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SITUATION AT NANNING.
CITY OCCUPIED BY YUNNANESE ARMY.
[FROM A CORRESPONDENT. ]
In order to better comprehend the pre sent political situation at Nanning it is necessary to revert to the conditions per- mining at the close of last year, At that
ANGLO-CHINESE WARS..
INTERESTING LECTURE AT"
SHANGHAI.
lu the 6fth of a series of lectures on China's International Relationships given under the auspiers of the Foreign Y, W. C. A.. Shanghai, on March 15th, Professor H. F. MneNair dealt with
The
the causes of the Anglo-Chinese wars and specifically with the first war. speaker said that the basic reason was the underlying struggle for equality and that the actual incidents were rather the occasion of the breaking out of hostilitis thus the cause itself, Other factors which
LORD NAPIER'S MISSION.
time the province was nominally under the control of General Li Telung den and General Huang Hsiao Hsiung, two of the military adventurers, who had been operating is the prevines for some time and who last year combined their forces with the object of driving Marshal Lu
l to the wars were, the abolition of Jung Ting out of the province and seizing the East India Company's monopoly, the the reins of power themselves. In this
coming of Lord Napier, the opium dis- they were succumful, and igamedikely
putes. and the demands of Lin Teku. turned their attention to suppressing in the second war the actual facts differ- the aspirations of General Shen Hanged but the causes were the same; Ying who, on the nomination of Dr. Sun at Canton, was' anxious to come to Xan
During the early part of the nineteenth mug as the Tuli of the proviner. Fort:
century, the spraker continued, despite this purpose General Li Ts'ung Jen and the general good feeling existing between General Haang Hsiao Raing gradually the East India 'Co., and the Ko-Hung, u withdrew the majority of their forces from monopoly of Chinese merchants, there Nauning to Kweiping and Wuchow, from was dissatisfaction felt because of the which places expeditious were sent out Freavý taxes upon trade imposed by the which inflicted a Des Vœux Road.
aeries of defents of Chinese, the complaints of the monopoly General Sken Hung. Ying but failed to prohibitious against remaining in. Can- incapacitate him entirely from givington, and the prohibition on making res them any further trouble. As soon as presentations on the subject of trade to the opportunity arises more will be heard the Chinese Government except through. of him.
representatives of the Ka-Hung. In 1834 the monopoly of the East India Co., s'abolished but the diffinities of trade was
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While these operations were being con- ducted newa begard to reach Nanning that
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a force of Yunnanese were about to enwere sach that Lord Napier was rent to terKwangsi from the west, with the in tention al perely passing through on
Lord Palmerston had ordered Lord their way to Kwangtung, their objec Napier to announce his official, arrival tive being Cuntou in the first instance. at Canton by letter to 'Peking announcing By the early part of February news came
himself ag. Superintendent of Birtish through that the advance guards of the Trade, said Prof. MacNair The Ko Yunganese had arrived at the provincial
Hung merchants
asked that the word frontier.
On the evening of the 10th
petition be used instead of letter, as February, Gentral Buang Hino Haiung
implied an equality which they arrived on & Aying trip from Kweiping felt could not exist between a foreign and let again on the morning of the barbarian and a Chines official.
Napier inth Haking with him the remainder of refused the request and
Furthermory his forers. On the afternoon of the same offended by sending the letter to the city day the whole of the officers of the go-gate instead of through the Ko-llung as ernment, both civil and military, bolted usus
usual, acting on the
of Lord for Kweiping, taking with thero as much Falmerston Morcover,
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RAID AT BUBBLING, WELL ROAD.
The following correspondence between Mesars Schuhi & Selernfeld, solicitors,
CITY WITHOUT A GOVERNMENT. Another instance of the strained feel- fore, then, was Nauning left withouting cited by the lecturer was the Battle Avem the westige of any government what of the Chairs," when the Viceroy so ver. The only official left in the place arranged na to give the British the places was the Superintendent of Police, and of least importane it pleasant to pisce on record that indignantly rearranged the chairs and the Shanghai, and the Shanghai Muni the difficult position in which he 10 found himself, deserted by those in authority above him and on whose peration and advice he hall every right to degiend, he has rise to the occasions. aut fins dout his utmost to put down lawlessness and crime within the limits of his jurisdictions
Co-
dispute was
continued for two hours, When the Chinese Spally arrived late, Lord Napier received them coldly and referred to the discourtesy of their tardi nes, and the memory ankled on hath
THE WAR DF, 1840.
main body arriving rival at Nanning cially forbidden min
to
:
to.
