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THE
ARMY ORDER AGAINST STRIKES.
NO EFFECT ON PRINTERS.
OFFICIAL BULLETINS NOW STOPPED.
NEW HIGHWAY TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
[FROM OUR CRINISK COMRESPONDENT.]
The recent order of the Kuomintang Army Commander-in-Chief" prohibi ing strikes of workers in essential services
THE BOYCOTT.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6TH, 1926
PROSPECTS OF SETTLEMENT.
OPINION IN SHANGHAI.
CANTON PROPOSALS TO BE REVISED.
Asiatic News Service.)
SHANGHAI, July 27th.. Kuomintang circles here declare that the prospects for a settlement of the Hongkong-Canton dispate are still favour able.
The counter-proposals put forward by does not seem to have had much effect the British side "have provided material Now the printers in the propaganda for very serious discussion in Chinese section of Army Headquarters itself business and official circles. The pro-
EDUCATION IN CHIHLI.
DEPLORABLE CONDITION IN
PEIYANG UNIVERSITY.
FOREIGN TEACHERS WITHOUT PAY.
THE CINEMAS.
EXCUSE ME" AT THE
"QUEEN'S."
There opened yesterday at the Queen's. Theatre, where it will be shown again to-day and tomorrow, "Excuse Me" a comedy enacted in a Pullman car. Excuse Me" was a famous stage
FUNDS DEVOTED TO CIVIL WAR. farce by Rupert Hughes, and this in-
(Asiatic News Service.)
PEKING, July 30th. Most of the middle schools and colleges in Chibli province have been closed for lack of funds, which have been devoted to the support of the civil war. The con dition of the well-known Peiyang Uni- versity at Esiku is deplorable, and the
defatigable worker adapted his play and supervised its production for the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer organisation.
"Excuse Me" is a swift, joyous. farce, capably acted by an excellent cast. Norma Shearer plays Marjorie Newton, a society girl who is persuaded by her fiance, Harry Mallory (Conrad Nagel), to take a chance of finding a minister on the train. so that she can accompany him as his wife to his new naval post in the Philippines.
The difficulty of finding the minister forms the centre of the amusing plot, but
makers enter. One of the latter is Fran-
have gone on strike as a protest against posals at first appeared to, some to pay of the Chinese staff is 16 months in other interesting trouble and trouble-
non-payment of wages due. They are attractive, but a closer examination of also demanding increased pay in future. them has caused serious doubts to arise Since August 3rd the Kuomintang Prens to the benefits that would accrue to paganda Bureau has suspended the issue Kwangtung if they put into effect. of its daily bulletin.
Three-Canton newspapers have now decided debuitely to close down and not to bother further with negotiations with
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The loan of $10,000,000 for the develop ment of the Whampoa Port, is stated to be totally inadequate for the purpose of reconstructing the port so as to enable
arrear.
There are about a dozen foreign pro fessors, who are also three months be. hind in their pay. Several of them, whose contracts expired at the end of June, have been awaiting the issue of the arrears of their pay and the travel ing expenses as provided for in their
contracts.
The President of the University, Mr.
sind an old, friend of Harry, played Renee Adorec, who is running away from her husband. She plans to fool any detectives who may be around by having Harry pose as her husband. Her pre- cocious child calla. him papa just a Majorie comes on them.
Bert Roach appears as abibulous
Walter Eiers is also really funny. „amusing in the role of the long-suffering. travelling salesman, and his acting is
and over-curious porter. Others in the cast include William V. Mong. Joha Boles, Edith Yorke, and Eugenc Cameron.
the printers. The Kuomintang has large ocean-going stemmers to use it. again offered to mediate with an idea With the sum offered, it would be posLiu Ching-hua, has failed to meet the of securing the republication of the sible to made the port it only to accom- obligations, and has been obliged to
Other items in an extremely attractive Canton journals. It is also asking the modate minor vessels and consequently tender his resignation to the Shenchang
a subsidiary postmen to resume work and promises it would serve merely as
at Tientsin. In bia letter of resignation programme are a musical number by the Queen's Septette, and an extra-special The states that soon after his appointment | *! Our Gang" comedy entitled "The By to take upon itself the responsibility of port to Hongkong.
With regard to the condition attached seeing that the postmen's demands are
sters put on a home-made movie imper- sonating Chaplin, Lloyd, Hart, Mary Show," in which these talented young-
Pickford and others.
properly considered within the next two
""months..
THE LABOUR WAR. The "war" between the two great
ends meet. He thanks his fellow pro to the granting of the load, that a loop felt it was impossible to make both fessors for their hearty co-operation amidst shells and bulleta and yet with- out pay." He expresses regret that no
line be constructed to link up the Kow. loon-Canton railway with the Canton- Hankow line, it is feared that the Wham-
pon insufficiently developed, the linking up of these two lines would result in funds are forthcoming but points out the again to-day and to-morrow, there are
labour divisions-the Kuomintang Work- ers Delegate Conference and the Central goods from the interior being transported Labour Union-shows no sign of relax direct to Kowloon, thus depriving Canton
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necessity of paying the foreign staff and Providing the travelling expenses for those whose contracts have expired."
ing. On August 3rd the Workers' Con-of a considerable amount of shipping. They are not accustomed to work with ference, which is regarded the trade every year.
