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THE CANTON SITUATION.
DESULTORY SNIPING FROM BOTH BANKS
OF THE RIVER.
HONGKONG - RESIDENT'S EXPERIENCES.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON WALK ALONG THE TWO FRONTS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, JUNE DB, 1925
RIVER CRAFT FIRED ON. "
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THE HONGKONG SECTION AT WEMBLEY.
But against all this must be set a de- cided falling off in some impariant "digre-
SHOWING THE WORK AND REtions. India and Burma are bath oficial. ly absent. The Burmese building, the SOURCES OF THE COLONY,
gem of the whole Exhibition, is still in GREAT EFFORT FOR A BRIGHTER evidence, but the charining Burmese shops.
AND BETTER EXHIBITION.
are missing, and so are the graceful Bar- mese dancers. India is merely a buge THOM OUR OWN CORRISPONDENT. ↑
bazane run by merchants. Canada shows LONDON, May 18th.
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and homestead from shore to shore: South Afrien looks very spick and span with the South Africa train still feature ou which lunch is served and a very good. lunch, too--and Australia with its view of Sydney Harbour is an alluring invita- tion to the hesitating emigrant CHANGES AT HONGKONG?..
The British Empire Exhibition of 1923a fine panaroma of prairie.nodenneh at Wembley has been set going with every hope of success as a popular attraction It was opened by the King, who was ac- companied by the Queen; and the gere- mony took place in the Stadium in the presence of about 100,000 people.
The scene' at this second inauguration of an imposing display of the resources of the On the Fati, side, the Canton troops are Empire WAS One of great splendour. firing big shells right over Shamsen into Their Majesties drove in State from Buck the City.
ingham Palace to Wembley with an escort
A Hongkang residrat who was inf Canion's on Saturday and Sunday as
A small Chinese gün-boat is stationed given the Baily Press an interesting de-opposite Shameen and is firing on all count of the situation
craft going down the river from Shameen to Taishatau ailway station.
On Saturday the Cantonese issued an ultimatum giving the Yannanese forces
twenty-four hours in which to leave the
· City and announcing that if this order was not reomplied with they would drive then put and give then no quarter.
hostilities as Saturday afternoon.
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The ultimatum expired on Sunday. The Hongkong, Canton and Macno The answer of the Yunnanese was to open Stormbons Co.'s 5.8. Bonam which left Canton at 8.15 yrsterday morning brought about 700 Chinew passengers to Hongkong-
The opposing" forces, as is known, are on apposite sides of the river and cannot,
will os, come E cleme, quarters Desultory sniping is taking place £om dank in bank and mu Saturday afternoon
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Hongkong has endeavoured to brighten itself up in conformity with the laudable efforts pursued elsewhere at Wembley. PASSENGERS ON THE HONAM," of the 1st and 2nd Life Guards-Its situation is somewhat of the mala Guards of honour were furnished by the track of visitors but the Eigh tiled roofs, Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the Royal
the Chinese gateways, and the Chinese Air Force, the Irish Guards and the Mid-characteristics employed in the scheme dlesex Regident.
of architecture challenge attention, to say Their Majesties were received by the Duke of York, President of the British nothing of the expansive welcome offered Empire Exhibition, who read an address, by the Chinese Restaurant overlooking of welcome, and the King replied. Both the grounds. It will be a week or two. speeches were distributed throughout the vast spaces of the Stadium by loud before everything is ready in the section, speakers, and as they were also widely but in this respect Hongkong is in no broadcast the spoken words were heard
worse case than many of its neighbours. in all parts of the country and on the
The Hon. E. R. Hallifax is again ably Continent by millions of listeners-io. There was a short religious service by the Bishop of Loudon, and a wonderful effect carrying out the duties of Commissioner was produced by the beautiful music of in charge of the section, with Sir Robert massed hands of the Brigade of Ho Tung as the Associate Commissiouer Guards and by massed choirs.
