CABLES.
LATET, CABLES.
(THROUGH LECTER'S (GRNCT, ↑
TEST CRICHT,
ENGLAND STILL FIGTING FOR
VICTORY.
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MELBOTANY, Jary 5th." There was a crowd al 300 present to day to witness the continuon of the The her was second Test match glorious and the wicks perf
When stumps were draw England had been disposed of for a 1 of 470
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY JANUARY 6TH, 1925
LATEST CABLES.
FASCIST · REVIVAL.
NUMEROUS GROUPS REJOICE IN ITALY.
ROME. January 5th.
Numerous demonstrations теге or.
ganised in Italy on Sunday, rejoicing at the revival of the Fascist spirit is consequence of Signor Mussolini's speech.
Police and troops in Milan had to
POLITICS IN ITALY.
MUSSOLINI NIPS TERRORISH.
IN BUD.
The measurOS
Bour, January 4th foreshadowed in the
SITUATION
POLITICAL
IN CHINA.
· [THRÄVGH REUTER's "AGENTV.).
TESTING FENG'S LOYALTY.
CANTON NEWS.
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.).
FLEECING THE IMPORT
MERCHANTS.
The Kuomintang Bolshevists in Cantos through the office of the Superinten
Chamber yesterday, by Signor lus ABOLITION OF INSPECTORS-GENERAL, dent of Customs, have during the past
"olini, the Premier, have already been
put into operation
It is alleged that the subversive ele- ments planned to produce a state of
OF ARMY.
Pexo January 5th, " Amandate abolishes the posts of
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THE LOVE OF ADVENTURE, AN EXPLORER'S POST BAG. THE THIRD ASIATIC EXPEDITION.
Mr. Roy Chapman Andrews, the lender. camel caravar is scheduled to start for of the Third Asiatic Expedition "whose Mongolia on February ist, followed by the party on April 15th, was the speaker at an Anglo-American Association tiffin Peking recently. at the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits in
protect the offices of the Corriere Del Anarchy: by taking possession of the rail. Inspectors General of the Army, of whom the imports into Canton have been greatlynounced the intention of the Third Asiatic.
ways, and already bad set. afoot severs!
attempts at terrorism.
The Government has now ordered the reinforcement of the Fascist Raway Militia and instructed the prefects throughout the country to continue sear ches in houses and offices for dangerous
General Feng Tu Haiang in one. The tuandate instructs Fang Yu Hsiang to remain as Tupan of the North-West Frontier Defence, to which peat Tsa Kuaʼn administration appointed him, But he then ignored the appointment.
Another mandate appointe Sang Chi
| few days taken into custody books and other documents from more than thirty coustTM and river part importing and ex-
Opening in a light vein, Mr. Andrews porting Arms along the Sha-ki Bund, Canton City, on the ground that many of called, the morning several years ago,
when the papers, in America Brit an under-valued. It is the intention of the Expedition to start for Mongolia. Mise- Bolshevists to extort a heavy fine from the broader uapocts of the scientific similar means, it may be recalled, Super said the trip was to find these merchants under this pretext. By desires of the expedition, the newspapers intendent Foo Ping Sheung got $70,000 Hak" and that started a shower of over the missing The coastal port merchants assert that from the Customs brokers a year ago,
four thousand applications to join the party: they are not responsible for under-valua- tion, if there is any, as they have to pay duties only upon invoices already passed by Customs authorities at the port of embarkation & The Bolshevists, it is re.
One thousand enme frommen of in the war and the greater part of wham mature age, many of whom had served
„were "ex>aviators. "Othors were young men just out of their teens, while a thou
Yuh Reting commandant of Feng Yu ported, are not unaware of this procedure sand women thought they might be at
and Australia had lost 3 wis for 83/wards reviewed the legion and issued an found guilty, of conspiring against the in-Habag's famous cleventh division.
Lasera and other Opposition news. papers, also the Masonic Lodges,
A legion of militia engaged in tactical mancurres with machine-guts in Rome. the idea being resistance to a supposed invading forer, General finndelpho, the new commander of the militia,, after order praising the military spirit and bearing of the militia, Subsequently, the legion paraded through Rome, sing Hebbe was out from theond balling the Fascist hymn "Giovinezza," the bouled (1 for 294). Woolley one run artillery section carrying machine-guns Jater (2. for 283) Hearse pt on when on their shoulders, The parade was the board (3 905). At headed by "Colonel Candelori, whom 305 WAR DR the luncheon interval, there had Signor Rossi specially attacked in the reached 318 without furthes, Hen-memorandum mertioned on December dren and Sutcliffe being her 3th.
runs in the second inning.
