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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 19Æ,
OPTIMISM REGARDING TRADE RESUMPTION.
NORMAL CONDITIONS NOW CONFIDENTLY EXPECTED.
CANTON LEADERS LEAVE FOR CONFERENCE AT NANCHANG,
There is a distinctly mora optimistic feeling now regarding a return to normal trading conditions than there was when the boycott was officially declared terminated on October 10th. Then it was felt thers were bound to be labour troubles and disorders. These have been experienced during" the past two 'wecka" They have apparently now subsided and it is thought - scarcely likely that they will be again renewed in a form sufficiently serious to stop husicces. Merchants do not anticipate that everything will be plain sailing but they are certainly of the opinion that the worst is over and that, in spite of possible temporary hindrances, the general; tendency will now be towards improvement.
The Lungahan brought down about a hundred passengers yesterday and the Sai On approximately 700. There was no cargo ontside of the ordinary supplies of produce, but cargo is being taken up to Canton and no difficulty is being experienced in discharging it. The same applies to the Taishan, which returned from Canton last night. Her passengers numbered 14, including 13 Europesas. Freight, it is thought, will be offering in Canton in reasonable quantities very shortly, eat any rate there is no apparent reason why it should be withheld,
It is officially notified that the leaders of the Canton Government have goné North to survey the condition of the territory now under Nationalist control.
QUESTIONS OF FINANCE.
RAISING MONEY FROM CONQUERED TERRITORY.
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
Maay Cantonese are of the opinion that as Kuomintang troops are now occupying large areas of Kwangsi, Hunan, Hupeh, Kinngsi, and Fukien, the people of those
provinces should bear part of the ex-
Although Kwangtung is a rich pro vince, she cannot bear such a heavy burden for long. Therefore, it is advis able to share a part of this heavy burden with the newly conquered provinces south
of the Yangtze River,
As to Hapeh, the amount of revenue the revenues of Kwangtung to be de- is not less than Kwangtung. A part of posited as surplus is used for the deve: ent of industry, the construction of railroads, the opening of roads, the im
AN ASTOUNDING PIRATICAL OUTRAGE.
TWO EUROPEAN LADIES MADE CAPTIVES.
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SUNNING
ATTACKED AND SET ABLAZE.
CHIEF ENGINEER SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
EIGHTEEN PIRATES CAPTURED,
A determined piratical attack on a British vessel on the high seas, resolute resistance by the officers, the discomfture of the pirates and the setting of the ship won fire; the escape of the sea-wolves and the eventual capture of some of them, and the hurry of warships and mercantile vessels to the scene-inch "in brief was the sensational news wirelessed to Hongkong yesterday morning.
The ill-fated vessel was the $.5. "Sunning" (China Navigation Company). More startling news was to hand late last night when it was ascertained that two European ladies were kidnapped, that the Chief Engineer was seriously wounded, and that three officers, two quarter- masters and one lady passenger had been picked up by a Norwegian steamer. Nine pirates were arrested on board the "Sunning" and HALS." Bluebell" captured a boatload of pirates and booty,
SCENE OF PIRACY.
GUNBOAT ATTRACTED BY „BLAZE
AT SEA.
HARROWING EXPERIENCES.
LATEST DETAILS OF THE OUTRAGE.
Some 50 miles from Hongkong, off confirmed the previous story, and though Further details gleaned late last night Chitang Point, midway between here and the information was meagre it tends to Swatow, in the early hours of yesterday prove that the officers and passengers of morning, H.M.S. Bluebell which left here the vessel passed through a harrowing experience. The sudden piratical attack, vessel ablaze, and went to her assistance.ed by the commandeering of some of on Monday for Swatow discovered a the setting of their vessel on fire, follow- She was found to be the ss. Sunning, their boats all combined to place them owned by the China Navigation Company in a position of appalling nocertainty as (Butterfield & Swire), a coastal res-
pense of the Northern Expedition in order provenent of the silk industry, the sup-sel engaged on the Shanghai-Hongkong
to relieve Kwangtung of some of the very heavy burdens it now has to beat. It is
pression of bandita and the establishment of schools and colleges.
understood that this view is shared by newly conquered provinces requires a This regulation of the finance of the several of the leaders of the party, by Mr. Sun Fo Mr. Eugene Chen and Mr. period of three months, for the reason T. V. Soong among others. These off. that a rest should be given to the people cials, it is expected, after their inspection after a battle and that the reorganisation of the new territory, will devise, some of different financial organisations can means of tapping additional sources of hardly be accomplished within a
very
revenue.
limited period.
There is also gossip that Generafs Liuaffairs in Canton after your departure?
