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COUP EXPANDING.
ESTABĶISEAD
1846
́No. 25,722 HONG KONG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1927.
IRONSIDES CAPTURE CANTON FORTS.
NAVY LOYAL TO KWANGSI.
$10,000 Reward for Wong Shiu-hung's Head.
That Kwangtung is almost certain to be in for a period of fight ing is almost assured now but there is more than a possibility that operations will be outside of Canton city.
The Ironsides have not been idle. They followed up their initial -success of taking over control in the city and have now gone as far as appointing a Leftist officer who is a native of Kwangsi to go and
undermine General Wong Shiu-hung's authority in his own province. On the whole, the Kwangsi clique has suffered also "in the pro- vinces" but they still have several well-equipped brigades, a flotilla of gunboats has withdrawn up the West River to stand by them at Shiuhing, and they have not been ousted from two of the three metropolitan railways.
COMING BATTLE INSIDE CITY?
"Filthy lucre" has played a significant part in the coup, writes a "China Mail" correspondent.
Money was not concerned in buying over doubtful units but in directly causing casualties in the city when large sums were found by parties of raiding Ironsides.
At the headquarters of the divi- sion under Lt.-General Chan Chai-
CITY NOW QUIET.
Canton, Yesterday.. There has been no farther fighting in the cily, which is now quiet.-British Naval Wire-
less.
of the Ironsides,
At General Li Chai-sum's
• Internal dissent, management on the part of the Canton authorities, has allowed the Ironsides to get into several places which, observers predicted, would hold out.
32 HOUSES GUTTED. SECRETS OF PLOT.
Disastrous Blaze at Canton.
BIGGEST FOR A YEAR. Woman Owner Of Shop Believed
To Be Dead.
Thirty-two houses were gutted by a devastating fire in the heart:
the rattan trade.
LEFTISTS IN POWER. Unexpected Sternness Towards Demonstrator.
Poetic Justice Done to Wong Shiu-hung. CANTON COUP REVELATIONS.
Li Chai-tum's Middle Course Of Pitfalls.
· [By "Li Chang-yla."] Poetic justice seems to have
Bocca Tigris, Macao Fort and would now receive sympathy the post of generalissimo of all the Nationalist armies, Wong
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First Match Against Shanghai.
FAST, HARD WICKET.
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GAINS AND LOSSES,
WU-HAN ARMIES IN RETREAT.
YANG SEN'S ACTIVITIES-
British Consul's Protest Against Billeting.
NATIONALIST GENERAL NOW MARCHING ON CHANGSHA..
Ho Chien, who took over command at Hankow from Tang Seng- chi, is now at Changteh.
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The 8th, 95th, and 86th Armies are in retreat toward Changaha and West Hunan.
Yang Sen is directing the movements of the 2nd and 20th
Armies down river in the direction of Skast.
EXECUTION OF BANDITS.
Shanghai, Yesterday." The situation is quiet.—British Naval Wireless.
Coming Evacuation.
Shanghai, Yesterday. The defeated Wa-Han troops are likely to evacuate Changsha, in Hunan province.
From the neighbouring pro- vince of Kiangsi, General Chu Nationalist Army) is marching on Pei-teh (commanding the 3rd Changsha in the interests of the Nanking Government, "Kung Sheung Yat Po,"
Nanking Gains,
The contest resulted in Marshal Sun Chuan-fang'a men being driven back two miles north of Quantin, which is 11 miles south of Pengpu.
This involved an advance by Nanking forces under General Ho Ying-ching of at least 8 miles.
When the initial bout is re-
the Northerners did not put up a very stiff resistance, as the at- tack suffered at certain points.
Northerners Retire.
The Northerners were forced to retire, satisfied with the in- fiction of what casualties they could.
In this outpost fight the North- ernera armoured train assisted materially, but during this small casualties from operation the train-fire were light as the South
CLOUDY.
Prospects For Cricket
noon was
The forecast issued by the Royal Observatory this fore
East winds, moderate, cloudy.
erners used open artillery forma- tion in the advance..
The Southern casualties on the
The series of interport cricket matches opened this morning on RAIDERS KILLED WHEN FIGHTING FOR A SAFE WITH $800,000. of Canton city on Thuraday been meted out to Wong Shiu- the H.K.C.C. ground, the teams
when interest was centred in the hung, the Kwangsi General who being Hong Kong and Shanghai. dramatic coup of the Ironsides had to flee for his life on Wednes-
Shanghai's team was constitut- against the Kwangtung Govern- day night when the Ironsides ed according to original plans but launched their dramatic coup in Hong Kong, as was the case last ment.
