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PEKING AT DISADVANTAGE. HANKOW ALSO IN DANGER. KUOMINCHUN'S RAPID ADVANCE.
CANTON DAY BY DAY
Ascendancy of Li Chai-sum.
KWANGSI'S SUPPORT:
10, 1927.
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ROYALTY IN DANGER. ENCHANTING SCENES. COMMUNISTS JAILED.
Fire Starts In Night Nursery.
LADY ALLENDALE'S DASH.
Will The Expedition Against Tang Princess Mary Saves' People Form
Injury. Eventuate? Ant
The Lord Mayor's Banquet.
MR. BALDWIN'S SPEECH.
Benevolent Changes Noted In Europe.
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Wild Scenes at Close of Trial
BOLSHEVISM CHEERED,
Denial Of Confessions Under Torture,
Budapest, Yesterday.
CANTON STRIKERS.
Conference With the Government.
FINANCIAL STRINGENCY.
Funds Now Required For Other
Both Peking and Hankow are at a disadvantage and the for. turned from Hankow; he allowed Hill, near Barnsley; the residence being attended by leaders in all Vagi to four years and a half im-ciation" was to be wound up
tunes of war are with the Nanking Nationalist confederation.
Each day brings further evid-
Rugby, Yesterday. Princess Mary and her hus- ence of the ascendancy of General Li Chai-sum in the present ad- band, Viscount Lascelles, had an exciting escape early to-day from ministration in Canton,
When the "Ironside" army re- an outbreak of fire at Bretton
them a good deal of scope.
of Lord Allendale They had to When Mr. Wang Ching-wei and rush from their bedrooms wear- With the "Christian General's" Kuominchun taking its part- other Leftist politicians returned ing only their night clothes.
to. Cunton from Hankow, General The fire was found to have in a sweep eastward instead of northward with Péking as the objec-Li took the line of least resist started in the night nursery, tive Nationalist or pro-Nationalist armies are now, believed to be ance and allowed the politicians where the three children of Lord to bring about a sharp change in and Lady Allendale and nurse hemming the Northerners in.
the policy of the provincial Gov- were sleeping. ernment toward other Nationalist Lady Allendale herself, dashing past the blazing day nursery, centres.
During the last two days, the influence of General Li has, be- come again apparent
Even in the "minor war" hetween the Northerners and their neighbours of Shansi, to-day's news is distinctly unfavourable to Peking. A vernacular report makes things worse by saying that the few thousand Shansi rovers who have held Chochow (only 40 miles from Peking) against-all-comers intend to make a sally on the Northern capitak
Figure in Background. More publicity is given to the projected expedition against Gen-
tionalist Convention which Mr.
With General Tang Seng-chi, of Hankow, offering little or no eral Tang Seng-chi in Hunan, and systematic resistance, the Nanking armies are again pushing west-less is being heard about the Na- ward, up the Yangtze River, to clear him out. According to posi-Wang Ching-wei is sponsoring. tions mentioned by Reuter, the Nanking expedition has another 100 miles to go to reach Hankow.
RACE ON THE ·· CAPITAL ?
the despatches from all sources are that the Northerners of the Fengtien federation are franti- cally trying to hold back the "Christian General.”
Once the "Christian General" captures Hsuchowfu, there may
Mr. Wang may either have made a drastic change in policy (in accordance with local condi- tions) or he may have reconciled himself to bide his time.
The figure in the background of General Li's power is General Wong Shiu-hung, of Kwangsi, who is in close touch with two of
Bent on War.
