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ANTI-BRITISH AGITATION AT HANKOW.
Procession Kept Out by Troops.
SEQUEL TO WANHSIEN NAVAL RELIEF FOR CHUNGKING.
Events not unlike those of last year have been repeated at Hankow where masses of Chinese threatened to demonstrate in the Britisa Concession.
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Fortunately, on this occasion the j'S: presence of marines from H.M.'s wurstrips at that port, and of Chinese troops, prevented any intoward incident.
The trouble is due to anti-they were prevented from doing British agitation. Last year mis- so by Chinese troops, and by chievous agents made capital of tish marines. the Shanghai shooting. This .Much unti-British literature is year the agitators point to the being disseminated. events at Wanhsien..
H.M.S. "Hawkins Glagship of of Admiral Sir E. S. Alexander, Sinclair, commander-in-chief of the China Fleet) is at Hankow and so.is, HMS. "Despatch." a pther of the cruisers of the Squa- dron..
Hankow is a regular port of call of the gunbeats of the Yang- tye Flotilla and it is believed that at least one or two are there now. The following is released by ecurtesy of the Naval authorities in Hong Kong:
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right through Hunan and inte Hupeh More recently he has com manded the most northerly wing of the southern army in the Hupeh- Kiangai front, and Chang Kai-shek has left Hankow, &c. in his hands.]
On the other hand, the wortherners claim to have occupied the Consuls that the Nationalist Wuchang-haien, the capital of Hupoh province. -- Government had come to a definite decision to resume By Our Speciul Correspondent.) communications between Canton, This game of give and take is Hong Kong and other places and hard to explain. For want of a Bri-that the previous promise. will be better example, the present situa- tion may be best understood by Mr. Eugene Chen has informed supposing that a war way on be the Strike Committee that out of tween England and Scotland. the proceeds of the special new Sun Chuan-fang has advanced All is now quiet..
taxes, a sum of $2,000,000 will be along the east coast and captured H.M.S. "Mäntis" (günboat) and applied to relief of strikers and Edinburgh while Chang Kai-shek armed merchantman that the Ministry of Finance will has come down the west coast and H.M.'s
Jardine take the matter in hand.-"Wah taken Manchester! "Klawo" (one of the Yangtse fleet) left: Wanhsien to-Tsz Yat Po."
for Chungking (further up)
day.
Course of Procedure.
REPORTS BY MAIL.
Nervousness in Southern. Ranka?
Hankow, Sept. 29. Word of another" southern ad- vance has now come to hand and it is announced that. Sun Chuan- towns of Kishul west of Hwang- chow, and Nanchi, near the river,
Te-an is in Klangsi province to the north of Nanchang, the capi- tak of one of Sun Chuan-fang's the river and the last Treaty port Authentic news was received
provinces.. on the Yangtae), where it is re-last night that the Canton Gov-
General Bi Chung-jen (7th ported that efforts are being made ernment is to call off the boycott, southern army), who had diffang's troops have arrived at the to intimidate the remaining Bri. officially, at midday on October 10.ficulty a few days ago in extri- The course proposed is attribut-cating himself from an advanced tish employees.
led to a desire to get the "neces-position, is reported to have
sary public atmosphere."
broken through the allied line to
A RENTS CLAIM.
QUESTION OF STANDARD RENT.
MORTGAGEE'S POSITION.
Pro-Kuomintang organisations will it is stated, promote a pro cession on that day, to express (support for
decision.
at day, to express HON. MR. A. G. M. FLETCHER.
At the east parade ground, the speakers are to include Mr. Eugene Chen and Mr."Chan Shu-1 yan (Head of the Labour Depart. ment).
The case was continued at the
Pickets Returning. Summary Court this morning in volving the position of a mort- At noon, the boycott will ter- gagee who, in default of interest minate with an announcement in- payment by the mortgagor, took stead of a proclamation...
Meanwhile steps are being FRONTIER PICKETS. over control of the premises in re-
spect of which the mortgage was taken to withdraw all the strike made only to find that rent in ex-pickets by that date. cess of standard rent had been A Canton paper says that the paid to the mortgagor and that 5th detachment of pickets have the tenants claimed to be entitled all returned to Canton and that to refrain from paying further others are following suit.
It is thought that the present rent until the excess had beer.
examination shed, run by the so- met.
