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THE CANTON SITUATION..
Where Exactly Does Gen. Li Chai-sum Stand?
SYMPATHY FOR CHIANG.
Always Ready To Take The Easiest Course.
A PEACEFUL PATH.
[By "Li Chung-yin.”]
Government in a form which ensures the highest degree of revenue, coupled with peace for the people as far as conditions will permit; seems to be assured for some time. This being so, trade should improve even though the horizon is clouded by an impend- ing crisis on the Yangtaze.
GOOD BUSINESS PROSPECTS.
COMING TO COLONY
To Establish Empire W. I. Stations.
"BIG" BROADCASTING.
Wireless Organiser's · Ambitions Programme.
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AMOY PANIC.
Captures by Communist Invaders.
OTHER CHINA WAR NEWS.
"Christian General” Giving Up Ground.
NO BOYCOTT.
Canton's Trade With Britain.
"DIPLOMATIC INTERCOURSE.”
Interference Deemed Inadvisable At Present.
N. LAZARUS.
Heng Keng's Only European Optiolan- Established Over Forty Years Manaver:-Ralph A. Cooper, “ M.A.0.A.
Registered: Optometrist (Canada)......
IS THAT SOP
Thoughts Terse, Ferverse- and Worse.
RY "THE MAILMAN.”
"D'ye ken John Begr?" asks a local advertisement ... No, he hasn't come along yet.
Piracy Prevention Ordinance -Passing the Pill to Others.
Did you know that the thin The best thing to give a sea after thirty live longer than the
fat after forty?
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ance! Dát means to bring
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"Police Reserve," says a head- line. Particularly in evi dence regarding the proposed m- ternational company.
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Mrs. Newbride "Boo-hoo! John threw a cake at me. One I made myself, too!" might have killed you!"
Mother Dear"The brute He
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Joseph Kemp, where a person in The Peak tram stopped on There might be cases, says Sir
ness seemed to go on as usual in possession of liquor would have difficulty in proving that duty on it had been paid...... or in
London, Aug. 22.
That the "Red" army from Publicity was given in Canton "My mission to the Dominions Klangs! province is making for yesterday to the abortive attempt sick man is an island. and the Colonies in October and Amoy is the latest news received by the Association for the November is to organise laten-In Hong Kong about movements Severance of Economic Relations Saya Peter, one thing about Whichever seems the easiest course with the least possibility ers-in and also to combine wire on the Kwangtung frontier. with Britain to revive the anti-these modern skirts-they don't
This army was defeated by the British boycott.
want holding up when it rains. of a challenge to his power is, in a nutshell, the policy now being less organisations into an Em-
Supervision of imports and pursued by General Li Chai-sum, who controls Canton and the pro-pire Federation in order to force Wu-Han forces in Kiangsi re-
Іваас - the provision of cently, following Wu-Han's de exports by pickets and the Asso- the pace for
"Der vedding invita- vince of Kwangtung by virtue of his position as commander of the Empire broadcasting," said Mr. claration against Communism. ciation's examiners was to have tion says 'R.S.V.F. Vot does it
Failure to enter Kwangtung been put in force on Thursday. mean?" Fourth Nationalist Army.
Hankey, late wireless officer of the China Squadron, when in- has probably influenced the "Red" However, states the report, the Jacob. “Ach! Such ignor. terviewed to-day.
army in invading. Fukien.
"foreign affairs authorities" of Real silver vedding presents."" "Unless we link them up," con- Inland Towns Captured. Canton decided that such pro- A cable from Shanghai credits cedure was inadvisable at pre- tinued Mr. Hankey, "inter-Im- perial broadcasting will probably the invaders with the capture of sent, smoothness being essential Thursday morning, though busi- be delayed for two years. When the inland towns of Tingehow, in diplomatic intercourse.
The we get an Empire Wireless or- Shanghang and Ninghwa.
Japanese Imports. ganisation as powerful as the vanguards had advanced (to- Examination of imports by the town, Automobile Association, we shall wards the Fukien coast) to Enting anti-Japan Boycott Society con- achieve something.
