CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S SUCCESSORS IN THE NATIONALIST ARMY.
THE NORTHERN EXPEDITION TO BE RESUMED." SEVENTH ARMY CORPS RETURN TO NANKING 'FROM WUHU.
CHIANG DECLARED THAT HANKOW LEADERS'
ATTITUDE CAUSED HIM TO RESIGN.
44
BORODIN REPORTED DETAINED
HONAN MILITARY AUTHORITY.
BY
The 7th Army Corps have returned to Nanking from Wabu and, led by General Li Chung Jen (who has been appointed "Vice-Commander" by the Nanking Government), are to resume the Northern Expedition. It seems now, in the light of subacquent events, that the refusal of these troops to leave Wuhü-(58 reported at the time-had much to do with the perturbation in the Nationalist Government and ultimately to Chiang Kai Sher's determination to resign.
Evidently the Nationalists, though most of the members of the Government have fled to Shanghai, intend to defend Nanking.
The report of Borodin's" detention in Honan reads strangely at the present time, and seems to point to that slippery individual being as reluctant to enter Russia as he was to leave" Hankow. He is much more likely to reappear in Kiukiang er Hankow than in trga, which was reported to be his destination, pending his "hop off" to Sovietland...
CHIANG'S SUCCESSOR.
(Wah Ta Yat Pav.)
WHAT CHIANG DECLARED.
(Fak Tri Tas Pau).
SHANGHAI, August 13th. Chiang Kai Shek declared that The Nanking Government has in consequence of the Hankow announced the appointment of leaders' unfavourable attitude to
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 16th,
U.S. EXPENDITURE TRANS-ATLANTIC
FOR NATIONAL DEFENCE.
MATERIAL INCREASE FOR ARMY AND NAVY.
(REDE'S, AMERICAN SERVICE)
IL
RAPID CITY, August 15th.
At the conclusion of an all-day
conference with President Coolidge.
FLIGHT.
TWO GERMAN 'PLANES START OFF.
IRON ** RATIONS. AND A MONOCLED PASSENGER.
(THROTON KEUTER'S AGENCT.]
ENEMY
1927.
PROPERTY | THE LISBON REVOLT.| U.S. PROHIBITION.
REPAYMENTS.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN U.S.A. AND BRITAIN.
G.$2,000,000 WORTH OF PRO.
PERTY INVOLVED." "
*
[BRITISH, WIRELESS, SERVICE.)
ARMY LOYALTY TO THE GOVERNMENT.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY,)
LISBON, August 15th. After an all-night sitting the Cabinet drew up a decree for the carrying cut of all measures against the insurgenta..
"FURTHER TROUBLE FOR
THE 'WETS.'"
PURCHASER EQUALLY GUILTY WITH SELLER.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE.]
WARRINGTON, August 15th Further trouble for the "Wets " is indicated by the announcement The Government have received of the Prohibition Commissioner
from all
garrisons that purchasers of illegal liquor will benceforth be deemed equally guilty assuring with the sellers and suffer the same
Calm penalties.
"Heretofore, only the bootlegger has been punished.
Dessau, August 14th. Two Junker neroplanes, the
Ruaar, August 14th. General Herbert Lord, director of Bremen and the Europa, have left The text is issued by the letters ¦ messages the Budget, stated that the Pres-here simultaneously for America. exchanged,
throughout the country and the agreement dent approved of material inerente
Each Juaker carries three men.reached, between Great Britain and it of the Army's loyalty. rext year's expenditure for The Bremen's chief pilot is Loose, the United States regarding the
continues to prevail, national defence both in the Army and the pilot of the Burupa is reciprocal release of property and Navy being amply provided.
in
The five-years aviation pro- gramme of the Army and Navy and also of the Commerce Depart ments of the aviation programme would be pushed and, in addition, a beginning would be made to six new cruisers and other naväljeraft. The battleships Neruda and Okla- Boma would be remodelled.
BOMB OUTRAGE IN BRISBANE,
QLD. OFFICES WRECKED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BRISBANE, August 14th... The Criminal Investigation De-
explosion at midnight.
