SAFEGUARDING SHANGHAI.
POWERS AGREE TO PLACE A FORCE OF
4,000 MEN THERE..
GREAT BRITAIN SENDING THREE BRIGADES WITH
· GENERAL AND STAFF.
OTHER RE-INFORCEMENTS.
REMAINDER OF PUNJABIS LEAVING TO-MORROW."
It is stated that Great Britain is sending three Brigades to China, one from Home, one from the Mediterranean and osé from India. It is also probable that the Suffolks, who were expected to stay in Hongkong, will go direct to the North. A General with his. full staß will shortly be proceeding to Shanghai to complete the organisation.
J.
Great Britain, America, France and Japan have agreed to maintain a garrison of 4,000 men at Shanghai to which force each country will contribute its arranged.quota.
The remainder of the 2/3′′ Punjabis are-leaving for Shanghai by the Empress of Canada to-morrow. Four companies, as itated, went by the Gizmogle of Sunday evening.
Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, the Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, returned to Hong Kong from Shanghai on Sunday night.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
TWO BATTALIONS LEAVING NEXT MONDAY.
COMBINED. STRENGTH ABOUT 1,400 OTHERS ACCOM PANYING,
www.
MALTA, Jan. 94th.
The First Battalion of the Bed- ford and Hertford Regiments and the Second Battalion of the Border Regiment proceed to China next Monday aboard the La Megantic. Their combined strength is about 1,400. A number of officers in other branches of the service, including medien officers and nurses are accompanying the troops.
TROOPS FROM INDIA.
TWO BRITISH AND TWO, INDIÁN BATTALIONS.
LONDON, Jan. 'Sith. The War Office officially has 2D- nounced that the Government of India is arranging for the despatch to Shanghai of 2 British and 9 Indian battalions with ancillary troops..
JAPAN'S CHINA SQUADRON.
DESTROYERS DESPATCHED
TO SHANGHAI..
TOKYO, Jan. 24th.
The Navy Ofice announces that 4 destroyers the Momo, Yanagi, Hinoki and Kashi-have been despatched Shanghai
to
from Sasebo to-day to join Japan's China Squadron.
BRITAIN'S SANE POLICY.
COLONEL MALONE'S VIEWS.
A WELL KNOWN' LABOUR WRITER.
CANTONESE AIMS AND IDEALS.
STATEMENT BY THE VICEROY OF INDIA.
CO-OPERATION WITH THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT.
DELHI, Jan. 24th.
la the course of his inaugural address to the Assembly, H.E the Viceroy (Lord Irwin) aspenced that India, being the nearest part of the Empire wherein forces were available for immediate despatch to China, the Government of India had agreed to contribute a
con- thus co-operating with the Imperial tingent including Indian troops Government, who were reluctantly forced to order a reinforcement purely as a defensive measure.
UNWONTED ACTIVITY AT PORTSMOUTH BARRACKS.
MARINES LEAVING FOR CHINA.
THE HONG KONG DALY PRESS. TUESDAY,
THE FIGHTING, IN THE NORTH.
FENGTIEN TROOPS READY : TO SUPPORT WU PEI FU.
[CHINESE PRESS SERVICE]
+
SHANGHAI TRAM- WAY STRIKE.
EMPLOYEES RETURNING
TOWORK.
*BUS EMPLOYEES TO PRE- SENT" DEMANDS.”
[THHOUGH REUTER ́S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, January, 24th. Though the 'bus employees struck a few days ago in fear of mol catation from the tramway em
BHANGHAI, Jan. 4th. After a military conference in Peking, called by Chang Tso Lisi, a decision was reached that in order to reinforce Marshal Wu Pei Fu in- his campaign against the Southern invaders" and his disloyal subokli- nates, Wai Yi San and Chin Yun Ao. in Honan, & brigades of Feng-ployees, it is reported that they are, tien forces and 3 brigades of Shan-
now arranging to present demanda to the management. tung troops should be despatched- to Honan immediately. It is reg ported that most of the troops ready for the expedition to Honan are concentrated at Hantang, on the Chibli-Honan border,
"
SOUTHERN TROOPS SET- BACK IN CHEKIANG.