Impressions gained by reading Nanking Nationalists for the leading Generals of the Nan-
months. The Kuominchun hasking Government. marched eastwards along the Lung-Hai Railway and their
It is no secret that "General reaching Hsuchowfu will be fatal Wong brought his troop back to for the northern army under Sun Canton from Swatow and other Chuan-fang, as it would be sub-districts just when a crisis seem- feet to a rear attack by the Kuo ed impending and the day was be another race on Penkig (writes minchun, cut off from retreat saved for his colleague, General the "China Mail" political corres-northwards to Peking, and hem- Li. pondent) which some months ago, was discounted by bickerings which resulted in the downfall of Chiang Kai-shek,
Tang Seng-chi, of Hankow, is not creating the diversion that Peking had hoped for. Accord-
med in on two sides. A pro General Wong is still thinking Northern army from Shantung is of war against General Targ opposing the Kuominchun along Seng-chi of Hankow. Some of his the Lung-Hai Railway.]
HANKOW HEMMED IN...
troops have come down the west River and entrained for Shiu- kwan, in the north of Kwang
ingly, Nanking, whilst keeping Gen. Tang Seng-chi in Precarious tung, the base of operations
an eye on Hankow, can afford to send large numbers of troops across the Lower Yangtaze, up the Tientsin-Pukow Railway and the Grand Canal, to press the North- erners back whilst the latter are engaged in a war in another direc- tion with the Kuominchun.
Conversion of the War. Thanks to their master strate- gist, General Lu Chung-lin, the Kuominchun has converted a war of positions into a war. of move- ments. The Shantung (North- ern) force, which invaded Honan province, was enticed a long dis- tance away from its base and then almost enveloped. After a feint on one flank, the Kuomin- chun launched a frontal attack and regained in a week what they. had lost in a month.
Going forward on the flush of Colonel Lau success (writes Chee-kwong, late of the Canton- ese Army), the Kuominchun is moving in purposeful strides and seriously threatening_the_North- erners,
HAS HE FLED?
Sun Chuan-fang Said to Have
Left Hsuchowfu,
Shanghai, Yesterday.
Position.
NO RECOGNITION.
Governments And Generals lu Chica.
Hunan.
More than 160 labour organisa London, Yesterday:
Moat of the accused Communistations of Canton were represented Traditionally enchanting scenes charged with speaking. Bolshevist, at a conference with the Govern- and pomp were witnessed at the propaganda were found guilty pats ment on Tuesday, when an official Zoltan and: Szanto-ware, sentenc announcement was made that the Guildhall, the Lord Mayor's banquet
ed to eight years and a half and Canton-Hong Kong Strike Asso-..
prisonment, each with 10 years' loss shortly. walks of public activity.
Mr. S. Baldwin, the Prime Minis- of their political rights.
Many reports have been Two others were sentenced to rent that the strike movement ter, who was the principal speaker, noted the profound beneficient four years; one to three years and which originated in 1925 and change in European relationships in a half; and 30 others from eight ceased practically to function in past years. He said that when the months to two years and a half. October, 1926, was to be brought Soviets were prepared to observe Ten have acquitted.
a conclusion by the Canton Wild scenes were enacted during Government. the ordinary decencles of interna- tional intercourse they would find
to
cur.
Among the spokesmên for the the reading of the sentences. The prisoners cheered Bolshevism, inter-Canton Government was Mr. Tse rupting the judge.
Ying-bak, the Commissioner for
In the course of the trial the Labour and Agriculture Chief of Police denied that the -pri-
Invitations were issued to the:
soners' confessions had been extort-Strike. Association and all Unions
ed under torture.-Reuter.
[Reuter cabled on October 17 the which have had connection with trial has opened of two Communists the Strike.
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and former members of the People's Assurance to Labour,
Commissary, named Zolton Szanto
Praise was given to the strik- and Eugene Landrer, and the leaders by the speakers. The repre- wing of sentatives of the strikers were
er of the extreme left
ciates. They are
labour, named Vagi, with 55 asso- officially informed that the Gov- charged with ernment had decided to end the spreading Bolshevists revolutionary strike because of financial, strin- propaganda under orders from the gency. Funds granted by the Moscow International.]
Government for the strike would be needed for other purposes.
b.