Canton. Tai Hong Road was the scene
year, had to call on the 12th man. Plots within plots, have been E. C., Fincher, of the Kowloon of the blaze which is the largest in Canton for over a year. The revealed reflecting no great credit Cricket Club, took the place of conflagration was among shops in on any of the parties concerned. Lt. K. Hunt, R.M., who has not The most apparent factor is fully recovered front a touch of end that General Li Chai-eum, who dengue but may still play for A
cigarette careless thrown among highly combustible has occupied a fairly secure posi- Hong Kong against Malaya. material is believed to have been tion for some time as comman-
The Teams. der-in-chief of the Canton Govern- the cause.
Shanghai: Capt. E. I. M. Beginning at 1 p.m., the flames ment, has stumbled into pitfalls Barrett (captain), H. W. Allison, were not under control till 6 p.m. through trying to keep a middle E. G. Barnes, J. T. Hegarty, J. A. when embers were still smoulder-course and a policy of least re Isaacs, D. W. Leach, F. Madar,
sistance. ing.
C. E. Ollerdessen, J. A. Quayle, Who the Quarrel is With.
Canton, Yesterday. Club Members Keep Order.
There has been no further Thirty members of the bam Because they have increased T. L. Rawsthorne, L. F. Stokes."
Hong Kong:-T. E. Pearce fighting in the city which is now recreation club their numbers materially, the boo workers' assisted armed police in keeping Ironsides are apt to be forgotten (captain), W. Brace, Lieut. T. H. quiet.-British Naval Wireless.
former subordinates of Li Dale, R.N., Capt. A. G. Dobbie, F.
Ichang, Yesterday. order. A lady, the mistress of as
About 150 suspected bandits the shop where the blaze origin-Chai-sum. And this week's coup Goodwin, Lieut. J. A. B. Hankey, ated, is missing, and is believed is not the result so much of a A. W. Hayward, A. W. Ramsay, were rounded up on the 17th inst. viewed, one has to confess that quarrel between the Ironsides and G. R. Sayer, C. D. Wales, E. C. Small quantities of arms and am FILTHY LUCRE:
Hsieh Yo's division is betwoen to have perished.
munition were found on them. Canton and five Kwangsi brigades, Twenty-four of the houses des-Li Chai-sum as between the Fincher..
and General Wong Umpires:-Mr. J. P. Robinson Some of these bandits were How the Rival Troops Grabbed for up the North River. As the troyed were, used as shops and Ironsides
and Mr. R. E. Lindsell.
executed to-day. Money,
Kwangsi units dominate the rail-eight as tenements. The damage Shiu-hung.
Wong Shin-hung is connected
It is rumoured that Yang Sen way, they are safe from attack is very heavy.
Propmt to time at 10.80 a.m., until the first shock of the coup The fact of the blaze spreading with the 7th Nationalist Army Leach opened to Dobbic at the will arrive at Ichang shortly. is over.
in several directions made the while Li Chal-sum's command Naval Yard and made a single off. British Naval Wireless.
Hankow, Yesterday. bad firemen's work exceedingly dif- (and the unit which became the the first ball-a drive to extra or
Ironsides) made up the 4th Na- cover. Shanghai then had two
Ho Chien who took over com- ficult.
tionalist Army, both with a pre- boundary byes in succession and mand at Hankow when Tang ponderance of Kwangsi men.
Wales bowled a maiden over to Seng-chi fled' is now at Chang "Peace at Any Price.".
Leach from the Law Courts end, teh. The 8th, 85th, and 36th Li Chai-sum was wise in trying the batsman refusing to be tempt Armies are in retreat towards Forts Handed Over.
to maintain good terms with the ed by the wiles of the slow bowler Changsha and West Hunan, The 7th Army and with the Iron- who was pitching a foot wide of 6th, 7th, 10th, 19th, and 44th The troops on the transports sent by the Ironsides down to
Nanking armies are now in the Although Leftist politicians sides. But in living up to "peace the off stump.m
Hankow area. Whampoa had an easy time have not been slow to take full at any price" he has had to pay
Captain E. L M. Barrett, the
Yang Sen is directing the move- against the Cadets who, dissatis-advantage of the Ironsides suc-dely.