[CHINESE PRESS SERVICE]',
SHANGHAI, January 94th. The pro-Southern General Chow Fang Chi is retreating to the Kiangai Chekiang border. All Southern troops formerly stationed at Chuchow, Lankai and some dis- tricis further north and along the upper Tsintang River valley have been completely cleared out.
(EARLIER TELEGRAMS,]
(THROUGH RAUTEE'S AGENCY.]:
Professur Socthill's Views..
|
The tramway employees revarned to work this morning, and the service is gradually becoming normal
BRITISH POLITICS.
NEW LIBERAL ASSOCIATION TO BE FORMED.
LONDON, Jan. 2ärd.
It is announced that a new a550- ciation of Liberals is now in process of formation.
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The first meeting of the new body is likely to be held shortly. Vis count Grey will be President and the Association, it is understood, will be known as the Liberal Coun cil and will include the majority of the members of the Liberal Party who do not see eye to eye with Mr. Lloyd George. It is gathered that the members of this body will not dissociate themselves from
the owcial Liberal Party but will act irrespective of the policy of Mr. Lloyd George.
ing
JANUARY 25th, 1927.
MALAYA'S FLOOD:
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE HAVOC.
REFUGEES BEING ASSISTED.
(TUXOUGH REUTER'S ADENOS,]
BRITISH POST OFFICES.
A NET SURPLUS OF £6,667,000.
STILL HEAVY LOSS ON TELEGRAPH SERVICE.
[BRITISH WIRKLESS SERVICE. )
SINGAPORE, Jan, 94th. The Government of the Straits Settlements is continuing to assist those refugees who lost their all in the disastrous recent floods in Malays. The public relief funds Are 'mounting daily. It is not yet possible to ascertain the total death | corded except for 1913. roll or damage, but it is officially
estimated that there were over 50 fatalities. In the state of Kelan tan 3,000 cattle perished and dam- age to rico crops amounted to
Rudar, January 24th, :' The commercial accounts of the Post Office for the year, ended March 31st, show a net surplus of £4,667,000, which is the bighest re
Postal services produced a prost of over £7,000,000 and the proft
au telephones exceeded £800,000.
The telegraph service showed a loss of £1,300,000, which represents
OBITUARY.
ANOTHER FAMOUS WAR CORRESPONDENT. PASSES AWAY.
MR. PERCEVAL LANDON,
LONDON, Jan. 24th The death is announced of Mr. Perceval Landon, the world-renown- od war correspondent.
Professionally, Mr. Landon was barrister-at-law. He was also.& dramatist and author of miscellane ous publicationą such as govcis and practically during the whole of his. works of travel But by choice and working life he was a Special Cor respondent and when occasion arose, à War Correspondent. Evi- denly he was a man who believed profoundly(as many journalists powerful mission of the Press Mr. de) in the high, honourable and
Laadon was born in 1869, son of the late Rev. E. H. Landon. His mother was a daughter
of
the Rev. the Hon. Arthur P. Perceval. Lan
$400,000. The traders losses in ancan improvement of £300,000 on the don himself never married. After
town are estimated at $300,000. The death roll in Perak ia estimated at 24.
WIRELESS TELEPHONY.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE SPEAKS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
LONDON, Jan 23rd. The Trans-Atlantit telephone service, which had hitherto been confined to London and New York, was yesterday increased in range so as to include towns within a radius of 110 miles of London and several of the eastern American States.
The first conversation over the extended serice was between the President of Harvard University and the Vice-Chancellor of Cam-
was Mr. Lloyd Georgo who spoke with the Governor of Mas
on the street - thousands of it, casual workers, have now been drawn into the industrial mael
previous year.
The total expenditure for the Four exceeded £35,000,000, of which
£33,000,000 were absorbed salaries, wages and allowances.
(THROGOR REUTER'S AGENCY.]
in
CATALAN CONSPIRATORS.
