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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21st, 1927.
WEARY OF STRIFE. DELEGATES FROM
GENERAL FEELING IN
CANTON."
AGITATORS BUSY
ALL NUNS TO BE ABSOLVED FROM THEIR VOWS.
MOSCOW.
A COSMOPOLITAN GROUP.
BRITISH, AMERICAN, FRENCH AND HINDU.
BANQUET AT HEADQUARTERS,
[rok otE CHINESE CORRESPONDENT] [PRO OCE CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. ||
The agitators are endeavouring to make capital out of the conviction
of the Chinese seaman from Shange hai for distributing sodious, liter ture on board the as. President Taft whilst the vessel was in the Hong Kong harbour on the 11th inst. If the Bolshevik section of the "Prince" faction win the day all the ports on the coast of China will again be flooded with circulars calling for an extension of the anti- British boycoti.
Fortunately, the militarists who now dominate the Canton situation, and the merchants as a whole, are at heart opposed to further lawless- nása. They have to humour the
working people to some extent in present circumstances in order to avoid the charge of being "un- patriotic" but in many ways they are trying to curb the activities of the extremista. It must be borne in mind, however, that the military success of the Cantonese in Hang- chow and the strike of the workers
The Delegation of the Third International from Moscow, which arrived at Canton or February. 10th, will be given a publie reception by their Chinese comrades in the grounds of the Sun Yat Sen Univer sity on Wednesday afternoon.
The Delegation is being eater- tained at the Oriental Hotel in com- pany, with Mr. Tan Ping Shan, the Kuomintang Emissary at Moscow In the Delegation are a British, an American, a French, and a Hindu. According to Kuomintang iaforma tior, they have come to Centon to make a survey of the extent of " in perialist penetration" in South China.
The Delegation was given a ban quet at the Kuomintang Headquar ters on the 19th, when the leading comrades of the Party acted as joint hosts. There are altogether seven members in the Delegation, bat 43 former students of the Sun Yat Sen University at Moscow returned to Canton with them.
It may be recalled that two years in Shanghai will furnish the text ago, 130 young men and women were for many inflammatory, speeches.
selected from Canton by the Kue There have been many "ex-mintang to attend the Sun Yat Sen changes of views" between Chinese University at Moscow. Mr. Tan workers in Canton and Hong Kong Ping Shan, was a Chinese delegits through Union delegates and by to the Third International Confer direct conference during the past ence held at Moscow last Novem- few days but no one can say what her. Mr. Tan is now a member of the result of all the talk has been. the Third International Central Executive Committee and a member of the Executive Council
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The so-called "capital and labour" dispute in Canton, result ing from the determination of the merchants to retain the right to
The Portuguese Attitude. The Portuguese authorities at
appoint of dismiss assistants once a Macao do not appear to be very year, still continues. The third friendly to labour unions, according session of a Board of Arbitration to complaints of the workers there formed to settle the matter came forwarded to Canton. The Authori to an abrupt end on Friday. The ties have been sending Police and Police sad Military are still helping Military to search unien headquar the merchants, however, and theters, it is alleged, and several Blockade of business premises by unions have had, to transfer their pickets is being gradanlly but effee
tirely squashed.
activities to Chinshan a town just
across the Chinese border line.
AIR MAIL SERVICE. MR. SUN FOS" ARRANGE. MENTS."
The Chinese generally in Canton, it may be said, are praying for a period of peace and reconstruction. With the removal of the centre of strife from Canton to Hankow and SIX ROUTES TO BE OPENED
the ending of the anti-British pic- keting nuisance, many thought auch a time had come. The present agitation of the professional labour leaders and unemployed politicians is, therefore, very unwelcome. The moderates are endeavouring to secure the removal of the untrained and undisciplined troops from the City (these troops are more like bandits than regular soldiers) and to put into effect the long discussed Whampoa Port Development pro- ject. The extension of the Kwang- tung section of the Canton-Hankow Railway and the construction..of more roads are also schemes under contemplation.
NEXT MONTH.