Risticz
As the result of meteorological reports, the routs was changed at the last minute, the machines fly- ing vid Holland, the north coast of Scotland, and across the Orkneys to Cape Race.
A few hours before the start of the trans-Atlantic attempt, ad heroplane skimmed over the town as a pre-arranged" signal, where upan the entire population flocked
to the serodrome and gave the Junker machines an enthusiastic sandraff.
The equally famous pilot Edzard accompanies Ristics in the Europa. One Plane Turns Back.
BREMEN, Angust 14th. The Europa landed at the aero drome here, having turned back
sequestrated under the Trading with the Enemy Acts.
A memorandum'drawn up by the United States Government explains the conditions for the return of property to married women in the United States and Great Britain, which was seized during the war, With regard to debt claims, the United States Trading With the Enemy Act authorises, on the basis of reciprocity, the payment from the sequestrated property of debts owing to and owned by British claimana before the passage of the Act, provided euch debt, in the nature of a pledge ar lien, arose in "reference to money or other property held by the alien property
THE PARK PAVILION, SHANGHAI,
"THE FINEST AGGREGATION OF JAPANESE DANCING GIRLS."
THE MANAGER SUED FOR $10,000.
Eussions Departed.
Bat the latter are nothing if not
most exotic cabaret and home of crowds of nightly cabaret poers.
The Park Pavilion, Shanghai's some headway, was made with the
the Japanese cabaret dancer, may be compelled to close its doors and its score of pretty dancing part a discriminating crowd, and little ners will be thrown out of employ-business came the way of the Rus- ment if suit filed against its pro- sian dancing girls and before many prietor, "John H. Scott, by Joseph weeks the majority of them had "checked out" to make room for J. James, local restaurant caterer, for $10,000 on a promissory note, more of the little kimono-clad extract who alternately intrigued, interested, arcused and surprised, the latter by their extraordinary ability to dance with all the grace. and skill of their Western sisters while wearing the tight-fitting kimcres and the seemingly difficult "geta," which, though held on by nothing more than two toes, never came off even through the meat
General Li Chung Jen as vice-Com-wards him, he had decided to retire partment's offices were wrocked by when over the North Sea, following custodian or treasurer of the United goes in favour of James in the terpsichorean artistes of Nipponese
mander of the Kuomintang Revolu- from the Kuomintang supreme
A heavy stone wall was shatter- tionary Army, following upon military commandership, in order Marshal Chiang Kai Shek's re- to facilitate the reunion of Nan-ed, and the roof was reduced to signation.
king and Hankow. When be left fragments. A detective who was on Shanghai for Ningpo, he ordered duty in the building has been sent that all military affairs should be to hospital with severe chock. entrusted to Generals Li Chung
The roar of the detonation rous Jen, Ho Ying Yam and Pei Chung ed the whole city. Hoí.
HANKOW GENERAL DIS- MISSED AND DETAINED.
(Wah Ts: Fat Pao).
The Hankow Government has announced the dismissal of General Liu Too Lung, Commander of the 15th Haukow Army Corpe Hë was detained later by the Hankow military authority, on the charge that he had arbitrarily executed the vice-Commander of his army corps, General King Tan, without legal basis or without receiving orders from the Government:
HANKOW'S "DIE, HARDS."·
(Wah Ta Yat Pao.)
BORODIN." DETAINED."
(Wah Ter Yat Fac)..
SHANGHAI, August 16th. According to a reliable report from Honan, Borodin, together tained by the Honan military with nine couriers, has been de authority at Hsin-an, to the west of Honan, on the Langhai Railway.
THE SURTAXES."
THROUGH XEUTER'S AGENCY.]
SOOCHOW AND NATION-
ALIST METHODS.
NO GRIEF AT CHIANG'S PASSING.
**THE PAPER TIGER."
Soocrow, August 8th. Discontent over the various Dew taxes is expressed on every hand and is cooling the enthusiasm of all classes for the Nationalist Gov- ernment. Rice at $15 and a de.
news of extremely stormy weather over the North Atlantic. "
States.
