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TAR HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1926
CANTON CENSORSHIP, WORKMAN'S MYSTERI-
ALL UNFAVOURABLE REPORTS
DENIED.
RETURNING THANKS FOR VICTORIES.
A DELUDED PEOPLE.
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
The Canton Police and Board
China.
of
OUS DEATH.
WAS HE GASSED IN NULLAH?
OFFICIAL INQUIRY.
W 3.5 not
THE DOUBLE MURDER.
FURTHER DETAILS OF WESTERN MARKET AFFRAY.
PLUCKY ACTION OF UNARMED LUKONG.
CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
MEETING OF THE GENERAL
"COMMITTEE.
the chair, supported by Mr. Ip Lan Chunn, general secretary of the Chamber. Before proceeding to the regular busi ness, Mr. Li referred to the death of Mr. Ho Fook, for some years AD officer of the Chamber, and referred to his past services to the Chamber and to
generally. All present arose, in token of the Chinese community of Hongkong respect to the deceased. The Chairman instructed the Secretary to convey to the the Chamber." family of the deceased the sympathy of
ARMED CONVOYA
It was stated that the Colonial Secre-
tary's office had communicated with the Chamber, on the subject of the necessity of again putting into effect the armed convoy system for the benefit of river shipping. The meeting, after some dis- cussion, decided to refer the question to the Chinese shipping interests.
Son of President of Guild. The two men killed were both terribly hacked with choppera, in addition to nasty stab wounds. One of them was aident of the Packers' Guild. yesterday identified as a son of the Pre-managers interested in the welfare of out-
Ocial Details,
POLICE SEARCHERS. Reference was made to those hotel
going and incoming passengers, com plaints having been made to the Chamber of abuses by Police searchers. There was considerable discussion, but no action was taken regarding the subject.
THE LATE MR. HO FOOK,
A number of interesting items, in addi- On July 24th a Chinese coolie, aged 31 Further details were obtainable yer- tion to the usual routine business, acex- years, was overcome by gas while engaged terday in connection with the tragic pied the attection of the General Cont- mittee of the Chinese General Chamber in clearing sand from a part of the affray which took place in the vicinity of Commerce of Hongkong at its meeting nullah in Pedder Street which received of the Western Market on Sunday morn-yesterday afternoon, when there was severe damage during the storm of Julying, and as a result of which two men quite a large attendance. Mr. Li Yau were killed, an alleged assailant wounded
| Tsun, chairman of the Chaüber, was in 15th-19th. From all appearances he was Censors have been directed to guard overcome by fumes, which escaped from who is not in hospital under arrest, against the admission of non-Cantonese a broken gas pipe. He was removed to snd's lukong also wounded and in hoa- publications which entertain doubts re the Government Civil Hospital in an un-pital.
The conflict, it appears, was between a garding Kuomintang communique's. It conscious state, where it was diagnosed is hoped that these official communiqués that he was suffering from coal-gas number of men employed as packers and will be accepted by all people in Kwang-poisoning. The following morning, how members of ' Trind Society. The arrest tung as giving the authentic information ever, he appeared to be quite normal anded man was armed with a dagger. The regarding the present military move. was discharged from hospital, but when other members of the gang, who were ments in Central and North-Western he returned home the same night he was armed with sticks, iron bars, choppers taken ill and died early in the morning and daggers, were able to get away, and The Kuomintang still declare that of the 26th. Owing to the decomposed a police notification now offers" reward General Sun Chunn Fang, the Tupan of state of the body when it reached the of $50 for information leading to Kiangsu and Chekiahg, has, finally demortuary on July 27th, it has been im-arrests. It is learned that from 20 to 30 cided to co-operate with the Kuomintang possible to form an opinion as to the men were engaged in the fight. in Kwangtung. It is also stated that the attual cause of death, while chemical Kuomintang delegates to Fukien and tests revealed that death Yunnan, asking for co-operation against primarily due to coni-gas poisoning. the militarista. under Marshat Wu Pei Fu
In order to ascertain the cause of the have been successful in their missions.man's death, an enquiry was opened by On the other hand the officials deny | Major C. Willson, sitting as a Coroner reports that "anti-Reds "'in Kiaugsi, with a jury, at the Central Magistracy
Official accounts of the affair issued Fukicu, and Yunaan are marching against yesterday afternoon.
yesterday show that the parties in the Kwangtung. In fact the Kuomintang
fight belonged to opposing societies, and deny every report unfavourable to them,
that the affair was the culmination of a alleging that such reports come from
Triad feud, which had been germinating imperialist" sources?