THE DAY'S PL
Hendren left at 373 373);
Farinacei, leader of the uncompro Sutclide saw the fourth ry regimising Fascists, accompanied d'andelori
".
tered, but left four reas latior 404).
At the tea interval Sets were down for 443.
The road were keenly painted at the failure of the first to break the record. Sutcliffe gave thed and excellent display while hince was.
rock-like." He was at ickets 7 hours nud 11 minutes, and fours. He met with a tremendoustion on his return to the pavilion
and the legion and paid homage at the tomb of the unknown soldier.
Police and troops guarded the offers of the Opposition newspapers There were no disorders.
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AFGHAN PRETENDER.
ABDUL KARIM IN JAIL AT LAHORE.
DELHI,January 5th. The Afghan Pretender, Abdul Karim, leader of the Khost rebellion in Afghanis tan, has been arrested. He has been còn- gined in the jail at Lahore.
Hendred batted patiëntin hour, while Tate had a merry fand's innings insted 8 and 18 minutes.
I
The Australians started second ionjigs in a sensational n Bards. ley leaving with only 3on the board, A. Richardson by at is and Ponsford's wicker fale7.
Tate bowled superlly. The position at present
AUSTRALIA.
1st lanings.
ID
W. Bardsley, c.Strudwic HL Collins, Strudwie 9 Arthur Richardson, run, 1 M. Ponsford, b. Tate 198
J. M. Taylor, run out. 72 Victor Richardson, rua 0138 .C. Kelleway, e Strudwid
gan
AE Hartkopf, c Chi
Gilligan
... 50
J. M. Gregory, e Gilliga 44 W. A. Oldield, not outso A. A Mailey, Lb.w. Dong 1
Extras
24
Total
00
Bowling Analys
Gilligan
Tate
Douglas Woolley
*Hearne
Tyldesley
ENGLAND.
1st Inninga! I. B. Hobbs, Mailey
H. Sutcliffe. b Kelleway F. E. Woolley, b Gregoi J. W. Hearne, b Mailey
E. Hendren, Oldseld;!
way
A. P. F. Chapman, b Gre J. W. H. T. Douglas, cl
b A. Richardson
Tyldesley, e Collins, b M. W. Tate, b A. Richa A E. B. Gilligan, not of HL Strudwick, b Hartkog
Extras
Total
Bowling Analysi
Gregory
Mailey
Kelleway
Hartkopf
A. Richardson
AUSTRALIA.
2nd Iarings.
LCollins, not eat
Bardsley, 1.b.. Talo
A Richardson, b Tate...
M. Ponsford, b Tate
Extras
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EVACUATION OF COLOGNE
ALLIED NOTE JANDED TO HERR MARX.
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BERLIN, January 5th- The British, French, Italian and Japan.
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leaders and dissolve political dubs when terests of the country. The prefects and also authorised to mobilise the local Fascist Militia to assist the police and Carabinieri in safeguarding order
The authorities believe that these measures, coupled with maintenance of the muzzling policy in respect of the Opposition Press will curtai the strength of the Opposition leaders.
NEVA IN FLOOD.
FACTORIES IN LENINGRAD
DAMAGED.
Moscow, January 4th.
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is assumed Government expects Feng then ofer the command thereof tem- porarily
and are only manufacturing, a pretext for raising a large fund for the Chinese New Year settlements
RUMOURED ATTEMPT TO MORT-
use on the Mongolian plains.
At ten o'clock of the morning the x- nouncement was made, Mr. Andrews to ceived a visit from a man from Gosher, New York, who blaadly explained that be bad read the morning papers, and since he could not eatch a train, he came by aeroplane to get in his application for the expedition. He was an artist and his services could not be accepted.
GAGE A LOCAL BAILWAY. The Kwangtung Provincial Assembly, Marshal Chang To Lin recently the legislative branch of the Canton stated he intended to leave Tientsin for Government in the early days of the Mukder today. Well-informed persons
Republic. now temporarily meeting in assert Chang Tso Lin's decision has pre authorities and Diplomatic Corps protest Swatow, has wired to the Peking Chinese ing against the proposal of Dr. Sun Yat cipitated a situation in which the. Gov-Sen's Kuomintang regime in Canton toing the search for the missing link.” erument is determined immediately to the Kwangtung section of the Canton borrow $5,000,000 from foreign sources ou test Feng Yu Hsiang's loyalty-n thing Hankow Railroad as security. From other sources. it is understood that there which these mandate's undoubtedly do."
is no likelihood of the proposed loan materializing, as a foreign capitalist will be foolish enough to negotiate with the Kuomintang Party in its last chapter in Canton. The report of a loan, some say, bas been utilized to promote the issue of the $5,000,000 worthless paper money the Kuomintang Bolshevists are forcing on BOLSHEVIST INFLUENCE ON THE the people before the Chinese New Year.
