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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1927.
FURTHER TROUBLE.
Fresh Agitation at Amoy and Swatow.
NO DEFEAT FOR SUN.
Details of the Measures to Defend Shanghai
Details of the British measures to defend Shanghai are an nounced, and the name of the British General who is to be mander there is published.
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BROOMS & POLES.
Free Fight on the us "Sai On."
CANTON UNIONS JOIN IN,
Reports that Sun Chuan-fang has suffered a severe reverse are red at Canton." discredited in Shanghai as being "sheer propaganda.”
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“SUNNING" PIRACY.
Is There a Case For Jury?
JUDGE AND NO:20:"
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Members allegedly belonging to Twenty-one Chinese, arrested After legal argument: lasting a}}] the Canton Labour Unions Sold by the Folies on board the s.3 the morning and Sunning" piracy in a free fight during the Ko Chow on Thursday evening case was adjourned until this after Further trouble is reported to-day at Amoy and Swatow, and before last the British #team- last, were charred before Moon when fual legal points will boat "Sal On...at fantoju R. E. Lindsell at the Centrale dealt with and the jury asked
Įto return, tá-mérrow moralog missionaries have been ordered to evacuate Ningpo.
On arrival here on Sunday, one magistracy this morning with
FMr. Justice Wood expressed doubt of the six Indian anti-piracy illegal possession of eleven re as to whether, in the case of No. Com-ards was taken to hospital for wolvers and a quantity of an 20, he could be held to have parti-
treatment of injuries and the munition.
cipated with a. common purpose in story was learned of what occur- Chief Det-Insp. T. Murphy the piracy with violence (the fring prosecuted on behalf of the at the Chief Officer) when he was At the height of the trouble, Police.
unconscious at the time, having the captain and officers intervened In reply to the Magistrate Insp, been" knocked on the head with a and their timely action" calmed Murphy stated that the men were sounding lead. matters down.
arrested on board the vessel as a For the Crown it was contended How the Row Started.
result of the suspicions of the that the mere fact that he had ship's compradors.
gone with other pirates armed with. Apparently the Chinese seamen
Continuing, Insp. Murphy said lethal weapons was sufficient to the Durhams, belongs to the accused one of the Indians of in that all the defedants were now had been there in the first place.
}justify the chargsi Canton Customs comers to the Colony and were officers to search their quarters not known, He, Insp. Murphy, discussions on fine points of psycho- Some amusement was caused by for contraband salt. No salt was had been instructed to ask for analysis as to whether a man com found, it is stated. Feeling ran week's remand in custody in raitting a felony and rendered un- Distinguished General Appointed high and the guard is supposed to order that further inquiries conscious merely allowed such in have enlisted the aid of his five might be made and for an identi-tant to go into the sub-conscious compatriots after he had been,fication parade to be held upon whence it returned with return to allegedly assaulted by the sex- the return of the ship on Friday consciousness! men.
next. The charge against a num- The jury were absent from the A free fight ensued, both sides ber of the prisoners would be Criminal Sessions proceedings this freely using poles, brooms and difficult to sustain, but it all de morning, legal argument, bring other weapons and missiles but pended upon the identification of heard as to whether there was suff- the compradore as they were
Trouble for Three Coast Porta,
Peking, Jan. 25.
In view of the reverse sustain ed by Sun Chuan-fang, the Che- kiang British authorities have Fordered missionaries to evacuate
the Ningpo district. '
The entire contingent, except
Jhansi Brigade.-Reuter..
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DEFENCE OF SHANGHAL
The anti-Catholic agitation eon-" tinues at Amoy." Seven recently
London, Jan. 24. The War Office officially states buried bodies of babies have been exhumed owing to the allegation that the Shanghai defence force that the Catholics mutilated will consist of the following:-- them.
(1) The 13th. Infantry Brigade,
comprising the "all 1st. bat talions of the Middlesex, Cameronians, Borders and Green Howards..
"Also the anti-British agitation ¦is' developing at Amoy and
Swatow..
All American missionaries from upcountry have temporarily come to Swatow. Reuter.
HANKOW QUIET. Reopening of the Banks.
A wireless message from Hap- kow to the naval authorities last night reported that the first day of the reopening of the Banks ha passed off without incident. "
"Two thousand troops crossed the river on Saturday, states a message from Shasi, and about 2,000 others left down the river
SUN CHUAN FANG.
Report of Reversa "Sheer Propaganda."