Mak Tung-shi claims $1,000 called Labour-Mercantile Associa- (through her attorney, 1p Li-tion, is to be abolished." kong) from the National Optical Company, tenants.of the premises in the situation. in question, in, respect of rent.
UNUSUAL PROSECUTION. Alleged to be strike pickete, two Chinese are facing a rather unusual prosecution in the Police Court as a sequel to a shooting in- cident over the New Territory border. "
On the night of September 27, some men were leading a junk' with vegetables to be smuggled into Hong Kong.
Armed pickets opened fire and the men dived into the river.
The boat was taken further down the river to strike head- quarters.
Alleged to have been instigated by the powers that be, gefendants are accused of having taken the vegetables into Hong Kong for disposal, because "higher prices were obtainable here.
The two complainants in the ease also came into Hong Kong- by another route-and traced
their cargo.
Are Pickets Wealthy Some of it. had been sold to market stallholders but no money had been paid over and the goods" were perishable.
When the case came before Major C. Willson this morning, Mr: G. R. Haywood appeared for the prosecution and Mr. D. Mc- Callure for the defence. Chief Det.-Inspector T Murphy was present for the Police,
Mr. M. K. Lo is for plaintiffs and Mr. L. D. Turner for defen- dants..
Outwardly there is no change
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Medical Advice; Home Leave Till January.
His many friends in Hong Korg will regret to hear that the Hon. Mr A. G. M. Fletcher, CM.G. CB.B. had had to pro- ceed to England on medical ad vice.
Mr. Fletcher, it will be recalled, was recently promoted to replace Sir Cecil Clementi (our present Governor), as Colonial Secretary in Ceylon.
The Times. of Ceylon" on
September 22 stated that Mr. Fletcher wus to have left Colombo on September 30 and is, expected to return in January,
Information was not then avail. able as to who will act for him in his absence.
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Behind the scenes, Government capture Te-an with from 4,000 to officials are said to be working 5.000 troops.
This is in the centre of the When the case was heard this strenuously to remove opposition morning, Mr. Turner said that he and lay down the details for the Kiangsi-Hunan front.
Still Standing Fast. had no further evidence to call as inaugural of the new era. to what the rent. was on the occa--
It is significant that influentin?! In the northern sector (ie., sion of the first letting of the bodies are still referring to the along the banks of the Yangtee), domestic tenements as a separate termination of the boycutt as "the the northerners had their own 31, alteration in principal policy and way. But as they have been held after December letting
at Hwangchow and other 1920. At the last hearing His not as the end of the movement. up
The only course now is to wait points, their claim to have enters Honour had forced. him (Mr. Turner) into an adjournment by until the Republican holiday oned Wachang-hsien (in return for holding that under section 2 of the October 10 and see what develop-Te-an) is open to doubt,
All this week the "China Mail" Rents Ordinance, 1922, sub sec-merts follow.
Best informed opinion is that has hinted at the Cantonese not. tion (g2), this clause was 'not the proper one for him to use to the pickets will be demobilised being in flight, but rather, retir satisfy His Honour as to what and communications restored but ing till a more favourable oppor- the standard rent of these pre-that trade will still be hindered tunity. mises was.
by an under-current of agitation.
His Honour's Mistake.. This holding, said Mr. Turner, was contrary to a previous judg- ment which. His Honour himself had given.
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This startling auccess by the 7th army has cheered up the tired troops on other sectors and General Chang Kai-shek is report ed to have made Nanchang his objective:
Elsewhere the southerners are holding their ground and Sun Wu- Chuan-fung is no nearer chang, if that is his goal.
OFFICIAL DESPATCH.
Are Southerners in Nanchang Again?
he would like to be heard on the His Honour replied that he had point. In a case of this kind one read this judgment again and was had to bear in mind that the prin prepared to admit that his inter-ciple of the Ordinance was to keep pretation at the last hearing had the roof over the head of the been at fault. The misunder-tenant. On the day of the mort In a discussion as to bail, Mr. standing arose out of his taking gage, the mortgagee, before ad- Haywood ventured that if défen- the words "actually. let as mean-vancing the money, went to the dants had been pickets for any ing "occupied." His views were tenants to find out what they were on the time, they would have no dif- still in accordance with the pre-paying in rent. It was ficulty in raising the sum ($800vious judgment.
strength of this total that he had The following despatch is repro- Leach). Mr. McCallum" remarked
made the advance to the mort-duced by courtesy of the local that there was an "if" there and
Naval authorities:
Hankow, Sept. 6. questioned about a third man-it
sagor...... having been alleged that three
The local situation is practically pickets were concerned with the.
unchanged. incident.