TO BE DEPORTED FROM FRANCE
having been educated at Oxfani University, he was called to the Bar in 1895. During the South. African War, Mr. Landon acted as the Times Special, Correspondent. Following his war experiences he was, for a brief period, Privato Secretary to the Governor of New South Wales. Becoming Special. Correspondent for the London be visited the Delhi,
Daily China, Japan and Siberi
Durbar,
(1003). In 1900-4 be was sent, by the Times, along with the Lhasa Expedition In 1905-6, for the London Daily Telegraph, he accom- panied the Prince of Wales on his visit to India. Two years later, he PARIS, Jan. 23rd. was in Pernia, India and Nepal According to
in Russian Turkestan in 1900 and the newspapers,
in Egypt and Sudan in 1910. Next Garibaldi and the Catalan conspira- year he was on the N.E. frontier of tors have been liberated, häving India, and at the Delhi Durber, of been imprisoned since November articles. In 1912 he was in Meso- which he wrote brilliant descriptive 13th, and thus completed the seapotamia and Syria and (in 1914-15) tences, imposed.
in Scandinavia and on the British and French lines (European War); the Italian lines in 1917. In 1919 ho was a Special Correspondent at the Peace Conference at Paris. The following year he was at Constan tinople and (in 1921-22)he came out East again, on this occasion, his tour to India and Japan In 1922, he remained for quite a con- "siderable time in China and,
DIED.
CHRISTIAN SERVICE.
LONDON, January 23rd." Professor Soothill, in the conclud- ing portion of his article to the Sunday Times, points out that the
The Minister for the Interior has Concessions, so unjustly inveighed
Union's Extravagant Demands.“ against, were meant to be ghettoea
Bridge University who exchanged signed deportation orders in respect without the pale," and he dog.
HANKOW, January 18th. messages of goodwill and congratu- of all those sentenced cribes the amazing transformation
Three, British cotton press pack lation. The service worked with of these formerly unattractive sites.ing companies at Hankow, which LONDON, Jan. 24th. After a reference to the develop hitherto have kept their plants perfect clearness. There was unwonted activity as ment of industry at Rog Koos operating in order to avoid throw. Among others who made use of TOKYO WHEN EDWARD VII along with the Prince of Wales on Portsmouth barracks on Sunday and Shanghai, Prof. Soothill casts when 1,000 marines were packing light on the educational develop up their kits and bidding farewell meat and says that while we might to friends and relatives propara not have done all that we might tory to going to China, to-day or aught to have done, we have ten aboard the s. finnesota, which tured to trespass on China's sover- will call at Hong Kong en route foreign duties by rendering some not inconsiderable aid. He refers to Shanghai.
other services such as famine relief and
hospitals and says that "if there had been no British medical work in Hong Kong there, would have been no Sun Yet Sen, and if no British hospital in Peking no Feng Yu Hsiang.
He concludes that one blushes to have to write these things about the British contribution to China's well-being, for they ought to be written by a Chinese and not an Englishman. Happily there is a large number of thoughtful Chinese who would gladly concur in all that I have mid.
British Troop Movements.
Lowcos, January 3rd. The First Battalion of the Devon Regiment is one of the four bat talions ordered to China."
MALTA, January 23rd The First Battalions of the Bed- ford and Hertford Regiments and the First Battalion of the Border Regiment have been ordered to stand by for embarkation at short
notice for China.
The officers of the above at present abroad have been ordered to rejoin their Battalions.
British Merchants And The Surtax,
FI
During the past few years he had been almost continuously attached to the Daily Telegraph. The Silver. Medal of the Royal Society of Arts was awarded to him in 1915. Among bis publications may be mentioned, Lhasa, Under the Sun," and The Story of the Indian Mutiny.]
strom, the union of half-skilled sachussetts, at Boston Mr. Lloyd LATE JAPANESE EMPEROR AT in the same year, in North A later workers operating the presses har- George said that every application ing presented a
series of ex of practical science which facilit travagant demands, including claim for ten-percent. of
the sted intercourse between nations profits.
was a boon and promoted the cause Pickets took charge of the of pease. That was especially im- godowns this morning but the portant whoa it brought into closer handle the bales of raw cotton and ties on earth, who were committed carrying coolies continued to touch the most powerful communi following account of scenes' a proportion of the cotton-pickers, to principles of peace, hazed on: who include many hundreds of justice and right." women and girls, insisted-or re- maining at work.
