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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16th, 1927.
NATIONALIST DISORDER AND INTRIGUE.
CHIANG KAI SHEK SPEAKS OUT. PLAIN DENUNCIATION OF COMMUNIST WING
DENIES THAT HE IS AIMING AT NAPOLEONIC ROLE.
COMPLETE LOYALTY TO THE KUOMINTANG ASSURED.
Interesting revelations of the internal dissensions in the Kuomintang Party are made in the very frank speech in which General Chiang Kai Shek replied on February 21st at Nanchang to the many attacks that have been made on him by extremista. The speech, from which the following extracts are given was published by the North China Daily News,
The Kuomintang Commander in-Chief said:-
UNHAPHY HANKOW. DEGRADATION OF THE CON
CESSION CONTINUES,
CONDITIONS MAKE BUSINESS
İMPOSSIBLE......
A North China Daily News cor- respondent describes the situation. in Hankow as follows:
Since the Chen-O'Malley Agree ment was signed and the Provision al Council act up under the Direc torship of Mr. H. D. Tong, there has been a quiet period, where hos- tility to foreigners has died down and one can move about again freely,
Posters are appearing, however, daily on all walls of the ex-British Concession and the Native City; leaflets are distributed; processions
RED STUDENTS RIOT IN HANGCHOW
DISGRACEFUL BEHAVIOUR IN CMS. HOSPITAL.
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HAYACHOW, March 4th. Just a week ago to-day, "I hap- pened to pass by the C.M.S. Boa pital. It was raining heavily at the time but, nevertheless, there was nondescript muster of a certain fraternity and the main entrance was congested with a squadron of rickshas extending right across the roadway. Fortunately. I did not stop to inquire, for, certainly, I should have been severely man- handled. Within the precincts of of that well-known institution marcy, something, slightly out of Bangu
Lykats feombined)......Th. Z bay. the ordinary was bappening at the Mining A$5
(ingle)........Fu. 11 nous. A mob of frenzied, irresponsible s'ha
Ti 4 nam time, and it was this.
students besieged the bospital and Lo
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"In Wuhan, a section of the of quder, of that I have done any. Kuomintang members have initiat thing contrary to the spirit of the ed a new movement and have been revolution, or of an anti-Revolu- disseminating a new sort of pro- tionary nature, then I would be
They claim to uplift guilty. If they attach their signa wander along the Bund at all hours, forcibly took possession. Doors im Baub. «................................................ bay. paganda. and to centralise the authority of tures to any charge accusing me, and rickshas' and motor-traffic are mediately were barred, and every-Tronoh Mines
'tralised:
beld up for tribute.
After
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one within who bore the least re the Kuomintang. As the authority then you can punish me in any way.
The Bund and wharves are crowd-, semblance to an official immediately
was put under arrest and of the Kuomintang is the highest that you think fit I will face youred with loafers new and knots of Most of the members of this authority of the National Govern punishment without complaint and
idlers gather there to listen to the gang were armed with sticks Dr. ment, is it then necessary that it submit to your judgment, no matter
addresses of the propagandists. Yang Yeh managed to elude the
searchers, but Dr. Fu Ih Teh was 11 Bay......5.55 buy, Residents see already a marked rather roughly handled. should be lifted to a higher plane what it may be.
"In case, however, there is any degradation in the condition of the being bound, a large notice was
Bang bang
Tertent by any person or persons. There is uo necessity to centralise the Kusman who is found attempting to
pelled to sit in the front entrance, mintang for is it not already cen- destroy the work of the revolution Concessions, coolies cbserving no pinned on him, and he was comerii
ary party by underhand methods, but hope that under the as a laughing-stock. The potice As chairman of the Central or who formulates false accusations/auspices of the mixed Council a ran:-"Here is a than who is op Ewu Lotions ... bị bay. better state of things will prevail..
posed to the People's Movement." then, our government,
Maternity Wards Molested. Shanghai Ootion (old)...Th. 64 by. Executive Committee and the Poli- against
During a three days' stay it is
Dc. (40) 116. 27
bay. A round of the various depart China Buses tical Committee of the Kuomin brethen, is for you to judge
ments of the hospital was made, | HK. Tramwaji tang, I will see to it that my duty whether I have committed any only fair to say that we met with in preventing the authority of the crime, any violence, or broken the o incivility of any kind in the and each department was duly sea! Pa Trams (old) ..................15) buy.
