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GRAND PROMENADE
CONCERT SEASON
at the
LEE GARDENS
(Under the distinguished patronage of H.E. The Governor, Sir CECIL CLEMENTI, KCMG.)
THE SECOND CONCERT
by
1st BATTN, THE CAMERONIANS
(SCOTTISH RIFLES)
By kind permission of Lt. Col. E. B. Ferrers, D.8.0., Commanding, and Officers
In the
will be held on
SATURDAY, JULY 9th at 9.30 p.m.
A REAL MUSICAL TREAT IN AN IDEAL SETTING
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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATAY, JULY 9th, 1927.
FENGTIEN LEADERS OPTIMISTIC SUN CHUAN FANG
REVIEW OF THE WAR SITUATION IN THE N
THE DISPUTE BETWEEN NANKING AND HAN
SHANSI TUPAN'S AMBIGUOUS ATTITUDE CRITICISED.
(Asiatic News Service.)
PERING, June 27th.
In spite of wild rumours con-
ΤΟ
ATTACK?
GREAT ACTIVITY AT TSINANFU.
A WELL CONDITIONED ARMY.
the reports in According to North China Daily News great
in activity is
progress around Tainanfu and Marshal Sun Chan
BHANGHAI, Despatches from
#h.
in
Fang, in spite of his many "de- feats," is supposed to be preparing
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at men,
ARMED BATTLE IN SHANGHAI.
FINE EFFORT BY POLICE AGAINST GUNMEN.
CONSTABLES HOLD UP OF CAR
SHANGHAI GENERAL STRIKE FAILS.
MOST OF SETTLEMENT SHOPS CARRY ON.
NO SENSATION AT MASS MEETING.
SHANGHAI, July 4th. Yesterday's "general strike" in
the International Settlement, called by the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, the Shanghai, Commer-
Fengtien leaders are still maintain-of Tang Seng Chi's Refs over and properly paid, army of 100.000
tes For the anti-Communisti ing their optimistic altitude.
TSINANFU, July 1st. instarice, General Chang Ching Hui, Tayeh and Ichang, tion of
is Railway movements indicate great- ex-War Minister, declared to Press the Wu-Han Goy!" correspondents this morning that stronger than what i couple ly increased activity. The Blue Marshal Chang is determined to of weeks ag. Thithening Express from the south last night! hald l'eking and Tientsin and that of the tedi regids fresh was three hours late, and the The Mukdenites are capable of fight- difficulties for the leaders regular time-table has been sus- ing a single-handel defensive war to induce the affaction to pended,
Yesterday five train-loads of Sun ngainst the combined Southern abolish the Wa-finistration | forces in case the Shantung army through peaceful though for Chunn Fang's troops passed through be defeated. General Chang says the present, the pee of the Tsinanfu from the east on their
SHANGHAI, July 4th. that the Fengtien troops will hold Hankow fnctionaly reach way to Yenchow, and it is stated
Une aitned robber is dead, two the Paoting Tehchow and north Hupeh and Humaeneral Chu on the best authority that Marshal bank of the Yellow River fronts as Pej Teh of Kiaras already Sun has ordered the director of the others wounded, one of them seri long as possible. Further, General declared for Nanand General railway at Tsingtao to prepare 40usly, while a fourth was arrested Chang says strong and modern Li Lieh Chan, retative of the trains within the next two days to as the result of a pistol fight with
troops to Yenchow. defence works are in course of con- Nanking Governas returned transport
a foreign police constabile aad a cial Federation, and the Amal- struction along the banks of the to Nanchang foresumption of Nunders of Sun's troups are now sqund of Chinese police a 10 gamated Street Unions, at the Lanehow River, in the vicinity of his daties is chahe Adminis. soon on the streets--all tall, good o'clock on Saturday morning almost instigation of the Chinese Ratc- Tongshan, where will be the third rative Council Angsi.
looking men, well clothed and ap-at the very doors of Yangtszepoo payers' Association to oppose the parently well fed. It must also be Police Station. A Chinese womnu enforcement by the Municipal line of defence. The alternative of retreating to South Manchuria or
who was passing by at the time Council of an increase of two per was struck twice by bullets from the cent; in municipal rates was a very Lengtien is the last resort so that
tame affair indeed. It was carried Mukden leaders do not entertain
gans of the robbers.