KOWLOON BUSES.
EIGHT LEYLAND CHASSIS ARRIVE.
An assurance was also given to the strikers that there was no nation in the rumours that the Government and the Nation- alist Party would not now assist the labourers any more, the pur- poses for which they had been encouraged having been achieved. The Government, it was an- Kowloon residents will be in-nounced, would still protect the terested to hear of the arrival in labourers and work for the im- the Colony of the chassis of eight provement of their lot. more Leyland motor buses for the Kowloon Motor Bus Company.
|REPLACING SMALLER TYPE,
› Bonus'in Bonds & Cash. ́
These larger buses have proved that the terms of the wind- Of outstanding interest is the very well suited to the needs of ing-up scheme were drawn up by the peninsula and it is only a the Strike Executive and sub- question of time before they will mitted for the approval of the entirely replace the smaller make Government and Nationalist
of car, criticisms of which were
recently passed by a local judge Party organisations.
The gist of such a settlernent in respect of alleged "top-heavi-
was given in the "China Mail" on
iness."
The small buses are being with-November 3:- drawn in the ratio of three to Under this scheme, all strikers every large bus put on the rún. whose names remain on the roll, in the spirit of liberality and good-It is anticipated that two more of and the institutions maintained
will.
.
the bigger type will be put on the for their benefit, will be dealt As regard Egypt, Mr. Baldwin run by the Kowloon Motor Bus with. declared that both parties had rea- son to be satisfied with the recent British-Egyptih negotiations.
Movements of General Li's de- Shanghai. Yesterday, tachments are also reported, all News from the Middle Yang-pointing to activity which may tsze is most meagre but it tends culminate in an invasion of Hu- to suggest that the position of nan by Cantonese troops, and General Tang Seng-chi (who is Canton being embroiled in hosti-was in time to rouse the children Great Britain ready to meet them commander-in-chief of the Wu-ilities again.
and nurse, who were taken to Railway Lines Removed. safety. A passenger train and a troop) Princess Mary's two children train escaped being derailed on were also in the house, but were Tuesday, on the Canton-Hankow apparently not in the danger zone. The Princess was instrumental Railway. (Kwangtung section).
Some of the rails had been re-in-saving other persons from seri- moved just before the two trains ous injury, if not death. Her London, Yesterday. Speaking at the Lord Mayor's approached the spot, but the Royal Highness, with banquet. Mr. S. Baldwin, the damage was noticed by the driver guests, who had had to leave their not only of Indians but of anyone of the passenger train, who pulled bedrooms, had taken temporary Prime Minister, regretted the
refuge in the library. She express- Iack of improvement in China up in time. -a situation due to the multi- The official report lays the ed the opinion that the ceiling plicity of conflicting Govern- blame on "outlaws," but it is of the library, which was below ments and Generals, whom it was thought that the movements of —— contrary to our policy of non-the troop train were more than a interference to recognise. coincidence, especially as troops
Mr. Baldwin declared that are continually being sent up the Great Britain was able to re- railway to the terminus at Shiu cognise none of the contending
kwan.
Although busy with warlike
SEASONABLE.
Fine Weather Still In Forecast.
other
The weather-report-issued by the Royal Observatory this fore- noon stated:-
The anticyclone is central near Shanghai.
Moderate monsoon may be ex- pected over the China Sea.
erate; fine.
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As regards, India, Mr. Baldwin defended the policy of non-inclusion
connected with Indian Government or commerce on the Statutory Com mission, their sole desire being to give real instructed opinion, the Indians best chance of taking an effective constructive part and de- vising a solution.
OUR TROOPS IN CHINA.
Estimate Of The Official Expenditure.
London, Yesterday. In reply to questions in the House of Commons Captain King said that the official expenditure from Army funds on the troops 'sent to China to September 30 was estimated at £2,000,000, in- Incurred cluding expenditure prior to March 31.--Reuter.
