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THE TROUBLE IN CANTON. LUNG REPORTED TO HAVE SUF- FERED A REVERSE AT SHEK LUNG.
TRANSPORT WITH 500 OF LUNGS THOOPS SUNK. GENG'S PLAGSHIP IN A TIGHT CORNER.
THE TROOPS AROUND CANTON.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST giør, 1916.
ANARCHY IN KWANGTỪNG. BRIGANDS AND PIRATES COMMIT DEPREDATIONS UNCHECKED. POLICE AND SOLDIERS JOIN IN THE
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SHEM'S FINANCIAL EMBARRASSMENT.
AN IMPRESSION. By Our Special Representative} To anyong accustomed to properly- equipped and properly-drilled European troops the soldiers who are doing the pre- sent. fighting around Canton seen: joke Troops were moving from some where in the city in the direction of Wong Sha to-day and they were well CANTON, Saturday Emworth watching. There must have beneris by members of the "People's
500 and they had two men who seemed to be officers. One of these officers had as
FIRE AT FATI
From Our Special Representative.]
SHEK LANG Lang is reported to have fren defeated around Shok Lung and to have with- drawi his. tropps. The railway pester dag was said to have been repaired, and to have been broken again to-day. If Lang isudriven back from here the rail was will not working for some long time
SAM MAN San there line bên a lot
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[From Our Special Representative.} Throughout the province, and par ticularly in the Delta. things are in a perpetual state of turmoil. Armed rob
CORRESPONDENCE."
THE CANTON HOSPITAL.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.")
INTIMATIONS
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Sin-Owing to the serions fighting that has been going on around Canton daring the past several weeks, burgo nambers of desperately wounded soldiers fand" non-combatants, men, women, and children have been brought to this Hospital by the Red Cross Societies. There has been a steady stream of the day and night, and they are still coming in. Because of the staguain of
suiside are being brought to the Hospital. bushuss in Canton, cases of attended also. The Hospital is unw about fall of deșurately wounded, many doing well, all parts of the body. All that re
THE NORTH ander treatment, though sinhrough FRANCE, MESOPOTAMIA It is a mattbrenght in will be cared for, as fore Anately, the Hospital premises are ex- tensive and elastië. The patients are very
grateful as they know that they
Lerived here.
Army," roving bande of robbers, pirates, and even by soldiers who are sent from
time to time to suppress this state of
of telfing for the last three days. Last made it looked as if they meant to start ordinary wayfarers. The officials are un. Jable money. We are therefore making an
night the Kong Bon, Lang's flagship, was firing from the ariver at the farts al Sam "San. The duel went on for four Towards nightfall Shum moved about
for the Expeditionary Forces in.
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many as six stars on the shoulder straps
affairs, are quite common. of his tanie The soldiers were in no
of daily occurrence to find junks robima, sort of formation and wees wandering and travellers who attempt to go from one aimtessly along the street, sometimes going place to another even by the main roads would certainly die, were shey bot FooD DELICACIES, SMOKING REQUISITES, AND CAMP Compober into shops and sometimes sitting down
| are stripped of all their belongings. No To provide staff, equipment. pirgical at stalls by the way. They had argu road in the whole province is safe, and and medical supplies and food and other ments aniong themselves and with shop-mail conriers, as also, messengers on Gov-psy expensra necessary cafe for all of these emergency patients, as well as keepers and by the amount of noise they
ernment service, share the same fate as the ordinary sick cases, requires consider-
appal for sufficient funds for these pair able to cope with the situation, and the poses. Will you kindly open a subscrip- robbers know very well that they are fair list, acknowledging this, donations These Parcels are very popular at the Front and also with the Prisoners-
Jand others as they come to ha! All couiribations, large as well as small, will of War, being of varied interest and made up of acceptable commodities: be gratefully accepted :--
SQUARES. Previously acknowledged
MAGGIS (general subscriptions) 12 L200
SPECIAL EMERGENCY FISH,
COFFEE AND MILK. PLAIN CHOCOLATE. The Tung Wah Hospital, per
Mr. Lau Chu Pak...... The Confucian Society per..
