FENG YU HSIANG
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22nd, 1927.
JOINS CHIANG KAI SHEK.
SOUTHERN ATTACK ON TSINAN TO BEGIN SOON.
40,000 SHANTUNG TROOPS AWAITING TO GET
INTO GRIPS,
CHENGCHOW CONFIRENCE UNDECISIVE.
"RED
GENERALS PREDICAMENT. COMPELLED TO VACATE HONAN.
FENG RECEIVES ROYAL WELCOME FROM SOUTHERN ARMY.
The ex-Christian General Feng Yu sinhg has definitely gone over to the Southern Army, has had quite a royal welcome into their midst; and the populace of Hsuehow, we read, are, arranging. a Feng-Chiang reception and niass meeting in honour of the occasion..
Feng'e action has placed the "Red" General, Tang Seng Chi, in so much of w prédiennent that he will be compelled to remove his troops from Honan, where they had secured a fairly solid footing at Changchow,
Feng's action is, of course not surprising. He and his followers are so he says-willing to fight against "Militarism and Imperialism in China; and, in saying so, he does not definitely say that he has renounerd his sympathy with his erstwhile Soviet friends of Moscow and Hankow. Oriental actions as well as words rarely mean whai they ought to incan.
It is stated that several of the Foreign Powers, represented in the Peking legation quarter, are in somewhat of a quandary as to how to regard Peking's new Government' ami, probably, the Dictator-Generalissimo. Great Britain and France, it appears, have concluded that, in the giveumstances, the precedent set up a few years ago, on the assumption of Toan Chi lui of the Presidency, will meet the present casy.
THE TSINGTAO-TSINAN WAR ZONE.
(Wah Tas Fat Ban)
SHANORAL, June 1st. The Shantung troops, stationed along the Tsingtao-Tsinan Rail way, anḍ mnobering about 10,000, have no evine to serious grips with the Southerners since the 17th inst
FENC'S RECEPTION AT
HSUCHOW.
(Woh Taz Yat Pan)
SHANGHAI, June 21st. Before his arrival at Hsuchow,
Feng Yu Hsiang telegraphed there inquiring as to General Chiang Kai Slick and stating that he intended
uweet Chiang Marshal
Feng
sent a representative with a letter,
As soon as the close of the joint in which he stated that he was -conference-at-suchow, it is expeet-
PEKING'S NEW CABINET.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PIKING, June 21st.
A mandate, issued this evening. appoints Wang Ying Tai, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Shen" Jui Liu, Minister of the Interior; General Ho Feng Lin, Minister of Military Affairs; Yen Tze Pu, Minister of Finance: Yao Jen, Minister of Justice; General Chang Ching Huai. Minister of Industry; Liu Shang
sin, Minister of Agriculture and Labour Lia Cheh, Minister of Education; Pan Fa. Minister of Communications as well as Premier. Hsia Jen Hu is Chief Secretary of the Cabinet.
SERIOUS FOOCHOW RIOT.
RESISTANCE TO SHOP SIGN TAX.
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FOOCHOW, June 20th.
THE STRIKE. AT -MANILA.
MOTOR TRUCKMEN JOIN STEVEDORE STRIKERS.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
MANILA, June 21st. Two hundred motor truckaren have joined the stevedore strike. Severni vessels are being delayed
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THE EVACUATION OF
KIUKIANG.
MISREPRESENTATIONS BY MANCHESTER GUARDIAN'
CORRESPONDENT.
CORRECTED BY AN EYE WITNESS.
A resident of Kiukiang has sent us, says the North China Daily News, the following copy of a letter which he has addressed to the Manchester Guardian taking up what Mr. Arthur Ransome. wrote regarding the evacuation of Kiu
THE NAVAL CON FERENCE.
THE PROPOSALS CRITICISED,
JAPAN'S VIEW.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
"REFORMING THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
THE LORDS HOLDING A THREE-DAY DEBATE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
It was
SACCO AND VANZETTI'S CHILEAN SYATHISERS.
U.S. AMBASSADOR THREATEN- ED WITH ASSASSINATION.
