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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 18th, 1927.
CHIANG KAI SHEK ASSERTS HIS AUTHORITY.
DRAMATIC ATTACK ON EXTREMIST
ORGANISATIONS.
SHARP FIGHTING IN CANTON,
MARTIAL LAW IN SWATOW.
THEATRES USED TO ACCOMMODATE THE
THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS.
SOUTH CLEARED OF COMMUNIST INFLUENCE.
The storm. the rumblings of which have been heard for a week past, came to a head in the South on Good Friday. The extremist organisations had been preparing un anti-imperialist demonstration to take place on Saturday, According to rumour the intention `- was, during this parade, to make a sudden attack on Shameen. Even the originators of this scheme probably did not expect that it would succeed but it was hoped to create trouble with the foreigners which would place General Chiang Kai Shek and his military associates in Canton in an extremely embarrassing position. The demonstration, organised ostensibly against the Imperialists was, in fact, to be a trial of strength with the Chiang Kai Sack barty.
MILITARISTS' PROMPT ACTION.
The military party, however, acted frst and acted promptly. Nor did they confine their operations to Canton only. Throughout the South the extremist labour organisations were raided. Ia Swatow and in Canton there was some sharp fighting and casualties were suffered on both sides. But the militarists were everywhere successful. In Canton it is estimated that 200 people were killed and some, thousands" of Reds" placed under arrest. It is, of course, impossible to get reliable figures, but for hours the anbulances were busily engaged in picking up the wounded and the military institutions were inadequate for the prisoners- Theatres had to be cohunandeered in order to accommodate them."
Women were arrested as well as men. Two extremist news- papers were raided and closed and have since re-appeared under the direction of new staffs with articles denouncing the Communiŝts."
SAFEGUARDING THE FOREIGNER.
One eminently satisfactory feature of the whole proceeding waa the elaborate precautions taken by the military and the police to safeguard foreign interests," "The approaches to Shameën were heavily guarded and no one was allowed to pass. The raids took place simultaneously in ait parts of the City in the early hours of Friday morning. As it was thought that" Red leaders might attempt to escape to Hong Kong the Hong Kong and Canton boats alongside the wharves were requested at 7.38.in. to go into mid'stream: As they were, dae to leave in any case in ball-ad- hour's time they decided to come straight to Hong Kong. The night boat which arrived at Canton shortly after 8 a.m., however, went alongside the whaff as usual as it was considered then that zil trouble was over. Since that time matters have been absolutely normal in the Southern Capital. There is indeed an added sensa ́of peace and security. Many shops, formerly closed by armed pickets, bave already re-opened and people are going about their business with a feeling of relief that a Crisis, long feared, has been ' Buccessfully passed.
FOREIGN CONSULS" THANKS.
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From Chinese sources we learn that the foreign Cousala on Shameen have jointly expressed their. thankfulness to the Canton Government for its prompt action in suppressing the Red agitation and have sábled in the same strain to their respective. Home Governments.
HIDING IN HONG KONG?
Although many hundreds of prisoners were taken the opinion is expressed in some Chinese quarters that many of the leading extremists managed to make good their escape. It is rumoured. for example, that Mr. Su. Chiu Ching, the Chairman of the Hong Kong and Cançon Strike Committer, has Bed to Hong Kong where he is now in hiding. On the other hand it is reported that Mr. Chen Shu Yan, the Chief of the Political Department in Canton and Mr. Li Sing Yick, the Acting Commissioner "of Finance, and the chief subordinate of Mr. T. V. Soong, the. Finance Minister in Hankow, have both been detained.
KUOMINTANG PROCLAMATION.
