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NORTHERN WAR.
What Each Side Tries To Do.
THE POINTS TO WATCH.
China" Mail
“Your Eyes Are Safe With Us.
No. 25,818 HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, MARU 14, 1928.
THE IRONSIDES.
Now Fighting On The Yangtsze?
BULLETS HIT STEAMER.
Chiang Kai-Shek To Leave For The Two Chinese Passengers Reported
Front.
2
Wounded.
MAGNETIC NETS.
Scientific Expedition's Activities.
TERRESTRIAL KNOWLEDGE.
156 New Magnetic Stations Established By Party.
Delhi, Yesterday.
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AFGHAN ROYALTY.
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COUNCIL MEETING.
Reds From Canton And Sir H. Pollock's Three
'Swatow.
GERMAN REFUGEES' STORY.
Saved Only By Their Medical Knowledge.
Questions.
WATER AND AERODROME.
Expense Of H.E's Visit To Canton,
Their Atrival In England.
AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
Met At Dover By The Prince Of -Wales.
London, Yesterday.
CLUB ACTIVITIES,
Engineers' Institution
Report.
LIBRARY: MORE POPULAR.
Five Billiards Handicaps 'Decided.
The annual report of the Manag- King Amanullah of Afghanising Committee of the Institution tan and his queen had an imposing of Engineers and Shipbuilders, for official reception and a wonderful presentation at the thirty-seventh popular welcome when they ar-annual meeting on April 4, is as What information scan the Gov-rived in England to day. From follows:- ernment lay before this Council the middle of the English Chan- The membership on December as to the steps which are beingel to Dover four. British destroy-31 was:-Honorary Members, 173 taken in connection with the con struction of the new reservoir in ers escorted the steamer "Mald Ordinary Members, 114: As- the Aberdeen Valley?
of Orleans," in which their Afghan sociate Members, 74; Seagoing 2. What steps is the Government Majesties came from France Ordinary, 66; Seagoing Associate,
taking by leaflets or notices
Nanking, Yesterday.
Wusuch, Yesterday.
Hankow's Yesterday.
At to-morrow's meeting of the Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek It is reported that fighting is The arrival of a party consist- A German gineer and his Legislative Council, the Hon. Sir is leaving Nanking for the North-taking place in the vicinity but ing of the American Plymer and wife, who have just arrived from Henry E. Pollock, Kt. K.C., pur- ern front on March 15.
the exact nature of it is not the Briton Mathewson, both mis- Chenchow in Hunan province, suant to notice, will ask the fol Nationalist troop movements known.
sionaries, and the German scien-have undergone the most harrow-lowing questions: are taking place at Wuhu and Stray bullets took effect on a tist and doctor Filchner at Leh ing experiences at the hands oft. Nanking, British Naval Wire- Chinese steamer where two pas-marks the second and final stage the same Communist band who less.
Hengers were wounded.-British of the Asiatic Magnetic Expedi- sacked Leiyang city some days Naval Wireless.
tion extending throughout Tibet | ago. The pair were forced to [Noted: Wusuch is a lower from the East to the West. witness the torturing and but- WHAT EACH SIDE SAYS.
The Yangtsze port, in Kiangsi pro-
party claim to chering of hundreds of Chinese vince, just above Klukiang. The have added greatly to theat Chenchow and were spared a Boosting the War From Varying Ironsides are believed to be there knowledge of terrestrial mag-
Points of View.
and they may have clashed with netiam by the local Nationalist units.]
The Peking correspondent of} the "N. C. Daily News" reported!
HOW THEY GOT THERE.
establishing
on March 8, in effect, as fol-March of the Ironsides: General Expedition, also by linking up the
lown:-
Most of the political news from:
or about Peking from the native:
Chu Pei-teh.
Following reports that
the
Press is without foundation. The Ironsides, on their retreat from
Peking drive down the Peking-
Hankow Railway is not regarded us serious but headquarters, with
a considerable body of troops and heavy supplies, is moving to Han- tan to organise a sound defensive but not an offensive.
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The "Christian General's" at- tacks on Taming do not exist in fact, though Liu Chen-hua's forces and others make frequent feints which figure in the Press here.
The "Christian General's" Kuo- minchun remains concentrated
south of Hantan on the Peking- Hankow Railway and is also con- templating re-organising a defen- sive so that local foreign military observers believe that no war is imminent.'
Talks of peace are equally un- reliable and are largely traceable to job hunters who
are self-
appointed delegates attempting to curry favour in all camps.
Nanking's expedition against
Han.
General Chu Pei-teh chief of the Nationalist Government of Klangst province,
near Nanking.
via Kulja a connection between the west-Asiatic and the European magnetic net and the Chinese net made by the Carnegie Institute
Chinese and Indian nets. Since the expedition set out from Kulja 155 magnetic station have been | established. The party is going to Srinagar from Leh-Reuter,
SOVIET & GERMANY.