(THROCON RECTER'S AGENCY.}
The
Chilcan
PERMISSION GIVEN TO FLY OVER THE COUNTRY
SANTIAGO, June 21st. LONDON. June 21st The Lords opened a three-day established a special day and night Government has GENEVA, June 21st.
debate on the subject of reform- Comparing the three acts of pro- ing
guard at the United States Embassy the Ilouse of Lords. posals, British Naval experts de
for the purpose of protecting the clare that the British is a definite solution welcoming &
Lord Fitzalan, in moving a r- advance on that of Washington and
Ambassador, Mr. Collier, who is reasonable threatened with assassination by far more comprehensive than the membership, said that at
incurure of limiting and defining anarchist sympathisers with Sacco American whereby, the extension of
present and Vanzetti. Any Government with the 5/5/3 ratio to lighter craft lasting two years could, under the U.S. 'PLANES TO VISIT
a majority would enable America to add con- Parliament Act, legally and without siderably to her cruiser tonuage consulting the people abolish the
BORNEO. which Britain would have to reduce. | Monarchy or the Lords.
The Japanese proposals are based probable that the Socialists would upon the existing strengths with an establish a Single-Chamber Govern- age-limit, giving vessels a shorter life at the cost of the taxpayer,
The Lord Chancellor, on behalf much more than that of the British. of the Government, agreed that the Mr. Gibson, in a Press intorview, Speaker's uncontrolled power to expressed the opinion that if the prevent a American plan, on the basis of thejected or amended by the Lords money Bill being re higher figures proposed of cruisers
was indefensible. The Government and destroyers, should be adopted, thought the question as to whether America must scrap 60,000 tons of auxiliary surface vessels, and 50,000 the meaning of the act should be tons in addition when and if the determined by present building programme were Committee of both Houses. Befer- a Joint Standing
went.
money
Bill would come within
FIRST PLANES TO VISIT BORNEO.
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www.
[THROĻAN REUTER'S AGENCY.]
MANILA, June 21st. U.S. Naval 'planes and the tender feron, from Zamboanga, have gone to Sandakan on a week's cruise. They will fly over Borneo by arrangement between Washington and London.
Following the closing of almost | every shop in the city as the result of the killing of a shopkeeper by the escort of a collector who was kiang. It constitutes one of the completed, while Britain and Japan ring to the inadequate representa the first planes of any nation to
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attempting to enforce the new shopmost complete exposés possible of
must scrap 60,000 to 40,000 tons, tion of Labour in the House of sign tax, rioting broke out in the the journalistic tactics pursued by
respectively. when their
pro Lords, he said that the Sovereign rity to some extent yesterday.
Mr. Ransome during his hurried grammes are completed. Be con- A frenzied no attacked the resi- visit to Chins to confirm his precluded that a plan to check com
should be authorised to add dence of the Chief Tax Collector, conceived views. The letter to the and destroyed everything of value Guardian is as follows:- in the premises and damaging the, building seriously....
limited number of nominated meni petitive building and avoid scrapers, on the advice of the Govern ping of new construction would per ment of the day, for twelve, years, There is one quality we expect of
it of moderate replacement of one-third retiring every fourth year. the correspondents of the Manekes-
building programmes within clearly
The Lord Chancellor added that For aver a month Foochow has ter Guardian, and that is sincerity
defined-limits.
the hereditary principle. should be been without a responsible and I have just soen an account writ
TOKYO, June 21st. preserved but effective (overnment, and the ten for the Guardian and repro
The Navy
that membership Office spokesman, should be reduced by hereditary trouble yesterday was dus entirely duced in the China Weekly Review, Foiterated the views sent earlier titted to sit for 20 years, one- speaking to Press representatives. Peera selecting a fixed number en- to this bad feeling against the entitled authorities having been developing Kiukiang Last January," by Mr.Japan would be unable to accept eligible for re-election.
What Happened in and added that he considered third retiring every fourth year, init, for some time.
Arthur Ransome.
It is reported that these will be
visit Borneo.
NO AIR UNITS FOR TIEN- TSIN AT PRESENT.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, June 20th.
Samuel Heare, Minister of Air, daið ̈ In the House. of Commons, Sir the despatch of air units to Tientsin was not contemplated at present.
BOXING.
WORLD'S MIDDLEWEIGHT
The Nanking. Government has
the British proposition prolonging 1 was 1 'who sat in H.M.S.
