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THE FALL OF CANTON,
A BLOODLESS VICTORY FOR
SUN'S FORCES.
To everybody surprise, news reached the Colony yesterday morning that General Chen's Army, which was to have outBanked and surrounded the invading forces of. Yunnanese and Kwangsi, troops, had completely collapsed, that General Chen Chiung Ming, the Military Cover nor hail Bed from the city to Sheklung by train, tw rodeo Walchow, and that the fanguard of the invading army had reached Wongsha on the outskirts of the city, by a am.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
rivers meep, is a long narrow Island. Ab the Northern extremity of this Island the two Marine regiments had taken up strong positions, entrenching themselves along the river bank of the Northern curve of the Island, whilst the 12 gun- boats patrolled up and down in front of The Marines were the entrenchment. well armed with mountain guns, machine. guns and rifles. They were thus in strong position for checking the invasion from both the West and the North. In addition they were supported by large bodies of troops situated on the right back of the North river. This line of troops stretched for many miles down the right bank of the North river commencing from below Samshui to a village called Ma Hoi,
ft was early notified by the Railway Administration that traffic over the Kow. loon-Canton Railway beyond the border My troops." said the Commander, hd been suspended. Reports were cur after this brief explanation of the posi rent that the track of the Chinese section tion, "fought very well. As a matter of had been damaged, but messages to the fact all, the battles won by Gen. Chen's Chinese aewspapers stated that all the troops were won by the Marines and the
It is reported that on retiring from "Canton some of the troops looted the shops in the Western district.
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TONGKONG SANITARY
"BOARD.
SANITATION IN THE OUTLYING DISTRICTS.
THE PEAK AND. THE FLUSH SYSTEM.
The fortnightly meeting of the Saut- tary Board was held in the Post Officu
The CHAIRMAN said that his maja diffi- culty with the motion as its very wide- ness. He folt with Dr. Pourse that the ordinances should be very carefully b canaldered before anything was done. ] With regard to housing, Dr. Koch bad: intimated that the officials of the Depark ment concentrate the better. clam of
on house. He had denied the allegation
inore..
He and his staff concentrated
Buildings yesterday afternoon when the before, and falt bound to do so once. chief subject of discussion was a propost rather on the worst class of dwelling tion, brought forward by Dr. W. V. Mthan on the best, and were trying their
och recommending that the, ruval dis tricts of the Colony his brought under these house. The doctor had also suggested administration of the Kanitary Board. -
The chair was taken by Mr. G. R Sayer, whilst the flier members present were: The Hon. Mr. T. L. Perking, Mears. C, G. Alabaster, Dr. Koch, Dr. Ozorio, Mr. S. W. Teo, Mr. Wong Kwong Tin, and Dr. W. W. Pearse.
Dr. Koch's motion as follows:-
This Board respectfully recommends that the Rural Districts of the Colony be brought under the administration of the Sanitary Department, and that the Goy ernment will be pleased to amend the Public Health and Buildings Ordinancu accordingly."
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most to produce a better type of Chin
that, new houses should not be erected until plans were passed by a proper It was his own impression authority. that house plans in the now territories: were always submitted for inspection before the work of building was com menced. With reference to the doctor's remarks about tuberculosis and improved air space in village houses, it had always been his impression that tuberculcais in the Colony was almost entirely confined to Hongkong. It was not rampant to the same extent in the villages as it was in the larger and more crowded centres of Hongkong.
Dr. Koch had hinted that
it was for the Kowloon Medical Officer of Health to do the extra duties, but the duties in Kowloon were such as to make cer" be appointed in the case of the re- In conclusion. solution going through. the Chairman suggested to the meeting that before accepting the motion they appoint a small sub-committee to go fully into the matter.
cars on the Chinese section had been com-gunboats. We were attacked time and ""mandeered for the transport, of General again by Yapanese and Kwangsi troops,
Chen's troops
to Cheung, Muk Tow but every time we drove them back some- station, when they were retreating to thing went wrong behind our back. Re Walchow.
ports that soldiers had mutinied came
In support of his proposition, Dr. through to us, or that many of them were Koca said that the object of it was to co- bought over by the invaders and Lordinate the supervision of health condi.it imperative that another medical off bogun to fight against us, We were comtions within the whole Colony, and bring them under one administrative, control, polled to retreat-retreat till we finally A large number of new villages and rest made our big stand on this Island dential districts were apriaging up Here again we were disappointed that within the few areas, and he strongly Later information is to the effect that the enemy did not attack us, but out- urged that they should have proper super the invading force, has entered "the city. flanked us by taking Lope and marching vision. Where such supervision was not exercised, insanitary conditions were Inderd he had bad The Kuomintang (Pro-Sun) parties down the North River, capturing soldiers bound to prevail. cabled to Dr. Sun Yat Sen yesterday re-as they came. If there soldiers had fought examples of this effect in Taipo and else
like the Marines the enemy" would not where, which, though he would not questing him to return to Canton to
were in into detail, he could assure them made have broken through. We maintain order.
the necessary appear to bo imperative. danger of being eat right off from our
The only way to prevent such things hap
The Chinese Volunteer Force took mea Bares to check the lecting and shot some
of the looters, ...