UKM a long period. The two deceased Anti-Reds" in the South China ports,sequent disease was due to the gas men were accosted by the members of the however, are now being advised by the poisoning in the first place.
opposing faction, who counted the larger Shanghai central office that General Sun
number, and an attack immediately be Chuan Fang, Tupan of Kiangsu and
The first witness called was the fathergan. One of the men was done to death. Chekiaäg, has assured them that be will support Marshal We Pei Fu in his anti-of the deceased, who said that on July on the spot, while the other, although Red campaign and that Kuomintang 24th his son was admitted to the Governmortally wounded, kept behind his as- reports to the contrary cannot be trusted.ment Civil Hospital, but after being dis sailant for a considerable distance before
Celebrating Victories,"
charged from hospital, returned to his September ath was the day officially home. at Whitåeld, at five o'clock on July appointed by the Kuomintang to offer "sacrifice to the spirit of the late Dr. Sun 8th. His son told him that on July Yat Sen, by whose blessing the cities of with he had been engaged in clearing Wucbang and Hankow have come into sand out of a drain in the Central dis- Kuomintang hands," and all members of the Canton Administration attended the trict near Flower Street, and that while ceremonies arranged. M. Jacob Boradia, working he had a rope tied around his Soviet High Commissioner in South China, was also present.
Mr. Sun Fa waist, by which he would be pulled up was given a great ovation and his ad- f be, tugged. His son explained what rairers see in him a future President of had happened, but left the house about eight o'clock, and returned again about ten o'clock Later witness beard what Red" assertions that many cadets in the
The Kuomintang are denying the anti-rounded to be someone banging on a bed. Whampoa Military Academy have desert ed. According to Kuomintang official reports, from June 10th to July 20th, 148 desertions were reported, and it is point ed out that this number is a small per- centage of the cadets at the Academy.
Cina.
Cadets Deserting,
*
Feng's Delegate. General Li Ming Chung, said to be a personal delegate of Feng Yu Hsiang, the Christian General;" to Canton, left the Southern Capital on September 5th, carrying from Kuomintaag Headquarters a number of commissions, appointing General Feng a member of the Komin tang Central Executive Committee and a
corps comanander.
Resignations from the Navy.
The Kuomintang naval commandant at Canton had to accept the resignation of 36 of his officers last week. The naval officials belonging to the older schools resigned as a protest against the appoint ment to the navy of men who should have been given military commands galy.
Jaak Trafic.
In opening the enquiry, Major Willson told the jury that it would be for them to determine whether the man received suficient treatmaut and whether his sub-
No Pulse,
He went to his son, who complained of a pain in his hand and in his abdomen. Witness tried to ease the pain by rubbing his son's abdomen with his hand. Chinese doctor was sent for, who, when he arrived declared that the man had no pulse, and he would not prescribe for him. Between five and six o'clock the next morning an ambulance was sent, but when it arrived his son had died.
Quite Normal:
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The Chamber, since their last meeting in August, has received a number of duly published in the Chinese papers for trade inquiries, some of which have been
those interested.
The official directory of leading Chi- nese merchants and trades, now being prepared under the auspices of the Cham- ber, is expected to be ready before the end of this year.
B. & S. STEAMER SEIZED.
he fell dead. Tightly clutched in his "COCKCHAFER" AND "WIDGEON" hand. was police whistle which be used
CALLED UPON. during the chase.
When the police arrived on the scene one of those engaged in the affray escaped' into Morrison Street, through Cleverly Street, and on to the Praya, where he was brought to bay by a Chinese constable. The man, who had already been wounded in the back during the fight, offered desperate resistance and brandished a dagger. The constable watched for big boo pole which disarmed the desperado. opportunity and dealt a blow with a ban The man was then literally overcome and Landcuffed.
Pincky Action.