SHANGHAI, July 28th." extremist organisation, took nearly Sity
According to a Canton message,.. Mr.
of their opponents into custody and
out pay" be adds, and will surely pre sent their claims through their Consuls, Thus the authorities will only make themselves a laughingstock,”
TWO PICTURES, AT THE STAR Commencing resterday and showing
attractiva pictures at the Star
These are" The Empty Cradle" and Trumpet Island. The former picture is a screen adaptation of Leota Morgan's
two Theatre.
novel "Cheating Wives," and the story is a highly dramatic study of present- day social and domestic conditions..
Trumpet Island is what might be
lodged them in prison at the Workers Eugene Chen and Mr. Sung are revising who will certainly insist upon the pay called a triology of love, in which a blase
Headquarters.
NEW HIGHWAY.
The Political Committee of the Kue- mintang has decided in favour of the recommendation of the Kwangtung Public Highway-Commission-to build a public road from Shinkwan to Pingshek at a cost of $600,000. The funds are to be raised by surtax on the traffic of the three principal railway lines in
Kwangtung.
the original demands of the Canton ad- ministration regarding the settlement of the labour and boycott troubles so that it is expected that an agreement will be reached in the not distant future.
Mr. Eugen Chen says that the de- mands will be revised in such a way as not to be incompatible with the dignity and prestige of the British Empire as a leading commercial power in the Far East. It is believed, that this conciliatory attitude of Canton towards Hongkong is connected with Hunan developments with to reducing the number of
1 view
enemies... "
WU'S CALMNESS.
ATTITUDE TOWARD ALL NEWS .THE SAME.
"
ment.
THE KONG NING."
MOTOR SHIP' 'SOLD.
FETCHES LOW FIGURE.
The motor-ship Kong Ning, which was sold by order of the motgagees at "Messrs. Lammert Brothers auction rooms, Dud dell Street, yesterday afternoon, wag knocked down for a very low figure, for a vessel that was built only even
| years ago.
There was a good attendance when the sale opened. The upset price was 840,000. Beyond one bid of 8500, however, there was no further advance in the price, and the vessel was eventually knocked down to Mr. Wa Hai Tong for $40,500.
For some time past the Kong Ning has been lying off Sham Shui Po in the Harbour. She is a British ship regis tered in Hongkong and of 431.32 regis tered tonnage. Her dimensions are us under-
CHIEF AIDE-DE-CAMP. Mr. Wong Wai Lung, formerly a "boy
'at the home of the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen, assumed his new title of Colonel on August 2nd, when he became the Chief Aide-de-Camp to the Kuomin- tang Chairman, Mr. Wong was first attached to Dr. Sun when the latter was a political exile in the United States.
"GENTLE AND TOLERANT?! CANTON AND MACÃO. Kuomintang agents sent to Chinshan
PEXING, July 27th. last week to co-operate with the Strike
An interesting picture of Marshal Wu Committee pickets there have decided, Pet Fu remaining completely calm ond according to report, to limit still further, unperturbed in the midst of manifold wor the freedom of traffic between Chineseries and distractions is told by one who territory and Macho. If the advice of has been in close touch with the Marshal the Kuomintang Club in Chinshan and during the past weeks. that of the Strike Committee is followed He spends his day quietly in the neigh there will be no more tow-boats to and bourhood" of his special train on a siding from Macao after August 22nd and the at Changhainties. Perfect doods of tele. Wanchai water boats will cease supply-grams are reaching him daily and over these he spends, innumerable hours, ing the residents of Macao.
Hours are also spent with his secretaries CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S PROGRAMME
dictating replies to politicians, office Kuomintang "reports say that General chasers... and, more important, military Chiang Kai-shek will devote his whole leaders. attention first to the attack on Wuchang, His attitude toward all news is the 430 and the vessel is registered with a leaving the suppressior counter- same. Whether telegrams announce vic-speed of a knots. revolutionaries in Klangs and Fukien tories or report calamities, his facial com The ship is fitted with good passenger posure, is never altered. In the face of sccommodations and is eminently suitable
until later on,
of
AEROPLANES FOR HUNAN..
AMMUNITION, AND MONEY FROM SUN CHUAN FANG.
(Asiatic News Service.),
PEKING, July 30th.
At the request of Marshal Wu Pei Fu, General Chang Hatch Liang has ordered the chief of the air force of the Mukden Army to despatch four aeroplanes to Hankow for the use of the military ex pedition into Hunan, especially for scout ing.
Length: 170 feet and 8 tenths; Extreme Breadth: 32 feet and 9 tenths; Depth: 9 feet.
The ship was formerly on the West River rua and is fairly new being built in 1910.
