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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]
SIE,-In your issue of the 13th inst., Your Shameen correspondent commented
ANOTHER APPEAL TO THE STRIKE on the necessity of strong British pro-
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paganda in order to bring home to the Chinese that the recent occupation by the British bluejackets of the wharves in Canton wa not purported to create an incident but to clear off the pickets
facility for the Chinese to come to
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORALSPONDENT.],
"Anti-Reda are giving out the in- formation that the Makden and Nanking Hongkong freely by steamers. If, accord. warlords, Marshal Chang Tso Lin and ing to what your correspondent, anys, General Sun Chuan Fang, have come to such naval action is solely for the benefit an understanding to co-operate with of the Chinese, then those responsible Marshal Wu Pei Fu in a joint "andi. for it should be commended not only in
Red campaign against the Kuomintang in Kwangtung, Hunan, and in Hupeh From the sanie sources, it is learned that "Red" operations in Kiangsi have not been so successful as has been suggested in the "Red" communiqués,
protecting British interests in Canton but extending the same privilege to other nationals. Such altruistic motive, if this term may be used, is indeed singular i not surprising in these days of interna tional dealings where the nineteenth century method, seemingly abandoned, regains much favour and impetus. View. "Anti-Reds" have been advised that ed is a calm manner, such pretension the Fukion troops will march against appears all the more unique when atten- later than tion at Home" should be called in the Eastern Kwangtüng not September 22nd. Tupac Chow Yia Jer, search of solutions and remedies in the of Fukien, and his troops have reached present ccal strike, the unemployment Changchow to direct the "anti-Red problem, restoration of Europeap political attacks. Kuomintang-troops have been harmony, and economic adjustments. Ap- concentrating at Chac-an since the 18th.parently, your correspondent has made and it is most likely that the "Reds” will | 43 a prima farie case to his satisfaction, undertake the first offensive against the but whether, Chinese opinion will be led to the same conclusion seems to he "Anti-Reds"
along the Kwangtung.
another mattor.-Yours, etc., Fukien borders.
Replying to Kuomintang overtures "for peace and the appication of the Kuomis. tang for help, the Anfu politicians are understood to have advised the "Reds" to suspend military actions in Fukien and Kiangsi. The Anfu clique is suggesting the re-appointment of Marshal Tusa Chi Jui as Premier of the Republic.
VERITAS.
Hongkong, September 20th, 1928.
[ED. NOTE: We frankly confess that we do not understand our "correspondent's reference to the coal strike, unemploy went, etc. We publish his letter because we believe that misunderstandings and misconceptions are more easily vidared up if publicity is given to views from ali wiley. Veritas apparently refuses to believe that the British naval authorities. in Canton were acting from any altruis tie motive or that their object was "to The Kuomintang is considering the approtect Chinese Our Shameen corre pointment of Mr. Hu Haa Min, a former spondent, in his original article, referred
Foreign Representation.
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Civil Governor of Kwangtung as special representative in Germany. The Appointments of representatives to France and United States are also under een sideration. Foreign countries are to be "asked to repognize the Kuomintang as the Government of China, in place of Peking. Another Appeal to the Strike
Committee.
Uur Shamcen correspondeat pointed out that the Canton people were being led to believe that the British simply wished
to the established fact that British wharves were being used by strike pickets to ambush and to thost Chinese on their way to board British boats. The Canton Government ought to have prevented these outrages, but they did not.. They allowed them to continue for Fourteen months and therefore, at last, British bluejackets stepped in to pet an end to the practice. Any fair minded man, of whatever nationality, would agree that such action was justified and for the bene- The Kuomintang Foreign Office bast of the law-abiding Chinese themselves. again written to the Canton Strike Com mittee urging the latter to release all goods taken as enemy goods" but which are not really of British origin. Chinese circles interpret this "changed policy as an effort on the part of the Kuomintang non-Bolshevistic section to minimize the anti-British attitude, but whether or not the Left Wing, or "Red" Section of the Party will agree to this is still a question. The formal conference of the non-Bolshevists and Bolshevists of
the Kuomintang in Canton will pet be
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in session until October 10th next.
Sincere Jompany.
to pick a quarrel and he urged that British propaganda should give the British point of view. That is a straight- forward statement of the case, as we see it. I cur correspondent will deal honestly with facts we shall be glad to hear from him again, but innuendo and suggestion should be avoided.]
MOONCAKE FEAST..
CHINESE FESTIVAL TO-DAY.
There will be another Chinese festival
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THE BOYCOTT "RUMOURS.
HOW THEY ORIGINATED.
CANTON'S NEW POLICY OUTLINED,
MR. EUGENE CHEN'S LETTER TO THE BRITISH CONSUL.
