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MASSACRE AND RAPINE.
Tortures Similar To Those By The Swabue Soviet.
Hankow, Yesterday.
Tales of horror rivalling those
SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1928.
WAR MYSTERY.
Destruction Of German Zeppelins.
BRITISH BRIBE?
Alleged Payment Of 2,000,000 Marks To Landowner.
Berlin, Jan. 80.-
LIVELY DEBATE.
Does Germany Want New Battle Cruiser?
· SOCIALISTS SAY “NO,”
Defence Minister Pleads Necessity
For £4,000,000 Vessel. ·
Berlin, Yesterday.
A war mystery of ten years ago In a lively debate before the of the Swabue Soviet (between is on the point of being solved, ac- committee of the Reichstag on the Bias Bay and Swatow) have come cording to reports in the Berlin question whether Germany needs from Leiyang, a city of half a Press. In 1917 four naval air- to build a 10,000 ton battle cruiser million inhabitants in the south of ship sheds with Zeppelins Inside at an estimated cost of £4,000,000 Hunan province where numbers of them which were used for raids the Minister of Defence, Gencral disbanded (Hunanese) troops on England were blown up at Groener urged that the new war formerly under General Tang Ahlhorn, in Oldenberg, and 50 ship was absolutely necessary to re- Seng-chi have joined the Com-men lost their lives.
place ■ 26-year-old one. Even munist peasant unions.
It is now declared that a cer- the most serious financial position An orgy of massacre and rapine tain landowner living in the should not make Germany volun- is reported. The city has almost neighbourhood, who was a non-tarily disarm beyond the Versailles been gutted. Hundreds of in-commissioned officer at the time, Treaty limit, he said. The new habitants have been inhumanly was paid 2,000,000 marks by the ship was necessary for the protec- tortured before they were finally British Government for the des- tion of German ports and vital butchered.
truction of the sheds, which was
In one case three hundred accomplished by attaching a long communications in the Baltic, the monks were locked in a temple live fuse to the gas-pipe from security of East Prussia and the | safeguarding of Germany's neu- which was set on fire and all the which the Zeppelins were filled. trality. monks perished. The Commun- An investigation has been ists are retreating towards opened up into the affair, which Kwangsi province from which it was hushed up by the Censor dur-posed the proposal.
is reported that they have cap-ing the war-Reuter. tured Kwellin, the old provincial
capital.-Reuter.
The Socialists and democrats op-
Dr. Has described the demand as a revival of the old militarism. The new cruiser was wanted mere-
H.E. AT CANTON.y for reasons of prestige.
(Continued from Page 1.)
280 Miles From Canton, Some of the Communists refer red to have made several uttempts to enter the north of Kwangtung province which is Communism, and Bolshevism and governed by Marshal Li-Chai-sum. to curb the tyranny of labour in Leiyang is only 80 miles north the Liang Kwang provinces. You
Another Socialist deputy declar- ed that ships were apparently want- ed to give the numerous captains a
more active chance of the command
of a battle cruiser.-Reuter.
of that part of the Kwangtung have set your face resolutely The Home Secretary, Sir William frontier which is 200 miles due against strikes and boycotts and Joynson-Hicks, has expressed his north of Canion as the crow all forms of lawless agitation. willingness to receive a deputation flies.
You have understood how true is from Carlisle urging the abolition As reported in the "China Mall" the friendship which exists in of the Carlisle experiment in State on more than one occasion, dis-this Colony for Kwangtung; and ownership of drink:
| banded troops, Red peasants, ban-you have shown yourself to be a
dits and others were in occupa-real friend of Hong Kong. |tion of Ichang and Pingshek, two
Now Is The Time.
