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China Mail
No. 25,881
FIGHTING AGAIN.
NORTHERN COUNTER ATTACK.
MAKING HEADWAY.
Chang Tso-lin Again Takes A Hand.
ACTION ON PEKING-HANKOW RAILWAY,
ESTABLISHED.
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HONG KONG, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1928.
| JAPAN, AND LEAGUE.
Note's Good Impression at Geneva.
BOYCOTT TALK.
Steps Taken at Canton, Wachow and Swatow.
"FEMINA."
Search For Elusive "Lady."
BLUFF AND SILENCE,
More Letters, But Senior Morning Contemporary Keeps Quiet.
Geneva, Yesterday. Organised efforts to discover Japan's note to the League of the whereabouts of "Femina". Nations explaining her action in
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THE "ITALIA.”
Believed to Be in Distress.
RELIEF BY 'PLANES?
Norwegian Government Embarking
Upon Measures.
b
Oslo, Saturday. The Government has decided
GENUINE SIR WILLIAM CROOKES (English Mado)
LENSES
Are the ONLY PROTECTION against the tropic aun--they absorb the ultra violet and infra red rays so dangerous to the eyes.
CUT SHORT.
Many · Imitations-the genuine from
LAZARUS
Hong Kong's Only European Optician.
ANTI-NIPPONISM.
Afghan King and Visit Banner Bearer Gets Nine
to Russia.
UNFAVOURABLE IMPRESSION. Plan For A Soviet Military Alliance.
Months.
MAGISTRATE'S REMARKS.
Grave Warning to Agitators in the Colony.
That the. Northerners · have, after a long retreat, counter. Shantung has been received by over the week-end have not been immediately to embark upon mea- from Riga King Amanulla is cut- Chinese' and Japanese Nations.
attacked the Nationalist allies is indicated in a series of messages received to-day and over the week-end..
!
Fighting seems to have been heaviest on the westem sector, along the Peking-Hankow Railway where the Southerners have been pushed hack. Before that, activity was confined to the centre: Sub sequently, the Northerners are also believed to have struck on the eastern sector, along the Tientsin-Pukow Railway.
The Northerners clairn to have succeeded so far. There is no confirmation from disinterested sources, But as the Nanking Na- tionalists are, delayed in Shantung, "it is feasible that the other Nationalist units have been checked during the last few days.
NATIONALIST DELAY.
The. Wu-Han. Nationalists are acting in a manner which points
To the south of Hankow, the troops of the arrested General Cheng Chien are giving trouble.
Reuter.
rangements.
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NO CATCH.
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necom-
Later.
with Russia,
In urging him to avocations. Your actions are cal-
GREEK POLITICS.
THE CRISIS UNEXPECTEDLY
SOLVED.
PANGALOS' TRIAL.
Athens, May 26.
a vote of
Senate with no delay.
London, May 8. "I am not of course connected According to telegraphed reports with any quarrel between the sures for the discovery of the ting short his Russian visit What I am concerned with is the the Secretariat and has, appar-productive of any definite result whereabouts of the airship
After a visit to Leningrad, Their maintenance of the peace in this ently, made a good impression.-in that we have not yet been able "Italia" and her crew.
Majesties will return to Moscow Calony. It must be remembered to put our hands on the "lady." It sulting with Polar experts.
The Ministry of Defence is con- and proceed to "Anti-Nipponism.
the Crimen, and that in a British Colony every per- thence to Turkey. has been discovered, however, The executive committee of the
son of whatever nationality is on- Oslo, Yesterday. Wel-informed Communist circles titled to the same protection as a anti-Japanese boycott association that there is no need to look us
A conference of leading Arctic believe that King Amanulla's action Britisher. The Law will not taler- far as the Peak Hotel for her. of Kwangtung has been formed.
