SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1927.
HONG KONG DIARY
(Continued from l'age 1,}
CASUS BELLI.
(Continued from prze L.)
Kwangtung Provinge putting their house in order and entering Chiang Kai-shek never got to As it happened, Hankow and into friendly and remunerative grips. The latter established his negotiation with ourselves. How-
any telling government at Nanking and pre- ever, there is never
THE CHINA MAIL.
LITTLE CHANGE.
YANGTSZE WAR BETWEEN NATIONALISTS.
FENGTIEN STOCK RISES.
ECHO OF STRIKE.
CANTON POLICE DISBAND PICKETS.
END OF 1925 LEGACY.
Not for the first time in their 'No appreciable change has oc-history of over two years, the one-
when any military lender, once ho/ferred instead to maintain the at-{curred in the China war situation time terrifying pickets
tack against the North.
has arms and money (mon are
Hopes Exceeded. plentiful enough) will break out:
Hankow was not idle, troops upon a plan of conquest, as wit- ness the recent action of the head also being sent north (but inland
from Nanking) into Honan. of the Model Province of Shansi,
It still could be said that the which has been in u state of peace, and has prospered in consequence, were fighting the, North.
two
Nationalist
Governments Han-
PRINCE CAROL.
- RAID ON HOUSE IN
PARIS.
DOCUMENTS STOLEN.
Paris, Yesterday. of the Burglars raided Prince Carol'a Along the Yangtze, the Nan-"Canton-Hong Kong Strike Asso-home at Neuilly and took posses- king armies, are still advancing ciation" have boon curbed by the sion of a letter written by the
Kwangtung Government.
Prince's servant giving the names Up in the North, the Fengtien Although the strike has been of his master's visitors and the against Hankow. stock has risen. Reuter reports officially called off for over a year, names of
in sympathiser's Shantung troops in action at pickets have continued to function Roumania. It appears that a Chengchow. The very fact that at Tung Yuen, Canton (the strike woman acccated the servant while
CHILLED MEAT.
Reuter.
over a dozen years, during whichkow, however, was not serious, Pro-Fengtien troops have reached headquarters), in the capacity of the was standing outside a cinema," period every other region in the because Tang Seng-chi-as the Chengchow is significant and the guards, sentinels, etc.
Six months ago, the Canton ad-invited him to lunch and paid the "Christian general" must be fall-ministration appointed a body of bill. His next recollection was country has had its share of
general with the biggest command
jing back. armed conflict and bandit activity. the
commissioners to "reorganise" the waking up in the morning with a Hankow army-never
atrike movement.
bad headache. When he went to wanted to move further north.
LARGE RESERVES.
Request By Commissioners. [Carol's house he found his corres- Again has the He had hoped to rule Hunan.
It is these commissioners who pondence and personal property Friday. subject of Dar-Now he also held Hupeh and a winism come to part of the Yangtaze..
Nanking Still Moving Troops Up have requested the authorities to had disappeared, but money and
the Yangtze..
act, the reason given being that jewellery untouched. A couple of the fore, thanks to Sir Arthur Then came the negotiations for
reactionary elements have pene-days after the burglary some of Keith, the brilliant President of re-uniting the Nanking and Han-
trated the body of pickets." the British Association, and again kow factione into one Nationalist Nanking has a comparatively
Accordingly, police were sent to the correspondence was returned. has the Church been drawn into Government. The Nanking lead large number of troopa in reserve. Tung Yuen where they disbanded
Premier's Warning. the controversy. That scene at ers sacrificed Chiang Kai-shek to A British Naval wireless message the pickets and posted a guard St. Paul's I read about was indeed bring about reconciliation.
of Thursday said that Nanking themselves.
Bucharest, Yesterday. forces
advance continued to
The Prime No resistance was attempted,
Minister, M. unfortunate, and perhaps the Veritable Bombshell.
considerable numbers question of the biological doc- More conferences followed and in
upTo-day the Strike Committee has no Bratianu, in the Chamber, said trine of evolution would not have the stage seemed set for a heart-the Yangtaze between the ports pickets to rely upon and the action the authorities had decided to act been raised had not the Arch-to-heart talk.
of Tatung (117 miles above Nan- of the Canton Government can be against those responsible for anti- bishop of Canterbury slightingly The very next development king) and Anking (which is 163 construed as the frat' effective National activities and pointed out
end the that Prince Carol had completed| referred to the Bishop of Bir-was the declaration of war by miles above Nanking and 231 post-settlement step to
legacy of the strike against Hong all legal forms of renunciation of ningham's "gorilla sermons." In Nanking againat Tang Seng-chi.miles below Hankow).