The Duke of Yark in the course of his Chinese Representative and Mr. C. H. P. Hay as Hon. Secretary of the London. Committee. They are on the spot every day busily engaged on the thousand and
aring.
YUNNANESE IN HONGKONG. Several hundred 'Yunnanese arrived in several lanches Bring foreign flags came Hongkong during Sunday and Monday into the ling of fire but no particular with a view to joining the Yunnanese damage was dime. Norque is to be"ava
Several attempts were made by along the hunds either in Honam" or them to secure passages on steamers lens Clanton but in busilked or so yards backing for Canton, but in each case transit from the river the people were continuing has been,efused. They have tarir work as though nothing untoward was happening. All the side streets open- ing un tu the hand are barricaded with
Kind ingk
CROSSING THE TWO FRONTS."
Chir informant, on Sunday aftern
cone mostly from the districts of Holbow and Hai- phong and if they cannot reach Canton they will no doubt have to find their way back to their homes again as best they
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NEWS BY CABLE.
A telegram through Reuter's Agency, walked front Honam in the web despatched at midnight on Sunday, sums
wharf-coyering distance of from four to five miles-und so traversal practically the whole ares of the fighting on both sides of the river, while in Touam, he was some few hundred yards away from the front and was conserpuently in little
up time-situation, as follows;
The exasperation of the Cantonèse at the arroganes of the hired Yunnanene and Hunanese troops hemight to. Canton by the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen to enable him to oust General Chau Chiung Ming
the
University of Empire"
The King speech referred to the Exhibition as a sounded yet a higher note when he prayed that by the blessing of God it may serve to draw closer the bonds which unite all parts of the Empire and to pro: mote the general prosperity of the world."
THE GENERAL IMPRESSION.
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It is not the purpose of this article to
one details necessary to make the section a place where visitors can see something of the trade and resources of the Colony and inspect the products that may he re- garded as typical of Hongkong.
Visitors who were at Wembly last year would notice many improvements in the arrangements. For instaner, the pano- mic view of Hongkong by night which was a feature among the side shows has been taken from a recess dear one of the entrance gates and leented in a mere suitable situation. Instead of looking at the view of the Harbour with The Peak beyond through a series of openings similar to the peep-holes in a slot ma
danger caught perhaps when crossing the has led to an outbreak of fighting. While more of a camival than an education thine, you cater a chamber from which i
still protesting loyalty to the principles
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daylight is excluded. You stand by hand-rail and look across a space which represents the harbour, and, you see The Peak with its myriads of twinkling lights ioon. The visitor gets a glimpse of Hong- kong as the stranger on the spot sees it for the first time under the magical spell of darkness, with a suggestion of mystery. and a sense of the romantic. THEATRE MODELS.
desi generally with the Exhibition u presents itself to the visitor this year: but before referring in detail to the Hong kong Section I inay say that the impres sion of Wembley is that there has been considerable brightening of the whole place. The gardens look lovely, the light lug in the late evenings has been improv od, and there has been a determined effort to make the whole surroundings
This is to be seen in the way the Domin „side streets. On the Canton, side, 'how
ions have responded to the call of a ever, he was in full view of the snipers of Sun Yat Sen and the Kuomintang. brighter and better Exhibition; they and, being a wise man, he took to his Party, the Yunnaneso General Young Haiave brought forward the scenic and the one might take in the view from Kaw-
picturesque side, and generally pushed dicels and man. Naw, he is debating holly Min and the Kwaogst General Lau Tsun the frankly practical or I might say the with himself whether his burry was Wan hay remanded that the authorities purely commercial-into the background.