.:
The matter was taken up with the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, who sent a representative to confer with officials of the union.
It is estimated that in the event of the establishments closing down at least 10,000 persons, many be longing to the poorcat classes, will bo deprived of employment.
The Hankow Discussion,
LONDON, January 23rd, According to the latest official information from Hankow, negotia tions continue between Mr. O'Malley, the British representa
leader. :
LONDON'S "LORD MAYOR IN PARIS.
RECEIVED BY FRENCH PRESIDENT..
The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of the City of London, conducted by Earl Crowe, the British Ambassa. dar, were yesterday received by the President of the French Republic
The Lord Mayor subsequently placed a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
With reference to the recent death of the Emperor of Japan Brigadier General A. E. Laggett gave in a letter to the London Timer the Tokyo at the time of the passing of King Edward VII.
He "writes:—
in
PROFESSIONAL GOLF.
ANOTHER SCOTSMAN WINS U.S. PRIZE.
(THROUGH AMERICAN SERVICE.]
The passing of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Japan re- calls vividly to my mind the scenes of national mourning and spon taneous demonstrations of sympathy for England when the news of the death of King Edward VII. in 1910 became known in Japan, 1
EL PAROB, Jan. 24tb was at that time one of
.B few Tommy Armour, of the Congres British officera attached to the sional. Club, won the $3,500. Open British Embassy for duty in that Golf Tournament. Johnny Golden country, and sa such, in an official New Jersey, and Joe Kirkwood of as well as in a private capacity, New York tied for second place. had more than ordinary opportu Armour belongs to Edinburgh, and nities of observing the depth of represented Britain in the Walker feeling which that event occasion- | Cup aguiast America at Hoylake in ed. It is perhaps a matter of { 1921. interest well of importance
tive and Mr. Chen, the Cantonese RANGOON'S CONTRABAND today to recall the salient features
Bolshevistic Incidents,
BIG TRAFFIC IN OPIUM,
of Japan's national mourning at that time.
FLYING SALESMAN'S ADVENTURE..
The Cantonese. Advance.
SHANGHAI, January 24th. Discussing the advance of the The British Government, having Cantoncae, he said that when he unconditionally agreed to the levy- was in China in May the militarying of the Washington surtaxes, authorities doubted the possibility the British Legation advises of getting across the roadless coun British merchants to pay the two try to Hankow as quickly as they and-a-half per cent. surtax now be- have done. Their success could ing levied in Shanghai and also ouly be due to the support of the the five per cent. luxury surtax people of the country through which when imposed. they marched and of the people within the city. The life of all classes of the people under militarist
occurred there. Yesterday, the In- Two disquieting incidents have . Government was terribly hard.
Spontaneous Sympathy." Even Colonel L'Estrange Malone Loans were. forced from the rich,
AGROPLANE THRICE LOST IN spector General of Customs was dis-
SNOW AND FOG, now admits that Great Britain's, the stocks of the farmers were com.
cussing the Surtax question with
A comparative statement of con- and orders on the subject, there Apart from Government decrees The propaganda section is pre- Mr.T. V. Soong, the Cantonese traband seizures in Rangoon of Bere made a tour of China last small traders and the peasants was an entertainment at the violent mob of railway employees opium, morphia, cocaine, hemp homage to the memory of our King... Phillips, said to be the policy in China is sane. Colonel mandecred, the property of the
Minister of Finance, when
a univerzál desire to render has its disadvantages,
Commercial travel by aeroplanë Fear and stayed for some time in koted, and their womers perbaps January 15th, illustrative of the attempted to break into the Minis- startling figures. They show to in out the closing of all pinces first commercial to make his
drugs and liquor contains some Canton. His impressions have been carried off. The mercenary troops Overthrow of the British.""
practical form. One result of recorded in a number of articles when they got no pay took what
The speakers at to-day's demon. 1 view was taking place. The doors what an extent the drug traffic has of amusement, geisha houses, etc. difficult aight from Birmingham
tery of Finance, where the inter- published in the Labour press, they could from the people. The some of which have been reproduced Cantonese troops were orderly, and Chiang Kai Shek included the more than a few of the mob: had are based on seizures made by the for a period of one week During to Leeds, and only his skill as an stration in honour of General of the Ministry were locked before increased in Rangoon. The figures Usually their motto, was "We nerer joot generalismo himself, Mr. Borodin entered, but Mr. Soong's body excise, police and customs authori-
in the Canton Gazette.