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Shanghai, Jan. 25. According to, the best available Information here, information on which the authorities depend in connection with the defence ar rangements, there is truth whatever in newspaper reports that Sun Chuan-fang has receiv- ed д Serious reverso. The: Cheklang authorities consider the reports sheer propaganda. Reuter.
by tugs and junks. The number of troops left in Shasi is about
10,000.
An army guard (British) has been placed on the Shanghai-Nan king railway tunnels, states a message from Chinking.
SHANGHAI MEASURES.
"Adequate But Purely Defensive."
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viting the
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The No: 2 boatswain is reported taken to his office in twos and prisoners Being tried by the jury. to have had the side of his head threes, buying tickets at $2.50 Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C
on behalf of all split open and he was removed to each. As they were not the type submitted
of men who usually paid so much prisoners, and particularly of hospital in Canton.
and that Seamen's Union Interested, for their passage, the compradore Nos, 7, 5. 14 Subsequently, a crowd of row,
the jury. In regard to the last searchers were sent for. four, counsel submitted that there that the revolvers were found having committed a wrongful act Mr. Lindsell I understand was no evidence whatever of their
to justify their going to the Jury have been compelled to destroy Impossible to, Believe." concealed in a basket of eggs?
Insp. Murphy: Yes. But we for a life or death verdict.
became suspicious and the whart there was no case to place before MACKINTOSH
(2) The 14th. Infantry Brigade, comprising the 2nd. Cold- stream Guards, the 1st. Bed- fords the 2nd. Borders, and the 1st. Devons.
dies from the shore came to the (8) The 20th. Indian Infantry boat. to side with the Seamen
Brigade, as cabled earlier. Union. There was further fight- armoured car company and an- put four of the guards on the There will also be artillery, an ing until the captain and officers
bridge, the grille to which was cillary services.
locked.
The Commander will be Major General John Duncan, who is During the frosble there were going to Shanghai to marrow. cries of "save life" in Chinese
The troops are following sa On the other hand, nearly all of soon as transport is available.the guards had a number of Reuter,
bruises to show when they got back to Hong Kong.
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MARINES DELAYED,
Fog Holds Up Steamer.
London, Jan. 24.
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The trouble is believed to have blown "over..
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The "Sal On" is owned by the Tung On Co. and runs regularly between Hong Kong and Canton. Owing to fog holding up in the The piracy-guards are supplied Scheldt the steamer "Zeeland" on by the Hong Kong Police. which they travel, the departure of the battalion of Marines from Portsmouth to China has been cancelled. for to-day,
- They will probably embark to- morrow-Reuter.
MAJOR-GENERAL DUNCAN,
Active Service Career.
AGITATORS ACTIVE.
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¦¦ The only evidence against No. 8 the egg (Laughter),
A week's remand in custody i blasto belleva, said counsel.
was evidence which it was impossi H was ordered;
would never have bees in Court af
ARTIST'S VISIT.
EXHIBITION OF PICTURES ON THURSDAY,
HOUSES SHAKEN,
North-East Scotland Feels Earthquake.
Rugby, Jan. 24. Lovers of genufie art are pro- mised a rare treat in the exhibienced at five o'clock this morn
Earthquake shocks were experi- tion of water colours, the work of Miss H. M. Gordon, which is to be opened by Lady Clementi at Lane, Crawford's on Thursday morning at 11a.m.
ing over a wide area in North, East Scotland, Including Abar- deen, Elgin, Ballater, and the Orkney and Shetland Islands,
The tremora lasted from twenty
seconds to a minute and a half.
"Houses in all the places affect- ed were shaken, and some alarm was caused.