Kong.
the Throne of his own free will so doing, His Grace asked for This came as a veritable bomb- Yesterday (also according to
and recalled that the late King, trouble, and seems to have got it, shell, relegating into the back- the wireless), 2,200 Nanking men
the "creator of national unity" at although we shall not really know ground the politicians who had instead of being moved up the how the clerical war waged until been making peace.
Yangtsze crossed the River
jan historic Crown Council, declar- the south!
jed that "the rotten branch of the we get the Home papers. In all So now the struggle resolves it-(from Nanking, on
dynasty should be cut off so that events, although professional ex-self into an actual trial of bank) over to Puków, on the north
the tree would remain healthy." ponents of Christianity may not strength between the armies at bank, presumably for service up like it, the resurrection of the Nanking's
those the disposal and
Tientsin-Pukow Railway
-Reuter. natter will do the Church no paid by General Tang Seng-chi of against Marshal Sun Chuan-fang, harm. It will let in some day- Hankow.
who supports Fengtien. light and fresh air on a subject Tang Seng-chi is, most certain- Concession Occupied.
It is understood that the chilled which the aforesaid professionally, a hindrance to Nationalist On Thursday, the British Con-meat war between the Argentine exponents are apt to burke. If I unity. At least that is what cession area in Chinkiang (which exporting firms, which has lasted yoara, has ended by thought any of our local Clergy Nanking will say. His own views is 45 miles below Nanking) was over two would put before us an exposition have yet to be published. occupied by 7,000 pro-Nanking agreement. It is hoped the com on this and other readjustments Probably he will maintain that troops, belonging to the 1st Army, panies will be on a profit-earning
basis early in December. of the traditional Christian he was all along prepared to come who had been brought up to the
Eight firms are directly affect- dogma. I think' I would into line with Nauking-but, on Yangtsze from the Shanghai zone.
his own terms.
The wireless adds that about ed, the principal being Veatey, Armour and Swift. The breaking Το that prison-ilke edifice While the parleys were in pro-25,000 pro-Nanking troops were up of the March, 1925, Meat Con-the Mishima District of the Niigata known.
Prefecture yesterday morning, as the Theatre gross, he sent several armies then in Chinking.
ference, which was formed, to con- Royal to see "Bobby" Salisbury eastwards down the Yangtaze A despatch of yesterday control the trade, caused cut-throat and his Company in "No. No, River, dispossessing Nanking gar-firms the concentration and move- competition in order to secure the Nanette! The wife, it seems, had risons wherever necessary. This ments of Nanking troops at Chin-British market, which was flooded, the prices being below cost. The eyes only for the frocks. It was mode of conquest is put down tokiang.
losses were enormous, but the Orderly Retreat. untutored Tang Seng-chi's desire to step into gaze that the ladies' garments the position vacated by Chiang According to Chinese reports, main difference was the ratio in reported officially, although the were not of the China-side made Kai-shek, with autocratic com the Hankow units retreating be- which exporting firms up variety. It appears they have mand over every Nationalist sol-fore Nauking's advance have abare the trade. Reuter. come straight from London, dier.
managed to cross over from the The wife was struck with a prettý
Road to the Sea.
south bank te, the north bank of. crepe de Chine creation trimmed Those Hankow armies which the Yangtze, the respective went slowly down the Yangtsze armios maintaining contact and to Wuhu, which is only 55 miles retiring up-river in orderly man- from Nanking, were to have sup-ner.
attend.
evident even
to my
STRAIGHT
From
LONDON
ported Tang Seng-chi's claim to Naval observers think that the be commander-in-chief, if Nan- Hankow troops will make a stand king had been willing to submit at Wusuch which is west of Po- to him in the interests of unity,
yang Lake and above Kiukiang Down the Yangisze is the only Wusuch is about 100 miles below direction in which Tang Seng-chi Hankow. prays for expansion, as it gives him access to the sea. He knows his own limitations and is always The Kuo Min News Agency prepared to put up with friction states that General Ho Chien,
General Ho Chien.
Shanghai, Yesterday.
|
WAR ENDED AFTER TWO YEARS' COMPETITION,
London. Yesterday.
were
to
HOME BROADCASTING.
EXPERIMENTS WITH IMPERIAL PROJECT.