The House should be limited to with the object of acttling the dis gave Mr. Ransome the information also expressed the belief that the Counous. sent Mr. Chang Chun to Foochow Woodlark
a naval holiday of battleship con- (not loodcock) and
350 Peers and unelected Lords
CHAMPIONSHIP. struction without reservations. He should be eligible for the House of putes, and casing the situation.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE] on which he based that account-proposal of a limit of calibre to 133 | possibility of a Government intro lu. order to meet the " A Japanese. Boycott.
and 1 am pained to find Mr. Rab-inches would not be acceptable to ducing a Single-Chamber Govern- Mickey Walker's manager in Lon
BALTIMORE, June 21st The local populace are now threatening, a Japanese boycott, some has misrepresented the fuots.
Joe Dundee's manager has cabled Japan. and the foreign servants have also The bald truth about the evacua-
ment, the Cabinet had suggested on offering either G.$75,000 or 35 threatened to go out on strike.
LATER. tion of Kiukiang on January 7th-is The opening-factions in Foochow that, if the foreign women had not yet been received, Navy officials, without the assent of the Lords Though the official report has notut, by which Bills could be passed.
that provisions of the Parliament per cent of the proceeds (as Walker are organising big political demon
prefers) for the Middleweight anti-Imperialist demonstrations. It if the foreign men had not been is feared that disturbances are called off the streets at 10 am. on
Championship bout bere next August. likely as the result of these demon- that morning, foreign women would have been raped and foreign anen murdered as at Nunking.
ed that the Southerners will begin willing to espouse the Thron Peo- strations, which ostensibly will been removed two days before aud commenting on the Press reports during the course of a single Parlia
their attack on Tainan,
ples" doctrine, and that he wished
The recognition of the Peking Government, which was brought into being by Generalissimo Chang Teo Lin remains undecided by some of the Foreign Powers. It is re-i ported that Great Britain and Haighow, General Chiang Kai Shek
to see General Chiang Kai Shek.strations.
On learning of Marshal Feng Yu siang's approaching arrival at
France will adopt the same format once sent a number of trooȚIB
to escort him to Hsuehow..
of recognition, as formerly accord- ed to the Provisional Government headed by Marshal Tuan Chi Jui. Marshal Feng, accompanied by: According to Japanese reports, his subordinates Li Ming Chung the Chengchow Conference was aps and some others, arrived at Hsu parently broken up without de cisive results. Feng Yu Hsinag
chow on the morning of the 19th forced General Tang Seng Chi to inst. Jend his troops back to Hankow.
Due to the difference of opinion
On their arrival fully 100,000 gre
among his subordinates and niggle, including General Chiang Kai
of the Reds" commanded by Shek, Kang Tin Pui- and a 'lürgü
YANG SEN'S BULLYING AT
ICHANG,
COMMANDEERING PRIVATE
RESIDENCES..
[NAVAL WIRELESS. 1
ICHANG, June 20th, General Yang Sen bas issued an order, that all private residences order is not complied with, the are lo be evacuated, and where the bccupants are being forcibly evicted. The exact significance of the move
HANKOW, June 20th.
At present Hankow remains quiet,
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from Geneva, express dissatisfac tion at the American proposal to apply a 5/3/3 ratio to suxiliaries, and disapprove of the proposal to abolish submarines. They also think it inadvisable to touch on questions already settled by the Washington. Agreement, posed by Britain.
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ment, should not apply to any B altering the constitution, or altering the powers of the Lords as luid down by the Parliament Act.
The Government would support Lord Fitzalan's resolution.
There is no indication when the pro-Government will produce a Bill-or prógramme before the General Election of November, 1929.
False Impression Conveyed. Mr. Ransomu's account conveys an entirely different, and therefore false, impression. A perusal of his account would lead you to suppose that there was no danger, but only
little frolicsome play by looting THE PACIFIC RELATIONS' soldiery. The general gist of the were unaccessarily frightened and article suggests that the foreigners
ran away without sufficient cause
Mr. Ransome was informed, which There are several facts, of which he has suppressed altogether.
CONFERENCE..
A BRITISH DELEGATE. FROM SHANGHAL
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, June 21st.
Mr. William Turner, General Manager of Reuters for the Far East, has been appointed au addi.