Mr. Lau Chu Pak
fighting in the streets. They were very well behaved, however, although it was quite evident that no one haul much enn- trol over them. How they are supplied is difficult to with ammunition it
ly safe from arrest at this time. Lately they have become so bold that shops and
ON me this vicinity and ey took imagine, as there were at least five dif. Dunes in the biggest villages are Jootyd. aja psikin along the sleng While the forent types of rides represented in this in brond daylight."
Kong Hon was busy firing at the shore "Batteries a junk, with about 400′′ of Lunig's me aboard arrived on the scene. - A
wire driwirit
Wish the fight was proceding the Kong Honweridentally dyed on the sink- the junk and created a great commotion. At nightfall Strump's mom came down
The officials are all afraid of ench band. Sonie n their ammunition in
cher, and the native Press is not allow belts round their waists and some hade to allude to the real state of affairs.
flucky from Shami's battery lit this and some had two bandoliers of ride The result is that neither the provincial junk and most of the solliers on board amngnition slung across their shoulders.Government nor the Peking authorities i They were at least half an hour in pass-kiw exactly what is going on, and, oven- ing one point at the junction of two streets where there was a stall which sold cold drinks. Very few of the soldiers that sees about on either side Jure decent headgear, but urarly a this com
any had caps of the same pattern; the few who had not caps had hats of the type that the rickska cooling in Hong kong wear.
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The Shers in sank sayapang and maler at fill with stars and sand in order to block up the slanuel and in- peisen dhe Kong How, which is in the Tai Mi Chanel. Here at law tide there
is only about font of water. The Wong Fon is still, imprisoned in the creek and there fy not- matich prospect of her useaping molise she can land a force to bold Shumstipen ion shore.
Many of them were bare
footed and none had what would be called footgear in a European country,
300.00
20.00
N. J. Stabb. Esq.
$14.00
Sir Robert Ha Tung, per Mr.
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200.00
00.00
Mir Ho Wing, per Mr. Stabb Ellis Kadoorie, Esq.
Total
$1,500.00
$3,050.00
If they did, they are so busy with rebel- in that it is dificult to see what they' could do. Appeal after appeal has been
Some of the Hospital buildings, mos, addressed to local otheials, but has to 0 years old, weakened by the flood with scant tietition. The so-called police last year, require strengthening and re
newing to withstanil the Strain in mony of the villages are just as bad as being put upon them. This as he doe the brigands, and have been known to join immediately. The prospects, in Canton continue for some time, with the result them in some of the bigger attacks. The seem to indicate that the fighting will villag elders and the merchants in every that inany more combatants and you district have done their utmost to impress combatants, chielly of the poorer classes who camp, pay for food or treatment, upen the Chwernment that if this state of will depend upon the Canton. Hospital things is allowed to go unchecked it will in care for them.-Faithfully yours. mean financial ruin to the province, but up to the present the only soldiers sent to hely have been those who, were easing trouble in other places or of whom their fleurs' were afraid. When a band of
́gentry "arrives things ally in prove for a day or two until the new? coiners have had time to find their was abut; then the date of affairs becomes
That which strikes one' most, however, about all the soldiers be ses is the amount of "jusk that they carry. The shoe batteries are not firing on Its slung across their backs and a her because they do not want to damage | bundle is either hand, bundles slung on der while there is a bone of capturing their backs, two soldiers using a riße as -izer.
a bamboo pole to carry the luggage b-this?". Last night there was a big fire at Fationging to both of them, soldiers with rifle and bundes slung on their backs It started at spun, si went ou until-and-na-umbrella in ne hand and a fan midnight, lighting up the whole river
in the other are quite common. About worse than ever. for indlys round. The Bre was started half a dozen who brought up the rear nỀ by Lang's soldiers, wins found that this the company, had no other article of village bstructed their advance towards
FIRE AT FAZI,
There have been several sinall fights be turen the different lands of robbers, and
W. GRAHAM REYNOLDS, Chairman of the Managing Board W. A. SHERA, Hon. Treasurer,
J. O, THOMSON, M.D.. UML, Chairman of the Staff. -Canton Hospital, August 10th, 1914.
We shall be pleased to acknowledge- fide forward any donations wizich may |be sent tops--ED]
LOCAL SPORT.