There are more facilities for eating and scissioned by fear of losing bis boat or order the cessation of troop movements drinking this year. more places to sit at case and while away an hour or two and Jzy fear of stopping a try bullet, and in the East River and North River dis watch the human comedy of a crowd on he cannot make up his mind on the point. tries; otherwise, they will take measures pleasure bent, and the Amusement Park
has been improved by eliminating third The soldiers, said, seemed only half
to resist same The authorities have rate side shows. The Palace of Arts is interested in the prowelings. Every few replied denuncing the General's insul: more accessible than last year as a result
inates on would pop up from behind ordination, dismissing them and appoint. exhibits,
of cutting lanes through the jungle of
his little barricade ánii take a shot anding General Cha Pei Teh as acting Com- (Continued in next Column). then dodge down again, for a
rest mander of the Yunnanese forces. This Whilst hostilities are carried on in this Tashion it is anticipated that little baran will be done. On Saturday afternoon, however, the residents in the Canton Governor's yamep, the telephone and tele-bombard Canton yesterday, but no shot Christian College, had a fright when the graph offices and the electric plant. The was fired. Some twelve Chinese gun-boats are lying in the river, and those who are Cantonese gunhout, the schung Show, dis- Yunnanese and Cantonese are entrenched acquainted with the fighting up to the on opposite sides of the river. The Yun-1 present in Canton state that the Aect charged her guns, apparently for
would easily dislodge the Yunnanesc. were articular reason. just outside their pre- Banta control the whole of the Canton it so inclined. The Yunnanese are arm taises. All the Schools in the eat kide side, while gunboats under the Cantoned with rifles only and could make no of Canton, in the Tungshan district, have authorities command the "river. The stand against a bombardment from the been closed and the scholars went home.
gunboats There are no sigas of artil Canton authorities chießy depend on the fery anywhere. Sone, three days ago. number of manchinegans were lauded Whampoa College cadets, who have been
The for the Yunnanese.
ratile of trained by Soviet officers.
machine guns in 'nétion has not been heard yet..
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is a virtual declaration of war.
General Ya Hai Min hug seized the
SILENT GUNS.
It was anticipated that the Acet would
In the same room seen wier similar conditions are a number of "models of theatrical productions which have been popular in Hongkong in recent years, with which the name of Mr. W. Sinclair is aa- sociated. I am informed that to this number will soon be added another one bring- equally attractive. Mr. Sinclair ing over a model of "St. Joan", the most recent Hongkong production, so that the public at Wembley will have the
op portunity to see what the Colony can do in the realm of dramatic art. Elsewhere were one of the most striking exhibits last models of Hongkong Dockyard which year will again be on view.
The silk exhibits will he prominently to the fore again with Lady Ho Tung in charge. She is taking the greatest in- terest in this side of the section, and once more the whole process of silk manufac ture will be demonstrated. The general arrangement of this department has been SUPPORT FOR CANTONESE.
improved to enable visitors to walk about without undue crowding, and they will It is generally expected that the Can- toarse will prove successful if ren! fight
be able to follow the fascinating art of weaving the silk into dainty garments ing takes place. It is known that the
The workers are of course all Chinese Yuonanese are short of ammunition and
who have been brought over for the pur- the Cantonese have been receiving
A large crowd of Chinese thronged the A gentleman from Hongkong went up pose. teady stream of re-inforcements during
to Canton on the Lungihan yesterday. the past few days. These troups have praya taxt night and awaited the coming. He was mowed to the city in a sampan street in thongkong have undergone con The shops which line three sides of the Leen arought up by the Chong Shun from The direction of Whampoa and have been of the fungalon, which tied up at the and walked all the way to the Sun Com-siderable aiterations. Many of them have Funded at Honum.
wharf at 11 p.m. having started from any premises and back again. He left been enlarged for the better display of the vessel at 10 am, and returned at articles. One is cotirely devoted to the Moreover, i is stated that the
p. He heard sounds of desultory showing of silver ware, another to rattan Cantones
army under General Hau Canton at 5 p.m.
bring, but did not 'Buď may dead. Thing
Chi, which defeated Chen Chhing
The vessel was swarmed with refugees There were a few people pa the streets inrniture, another to foodstuffs. A wise move has been made to evotrol the Wing's forces some months ago is steadily over 1,000 being on board. These were and there was also a little trafic. 2 prices at which goods are exhibited for working its way back to Canton and is Bow only twenty miles from the City.alinos, all of the better class Chinese, and This army it is expected will attack the when one recalls, that the usual number The refugees," said an officer of the Yunazoene from the East side and will anake their position untenable.