(ASIATIC NEWS SERVICE. ]
RUIN, SLOW BUT SURE
THE TAISHAN” CORRESPONDENCE.
* RECEPTION."
CANTON TRADERS” UN-
HAPPY POSITION. W
DECORATED WITH REVOLU- *TIONARY SENTIMENTS.
A STROLL THROUGH THE CITY,
INQUISITIVE VISITORS TO SHAMEEN.
[BY A BRAMMON COREESPONDENT.] »
A Chinese friend of mine, refer- ring to the labour agitators recent ly, said They rain our trade and cow they are trying to poison the outlook of the young men. Our boys are becoming unruly and dis- obedient and have exalted ideas of themselves." This is the view of the average merchant and it is true,
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LASTS FROM 1 PM. TO MIDNIGHT.
RUMOURS
(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "BONG KONG DAILY FEZ38."]
SIE, shall be highly obliged if you will be good enough to publish the following in your esteemed paper:"
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into
Yesterday the ship's Committee
There has been a rumour current of the Chinese Seamen's Union in this Colony with regard to a gave à reception to fellow members certain Mr. Wong Yan who got and all who cared to attend on difficulties over certain exchange board the as. Taishan. The event.
transactions. Furthermore, Mr. Wang Yan is reported to have left Hong Kong for this reason.
was in the nature of a celebration in honour of the return of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's portrait which was one of the articles recently seized by the Hong Kong Police when they paid a surprise visit to the sea- mea's quarters, and all present were in favour of a' seamen's union with members drawn from the crews
as your Chinese correspondent reef steamers plying between Hong marked, that more Canton parents Kong and Canton being formed, than ever before are now sending their
On the wharf there was a denso
schools.
children to Hong Kong crowd of Chiness to whom one of A a number of parents their countrymen would "from time have asked me whether Chinese was to time make a speech using the taught in Hong Kong and when I gangway as a platform. The crowd replied in the affirmative and said seemed friendly, and perhaps a that the present Governor was a little bored, making way readily for great Chinese scholar they seemed our representative both on his en- very "satisfied..
tering and leaving the ship.
days certainly does not convey the A stroll through the City these impression of prosperous business any doors are closed and the bills
There is no doubt that the mad of sale posted are, innumerable. regime of the strikers is working havoc with the traders and mer
chants......
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decorated in Chinese fashion and The vessel had been elaborately
the whole of the accommodation apart from the 1st class saloon and
disposal of the committee. Three officers' quarters was placed at the
dynamoes were specially run for the external illumination and lighting between decks
extra
having a benign Chinese expression, Also round the walls were various among the former were: Long placards, in English and Chinese, Live the Nationalat Revolution," "Down with Exploiters," "Injury Long Live the Senmen' Union to one is Injury to all," "Workers Unity Strength" The last was Unite for the World Revolution," also plastered across the vessel's stern, with Chinese, notices either side......
Three days ago some Chinese In the big 2nd class saloon and came onto Shameen in groups of smoking rooms portraits were ex- four or five and went round the ser-hibited, each amid a hale of bust ants' quarters asking questions, ing of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, Mr. San how many were employed in the Fo, Karl Marx and Lenin The house, what were their names, were last named's portrait was a Batter- they registered with the strike coming one, the Russian terrorist leader mittee and so forth. In some places forms were left to be filled drawn to them and they were told up. The attention of the police was
Yesterday I was walking in the to clear out which they did quietly.
Chinese bund and saw a number of coolies came out from a side" lane. carrying a number of well-packed basketa of merchandise ready for
the coolies but they were strong shipment. A picket tried to stop
hefty fellows and did not take much notice of him. Thereupon the pic- ket blew a whistle and other prickets caine rushing on the scene.