THE ARREST OF LATTER'S ENGINEERS,
NEWSPAPER DEMAND.
Berlin. Yesterday.
The German Ambassador at
| Moscow has telegraphed the result of the conversation with Chicherin. The latter, however, has not vouch- anfed any information on the arrest of the German engineers beyond stating that the investigation is be- ing made and that result be com- municated to Germany. -
Herr Stresemann has just return-| ed from Geneva and is expected to take up the matter vigorously.
Berlin newspapers demand the breaking of Germano-Russian trade negotiations. Reuter.
RUSHING WATERS, 150 KILLED AT AMERICAN CAMP.
General Tang Seng-chi, who led the old Hankow Nationalist Government fn opposition to Nanking. He has been crush- ed and the remnants of his army are in the south of Hu-
nan.
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instruct householders and others while, overhead flew five fighter 78; Visiting "B" 36; Outpart as to the imperative necessity of aeroplanes.
Members, 2; Absent Members, 269 conserving the water supply of As the "Maid of Orleans" enter and Apprentice Members, S. Total this Colony? Why cannot print- ed Dover Harbour the guns of 1682.. ed notices, in English and Chin- Dover Castle thundered forth a ese, be sent out to householders periodically? Is it not possible royal salute,
that some economy in consump- Waiting on the quay were the tion might be effected by reduc- Prince of Wales wearing the ing the amount of the free al-uniform of the Welsh Guards. lowance of water to household-With the Prince were Field Mar
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3. In. connection with the answer
given to the Hon. Mr. Bernard
at the last meeting of this Coun- cil to the effect that the Imperial Government พอค contributing £100,000 towards the Kai. Tak Aerodrome, what is the entigint- ed sum of money which the Hong Kong Government will have to contribute towards the cost of. such aerodrome?
The Attorney General will move to-morrow the accond reading of two Bills, namely:
An Ordinance to provide for the registration and regulation watchmen."
of
"An Ordinance to amend the Na- turalisation Ordinance, 1902, and to provide for the revocation of na- turalisation rights in certain cases."
FINANCE VOTES.
Expense of H.E's Visit Canton.
Five notes totalling $34,985 are to come before the Finance Com- mittee at the conclusion of the Council meeting, to supplement the estimates of 1928, as follow:-
Path from Ta Ku Ling to Lin
It was anticipated that $13,000
Was
King Amanullah of Afghan- istan.
similar fate only because they the North is thought to be least Canton, are now likely of all predicted develop the despatch below is of particu
possessed medical skill and doe- Ma Hans to complete work in pro- tored the wounded Communiste. gress, $9,255.00, ments while Chiang Kai-shek's re-lar interest to Canton and Hong
The most horrible methods were cent visit to Kaifeng was to make Kong at the moment.
used on the victims, including would be required in 1927 but shal Allenby, Lieutenant Colonel sure that
There is also a reference to Gen- the "Christian Gen-
Los Angeles, Yesterday. eral" would, at a price, neither eral Chu Pei-teh of the National- One hundred and fifty workmen burning alive. gouging out eyes, owing to unforeseen delays only Sir Francis Humphrys, British expended. Only Minister at Kabul, the Afghan and slicing off various members $8,745.58 open the road to the Northern ad- ist Army, who is in control of perished in rushing waters at a
of the body.
$2,000 was included in this year's Minister in London and the Bri- vanec nor actively support Wu-Kiangsi province. According to construction camp at Kemp,
estimates as it was considered that tish suite to be attached to their Reuter, he and his 40,000 men there being only one survivor
Relgh of Terror.
the work would be practically com- Afghan Majesties. Among the Peking faction, two have aligned themselves with from the gang. It is feared that The German engineer, who is
pleted in 1927. The sum now ask- As soon as the vessel had been extreme groups supply most of Chiang Kai-shek.
30 Indians were drowned. The employed by Chinese mining ed for is a revote. The above is made fast the Prince of Wales the news. One desiring imme- Chang Fah-kuei is the comman-ranch is popular as a rodeo centre. company, reports that a very
approached the gangway and wel- diate attack on the "Christian der-in-chief of the Ironsides who -Reuter.
large area in the south of Hunan to be met from savings.
comed King Amanullah and Queen General" and, therefore, inter- quarrelled with and were defeated
and the north of Kwangtung are
(Continued on Page 7.) Souriya, while the band played preting every military movement by Marshal Li Chai-sum.
infested with Communists from
the Afghan national anthem. as a war development and the
Swatow and from Canton, who other seeking peace and lending
have been, joined by former fol- support to stories of negotiations.