WU GOES AFLOAT.
HANKOW, January 4ch. Marshal Wu Pei Fu, yesterday, board
A south-westerly gale drove the waters Fed a gunboat with his wife and entourage of the Gulf of Finland up the Neva, of troops five miles down the river, and which rose eight feet, inundating some the warship dropped anchor, and remain. | islands on which Leningrad is built.
ed overnight. To-day the warship is The Nevsky Prospect was flooded and still there. The reason for the delay has several factories were damaged, but the not been ascertained. loss was minimised owing to the citizens being officially warned and all their goods being previously removed from the ducks.
There were no fatalitiea
SPAIN AND MOROCCO...
INSURGENTS STILL CAUSING TROUBLE
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Pants, January th ese Ambassadors and the Belgian Minis-'; It is officially reported from Taugier ter called on Herr. Mary (the Premier that the situation in the Spanish zone and Foreign Minister) at 12.30 to-day.in Morocco is as follows:-General Saro They presented to him the Allied Govern has halted at Ainghennen, on the fron ments' Note with regard to the eviena ties of the international zone, with 3,000 tion of Cologne.
men. awaiting reinforcements to relieve Meheba, in the Anjera 'district, the only post remaining to be relieved, after which the Spanish troops will retire to the line established by Primo de Rivera.
Twenty Spanish troops JEDDAH, January 5th
were killed and 171 wounded in the operations on Having rejected final attempts to bring about peave Ibn Saud moved his forces January 1st and 2nd.
The insurgents
MARCH ON JEDDAH.
ALI'S FORCES DRIVE OFF INVADER
ม
towards Jeddah.
His advance guards invested Seguedla, Dear the interna
reached the outskirts of the town yester-
tional bridge Spanish aerial bombard
day morning but were driven off by Ali'sents heavily panished the villages.
forces.
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING,
STEAMERS AGAIN LAID UP AT SYDNEY.
SYDNEY, January 5th. Additional steamers are laid up here in consequence of shipowners refusing to pick up seamen at "Communist Hall, which the Seamen's Union has stipulated as the only place from which seamen are
obtainable.
STEEL AND IRON. FIGURES OF FRENCH OUTPUT LAST YEAR.
PARIS, Januory 5th France's steel production, during 1924, amounted to 7,000,000 tons.
Cast iron produced amounted 1,7,500,000 tons.
tons; cast iron 6,207,207 tons.-Havas.
Six warships bombarded the coast on January 2nd. The Spanish command intends to establish posts round the frontier of the international zone.
LEARNING-CHINESE.
[FROM THE "DAİLY BULLETIN."]
PEKING CHINESE SCARED.
·RUMOUR · OF IMPENDING.
COUP D' ETAT.
PEKING, "January 4th. There was a recrudescere to-day of the scare among the Chinese, many of whom are again taking their valuables to places of safety,
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The scare is accompanied by vague rumours of an impending coup d'etat.
REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE.
200 bodies, mostly student groups, have formed an association to encourage the Rehabilitation Confer ence."
Sonie
The chief aim of the association is to secure the representation of the people.
TO - RULER AT TSINGTAO.
WANE
from a woman in St. Louis stating that
That visit was followed by a telegram. the Ouija Board had a message regard
spirits had told her of a crypt in the Similarly, another woman wrote that the Ordos desert in which was buried a bi tory of mankind from the time he crawled en all fours up to the Mongol conquest. Feeling humorous, Mr. Andrews, replica asking that the spirits be consulted as to the latitude and longitude of the crypt. The answer enne back that the spirits faith and refused to say any more. were apparently annoyed with his lack of
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However, despite all these many at- tempts on the part of applicants, the speaker snil that the expedition had so far managed to escape baving a bares foisted upon it.