United States Court for China, where the claim was filed early this
The position of the British Gov-week ernment is that, in all cases where enemy businesses, whether conduct ed by a corporation, partnership, or individual concerns, have been liquidated in Great Britain under
of
The Bremen Trio. "Iron" rationa; also tea, lemons, chocolates and sausage are carried by the three men aboard the Bremen monoplane, namely, the two pilats, Fritz Loose (aged 30) who was a naval pilot in wartime, and who
war legislation, the claims flew, for three months in the Moroccan War, an aerial ambulance United States creditors, wherever for the Spaniards; Capt. Koehl resident, have been treated on an (aged 39) who has a great reputa- equal footing with those of British tion as an aerial navigator. Ho creditors. was twice shot down during the war; and a passenger, Baron von Hahnfeld, representing the North German Lloyd, who monocle.
wears
A
Another section of the memoran- dum sets out the respective posi- tions of the two Governments in
regard to shares of stock in the
The Bremen can receive but not depot account of German banks, and a further section deals with transmit wireless.
cases in which the return of assets of a corporation is permitted.
The British Foreign Office in a letter accepting the memorandum's statement of the position, adds that the Britid Government are prepar- ed, on being granted reciprocal
The latest Atlantic weather re ports are by no means encouraging "Bremen Passes Over England and Ireland.
LONDON, August 15th. The Bremen was seen passing over Wakefield at 1.40 this morn-
SHANGHAI, August 14th. As the result of the strongest mand for two months' house rent- Sino-Foreign pressure it is under-even if you own the house-togethe- Wang Ching Wei, Sun Fo and stood that the surtaxes will not be with the rumours of defect at Hau- enforced on September 1st, but will chowku, and elsewhere, start talk Tan Yan Kai have arrived at Kiu-be postponed sine dir.
Reuter as an addition to the of welcome to Sun Chuan Fang if kiang, where they will call an im portant conference to deal with the above telegram which was published he comes this way again. "But doing..
you think it likely he would venture "Yes, they south of the river?" have punched a hole in the paper tiger and are no longer afraid."
Soldiers have been drifting in
new state of affairs.
か
NANKING'S DEFENCE.
11
(Wah Tz Fat Pac.)
General Ho Yiu' Chao is now tem-"
by us yesterday, states:
Probably with the exception of the 2 per cent. surtax tacitly agreed at the Washington Coater
ence.
BULLET PROOF WAIST--
COATS.
for two of three weeks to rest from their severe fighting." They
porarily in charge of the defence of FOR SOLDIERS, POLICE AND were not content with the quartere Nanking.
General Pei Chung Hsi has re- turned to Nanking to co-operate with General Ho Yin Chao.
General Li Chung Jen declares that he will continue the northern expedition in order to complete
ADVENTURERS.
EUROPE'S LATEST GIFT TO CHINA.
provided by the city authorities, and have commandeered the Pro- vincial Normal School. A squad will post a notice on some hand- some ancestral hall, reading, "Billet the Inter- for such and such a group." The well as family buy them off, 8160 has been mentioned as the figure in one case, and they maye in next door.
The time may come when armed Marshal Chiang Kai Shek's un-robbers operating in finished task. His whole force of national Settlement, as
Chinese territory, will scorn bul- the 7th Army Corps have returned lets from the guns of police in to Nanking from Wuhu.
He will rearrange the troops be an advertisement appearing in the Sin Wan Pao a bullet-proof waist- fore re-starting the expedition.
Generals Li Chung Jea, Yeh Kai coat for Chinese is offered for sale. Hsin and Ho Via Chao have joint- The advertisement states that sol- ly issued a telegram declaring that diers, police and adventurers abouid they will co-operate with the Han-purchase there.
kow Government.
[BRITISK WIRELESS SERVICE) "Well-Known Precedcnt,"
RuODY, August 14th.
The Bremen passed over Black-treatment by the Government of the pool at 246 am. She left Dessau United States, within the terms of at 6.20 yesterday evening.
the memorandum, to release such property as is covered by the terms of the understanding, and on the conditions stated therein.