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Rumours were currén: in Hongkong on Sunday that the boycott ́ would be over in three weeks. Similar rumours have been circulated before and it were better that, too much attention should not be paid to them until it is established, beyond doubt, that they have some solid basis. We made enquiries in official quarters "regarding the situation and were informed that there was no change. Our own information is that more pickets than ever before are now being trained in Canton. That does not point to any immediate cessation of the commercial disorder. While the pickets remais the boycott can never be settled.
The basis for the recent rumour was a letter addressed by Mr. Eugene Chen to the Acting British Consul-General in Canton. The exact terms of the letter were not to hand on Sunday and, therefore, no comment could be made upon them. The letter was issued officially yesterday and we refer to it in our leading article to-day. Note should be made that it is headed Republic of China Nationalist Govern ment. If there were a stable and truly representative" Government in the Republic of China the letter would be of considerable importance. In present circumstances merchants would be well advised not to place too much reliance upon it. Is is as follows:
REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT,
CANTON, September 19th, 1926.. S-I have the honour to confirm the statement made to you yesterday that arrangements have been made to end the boycott or of before Uctober 10th (moss probably at the end of September) and that the proper Chinese authorities will levy, a "special consumption tax of 2 per cent on ordinary imports and 3 per cent, on imported, luxuries together with-a-special-production-or-producers tax on exports. 23............... proposed to calculate the new rates on Customs demo. and to arrange to clear papers oply on production of vouchers verifying payment of such new special taxes.
for the Customs authorities
I have to add that the arrangements referied to have been made with the Strike Committee.
I have the honour to be, etc., etc., etc.,
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J. Fitzgerald Brenan, Esquire,
H.B.M. Acting Consul-General, The Shameen.
(S) CHEN YU JEN, Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs.
THE BRITISH CONSUL'S PROTEST.
BARBAROUS TREATMENT OF MR. SIM KYE LIM
IN SWATOW.
SCOUNDRELS IN THE GUISE OF STRIKE PICKETS
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The facts regarding the seizure and ill-treatment of Mr. Sim Eye Lim. a British subject in Swatów, have already been fully recorded in the Daily Press. In our issue of September 9th we published Mr. Sim Kye "Lim's sworn personal statement which described, in full detail, the barbarous methods used by the Strike Pickets. Concluding that state- ment Mr. Lim said:
"I wish to place on record for the information and guidance of all British, subjects of Chinese race my emphatic protest against the way in which the strikers were permitted by the British Government to treas me."
As will be seen from the letters below the British Government has protested vigorously. But where there is no Government, or where strike pickets are allowed to override Government, written protests are of little avail.
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Mr. J. F. Brenan the acting British | padlocked tightly round his neck so that Consul General in Canton, forwarded he could hardly swallow. For three dayı the following letter to the acting Com and nights he lay in that foul place missioner of Foreign Affairs at Canton: chained to the wall.
With reference to your comunica- tion of September 4th, informing me that Sim Kye Lim had been released, by the Swatow boycott pickets on the security of the Wan Sheng firm, I have the honour to enclose a copy of a letter addressed on September 8th, by His Majesty's Consulat Swatow to the Commissioner
He could not, of course, sleep and all the food be received was the dirty scraps from his goalers' table. "By the fourth day be was worn out and sick with fever and not until he had been reduced to this condition was the chain removed from his neck
"On the third day he was again in-
threats of shooting him out of hand, they forced him to sign some document. (You will of course, understand that as his signatore was obtained by compulsion nothing that the document contains can be used against him.)
The management of the Sincere Coen to-day, the 15th day of the sth moon, of Foreign Affairs at that place, from terrogated by five soundrels, who appear pany up to last Sunday had refused this being Mooncake Feast, or lid. which you will obtain a true account of ed to be leaders of the gang, and by pay 86,000 to its employees in the Canton Autumn Festival, or Chung Chix Chick branch in order that they should resume (its classical name),
The origin of this festival is placed at work. The management holds that the strike, brought about by rival anions about 2,150 B.C.; at the time when there themselves, through no fault of the Com-lived the famous archer-Emperor Hao pany at all, has caused enough loan as it (Hao Ngai in Cantonese). is and that the Company should not be required to pay "compensation" now.
The Christian General.
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ed from Moscow. So. far be has donc nothing to show that he has heartily accepted all the Kuomintang honours offered him.
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Swatow" Consul's Protest,
"On his protesting against this outrage he was threatened with revolvers and the chain was twisted so tightly round his peck that he thought they were about to strangle him.
Mr. Sim's imprisonment and the manner of his release.