Da streets, beyond extortion from ricked with the official papers of this
(now)...) bay. Kuomintang and the Nationalist regulations of the Kuomintang, osha coalies. British residents improvised committee. A demand Singapore Tractions....1/l
was made on the accountant to turn | Txa semenities Government from being broken or worked against the will of our late
over all the papers and Dr. Thomp Amusement......... Labour Unions Tyranny. influenced by any selish person or President, or whether I am an dom take one for this reason.
son's private offices were taken over. Usatanicus.
Later in the morning, a persona is carried out. Let me ask autocrat.
It is from the Labour Unions that
of those who advocate the principle of
sel-
You Tak
uplifting and centralising the Wang Ching Wei and myself but the real trouble and the difficulties was called in the hospital chapel Cements (combed) 37 day
authority of the Kuomintang whe ther they can tell me who has re- acced the authority of the Kuo mintang!
In
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Give the names of all the teachers all the Chinese nurses and students
Lu (new)......36 buy. who happened to be on the premises China and staff against whom you have
China Providen grudge" was the first sentence
84.00 com. which opened this conference. In Constructs
*******$3.95 bay.
Certain people have commented oa a possible breach between Mr. can assure you that we two are the for trade are to be feared. The ous and extreme and sometimes most intimate of friends. We love demands of the Unions are numer
were fantastic... each other as though we
Should natural born brothers.
The better-class Chinese suffer as anybody create false reports with a..
the meantime, the telephone was Dairy Farms.18] bug. view to causing a breach between much and more than we do. us or to separate us or to prevent cases when they have found it im
the H.. Electrics ... anyone communicating with Mr. Wang from returning to office possible to grant the demands and put out of commission to prevent Der Wings 35 buy. from leave, then such person or have wished to close, they have been outside. Several foreign and Chi Maro plectrics
பல்' persons are not true members of forbidden to do so, and in two nese members of the hospital staff (d)
authenticated cases the wurkers came under spécial abuse. A fur Lane Crawiords..........37 buy. the Kuomintang.
Let me again assure you, if my have entered the premises and car thor search was ordered, to bring citoske actions are in any way contrary to ried on,, with the natural ruincus to book, if possible, these mis- creanta. In the midst of all this
United the policy of the party and contrary esults.
No Place For Women,
turmoil, a group of students was Watous (old} ***** to my own words, then you may
told off, with note-books, to take
Wake Wm Powells..... take met out and shoot me.
The return of women and child-
an inventory of the various depart. Telephones ...... ren would be injudicious at presentments. They went about with the
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Towards Autocracy? Furthermore, certain persons allege that the Nationalist Goverz- taens is being directed towards 40 autceratie tendency and they fear that a second Napoleon will make his appearance in China,
committee "There can be no equivalent in powers to the Central Executive Committee because it will impair the central power. I
Malicious Propaganda. there can be said to be one, it is the joint conference in Hankow.
"There is one thing which pre- for there is no certainty that a fresh air of officials and did their work bay-bayers; soller; ales At a meeting of the Political Committee and the Central Execu-vents Mr.. Wang Ching Wei from incident may not arise, azy day, wall Ther had not even the de- tive Committee, it was decided to co-operating with me to the very and it is that under-current of dissolve the Joint Conference at and and that is the malicious pro- prehension in men's minds that one Hankow and, instead, to form a Baguada disseminated by unserupul recognizes and feels present in Han political committee, but these people que sensacious, The Oriental kuw to-day. The strain that has insist that the Joint Committee people are passionate, susceptible to been feit there since last year can should be upheld. They have, propaganda, easily misled by false hardly be exaggerated.