It is reported from Kingstown, near Dublin, that the Bremen pass ed over the city at 5.15 am.
MORE EARTHQUAKES.
IN TURKESTAN AND SWITZERLAND.
¡THROUGH LEVITI'S AGENCY.]
Moscow, August 14th. Fifteen people were killed and 25 seriously injured, and 100 hours It is said the Hsien Chang were ruined, in an earthquake in (magistrate) proposes to allow no Namangan, in Turkestan, more soldiers, but only officers Four Distinct Shocks at Grisons.
BERNE August 14th. inside the city. One wonders how It is not improbable that armed he will keep them out. Yesterday
There were four distinct earth- robbers, classing themselves дь "adventurers," may take advant demands were made on the Chinese quake shocks in the canton of Grisons at 9 o'clock yesterday protective in charge of several «mission com- age of the asserted qualities of the waistcoata
pounds for accommodation for morning, which aroused and fright- The advertisement follows: Telegrams from China state that General Chiang Kai Shek arrived sembles an ordinary serge waist to be so occupied already. Rumour damage.
"The bullet proof waistcoat re- officers. Soochow Academy is saidened the inhabitants. There was no unexpectedly at Shanghai yester coat, padded with special German has it that all mission property not day.
He was accompanied by General steel and cannot be penetrated by being put to use will be occupied.
9. D.. Mauser bullete. (No re- Chang Cheng Chiang and a conference made to other bulleta) diers have maps of the city show Another rumour says that the sol- tingent of guards
Recently, his Nationalist forces Boldiers, police and adventurersing all mission compounds and that'
should purchase them. have received a severe handling "The steel is bullet-proof and they propose to enter them all. from the Northerners, who, after is produced in Germany only. It #temming their advance, have driven them back upon the Yang protects your body. The bullet The Northerners under Gen- proof waistcoat has been tested and ir sanctioned by the S.M.O. The
taze.
A Sorry Lot. Coming from Bhanghai on a crowded train last Saturday, the writer found room and was allow-
reserved for recruits. There were about twenty-five of them, en route for Chinking to join the National
eral Sua Chusa Fang are now rebullet, after bitting the waistcoated to sit in a third class coach
ported to have taken Chinking is flattened and the person is in pu, and to be nearing Nanking.
no danger. In accordance with well-know
"There are two kinds of bullet
GREYHOUND RACING IN
ENGLAND.
INFLUENTIAL COMMITTEE
APPOINTED,
[THROÚGA, REUTER'S AGENCT.]
LONDON, August 15th. The Earl of Westmorland, Lord
FURTHER DETAILS.
WASHINGTON, Augúst 18th. The United States and Great Britain have entered into à recipro cal arrangement for the release of property scized in war time. Under American and British Trading with the Enemy Acts there are about 300 such cases in each country, estimated to be of a total value of C.82,000,000. Little corporation property is involved.
ELECTRICITY FROM THE JORDAN.
WORK BEGUN ON A BIG SCHEME.
"{BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE"]
RUGBY, August 14th Work has been started on the Jordan-Yamuk section of a big scheme for utilising the River. Jordan for the generation of electrical energy.
Two other claims have also been filed against Scott. Two of his dancing girls, Nobuke Kawano and Ken Shiwozawa seek to recover $21.90 and $177.20 respectively for "labour and services performed by themselves at the special instance and request of the defendant" It is understood that the money is in respect of dancing tic kets and drink chits earned by the girls in their professional capacity at the Park Paviljon."
Scott.
Interesting Background.
violent Charleston exhibition.
Before long the demand for these shy, smiling, dance-loving, shingled: haired little maids increased to the point where Manager Boott found it necessary to take a trip to Japan to zocure additional members for his troupe which he claimed, and probably got without justification;
to be the finest aggregation of Japanese dancing partners in the Orient."
Curlew Came.