At mid day on Friday motor-cars toured the streets of Canton distributing thousands of circulars. A rough translation of the announcement broadcast in this way is as follows:
"Our Labouring friends-For several years our Farly Government has been following the ideas of our late Pre- sident (Sun Yat Sen) with the object of helping the labour- ors and farmers to secure better prospects. The result has been contrary to expeétations for we are now hard pressed by labour thieves who hold great power in the Communist Party,
"These labour thieves are cheating and pressing down the workers in order to destroy the Kuomintang to secure political power and private gain, -
"We are happy to have cleared them out and we now ask all our working friends to come under the Kuomintang flag to protect General Chiang Kai Shek on his Northern expedition and in his fight against imperialista." We wish truly to support the Three Peoples Policy in order to com- plete the Nationalist Revolution. So we shall secure, in the truest sense, the better prospects for all the "farmers and labourers."*
OFFICIAL REPORT. concentration of these bad char- acters, but the military and police forces co-operated and bad no difficulty in arresting them.
The following announcement has been issued by the Canton Informa- tion Bureau 1-
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FROM SHAMEEN.
SURVEY OF THE DAY'S EVENTS.
ON SHAMEEN.
REDS SURPRISED IN
SWATOW.
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THE CITY.
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED.
On Shameer everything was in MILITARY CORDON ROUND readiness for an emergency which never materialised. All was quiet, To-day (Saturday) a number of mer- chants have come in and all seem very pleased with what has happen. ed. They estimate that over 50 people were killed and 100 wounded and they reckon that more than THE KILLED AND WOUNDED 2.000 prisoners have been taken. Even today I have seen some dead [ROM OUR BHAMEEN COLLESPONDENT.] being carried along the streets. The
SOLDIERS WITH WHITE BADGES.
CANTON, April 18th Early on Friday morning residents on Shameen heard the distant re-
worst fighting took place at Wong- sha, and for a time it is said the strikers were too many for the mili
wounded,
some of whom were killed or
BRITISH NAVAL MESSAGE.
NEARLY HUNDRED UNION OFFICIALS ARRESTED.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]
Sow, April 16th.
It was scaresly to be expected that the Red element in the Labour Unions would lie down to the firm
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The long promised procession will port of firearms and wondered whas not take place to-day therefore. it all weact The hoise cathe from Among the Chinese it is a fixed the Wongsta side.
belief that the organisers of this Later it was procession intended to make a rush found that the creek had been practor Shameen. Same think that tically cleared of boats, only a few there will be further trouble yet. stragglers remaining, and that the But on our little island we have no dread fear. Thanks to the pre- Hong Kong steamers had cleased sence of the British and French from the wharves and left half an forces we deep easily in our beds hour before, their usual time. Chi sad move around freely on our ordi.
nary avocations during the day. Be passengers were not allowed to go on the Bund and several Euro peans who had intended travelling by these steamers were left behind.
On making enquiries I found tha: the Government Authorities were buy disarming the Red element in the Workers' Guilds all over the City First, they put out a strong cordon of armed police and solders with white badges on their arms The by-lanes approaching Shameen were all heavily guarded and there was a strong force near the Customs which refused to allow a single per son to go towards the foreign Con-
ecssion
THE FIGHTING.
At Fongchuen on the Fati side, where the strikers' matabeds are situated, it was very early obvious that some movement was afoot. The strikers began to parade. Some skets were fired from the Wongata side. This Ere was returned by the strikers. Then before 8 o'clock sal diers with white armlets rushed the plate and began disarming all the strikers, Some resisted but were quickly overpowered, some fled and unny were taken prisoners.
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The following British Naval, Wire- less message was received from Canton on Saturday morning
CANTON, April 18th.. Government, Communists and arau By the orders of the Canton ed labour pickets were rounded up" in Canton city and district to-day.
In the course of the carrying out of arrests there were considerable fighting and shooting throughout the City.
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It is reported that as the result of trouble encountered in making the arresta, about hundred "Reda" were killed.
The Headquarters responsible for the direction of affair of the Chinese who went on strike in Hong Kong and have since been boused and found employment in Canton were raided and the ficials and others placed under arrest.
A number of rifles was captured. The utmost precautions have been taken at Shameen to prevent the disturbance resulting from the raids from spreading to the bridges. The vicinity is beavily guarded with troops and the situation is well in hand there.
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itaja adopted by the military authorities last week-end.
