THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1935

KWANGSI DIGS IN AGAINST COMMUNIST HORDES

ROUSING RECEPTION

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FOR GENERAL LI

GENERALISSIMO'S ADVISER ADMITS BEING PUZZLED

BORDER TOWNS RESPOND TO URGE FOR DEFENCE

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(From Our Own Correspondent)

Wachow. May 20.

order that history will not, repeat itself and the north- western part of Kwangsi province suffer at the hands of the Communists, as it did several years ago, the military officials of Kwangsi Province have been and are making extensive military preparations.

Last month, when the armies of General Chiang Kai-shek were driving the Red armies out of Kweichow, and the armies of Szechven and Yunnan were repulsing the Red hordes, panie was created in the border city of Poseh, and scores of families left the city, fleeing för their lives. The families of rich merchants.. the opium restriction bureau and other wealthy citizens made good their escape.

At the same time the Kwangsi military officials rushed hun

dreds of soldiers, to the border in a successful attempt to keep the Red armies from entering the province. All bus transporta- lion facilities were commandeered and used exclusively by the military. Soldiers poured into Poseh; there they were quickly reorganised: field, equipment was issued; and then they were hurried to the front-

citizens hail

Tutzing, Bavaria, General Erich Ladendorff (centre), as he appeared on his 70th birth. day. He is the military idol of Germany who may organise the

new army.

HAI TAN TO

MAKE MAIDEN →TRIP TO FOOCHOW

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ANTI-PIRACY MEASURES

"To-day's Short Story,

Parish Affairs

By Michael Home

WILLIAM Price, who should tend to it." he said curtly.

have been on his bread-1" tend to it rightaway."" round in the village, drove up at "And what about what

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ance before his father's shop, doin

"Never mind that," said Abelä and came bursting in like a man with news- Abel busy with a "Tre always had time for parish queer assortment of oddments affairs, and always shall” which were piled on the grocery "Parish affairs!" said William. counter. looked up calmly. Fis and granted. "You know thin blue lips opened for just well it ain't the parish you're that space of time for the words troublin' about, so why pretend it! to emerge then clamped tight is His father's cynical remark | again

had been heard too often, and that You're hack early.

jironical excuse for private advan- There was something admoni-tage had begun to irritate by its tory in the question, and William gave a little titter. In his father's presence he was always a boy, for all his forty-odd years, and though there might be arguments about the respective businesses, he had (never had his way. The furtive part of his own make-up might harbour a secret, jealous admira- tion of those tortuous schemes or

тег monotony. "Besides, from high-handed andacities that had brought his father standing and what I hear, they're thinkin' of profit, but because he feared, he puttin someone up against you. bated, and in that he was like the next election, so maybe you won't have your parish affairs to think)

whole of Topleigh.

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be Life" by Elinor Mordaunt.

Geographically. Poseh is the shek was in Kwei-yang, the capital logical city which the Reds would of Kweichow Province. he was ac plan to take. because it is the companied by his German military principal city of north-western adviser, who, in conversation with

In the spacious dining saloon Kwangsi Province, and, further-foreign residents of more. it is the direct route tojsaid that it was almost impossible special automatic water coolers Nanning the capital city ofta keep track of the Reds, or, to land freezing machines have been hidden schemes like the spaciousneither thanks for his news

installed.

Kwei-yang

Kwangsi Province Motor roads figure out what their next more and a river joins Poseh with would be Nanning: therefore the rumours of the approach of Communist

tary.

Inexplicable Action

The vessel is stated to be

-The cold eyes held his shifty

then the old

CHINESE FINED FOR GAMBLING

Persistent Illegal Use Of Premises

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Wi-

DOT

"Mind ye," he said, “I'm not guaranteein' the man's a cheap- jack Only, you know as well as I do, if one was a-comin' this is about the time.”

Abel went on with his work "Do you what I tell you and leave me to tend to that

He hated his infallibility. his on so much."

"I've heard talk like that before,” lown dependence on him, his un] ..

said Abel contemptuously, and Mailing judgment and crafty com-

petence, and above all the hard stooped again to his work.

liam watched him for a moment, still resentful that there had been cold eyes that could read his own

type of a big book.

special comment, but as he turned Thain't finished," he said to the door his father's voice halted piracy proof. all the officers, sentfully, "I see somethin' on the [him. lengineers, and crew being acconi-common I thought you'd better "Draw you the hoss in the yard. The Generalissimo's military ad-modated for amidships, where now. A caravan, and a sort of and then come back and mind the forces causes great alarm on beer went on to say that, in spite their quarters are encased in the cart thing."

shop while I go.” half of the citizens, and

prejof his rears of military experience, latest anti-piracy grils.

