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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1931.
WAR PREPARATION IN PROGRESS.
Plans Drawn Up Already in Canton.
EXPEDITION AGAINST CHIANG.
FATAL LANDSLIDE.
MINIATURE MOUNTAIN OF DEBRIS.
GENERAL KILLED.
NEW SURGICAL
INVENTION.
The Camera White
· Light.
X-RAY SURPASSED.
arrived
Dr. G. E. Mason, who recently Colony, is demonstrating a new' for a short stay in the
surgical invention, which has been perfected after years of research, known Diagnostoset.
да the Cameron Electro- The instrument, it is claimed, produces a cool, white ray of light, by which the soft tis in detail. sues of the body can be examined It is the invention of Dr. W. J. Cameron, a Scottish re- search physician in Chicago, and 000 doctors in the United States) is already in use by more than 160- and Britain.
Tours, Yesterday,' Hope that one or more of a num-į ber of persons entombed in a serious Canton, Yesterday, landslide, which occurred yester-¡ With the arrival of the Iron-day, may be miraculously recovered side and Kwangsi Generals, an alive, has been encouraged thi important military conference morning, after a will be held at Canton soon.
rescue party, at Ger- the perit of their own lives, worked eral Tsai Ting-kai of the 60th in drenching rain all night long in Division is reported to be on his removing a miniature mountain of way back to Canton with the ob- debris. jeet of participating in the de-| liberations,
They heard a woman's voice, and Following the con- the workers are now ference, the allied forces will their energy, watched and cheered redoubling launch punitive expedition on by Mrs. Dunlap, against Chiang Kai-shek, accord- ing to plans drawn up.
has been ascertained that General Pei Hsung-hxi declared landslide when attempting to res- General Dundap was buried in the that Kwangsi alone can mobilise eue a woman who was trapped in a 50,000 men for the campaign and cave. these will make Changsha, the
A China Mail representative was Rescued Alive. capital of Hunan, as their objec..
privileged to obtain a private (and tive.
The Ironside-Kwangsi
Later.
non-technical) demonstration Mrs. Briant,
of forces are heretofore known as three persons entombed.
who was one of, the Cameron light. Connected to the 1st Army Corps, comprising rescued alive. but her left leg was junction with a special apparatus | has been the ordinary lamp socket, in con- troops belonging to the Ironsides, crushed and has had to be amputa devised by Dr. Steinmetz, lately re under General Chang Fat-kwei; ted, her condition being very grave. [search expert of the General Elec- to Hunan, under Genera! Tang, The body of General Dunlap has tric Company at Schenectady, New Seng-ming: and to Kwangsi been extricated, dreadfully crush-York, the tissues surrounding the
under General Li Chung-yen.
General Tang Seng-chi. The officers and soldiers of the Hunan troops under Generals Chow Lan and Tang Seng-ming have sent a wire to General Teng. Seng-chi, inviting him again to take command of the Hunan! troops now in Kwangsi, known as the 8th Army.
General Tang Seng-chi render-
ed valuable services in the North-
ern Expedition. He commanded
ed.
It
The corpse of Mr. Briant is teeth, sinuses, the eyes and ears, visible under a rock.-Reuter.
were clearly-exposed.
REDS OUTRAGE.
BISHOP AND FOUR PRIESTS CAPTURED.
www.
the
Better Than X-Ray. Dr. Mason explained that white light ray is in no sense an X-Ray process; in fact, it surpasses the X-ray in the sense that it is possible to detect defects in tissue THREE CHINESE KILLED.
structure, whereas the operation of the X-ray is confined to the obser vation of the bones of the body. Peking, Yesterday. The Apostolic Delegation here cular value in the study of cancer The Cameron ray has been of parti the 1st Division in Hunan, hay has received ing combined with the Northern Laohokow, in
telegram from in the breast, and Dr. Mason pre- Expedition forces for the over-stating that Communists invaded graphs from the official organ of Hupeh province, duced a series of striking photo throw of Chao Heng-tieh, the the Catholic Mission then Military Governor of Hunan, kow,
at Chayuen- the American College of Surgeons Wu Pei-fu and Sun Chuan-fung. three Chinese priests.