When General Chiang Kai-shek Shanghai skipper, won the toss fied with General Li Chai-sum's cessful coup, extremist agitators
Armies down river in the dirée nominee for the post of principal, are still being sternly dealt with was forced by tigue among and elected to bat first on a fast menta of the 2nd and 20th
tion of Shasi took little interest in the affair. when hopes existed that they the Nanking generals to resign and hard wicket..
Batsman Subdued.
The Consul General at Hankow Dobbie made full use of the has protested to the Commission- Cheung Chau Fort are all in the from the new regime... hands of Ironsides, the weak
The leader of the demonstra-Shiu-hung flattered Li Chai-sum new ball and the pitch, and Madar er for Foreign Affairs against Kwangsi garrisons there fratern-tors who proceeded to Mr. Wang by suggesting that he should played another maiden. With a troops being billeted in the build- ising with the raiders.
Ching-wei's house shortly after step Chiang Kai-shek's single off Wales, Leach put ings of the ex-British Concession.
Shanghai 10 up. Dobble sent-British Naval Wireless. Approach to Canton, by the his last return to Canton, and who shoes. tong (a supporter of Li Chai-River is, therefore, in the hands escaped when the Police surprised Very wisely, Li Chai-sum real-down another maiden and Wales a followed suit. It was evident that sum) were found $160,000 in Can- of the Ironsides but the bulk of the party, has been taken into ised the growing desire for ton banknotes, 1,600 rifies and the small and obsolete ships custody. This man has had a council instead of a generalissimo the batsmen were not taking the slightest risk Leach was a little three guns, the whole of which forming the Canton Navy has violent part in the working of the to direct the war,
Direct Action Proposed. of labour should have been transported to sneaked upto Shiuhing to stand Leftist federation
mare enterprising. It has been suggested but not Swatow. This fell into the hands by General Wong Shiu-húng, unions, The Police Commissioner
He took one from Wales in the Confusion Increased. is reported as taking a very seri- proved that Wong Shiu-hung's middle of his bat but Sayer. (at
motive was to tempt Li Chai-sum Along the Canton-Samshui ous view of his case. headquarters, a sum of $800,000 Railway.(which is only about 20 Special Condemnation. to go to Nanking so that he cover point) made a very smart
miles long), the Kwangsi detach-
Canton's papers gave compara- (Wong Shiu-hung) would succeed return which he repeated two ments have withdrawn from-Can- tively little prominence to the Li Chai-sum and take over the overthals
Leach also cut one nicely past Ironsides' coup, the accounts be- control of Kwangtung in addition The Ironsides are in positions ing overshadowed by faithful re-to Kwangsi which he already held. the slips.
Just about that time, the Iron- Hankey relieved Wales and sent along those parts of the Canton-productions of manifestoes by a
Fengtien Drive. Rowloon Railway nearest Canton steadily Increasing number of sides started out on their march down a couple of short ones. In-
from Hankow. back to Canton. cidentally, Wales had kept quite ·Overnight cables from Chinese with Kwangsi men 40 miles away. officials and organisations.
sources are unable to throw light General Wong Shiu-hung has The city branch of the Kuomin- Their return was discussed by a good length,
Dobbie was still swinging in a on the operations between the ordered two brigades which re-tang met yesterday. Pride of Li Chai-sum and his commanders, cently went back to Kwangsi to place among the resolutions was Wong Shiu-hung proposed direct lot but Leach took a very, lucky "Christian General's" Kuomin- rest to march down the West reserved for avowals of support action to prevent the Ironsides four off him--the first boundary chun and the Fengtien allies along River. Remnants of the brigade for Mr. Wang Ching-wei but there reaching Canton. His argument of the match-the ball just going the Honan-Shantung border. It at Kagoshima late last night is safest, under the circumstances, aboard the "Mitsuki Maru." In a in Canton-which was all he had is no mention of General Li Chai- was that the Ironsides had im-over the heads of the slips.
Leach had got his eye in and to assume that hostilities con- Press interview General Tang in the capital are being re-sum, the Commander-in-Chief bibed Hankow ideas and Canton
A preference for tinue with varying degrees of Seng-chi said he would return to China after a sojourn, in Naga- assembled.
who has accompanied Mr. Wang must not become a vassal state showed
of Hankow.
Hankey driving him past mid-off success in turn for each side. The foregoing shows that the to Shanghai.