4Th polignus entering the pre- mises informed Mrs. Meredith that they had cque to seize the gambling wheel whereon she, made no comment-in fact only to remarks were made by Mra Meredith to the police, namely, a requests
a statement that the police had, pros try and not wake the children and viously accused her, of having a wheel in the house,
6.
dient's pre-
cipal Council relates, to"n' raid carried
The search of your out by the Police at 61. Babbling Well, mises "was instituted as a result, of re- liable inforination from: several sourdem Ebruary 19th-- Road, at I am, ou
to the effect that the premises were fre- SHAND, Eebruary 21st, 1925.
quently being resorted to, for the purpose DEAR SIR-dhur client. Mrs. Muria the night of February 19th.
gambling. After the death of Lord Napier and Meredith, an American, citizen, residing
a watch was kept on, No. 81, Bubbling intervening appointments, Capt.. (after 81, Bubbling Well, Road, infurms us THE YUNNANESE TROOPS,
wards Admiral Sir Charles) Elliot was
that at about 1 a. 7 Thursday matn Well Boud, and elevers, persons, work scen Meanwhib, the Yunionese bad reached appointed superintendent of Trade. ing, about members, af the police force to enter the premises in the course of Posch and were slowly making their way There were dimiculties over his endenti-case her door, after kicking the the late hours of the tight. Noun of to Nanning, which place their advanesal, over the debts owed to English mer- watchman out of the way, and demand these persoas were seen to Tease the pre guards reached on 23rd February, the chants by bankrupt Chinese merchants ed admittance, at this unusual hout, of miss by the front entrance by which they
had previously the next and especially over the trade in opium the night.
entered-nevertheless, and
which Вр
bad increased subsequent Jayz
wher at 10 am, the police entered and tremendously When a reason, was demanded, for this searched the premises, on one of the they notified the public that they were
for avade
minor officiais etili
Kunasual visit, the police informed ber-eleven were found remaining therein. 'thus merely passing through their way to continued to
law,, but in 1839 and that
The Council upale consideration of the had he intention upon insistent pressure from the Imperi-that they proposed to search the house whatever at interfering with the sivil al tradu
Tu Su, Sir
for evidence of gambling. She informed information disclosed, as to the premises Charles EUR 44* all opium them that she was an American citizen; being resorted to for the purp government's functions, and that every- body was to carry on their usual occupa authorities and exacted a pledge from the they refused to show her, and she has and it is subraitted suspicious fact that in the hands of Englishma to the and demanded to see their warrant, This gambling, coupled with the additional, Lions without fear of molestation.
The Yunnanese troops &
fine, well- merchants that they would nat
na trade in
reason to believe that this party, of police eleven persons entered the premises not the drug. Hia aquicaceres hd to fur- well drilled, and 'pi
were not in possession of a proper war one of whom had left as, a late hour, is Set-up body kept under "the strictest disciplin ther demands. The Portuguese were rant.
line.
Llified, that the police had reasonable Mbatever they take from the shops they ordered to expel the British from Macao,
with which they
If the facts as stated by oun-client are grounds for freting a search of your action which Practed like a a boomerang pay for is silver com
later on army appears to be.
unwanted and client's premises, armed as they were provided.
on H. M. S.
came out true, it creates are now over ten thousand Yunnanese for
for the protection of Inerchants legal invasion of the rights of an will valid; warrant,, zuuntersigned aver
In a rint American citizen.
the Amerin Consular Seal.--I troops at
of that year. anning and its ingelinti in Augustilors and natives, Chin- vicinity, and another ten thousand
between the Are
Will you please have this matter in- Gentlemen, Your obedient serant, was killed apd
B. S. & RowE, on their way from Yunnan, three thous
the Chinese and of whom have
authorities. renched
demanded some British life investigated in order that we may take are another Poseb. In addition to
exchange. Sir Charles refused to hand the proper steps to protect, our client's
Mesars, Schuh) & Schoenfeld. integrats-Very respectfully yours, large army of fifteen thousand are tak over uy British subject to the Chinese,. ing their way out of Kweichow into altho
although
every effort was made to locate
SCHUHL & SCHOENFELD, Kwangsi via Lipo and Kuchow. It is
is o offender and deal with him by Bri-
tiah reported that soïne of these have already | Fa authorities, and money was paid, to reached Linchow, but this report is, at the family of the deceased Chinese, A the moment, unconfimeḍ.
feet of Chinese junks made a demand upra_the_Volage for the murderer and was fired upon, and in 1840 war, wan dolared,
There
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CINEMA NOTES.
THE CORONET.
2. MIL
Secretary-
After further correspandrace had been
Three Wonen," the current pic. exchanged, the following letter was forture at the Coronet, Mia Paulina warded to Messrs. Sebubi & Schoenfeld Frederick plays the leading role, and
other principles are Miss May McAvo Council Chamber,
Miss Mario Provost, and Lew Cody. Shanghai, March 14th, 1995.