As regards actual trade and the my last telegram to Mr. prospect of resumption, it is dif therefore, defied the authority of the central authority of the Kuo Wang, requesting him to return to
cult to find grounds for optimism. on the scene and towards evening mintang?
A fair amount of cargo is being the mischievous crowd began to China and resume his office There are people who say that
rumours.
83–
The
concy and courtesy to spare the a flourish of excitement and acted maternity wards, but burst in with 1. Bourish of
It was not until the afternoon that anyone with the slightest sem- blance of authority put in an apOn pearance. A few policemen came
the Kuomintang is directed towards quickly as possible, I used a um carried up to Hankow, but these! dwindle. The posters on the bios- ber of very humble terms which are old contracts, the deliveries of
below which have been delayed. Condi- pital walls reminded one of the an autocratic tendency but I do not know who this autocrat is to many would consider que used ions further, up the river are trend of the day's Proceedinga:-
my dignity to use Yet,
This hospital is full of foreign them for the welfare of the Kuo plorable and it may be necessary to slaves.The Church is the gate bo or who he is taken to be.
The pastor of If they mean that the Comman mintang and the Nationalist Goy close up Altogether shortly.
ernment. To use der-in-chief (General Chiang him-ern
these humble dislocation of the railways prevents Way of the devil autocrat, they are terms was in no sense different from carge being brought down and it the Church is the devil." "Down
with the Christian devils." sel), is
must be long ere this situation is entirely wrong and far misled. The an act of surrender. Had it not no been for the welfare of the Kuo- Commander-in-chief possesses authority of his own but what his mintang and the Nationalist Gov-changed for the better. been granted to him by the Central ernment, Twould never have used Executive Committee of the Kuo- them, even at the expense of losing miatang and the Nationalist Gov-my head under the executioner's
erument.
Mr. Han Chien Denounced. "I believe that Mr. Hau Chien
axe.
Communism Attacked, " "Certain people allege that I
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Hankow All Over Again.
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Representatives of this student body are still supposed to be in possession of the hospital and daily to may, however; the com silice of Chinese doctora, left in hold moetings in the chapel I am charge by Dr. Thompson, now are molested, and the institution is functioning once again in its work of bringing relief to the stiffeniz humanity around: of the
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A New Order of Things.. It is quite apparent that the Apart from all local considera majority of the leaders in this dis tions it would appear that an en- graceful proceeding have had some tirely new economie organization connection with the hospital and must be reached in travail before medical school. This was made British trade in China will dourish clear by the intimate knowledge of and Mr. Hsu Chien is an
A scale of ofices and departments, ON SHANGHAL ight crat. He has taken over the chair. munist Party and that I have even fresa forms of mxation will have also the personnel, which was at manship of the Joint Conference Prohibited the introduction of Com to be slowly and painfully digested their fingers ends. I asked one
friends 2
I know what he thought of Os tang. As a matter of fact, I have selfer alike become accustomed to
ON BATATA,On demand is premature, therefore, to make happening right in the heart of ON BASTRONO. O decand attempted to direct the Govern never supported the Communist new scale and set of conditions. It such a disgraceful affair as this OF BINGAPOREOs demand...
He replied: mcnt. Apart from Mr. Hsu Chien
Academy, I Whampoa Military
any predictions, whatever pious Hangchow. and his Joint Conference in Han Party. As I said, last year, in the
can't your see it? It is Hankow all On Sa04-Ou demand kuw, there is no other man of was only inviting other minor re- hopes one may cherish.
over again." Then he went on to Us Basexo-On demand ganisation in the Kuomintang ho volutionary organizations to join, One leaves Hankow with a feeling show how these students evidently Sovasion, Bank's Buying rate $10"
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"If I am an autocrat you can movement frank in their retheit 'courage and cheerfulness in possession, the officials came in mintang and not follower of the jations with us and we could not times of the greatest difficulty with soothing words and apologies. Inte President Sun Yat Sen qu❘ but admit them as their aime and Good luck to all. may punish we then in accordance ours were in common. At that with the law or shoot me if you time, made ita condition of their think fit.
