SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1927.
CHIANG'S" PROMISE.
Prospects of Capturing Peking.
WAR SITUATION REVIEWED:
[By " Chung-yin." General Chiang Kai-shek has told the world that he will con- tinue to march northwards and take Peking. He did not say so in so many words but there is no misunderstanding his intention to subdue the Fengtien Party and then unify China by force.
What are his prospects? He has gone on from success to auc- cess. No matter how his troops have fought, they have not been defeated in battle and well may he lay the claim to being invinci- ble.
Marshal Chang Tsung-chang of Shantung la offering very little resistance. He still has an alter
YUNNAN LETTER.
native shield in the Yellow River PROVINCE TURNING OVER TO further north, with a position fairly strong naturally.
Bigger Factors Than War.
CANTON.
ANTI-BRITISH FEELING.
[From Our Own Correspondent.♫ Yunnanfu. (Yunnan), March 21.
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"THE NE'ER DO WELL.!!
The following letter has boane There was an excellent pro- sent to well-known local artistas gramme at the "Star" last night.
CONCERTS FOR THE TROOPS...
The element "of doubt exista with regard to the main body" at Hankow. The strategical view would suggest that General Tang An anti-British boycott wan at and others known to be interested It being "Paramount Week in Seng-chi should take up the offen- tempted recently, but was suppress-in the organisation of entertain-the Colony, the principal feature sive and advance along the ed by General Lung, who has kept ments locally, by M. E.Sutherland was The Nefer Do Well," with
But order here under vary trying cir-Chairman of the Entertainment principala. The
Thomas Meighan and Lila Léo as Peking-Hankow Railway.
Other cumstances.
audience the question is, will he
There seems to be no Very de- Sub-Committee of the YMCA thoroughly enjoyed this engross factors than war-such as politics. and party dissension-may prove Buite anti-foreign feeling here, but which is organising entertainments ing story with its unique setting
it is realized that it exists below for the Services. of more, importance,
the surface and is only waiting for As it was felt that others who the opportunity to show itself. in the city now, at least, outwardly, have escaped attention, a copy of Things seem to be settling down would be willing to assist might there le still a good deal of the letter has been sent for publica
There is a railway running eastwards from Kaifeng to Hsu chowtu (in north Kiangsu), join ing the two railways' running south from Peking (one to Hand kow, the other to Nanking).
Napoleon's Maxim.
for.
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tion.
The latter is as follows;
in which Meighan acts the part of much the scapegoat with so charm
the evening performance was the A most attractive feature of musical programme of the Band of, the. Middlesex Regiment.
disorder and robbery.
Government hy Committee.
The selection, which were most The new arrangement of governs You will have seen from the enthusiastically received, included The Nationalist seldier of the It is reasonable to expect that ing the province by committees han Press of the 28th inst. an outline the "Miserere from Il Trova- hour has won even more victories Chiang Kai-shek will make this now begun, to take shape and nine of the work which & special Com-tore and the "Hunting Scene." than did Hung Shau-chuen, the connecting railway his next oben have been appointed, so that mittas of the YM.C.A. propose to by Buccallosi. anti-Manchu rebel of seventy jective. By moving on it he will better state of affairs la hoped carry out in connection with the en-
A good programme is promised years ago, who established his fulfil Napoleon's maxim-the
Pen-ma, on the Burma border necessary for me to remind you Well" will again be featured.
tertainment of Service men. It is for to-night when "The Ne'er Do court at Nanking-but suffered key of his strategy that "the is again in the limelight and a very that we have, and shall havs, for a number of defeats now and secret of war is to make oneself strong article appeared in one of then-and was ultimately crush-master of the communications."the leading papers here recently, mon here who in completely strange a considerable time, thousands of ed on his last march to Peking.. There, Chiang Kai-shek would be which might easily have led to surroundings must be kept. enter- astride the two overland routes trouble, but nothing has happened ained and amused during their between Peking and Centraliset.
lefaure hours. With this iden the China. Thence, in Napoleonic
Later. The matter Was now Y.M.C.A. have formed a representa- manner, he could press down on
been cleared up. The vernacular tive Committee drawn from the paper" report has been found to Services had Hong Kong Residenta. the Fengtien stronghold at. Chang Tsung-chang's rear.
There are several Depots of the Y.M.CLA. to cater for and the
Moral and Material.
As was the case then, actual supremacy in the field does not ensure success. I cannot do better than quote Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, the military expert of the London "Daily Telegraph." He says
"Before attempting to assert the military position and prospects, it is Lential to realise this division of the moral and material factors in the Impending struggle. There is a fur ther aspect. The struggle is be- tween a mass movement and group of Individuals-war-lords," whose im is inevitably. their governing aggrandisement or enrichment, and hong troups are held together simply by the tie of personal allegiancé pecuilar to the mercenary
Watery "No Man's Land."