Perhaps the gem of all the four thou drews read from a woman who explained sand letters was the one which Mr.Agar
that she had written two books, still un published, and, desiring to write a third Military developments in Kwangtung on some occult and stirring subject, felt Province the last few days have not looked that she and Mr. Andrews might tank. favourable for Sun Yat Sen's Kuomintang mutual benefit if she accompanied the Bolshevists following. Since the with-expedition. Her offer was to give drawal of the Bolshevista from the lower heme atmosphere and cheer to the drear four circuits of Southern Kwangtung in wastes. She stated she was sending her favour of forces belonging to General picture to help him to decide, adding that Chen Chiang Ming, in rivalry with Dr. she was certain from looking at his pige Sun for control of Canton, the near tare in a Sigma Kai journal that he woul Southern districts have become more or understand women. less disaffected, the authorities in Sunwui and other cities having gone so far as to replace confidence in the Merchants Volunteers, an organization fighting the Bolshevista. Word has been received from Loting, another Southern town, that the Bolshevists there have had to with-
THE SERIOUS SIDE, On the serious side. Mr. Andrews stated draw lately. In Hokshan, another dis trict along the West River, the Voluntha or the first three years of work teers are being re-organized under a ingolia, he decided that another fise, former able magistrate, and they are would be necessary and upon his Främ expected to co-operate in the anti- to Ametisth response has Bolshevist movement, which is expected now union possible. Con to be in full swing early in February. tributions to that Cause were received. In Northern Kwangtung, the Yuananese from every state in the union and the Hunagere factions of the Red The work of the expedition' represents- Army have been fighting each other, and the new type of exploration. There are the latest result was the recent suppresno great areas which have not been e in Shiukwan and nearby towns. Since be to study regions already explored to sion of further Hunanese military stations plored, and exploration of the future will the departure of Dr. Sun for the North ascertain what they are good for, both two mercenaries' units have been routed scientifically and economically completely, more by the treachery of rivals In
of enemies. The Hunanese, once a corps theory advanced twenty-five years ago within the Red Army than by the efforts Mr.he past the Asiatic Expellition a
attempted to test the of nearly 43,000 strong, and the Honanese, by Dr. Osborne on pare deduction, that for a time numbering 4,000, now exist Amie was the centre of mamalian distribu only in name. They were defeated in the tion, and it was necessary, to work as so-called Northern campaign of Dr. Sun, many Horizons. That theory has been It is reported that the Government and were driven back to Kwangtung terri-proved and the work of the future wil Director of the Tsingtao Administration. routed by former comrades who did not to believe that the Central Asian plateau contemplates appointing Ma Linng tory when reaching Kiongsi by the be on the human problem and in the.
Kiangsi-ites and, upon falling back, were later rocks, there being very good reasons care to have them return. The next far- was the place of development of man. reaching development will soon take place Ten branches of science will be repre on the Eastern Front, when Dr. Sun's sented in the expedition when it sete Bolshevists and their principal rivals, the out this spring, manicly, geology, fossils anti-Red forces under General Chen mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, archo- Chiung Ming, will contend for the con-logy, anthropology, geography, paleo- trol of Canton,
botany. Each of those branches bear directly on the problem to be atadied.
In all, there will be forty members of the party, fifteen of whom are scientistes.
SUN YAT SEN PROSECUTED IN A PEKING COURT.
CHARGED WITH MURDER AND INCENDIARISM.
SUNWUI MERCHANTS' VOLUN
TEERS CALLED OUT."
"It is quite beyond ore's expect The Magistrate of Sunwui, complying and technicians Eight motor cars and tions," says the Shun Tien Shik Pao. with the request of the Chamber of Com 160 camels, will provide the transporta- In "A Medley of Prose and Verse,"
that in a city like Peking where so Merchants Volunteers for duty, thus as he knew it was the largest expedi
merce there, has again called out the tion, and Mr. Andrews said that as far. Lady Crawford atatea: Have you ever much enthusiasm is being exhibited in renewing official confidence in the people's tion of its kind ever sent out. thought how I began my Chinese study? welcoming Dr. Sun Yat Sen someone force for self-defence. Sunwui is a West Of course, it is impossible to get ahould have filed s
On the topic of danger, Mr. Andrews; teacher who knows English. A man, as
petition with the River city to which Kongmoon is an open estimated that in the fifteen years he has port. The Merebants Volunteers are worked in Asia, he might have beep in worthy and as elderly as can be, is pro-local Procuratorate against the father supplementary to the local police and danger of his life ten times, whereas b cured. He begins by reading a sentence; of the Revolution' charging him. with military forces. Their status was recently seven months in America bin life was I rhyme it stutteringly after him. Again murder and incendiarism. To Dr. Sun's threatened by Dr. Sun Yat Sen, who die threatened from motor gara and the like he reads; again I repeat over and over.