Definite dates are mentioned after which, according to the scheme, the strikers, of whom there are 30,000 nominally on the register, will receive no aid.
Part of the Government's de- mobilisation bonus of $100 will be paid in 8 per cent. Treasury Bonds, as laid down in a schedule. Payment will be under Govern- ment supervision.
The bonus will be paid from November 10 to 25, and each striker will also receive $6.60 for a month's food.
Billets to Be Vacated.
Labour and Industry. He concluded by referring to the alight improvement in Important
On November 26, the free meals industries during the past few Company this month. The bodies months and the likelihood of in- of the cars have still to arrive provided by the authorities will creased activity in the near future. from Calcutta and are expected cease. The next day, all property
shortly."
occupied by strikers as billets will Finally, he commended the recent
Two other Leylands, in addition be restored to owners through exhortation of Mr. Philip Snowden
to Labour to help to make the pre- to the eight which have arrived, the medium of the Police. The one day after, the strikers are to sent industrial system efficient and are expected shortly, also
march away to a farewell by the public. Labour sharing in the improve- ment.-Reuter..
East versus West.
London, Later. A large part of Mr. Baldwin's speech was devoted to the Indian Commission's enquiry "into a pro blem vital not only to India and
PRECIOUS STONES.
CONTROVERSY ENDS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
ADOPTION OF BILL.
AB from November 20, the Government is to cease paying $10,000 a day to the Strike Executive. This sum has been consistently drawn to pay and feed the strikers, the proceeds coming from the Customs Sur- taxes. The "Canton-Hong Kong Capetown, Yesterday. The joint sitting of the Senate Strike Association," as an Institu- He appealed to all concerned to
the disbandment plan provides abandon suspicions, Jealousies, and and Assembly adopted the Precious tion, will continue to exist, and strife between East and West and Stones Bill.
[Farliament has adjourned to for payment by the Government of $8,000 per month instead of approach problem with a common
$10,000 a day for upkeep ex- penses. determination to build on the beat January-25.]-
to the Empire, but to civilisation."
factions as the paramount Gov- ernment in China, "but we shall. abide by the principles laid down preparations, the Canton Govern- in our memorandum of Decemment can still spare the 3rd brig- ber, 1926."-Reuter.
ade of the 18th division for anti- bandit work. This unit is going Han armies) is very precarious, from the coast beyond Bias Bay, as dissension has broken out be back to Canton, and then to the
of Kwangtung Forecast:-N.E. winds, mod-highly productive, conditionally on Morris and one Vulcan chassis. The Nationalist Kuo Min News tween Ho Chien's 35th and Liu south-west Agency claims that the Kuamin-Hsing's 36th armics (both of (around Pakhoi) where bandits chun (which is the army under which belong to the Wu-Han have risen.
Further reports have reached the day nursery threatened to Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang, best group), the result of which is known as the "Christian Gen- that the Wu-Han troops have Canton about the conditions in fall in, and she suggested that all eral") has advanced from Honan evacuated Wusuch and are falling Hainan Island. According to the should leave the room and told province eastwards into the north back upon Hwangchow (up-river) petitions for help, "deplorable" is the acrvants who were using the of Kiangsu province, approaching while the possibility of dissen- the only fitting description. It is fire extinguishers to come away.
Lord Allendale and his guests the vicinity of Hsuchowfu; and sions may cause internecine fight-alleged that except for a radius
of seven miles around the capital set to work to fight the flames that Marshal Sun Chuan-fang (ofing. the Northerner Army) has led by Meanwhile, strong detachments of the island, no road is safe. In pendling the arrival of the Fire tout to Dairen in Manchuria. of the 3rd and 6th. Nanking some villages, local administra- Brigade. **
Another Loan Rumour. armies are advancing from Kiu- tions have been set up in "the The fire was eventually localis of the workers and the ed to the day nursery and library, The Kuo Min also says that the klang through Wuning and Yining name
but much damage was done, by Shanai army (operating on the threatening the Wuchang-Chang-farmers."