I trust you will bring to the attention of the Political Council, this illuminat ing example of the methods employed by the scoundrels, who, in the guise of strike
He was then sent back to the filthy pickets, have been committing every imaginable offence against decency and cell, a room about 18 feet by 12 feet, in order for the past year, and whose con- which were incarcerated some twenty According to the legend, the Emperor duct must compromise seriously in the other unfortunate victims of these ban- shot zine of the ten suns illuminating minds of all civilised people, the dits. The room contained two open tubs legitimate aims and aspirations of the used as urinals by the prisoners and had the heavens, but, when appealed to by Chinese Nationalist Party(Signed) no ventilation, and in these disgusting the sun-god, refrained from shooting the J. F. Brenan. Acting Consul-General, surroundings, Mr. Sim remained until Mr. George Hsu Chien, who is repre-tenth. He was given a petion which Canton.
September EncỬ. scating Feng Yu Hsiang, the "Christian would make him immortal with a home
"At 1 p.m. on that day he was again General," in Canton Kuomintang affairs, in the sun, This potion had to be pre-Consul at Swatow, which was enclosed by and interrogated by.
The protest of Mr. Cecil Kirke, H.B.M. chained and padlocked around "the neck the seit-same has been asked to wire his chief to make pared in an urn at night accompanied by Mr. Erenan, reads as follows:
judges,' who offered him the choice of a formal statement accepting the Kuo-
I have the honour to acknowledge either paying them 82,000 or be sent to miatang appointments. The Christian concabine named Sheung Ngo drank all informing me that you had written to the prisonment.
prayers, and, before he could take it, a receipt of your letter of the 1st instant, Canton for execution or indefinite im- General" is said to have already return the potion while the Emperor slept. The Strike Committee to release Sim Ex
woman fled to the moon to escape the Lim
This mad was released on the 2nd vengeance of the archer-Emperor, and instant. according to legend, she returns every
"In reply to my enquiries, he informs year to the earth and moon-cakes are he was entering the office of Messrs.
me that at ten a.m. on August 16th, eaten on this occasion in har bonour.
Bradley & Co., he was attacked by about Tea houses reap a good harvest, and a dozen armed pickets in plain clothes,
"Comment on this disgraceful in- moon-shaped cakes with many wonderful who in spite of all protests, and the per
mit issued to him by Mr. Hsu Fa, the cident, or on the character of the Govern ingredients are prepared months ahead Executive. Delegate, dragged him of with ment that allows such barbarous bonduct and shipped to all parts of the world, ropes to the headquarters of the Strike to take place under their very eyes is un-
Committee:
necessary. Suffice it to say that I am where Chinese are to be found.
"Arrived there, he was immediately reporting the case to His Majesty's Minis, West Point last night was splendidly interrogated by two members of the com- ter in Peking, who will no doubt see to illuminated with lanterns. The festival mittee, who enquired what right he had it that the British Government and the ASSISTANCE, FROM AUTHORITIES. abo the occasion for a holiday for strike and boycott. He replied that astoriality are fully informed of the cir
to visit Messrs. Bradley & Co. during the International Commission on Extraterri-: schools and working guild. It is also a British subject he had a perfect right cumstances... The Canton Information Bureau states one of the four settlement days in Chi-to visit his employers and he further ox In the meantime, I must lodge with that the Wuchow. Authorities have telo nese business circles.. graphically informed the Canton Foreign Office that the Stout Memorial Hospital, goporally known as the Wuchow Hospital, has been returned to the American Baptist Mission for re-opening, and that every assistance is being extended to the latter for the purpose.
WUCHOW HOSPITAL.
HANDED BACK TO AMERICAN MISSION.
plained the circumstances in which he had received a permit from Hau Fu, For nominal admission charge Euro- which was valid until negotiations be peans will be enabled to see the festival tweet the Band Reclamation Bureau and celebrations at Lee Gardens, East Point, Messrs. Bradley & Co., were completed. and here too the scheme of decoration The strikers stated that they cared will be, both wonderful and picturesque. nothing at all for the Executive. De- Local moon cake shops are displaying legate's permit. topical signboards and cartoons of Chiang Kai Shek,, Wu Pei Fu, Sun Chuan Fang
etc.
After a few more questions had been put to him, Mr. Sim was fung into a dirty cell and a heavy rusty chain was
Finally by this method of torture they succeeded in extorting from him 8800 and he was then released, his nerves and health much impaired.
you the strongest possible protest against the treatment accorded to Sim Kye Lam, and I reserve the right to claim full com pensation, not only in respect of the sum of money extorted from him by the bandits who seized him, but for all morsl and material damage that he may have suffered at their hands" (Bigned) Cecil Kirke, H.M. Consul at Bwatow to the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs. Swatow.
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