A new
London, Yesterday. telephonic broadcasting
JAPAN 'QUAKE.
SEVERE SHOCK IN NIIGATA PROVINCE.
Tokyo, Yesterday, The Central Observatory reported a somewhat severe earthquake In
Many houses were damaged und there are large cracks in the roads at many places.
The populace was frightened and slept-out of doors.
Hitherto, no casualties have been
vernacular newspapers report that 20 persons were killed and 30 in- jured.
RAISED TO PEERAGE.
HONOUR FOR SIR RONALD MCNIELL
London, Yesterday. station, which will work on 24 Ronald McNeill, has been raised to The new Cabinet Minister Bir metres with д corresponding the Peerage-Better.
station In the United States will, within a fortnight, he put into service at Chelmsford by the Brl- tish Broadcasting Corporation. The Station will use power of
and annoyance, if only to bide his commanding the 35th Army, has 20 kilowatts. It will conduct ex- time, but passage to the sea is sent a delegate to Nanking to dis-periments in short wave transmis- imperative to his abpirations.
Patience Exhausted.
cuss his surrender.-Reuter.
[Note: The 35th Army is on The limit of the patience of the Hankow side pitted against Nanking's generals has been Nanking.] reached, through Tang Seng-chi's stubbornnes9.
Tang Seng-chi had encroached too far on their sphere and had with soft fur, and observed that trod once too often on their toes. the walking skirts, most of them
Within a week, Nanking has
UPPER RIVER.
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sion
over long distances with special reference to probability of Empire telephonie broadcasting.
"OH JOY!"
QUAINTS OPEN AT THE
STAR THEATRE.
WAB
good house..
Mr. R. H. Salisbury's "Quaints” Mr. Eckersley, Chief Engineer of opened their short season at the the Station, states that success in Star Theatre last night with "Oh the experiments might lead to Joy" before a fairly large audience. bigger proposition of Empire Every number in the musical very well received. broadcasting emanating from Great medley Pro-Hankow Garrisons to Serve Britain and from the Dominions. To-night the Company repeats this
in Campaign.
If conditions are favourable piece, which is one of the best of special programme from the Broad- their repertoire, and to-morrow they terminate their local engagments pleated at front and side, display-pushed back Tang Seng-chi's On the upper stretches of the chat Company Station, Sydney, with "No, No, Nanette the musi- ed no extra length, despite what army about 100 miles. The re- Yangtaze, there are indications Australia, will be received and re- we have heard to this effect. treating force is not attempting to that the pro-Hankow garrison layed by British stations on Sunday Cal comedy which always draws There was also a dainty flower put up resistance and military ob- (men of the 3rd Army) at Shasi evening-British Wireless Service. patterned voile in orchid. servers predict that a stand will (287 mites above Hankow) and. not be made till the rival columns Ichang (83 miles above Shaal) will are within 100 miles of Hankow. be withdrawn to Hankow for ser- observe that
The Only Alternative.
vice against Nanking. Units are whilst We are What of the consequences? being concentrated at these two withdrawing some Nanking has little left of what it ports, says the Naval wireless, of our military forces from China, had in the heyday of Chiang Kai- prior to being moved down-river. other nations are augmenting shek. There is no room for mani- their's. Our action, I take it, is pulating. The only alternative is indicative that, so far as we are to settle with Tang Seng-chi once concerned, the country is more and for all or perish in the at- settled than it was. Other coun- tempt.
I
Saturday.
FENGTIEN THRUSTS.
Moves at Kalgan: Chochow Position.
NATIONAL SAVINGS.
THRIFTY BRITISH WORKING PEOPLE.
London, Yesterday.
THE TOWER OF LIES.
PRETTY PICTURE AT THE QUEEN'S THEATRE,
A pretty. film, "The Tower of The success of the national say- Lies," is now being shown at the ing movement, which encourage Shearer and Lon Chaney,
Queen's Theatre, featuring. Norma The the purchase by people of smail means of savings' certificates issued story is a long one and has to do by the Government, was referred to with the struggles of a young
due to depositors in these organisa-
and a distinctly obnoxious person, Keith. Norma Shearer and Log Chaney are, of course the young couple. A Pathe comody, "Good Morning, Nurse" and a Gaumont Graphic make up a good pro- gramme.