The lukong's prompt action should not be allowed to pass without comment. He proved himself exceedingly plucky. He was unarmed, and, although not on duty at the time, he did not hesitate to attack the runaway. It is rarely that an un- armed lakong would be expected to tackle a desperado of this character who was in a very frenzied condition at the time.
Beveral Detained.
"When Major Willson asked for medical evidence, Inspector Field, conducting the case for the police, stated that Dr. Valen- tine had left that morning for Shanghai, The detectives in charge of the case were hut hail left his deposition, which he (In-engaged yesterday in pursuing their in- spector Field) asked to be allowed to put vestigations and taking statements from people who were in the vicinity of the fight at the time.
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A number of suspected persons have been detained for the purpose of being questioned, but no actual arrests, beyond that of the man in hospital, have yet
This deposition stated that the deceas- ed was admitted to the Government Civil Hospital 9.20 a.m. on July 4th in an unconscious condition. He regained con- sciousness about an hour later. The next morning he appeared normal and was dis-been effected. charged from hospital. The diagnosis was coabgas poisoning.
Dr. J. R Craig was called, and said visited an undertaker's on the 26th to The stoppage of junk traffic between that the body of the deceased was Shekki and Canton during the last few brought to the mortuary on July 27th
and asked if he could get a permit to days has been due to bandits refusing to at 3.20 p.m. The body was in a state of hary the deceased. He was told it could not be obtained that day, and on July allow junks to navigate that section of advanced decomposition. Witness did the West River without paying the cus not see, the body until the morning of 27th he accompanied the, undertaker to a Government office near the Post Office. tomary tribute. The junks Eave pre- the 28th. It was impossible to form an
Subsequently Sanitary. Inspector Gregory viously paid protection fees" to pirates an opinion of the actual cause of death. rame and viewed the body which was and bandits, but recently the Kaomin The history of the caso, as recorded on shartly afterwards conveyed in the dead tang advised that payments should be the chit which came with the body, to made to the duty of suppressing piracy the mortuary, was sewer-gas poisoning. while the medical history gave coal-gas poisoning. An analysis of the blood showed that there was no change in blood due to coal-gas poisoning.
on Canton waters.
Threatened Strike in Szeyap, Postmen in the Szeyap districts are threatening & general strike unless the postmaster at Pakkei,, Kongmoon, will re-instate a postman recently dismissed- for absence without leave. The conten- tion of the dismissed man
is that his absence was necessitated by special duty with the Postmen's Union which sent him to Canton on business. As many Chinese residents in Hongkong are natives of Szeyap, any strike of this sort will cause much inconvenience to Hongkong Chinesc.
cart to the mortuary..
The Foreman: Was the deceased dia charged from hospital as fit and well?..
Witness: Yes.
Foreman's. Evidence.
:
OFFICIAL DETAILS.
It was stated in the cables yesterday that General Yang Sen, of Szechuan, supporter of Marshal Wu Pei-fu, had seized a British steamer at Wan Hsien.
The facts have now been officially com- municated to the Press. The steamer was the 'an Li, owned by Messrs. Butterfeld & Swire. This vessel was surrounded by troops in sampans who
to get aboard but in the course of the forced her to stop by constant fring When she had stopped, the troops tried acramble two of the sampans collided and saak and it is believed that some soldiers. were drowned.
General Yang Sen maintained that the steamer had run down the sampane and ordered that she should be detained until compensation was forthcoming for the loss of lives.
H.M.S. Cockchafer went to the an Lin's assistance," but ran aground and could not extricate herself. The H..S. Widycon was therefore called upon and soon appeared upon the scene.
H. B.M.'s Consul at Chungking has jeft for Wan Haien and will endeavour to settle the difficulty.
THE QUEEN'S THEATRE. DOUGLAS MACLEAN IN THE
SUNSHINE TRIAL"
A PARTICULARLY AMUSING FILM.
The Sunshine Trial," which is being shown at the Queen's Theatre, provides a little of something to suit all tastes plenty of action, farge, thrills and laughter provoking situations for the youngsters.
It is the story of a cowboy, played by Douglas MacLean, who comes back to civilisation from his ranch, scattering sunshine and helping everyone he can along his way, despite the fact that those whom he aids return evil for good by dragging him through dangers and devilry, and lambasting him at every tara.