explorers, headed by Amundsen, is due to an unfavourable Impres- ate any interference with foreign- states a report from Canton. This As readers have no doubt ob- was held at the Defence Ministry, sion of Soviet Institutions and ers living here whose only desire is believed to be preparatory to served, this morning's Press is Rieser Larsen undertook to factories and to the persistence of is to peacefully pursue their lawfal at announcement of n scheme Singularly silent regarding the investigate the possibility of car-Soviet officials for severing intercourse with "China Mail's" revelations of rying out a relief expedition by make a Soviet military alliance culated to breed the germs of die. Japanese but nothing Saturday last, when it was an- means of aeroplanes.-Reuter. tangible appears to have been nounced that "Femina" or, as
New York, Yesterday,
public disorder rioting and possibly done to intensify the present ar- "she" signed herself. (with a type- Mr. Ellsworth, who
ultimate bloodshed. I must regard writer) "Mrs. R. Reynolds" was panied General Nobile
the matter seriously and therefore on his In Canton, the wholesale and not to be found at the address North Polar flight with Amund-
sentence you tu 9 months' hard retail dealers in foreign goods are given and was not indeed, known sen in 1926, has cabled offering to
labour and if for the next 3 months said to have agreed to purchase no there by the management. Our accompany Amundsen or to ren
your associates at large refrain more stocks of Japanese goods, junior morning contenporary der any other assistance in the re-
'from carrying on this unlawful such as matches, etc.
publishes more "replies" but lief of the "'Italia."
propaganda, I may, at the end of A scheme is being drawn up at the "Daily Press" has 710-
No News.
that period, advise the proper au- Swatow for boycotting the Japan- thing to say, not a single "reply"
thority to commute the remainder or even an attempted justification. The Italian Minister at Oslo tween Ofandaris, Michalapoulos you may regard yourself as a host- As a result of an agreement be- of your sentence. In this sense Ce
Lines along which incoming Silence, perhaps, in the long run has received a telegram from the and 'Metaxas to their willingness to fight in the The railway to Hankow from the merchandise will be examined at may prove of more value than base ship "Citta di Milano," des-Cabinet, the political crisis has been associates."
to reconstitute the age for the good-behaviour of your Wuchow--for the purpose of
bluff; that is their business, general Nationalist cause. The south (bringing the northern sec-
patched at 11 p.m. yesterday from Käominchun is stated to have tion of the Canton-Hankow Rail-keeping out stuff of Japanese
The "China Mail" has to repeat King's Bay, stating that they unexpectedly solved. M. Venizelos These remarks were made at the way) is reported to have been cutriin-have been laid down, that it has received no copies of have received no news of the promises the re-organised Cabinot Central Magistracy this morning been reversed. To-day, it is
the correspondence which has ap-"Italia. Reuter's American Ser-votes the Bill of Institution of the First Police Magistrate, in passing to prevent these Hunanese troops states the "Wah Keung Po." definitely reported that the Na- advancing on Hankow to their
tolerance, provided it Lieut.-Col. F. Eaves, D.S.O., acting peared in other papers with the vice tionalists of Wu-Hän are sending lender's aid.—British Naval Wire-
exception of the "original" letter
Experts Plans.
sentence on a Chinese named Lam from the typewriter of "Femina"
Oslo; Yesterday.
M. Venizelos will also large numbers of reinforcements less.
Tak, described as an unemployed or "Femina's" employers.
The experts' planning to search mend the Government to expedite seaman living at the Chung Yee
sermen's boarding The correspondence, which has for the "Italia" are considering the trial of General Pangalos-Wui
house, been received in this office on the the possibility that she may have Reuter.
Jubilec-street, charged with carry- subject, it is also repeated, is be-landed on northern Spitzbergen or
[A cable of May 25 stated that ing a banner on which were Chin- ing, for the present at any rate, New Friesland.
an interesting development In these characters of an anti-Japanese withheld, pending investigation.; The explorer, Rieser Larsen, political situation is likely to fal- nature. New York, Yesterday. We ask those readers who have told Reuter that he had flying low 8 recommendation by the
"Attack Japanese. According to the "Kung Sheung organised by Mr. Pyle finished in, ter to bear with us. We have rea- and searching for the "Italia."