Miao
Pei-nen is his deputy in the field, KINKEAD'S MACHINE. Fang Ting-ying is another ex- Canton General now with the
FOUND WITH BODY The main body of the party aup Communist army of regulars who Ironsides. Yeh Ting once led the
INSIDE. plies no news whatsoever, but nevertheless wants an attack on occupied Swatow for a week last, the "Christian General" but sees year.
political discretion in adopting a The following is from the strong defensive position until "N. C. Daily News" correspondent conditions favour an advance.
POINTS TO WATCH.
The Northern expedition is ex- pected to commence within a few daya, the inaugural act being the departure of Chiang Kai-shek from Nanking to Hsuchowfu, which he will make his military headquarters. Hereafter, Chiang Kai-shek is expected to remain at the front with the troops a good part of the time.
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PIRATED EDITION.
"RED FLAG" RECOGNISED BY
MAGISTRATE.
ALLEGED SEDITION.
General Chang Fah-kuel; Commander-in-Chief of the
London, Yesterday. Lt. Kinkead's machine has been salved. It was found in two parts, namely the fuselage and en gine. The body Inside was remov ed to the mortuary at Calshot- Reuter.
organised 11th Army lately under Yeh Ting. This army has moved down the Kan River as far as Nanchang and is also said to be on the way to join in the war in the north. Both the armies are reported to have behaved well and the local people have nothing to complain of them except the usual, subscriptions collected from the merchants.
Mission Occupied.
BRUSH WITH BANDITS.
Guards On British Ship Return Attack.
PASSENGERS WOUNDED.
Shanghai, Yesterday.
As the Indo-China (Jardine) river steamer "King Wo" was pass- ing - Wushan on the Yangtsze River, fire was opened by bandits from shure. Two Chinese were wounded.
There was returned by the armed guards aboard the "King Wo" and several casualties were observed among the bandits.-Bri tish Wireless Service.
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400 KILLED.
DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE NEAR LOS ANGELES.
Los Angeles, Yesterday. It is estimated that nearly 400 were killed in an earthquake which smashed a 100-feet high reservoir dam in the San Francisco-Quito Canyon, 40 miles north of here. releasing the flodd to the surround- ing townships.. The dam was part of the city water supply, rescuers rushing to the scene.
The theory of an earthquake is doubted as It was not felt else- where. Reuter's American Service. Eight Hundred Missing.. Newhall, California, Yesterday. Reports from mortuaries and hos. pitals in connection with the stricken dam disaster show that nearly two hundred bodies havo
arc
missing.-
Chu Pei-teh's 3rd and 9th Armies are concentrated round towers of General Tang Seng-chi, been recovered. A further eight Kiukiang and Nanchang. Men of and are creating a terroristic hundred persons these armies recently occupied the reign in the villages and smaller Reuter's American Service. lovely Methodist Mission Com-towns.
pound in Nanchang. Both these Owing to the German couple's Armies have been ordered north overwrought condition, a pro-
AT GENEVA,
by Chiang Kai-shek but this does longed interview was not allowed: RUSSIAN DELEGATES ARRIVE not fall in with the view of Chu-Reuter.
Ironsides.
Pei-tch and as a consequence he [Leiyang city is about 100 miles
has resigned his position as Chair- from Kwangtung's northern fron-
Peaceful Still
ter,
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During the year 48 new mem- bers were elected, 85 members re- signed. Forty-three members, have been written off on account of breach.
without the necessary notification of regulations or continued absence
to the Hon. Secretary.
| ¦ It" is particularly requested that any change of address or ship be notified, as well as absence from the Colony on leave or otherwise.
It is with regret that the Com- mittee report the loss by death of the following members: J. Me- Cubbin-President, 1919-14 R. A.. Black; D. Atkman; A. W. Barclay: N. Dakin; J. Ibbotson; T. R. Percy and H. Conway.
Library Improvements.
The Technical Library is under-
| going a thorough overhaul which is not yet completed. We are very grateful to our President for not. only his advice and ready assistance in this matter, but also for his very handsome donation. If members have any modern technical works they would like to present, now is a | very suitable time.
Although the Fiction Library has not grown much numerically it has, at the same time undergone a ргосева of modernisation by the weeding out of unsuitable and worn out volumes and their re- pincement by new books as they come in. It has, nevertheless, shown here- grown slightly as under:-
+32 34
- Fiction
1926. 1927. .8,000 3,000
Biography
Eseays
63 75
Geography
29 81
History
59 78
Marine Recreation
10 33
11 11
Science Poetry
60 58
29 30
War Subjects
70 70
3,362 3,420
Amanullah was a splendid figure in a gorgeous uniform of sky-blue tunic and scarlet trou-) sers under a long grey and green cloak with black and scarlet being a nett increase of 58, helmet surmounted by a white 862 volumes have been purchased cockade. His suite also wore at a cost of $998.24. brilliant uniforms. Queen Souriya was fashionably dressed in Euro-
The Prince of Wales, who met - the Afghan party at Dover.