Element of Jealousy. for four, this sending the 20 up In the far North, the Fengtien saki, Beppu, Kyoto and Tokyo. stored in Canton city, the Iron-confusion has increased, with the General Li's deputy, General
forces are supposed to be making sides set out to establish them- Kwongsi clique losing ground but Wong Shiu-hung, is singled out
One can only surmise that after 28 minutes' play.
First Wicket Down. another drive against Shansi selves in adjoining places of still a potent adversary for the for special condemnation for being Wong Shiu-hung, like other war to keep
province. lords, strongly desired strategic importance.
Madar fell through trying Ironsides who expelled them.
the two Kwang provinces to him- nibble off Dobbie, being smartly
An Enveloping Movement. The Cement Factory at Honam, $10,000 Reward for Arrest.
Shanghai, Yesterday. which was guarded by two regi.
A reward of $10,000 has been Two resolutions can be con- self and his partner, Li Chai-sum taken by Tam Pearce behind the ments of Kwangsi military police, offered for the arrest of General strued as in opposition to Li Chai- Another who opposed the Iron-
While Nanking messages state was Li.-General wicket..28-1-1. was taken over by General Li Wong Shiu-hung. The Commis-sum. His order in April to round sides' return
Shanghai thus lost their first that the "Christian General's" Fook-lum's Cantonese (who allied sioner of Labour and Agriculture up the Communists and to purge Chan Chai-tong, who commands a themselves with the Ironsides) (who is a Leftist) called a meet the Nationalist Party" is now division under Li Chai-sum, wicket at 11 am, having scored Kuominciun claims to have cap- The motive ascribed to him is 28 in half an hour. Madar's con- tured Tsinin, Feking messages without much trouble. Canton's ing of representatives of the lead-described as illegal and the re- highest military authority-the ing labour unions and instructed lease of those detained since the one of personal jealousy. General tribution was 1. He was never state that the Fengien alled temporary war council-is estab-the seamen and railwaymen to raid is demanded.
In other Chang Fah-hui left Canton as fully at ease against Dobbie. forces are reported to have car- The redoubtable Jimmy ried out an enveloping movement lished at the factory.
keep a look out for the deposed words, fault is found with Li Major-General in command of a Canton Arsenal.
brigade. He was coming back as Quayle went in first wicket down. at Kweiteh as a result of which general.
Chai-sum's policy. Lt.-General Hsieh, Yo, a divi- No doubt exists that Wong
Then the provincial branch of a super-general, with a command He saw Leach get a single off they have established themselves sional commander who deserted Shiu-hung escaped. He is said to the Kuomintang met on Wednes of nominally two armies, and a Hankey and then a three from an on the Lung-Hai Railway, to the
hai Chinese General Chamber of the Kwangsi clique for the Iron-have been in his house when the day, prior to the coup, when a re-superior of Lt.-General Chan on -drive off Debbie, who persist-west of Kwelteh, cutting off the handbill were sent to the Shang-
ed in aggressiveness. The first Kuominehun garrison there... sides, is bearing the brunt of the Ironsides shot down his body-solution was passed to support Chai-tong
Another body of Fengtien allied Commerce, the Chinese Bankers': To Waylay the Ironsides. ball Quayle received rose alarm- attack up the Canton-Hankow guards, to have been in a club the alliance of Mr. Wang Ching- Railway (Kwangtung section) where he was forewarned, to have wet with General Chiang Kai-
But there were other generals ingly and he was caught off his troops officially claims to have Association, and the Native against General Wong Shiu- taken a train to the North River, Shek who is at Shanghai
who favoured the Ironsides, these gloves by Dale (first alip) off the captured 2,500 Kuominchun sol Bankere' Guild, in the name of diers at Kaocheng to the north- Marshal Sun Chuan-fang of the including Lt-General Chul King- next ball. 27-2-0. for east of Kaifeng-Reuter. Northern Army. The gist of the hung's 'main strength.
to have gone by gunboat back to:
At 11.05 Stokes went in
note is as follows:- tong, who also has a division WHAMPOA CADETS,
under Li Chal-sum, and who is Quayle, shaping with confidence, Affairs of Outposts. now attending the Japanese but unable to give Leach the bowl. How the Nanking forces suffer. "Since the occupation of Kiang- Chiang Kai-shek's Advice
autumn manœuvres.
inga ed rather heavily in this week's su and Chekiang by the Red to Them.