WORLD THEATRE- GENTLEMEN,- min, directed to acknow
1 "Helen's Babies" now showing at
A WELL-EQUIPPED ARMY. The whole army is exceedingly well supplied with machine guns, fuld Kuns of a modern type, good modern rilles, and ample supplies of ammunition to keep them in the field for many months to come. In the meantime, General Li On the other hand, the civil authorities edge receipt of your letter of February the World Theatre, the supporting cast Is'ung Jen and General Huang Hsiao have all fed to Kweiping, and Nazning ist, relative to the quaplant of your are Clara Bow, the beautiful young war Hatun have attracted the misunder of robbers, whose visitations are of a alleged invasion of her rights as an
ante of is exposed to the depredations of hands dient, Mr Mérie Meredith, of an who played the leading roles in Down Shih Sheng, the
to the sea in Ships" and "Maytime ** of the Yunnanese
American citizen occasioned by a search Edward Everett Horton who is now at the of the premises occupied by her at Ne, peak of his highly successful screen. career; Claire Adams, & very popular 61, Bubbling Well Road, which was con- midnight of Thursday, February 19th.
10 צפת
an enemy of those ni wangtung, daily, and particularly nightly,
in Nanning, currence. and General Tan Pan Yin who until All traffic on the river hse, long since recently was stationed, is the interests ceased by the action of the military at
of General Chin
Chow in the direction Ming, at LinKwciping, and no business, et ony kind ducted by the Municipal Polico alter cinema actress, and Bicbard Tucker.
more
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
This is, probably their auxiliaries from the north have and careful investigation has been car- other character that she has portrayed easily said "thamoression of ranched a certain point when both secried out which has elicited the fallowing requires s
the
been
.:
Pakboi. With is being done. this assistance, General Li and General The Yunnanese appear to be in no In reply to your request, that the “Fascination," the latest Mas Murray
dater hurry to
to proceed down river; indeed, Council cause an investigation to be production, which is presented by. Robert. mined resistance at Eweiping and, if their movements all through give one made into the facts alleged by your E Lecard, reveals the famous star in drive the Yuasancae back into the impression that they are working on client, I am directed to state that a full the most ambitious of her roles;. No their own province.
and time-table dre Bow waiting till for the Yun-
much difficult emotional panese do not give the
facts:--
acting an Faszination," which "is now being likely to be easily pushed back by tions of their armice will move forward
for the last time to-day at the 1-At 1.10 am. on Friday, February Theatre. Altogether it marks a any one, and certainly and Deserat will continue it is impossible to say,
zot by the class together. How long this state of things of soldier that
20th, Police Officers, armed with a search Huang brought to Nanning with them. On" March
The present situation then is that the Commander in heneral Lung Yun, warrant, called at No. el. Bubbling Well new step in her career, a step in the
onan Road, and were admitted thereto by Mrs. direction of tensely emotional drama.
CORONKT TO CATRE. invited the Fa Tuen, to meet him Meredith in person. Yunnanese with another 10,000 slowly and stated
"Three Women," the big feature film. moving down from the west whils an- granted permission by General Li
The Police were not informed by now showing at the Coronet Theatre,. other 15,000 are entering the province ben he arrived as Posch he heard, to citizen, nor was any statement as to her Women-and Man," for it is the amaz
Jen', pase, through the province avid from the north, with the civil administration in any way hid
They are not interfering whatever, and
his surprise, that General Li with his nationality made by her.
ing story of four lives curiously inter and have even refused the ap- officers and the members of the Civil 3-No demand was made by Mra, woven to provide a sequence of dramatic plication of the local manager of the Government had led to Eriping and Meredith to the Police for them to pro- events culminating in a tragic clima Asiatic Petroleum company-whose-in-
now,
on arrived at Nanning, her doce their warrant; as previously stated Love and avarice are, the two conflicting staliation premises have been twice raiu informed that Gederal Li and by: bandits within the present week to Huang propose to drive him back into the Police were in fact in possession of themes that dominate the pieture, with station a few soldiers there as a guard Yunnan by force,
a warrant, and it follows consequently a burning sense of justice added later to If, therefore, any on the grounds that they are not accept trouble should happen to Nanning the that the reason the asserts she had forgive the polished, smiling villain bis ing any jurisdiction in purely civil mat blame must not be upon him. An an believing that this party of polies wore deserts, and to bring two people happily."
nounceraent to this effect was made in not in pousion of a proper warrent together under the very shadow of the ¿Continued on nest Column)
the native press.
gallows
Nanning is now occupied by some 10,000 g that he had origing Mrs. Meredith that she was an American might well have been named "Three
téra
has
was not well founded.