The coolies then stopped and I waited to see what developments there would be. The pickets asked all
sorts of questions but the coolios simply referred them to their em- ployer. After a while the employer was summoned. The pickets turned their attention to him and oppar SHANGHAI, Feb. 7th (by mail). Mr. Sun Fo, Minister of Cour kind. They bothered bim a good ently asked for payment of some munications of the Kuomintang deal but he definitely refused their Government at Bankow, has made demands. After a while he flared arrangements with the commission- ers of the Chinese postal adminis. Up and crying mow pei la (I will never pay) he ordered the coolies tration for opening six air routes to take the baskets, about so in all, for passengers and mails, namely: back to his premises. A crowd had
1. From Canton to Kweilin,
Kwangsi.
gathered and seemed sympathetic From Kweilia to Changsha, goods were sent back to the shop towards the merchant. When the Hunin. From Changaha to Bankow, they dispersed in a serious, been
Hüpeh
ingly dejected mood. This case, board, was typical of many and the traders are being slowly but surely ruined. And the majority of them, as your correspondent remarked, "have no guts.' They will mat stand up for themselves.
2.
3.
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4. From Hankow to Kinking,
Kiangai. From Kiukiang vid Nanchang to Hang chow của kính 6. From Haugehow to Foochow,
5.
Fukien.
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on
and were expected to last at least The proceedings began at 1 p.m. til midnight.
LOCAL WEDDING,
FRASER SHEPHERD.
"CEREMONY AT UNION
CHURCH, KOWLOON.
Fac, and I was called away on busi- As my name. happens, to be Wong
it is most detrimental to my basi ness for a couple of days last week, ness that this false rumour should be broadcast at random. Therefore I wish to repudiate and contradict most emphatically this scandalous
Thanking you-Yours..faithfully,
WONG YAN, Foo Loung Bank.
Jumour.
100, Queen's Road Central.
ALICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
BRIDGE AND MAHJONGG DRIVE.
(TO THE EDITÓK OF THE
A VOTE OF THANKS.
LONG LONG
DAILY PRESS."]
obliged if you will kindly have this SIR,-We should be very much letter pablished in your columns for
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We desire publicly to expresE our most grateful thanks to the Managing-Director of the Hong Kong Hotel, for leading us the floor of the Hotel, in which to hold dining and other rooms on the lat the Bridge and Mah Jongg Drive organized on February 14th in aid of the Alice Memorial and Affiliat- eil. Hospital Funds, to the Rong Kong Furnishing Company for lending bridge tables; to Messra. with beautiful prizes at cost, or Lane, Crawford for supplying us
Pherson, Miss Peyton for gifts of less than cost price; to Mrs. Mac-
were auctioned after the drive and pictures; to Mr. Konor for gift of Japanese pearla—all thrée of which to Messrs. Noronha & Co. for ander taking all the printing free..
We are very grateful to Mr. H. Sutherland for acting as auctioneer and to the "Hon. Dr. R. H. and
the Hong Kong Hotel for their Mrs. Kotewall for their valuable help and assistance, to the staff of willing co-operation, and to all those kind friends of all communi ties in the Colony who gave dona- tions, distributed notices or helped to get up tables.
The following is the Statement of Accounts and total result of amount realised which has been handed to the treasurers of the Affiliated Hospitals.
Statement of Accounts.~. Table money at $2 each player and extra dona- tions at time of collee tion.
A very pretty wedding took place Saturday, between Mr. John Fraser, at the Union Church, Kowloon, on of the Public Works Department, Hong Kong, son of Mr. Archibald Fraser, of Potterton, Whitecairns, Amount of winnings donat Aberdeen, Scotland; and Miss ed Helen Clark Shepherd, youngest Auction money.... daughter of Mr. and Mrk George Shepherd, of Cairnfold, Balgownie, Aberdeen, Scotland
The Rev. J. Horace Johnston officiated, and Mr. Andrews was at the organ
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The bride, who was given away looked very charming in a dress of crêpe de chine, trimmed with silver lace and brilliante. She carried a bouquet of sweet peas and car- nations.