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She is fitted with two Bels of motor engines described in the register as direct acting invertical and of internal combus tion. The horse power of the engine is
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all the reports about the rebellion of Tien for possenger service between Hongkong Wei Chin's troops and the mutiny in the regiments under General Chia, his calm and West-River Ports. was never even alightly.. discomposed. He gives out the impression of complete assurance. Time alone is required, it would seem to those who watch him, to anravel all the tangled knots in the com- plex military and political situation and bring yictory to his army. In his attitude toward all the persona about him he is gentle and tolerant,
AN OBSERVANT INSPECTOR.
HOW A CHAUFFEUR'S DODGE FAILED.
He is constantly in consultation with A traffic officer's memory has resulted the Shantung and Tengtien officers about in frustrating a Chinese who was trying the Nankow situation and has modestly to obtain a motor car-driver's licence by allowed the high command on this front to go to others.
inaking a secret of his past
He shows high interest in reports on The man had, in the usual course, in-. the Hunan situation and is trying, by formed Sergeant Baker that he had not telegram, to induce Chao Heag Ti to assume chief command of the forces that held a licence before and was being tested will attack Tang Sheng Chi's troops. as, to his fitness when Sub-Inspector. At the same time, a Nanking despatch Hankow are denied at Changhaintien-whose licence had been cancelled in 1922. Reports that Wu personally will go to Alexander recognised him as a driver indicates that Marshal Sun Chunn Fong Chung Mei. has sent 200,000 rounds of ammunition The Shanghai Arsenal is working at full for reckless driving. from the Kiangnan Arsenal and $100,000 pressure just now to meet the needs of as they are likely to the Allied Army to General Chao Heng Ti at Yochow. develop in the Upper Yangtze Valley, But so far, Marshal San declines to Orders have been issued that the factory despatch any troops to Hunan under the is to turn out at least 20 Maxim guns applying for a new one, the man denied pretext that he must look after Southeranionth and 600 rifles, to say nothing of Kiangai against any possible invasion by large quantities of munitions and small the Kuomintang.
field pieces.
"
When charged before Major C. Willand, at the Central Magistracy yesterday morning with failing to inform the police that his licence bad been cancelled when
that he was questioned on this point. This plea failed to satisfy his Worship, who imposed a fine of $23.-
society girl takes a trip in an aeroplane to commit a spectacular suicide, but when the machine is wrecked she falls, on a privately owned island and meets the man of dreams, who has adopted this retreats as his home, because he, too, wishes to get away from the artificali- ties of life among the money mob."-
THE WORLD THEATRE.
At the World Theatre there is being shown, again to-day and to-morrow, the Gish in The White Sister. The pictare dramatic event of the season. Lilian
is a very beautiful photoplay, very well worth seeing
MURA SHIPOFF COMPANY.
BENEFIT PERFORMANCE AT SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE.
A special benefit performance, arranged for Miss Mura Shipoff, the clever dance artiste and her Art Ballet Company, was given at the Seamen's Institute, Praya Bast, last night. The entertainment, which chiefly consisted of a selection of the best dances from Miss.Shipoff's exten sive repertoire, and also Russian dances by her brother and dance partner, Mr. Koka Shipoff, was thoroughly enjoyed.
Ming Mura Shipoff received enthusias tie ovations for all her contributions. The other artistes were also well received and much appreciated.
Local talent also, assisted at the enter tainment. The Misses Andrews daughters of Mr. 8. Andrews of the Naval Dock yard, recompanied Miss Shipoff in her dances, and also rendered special selec
tions at the piano.
The entertainment was under the patronage of the Rev. G. T. Waldegrave, Chaplain and Secretary of the Seamen's Institute, and both he and Mr. G. E... Sellwood, the manager of the Institute, did their utmost to make the performance
a success.
Tomorrow night Miss Shipoff and her company, who are hoping to leave the Colony for Manila early next week, are giving two or three turns at the open- sir concert, which has been arranged by the Kowloon, Cricket Club.
THE PROGRAMME.
The programme presented at last night's entertainment was as under-
1. Overture, Misses Andrews and Mr.
Villanor, Trio-Orchestra.
2. Dance of Love, ex ballet " Cop- pelia," Music by Leo Delibes, Mr. Koka Shipoff, Miss Murs.
3. Fascination Dance, Music by A
Lehar, Mr. Koka Bhipoff." Cello solo, New selections, Mr. George Burmi
6-Old-Russian-National Dance, Miss
Shumskaya and Mr. Shipofi
6. The Dying "Swan, Music by Saint- Saens (by special request), Miss Mura Shipoll
7.
Cello solo, Mr. George Surmi:
8. The Fisherman and the Pearl, music by C. Bohm, Miss Murs and Mr. Koka Shipo
9. Valse Fantasia, music by A. Lehar, Miss Mura and Mr. Koke Shipoff. 10. Interlude, Misses Andrews and Mr.
Villanor, Trio-Orchestra.
11. Barcarole, music by P. Tshai- kowsky, Miss Murs and Mr. Koka
Shipoff.
12. Nocturne, music by F. Chopin. Miss Mura and Mr. Koka Shipoff. (Continued at font of next Column) «
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14. Ukraina Dance, Miss Shumskaya
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