With a leg-break action and a onslaught up the Tientsin-Pukow (meaning Nationalist) Army Partly destroyed in 1020 when (a
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steady length, Hankey kept down Railway, about 100 miles north of irresponsible elements have coma Kwangsl militarist) evacuated but was General Chang Fah-hui, comman That General Chiang Kai-shek
the runs, whilst Dobble carried on the Yangtze River, and Marshal fato power and peaceful and law- working again in a year.
der-in-chief of the Ironsides, has still takes more than academic in-|
with the attack,
Sun Chuan-fang's Northerners abiding merchants have been Largo shipment of American ma- | chinery imported in early spring of reached Shanghai with Li Chai-terest in the Whampoa Cadets,
FROM CANTON.
Hong Kong's fielding, although failed to press home their advan- placed under oppression.
Talking in Millions 1921 but because of financial difficul. sum and Mr. Wang Ching-wel, but who first won fame under his
not quite exemplary, was of age, has been graphically des
cribed by Renter.
Foreigners and Chinese are ties the authorities have had to take he is still believed be to in Hong leadership, is evident from the
Rusalan Communists to be Tried high standard delivery piecemeal and a large pro- Kong, ready to go up to Canton following
Gat Nanking.
An interesting duel was seen Details, about the preliminary highly indignant over the be portion of-the-shipment is not yet in when his subordinates give him
between Hankey and Leach, the operations, throwing light on haviour of these Reds, and we commission.
Present capacity about 700,000 car the word.
we will drive them away and the Whampoa Military Academy, Five Russians, including one bowler getting a shade the better later developments, are now to assure you that, sooner or later
hand tridges a month, 25 rifles a day, 8 machine guns (Vickers model) a Both sides are holding out all natives of Cheklang pro-woman, who were recently ar of the contest month, and unknown quantity of au- temptation to the neutral armies vince have been selected by the rested at Shanghal, on suspicion Stakes drove Dobble past the The operations as carried out bring deliverance to the people. tomatic platola, Emokeless powder also in different parts of Kwangtung provincial authorities to go to of being Communists, upon their wicket for four, giving Shanghal by the Nanking forces, up to 5 We understand that the Rede, Surprise Captures province. The disposition of the Pepin to tot arrival from Canton and Swatow, the 80 up at 11.20, after 50 min prt on Wednesday last, can he being short of war funds have 5.000 Yunnanese mercenaries and General Chiang Kai-shek, who and who, have been detained, in utes, play.The ball before he epitomised in the following man borrowed 180,000,000 from you on the 8,000 ex-Cadets far up the aw them off; made a speech, custody of the Shanghal District put up just out of reach of Hanner The affair which was re- the security of the 21 per cents
when small arms (for the most anoth North River may be the deciding giving them advice as to how Court of Justice, will be sent to key, who was fielding point, very ported was one of outposts only. Customs surtax, and now deare
the fineSAYEDBAMENT
part) were only used by one side. $24,000 factor of the struggle
they should pursue their studies. Nanking for trial, says
“Easterni Tijnen..
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was discovered. One big safe which defied efforts to open it led to a quarrel among the victorious ton. Ironsides who had killed several of the Kwangsi guards trying to defend it. Subsequently the raiding troops had a fight in which more casualties were inflicted but the safe was ultimately opened.
PLACES TAKEN.
Significance of Ironsides' Captures.
So soon as order had been re-
Hsieh Yo has captured the Kwangsi, and to have come down
Canton Arsenal. Of this arsenal the "China Year Book" says7---
Original machinery of British and German make.
manufactured.
As a matter of fact, the value
of the Arsenal has deteriorated
rapidly and the former Canton Mint is now used for the finer work of gun making
to Hong Kong by steamboat, em barking for Wuchow again yes- terday.
Vernacular papers say that
Doubtful Units.
a "new feudalistic militarist."
Kuomintang Policy.
Shanghal, Nov. 12.
A Some 82 Chinese graduates of
whole were light.
The main fight, according to a re-
was to have begun last Friday liable authority in the war area. and would be waged over the cap- ture of Mingkwang. This city is one which, it is generally accept- ed, the Sun Chuan-fang command seemingly intended to defend to the last.
General Tang at Kagoshima, Osaka, Yesterday. General Tang Seng-chi arrived
It appears that General Tang Beng-cht cherishes the hope of leading the national revolutionary movement and hinted at the possi bility of co-operation with Gen- eral Chiang Kai-shek Reuter.
a
LOAD OF LOANS.
Sun Chuan-fang Warns Shanghal.
Peking is not the only city.
Copies of a note in the form of groaning under excessive taxes:
Joan to, the amount di