TENNIS.
HONGKONG-C.Ç. MEN'S DOUELES.
A start was made on Saturday with the Menig' Doubles tournament in creiner-
Shum's troops!at Five Eye Bridge Line clothing except a pair of transers which the result of these Aghis is usually the tion with the Hongkong C.C., win M.
hulch the winte river-fight, and Shum's nearest fores is at Fing Chu
MISSION HOUSES DAMAGED. ANOTHER, AMERICAN GYNROAT
ARRIVES,
were rolled up above the kings, unless the atemin tion that they were carrying in two handoliers ne serass each shoulder | may be called - clothing; "bui, 'they were Bonded with personal belongings. They seemed to be moving house and to ke making · nó “mistake afant leaving any; thing behind.
wholesale looting and, inuetimes firing of M. Mans and 1. N. Murphy (one-15-2) any villages in the vicinity. Businessfrated H. E. Muriel and C. F. Maltby tower 5-6), 7-9, 0-4, 6-1. The winners will throughout the province is paralysed, now have to meet O. Ritter and . Sewell and many people have fled with no inten.(scratch) in the second round. ton of returning
Buldiers are to be met with everywherd and the inoment they appear the people clear out. Very dew of them are decently clothed, and even in one band there are never more than two or three with the same sort of equipment-or rifles.
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HONGKONG LAWN ROWLS LEAGUE.
FOWLDON 2. TAIKOO.
Déco Dur Sprint Representatives. CANTON, Sulay, noun. From Bam San to Tung long. Shum Das a large number of men and has beer reinforced during the last few days, the latest recruits bringing with them field gun. - These un, together with Lf's
in on the hills lehind, are making determined effort to capture Maeno Fort suburbs they get the streets to themselves.to a normal state. No wonder that the with Ferguson. Haxton lefting in
The shopkeepers and the pedestrians in the streets are very obéiously afraid of the soldiers · Shutters are put up and doors closed when they come along and people looking on keep at a safe dis tance; thus, usually, when soldiers are making their way through the city or
on Bowling Green Club's green on This match was played on the Kow Saturday and resulted in a win for Kow bon by thirteen points. In the earlier stages of the game it looked as though Taikoo would again carry off the honours, The Provincial Government at Canton | but after being 0 to 12 in favour of Fergu- has its hands full wifiy the presént Civilson at the oth head, Harvey recovered sufficiently to be only one point down at War that is raging and it will be a long the end of the gas. Russell, after being time before the situation can be restored 8 to 16 at the 10th head finished up 23 all people in Canton are alraid of loating doubt as to the result on his as he where. Long at present has only one bis The two officers of this particular crowd by the soldiers of the successful sile. One kept ahead of. Scott right through the gunboat and a few launches. There is continual firing hereabouts. Sam San is wandered out and in among the soldiers of the reasons why Shuni went to Wuchow game, finally winning by 28 points to 14. only a mile from Pak Ho Tung, where and sat down ai stalls with some of their few days ago to meet buk was to see if This gives Kowloon points lead of there are a dozen European houses
he could make arrangements to get moues Taikoo in the League, but if Taikoo win and where many Europeans live, Lung mon, who may have been non-commission. from him for his soldiers, who have not the return match, which is to be played is incring men in this direction also, and ed. officers, but who had no distinguish-been paid now for three months. Shum at Taiko on September 2nd, a
match will have to be played on a neutral the opinion seems to be that there will
has promised to pay up all arrears on marks of any kind to show that they the 29th inst., and if he is not able to do green. Scores:→→
KOWLOON. were not of the rank and fill Abcuts we may expect developments.
Rink 1 Guy 2.---Parkes 3.--Milroy. 4.--Russell.
be Sghting here during the week-end..
MISSION HOUGES DAMAGER
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five minutes after the last of the band
had passed a solitary soldier with one
At Fati several of the mission houses have been badly hit and one has had a part of the verandah -blown away. A Shell Janded in an upper room of an unocrupied house and blew the place to of his fort handaged up in a dirty rag pieces.
and hauling along a starved looking
ANOTHER AMERICAN GUNBOAT ARRIVES,
SHAMEEN NOTES.