44 volumes have been presented. The books discarded to make room for these have found another sphere of usefulness in adding to the pleasure of our friends who so unremittingly tend the lights. which never fail The Lighthouse Service.
It is a great pleasure to the Hon. Librarian to be able to report a steadily increasing circulation, the figures for the year being 11,846——— 987 per month as against 10,727 | in 1926 and 9,150 in 1925, and he hopes it is not merely a dream that the circulation of 1928 will reach regular issue of 1,000 per month.
Literary Addresses;
Three most interesting papers were read during the year under review, viz,-"Urban and Suburban Transport" by L. C. F. Bellamy, Esq., M.C., M.I.E.E., Member In- pean style. After inspecting the stitute of Transport (Member); Guard of Honour their Majes How to Avoid Them" by C. D. "Some Automobile Troubles and
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UNNOTICED.
ties listened to an address of wel- come presented by the Mayor and Lambert, Esq., Chief Mechanical corporation Geneva, Yesterday.
of Dover.
Engineer, Kowloon & Canton Rall- The at Kiukiang, the Yangtsze port of man of the Provincial Govern- tier. Ichang and Pingshek, two
Distribution Litvinoff, Lunacharaky and 10 Mayoress handed Queen Souriya way and "Gas.-Its Kiangsi province, on March 2:ment. The resignation has not market towns on the Kwangtung-other Russian delegates for the a bouquet of red and white roses and Uses" by A Hevey, Esq.,
To Join the North. been. accepted yet.
Hunan boundary, have been occu-preparatory disarmament com- and the Queen bowed her thanke. Engineer, Hong Kong & China Gar Two Chinese men and a woman have taken place in the interior of Considerable troop movements
pied by Communists several times mission arrived unnoticed.--Reu- Their Afghan Majesties accom-Co. (Member). were charged before Mr. R. E. the province recently. Chang peaceful time. Until quite recent-
In Kiukiang we have had a during the last few months.]
panied by the Prince of Wales Members are carneatly requested' Lindsell at the Central Magistracy Fah-kuef's armies hung about inly here have been few troops, in
then proceeded to London.
to do their best to attend on these Met by King. **: occasions in the first instance to this morning with the unlawful the extreme south and then split Kiukiang, which means you are
SWABUE REDS. possession of a quantity of sedi- into two parts.
At Victorin station, London, show gratitude and appreciation to tious literature at No. 7, Cross-
not pushed off the pavements by
are converging on the Red area their Afghan Majesties were the gentlemen who spend so much Miao Pei-nan, with the 4th galloping officers on small pontes Official Statement From from two directions, ie., from the awaited by King George and valuable time in complling papers street, Wanchal.
Army, has moved up the eastern and the surface of the streets is
Canton, e East River and from Swatow.Queen Mary, with whom were the for the edification of others, and fu border through Nanfeng and less infected than usual. Now a
One force has already struck at Duke and Duchess of York, and the second instance, to support the....... Kianchang as far as Loping. He division of the 3rd Army (Chu The "China Mail" is officially the Reds' rear but is waiting for Prince Henry and Prince Arthur Literary Council. is reported to be on his way to Pei-teh's) has been sent here and informed by General Chui, King-reinforcements.
of Connaught. There was 'a 'dis- Our thanks are due to the above Auking via Chintebchen and Ki- several of the missionary build-tong, the director of the Kwang- The departure of General Tang tinguished assembly also which named friends who have so un- men, to take part in the Northern Ings in the niitive city have been tung military bureau, that con- Yin-wah, latterly Police Commis included Mr. Baldwin, the selfshly devoted their valuable time Expedition.
reoccupied. Duff's Farm has been siderable progress has been made; sioner at Canton. for the East Premier, Sir Austen Cham in the Interests of the Institutiba.. Formerly Reds?
converted into a recruiting depot in the campaign against the River, is believed to be connected berlain, the Foreign Secre
Hillard Prizes. The other portion, under-Fang for the 1st Army, but Duff's Farm Swabue Soviet (in the Holfung with the Canton Government's in-tary, and other members of the During the year, the Ullard: Ting-ying calls itself the 48th must be getting used to that sort and Lukfung district
between tene
the drive against Cabingt in loves dres and the alow and Bins Bay) Mroops: the swabus Communists,
(Continued on Page 7),
Detective Sergeant Whelan, who prosecuted, said that the docu- ments were both "anti-Hong Kong" and "anti-foreign."
the fragistrate remarked that the
were "pirated editions of the Red
A formal remand was given until
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