The transcontinental marathon communicated with us on the mat- boats big enough for patrolling Parliamentary Judicial Commission
In a statement to the Magistrate, that the ex-Dictator, Yat Po," the commander of the gloriously in Madison Square Gar- 'son to suspect the bona fides of These could be
Detectiva General Chief
Inspector T. flown from Pangalos, who has been detained Murphy said that at about 7 p.m. ders and places where fighting has was requested by the Japanese
Names of units and comman-Chinese troops at Tsingino wieden, only one thousand paying to some of the letters and do not Tromsoc and then conveyed by awaiting trial on a charge of on Friday, the accused led a large occurred are mentioned specifical Expeditionary Force to withdraw see the 55 survivors cover the last wish to mislead our patrons as a steamer to Spitzbergen. He had subverting the Constitution, shall crowd on the waterfront, bearing ly in a series of reports from seven
the banner in front of the proces- whole by rushing into print with broadcast miles outside the port is twenty of the 3,422 miles.
a request to all in- be released on bail.] Tientsin and Shanghai which in General Lau Chee-luk, a Canton-
Andy Payne (Oklahoma) was matter which may have been com tending Norwegian seal-catching
aion, which was swelled dicate that the Northerners have ese, who fought for the Northern the winner, in 573 hours 4 mins. posed with an ulterior motive.
and shooting expeditions in Franz.
Athens, Saturday, "recruits" as it proceeded along launched a counter-offensive on ers and was recently stated to
34 seconds; then Salo (New
The "Replies."
Josefland in the White Sea and M. Venizelos, in a dramatic Connaught-road Central, the crowd both flanks of the 100 miles have gone over to the National Jersey) 588 hours 40 mins. 13
in the adjoining stretches to com- gesture, has communicated to M.shouting: "Attack the Japanese." front.
Regarding the "replica" publish- municate with him in order to be Tsaldaris, the Granville (Ontario)
Royalist leader, } When the procession got to the Successes for the Northerners
hours 42 minutes 30 seconds, Prizes porary and
613ed in our junior evening contem-ready to take supplies for the use offering to retire from polities and vicinity of the Tokyo Hotel, it was [Note: Earlier cables and re- respectively were are claimed, including the capture of 800 rifles and four guns from ports will be found en column and $5,000. Reuter's American addressed to the "China. Mail"
morning of the Relief Expedition. Reuter. leave Greece if the two royalist stopped by a Chinese detective, to $25,000, $10,000 papers, none of them have been
Start Made,
leaders will unreservedly recognise whom the accused said that the pro- the Shansi Nationalists in one ports will be found on page 3.].
Oslo, Later. the Republican regime, M. Taaldaria cession did not concern the British, action. But it has to be borne in
to the "Sunday Herald" Lieutenant Holm this morning refused.-Reuter. ・・
but was anti-Japanese." vhich, possessing the largest flics from Horten to Tromsoe circulation of any English news-where, with an aeroplane, he em-; papers in the Colony, might, barks on a steamer immediately PRESIDENT COOLIDGE'S VETO recipient of at least a few
be expected to have been the for King's Bay, whence he will TO STAND.
In look, by air, for the "Italia" Hong Kong, as we know full well, around Spitzbergen-Reuter. when a person writes to two or three papers he (or she) writes to the lot.
More Than a Hoax. Another consideration
to the front.
ON BOTH FLANKS.
Capture of Rifles and Field
Guns.
mind, however, that the news does
AMERICAN MARATHON FAILS TO ATTRACT.
AT TSINGTAO.
The General Who was Asked to Withdraw.
A PILE VENTURE.
A
ists.
- not come from a disinterested BALKAN BICKERING.
source, but from the Northerners | themselves.
.
Where the Front Is. Both along the Peking-Hankow and the Ticatsin-Pukow Railways, the Northerners state that they have attacked and advanced, pushing back the Kuomínchuri (the army of the "Christian Gen- ural") and the Shansi troops.
MORE YUGO-SLAV-ITALIAN
ANIMOSITY.
SERIOUS RIOTS.
Service.
U.S. FARM RELIEF.
SENATE FAILS.
Washington, May 26. The Senate has failed in its at-
nor
the two.
Belgrade, Yesterday.
which Following the anti-Yugo-Slay de- tempt to pass the Farm Relief Bill leads to the belief that this now monstrations in Zara, Dalmatia, in over the head of the President, more than a hoax is the fact that obvious hoax was- intended for The Nationalists from Nanking which Italian Fascists insulted and owing to the lack of the necessary there are few subjects, have not been engaged as they burned Yugo-Slav, flags, violent two-thirds majority. Four Sena bination of subjects, have been held up in Shantung, coanter-demonstrations occurred at tors, who originally voted
that would following the clash at Tsinan with Sebenico, Spalato, Laidach and Bill, changed over.
impel a large number of people to the Japanese, and have, therefore, even at Belgrado,
the incident nearly a year ago when write to the papers, There was
for the The Bis thus dead for the session.-Reuter's not reached the front in Chihli The windows of Italian consul-American Service. province, which is about 100 miles ates at Sebenkes and Spalato were from Peking and 60 miles from ; broken Tientsin at the nearest points.