Colonel Malone has proved himself a bitter critic of the British Gov- crament.
Lecturing on December 18th at the Parliamentary Labour Club on
the situation in China, be said, we should probably soon bear that the Christian General's army had joined hands with the Can-
the "peasants.""
The Censorship, The following are censored ex tracts of messages from Reuter's Hankow
correspondent, dated January. 13th:
New World to place on
Political Obstacles. The Government in Canton was democratic; it was appointed by "ational wire of the Pflite the executive People's the crinciples and ideals. It was out for freedom from foreign interven
MORPHIA & COCAINE.
WOS
that week the sound of the Samisen
tunese. The possibility was that the i tion and influence and for indus. i tain had stolen India and he was pickets, who denlanded the im- they were:-Opium 318,001 tolas; that few of my countrymen appre
governs, and the Cuntonese in pos the south up to the Yellow River.
wages
for
rounds by aeroplane recently, had a
There was a high wind, rain and sleet, and it was not easy to make a landing in a field which contains Fenclosed tennis courts and football
goalposts.
Nearly A Goal.
The position in China would then sants, and hoping to raise their good grace, and meantime the Many messages from Sir Milan the amount that was aucocasfully of 101 guns and Japanese buglers Mr. Phillips and bin na
was not heard throughout the length airman saved him from worse
troubles. and Mr. T V. Soong. They told guard were overcome and several of ties. The seizures in 1923-24 were, the audience that the ground of the them were beaten. The mob was Opium 97,000 tolas; morphia 5,500 and breadth of the land.
Mr. Phillips is flying round Eng Secondly, a memorial service held land on behalf of a frm which grains; cocaine. 101,108 grains; British Concession belonged to them eventually dispersed by troops. and they were going to fight to keep On Friday, the British Commis 3,571 quarts. In 1924-25 they were:
hemp drugs 31,200 tolas; liquor in the English church. in Tokyo markets vacuum cleaners. One day Hindus (of the Opprawl-enrolled nioner of the Post. Ofice and a Opium. 110,948 tolas; morphia of Japan, the late Emperor, whose demonstration, within 10 Bev in was attended by the Crown Prince last month he was due to give a Brotherhood) made a speech in their office in the British Concession grains, hemp druge 27,750 tolas; ficance of that surely has never been at the Military Field Roundhay British assistant were confined in 110,018 grains; cocaine 675.000 loss is mourned to-day. The signi- Leeds, and was expected to arrive Chinese declaring that Great Eritor five hours by Postal Union liquor 4,914 quarts. In 1925-96 fully understood; for the reason shout 2 o'clock. At 3.20 he arrived. trial freedom. It was too much to
there to ask the Nationalist Gov. mediate payment of wages combined forces would then seep expect that it could change the
morphia nil; cocaine 519,726 grains; ciated the fact that it was the first ernment to recapture it as they had February. Their demand had to be hemp drags. 259,305 tolas;, liquor time in the history of Japan that to the East driving out all the world in the few months since it recaptured the British Concession granted to secure the release of the 9,978 quarts. militarists. He thought that very bad had power, especially when it in Hankow.!
member of the Imperial House British officials. soon there would be only two Gov-
(Continued on next Colama).
The figures given are an indica-had ever attended a Christina sor- The Hankow “Text Case."' ernments in China General Chang had been at war. But in Canton it was making roads and parks for
tion of the magnitude of the vice.or entered a Christian church. Teo Lia, in possession of the pro- the people. Trade unions were
LONDON, January 23rd. smuggling operations in . and At that memorable service vinces of Manchuria which he now
being organised,
had already
The pilot made a skilful landing, The late to-night official tele-around Rangoon, both by water Japanese and English bluejackets increased by 60 per cent. It was foreigners would be wise to sur-grams from China do not show any- and by land; the figures given are lined the aisle. The Japanese Ficet but in swerving to avoid some goal- render their concessions with a definite change in the situation...only the totale of actual seizures, in Tokyo Bay thandered a salute posts slightly damaged the under- working hard to organise the pea
carriage. terribly low standard of life. In should at least accord a share in Lampson at Peking, dealing with of the excise, customs and police British Last Post Nor was reported that they had left Bird
got through despite the vigilance the Imperial Guard sounded the.
