed the Bolshevists for re- plain of Soviet actions, but he wires leading to factories which re- funeral, his absence from Canton against the corrupt influence of pudiating their debt and con- considered that it would not fuse to pay the union tax of $1 was unduly prolonged because he foreign gold and secret agents. fiscating the property of British be wise to break off relations per month per unit of horse-power then went secretly it is alleged
to terminate the trade
used.
to Peking to attend a conference They could keep out corrupt gold nations, many whom were im- or
He believed that.
Openly defying the Government's of a wing of the Peking Kuomin- and secret agents, but they could prisoned, beaten, and murdered, agreement.
He mentioned that one of them, the breaking off of the existing mandate that the factories are not tang that is hostile to the Canton not keep cut opinion. That being so, it would be a great mistake to whom the Bolshevists had blind relations would be useless. It to be molested, the Mechanica Government.
would weaker our ability to fight Union is keeping more than 1,000 break off direct relations with the ed, was sitting in the Gallery.
Commander Locker-Lampson disorder or revolution within our Government of Russia.
said: "We must cease to make of free-born Britons helofe of a slave State (Prolonged Conser- vative cheers).
Use Common Sense.. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, the Labour leader, said: "If there is going to be propaganda by the Russian or any other Government
Labourite's Appeal conducted in this country with its Mr. A. W. Ponsonby (Labour) money and by its agents, then denounced the langage used by this country has no business to the Earl of Birkenhead and Mr. allow it. But in protecting our Winston Churchill in recent anti- selves we must use common Russian speeches. He appealed sense. The trade agreement is to Sir Austen Chamberlain to try in operation and we cannot now to renow here friendly British- remove it. If we break the agree. Russian relations. ment the Russian Government will undoubtedly do ita bast to in- crease its hostility toward us. If Mr. Lloyd George contended there are breaches in the trade that the disapproval of Bol- agreement they should be handled shevism was no reason for
But for Trade,
in the ordinary diplomatic way" bazaking off diplomatic relations
men
Tell-Tale Photo.
own borders and increase the men and women out of work by This meeting, it is said, waa held picketing the factories and refusat Western Hill, hear Peking, and fear of European instability. ing to permit linesmen to repair it is said that a photograph taken Referring to the money sent from the wires. More than that, they during the meeting, a copy of which Russia, he said that the Soviet are trying to force the linesmen is supposed to be in General Government could not have and Electrical Workers Union to Chang Kai-shek's hands, shows found a worse field to invest Join them, and the latter have ap- General Wu sitting at a täble money in revolution than among pealed to the Government to for next to General Ngal Peng-ping, the workers of Great Britain,
olhly disperse the mechanics
who is opposed to the present re Sitting Suspended.
gime. Ngal Pong-ping, like Wa Te-chen, was once Canton's polico be chief
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At the conclusion of Sir pourites created disorder by closed for the transaction of busi It will also be charged that Wu Austen Chamberlain's speech the objecting to the Deputy Speaker calling on anoter Government member instead of a Labourite
After a scene that lasted five minutes the sitting was suspend- ad, whereupon the day's busi ness terminsted.
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