Empire and Lungyen, two or three hun- tinues, pickets being on duty at ried a second time, asked that the
A Scotsman, about to be mar-proving anything else! broadcasting is technically pos- dred miles from Amoy.
the West Bund, outside the Can- sible. The provision and equip- The "Kung Sheung Yat Po" ton Customs' examination shed. ceremony be performed in his ment, of such an organisation states that martial law was de-
On Thursday several cases im- chicken yard. He explained his Ever since General Chiang gether for a number of years and can effect regular transmission.clared in Amoy yesterday because ported by a stationer in the city strange request by saying that Kai-shek embarked on his expedi- have hitherto worked in close Letters from listeners in of the impending danger. were opened. These were found at the time of his first marriage tion against the North, Li Chai-harmony. They have much in throughout the Empire, incluḍ-
to contain ping-pong balls and his friends threw and wasted sum has been the virtual governor common and it is accordingly pre-ing Australia, insistently
harmoniums, marked "made in several pounds of rice. of Canton although the authority aumed that they will remain questing broadcasting from Bri-
Germany." Samples were taken was vested in a number of coun- allies for their mutual benefit.
tain. I am responsible for the
by the pickets.
Says Peter, wonder how any- cils in which his word counted for
Capable if Old-Fashioned. discussion of the matter at the
thing so scarce got to be called much. More recently his position
Both has been akin to that of the auto-and there has been talk of a cially, no move has as yet been are native of Kwangsi Colonial Conference, but, off- nomous tuchun of several years "Great Kwangsi clique" to which made to provide the necessary For the first time since the some of the Nanking generals high power and shortwave sta- will belong. This federation of tion, for which Britain must sensational resignation of Chiang Kai-shek last month, Li Chai- generals, however, is overshadow- procure funds.
ed at the moment by the danger Meerging The Forces sum has announced a definite policy towards the major Nation- alist issues. Inter alia, he asked in a circular telegram for :-
ago.
the return of Chiang Kai- shek to office and the inclusion of Mr. Wang Ching-wel (head of the Wu-Han faction) in the Nanking Government,
the retention of the post of commander-in-chief of all the Nationalist Armies until China is united under a Nationalist Government,
ré.
of open warfare between Wu-Han "The Wireless Association of
and Nanking.
As has already been proved, no rising in Kwangtung can take firm footing because Li Chai- sum has suficient troops to keep the situation in hand.
Britain and the Wireless-League will meet in September to merge their forces. After that it will expand and include represents- tives of Dominion and Colonial organisations as well as private| In some respects Li Chai-sum individuals. At present a joint has followed the example set by Committee is working in close Chiang Kai-shek, namely, that of touch with the Broadcasting dealing most drastically with any- Corporation, body of whose intentions there is the least doubt. Chiang Kai-shek used to tolerate potential rivals
an
"This Committee could be the chief advisory body and arrange Empire programme, the support for Chiang Kai-shek as far as possible, meanwhile times, for transmissions, the as the logical commander-in-making sure of his ground, and he most suitable apparatus for re chief by virtue of his being the would then expel them at the first ception and interchange, and the most capable soldier.
opportunity.
most useful data, through a Hereditary Weakness. 1 monthly bulletin issued to affi- Like Chiang Kai-shek, Li Chai-liated organisations and indivi. sum has the fondness a weak-duals whether stationed in Bri ness hereditary to all militarists tain or elsewhere; for whether in China-of putting his most Empire broadcasting should be loyal partisans in positions of privately or State-owned has not been decided. Preferably it But unlike Chiang Kai-shek, Li should be owned by an Empire. Chai-sum does not seem keen to Wireless Federation because it is enlarge his scope, either by con- likely to be more enterprising quest or by other means.
than if it is State-controlled. believe such a station will cost £20,000 annually,
It is obvious that Li Chai-sum wishes to see the rival cliques of the Kuomintang working to- gether again as unity will enhance the prestige of the Party and thus indirectly mean greater security for him.
No Room For Sentiment.
It is equally obvious that Li Chai-sum has more sympathy for Chiang Kai-shek-he being refer- red to as indicating the Nanking faction than for We-Han.
power.
AT WU-HAN.
Tang Seng-chi's Troops Lose
to Communists.
Hankow, Yesterday. General Tang Seng-chi (8th Army) has returned here.
The Communists at Puchiko are reported to have defeated the
PRETVAČNÍ A KOMEWORK IS V
Mr. T. V. Soong; who was re- cently married after retiring from politica.
Honan province, on the Lung Hai Railway, Chengchow being at the junction of this line with the Peking-Hankow Rail- way.
The north of Honan, pro- vince was annexed by the "Christian general" a few months ago after a campaign against the Fengtien Party of Peking.] ***
common sense,
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He married her for well or ill; As the old saying went. She wedded him, I do believe,
To start an argument.
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Anti-piracy problem To grille or not to grille.
So that "Peace Conference" has turned into a tea party......and may most likely end in a kind of dog fight.
America is very angry over the new French tariffs...her sons, It is said, may refuse to continue to die in Paris.