Hankow, Yesterday. Sebenico, where the glass fronts of Large bodies of Wu-Han Na-everal Italian shops were smash- ed despite the efforts of the police and troops.-Reuter.
tlonalist
troops under the Kwangsi-ite, General Pei Chung- ksi, are going up the Peking— Hankow Railway, ostensibly to
U.S. CONGRESS.
The riots were serious at
THE SENATE'S "FEW REMAINING HOURS."
Washington, Yesterday, Anxious to adjours on Tuesday,
the western sector-British REMARKABLE CASE. the Senate by 44 to 22 votes de- Navy Wireless.
It is reliably
North Claims a Victory.
Peking. Yesterday.
reported that there has been heavy fighting during the last few days on the Peking-Hankow Railway front..
It is officially reported that the Northern forces claim that two
of Wangtu.-Reuter.
army
Another Report.
Hankow, Saturday.
cided not to discuss the 274 million dollar Naval Programme Bill, which FLORENCE KNAPP GUILTY ON thereby has been temporarily
'APPEAL.
shelved.
SENTENCE POSTPONED.
Albany, Yesterday.
or com-
GERMANY'S
"REDS."
DEMONSTRATION OF "RED FRONT FIGHTERS.
CLASH WITH POLICE.
Berlin, May 26. all the papers received batches the country assembled to demon- 10,000 Communists throughout of letters on the question of sol-strate on behalf of the "Red front dlers cigarette prices, and there fighters" organisation.
.
Remarkable Offer.
OBITUARY.
recom-
FATHER OF US. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Washington, Yesterday. The death is announced of Mr.
with
When the detective attempted to, arrest the accused, the crowd bo- came very threatening and called out: "Strike him."
The detective had to threaten to shoot, before the crowd would dia- perse. Then the nceused was re- moved to the station without fur- ther trouble.
Thomas Butler, "Father" of the His Worship convicted the accua- House of
Representatives and ed, whereupon the C.D.I., stated Chairman of the Naval Affairs that the accused was an unemploy Committee. Reuter's American ed
seaman, and reminded Service.
the Magistrate that since May 17 there had been evidence here of an anti- Japanese movement among a small section of the lower class of Chin- ese.
PRAYER BOOK.
PRIMATE'S DIOCESAN
CIRCULAR.
London, Saturday, The Archbishop of Canterbury, in
J
They started by smashing win- dows in Japanese premises at Kowloon and in Hong Kong.
Col. Eaves then made the com.
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is the question of religion, which
Ja Diocesan Circular relating to the ment quoted above. The police held up several thou-new Prayer Book, recommends the will always "ralse" correspondence, and demonstrators and
Two other Chinese who were ar- ordered text of a special short prayer for rested for delivering anti-Japanese Such matters as the Peak and the them to disperse. This, however, divine guidance in the Parliament-lectures in Hollywood-road wearing of shorts crop up more or the Communists refused to do, and ary deliberations. leas periodically.
discharged.
SERIOUS OFFENCE.
the police were compelled to use Meanwhile, a further step to- their truncheons. Failing to dis-wards the union of the churches In perso them, they later employed Scotland has been taken in Edin- carbines, and several Communists burgh where simultaneous 'meetings were wounded. Reuter.
of the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland over-
"An immense western irrigation TAKING THE LAW INTO ONE'S RUBBER INDUSTRY.
project threatens to monopolise the.
few remaining houra of the present: Congress, which re-assembles in December-Reuter's American Ser-
vice.
AGAIN REENTANGLED.
Athens, Yesterday.
OWN HANDS.
ACCIDENT AND ASSAULT:
When the hearing was resumed, before Mr. W. Schofield
at the Kowloon Magistracy on Saturday,
CEYLON'S DENUNCIATION OF RESTRICTION,
whelrofagly adopted the report, of
IBN SAUD.