A report, is current in Hong northern sector of the war with sha Railway, along which General
books, pictures, and furniture. the Fengtien Party) captured Tang Seng-chi can retire south: Kong that two small coasting ve fire, smoke, and water to valuable Sihoying on November 5, and that wards into Hunan if he is defentsels, both under the Chinese flag. Telegrams were sent to the were detained at Holhow, the port King and Queen informing their the vanguards of this Shansi ed.
of Hainan Jaland, by the rebels Majesties of their daughter's army regained Hsuanhwa, on the. Enemy from the West
Wireless Ser- safety-British It is rumoured that the Nan-One of the ships has escaped. Peking-Sulyuan Railway, inside
The Leftists. king leaders have promised Hu
vice, Clihli province.
Professor Knu Meng-yu," who Another report by the news nan to General Cheng Chien and agency is that the Nationalist Hupeh to General Li Tsung-jen if has been prominent in the Leftist Government has protested the campaign against General Party at Hankow, is expected the boycott conference but was against the alleged Belglan loan Tang Séng-chi is brought to a suc-back at Hankow, rallying to the sent to Hankow before it met end. call of Mr. Wang Ching-wei. was replaced by Professor Kou. of Gold $5,000,000 to Marshal, cessful termination."
Strikers who became hawkers Chang Tso-lin of Peking, the loart On Nov. 3. the 2nd Army Professor Kou was one of the At Hankow, Mr. Chen Kung-po
FALL FROM A 'ROOF." in Canton will retalia their special being conditional on the extension (which is helping Nanking Canton official delegates at the was the first Nationalist Commis
licences for a year, but they will for five years of the Chinese- against. Tang Seng-chi), nd-conference with Hong Kong off sioner for Foreign Affairs.
The Chamber's Finance. Commit- Suffering from serious injuries have to come under Palice super- Belgian Commercial Treaty-vanced overland from Ichang cials to negotiate settlement of General Wong Ki-cheung, the Becond-in-command of the Iron- Reuter. W
(970 miles above Hankow) east- the boycott.
ing from the roof of No. 279 Port The Consequences. wards, occupying Yochow (180 Mr. Kam Nai-kwong, another sides, is quoted as having deliver- tee has agreed to the allocation of received through accidentally fall vision during that period, [Note: Hauchowfu is the junc-miles south-west of Hankow), Leftist, has postponed his ed speeches which, on the face of a subsidy of 120,000,000 france for land Street, Yaumati, a 16-year-old tion of the Tientsin-Pukow, and and thereby cutting General Tang assumption of duties as Mayor of things, are not calculated to im- 1928 to the Latecoere Company for Chinese girl was yesterday remov Lung-Hai Rallways. To the south Seng-chi's line of communications Canton. Another well know prove relations between his army the purpose of establishing an aired to the Kwong Wah Hospital,
www.ditions of Hauchowfu, Marshal Sun with Changana, in Hunan, pro- Leftist in Canton is Mr. Chen and General Li Chal-sum, who is service from France to South where she is now in a critical con-
Kung po. Hlavya Fappointed to head of the Canton Government America, Reuter,
and surest foundations.-Reuter,
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Paris, Yesterday.
THEFT FROM A CHAPEL
Mother The
Superioress Italian Convent, in Francis Yard, Warichal, Police
the
Preferential Treatment,
of Travelling expenses will also be St. issued to the strikers. Machinery has is to be set in operation whereby reported to the
that members of the Strike Associa some time between 2 and 4 pm. tion can get preferential treat- yesterday, someone broke into the ment from employers of labour, Convent chapel and stole two car but each man must join the la Pets and two brass candlesticks bour Union for the trade he worth $57:
enters.
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR.
on demand, to-day was 2/08/18. The closing rate of the dollar,