They
if they were not allowed to shed were out for somebody's blood and
the foreigners' then the letting of the local moderates' would do just as well. So plots were hatched during the week and a revanche was being planned. The military had or more local spics in the
of what was afoot cnemy's camp who informed them No time was wasted and last night at eleven o'clock the military fortified it is said by explicit instructions from Chiang Kai Shek, swooped down City and arrested pearly 100 Union on all the Labour Unions in the
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a few minutes but the Reds being There was a pretty little fight for inadequately armed and taken by surprise were soon overpowered. This morning everybody wanted to gú on strike as a protest and the sampans sad lighters refused to go out to ships in the barbour. there Bangkok steamer just in with hus. was a Butterfield & Swire.
could not get ashore quite a small dreds of returning emigants who clamour was raised. tary promptly followed up last
But the mili night's skirmish with a further dis- play of the heavy band. They came bolts of their rifles and said. to down to the waterfront, rattled the
the boatmen go! The boatmea demurred. The troops or rather the fired a single shot, inte the water. right hand men of No. 1 Plateon The boatien went.
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On the Wongsha ate there was a strong element of Red workers, They also showed fight and did not
A very good show on the whote give in until there had been a " PRECAUTIONS IN HỒNG
though I should have given the ber of casualties. Twelve men were
military full marks if they had not found lying dead in the railway
allowed that, arch-Bolshevik le station. A number were wounded
Chích Hun and his henchman to and taken away on stretchers while
slip through their fingers. We now groups of twenties and thirties,
wait to hear whether any of our A search of the Great Eastern particular-friends-e.g., the Swatow some in picket uniform and others in ordinary attire, were matched Hotel (Connaught Road Central) Club No. 1 boy and the two A.P.C. along Shaki under guard. Over 200
and of a Japanese Hotel on the agitators-are safely under lock prisoners were counted by people Praya was carried out on Saturday and key. If ec, we shall be able of Shameen.
morning by strong posse of Pollte
to engage some servants for the as a precautionary measure against Clab and the Manager of the I went on to the Bund shortly the drrival of agitators bere. A.P.C. will be relieved of having after the Fatshom had arrived. The Mr. L H... V. Booth, Assistant to write out his own Delivery soldiers and armed police looked at Superintendent of Police, was in Orders." me but nothing was said. I heard charge. Chief Detective Inspector
LATER. then that the Ka-nam building. T. Murphy was with the detectives where strikers were quartered, had from the Criminal Investigation De been surrounded. The strikers sub-partment and Det- Sub-Inspector W. mitted quietly and put down their Shaftain directed the plain-clothes weapons. Baskets fall of paper and party of district watchmen attached a great deal of ammunition were to the Secretariat for Chinese taken away. From Wongaha also a Affairs." great many papers were taken to Headquarters.
There were similar cecurrences on the Honam side and I heard that bere also many prisoners were taken and several men, killed or wounded.
SHAMEEN EMPLOYEES.
At Sai Kwa Yuen, the beadquar.
ters of the mischiel makers, there
was a stiff fight, with shots flying
CHIANG KAI SHEK AND HANKOW.
VIRULENT PROPAGANDA.
BOLSHEVIKS ACTIVE AT
CHANGSHA.
HASEOW, April 16th. The reported split between the all around. It is reported that 15 Southern forces at Wuhan and were killed there and over 500 rifles Chiang Kai Shek's party is confirm wete seized. It is said that amerged.
more care will be exercised in cm-
the prisoners were about a dözez Virulent propaganda is being cooks, boys and coolies from directed against Chiang. The local Saameen. As some servants were situation is uncertain, owing to nissing on Shameen that morning rumours of Chiang's intention to there may be truth is the report and clear out the Communists from Han- it is hoped, therefore, that a little kow. The situation at Changsha is reported to be very Bolshevik, and ploying assistants in the future. attacks on house boya and compra It is difficult at this stage to dores are frequent.-Noral Wireless, estimate the total number of killed, wounded and prisoners, but the whole day stretchers with Red Cross for were busy picking up the wounded from a directions. Ex
GOOD MORAL EFFECT IN CANTON.
ENDED.