William.scowled at the curtness paration on the part of the mine was unable to say what the The latest wireless set with james for a moment,

of the order. Peds would do next. Although he special direction finders has been man nodded. General Li Ping-hsien was ac-was a man well versed in military installed, as well as a powerful corded a rousing welcome when be tactics, and manoeuvres, he found search light on the bridge, which arrived in Fosen to take over the it very difficult to understand just adds to the safety of the vessel

the three dis what objective the Reds military affairs of

had in The ship is under the captaincy tricts of Longchow, Tienpas, and view: and just what end they were of Capt. 0. H. Farrar. OBE Poseb. Representatives of the ring to accomplish. On several FRS, ALNA, who was pro- military and civil organisations of occasions they have been within a minent in the Hai Ching Piracy the city were at the bus station today's march of Kwei-rang; the in 1929, while Mr. E. G. Rapley welcome the General. Immediate city had been in a panic, basty is the Chief Officer. Mr. C. E ly on arriving the General and his militar preparations and precau Edmundson of the s.s. Hai Ching- staff summoned a conference with tion had been made, troops had is to be Chief Engineer. the heads of the various organisa-been rushed to the city from neigh The Officers and Engineers are before Mr. Q. A. A Manfadyen which was a trick with him when Twenty-nine Chinese appeared the tails of his old cutaway coat, tions of the administration, at bouring provinces, and then, sud Capt. O. H. Farrar, Captain, Mr. which time brief reports were sub denly, the Reds had appeared E G. Rapley. Chief-Officer, Mr. at the Central Police Court this the walked abroad or was busy in mitted concerning the movements miles away from Kwei-yang. march G. Allen, second Officer. Mr. J. Jmorning charged with gambling thought. Patting of the Red armies. After consulta-ing in an entirely different direc- Edmundson, Chief-Engineer. Mr. at No. 7, Wing Lee Street yes against him for the chairmanship of the parish council, were they? terday. tion. steps were taken to

Randall, second Engineer,

Three had their ball of $5 es-He smiled grimly at the thought A study of the movements of the Mr. J. Mattack, third engineer treated and 14 were fined $3 He had noticed a thing or Communist armies during the last and Mr. J. Souza fourth engi- few months shows that they have neer. Due to the large number each, and the remainder being himself of recent weeks, and had thought the wind might blow from All the district magistrates along been zigzagging from one province of first-class passengers carried

Kong Fok. Mak Kwok and that way. Still, that matter could border have received special to another. Now they are heard of it has been decided to carry a

and Mr. Mak Hung were further charged be dealt with in its own convenient next report European Purser. orders to rush to completion then Kweichow, the

locates them in Szechuen, then the Cook will fill the post. This will with keeping a common gaming time. The immediate problem was respective military defence pro- grammes, such as the building of Yunnan officials send out an S.0.3 be the first time that a China house They pleaded not guilty that caravan on the Common.

For two days he had been sort- Messrs. Wilkinson and Gristing out. forts, and all have been urged to because the Reds have appeared on Coast steamer has carried through Mr. C. EL. Grist, of

oddments and ́ marking their corders. and Lastly, the European purser. enlist their local Ming-tuan up to

The case was remanded till to-down prices for his harvest sale, 16 KNOTS ANTICIPATED

morrow afternoon. Ming-tuan is wangsi and Kwangtung authori-

and if a cheap-jack was full quota. The

in the ties are frantically rushing troops On the trials on Sunday a Sergeant Baldwin, in charge village, then his time had been made up of local soldiers, who are Dressed into service, in a voluntary to protect the borders of their res- speed of 141⁄2 knots was reach of the case, asked that the bail wasted After harvest Topleigh Capacity, to help protect their cities pective provinces from the Red ed, but with a few minor altera- if granted, be substantial, as had just so much to spend, and no

comes sweeping tions it is expected that 16- knots these premises had persistently more. troops or at times of great danger. along. like a mighty river, leaving will be attained without strain-been used as a gambling school night with some glib, smooth-ton-

distri-ition!

bute

and military man-power equipment to the best advantage-

Ming-tuan Call To Arms

the

in

the absence of Government

Commander Loh, speaking before

menace. which

havoc wherever it passes.

a large gathering of Ming-tuan at

a mass-meeting held in Posch dur-

courage.

orders.

hardships

5. They were to refrain from

Mwen,

F.

ing the engines.

A large party were entertained

were

fined $2.

The bail was fixed at $75.

But as soon as the door had closed on his son he straightened his back. His hands went beneath

up someone

two

What it wasted in one

gued fly-by-night of a cheap-jack, was exactly the amount that would

Merry Dance Boast It has been alleged that the Bed to an official tiffin on board yes Surveyor. J. Morrison, Lloyd's normally go to his own sale and ing the recent danger, urged upon (commanders have said that they interday by Mr. S. T. Williamson, agent, and members of the staff his own pocket.

the principal of the Douglas The Hai Tan is replacing the the members of the local volun- tend to lead the Goverment troops

a merry chase, from pillar to post, those

Steamship Company.