Says Peter, the more a man uses his brains the less time he has to talk.
We never hear of what a fine local Government we've got until
al ma the Budget debate comes along.
After the Governor's reference Talking about the Peak tram, Kowloon's needs the Colonial to such mundane things as how many residents rememberSecretary teems to have lifted the this old 'un?
Important looking gentleman, thought and clear understanding, Budget debate to a sphere of high Further to the report of the running into station nn tram particularly when he asserted "Christian general" retiring from commences to move: Hi, stop the that even loans have to be paid Kaifeng and Chengchow is a cable car, stop the car! I'm the G.O.C. for
Attackers Moving.
that his troops are moving west- wards along the Lung-Hai Rail- way to Loyang, with a view to withdrawing into their own terri tory in Shenai province.
Inspector: Don't care a damn
if you're G.O.D. We can't do it!
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An old shirt of. Rudolph Valentino's, saya the "China "To be Shot: Englishman Mail," is, being kept by a woman amongst Condemned," says. a admirer in a gold embroidered We must, of casket.......Peter says there's a pair of socks past mending about his house somewhere,
The Fengtien leaders in Peking heading and.Marshal Sun Chuan-fang are course, be in it. discussing plans for an attack on the "Christian general" from several directions.
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Love is said to be the greatest
The reporter who. gravely in- quired whether the Peak Lawn The subordinate generals in Bowls Club was entering the thing in the world, but Peter says Honan province are still reported League certainly possesses more it isn't quite great enough to to be joining hands against the faith in human nature than make a young thing marry a "Christian general" but there is knowledge of local life. no further news of any engage-| ments.
A.P.C.
the clothes!.
Archibald, pack
poor old man. ·
A pretty young thing from the city had been staying on a farm for a few weeks. Seeing some The world fliers, we are in-calves running across a pasture, formed, were in high spirits in she exclaimed, "Oh, what pretty Japan
Need keep every. cowleta." thing high for their kind of job.
Yes, miss," drawled the farm- er, pulling his moustache to con- ceal a smile, "they are pretty, but they's bullets."
FAR-OFF YUNNAN.
Canton Asked to Intervene in Trouble.
troops sent to deal with their out-
General Li Chal-sum of Canton break.-British Naval Wireless has been asked to intervene in a
Father (seeing mother in [Note: The Communists are campaign affecting the govern those who looted a train and ment of Yunnan province, in the bathing costume for first time)
"My God!" stole $180,000 which Tang Seng-south-west corner of China, ad- chi was sending his men as a joining Burma and Indo-China. bonus for the Mooncake Festi. One faction which was expelled American girl workers are last week made sure to get some val. He sent an expedition by the pro-Nationalist general is said to spend 46 per cent. of against the train raiders.] stated to have invaded the pro- their earnings on clothes
Wuhu, Yesterday.vince from adjoining territory in They should come to Hong Kong It is rumoured here that the weichow province. Another face and save over half of it. the strike and boycott agitators, with Mr. Gerald Marcuse, My peace conference between the Wution is remaining neutral, The Li Chai-sum has shown that he itinerary will include the Han and Nanking factions of the pro-Nationalist general, who has
Says Peter, he's been married will not risk a trial of strength in Canaries, Cape Town, Rhodesia, Nationalist Party may be held at been in control for some months, 24 years and never had a row in
is in a precarious position, hence the house asserting his authority. In such Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Shanghai instead of Nanking his petition to Canton to bring into the back yard.;
They always go
It may not be generally known that both General Li Chai-sum Li Chai-sum's sympathy is and General Wong Shiu-hung are
24-Hour Service Dally. governed by practicalities and not closely associated with important
"If sufficient subscriptions are by sentiment. He must feel that business concerns in the two available such a station could Nanking has greater influence in Kwang provinces. They know easily be provided. The Wire- practical matters. Nanking, and well that disturbances will be de-less Association considers that a Wu-Han are cqui-distant from trimental to them, directly and in- Canton by land. And I venture to directly, but Li Chai-sum gives 24-hour service daily is desir submit that all the Naval units of the impression that he is prepared able. It must be divided into China, more or less obsolete, can- not effect a successful landing to threaten Canton. I recall to mind the assault by river on Canton in 1926 but my contention is based on the assumption that the defen- ders are properly organised...
Autonomy Established.
two-hour transmissions to each. to put up with some annoyance Dominion and Colony which rather than bring matters to a
should previously be consulted re- head.
garding the programmes desired.