ENTERTAINS BIG. DELEGATION.
were
THE HOLY CARPET.
the committees on Church Union
Mecca, Saturday. embodying a. plan as a basis of Deputations from India, Java, union and resolved that it has South Africa, Yemen, Syria, referred to presbyterian for further Egypt, Tunis and Algeria, in re-
COUNCIL MOTION,
| suggestions--Reuter.
Colombo, May 26.
sponse to an invitation from Tbn Saud, attended a grand assembly in the case in which two Chinese
at Motamar Hall, representing all Notice has been given of a pil. POLITICS & STATE the Moslem countries in the were charged with assaulting the vate motion In the Legislative driver and conductor of a Kowloon
AT LONDON,
world.
An address was read praising Jon Saud's religious and political policy since he entered the Hedjaz and the Holy Carpet, which was made in India this The Republican state leaders are year, was then exhibited. Its reported to have approached the unique workmanship was univer- American Ambassador at London sally admired;
New York, Saturday.
divisions launched an attack on Florence Knapp has been found May 25, which was successful and "guilty" of grand larcony of the that after desperate fighting, the first degree of State Census Funda. defeated Southerners retreated to Sentence has been postponed pend- Tingchow.
ing the restoration of her health, The Northern front line on this but the judge said that he intend- The political situation is again motor bus, following an accident Council to the effect that the OFFER TO U.S. AMBASSADOR sector is now 20 li (6 miles) south ed to send her to prison.-Reuter's re-entangled owing to the presence in which a coolie was knocked down Council, having decided that the
American Service.
in Parliament of a purely Venizellat
rubber restriction scheme is un- party. Metaxas, fearing to create and injured by the 'bus, his Wor-economic as regards Ceylon, is ship commented on the seriousness unwilling that Ceylon should re- the Impression that he had, joined of the offence of taking the law into The Kuominchun, which is the Flexner, the Director of studies of secure the suppert of the Royalist cused to six weeks' hard labour
London, May 26-Dr. Abraham Venizelos, is endeavouring to one's own hands, and sentenced, ac- main in it any longer.-Reuter. of Feng Yu-halang, the the general Education Board, when Tsaldarists, but collaboration be each.. "Christian General," is believed interviewed at Oxford, stated that tween the Royalists and Ventelista
with a view to his contesting the Ibn Saud, who bore the whole to have been defeated by the he was resigning because he wished is not acceptable to either. Mean-
seat in the Senate at present held cost of the carpet's production Northerners and to have with- to be free
by the Democrat, Mr. Royal Cope and transportation from India, drawn slightly down the Peking-writing on the general subject of poules can only stick to the Re-Ilcan State leaders are reported to to devote himself to time, Cafandarls and Michalako-| New York, May 26.-The Repub-
sent en route to the United States. craftmanship and thanked the land. The Ambassador is at pre- congratulated the Indians on their Hankow Railway.
American and European Movements at Hankow.
Uni-publican flag, honce the new have approached the American
Reuter's American Service. various delegates for their appre- vorsity Education. According Impasse-Reuter... Rolling stock at this (the to a
Ambassador in London with a view
ciation and presence. Refresh- New York telegram Dr. southern) end of the Peking-Han- Flexner's brother states that there
to his contesting the "seat in the Marshal Foch arrived in London
ments were then served and there. kow Railway is being compan-has been no disagreement between House of Representatives have Democrat, Mr. Royal Copeland. The to attend the annual conference of Oxford and Asquith. to be proved Saud declared he was a Moslem Washington, Yesterday, The Senate at present held by the last night to keep an appointment able the will of the late Lord among the leaders of Islam. Ibn London, May 26. Papers to en-followed a free exchange of views deered, supposedly, to take to the Abraham and the Rockefeller approved the report of the Congress Ambassador, Mr. Houghton, is at the British Legion of Ex-Service have been deposited at Somerset first and then an Arab. He is northern front troops of General Trustees. His resignation has, been Conference Committee, Router's present en route for the United men to-morrow-British Wireless Hause. Estate has been sworn at banquetting the delegates to Pel Chung-hal, the Kwangai-ite, accepted reluctantly-Router. American Bervics.
States Reuter's American Service Service.
£9:168 Britiabiinilac Beans (sept
MARSHAL FOCH, ATTENDING BRITISH LEGION: CONFERENCE.
London, May 26.