General Chang Füt Fui, well, uniber of high Kuomintang of. and the only news of, note is that sailors, who rushed down to the Lioua! British delegate to the Paci
known as Tang's best force, Tang
cials, received the. As soon as has suffered a heavy blow, which
he had detrained, Marshal Feng will compel him to evacuate Houan. delivered a lengthy speech on
"Beyond Expectation."
the point that the "North-Eastern The conversations between Chiang Army" definitely wished to parti- Kai Shek and Feng Yu Hsiang are cipate in the Kuomintang revolu- reaching a very conciliatory point, tion. He hoped that under a com- according to a report from Hamon platform all revolutionary chow. This is stated to be "beyond troops would come in the closest the expectation of the Peking and cooperative spirit to fight against Hankow Government."
Militarism and Imperialism. Mesere. Hu Han Min and Li
*Fong-Chiang reception and mass Shek Cheng, representing the Nan-eting is being arranged to be king Government, arranged a par-
held shortly by all classes in Hsu ler with Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang to discuss the future expedition against Sunatang and Chikli.
chow.
is not apparent, but it is believed For instance, the murderous as- to be in connection with the levy sault during the riot on January which Yang Sen sought to exact. 6th on an invalid lady, Mrs. Curtis, The evacuation of the oil stores who was hurriedly being carried down in a stretcher to place of has now been completed.
safety on board ship. The assault failed, thanks to a party of British In certain amount of troop move the morning of January 7th the invalid's rescue. Then again, 011 ment up river has taken place. It crowd, which Mr. Ransome de- Julu. authorities intend to follow up shouting out Sha! Sha! is thought possible that the Wuhan scribes as doing no harm, was General Yang Sen to Ichang,
which, if Mr. Ransome know as much of the Chinese language as I do, he Why has Mr. Rausome suppressed would know meant Kill! Kill!" these facts
SHANGHAI, June 20th:
note have come from the Yangtze No reports containing anything of ports, and Shanghai remains gener- ally quiet.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] Questions In The Commons,
LONDON, June 21st.
I am not what goes by the name of Dei-hard," ae Mr. Ransome will to me the justice to confirm if he remembers me. But I do be lieve that loyalty to our breed and In the House of Commons, quea which, in these days, should not be loyalty to our salt are sentiments Ations by Mr. Pethick Lawrence discarded too lightly, that is with- drew attention to Chinese alleged out good and sufficient enuss, to have been complaining of girls There was no reason whatever why of fifteen being introduced into Mr. Ransome should have inter brothels for soldiers in the Interpreted the events, related to him national Area of Shanghai...
by me, in such a way as to place
Hau Chien Reported Arrested.. Feng has been appointed Chair- Sun Chuen Fang is reported to the Kuomintang. He has given in- mar of the Political Commission of be sending & representative to
structions to arrest Copununists, Nanking, in order to come to con- George Hau Chien has been arrested ciliatory terms with the latter.
at Chengchow. Tang Yin Tat escaped.
Chang Tso Lin's Son Murdered?
Mr. Locker Lampson replied that his countrymen and their actions the Consul General at Shanghai had in a false light, and those who had telegraphed that as far as he and disconfited them in a too favour- (Cheers.) Licences for brothels had the Municipal Police were able to able light. ascertain the report was baseless.
been withdrawn on December 31st, 1924, by the Municipality.
Absence Of Sincerity,
lic Relations Conference at Heno-
U.S. HIGH COMMISSIONER
RESIGNS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] RAPIDS CITY, South Dakota,
June 21st. the resignation of Admiral Bristol, President Coolidge has accepted the United States High Commis.
sioner,
EX-EMPEROR MAY MOVE TO DAIREN.
UNEASY AT SOUTHERN ADVANCE:
The former Manchu emperor is considering leaving Tientsin for Dairen and has advised Mr. Sun. Pao Chi to find a house for him in the leased territory, according to advices from the port.
A substantial body of Conserva- tives are in favour of pressing for reform before then.
The debate was adjourned until Wednesday.
THE ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION.
RATIFICATION BY THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENCY.]
:
GENEVA, June 21st. The Secretary-General of the Lengue has invited Mr. Koo Kung Chen, Editor of the Shih Pua, to be a member of the Press Experts' Conference at Geneva on August
24th.