MACHINE GUNS ON ROXOFS:
THE SITUATION YESTERDAY.
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sale. Whatever' impressions were convey-
ed a year ago as to the prices of the pro- of passengers brought in on the Canton Langshan, came down from the Sha ducis of Hongkong, there will be no mis. racen, lined like an army, similar to the take on this occasion. This is one of the vesaris average; 600, it is apparent that exodus of the Lerzeliten from the land advantages of running the section under To the course of Government suspices. Firing was continued throughout the those who can afford it are rushing to of bondag? There were old men and conversation Mr. Hay told me that an
women, with weary gait carrying their whole of Sunday, right.
the only secure haven near China-Hong little bundles; there were young mothers effort will be maile to give to the section Machine guns were mounted on the
keng, and convey, in some measure at root of the Engineers and Mechanic kong, away from the coming shambles of with babies, strapped to the backs, and something of the atmosphere of Hong Guild beadquarters in Bonam and these civil strife in war-and Canton. There little children. Their burdens were gene any rate, a true iden of its manifold busi-
rally small, but a few carried articles,
ness" activities.. maintained a constant fasillade. It in reported that all the windows of the Chae were also about forty Weaterners on of furniture. Hundreds of simpana
awaited their coming, and, in these they THE CHINESE RESTAURAKT."
The sampan were, rowed to the vessel. toms House and the Post Office in Canton board.
The Chinese Restaurant has been clean- have been sinished. The entire bund from
No vessels tied up at the wharf in people are war-profiteering with a venged and painted and smartened up so that Shameen to Taishatau remains déserted.
Canton yesterday, because the wharf now ance; they charge as much as $10 to it looks a very attractive place in which lies in the fighting area. On either side carry a single, person. They will have to have a meal. The massive black pillars STEAMERS HELD UP. The river steamers have been ordered of the river, anipurs were posted and little bargaining, and they who seek to have been polished, till the pillars away from the wharyes, the Consuls having were a vessel to anchor at the wharf, it flce do not remonstrate. At any rate, 50 have the tile tables of black- feen warned by both parties that they would be in the line of fire. The Lung the sampan people are basing their harwood with inlaid tops, and the chairs in- will not hold themselves responsible for shan tied up at the buoy near the Bhave. As the refugees were rowed across laid with mother-of-pearl, Heavy tur- meen. From the deck the Canton side could they were unmolested, but they sat tains of Royal blas have been "cleverly any lives lost or property damaged."
All the river, steamers now anchor in be seen, and officers of the vessel stated huddled in this sumpans silent and afraid, employed to impart a touch of colour, and the back reach between Fati and Shameen last night that a large number of men They started coming in from the morn the Chinese: attendants are all in smart
hard at work digging trenches were
ing up till the time wo left, and when uniforms. Care has been taken to see and there are between twelve and fifteen Strangely enough the fleet controlled by the vessel left Canton, they chattered, that the charges for food are reasonable. The menu is as varied at anyone could occan going boats lying thers also. They the Cantones (Bolsheviks) was near they laughed and rejoiced."
denire; and the Restaurant is this gear fully licensed. There, in every" reason to expect that Hongkong will have a full share of patrons in the coming Summer, and that it will be a popular rendezvous it Wembley."
are unable to discharge any cargo, enough to open fire on the trench diggers, cause all the cargo coolies and lighter but they lay quiet in the back reach and men are on strike..".
The Senior Naval Ofcor, Wont River left the Yunnanese in entranch themselves Cammad, has also instructed all river undisturbed. boste not to go to their wharves,
(Continued on next Column).
MORE FOREIGN DESTROYERS Two Japanese warshipa and one French gunboat havo joined the thron British gunbate, and the French and American gunboats on tho riyer..
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