burning ship in the No. 6 lifeboat:
Miss Gordon, who specialises in Eastern and other scenes in which Wild Stories at Amoy. full expression can be given to
an artist's aptitude for broad・・ No damage however is report- [From Our Own Correspondent.), washes of colour, has recently ed, beyond the smashing of Amoy, Jan. 21. made an extensive tour of North-rockery which was thrown to Major-General John Duncan, Distorted reports of events at was taken of the variety of topics
ern India, where full advantage the door British Wireless Ser
vice. C.V.O, D.8.0., R.S. Fusiliers, has Foochow have reached Amoy that cannot fail to appeal to the been in command, of the 64th. Most of this news is brought eye of the real artist. Some of East Anglian Division, Born in by radical members of the Kuo- her sketches of Kashmir and all but for the fact that be was 1827, the son of Lieut.-Colonel J mingtang, and is twisted purpose Simia are particularly pleasing, one of those who escaped from the Duncan, he entered the Army in ly to incite the populace against whilst a cameo of life in the Holy The presence of men in that boat 1891, becoming a captain in 1898 Christianity. and a major in 1910. From 1897) Wild stories are being circulat City, and another of a scene in was not evidence against them of to 1898 he served at the North ed about Foochow of how they Allies ordered the women folk to the Crown were in that boat. Two Constantinople, Just before the piracy. Two of the witnesses for Frontier of India, receiving a murderad the little orphans in leave, have an added Interest on other witnessss for the Crown were medal with clasp. He fought their charge and made medicine through the South African War, out of their brains Unfortunaccount of the personal difficul- invited to get into the boat to make where he was mentioned in dea-ately some of this stuff is believed
ties encountered by the artist good their escape from the burning patches, received a medal with by the ignorant passes, so the whilst pursuing her art
"Captain Fringle," said counsel, No fresh 'developments are re-five clasps and was awarded his tide of anti-Christian feeling is One particularly admires Miss who was very proline with his ported from China to-day. It is D.3.0.
prising The situation cannot be Gordon's subtle, arrangement of identifications, picking out chair not yet known in London, whe- Serving in the Great War from said to be encouraging. Be war
|low-toned greens, a festura which coolies and anything on the ship at ther the decision of the commer-1914 to 1918, he acted as G.8.0.
figures prominently in many of all-almost everybody charged at cial community in the British to the 11th, Division in Gallipoli, have been ow to listen to wild rather than an unusual sensitive tualty of picking out No. 8 but he Until recently he Amoy people the exhibits, whilst sincerity, the police court had an oppor Concession at Hankow, taken He commanded the 78th. Infantry after consultation: with Mr. Brigade from 1916 to 1917; and propagandists, and it is hoped the ness, is poticeable in most of the did not. do so."
His Lordship: But Captain O'Malley to resume business to- later the 22nd Division, from conservative attitude on part of work on view. A real artist, in- Pringle mentioned No. 8,
the majority y of the people will be deed, one dexterous in the hand- day, was actually put into opera- 1917 to 1919. in Macedonia.
Counsel commented, that he had; *tion.
From April to December of 1919,
ing of colour, and well able to only mentioned him when mixing || Minor episodes at Hankow and he was Major-General General"] Precautionary Measure
make the best use of the tinted him up with No. 17 a mistake he elsewhere sustain doubts in some Staff, Army of the Black Seg, he Most of the British misalon grounds on which most of her committed constantly. He had en stated that he saw No. 8 in the quartera as to the ability of the ing mentioned in despatches six aries from the interior have come paintings are carried out.
No cabin in the first class quar-- Chinese authorities to control the times, receiving a CMG. and to Amoy as a precautionary mes.
ters-a place which did not belong extremista
C.B.; and being appointed Major- sure, ; The news they bring is ->
to him at all. He had stated that General.
not good, though it is hop
the man he thought was No. 8 had Major-General Duncan is that the south of Fuklen province
been lying down and that he could Grand Commander of the Order will be spared the turmoil
not me him properly. It was elther No. 8 or No. 17. No-one else Put No. 8in the first class at all.
other evidence, said counsel, 11:10 m today, the Deger might. Wolf have been for the cle vetory reported as follows: feace and not for the prosecution
Frassure has increased consider it was that of the Chinese consul NE China, moderately who said that he had seen No. 8 Manchuria to NE Japan lying down in his proper cabin over the Yangtze Valley and reading a book. The cabin bay from Indo China to For Au Mal also had stated that he cabin His Raw No. 8 in No. 18
proper cabin, with two other mon ological observations at not belonging there and who were day baromater 30.12% tem stated to the pirates exa ning the
wind NW force ship's manifest. Wart
Meanwhile the British author- ities are continuing preparations
to safeguard the lives and inter,
ests of their nationals in China,
maintained;"
of the Crown of Roumania, Grand through which North Fullen has
of whom there are about 7,000 Commander of the Crown been passing during the last week
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Til noon to-morrow, the official cast for all local die.
of Italy Commander of the or so, especially as it relates to tricts follows N. Er winde, Took Boot preparations will be Legion of Honour, Commander of missionary work for freak; cloudy. adequate, but purely defensive: The Servian White, Bagle, holder to destroyer has They are not directed against any of the French Croix de Guerre, arrived the post this morning party in China, nor are they pro the Italian Croce di Guerra and Protection is thus assured. The vocative. Their extent is govern the Greek War Cross
local (Chinese) Naval authoriti ed by defensive requirements.
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