A faithful member of the Kuo-to tuppe, ferved
they should go beyond limits and Knomining to the very last with to suppress their movement I wish them to co-operate with the mintang must full certain obliga tions to the Kuomintang and to his act with a view to endangering the an open mind in order to ensure fellow-members. If we are to gens Nationalist cause and Kuomintang the success of the Nationalist move
they do not iment. If our wishes and build our own hap interests piness at the expense of others, wo Now, these Communist people not responsbile. I believe that all
retard and undo the present vic pose the quality of being members are adopting an aggressive attitude loyal members of the Kuomintang
torious march of the National Army towards the Kuomintang 30, and that all good-cititous of the Kuomintang.
through indiscreet actions, however. leader of the National Revolution. Republic of China willl assume the My Colleagues' Trust.
A casual glance at Haagsbox, in well-intentioned, by students and ary army, it devolves upon me to same stand as I have assumed and "I would like to remind you curb their movement. If the light hope that my fellow members will these days gives one the impression other bodies. He exhorted all to
attitude, the Kgomintang should understand my predicament and that the whole city has been given circumspect in their that, at the opening of the
section of
especially towards foreigners sticke special conference of the Kuomin- betray our cause, we will "take why I have been compelled to adopt over to some advertising
such a stand. tang, I mentioned, in the courss
The particular mmilar steps towards them."
before the pot commodity brought the Church.
however, is hate, a lecture, many things, chief Among
Unity Essential.
Response by Members. which was the fact that Mr. Wang
You must keep in mind the Local members of the Kuonin spite and scrimonious Ching Wei, chairman of the Central Executive Committee, who in at fact that the dbfccus of the Natiohta hay modern against foreigners in general and
During past few present on fisit to France, alist cause depends on unity, oder to coiffse of thich they pledged certain countries for articular,
Tan Yei Kai (former Tuban wise we shall never be able to realize their fall support to the proposal loathsome
The failure of the the Central Executive Come colo of Hunan, who is Commander-in our sims.
"Nationalist Chief of the Second Kuomintang Nationalist cause means also the miles of the
should be recogn Army), and Mr. Chang Ching Kiang, failure of the Communist move acting chairman of the Central meat, for they are inter-related authority in the the only schools open, and which never before "atjoyed. On every Executive Committee during Mr. Therefore, in the interests and for Nationalist Governmer Wang's absence are three of the the welfare of the Kuomintang, "I advocated that Mr.WDE most loyal members of the Kuomin- have fa cupprem the Communist Wat should be invi tang. If these three gentlemen had movement sa they have now gone China at orde accused me of doing any wrong, it beyond the limits and assumed the beefheially
them to realize out duties tive Committee of the they had said that I was acting growing towards us. In doing so, à chairman of the contrary to the principles of the
(Continued en pegi solumn.) Kuomintang and the party's
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I am
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Where the Southerners Excel. No matter how one may dislike Walionalist for the people, in there is one certain phases of the present has been outstanding
uto general, seem to have entered
realm of freedom and sloty
At and schools. are making a brave effort to
that he should open-air gathering to greet Generallax together which nevet,
to return to Mr. Wing
fity and is
the people, belong to the Church and, there is to be seen a harmony of under the recent Laal Bunday there was a gigantic was
regime. Shopkeepers zró Ho Ying Yum. He gave a fine ado longer afraid and women and dress to the populaceHe warded
"but go uzatiéndéd.-N.-C. dark, them that it was quite possipiroirs not only venture out after
(Continued on gert golpmy), Daily News.