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Entertainmente.
Theatre;
Going Over to Canton.. Meanwhile, Marshal
It has been thought that the pro- Tso-lin has failed to make an vines was going over to Canton. It general outline of the scheme is impression even on Wu Pet-fu in is learned on good authority that that small concerts once or twice a
werk at each should be arranged. Harold Lloyd in "For Heaven's
April 2 Queen's. Honan Even if he succeeded in feur representatives have gone to getting down along the railway Canton to talk matters over and it probably a concert on a larger to Hankow (on which his son, will not be a matter for surprise if bigger depots or possibly at the Dix in "The Lucky Devil."
seale once a month at one of the April 2-World Theatre; Richard General Chang Hsueh-liang is as a result, this province goes over
City Hall C fur now busily engaged), his position definitely to the Nationalists.
April 2-Star Theatre; Thomas Meanwhile there is concern be made to reduce the work of those Meighan in "The Neer-Do-Well" would soon be intolerable,
fenuse Generals" Lung and Hu are
who assist, and it may be possible April 2, 4, 8, 9-Theatre Royal; at loggerheads and the latter has arrange particularly in connec-H.M.S. Pinafore. 9.30 p.m. The further south he came, called up more of a men to the Artiates to sing at perhaps two or H.M.S. "Frobisher hold dance at tion with Kowloon Concerts, for April 2-Ship's Company of the more would his left flank be city.. Considerable quantities of exposed to a crushing blow from arms and ammunition have been more Depots at different times durs Hotel Savpy 8:30 pm.
ing the same evening, and so Chiang Kai-shek combined arm brought up.
minimize the number of cccasions Picafore." Matines 4.30 p.m.
April 6 Theatre Royal; "H.M.S. going north from Nanking..
Earthquake Shocks." Early on the morning of March our helpers will have to attend!
We are in touch with the Hong Club's grand opening Carnival April 6The Hong Kong Dance
ware felt in Yunnanfu, but for-
Society, the Taikoo Recreation Club forda, at 9 p.m. tunately no damage was done
By March 20 it was able to find and many other similar Associations out that the severeat shocks had which are contributing help. been in the south-west of the pro vince. A. Hauin-dien, Yao-lin undi
So far, the "Christian general"
out of calculations.
Like great dividing line be- Feng Yu-hsiang) has been left 15, three distinct earthquake shocks Kong A.D.C... the Philharmonic Dance takes place at Lane Craw
tween North and South runs the
BEKING.
SHANSI
TSINANFU
HONAN
HU
HANKOW
HUMAN
This pro-
SHANGHAI
THANK
NOKTANG
HEKIANG
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Rough sketch map of North-East China, between Shanghai and Peking. The disposition of forces is shows up to the time before the Northern. debacle from Shanghai and Nanking (small squares for Northerners and black arrows for Southerners), Now there are id Northerners south of the, Yangste. The relative distance Chiang Kai-shek will have to march before" getting hour Poking will be appreciated..
It is well to tell you at the outset
Sports.
that Concerts start at 8 o'clock and April Inter-Services Regatta Sun-kiang, much damage was done, finish about 10 p.m. This is not af Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, houses collapsed but it is not convenient hour for many, but if North Point...
April -Central British School you are willing to assist, you will thought that any life was lost.
It is just about two years ago not object to a little inconvenience annual sports at King's Park, Kow-
icon, 2.30 p.m. that Talifu was visited by an earth-Through the kindness of the
in a good cause.
April 4 St. Paul's College annual ¿quake.
Church Body, the Cathedral Hall athletic sports at H.K.F.C. Ground, Later-As regards the earth-s been allocated to us for prac-10 p.m. (postponed from April 1 quake, a mistake was made as to tice purposes and those singing willowing to inclement weather)
April 20-Seventh bi-annual race
the location of the
severer
there.
Meetings..
shocks, "which occurred in the be able to arrange with their accoin- north-east instead of the south Danists to run over their songs for the "Trevessa" Trophy, .com- west as stated, the area affected
While it is impossible at the mencing 4 p.m. being about two days" journey make any definite atotement as to present stage of organisation to from the capital.
the extent, we shall have, to call) upon your services, still it is hoped that it may not be more than two Or possibly three times each
HAROLD LLOYD,
GREAT NEW COMEDY AT THE month
QUEEN'S..