1
market towns on the Kwangtung- "I heartily endorse the words tang is to obtain for China inter- Hunan frontier, whence they have which you yourself used last week national equality and prestige. been ejected but returned. when welcoming Sir Miles Larp- We Chinese cherish an urgent
How It Began.
son to Canton that now is the hope that China will be able to The report about Kweilin, in time to cultivate friendship be enter into good terms with and be Kwangsi province, has been de-tween our two nations; and on treated on a basis of equality and nied. Kwangsi province is under behalf of Hong Kong I give you reciprocity among the family of The Postal Service to Swabue & neighbouring places is entirely General Wong Shiu-hung, a col-the assurance of full reciprocity nations, and be able to make her
league of Marshal Li. Chai-sum. in this endeavour.
contribution toward the work of suspended until further notice.
His headouarters states that the¦ "Gentlemen, I ask you all to world peace. trouble at Kweilin was due to a drink with me to the health of The Province of Kwangtung small-band of rival troops who Marshal Li Chai-sum, to the suchas gradually been restored to its have been dealt with Kweilin is cess of his administration, to re-normal condition. All obstacles about 200 miles south-west of newed and ever increasing co-which heretofore prevented us Leiyang, the new centre of Red operation and friendship between from maintaining good order and the Liang Kwang provinces, and peace have been practically re- General Tang Seng-chi set up the Colony of Hong Kong and to moved; the Provincial Govern- the Hankow Government in op- the welfare and prosperity of the ment is now making a plan of position to the Nationalist Gov- Republic of China." ernment at Nanking. He was Empress of Russia. crushed and the remnants of his President McKinley Hunanese troops are being pur- Nanchang
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this outbreak is the after-effect Empress of Asia
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Interdependent Economic
economic development and con- struction for the benefit of the people. This must also be of in- terest to the people of Hong Kong, because when Kwangtung is prosperous, the benefit will be to its neighbours as well. I am Marsha Li Chaf-sum said:-confident that the Governor will I am much obliged to His Ex-be equally pleased in seeing us cellency the Governor of Hong succeed.
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Kong for his kindness and cour- To-day we are particularly tesy in receiving roe in such a touched and deeply impressed by formal way on my arrival this seeing that the flags of Great Bri- morning and also now at this tain and of Nationalist China are luncheon. It also affords an-being placed everywhere face to other opportunity of seeing Sir face. It can unmistakably be in- Miles Lampson once again, and of terpreted that Great Britain and saying. "Goodbye" to him this the Republic of China are on more It was by the Treasury's deci- afternoon.
cordial terms than ever. 8.30 am.sion that Lord Byng of Vimy did I recall with great pleasure my
Return Visit. 9 a.m.. not have to pay the fees upon his informal visit to the Governor
I understand that your Excel- viscounty which has just been about two and a half months ago lency will soon pay us an official 10.80 a.m. gazetted.
when I passed through here for
visit in Canton. I can 10.30 a.m. Following the bestowal of the Canton. To-day we have this
2.30 p.m. viscounty, in
October 1926, the formal occasion to renew our ac- Your Excellency in advance of the 4.30 p.m. Home Office in the usual order of quaintance, and I now venture to very warm welcome of the Pro- 4.80 p.m. things ordered the Crown Office to say that we are both old friends, vincial Government and the people
prepare the lettera patent, carry The result of our private friend of Kwangtung. ing a wax model of the King's seal. ship will not merely concern us Now lastly, allow me to take advantage of this occasion to wish The total fees payable by Lord individually. It can be well con- His Excellency Sir Miles Lamp- Byng would have been in the sidered as a great contribution neighbourhood of £700. For towards improving Hong Kong-son "bon voyage" and to ask you months past friends have urged on Canton relations and bringing all to drink to the health of his behalf that Lord Byng should about a still closer Anglo-Chinese continued Anglo-Chinese friend- His Excellency the Governor, to not have to suffer financially owing fellowship. to recognition by the King of his The economic interests of ship, and to the mutual develop services as
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pler where there will be a Guard officer, Harry Abraham Southgate, Kwangfung Restoration of Honour. After the official fare- 8.30 a.m. leading atoker, HM8. "Pembroke," Kwangtung is the original seat well at the pier, Marshal Li and 2.80 p.m. was sentenced by court-martial to of Nationalist China. The for-party will proceed to the gunboat six months hard labour and dis- eign policy of the Nationalist Teiving by the Governor's
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