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direction of Lintin, but its destination is not known.
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Mr. Tso expressed the opinion that the time had not come when these ordinances'
in the New Territories. The Chinese could wisely be inflicated on the people villagers were quite ignorant regarding sanitation as it was understood by Euro- peans. They were not yet educated ap
think it a great hardship.
Finally the Chairman's amendment was carried, the following being ap pointed: Dr. Pearse, Mr. Alabaster, and Mr. Tac.
THE ETERNAL QUESTION.
Arsenal and money from the Mint and added the Commander Bespondently. this could be obviated by giving the the" Board had been informed that per-
Treasury.
It is stated that the rétreating troops removed lot of material "irom the Canton will fail during the night," "Oh so it has not fallen?" queried our A Peking cable yesterday stated that representative. "I think the Yunnanese Generel Hau Chung Chih is reported to will enter the City to-day I could do no have sent aeroplanes to Heian in pre-more. My soldiers fought very well." paration for an advance on Kwangtung And where is General Chen Chiung and that G-serat Li Lieh Chun was Ming-ans he fled?" the Commander awaiting the move before taking action.
WEST RIVER RE-OPENED TO
TRAFFIC.
A good deal of discussion arose out of a letter from the Government stating that it had been decided to prohibit the further construction of water closets on the Peak, as the strain would be too great upon, the water resources of the Colony.
The CHAIRMAN said in previous letters mission would not be given for the rec- tion of water closets on the Peak whilst the shortage prevailed. The Board had discussed the question as to whether they should continue, subject to the conditiong, not be installed till the Government was to recommend that water closets should satisfied that water was available. now asked for the sense of the meeting as to whether the Board should continue to recommend applications for the eres tion of water closets, or whether it would prefer not to recommend.
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The naval Rotilla has departed in the lines of communication. Then, in addi-pening in these places was to bring them to such a thing, and would probably
ition, we heard of serious "defections under the administration of the Sanitary Ma Beard. In order to do that their staff amongst General Chen's troops at
would have to be considerably, increased. When the news of the evacuation got Hai. They refused to fight, which meant. It would be necessary to appoint a large abroad in Canton the people prepared tyj| that our line was cut. We were compelled number of quified sanitary inspectors welcome their" new rulers. The national) fag'was flown from houses and shops and enecate on the gunboats. Heavy who would visit these villages, and see firecrackers were freely lot of is a mani, fighting was going on all the time and that the laws were properly observed. Medical Officer of Health, and his ap festation of rejeking. There was a lot of during the evacuation the Marines suffer. They would also have to appoint a third cracker-firing in Hongkong also last rd over 150 casualties. On board the gun pantment would have to be made by the boats the Marines were brought down to rural district. He would visit the night...
Sanitary districts and assure himself Canton,
that proper sanitary arrangements prevailed. Of course, he continued duties to the Medical Officer for Row loon, though he considered. Kowloon quite large enough for one Medical Officer of He went on to point out that Health each of these small villages was a focus for infectious disease. It would not be proper condition if they were under re difficult to see that they were all kept in was naked. He replied that the General gular supervision. Neither did it seem had left the previous night for Sheklung, right to devote all supervision to the bet on bis way to Waichow. The Commander ter class of house, whilst they were ex cluding the truc foci of disease in the added" Canton is like a big piece of smaller villages. The houses were ill Yesterday morning a message was re- sugar and Dr Sun's people. the ventilated, and the light was excluded ceived by the Hongkong Government from Yunzanese, the Kwangei and Ngai Bong from them by reason of their lack of win the British Consul General at "Canton to Ping's are hangering for hunks of it dows There was no doubt that tuber culosis was fostered in much dark, dark, the effect that General Man Chin War When all these parties meet in Canton and dreary abodes. It was not intended bad called upon the Commissioder (of the situation will be zerique. It will be that existing houses should be interfered Customs and stated-that-the-river-was critical. There is sure to be some scrap with, but rather that they should be brought under decent sanitary ccndi now clear and that there was a guarantee ping."
tiona New houses should not be allowed "Why did not Chen stay to defend the to be built until the plans were passed by of safety for all vessels proceeding to Wuchow,
City against auch a calamity?
a proper sanitary authority, Then they had to consider, the financial side of the presentative asked,
"He wished to avoid bloodshed in qucation, and as regards this it was his contention that money spent in promet down from Canton yesterday a large the City, replied the Commander. He ing good health among the people of the
He does Colony, would be money well invested. has always tried to avoid it. Included amongst zumber of refugers. “these was Mr. Chan Wing Shin, spn of the not want Canton spoiled. He had 25 to Mr. ALABASTER said he understood that the object of the motion was not that the Public Health and Building Ordinances
Mr. ALABASTER said he understood that. ex-Civil Governor of Canton, who filed 30 regiments there."
should be, applied to the rural districts, it had been the Board's practice, to re- but rather that that supervision general commend reasonable applications subject view to improving the health of the that the applicant had to provide an in- people: He then went on to point out dependent, source of water.