Just before the skirmish took out in a most half-bearted: manocr any pessimistic view of the Chinese situation especially as Yen Hsi
place, P.C. Crowther was patrolling and more than 95 per cent of the Shan, for various political reasons,
in the neighbourhood of the station | shops in the Settlement were carry- cannot take up arms against Teng
Marshal Sun to Command. when he heard firing going on aing on business ne usual, the only tien, concludes General Chang.
Most of Sun's troops are not short
up Yingtszepoo exception being that they put up He ran towards the spot their window shutters. The doors, stopping at this city, but the trains Road.
SHANGHAI, June 26th.
P June 27th.
notes.
distance
16
was that they
Shanghai des state that concluded that they have been re- in reply to Chirai Shek's degularly paid, since they pay for mand for the an of the Wa- what they buy in real silver money. Han Governor Wang Ching in contrast to the local troops wha Wei and Genfan Yen Kai, have nothing but provincial army members of thetrat Executive Council of thomintang, de- clared that thelow regime will be abolished same time as In Kuomintang circles, the an biguous attitude of General Yon the Nanking Inistration and in which they are travelling are and on arriving saw the gang com- were open and everybody did busi- Isi Shas is seriously criticised on then through tentral Executive being switched on to the Tsingtao-ing from a house at 3293, Yangtszeness on a nomasi basis.
The reason why raost of the shops the ground that he lost a great Council, a nefernment of the Pukow line and proceeding south poo Road. chance in not attacking the Feng-
All the men jumped into a wait had their shutters up and joined tien troops inmediately from both people, for theple and by the immediately. If the programme
ing motor-eir, which was headed the "general strike the Ching-an and the Chen-Tai people with log as the seat which has been announced is car- Railways when the Mukdenites re- of governmenfuld be establish- Tied out and the present rate of toward the constable. The latter were afraid of heing put on the trented from Chengchow at the end of May; but allowed Han Lin Chun ed. On theer hand, Chiang transport continues, 23,000 of Sun's told them to balt, but his command "black list and of rough treat- ment on the part of agitators and and Chang Hsuch Liang to-concen-Kai Shek mins the Nanking troops, fully equipped, will have was not obeyed. He opened fire on
bullet crashed unprincipled 'members of the Street. trate their forces on the north bank Government inwful administra moved to Chengchow within a week, them of the Yellow River without scri-
Uniona. ous losses.
On account of the am-op of the intang so that it and it is anticipated that Marshal through a head light,
Two of the robbers stepped from biguous attitude of the Shansi cannot be tre on as equal foot. Sun will soon take chief command Tupan,
the back seat on to the running TOOK
Yu Hsiang is not in ing with the Han Red regime. of that front. B. position to push on his Success
From a reliable source it is reboards and opened fire on the con- to Chibli from Honan because he Chiang Kaik therefore, de cannot do so without touching 'mands the aditional surrender ported that Jihchow ou the coaststable and several shots were ex- Shansi territory and starting of the Hankfaction, otherwise, has been occupied by Southerners, changed. A shot from P.C. Crow dispute with Yen tai Shan On the other hand, the non-settlement he will proceo attain his object and everything seems to indicate ther's gun brought one of the men of the Wu-Hull &rvable embarrasses through fored means.
Further, that the Northerners will withdraw toppling from the moving car. the rear of Chiang Kai-Shek's the Hankow i refuses to re-from the east coast, and make a Another was wounded.
troops and consequently, no active. campaign of a serious nature is cognise diploquestions settled expected
on both Tsin-Fu and. by Dr. C. Cat Nanking while Ching Han Lines in the near future. Eugene Chen till exercising the If is stated bere that Feng Yu functions of reign Minister for Hsiang is going to clear-away Wu Hupeh ad fan. The unsettled Pei Fu's adherents from Southern situationen Nanking and Henan prior to launching an offen-Hankoable the Northerners sive against the Mukdenites. Ito hold eßnitely.