From Kfuktang (further down the river) it is reported that southern troops have reached Te an, 40 miles, from, Kinklang and on the railway between Kiukiang and Nanchang; and that Marshal Sun Chuan-fang is withdrawing troops to that front from Hwangchow, where he has made an armistice with General Tang Sang-chce
There is a rumour of Nanchang having fallen again to the south
Note General Tang Sang-ches erners but this is not confirmed. There was further argument as commands the 8th Nationalist Army, to whether the tenant was an As pretender to the tuchunship of province, he practically titled to deduct the amount of Hunan excess paid in the pest over stand caused the war, being driven right ard rent from the rent payable 1 Into Kwangtung until Chang Kal his chuse Since the mortgagee in t
ched victoriously the case
Mr. Murphy declined to say whether the third man was in custody or would be charged. Hearing was to start this after-
noon.
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COUNCIL MEETING.
It has become necessary to alter the date fixed for the next meeting of Legislative Council to Friday, October 15 at 2.30 p.m. Instead of Thursday, October 14, as previously arranged..
TO-D 28 DOLLAR
The closing rate of the dollar, on demand, to-day was 2/0 8/10
Mr. Turner quoted sub section (g) referring to powers conferred
There was no question here of in the event of the domestic tene- ment not being let at the time but keeping a roof over the head of having been let at some previous the tenant, said Mr. Lo. Mr. date and held that the assessor's Turner had already had four or certificate which he had put in five days to procure evidence as previously was some evidence that to standard rent. Mr. Lo sub- the tenement in question had mitted that His Honour would be been let on some previous date, creating an undesirable precedent It was some evidence of the stan in making an order, such as that dard rent and as it was all that asked for. The proper terms of the court had to go on he (Mr. the application should have been Turner) claimed that it was euf- for an adjournment in order that Mr. Turner might produce this ficient,
further evidence
His Honour indicated that he was not in agreement and Mr. Turner asked for an order for the production by the assessor of re- levant documents, a series of books containing returns for each
year.
Precedent:
His Honour was about to make Lo said that the'ordur
His Honour agreed and granted an adjournment on the question of standard rent.
This advance along the north bunk of the Yangtse is significant] in that it threatens Hwangchow.
nervousness
As a matter of fact quite un exodus of inhabitants from that] place has taken place and some of thege coming to Hankow report.con- Þsiderable
apparent there...
This is not only in connection with the residents of the city but also witnessed in the ranks of the scuthern
troops defending tha,
place.
These, it seems, are chiefly com-: posed of the 2nd division under Gen. Lin Tholung (who betrayed Hanyang) and part of them are said 19 have evacuated the city and are now on their way up to Han-
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"Echo of Gunfire.
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Reports coming in late last night! state that the northern troops have moved their base on the north bank from Kiehow to Kisui.
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This would Indicate that a con- siderable advance must have been made at this point. It was also intimated that a large detachment of troopa had been warned Hanyang to leave last night as] (southern) reinforcémenta Hwangchow.
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Further proof that the northern forces are now rapidly advancing. and are neuring Wu-Han is ap parent in that very distant gun fire is clearly audible during the very early hours of the morning when.
the sound le not drowned by louder focal noises. The detonations were distinctly heard yesterday morning, which shows that the northern forces are a good deal nearer than
the reports say,
Canton to Stand. This and the, influx of refugees from the different fighting zones, has more or less spread the newa of the retirement of the southern forces among the Chinese in the city, where it is now asserted that the northern forces will soon be in occupation here.
Little news has come to hand as to the eituation in the Taych sector.
The southern forces which were! there have retired to Ngotain and Tungshan and the concentration of troops in these places has caused the ordinary Chinese, who fear an early clash, to evacuate..
A large number of these have arrived in Hankow...
By their reports it is evident that the southern forces are deter-
mined to make a grim stand, for some of thoir, best units have been sent there.
A However the southern forces ap- pear to have been foraid to retreat
They are stated to have now
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