Two years ago a cheap-jack had Among Hai Ching, which is opening a teers.

appeared at the end of harvest present

Messrs new run to. Hanoi and other and drained the village dry of cash. To realise their respon- and they seem to have been doing y M Grayburn, the chief- Southern ports,, starting next Now be sneered as he thought of sability as members of the Ming-150 very well As they go, the! tuan.

Communists spread their doctrine, and Shanghai Bank. M T. John The new steamer has already

manager of the Hong Kong week.

it the cajolery of the man, his 2. Their need of bravery and execute all officials and learned son, manager of the Peninsula attracted many people and near

rusty

his patter,

lewdnesses and set up their

form of and Oriental Steamship Line,ly all the cabins have been book- to tickle

and the palate, 3. Their obligation to obey government: Consequently

have quite a following wherever Matheson and Company. W. China Coast

thy P. Todd, of Messrs. Jardine ed for her maiden voyage on the the rubbish he sold for good money. He himself at a sale could 4 Their willingness to suffer they go, and the doctrine of Com- Tharey, of Messrs. Butterfield

munism has spread in some parts and Swire and Company, Major America, via Japan, with a cargo him had been in the shop for years, The ship was brought from the things on the counter before never clear sound stock. Some of

In Kuei-hsu, a city of Kwangsi, v. E. Duclos, Canadian Govern- for Hong Kong by Capt. Cross and looked like being there more, disturbing the civilian popula-not far from the Yunnan border,iment Trade Commissioner, W. Owaite, under her maiden name of tion.

some of the officials have developed Lambert, Government Marine Sylvia. 6. That they were to be fair and manifested some strong Com in all their business transactions. munistic ideas. The climax came

Planes To Be Used

when they openly defied the pro- That the military authorities are vincial government, and, by getting planning to use aeroplanes for military assistance from a big band routing the Beds, should they get of robbers, who were holding sway a foothold in Kwangsi, is evidenced along the Yunnan-Kwangsi bordez, "by the fact that the authorities of a local Red government was set Poseh have started work on an up. All went well until the Govern aeroplane landing field across the ment stepped in and. seat two de

A very maanal case of assault though he had been whipped at ran-ing the bread from a man like him- river from the city itself. Not un-tachments of troops. As the troops was brought before Mr. E. L Wynne dom. He added that he understood self whose yearly charges ware al- til recently has the air force been closed in on the city the Reds fed Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy teachers resorting to corporal most crippling. The Common atilised, because of the lack of for their lives, and covered the this morning when Ko Yut-pek, punishment, but it must be within free to them, and the Green; and landing fields and other essential short distance between 'nei-hau 50-year-old head mistress, appeared reason.

Head Mistress Fined For

Caning Ten-Year-Old Boy

junless they were given as favours. But when in his capacity of chairman of the parish connai Abel brought a wider view to hear on, the matter, the meer on his face was

merely exchanged for calculation. Cheap-jacks, gipsies, thieves and rogues; settling or a village like locusts; paying no penny-in rates and taxes, and tak-

no enforceable charge but three- equipment, but now that Poseh has and the Yunnan border without a on a charge of assaulting a minor At this point an America mis pence a wheel per night. A shill begun preparations, it will not great loss of men. Since reaching at the school at No. 74 Portland sionary, who said that he knew the ing a night for a rascal's ceraTRIL be long before aeroplanes will be Yunnan they have been preying on Street.

defendant's school through the mis- and it would be Abél Price who used for reconnoitring.

the 'border-villages of Yunnan The defendant pleaded that the ision, stated that the school had a paid it-and peld a hundredfold. -If aeroplanes could be used by People Not Converted box, Wong Hop, aged 10, was fight reputation of being a very quiet and "I been thinkin',” announced the Government troops the exter- So, in some districts, Commian- ing with another pupil of the school orderly school, it is also the only William, when he came back to the mination of the Eed armies would is bar cultivated some adherents. So she caned him.

means of support for the defendant shop Them gipsies, or whoever

be comparatively easy. At present but, on the whole, the people are Mr. Wynne Jones told her that he since her husband died last year they are, have a right to be there it is impossible for the Government not becoming Communistie, they had seen the boy yesterday and he He stated that the defendant now so long as they pay their wheel- officials to keep track of the more return, to their normal life su soon had no less than two dozen marks realises that she went too far ments of the Communista. Last as the Red armies have passed on, on his back, and they were not all heating the child month, when General Chiang Kai-] ________ (Continued on Page -11). in the ontspot, appearing as Aine of $25 was imposed

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