DEPORTATION OF CHINESE
STUDENTS...
SENT FROM PHILIPPINES TO THIS PORT.
MANILA, July 2nd. Luis Magut and Adolfo de Castro, two Chinese atudents, were deport ed yesterday afternoon on the liner President Jefferson, for Hong Kong, on the strong suspicion of the authorities that the two were Communist agents. The legal grounds for their deportation were. that they had no passporta.
On board the Jeferson before the. steamer sailed, the two talked for An hour with a Bulletin repre Bentatives
Magat said: "I was born in Hong Kong, and am now about 34. have not been to other foreign countries, although I speak Spanish. I do not speak English. no profession and I do not.
I have no
to the Philippines for
work. I have little me afte
TIBBER MARKET.
DIVIENDS AND QUOTATIONS. Mesk Card Bros. have been advised of the pllowing dividends on rubbe andrining shares-
Driends.
Melvil (Jare): 12 per cent.
finil (17ber cent. to dato). Balan: 6 petent, int
cent. to te). Kinta Tin: final and 1/- int.
and the
In the French Concession there was nothing out of the ordinary.
Anass meeting" was hold at. the Chinese General Chamber of
court.
Coinmerce yesterday afternoon to discuss the matter but there was nothing startling in connection with it. It was decided to refuse to pay the rates en bloc and that legal stand on the railway with the best Chinese Constable to the Rescue.
A squad of Chinese police hur advisors should be appointed to part of Marshal Sun's army on the
the Chinese ratepayers Pukow front.
ried to the scene and opened frc defend Southern prisoners captured "non the fleeing motor bandits. This should the Council appeal to the a recent skirmish state that Linchen caused the chauffeur to stop, where
Street Union's Manifest. was only occupied by a small ad-upon the car and the gang tried to vance force and that the main escape on foot. Only one of them The Amalgamated Street Unions foro had not time to push forward succeeded, the rest either being have issued a lengthy manifestó as they were short of ammunition. wounded or captured.
explaining why the Chinese should The claim here that Lincheng was Later investigation of the case zot pay the increased rates. They occupied by the Northerners on revealed that the robbers entered a allege that the idea is to give Mr. June 29th should be taken with house at 333, Yangtszepoo Road, E. S. Benbow Rowe and Inspector While E. W. Everson, formerly of the caution, but it seems certain that and Leid up the inmates. the Southerners suffered some sort they were still on the premises one Shanghai Municipal Police, pen- of a reverse south of Yenchow. of the victims raised an alarm sions. They say that these two Business Conditions Worse Than which was heard by persons next men are criminals in the eyes of
Ever.
door. They blew a police whistle the Chinese people and that they Business conditions in Tsinanfu and when the robbers beard this are wanted by the Chinese courts in connection with the Nanking Nearly all
they started Ering and ran from the Road, "massacre of May, 30th, are worse than ever. the shops are closed, and even the house.
1925, when many innocent Chinese
ruthlessly were
killed.-North China Daily News.
Balgownie: per cent, finul (20
per cento date). " Lingui Tin: r cent. int. (25 perrieshas are deserting the streets All the four men arrested or kill
preferring idleness rather thaned and wounded were found to be carrying pistols when searched. bank notes. The lower classes are the house about $800 worth-was beginning to suffer and are unable also recovered.-North China Daily 22.50x.d.to buy food. This extreme con- News.
South Taipins per cent, ini. (10 working for worthless provincialost of the loot which they got at
per cent. date).
Quitions.
Allonbys Ayer Panas. Changkats........
Glenealies....
Jerams
Jimaba
Kedahs
caine
Luang
Pajams
purpose of spending a little vacation, and intended to return to my native land after three months.
I have not etudied and I am not educated. I do not know any Filipinos in Hong Kong. This is the first time came to the islands. I paid my passage on the President Jefferson, but I do not care to show Loy papers or documents regarding my-
The most noticeable thing about Magat was the fluency with which he spoke the Spanish language.
De Castro claimed to have been born in the Philippines, and said that his another was a Filipino.
A LITTLE BOY'S GIFTI.