near Laohokow, and killed in proof of his contentions. He is another who is noted for: They also dispersed the people at great courage and quick decision the seminary, and carried off Bishop in the field of battle. He has Ricci and heen living a life of retirement in Lazzeri, Maggini and Santini
Checence, Hong Kong after attempting to Reuter.
overthrow Chiang Kai-shek in
last year's campaign. Many of
a
Fathers
practical value of the white ray in Dr. Mason also demonstrated the examining conditions of the eye showed the worth of the perfected and the ear-drum, and in addition, invention in seeing through the tissue of the hands: In abdominat diagnosis, he said, the new ray
the present Generals in Hunan, ying and Sung Chih-yuan have had proved of the greatest value, Hupeh and Kiangsi are his old elected Feng Yu-bsiang as followers, so that when he comes mander-in-Chief in the coming anti-ed the examination of infections Com- as it was perfectly cool, and allow-| out openly to take part in the Chiang expedition. Generals of the to be carried out with complete anti-Chiang movement, it is Northern provinces thought that many troops now engaged in defensive measures.
are busily safety and security. under Chiang will turn over to
Widespread Interest. his side.
Shansi Troops Moving. Mr. Wang Ching-wei.
The Shansi troops under Generalį ject of much interest amongst The apparatus has been the ob All eyes are now focused on the allegiance with those
Feng Peng-tze, having pledged their dentists and physicians throughout movement of Mr. Wang Ching- Kucminchun, are now moving from before the Rotary Club of Tientsin under the the Far East. Dr. Mason lectured wei, the veteran Kuomintang Liang-tse-Kuan Pass toward Cheng on the subject, and also addressed leader, whose arrival at Canton Ching. will mark the formation of a new that
Reports are to the effect the Shanghai Medical Society. It Military Government
General Yen Hsi-shan, the is also understood that one of the in the bitter enemy of Chiang Kai-shek, acts was taken, together with South. According to authentic has commissioned reports, Mr. Wang will visit Can-representatives from Dairen
personal specially designed generator, on a ton to assist in the inauguration Shansi
to North Polar flight, and proved in- on an important mission valuable.
•his
of the new Government after regarding the present oftuation. Out the Ironside-Kwangsi Generals, this account, General Shang Chen, Chang Fat-kuei and Pei Hsung-the Shansi Chairman, suddenly left hsi, have conferred with Gen- Peking for Shanal last week-end. eral Chan Chai-tong on military affairs. It is anticipated that Mr. Wang will be in Canton within this week.
Mr. Haino Fat-cheng.
Shantung General.
in investigation of blood vessela The work of the Cameron light has also called forth unanimous approval from the medical frater- nity. It is claimed for the light The Shantung General Ma Heung- that it is possible to detect symp kwel,
вод of the Mohammedan toms of Bright's disease at least 12 Goneral Ma Fu-hsiang, who has 2 or 18 months before the sufferer
feels actual pain or discomfort.
Mr. Hsiao Fat-cheng, one of the command of over 20,000 strong in four Central Supervisory Com-the southern sector of Shantung, mittee members who issued the has declared his support to the anti- anti-Chiang manifesto, is expect- Chiang movement. Defensive ed in Hong Kong to-day from measures are being adopted around Annam and immediately upon ar-
the area of Taining. rival will come to Canton.
Shih Yu-san on Canton Side. General Chih Yu-san is reliably reported to have thrown his lot with Canton and allies against Chiang Kai-shek, General Shih has con- centrated his forces at Changho, detaining every rolling stock within his jurisdiction, so that train ser vice in the northern section of the Peiping-Hankow line. has suspended since the 17th.
Hunan Situation Precarious, That the situation in Hanan has
by the wire sent become very precarious, is evidenced to Ho Chien in Nanking by the Acting Chairman Sung Hsueh-kun, who stated in his telegram that many generals in the province have shown their sympathy towards Canton and that Ho Chlen is requested to return to Changsha immediately to deal with the present been altuation. He is now conferring with Chiang on the question of re- It is strongly current that the inforcements, without which he allied forces in the North, Including dare not return to Hunan, reports those under Shih Yu-san, Sun Tien- the Canton Gazettes
Take
Dr. Mason is demonstrating the light to interested members of the locul medical fraternity, to whom he will lecture in the course of the next few daya.
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