No Alliance With Labour, By comparative laxity towards
"I am making experiments
|pressure to bear on the invaders.
YANGTSZE TRADE.
Sino-Chinese Relations at
He Two Porta. As
It is noted that the Cameron- ians, when they left for Home of the Pay Corps on the boat with
them.
A writer in a contemporary; asserts that his efficiency in love" making has never been question- ed. he ought to live in Kow- leor a spell.
Whitey Smith and his boys
Might, not that mechanical devico,which has been "borrowed" for, as Mr. Shenton says, keeping the public of the Colony presum- ably in the path, be return- ed to its owner?th.
Li Chai-aum still "recognises" a case the public suffers more possibly Port Darwin, after British Naval Wireless the Nationalist authority. than the Treasury. But when the which I will go to Shanghai, Nanking Perturbed. Vagueness is increased because Government is actively involved, Hong Kong Singapore, Ceylon, General Liu Hsing ls reported
A girl who had 122 pairs of seem to have shaken things up in that authority is vested in several as in the banknote crisis, he will India and Kenya. I hope to ar- in a Chinese cable to be advancing
silk stockings in a year could not the Colony... particularly the places: The thin end of the wedge risk offending a more influential range for experimental trans- steadily down the Yangtze
sweet young ones." tell where the money for them. has been inserted and he is begin- and more numerous section of the missions on board ship to and River from Wühu
came from
Maybe her BACK ning to ignore the Nationalist community.S
from Britain, and also to form Yesterday's reports stated that
neighbours could Government.
There is one good sign. Li receiving stations in the coun- he had 28,000 men and that he
Chungking, Yesterday, Fiscal autonomy has been Chai-sum places little reliance on tries visited."
had extracted sums of money The foreign trade delegation established by Kwangtung in agitators to secure for him the
"Positions vatcan, announces from the merchants at Wuhu, from Shanghal has arrived here. a contemporary heading floating the $10,000,000 loan with goodwill of the labour element. out seeking permission from He has not curried favour from MARRYING AGAIN.Nanding. I perturbed. Their The city is very quiet and there Applicants must state vat can
general," Chen Tiao-yuan, has is no appearance of anti-British do asked the (Nanking) military feelingi council for instru Ons as to Labour conditions are normal. steps to prevent the Wu-Han Coal and provisions are available apons reaching Nanking from the contractors,
As regards the confer British property at Lung-men- ence at Napking, nothing surpris- 18o has a Chinese guard which is ing has aventusted. Details of reported as leaving to-day, sppointments are given by Reus
Nanking. Then followed the the labour unions to add to his virtual dismissal of the National popularity.
CHIANG KAI-SHER'S 4TH VENTURE GRAYS
ist Fluance Minister, Mr. Koo Encouraging Picture. Ying-fan, from Canton and the Trade in the metropolitan dis- appointment of one of Li Cha-tricts around Canton and general
, Shanghai, Yesterday, sum's adherents in his place. ly in the Weat River delta is General Chiang Kai-shek Military Independence. Improving in spite of all kinds of arranging a divorce from Li Chai-aum has resigned from obstacles and hindrances No wife at his native place. Fe his position as chief of Chiang political trouble exists here and hwa, near Ningro, in Cheldang Kai-shek's staff. When doing so, the same can be said of the Sze proving he announced that military affairs Yap area, a little further south, in his province will be directed Up the West River, conditions are from his own headquarters. not quite as good. The same can
not be said of the East River and North River areas.
That Li Chai-sum will act in- dependently of Nanking, Wu-Han and Shanghai is becoming more. evident each day. What of the Immediate future 2
Adjoining Kwangtung to
It is connected by the West
in the provinc
General Won established)) Wong
Under Li Chal-sum may not pro
wangtung
Chiang will shortly be ning to Shanghai to marry Bung Meeling.... He already two concubines Mias Sung will be
ter:
HONAN
The Naval canteen is intact cept for very minor damage British Naval Wireless.
Sequel to Junk Seizure. /
Wuhu, Yesterday The frustration of the atte by Chinese troops to Junks attached
a
The horse that covered a six- with its hoof, in Aberdeen
is dead (see latest cables).
Percy Peakite have a great dog Why, you can take him a mile away and let him loose, and He will find me."
Willie Wanchai Well, why Chicago always catches it. I don't you take a bath?" ex-Twenty five have died in a wide-ATEGIESTOR
spread heat wave, whilst places The umwritten law has got like New York have escaped many a man out of trouble, and without casualtiess
| the unwritten love letter hás kept many a one from getting into it.
ould be tro Sted
about
out not: Many
with