[From Our Special Correspondent:]
SILK BUSINESS,
A small quantity of silk has been com
The Elering, another American gunboat, chow dog appeared on the scere asking arrived on Saturday afternoon, and is aby what streets the main party had gone, present anchored on the Fati side be
He was the finishing touch. One felt in-ing down by the West River boats during the last few days and some firms' are doing a Fttle business,
SHER LUNG,
STUDY OF CHINESE.
tween the Helena and the Japanese gun- boat, while the Tampanga, a smaller clined to laugh all the time the party was American gunhont, is lying off Shaween.passing; but when this "Nimrod" ap- Reports continue to come in from Shekpeared it was no longer possible to sup- Lung, and Lung is said to be losing ground and to have been unable to hold press one's mirth. There is no doubt that The City. The railway was repaired but if these men are not paid regularly they is again broken. The telegraph. line is will pay themselves, and that if they get also broken, and although there was some talk last week of communication being out of hand they will be a grave-danger restored so far nothing has been done. to the city or to villages where they are France, leaves today to take up a new
NEWS FROM PEKING.
quartered.
KWANGTUNG LOANS.
In the British Chamber of Commerce all the classes for the Study of Chinese are still going on and are being well
attended.
VICE-CONSUL FOR PRANCE.
M. Pierre Crepin, the Vice-Consul for
(skip)-23 Rink 2.
1-Cooper. 2.--Kinross. 3.---Edwards.
4. Huxton.
· (skip)-25 Bink 3--- -- Atkinson. -Gray.
Gov.
4. Harvey..
(skip)--17
At
Total.....68
TAIKOC Rink 1.
1. Bateman
final
2 Wrin 3.--Drummond. 4--- Hamilton.
(skip)-23 Rink 2.
1. Wallace. 2. Mclaughlan. 3. ---Wotherspoon, 4. Sentt.
(skip)-14 Rink 3.
Dimen 2-McCubbin, #--Prowse. 4. Ferguson.
(skip)--18
BILLIARDS.
Total.....55
post at Lung Chow in Kwang Si.. He
the Palace Hotel, Kowloon, on was very popular on the island and General Mo Yung-sing, commanding
everyone is sorry to sen him go. He is Saturday evening, Lefore a large attend- the Kwangsi troops in Canton, tele
succeeded in Canton by M. C. Blanchet, ante. Messrs. Gray and Pitt contested a graphed i Peking, according to the
who came from Yunnam
game of 700 up, the latter conceding his Chinese papers in the city, reporting that he issued an order to his officers at the
The following are loans of Kwantung
HEAVY THUNDERSTORM opponent 200. During the greater part of the game Gray seemed to hold his frout to suspend hostilities on the 10th province recognized by the Central Gov Last night a heavy thunderstorm with opponent sell in hand, but in the final instant. The Central Government has ernment:-(1) $1,800,000 from the Bank wind and rain of typhoon force struck hundred Pitt compiled a splendid break commissioned General Nia Yong
Canton. The campan, people suffered of 74, and the game became quite chien to proceed to Canton to of 1 of Taiwan, (2) 46,130,000 Military bonds, avily, as the storm came on so quickly exciting, it being either player's game feet a settlement, General Niu left (3) 89,700,000 Erom the Bank of China, that they had not time to get to shelter. up to the close. However, it won a Peking for the south on the 12th instant. But it is expected that as General Lund (4) 8123,000 from the Official Banks, The Helene saved the occupants of several well-contested match by some
sampans which had
capsized, but points, and a silver cup presented, tho Yung-ting has reported that he was The Central Government has issued a
there raust have been many of the boat loser receiving a similar trophy.
At the conclusion of the ~ hastening on his way to Canton, pesce may
e game, notice that with the exception of the population who lost their lives and Charles. Bond made a few remarks, and
The Helena had her search- above, no other loans concluded since the property.
called upan. those present for a silver outbreak of trouble there will be recoglights working for a long time in an shower for the benefit of the Tobecon nized by the country. -
endeavour to help any boats in trouble.
Fund, the sum of 235 being forthcoming.
be restored before the arrival of General Niu, who is, however, also authorized to persuade General Li Lich-chun to Jeave Canton and go to Péking.
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