That the vases were given to him by a small boy was the 'plea of n Chinese youth who was charged yesterday with the theft of a pair of Foochow lacquer-ware Vases.
The Magistrate (Mr. R. E. Lind- sell) said he should like to know the rich little boy. Defendant re- plied that he did not know the lad. I He was sentenced to four week's hard labour..
11.40
6.00
2.65
1.65
2.26
3.95
8.30
2.35
HEALTH ELLETIN OF EASTER PORTS.
dition of things is said to be limit- ed to the vincity of the capital, as other parts of the province aro using a different currency..
DRIVE AGAINST
SOUTHERNERS?
GIVEN UP FOR DEAD.
REMARKABLE COME-BACK
OF KOLHAPUR WOMAN.
the result of bringing the two to perfect understanding and that
A strange phenomenon occurred systematic co-operation is being at Kolhapur, India, on June 7th, carried out. Tupan Chu Yu Puf when a woman belonging to Agnu Chibli arrived at Tsinan to-day for Dhor, residing in the Ravivarpeth, 1 conference with Sun Chuan Fang. was brought to life from what all It is reported that the tupan is believed to be death. recruiting 10 new mixed brigades for which 30,000 rifles have been have come from an unannounced supplied. These are reported to foreign source.
The Story as elicited from a reliable source, runs thus:-The there were serious symptoms present woman was attacked by cholera and
from the beginning. She was sup- posed to have died at about 7.p.m:
TSINANFU, July 3rd. There is every indication that a strong drive is being prepared down the Tsinpu Line. A constant ports for the wed ending states:
The health betin of Eastern stream of troop trains from the cast arriving at Tsinan, bearing Sun Plate.
Chuan Fang's forces south. These force are completely equipped with A statement has been made by when her relatives began to bewail extra supplies of uniforma and Sun Chuns Tang that his entire the death, All arrangements for foodstuffs. Concentration head force, numbering 100,000 will be the funeral were set-a-foot, and the quarters are at Taian from where sent to the south front immediate- nccessary materials for the purpose units are outfitted for front line
1 tase at lexandria. 13 cases at issein. cases at bmbay.
4 cases at bngoon.
2 cases at lombo.
Ohofra.
2 cans at hussein,
2 cases ut bmbay.
21 casos at flcutta.
2 cases at legapatam.
I case at Ingkok..
2 casos at Sagon.
2 casoa at Toimne.
Small-pcx.
I cose at Suż
28 cases at Bombay.
16 cases at. Calalta.
2 cases at Negpatam.
Z caace at Rangoon.
4 cases at Vizałapatom.
I case at Bangkok.
12 cases at Nagisaki.
2 cases at Colombo.
is
Restoring Confidence.
ur
service moving towards Yenchow. y. The arrival of his troops hus were collected.
somewhat restored local confidence, At about 9 p.m. the woman whose In spite of this strain on the rail- and apprehension of southern or body was placed in a reclining posi way the service remains excellent cupation has been now largely dis- tion suddenly made some movement and both passenger and goods trains pelled. This has niso had the result with her hand which she applied to are going regularly on the Tsinpu of easing the business situation as her forehead for removing the drops lines north to Kinotsi, while the Sun'e soldiers are bringing real of water sweat accumulated trains south of Tainan are likewise money into the market. Some there. maintaining regular service shops have re-opened and most are There was amazement in the as- sembly. The bamboo sticks, etc., though the latter is somewhat be carrying on back door business. hind schedule,
A statement has been issued by brought for the occasion Chihli-Shantung units from the Sun Chuan Fang that special thrown off and there was all husto south are proceeding east, and this stations will shortly be established to return the other material collect- movement is taken as indicating the for the redemption of provincialed for the funeral. Some super replacing of Buz's forces along that notes, but this has not had the stitious people cried out That is front. Local reports state that a affect of bolstering the currency and a ghost, really a ghost." Whatever, conference held between Sun Chuan it is believed that the provincial that may be, the woman really re Fang and Chang Tsung Chang had paper money is Hot likely to bevived and is still alive. Times of
India: (Continued on next Calama.)
resuscitated.
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