passenger he something like that in Ireland its efforts it was faced with great the Municipal Government of the with its division between Northern political obstacles mainly connected concession ports to the Chinese who
and explaining the course of the authorities can only be conjectured this all. A day or two later had encountered bad weather, con mingham shortly after noon, and Ireland and the Free State. S
lived in them. In Shanghai inter- Mr. O'Malley at Hankow, do not by the seizures in 1923-24 and 1924-vice was held in Tokyo, at which ditions all the way. There was fog negotiations being conducted by Morphia smugglers, as is shown Buddhist and Shinto memorial ser Tho Peking Government, which with foreign nations.
national town there were only be indicate that any definite stage has 25, suffered a severe setback, parti- the Chief Priest, himself a relative and high wind, which drifted them had been nominated by General
Colonel Malone gave specific in- tween" 30,000 and 40,000 foreigners yet been reached, but the conver- cularly in the latter year. But the of the Imperial House, officiated, of their course, and they had to Chang Tao Lin, had resigned about stances of the effect on the Chiesgo and 800,000 Chinese, but those Chi-ations are proceeding normally fact that to morphia was seized and all honour was paid to the demako, two or three descents to find ten days ago, and only the pers of the privileges held by foreign nese had no say in the administra
and the manent officials were left to carry nations-extefritoriality
out where they were. Most of the army of General concessions Germany, Austria, and then. Finally he advocated the with near there to-morrow, the Hankov trafic stopped; it is more than pris parted spirt of our King. Wu Pei Fu, of Hankow-who was į Russia had already surrendered the rawal of our gunboats. They were test case ip still in progress, and bable that the smugglers discovered things. At this time, even though there a cours was set to Round
It is well to be mindful of these Atrodome, near Leeds, and from. A bait was made at Sherborng generally spoken of as the nominee arat privilego and had not lost by the ports, and no defence at all the Cantonese leader is in a poel method of bringing their con- no formal alliance binds the two bay...
some new and more ingenious of Great Britain or America had doing so, nor would. Great Britain for the foreigners living inland,tion to carry out his promises, and traband into the rehand for exist the strongest mutual sympathy unable to locate the landing ground sune over to the Cantoners, and he lose, by following their example but there was a constant danger the precautionary measures being
island Empires together, there still
In the alect elf had not beer heard of. These concessions must ultimately that they would afford provocation. taken are only in case things go the three years covered by the state and good will and the knowledge and had to return to Sherborne for
and The seizures of
fog the pilot wis Colonel Malone said he thought that he adfirmed, be surrendered. They The policy of the British Govern- wrong. by Christmas the Cantonese would were at present held only becausement at present seemed to be seas.
ment give the following startling that common aims and interests can fresh directions VASTAAND have captured the Chinese town of of the pacific nature of the Chinese, It was very sensible to send our
As regards the further precau- totals for the full period. Opium caly cement more firmly, the bonds At the second attempt he got Shut from the international could drive the foreigners out. The straight to the Canton Government British policy is mainly in the 228,278 tolas, and liquor 18,4 measure by England and Japan. Mr. Phillips completed his journey Shanghai-which was, of course, who, if they exerted their power, Minister,
tionary measures announced during 125,000 200, morphia 116,448 grains, of friendship which, I am con- Bir Miles Lampson, the week-end it is reaffirmed that cocaine 1,205,834 grains, hemp druga vinced, are treasured in equal ward landing.
to Lecils and negotiated the awk
From Roundhay (Continued on next Column). instead of to Peking.
direction of negotiation.
quarta-Singapore Frič PreUK, to-day..
to the city in a taxi.
town.
Maanwhile, with re-opening of basi-
a poor defence for our people in it is necessary to discover how far
in 1925-23 is no proof that the illicit
country