A PESSIMISTIC VIEW.,
have drawn a cordon round the It now appears that the military
law. They are still engaged in City and have declared martial rounding up the Labour Unions and to this end they have posted pickets along the waterfront No sampan of bout of any description is allowed to leave the Swatow side. In an
excess of zeal the troops tried to apply this order to "foreign launches with the result that one or two people nearly lost their tiffins. A little explanation, however, by their officers, and the troops were shown bow to distin guish an ordinary foreigner going to his tifin from a Red Labour leader fleeing for his life.
We are all very pleased, of course, about this downing of the sideration of the military that it Reds but we suggest for the con- does not further the good cause if their detachments on the Band the Taikos launch.. take pot shots at Jardine's gig and
Curiously enough they left Brad- loy's little Tek lice Maru strictly unmolested, probably because there were two rather superior looking gentlemen sitting inside..
being too few to hold all the The regular prisons in Canton
"Reda," the Military and Police had to commandeer theatres to pro- vide extra accommodation. All mail- ways in Canton were suspended for
cept for the prisoners being march. BUT TROUBLE NOT ENTIRELY ed along all was quiet on Sbaki, Some stray bullets came on to Shameen from the Wongsha side.
At 1 o'clock in the afternoon'
A number of students were in a day. everything was over. The military cordon was removed and trafit cluded ancng the "Reds" taker. started again. Rickshas were soon into custody in Canton last Friday, may have some moral effect, in the
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open attack on the "Reds" a few shota were exchanged plying for hire and no one would and not a few of them were girls. opinion of the Chinese, but it is not Martial law was temporarily in
have imagined that anything un- The Women's Suffrage Association believed that the Bolshevist in- toward had happened. force, but the responsible military
being branded a "Red" organisa Duence can be ended this way. The It must be said that the precaution.
Reds CANTON, 17th April, 1921.
Have become too numer authorities expressed the hope that
The first benefit derived from the ous and too powerful in certain die The Canton Authorities, being in the population would approve of tons taken to protect Shameen and formed of
the action taken to maintain order. the foreigners generally were very ousting of the "Reds" in Canton
tricts in Kwangtung. the presence of
creditable to the officials. When was the issue by the Canton Police actionary elemeats mixed with The Canton Authorities, resolute the French, gate was opened at. of an effective order forbidding popular organisations, aud with a to prevent disorderly demonstra a petty "officer sasured the strikers to blockade premises of view to frustrating any attempt to tions and to protect foreign life police that the foreigners would be their employers. The Police have disturb public order, took the neces and property according to previous guarded. A foreign resident on the issued scores of such orders before, sary steps to prevent trouble, notifications, have Laken the neces- Fongthuen side also informed me but the "Red"influence was too The Commander of the Defches sary steps. No anxiety is now that a policeman came to the ser powerful for them to be carried out. Garrison and the Chief of Police, existing. The circulation of traffic vaata quarters and told him that It is reported that nearly all ing acting in conformity with instruc- was interrupted in the morning in he had nothing to fear, Presumably portant leaders in 'Canton succeed tions received, sest sufficient forces certain quarters, but was re-estab vints were paid to all foreigners ed in making their way to Hong which surrounded the buildings lished in the afternoon. All elneses houses in the same way. Shortly Kong and Macao. Most of the thou where these clements were quartered of merchants and workers have after 2 p.m. motor cars went round sandReds" now being detained and holding meetings.
Bures Laked. Canton Information which asked the people to remain of the Bolshevist circle. except in Wongaha where there was! Bureau.
cak and to resume their work.
(Continued on neat Column).
HIDING COMMUNISTS,
At a special meeting of the Kuo- mintang Executive Committee in Canton held on Saturday the Police were instructed to inform the public that anyone found hiding a Com munist would be regarded as guilty
of a crime and be subject to arrest
All Communists are to be handed over to the Police, Thore Com
voluntarily will be forgiven.
(Continued on page 7.),
There was no serious opposition/ expressed sympathy with the mea-the streets distributing circulars, are said not to be" "inside" men munists who surrender themselves
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