tries' action, I also take it, is not Should Nanking win, Nation- necessarily indicative that they alist prestige will be appreciably In the war between Fengtien at a conference in Manchester yes- farming couple against many odds consider the situation graver enhanced. Should Hankow win, and Shansi, activity is believed to terday. Working people make pur than it was, but that they do not the disruption of the Nationalist have been revived along the Pek-clases by means of small weekly part capably played by Ian intend to be caught napping. In Party will accelerate tremendous ing-Saiyuan Railway (northern contributions and the amount no the case of France, the increase ly. does not appear a very important To-day, the odds are on Nan-sector), where Fengtien troops tons exceed $500,000,000,--British one, amounting to but a couple of king's side, with about 100,000 are making thrusts westwards be-Wireless Service
yond Kalgan. hundred Colonial troops for Han-man against Tang Seng-chi's
Chinese cables say that Cho- kow. But what a different story 80,000. But any thing may hap-chow (40 miles south of Peking), there would be to tell if Britain pen in a war of this kind and there had had a like number of soldiery are many surprise factors, from on the southern sector, is still at the Port in those dark days of within or without, which can partly held by Shansi rovers, and Chengchow the Fengtien troops.
"LINOTYPE RECORD,". January last!
never be taken into consideration. that street fighting has broken at Shihchiachwang will advance
against the strong hill positions The current issue of the "Lino- Am off with the wife to
Then at Mentoukou (which is at Niangtaekwan on the Shansi type & Printing Machinery Re- about 12 miles west of Peking); border, the objective being. Tal- cord" is, as usual, a splendid Shansi rovers have appeared yuanfu, Shanel's capital-Reu-sample of the high quality print, again but, says a Peking report, ter. were driven off,
the boxing to-night, a sport EUROPE'S COINAGE.
NEW DENOMINATIONS, APPEAR.
London, Yesterday.
we both love. When here before never used to miss one of these tournaments, and have spent|··· some pleasant hours in the gym. Mickey Hunt used to love watch- ing, the lads train. I remember Another new monetary denomina- when we had "Matty" Smith tion has been added to Europe's down here. Gee, that boy nearly post-war coinage. As Austria has broke our hearts. I'm tipping reverted to the ancient "echilling," Nixon for the big fight.
Hungary has her. "Pengo" and Bel- H. C.
gium the "Belga" now Poland has reinstituted the "ducat."
Warsaw, Yesterday.
lout.
The "Kung Sheung Yat Po" re-
ports the despatch by Fengtien of
If the Shantung army wins at
a delegate to Hankow to negotiate Shanghai
an alliance with General Tang Seng-chi, against Nanking.
Fierce Fighting.
Peking, Yesterday.
CRIME WAVE!
ing. which can be produced on the i Linotype Composing machine and the "Miehle two revolution press, machines manufactured by Ling- Volunteers and Polite type & Machinery, Ltd, at Altrin
cham, England The Hong Kong office is at. 7, Duddell Street, from which copies of the Record" may be had on application to Mr. Tom The Russian Company of the King, the local manager of the
Mobilised.
Shanghal, Yesterday.
A fierce engagement is proceed-Shanghai Volunteer Corps Company. ing in the vicinity of Chengchow (International Settlement) was
(in Konan province) at the func mobilised this morning and is Lt. E. P. Minett is appointed. COMFORT FOR THE AGED.
Router's correspondent states tion of the Peking-Hankow and picketing the bridges over 800- Captain in the H.K.V.D. Corps. the Cabinet has approved an Old people are easily tired out and
Lung-Hai Railways, between the chow Creek and every exit from wankened by doughine. For them ordinance altering the mone (defending); Kuominchun (which the Settlement, with orders to Mr. J. A. Bullock, of the Colonial, there in much comfort in a bottle of tary situation by virtue of is the army under the "Christian examine suspicious motor cars and Secretariat; leaves for Home by the Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It stabilisation plan making the right genera!") and the (advancing) individuals, and if necessary to 8.8. "Kashmir" to-day, t stops those weakening coughs that keeps them awake nights and wear out to mint money an exclusive state Shantung army (which is under shoot at sight. A MOM Magg Special Police were also called Dr. H. Balean is appointed a their strength Every one knows it privilege. Gold coins will be issu-Fengtien) contains no narcotics. More bottles of ed in denominations of 100,50 Fengtien's plan of campaign out this evening for the purpose member of the Medical Board, and... it, are used each year than of any and 25 slotys, the last-mentioned to against Shanal depends upon the of suppressing the crime wave, Dental Boardvice Dr G D R similar cough medicine., Bold, every be known as the "ducat Router: result of this engagemerit. especially kidnappings Reuter. Blick
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