WORLD'S RECORD IN BRIDGE.
COMPLETE SUIT DEALT TO EACH PLAYER.
An event probably unprecedented in the world of suction bridge is reported from Bedford.
ber at the Cavendish Hotel with a Four players sat down to a rub- pack of cards which was not new. and not old. In the course of the third rubber, after the cards had been shuffled and cut in the normal way, a hand was dealt in which each player hold a complote suit.
There was absolutely no-hanky- panky about the deal," said Mr. 3. C. E. Robinson, a Bedford char- tered surveyor, who was one of the players. If it had occurred on the first deal I should have guessed that somebody had been playing patience with the cards, but we had completed two rubbers with the cards before they came out in this extraordinary fashion.
I. believe that mathematicians have worked out the odds against thia division of the cards on a norinal deal at something like 2,000 billion billions to one.": A
Mr. Koo. who has been touring Europe, has made a good impres sion in League circles. He has
"One Spade" all. accepted the invitation.
Mr. M. F. Ledward, another Britain, on behalf of Britain, player, in an interview afterwards, India, and the Dominions except said that immediately they realised. State, has forwarded to the League deal they called in a witness from ing Canada and the Irish Free the extraordinary nature of the Secretariat a ratification of the the next room to seo the hands. anti-Slavery Convention of Geneva of September 25th, 1926.
The Convention is now automatic ally enforced by the British Empire. Bulgaria and Denmark are the only other nations who have so far ratified.
DRUSES RETURNING TO
SYRIA.
ACCEPT FRENCH AUTHORI TIES CONDITIONS,
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PARIS, June 21st.
Major K. G. Harper dealt the could scarcely believe my oyes. Of cards. When I saw my hand I
slam automatically with diamonds, course, I thought I had a grond which I held, as trumps, I suspect- ed the other players had good in- dividual auite in their hands, but I never for a moment thought any one had a full auit like me, let alone every player.
"Major Harpede.
said, One
silence
for
Was
called first. He There moment, and then Mrs. Mettams called Four heurts," and I went full out and bid * Soven diamonds, never for moment thinking I should be challenged.
Major Harper Baid Suven spades. That, of course,
Then
As I have stated, of the Manches ter Guardian wo expect sincerity. No Modification Of-Instructions.
En Mr. Ransome's: account that Generals Pak Pao Shan, Feng
quality is conspicuous by its absuccessful advance of the South- The emperor is vory uneasy at the Replying to Mr. G. O. Trevelyan, sence. And, if on that occasion, orners to North China and feels Shiu Mix and other formerly Sun
Mr.. Locker Lampson said that he why not on others? I am afraid that there might be personal danger had seen Press reports to the effect my faith in the Guardium has been if he should remain in Tientsin. Chuen Fang's subordinates, have It is rumoured that Chang Hsuch that the Nauking Foreign Affairs very severely shaken. definitely taken sides with the Nan- Liang (the "Young General," on British aeroplanes flying
Mr. Henry Pu Yi, as the emperor representative had protested against I shall be obliged if you will is now known in Chinose republican that the last groups of the Druses trumps was out of the question A telegram from Beirut states was, the highest bid since no
·king Government and have been of Chang Teo, Lin) has been mursoldiers had been instructed to fire impression conveyed by Mr. Ran- tion of half an hour with the Bri-asked and accepted the conditions hand down and daimed grapd over publish this letter in your next circles, received General Duncan rebole, who took refuge in Trana with such a distribution of the strategic points and that Chinese issue, in order to correct the false the other day and had a conversa jordania for over one year, have cards. ordered to inke up the defence line dered; but there is no confirmation on such aircraft; but he was with some of what happened in Kiu-tich commander. At present he is of the French authorities.
Major Harper luid hia at Tsingtao, by the Nanking Gov- of the report. Chang Tao Lin is out offein information. It was not kiung last January.-I am, etc.,
staying with his family at the
2,000 Druses, including prominent Chang garden in the Japanese mombers of the Atrash family, have concession.
begun to return to Syria.
ernment.
stuted to be in a panic.
proposed to modify the instructions
of the Naval Commander.
A Kiukiang Resident. Kiukiang, June 11th, 1927.
slam "
certificate as to the authenticity of The four players have signed a the deal.