Mr. T. V. Hermon is Hon. Secre tary of this Committee, a list of EXCELLENT MUSICAL ITEMS whose names has already appeared in the Press. I shall be glad if you Harold Lloyd's latest comedy, will kindly return, either to me or "For Heaven's Sake," now showing to Ms. Harmon, c/o Y.M.C.A. Kow- at the Queen's Theatre as the first loon, the enclosed form duly filled big film of the Paramount super-in. Cate should be taken to in- season, will long, be remembered dicate clearly how you are nya. Hong Kong with the greatest plea-pared to helt, as this will assist in sure. The story beging quietly, the preparation of the Programmes with an amusing touch here and As Jang notice as possible will be there: Then suddenly things begin given you with regard to details of to happen." After that the picture Concerts.
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Apr 4Annual meeting General Committee of the, Alice Memorial & Affliated Hospitala f the Chamber of Commerce" board room. 12.30.v.m.
April 6Annual meeting of the H.K. Baseball Assn. at the Ameri- can Consulate General, 5.30 p.m.
H.K. & Territorial Estates, Ltd., St. , April 8-Third annual meeting of George's Bldg., 2.80 p.m.
April 21 Second Meeting of China Light & Power Co., Ltd.,
11.30a.m.
Kulacs-neoùs,
April 2--Distribution of prizes of the Docksin School at the Chinese, YM.C.A. 2p.m., and of St. Stephen's College. In Great Hall of University, i
is a riot of fup.. Obviously it is in The Colony has some hard work; 7.30 p.m. apportane to say much about the ahead, and I trust you will make an
April 6-Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy...
plot at this stage. As that would be effort to help in every way pos- M.C., A.M.LEE. Inst.T. will read anticipating the pleasure of the sible. many hundreds who have yet to see the film, but it can be said that two of the episodes, the filling of
Yangtse River, a vital means of fessed ally of the Nationalists has "communication, but for the been quietly reorganising for a mission hall by the most astonish
moment a watery "No Man's months in Kanan and Shensi Ing process in the world, and the Land"
provinces (north-west China) truly marvellous journey of a hand- At Hankow, the Southerners and once the summer sets in, beful of "drunks" in a commandeered have established a strategic may be tempted to make another bus are as funny and as exciting as bridge-head on the northern bid for power. If he comes, it any of the numerous comical thrills bank, with a line running up to will only be natural for bim to ad- Harold Lloyd has yet offered his the border of Honan province.. vance by way of Honan, making At the mouth of the Yangtse, matters all the more difficult for Chiang Kai-shek has his military Peking, "knuckles" stretched just beyond his palm, but guarding Shanghai and Nanking effectively.
The Nationalia Strength.
Captain Liddell Hart estimates the strength of the Nationalist
sections as follows:-
Main body at Hankow: 80,000
strong.
The left arm which made the jab at Nanking: 20,000-but this hus since been increased by the defec tions from the Northern armies,
The right arm (which went up by Cheklang province): one column nearer the const 45,000 men; and the other column 30,000 these have. also since been extended by embody ing Northern divisions which went ovor. (There has been hardly any wastage of war)..
Other fairly large forces have. been left behind to guard the various provinces, e.g., 80,000 left by General Ho Ying-yin in Fukien.
Alternative Shield. Instead of crossing the Yangtae direct, the right arm is likely to shift their strategical position, half left on Nanking, leaying behind a fairly substantial force to hold Shanghai and environs. This, of course, is on the pro sumption that Chla
does intend to move “and the easiest way ha con
is by following the
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admirers.
"For Heaven's Sake" has an ex- cellent supporting programme. The Queen's Orchestra gives a masical Beginning of the End? prologue under the directorship of Mr. A. Grovini. The selections are Th Yellow River is now the (a) "While the Sahara Sleeps," (b) Fengtien line of security. Rapid Jack Hylton's "Summer Rain," and progress for the Cantonese south (c) Wagneritis. The lighting of this barrier may not count for effects and stage rettings are very a great deal. It will be at least a beautiful. The effect of rain fall- few months before Chiang Kaising is remarkably well done. Fur shek's vanguards can reach the ther variety is given to the pro- gramma by a quartefte: of male connecting railway" or the singers, who, however, have.. nct Yellow River; but once they are quite realised the size of the build- there, it looks like the beginning ing in which they are singing. A of the end for Chang Tso-lin. charming Prizma Colour film show- But just as Chang Tso-lin is at ing scenes in the South of France present beset with so-called and a clever little. Inkwell Cartoon feudalism, Chiang Kai-shek (like sketch complete a delightful pre- the Cantonese rebel of the Tsing gramme. dynasty) may in turn be over- whelmed by the intrigue of his own partisans. I
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