The Chinese foreman of the Tung Yik Sonny McTavish comes back to his boy- - Not Due of Coal-Gas Poisoning.
of contractors, by whom deceased was hood home from the war and expecta to Major Willson read a report of the chemical tests carried out, and this show. employed as a coolie, said that the de be welcomed as a hero by the town. But ceased was engaged in clearing a drain he is disappointed. His home folk re- ed that death was not primarily due to (in the nullah) in Pedder Street on the fuse to recognise him, declaring the real carbogide of oxide or coal-gas poison-morning of July 24th. He was poisoned Sonny McTavish to be dead and buried ing.
in France. Constables, sheriffs and de- by coal-gas and was seen by a woman Alajor Willson asked what other gas coalie to be lying unconscious. He was tectives follow him day and night. He there could be down in the nullah besides pulled up by the rope tied around his is accused of burglary and highway rob waist and four bottles of soda water were bery, and even of kidnapping a child that from a gas main.
Dr. Craig said it would all depend on brought. They tried to pour some down that has been loisted on him by the whether the sewer was open or not. If his throat, and the deceased vomited. A mother. it was only a coal-gas pipe open, it would European Police Sergeant appeared on Numerous other numorous incidents he only coal-gas, The doctor added that the scene and the man was conveyed in follow among which is a hold up of the be removed some blood from the heart an ambulance to hospital.
bank where McTavish has just had his Questioned as to why the rope was draft refused. He is, of course, accused of the deceased which when tested for coal-gas poisoning gave a pugatory re-fastened around the deceased's body, the of complicity in the robbery in spite of witness replied that it was a Govern- the fact that he gave chase to the bandits. ment rule and was always done in con- Finally he gets, locked up in the town nection with this sort of work.
prison.
sult.
Pains All Over
SUPPRESSION OF BANDITRY.
·OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. The following communiqué has been issued by the
Canton Information Bureau:--
CANTON, September 3rd.
The' principal tenant, of No. 90, Whit The Government recently issued to the commanders of the gunboats instructions feld, where the deceased and bis father to hasten the preparation for the came lived, corroborated the evidence of the paign for the suppression of banditry in father of the dead man, He said that the Province. The gunboats will form when he was called to see the deceased different groups under the command of at mid-night on the 25th, the man com officers. The district authorities received plained of pains all over his body. orders to co-operate with the naval com- manders in order to clear all the districts of gangs of pirates.
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Major Willson: But the rope is not
g to save his life if he inhales &
large quantity of gasi......
Witness: When a man wants to come up we pull him up.
Major Willson: Suppose be is over- Witness went on to relate how he sub-come so suddenly that he cannot be pulled sequently went to the Wanchai Sanitary up. Is nothing else done to make sure Department, for an ambulance, and when
giving him a rope. A Sanitary Board of examination plan he told them the man had been poisoned safe for a man to go down besides ned by the Canton Municipality will start by coal-gas they referred him to the its operations on September 8th, accord. Public Dispensary. When ho told them ing to a municipal decree promulgated about the case there he was sent to No. yesterday. Ships entering Whampoa and 2 Police Station, and from there he was Canton Ports will be examined by duly told to go to Bay View Police Station. appointed medical officers. The creation He returned to the house first, and short- of the Board has been notified to the ly afterwards the deceased died." He
(Continued on next Uolumn.) Consular Body here.
Witness replied that the tying of the rope around a man engaged in this sort of work, was the only precaution taken, He had never known of such a case be- fore in several years' experience.
After hearing further evidence, Major Willson adjourned the enquiry until this afternoon.
However, everything enda happily for Bonny and his sweetheart in the final
scenes.
Do
Douglas MacLean never had a role bet ter fitted to him than that of Sonny He- Tavish. Sonny is a rollicking western cowboy who has for his motto in life: "Scatter sunshine on your way!
friends everybody, even his enemies, and some good turn every day." Souny be thereby he piles troubles on himself sky high. But he does not turn cynical; he is still the original Cheorio Charlie." The cast of the picture is an excellent one, consisting of Edith Roberts, little Muriel Frances Dana, Josie Sedgewick, William Courtright Barney Furey, Rex Cherryman and Albert Hart.
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