Q. Who will take charge of your Tso Lung and Tang Seng Chi, the com-
A: Responsible persons have already manders who mutinied against their
Fun.
She had left Amoy the previous morning for Hongkong. The upper works of the ship were afre and when the gunboat arrived efforts were being made to quell the blazer
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On ascertaining the cause, which was to the effect that following a piratical attack which did not succeed owing to the resistance of the officers and men,
after firing the vessel, a wireless message the pirates having escaped in small boats
was sent to the Naval Authorities here.
to their fate.
It seems safe to postulate that a stubborn encounter took place on the vessel. Later the fire broke out, but how. it arose cannot as yet be ascertained.
It appears that the Japanese vessel, 8.3. Kaiyo Maru was the first to report that the s.s. Suaning was a fire off Chilang Point. Another Japanese steamer, the Genoa daru, was also in the vicinity and both these vessels accom punied H.M.S. Bluebell to her assist
ance.
About the same time, the "Bluebell also
The message also stated that two ships reported that the vessel was heavily on
superiora in order to associate themselves been sent to different organizations under of the China Navigation Company, the fire, and that she had anchored ahead!
Important affairs can
settled by telegrams daily.
Q: How long will you be there 1 A.: As the outlines of finance have been completed, I will be there for about ong month to distribute the different stafs.
with the Kuomintang, are still anti-y control. Reds" at heart, and it is thought the tour of the Kuomintang leaders to the provinces under Liu and Tang will test the faith of the new "comrades" The Kuomintang Minister of Finance will order the sale of war bonds and how people respond will be watched with great interest.
Swatow,
Kaying and the Suiyang were standing of her, and was endeavouring to get by. The Kaying was proceeding to boses on board, but that a strong wind vessel was coming to, Hongkong from arrived and was rendering what assist. Swatow and Bangkok, and the ather and heavy seas made this very difficult By this time, the 5.8. Kuping bad also Shanghai when they saw the Sunning-inance she could. distress
Taikoo Tug Sant Out.
It is stated that the Swataw Strike Committee now deprived of its power to At about the same time, No. 4 Police seize enemy goods" through the ser- Launch, which was out in the neighbour- Since the establishment of the Ministry vice of its pickets, will be given $20,000 hood of Bins Bay picked up the message of Communications within the Kuomina month, payable weekly-25,000 an in-and also wirelessed it to Hongkong.
Canton-Hankow Hallway..
tang, suggestions have been made by the accounts of the Canton surtaxes.
stalment. The money will be drawn from
officials of the Ministry that the much- talked-of Canton-Hankow Railway should be made a reality by extending the line from Shiukwan in Kwangtung to Chang. sha in Hunan. While there is very little
hope that such a gigantic project will be carried out for years to come, it is the belief of many Cantonese that the Kuo- mintang will at least keep up the agita tion in favour of the work in order to
THE KWANGTUNG ARSENAL.
the scene...
Ladies Kidnapped: Boats Seized.
It was not until communication had been established that it was learned that a piracy had occurred, and that most of the pirates had escaped in the ship's boats, taking with them two Europear ladies. It was further nocertaince that the Chief Engineer was seriously wound- An armed guard from the Bluebell was placed on board the Sunning, and the vessel searched. As a result mine pirates were arrested. The gunboat which was alongside was forced to cast off owing to the heavy sea running. By this time the fire had subsided and the Bluebell proceeded to search for the ship's boats, leaving the Suaning in tow of the baci picked up one bost with ten Chinese on board, but one jumped overboard and was drowned. Thers were no Europeans in this boat, were found... but watches, money, and one revolver
Later the
ed. On receiving the news, the Taikoo Dock tug was despatched to the scene, with Mr. Kinghorn (the Marine Superin- tendent of B. & S.) aboard. The Captain Superintendent of Police (the The Kwangtung Arsenal at Shekcheng, Hon. Mr.. E. D. C. Wolle), Mr. T. H. near Canton, where work is now using, and Capt. Bloxham also went to pended' owing to a "lock out" of all employees, will soon be operating again" Wireless messages received later in with new workmen engaged at Shanghai. uicated that the Ere had been quelled According to the authorities of this and that the vessel was being towed to arsenal, the plant is capable of produc Hongkong by the Taikoo, accompanied The Cantonese are now providing more ing. 40 rifes daily, in addition to other by the Suiyang. than $8,000,000 monthly "to support the arms, if every department of the works Kuomintang Army in the "feld," it is would co-operate. The authorities are, -explained by those interested in the willing to take back some of the old
acheine, and four years of continuous | workmen under a new contract. peace would enable the provinces cou. cerned-Kwangtung, Hunan, and Hepeh- to complete the railway without foreign
maintain national interest.
loans.