They had that the ordinances did not apply to the changed their policy a little because they territories excepting in one or two in- had understood that the Government. In- stances, and went through the list para tended to allow the utilisation of Gover graph by paragraph to illustrate the meat mains for the purpose, but how that statement: He remarked that people that was not the Government's intention, lived considerably longer in the villages Be would suggest a return to their previ of the new areas than they actually did ous onditions, and recommend that I have done my best for wangtung in the large centres like Hongkong where people be allowed to have water closets and Cantos," concluded the Commander supervision was ronde. He thought the in their houses, provided they did supply crdinances should be very carefully co separate sources of water, other than that sidered, and applied only as far as was controlled by the Govrament, reasonably necessary for the health of the whole Colony, and not merely to the urban districts. *
they
EXODUS FROM CANTON. The river steamer Fatahan brought
our re
The Hon. Mr. PERKINS said that the Government had decided that they could not allow it; and the would- ask whether it would be advisable for them to recom mend that it should be done. He strong- ly advised them not to urge such a thing, for they know that the shortage was very sericus.
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Dr. KocH said he was strongly of opin- ion that water should not be wasted in. that way. He thought, too, that other methods should be found of conserving their water supply. He was in favour. of the erection in-houses of water systems for the storage of rain water which could be used for domestic purposes, thus env ing drinking water.......
from Canton some days ago. Mr. Chan The Commander added that when he Wing Shin and his party were afforded left Canton in the morning there was police protection on arrival in Hongkong much expilement in the City and people ly be extended to these districts with to the usual conditions, one of which was
But there and motored off to rejoin his father in were leaving very hurriedly.
The city was now in the City,
was no disorder. The surprising information was fur. the control of the Pacification Commis nished by one of the refugees that Gen. sioner, General Lee Ping Wong, who had Ngai Bong Ping had filed from the City twelve regiments at his disposal and some and has been in Hongkong for some 4,000 patice.", days, INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF GENERAL CHEN'S COMMANDERS.
INTERESTING STORY OF THE FIGHTING.
HOW SAMIHUI WAS LOST.
as he said Good-bye to those on the boat," and I can do no more."
ON THE RAILWAY.
The CHAIRMAN said they should make it clear that the Board was anxious to give every facility for the provision of water closets to those people who desired them.. He personally agreed with Mr. Alabaster's suggestion.
That suggestion was then put to the meeting as a proposition, and carried
vanimously
A NEW MEMBER.
Ho
At the Kowloon Railway Station, our representative was informed that through The Hon. Mr. PERING mid there was no doubt as to the desirability of cars trafe to Cantor had been suspended from
ing out the idea, but he thought it would sm, that day. Whilst talking to a have to be done in a most careful A Daily Preu representative was yes railway, official a message was handed to modifed way. He would be sorry to see terday afternoon fortunate to securing an him which stated that the suspension of the whole of the ordinances applied to the new territories, how they all tended interview with one of General Ched through traffic would continus to-day to make conditions of life more expensive. Chiung Ming's Commanding Officers, From the magre information received by He had seen sanitation allowed to The CHAIRMAN expremed the Board's who took an active part in the fighting the Kowloon railway authorities, it riot, even in England, and long country welcome to Mr. Wong Kong Tin,, a new at Samaliul, where General Chen's troops appears that the entire rolling stock on roads laid with mains and pipes where member, who was recently appointed in
the scarcity of houses made such a thing the place of Mr. Chow Shou-so mate their last stand against the Yun the Chinese section has been commandeer- utterly absurd. He would hesitate to expressed the Board's appreciation of nanese. The Commander was in a talked to convey General Chen's troops to vote for anything excepting the cat Mr Chow services during his term of ative mood and openly confessed that Sheking. Tales of engines and coaches limited and necesary motion possible. after the defeat of his troops-two regi being left unattended on various parts of Fe Taninded the Board that manitation plice.
Was it to necessary in villages like this, ments of Marines supported by twelve the line have been reported at intervals where people lived most of their lives out
Lee Ink Bhan, a soldier of the Cantonese of doors, as it was in places where the gunboats-that there was nothing further throughout the day to be done; hence his harried visit to "To make the situation more annoy population was greater, and people lived Army, reported to the police that early Hongkong.
ing," said the official, "we had arranged closely together, ne in the slums of large yesterday morning whilst he was asleep For the beneft of those who listened for four special trains to be run to Cententia board the sa Tai Lee, lying at the said the ordinances had arisen in the to him and said they were searchers. to his conversation the Commander who during the next three days The 100 Dr. PEARSE (Medical Officer of Health) Hau Tak Wharf five or six man came up spake perfect English-drew a rough world tourista, arriving by the 88. first place as a reflection of Hongkong They searched him and also four of his train itself. As they stood the present time friends. In addition to steading a wrist sketch of the place where the most severe laconia wore to visit Canton by fighting took place. The sketch showed Wo have made elaborate arrangements it would be a crime to extend them to watch, they stole in Hongkong and Can- this to be the junction of the West and for them including time on board the the new territories. They should first tonese money the sum of $388. One of be very carefully omsidered and re-con- the robbers was amhed with & revolver
and another, with an iron bar structed. North Rivers. Just below, where the two the trains It is most disappointing."
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