armed those in Canton and other cities at Icast over thirty times. People in". I try to wind my stammering tongue admirers it is indeed an unwelcome wherever they were opposed to Bolshev-cities got so used to having their life in round the sounds, or to discover if they
jeopardy that they forgot the closeness are produced by tongue at all, or throat Pce of news but the judges, of the ism
court will certainly find themselves at
with which a motor passed them a few or teeth. sometimes, think some sounda come from the bronchial tubes; and till their wits end how to deal with the The Chen Kwong Company, Ltd, a when away they are held up by hapdits, minutes after. On the other hand if one has acquired a mild chronic bron-case."
large department store in Canton, with it is manual and it is expected that chitis one can't be expected to speak
registered office at Hongkong, at an book will be written about. it. a la Chinoise.
extraordinary meeting of its shareholders
It's not lively for either teacher or taught. How would you like to repeat 10"the cat has a rat ten times, and hear
patiently a stupid, stuttering Chinese woman stammer it after you 1 No won
CONCERNING KEYB
HINTS TO BURGLARES."
A London paper humorously remarks
THE CHEN KWONG CO.
on January 2nd, decided to issue 4,000
shares of preferred stock at $100 each.
The preferred stock will bear an annual to suffer a salt famine. Balt juoka uw dividend of 10 per cent, with a bonus Cantor Harbour are unable to proceed
of $18 after the first year and a dollar because of the heary demands made o
In 1913 the figures were steel 4,650,860.der my worthy bespectacled teacher noda,laborate means of getting into, s house reached, at which point they will, ba | Bolshevists for war contribution 'and' be It is very foolish of burglars to choose less each subacqueat year until 12 is them by Dr. Sun Yat Sea's Kuomintang and eveu: occasionally goes forthehen there are so many simpla ones,” A treated as ordinary shares of the com the pirates for tribute en route up the. There daily comes a time when I have Buished my pbruse, and wait in vain for lady member of the profession in France pany. The Kwong, like
many the next. The mouth is open, but the corner, and said she had lost the key of reign of terror in Canton under the went to the locksmith round the others, tas suffered from the present just eyes are shut. I then gently nudge his the fist, and would he open the door for Kuomintang Bolshevists, and the savings ling, a district along the West River book, taking care to do so looking out her? He cannot have considered the re- departament of the
The owners of farm lands in Kwang Company had much
́EARLIER CABLES,
PALACE OF PEACE. PLANS INVITED FOR GENEVA
GENEVA, January 4th.
BUILDING,
An international jury will shortly meet
river:
THE FARM LANDS DISPUTE
of the window or in some way to appear quest unusual, for we all seem to be con- difficulty lately with its depositors. Ae. Kwangtung, have definitely decided to unconscious of his remissness; but I have stantly losing our keys, and the opening (cording to a statement" issued by the repeat the demand for a reduction of known repeated nudges to fail, even the of locks must supply closing of my big fat. Mateer with a lock must supply the greater part of Company on January 3rd, it has never per cent on rentals made by the Pea loud bang! Still be lumbers on, and I
The fact that failed to meet its obligations, and there have left him to his day-dreams in d the lady in this case lost her nerve and is no reason, whatever for alarm, pair, disgust, and anger. It's no wonder merit of her
was caught does not diminish: say of the I'm mapy, a time slespy myself Big Another pian recommended to house SOUTH HUNAN.
simple. system of getting in. SALT FAMINE THREATENED IN Mateer
is our text book-a ponderous-breakers
Bolshevista under the auspices of the sante Corps," an organization of Chinese,
Kuomintang Party of Dr. Sun Yat Ser Dr. Sun has assured the farmers f Kwangling of lower rentals, but the land- Oworra insist that they themselves, and
M. Taylor, not out at Geneva to determine the conditions for the international competition for the Total (for 3 wicket designs of a palace for the assem V. Richardson, C. Kelley Sir John Burnett will represent Great may in time learn to think of it lovingly, Hartkopf, 3. M. GregorBritain on the jury, which will dispose but for the first two or three years Big prizes for the best Mateer? we dwell with by day, and be Oldfield and A. A Mailey Fes. 100,000 in
hannte us by night.
plies of the League of Nations, volume; it is a grand lesson-book We under tonalities is to look Southern Hunan Province, which dependapot Dr. Sun, must decided how and when
plauz.
The key of the front
door is Almost certain to be there, just as the key to the desk in the drawing
room is sure to be in a yase on the man telpiece.
for much of its salt supply from, ontalds the rentals may be reduced, if at all. cources by way of the North River with The land owners have now & rofantene Canton as forwarding point, ma hayo corps of nearly 4,000 zong, to prota
terimalayan li nezi Uoltann)ura their interesta