',
Interview With Mr. T. V. Soong. Mr. T. Y. Soong, the Finance Minister, was interviewed by the Canton Gazette shortly, before he left for the North. The questions and answers were follow:
Q. Is it true that you are going to the fronti
A: Yes, by the order of the Govern ment I am going to the front with Eugene Chen and Sun Fo to unify the finance, the communications, and the foreign
affairs.
Q. Can you give a brief outline of the unification of finance of the different provinces:
A At the establishment of the Nation-
Dr. O, T. Wang.
Dr. C. T. Wang, formerly & Minister of Foreign Affairs at Peking, who has been spending a fortnight in Canton, bas left for a tour of the Straits Settlements. He will also visit the Philippines.
A TRIP TO THE NORTH.
KUOMINTANG OFFICIALS! TOUR.
The Canton Information Bureau, on November 15th, issued the following statement which confirms the reports already published:-
"Important officials of the Nationalist
Government and the Kuomintang Party Organisation will leave here to-morro
Survivors Picked Up. Later, a messige was received from the for Chinwangtao from Hongkong, to the Norwegian steamer, Karens Jell, bound efect that she had picked up a boat con- taining three officers, two quartermasters, and one lady passenger from the Sun ning. Meanwhile & seaplane from She is H..S. Hermes had reported sighting an empty ship's lifeboat near Cape Pedro Blanco.
The 4.5, Sunning is a comparatively new bout, having been launched at the Taikoo Dockyard in 1910. She is steel screw vessel of 2,565 tons, and her dimen sions are:-Length, 310 feet; breadth, 41 feet; and depth, 2 feet. equipped with engines of 188 nominal horsepower, and is fitted with wireless. Her port of registry is London. Captain Pringle is in command. The steamer was No further reliable information had due to arrive in Hongkong yesterday been received up to a late hour last night, but it was learnt that British warships afternoon, and to leave here for Shangwere searching the area in which the hai on Saturday.
piracy had occurred.
morning.
The Sunning will not arrive until this
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.; programme. Among other matters re-
-COLONEL MALONE'S VIEWS.
viewed by Colonel Malone in the policy of the Foreign Powers and their in- teresta. Answering the question, “What can be done to help Chinx cut of the Col... L'Estrange Malone, F.IL.Ac.S., fallen
welter and chaos into which she has wh recently returned to England from what appears to be the best course in the be says it is surely time to také
which he lived with the Chinese, in Government under the pretence that it a tour of investigation in China, during present situation, and end the "humbug of Peking, the support of a shadow Chinese fashion, and visited all the im-le the central authority in China, and for a general survey of the conditions of the territory under Nationalist control. portant centres from Eurbin to Canton, recognise for the time being the de facte
**The extension of Nationalist power has set out his findings in an LLP.
partition of China, giving to each Gov- alist "Government there were only two makes necessary the co-ordination of publication entitled, "New China," of surplus of the Customs Revenue. Bog crument its appropriate share of the provinces, Kwangtung and Kwanga Refinances, communication and foreign
affairs, it is stated in authoritative circles which Part I. deals in a well-written and land, he holds, should take the lead cently, Hanan, Hupch, Fukien and Kiang- here.
interesting eight chapters with the poli rear in revision of policy and outlook.
cather than invariably follow up in the i have been conquered consecutively by "Members of the party will hold a tical situation. Colonel Malone, says the dip Trade and a Basilan Loan, the Northern Expedition Forces. Other conference at Nanchang with political provinces such as Houan and Chekiang representatives of the Nationalist Govern China Express & Telegraph, alter de The Daily Mail understands that dur ment in the field to draft plans. The scribing the vastness of China, gives his ing his conversation on October 11th at ...are going to be our possessions.
inspection party includes T. V. Soong, views on the numerous Governments," the Foreign Office with Bir Austen Kwangting was the only province to Minister of Finance, Eugene Chen, Minis
Chamberlain, M. Krassin, the Bolshevist be the background of the revolutionary ter for Foreign Affairs, Sun Fo, Minister song which he includes the Diplomátic Charge d'Affaires, was told that it lo of Communications, and others, with Corps, as a force of influence. He sought a loan in the City it would be armies. The expenditure on this Northern secretarial staffs.
favours the party at Canton-the Kuo former debts, and also to consider the necessary to consider the repayment of Punitive Expedition was entirely depen "The tour is expected to take a month mintang-as the hope of China, and the cessation of action against British trade dert upon the revenues of Kwangtung to six weeks."
caly party with a definite and detailed in the Far East.
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