Miss Olive Gerrard, the brides maid, wore a pretty Japanese silk crêpe rose pink dress, trimmed with cream guipire. Her bouquet was of sweet peas
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Bad weather coupled with mal- It is stated that, at the com- The Post Office is going from bad administration in the districts which mencement, twelve aeroplanes will to worse. A letter from Shameen has made transportation vary oz-be employed for the purpose under seems to take at least three days to the direction of a Russian expert teach its destination in the City. A pensive, has brought great hardship with. Mr. Rong, as his asystent splendid organisation is being de to the silk producers according to The service will begin from March stroyed. It took many years of the reports received from the cen- 1st this year...
hard work to build it up, but it will Mrs. W. G. Gerrard was matron tras of the silk industry. Practic-
not take many weeks, under present of honour. conditions, to pull it down So Mr. T. V. Hannon, of the Public Lt-Col. S. Borlan much for the vaunted administraWorks Department was the "best tion of the Nationaliste. How "long | man," and Mr. A. Gray, also of the would the Concessions, under their same Department, was groomsman. rule, maintain their present effi- Other colleagues of the bride. ciency.
groom and many other friends were present,
After a reception at the "Police Bungalow," Taipo, Mr. and Mrs. Fraser left for their honeymoon at Fanling, the bride's travelling dress being of old rose rep with hat to
ally all the larger silk houses in POPULAR POLICE OFFICER
Canton give unfavourable reports
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on last year's trade and it is esti-INSPECTOR E. BOND LEAVES mated that the total loss to the business must be over $10,000,000,
After over twenty years in the The Political Department of the Force, Inspector E. Bond, of the General Headquarters of the Kuo- Water Police will leave for Home on retirement in a fortnight's time, miatang Army in Canton has, in
During his long stay in the accordance with the decision resch. Colony, Mr. Bond has made him Order of the Star in the East, at 7,match
At yesterday's meeting of the ed on February 14th, formally ro- self very popular, his tact in hand. Duddell Street, Mr. H. E. Lanepart quealed the Provincial Administra personality raraing the respect of work of the Theosophiend World ling official matters and his genial gave na outline of the principles and tive Council to absolve all nuns of all his colleagues, and his depar University. It was during the 1925 the Buddhist order within its juris-ture will be loss to the Colony.
CASHIER BOLTS. Star Conference at Oamen, Hol- diction from their vows. No one, Inspector Bond was promoted to land, that Dr. Besant and other Guillermo Vergara, cashier at the it seems, has yet troubled to bug that rank in January, 1924, and leaders of the Order and the T.8. Legaspi custom house, is said to geat where the nuns will go but it of late has been in control at the proclaimed that they had received have followed the example of hi is feared that all nunneries sad Water Police Station, a by no the command from the Occult Hiex- chief, Francisco Corrales, collector their endowments will be confia means easy post.
archy to establish it, and gave the at that port, who disappeared on cated from the benefit of the war. Inspector Bond leaves on March outline of its constitution. A num- January 16th with 64,000 of chest.
sth, and before his departure aber of affiliated centres have now government funds. Word received De H. H. Kung, brother-in-law number of presentations" will be been opened at Adyar, Madam here to-day, says the Munjla Times of Yadame Sun Yat Sen, assumed made to him on behalf of his palle, etc, and London, at 163, of February 8th, is that Vergara, his new post as Acting Commis- | colleagues,
Brompton Road, B.W. 3. The when served with a warrant of sioner of Finance in Kwangtung on' Inspector Band's place will be Theosophical World University has arrest for alleged misappropriation February 18th. Madame Sım Yat taken by Sub-Inspector 1. Brown, been established to co-ordinate of public funds, was found to have Ben, who is herself a member of lately in charge of No. 4 Police existing Theosophical educational disappeared Efforts by Constabu the Kuomintang Central Executive launch. Bub-Inspector Brown join- activities in various parts of the lary and provincial authorities of Committee, is still at Hankow. ed the local Water Police in 1012 world.
Albay to find him failed.
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Mrs. J. R. Wood very kindly presented a silver ink stand and Mr. H. T. Creasy & silver calendar- towards the prizes.
Thanking you very much in anti- cipation.
Yours faithfully,
Bigned:
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C. COUSLAND, EVA W. PATTÉNDEN,
Committee. K. GREASY
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