Scot, through his attorney, Mr. F. J. Schuhl, on Tuesday fled a demurrer to the complaint on the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to show cause of action. Judge Purdy overruled the de- murrer and ordered an answer to the complaint to be filed within 15 Then curlew, with its sweeping days. In the event of the answer change upon local pleasures and being not filed within the time nocturnal wanderings, descended allowed, judgment by default may upon the Settlement, by which be entered against Scott and the residents were all required to be United States Marshal will, probindoors, first by 10 p.m., later by ably be issued with a writ of attach-11 pm, and finally by midnight. ment by the Court and take charge No restrictions were placed upon of the Park Pavilion pending fur- entertainmenta conducted within ther settlement of the outstanding closed doors and there was no claims against its proprietor. law against a cabaret continuing to function, through curfew until dawn when the bag was lifted. This case is likely to create an extraordinary amount of interest The Park Pavilion never closed dealing as it does with a phase of at all. Through shot and shell, Shanghai night life unusual even through street battles and machine happenings. in this city of strange zights and gen duels, through all the hectic. The Park Pavilion times following the arrival of the sprang into being scarcely a year Cantonese armies and through the ago as a dance-hall after a brief dangerous days of Communist sup- and unsuccessful run as a boxing pression in Chapel, this little oasis stadium. It was then an old and of subdued hilarity pursued the unused garage, with corrugated path of pleasure night after night, iron roof, walls and spucrete foar its patrons and employees alike set about ene hundred feet west of being imprisoned within its four Nrth, Szechuen Road, communica- walk until curfew ended.. tion with which was maintained by The proximity of the Durham and means of a long narrow passage-Gloucester battalions billetted in way of whitewashed walls.
the Public School for Boys even- call After being closed for a few tually necessitated an earlier
to arma for the little Japanese weeks it blossomed arew into baro-like, airy dance-ball, with dancing girls and ere long the Park polished wooden floor, papered Favilion resounded with the waila walls while the white washed of the unskilled saxaphonist as wooden rafters and iron roof were early as five o'clock in the even more or less cleverly obscured by ing. an elaborate decorative scheme of Chinese lanterns,
and coloured lights.
By day it was used as a roller skating rink, but did not the attraction that its owners. had
Popular With Troops, köped and akating was shortly But the novelty of the situation abandoned. In the evening addi- attracted a large and regular crowd tional attractions were provided in of "Tommies every afternoon, the shape of boxing bouts. There the majority of whom remained Was „Do squared circle" for the until leave expired. contestants. Nothing, in fact, to All the Russians were finally prevent a boxer turning and fleeing eliminated from the battle of life from the hall The only attempt in this arena at least and Nippon at a regular ring, or "arena" was held full sway and made mach a huge square, of canvas which money.
But now the Durhams have gone. was pushed into position in the centre of the dance floor before Musicians are no longer called upon. bouts and rushed off again at the to play 12 hours a night at the conclusion of bouts, by shouting, rate of nearly 12 dances per hour.. sweating coolics.
streamers
prove
Army boots played havoc upon the erstwhile smooth dance. floor and ofttimes with the delicate' toes of the unshod feet of the
dancing girls.
The only dancing girls add hours are once more the
then were order of the day. The kimono mer- a few Russian girls of limited chants of Hongkew have reaped a attraction, and several Japanese harvest in the rush for new and dancing girls selected from less enticing garments and the "slump pretentious dance halls in the re- from this direction has in all prob
Shanghai cabaret: crowds are a transient folk. The. opening of the Pavilion procession keeps on the move.. The worm was tahered in with Now the dark shadow of unem-
precedent, various commanders proof-waistcoats: (a) Weighs 13. Revolutionary Army. They were a Chesham and Captain Humphrey will be used, and the supplemen moteness of North Bzechuen Road ability started.
ferred their support to the st tackara:--
More Southerners Cross The Yangtexe.
NANKING, August 14th
A few more troops have crossed from Pakow, and the situation apparently casier.
Bouthern trdopa have been des atched to Kaoyaihom, apparently to meet the advance of Bun Chuan Fang by the lake.
weat.
Association.
The Jordan waters between Lake Tiberias and Jis-el-Myamijeh, where there are falls of 130 feeb, tary part of the scheme, which is alleyways. to produce 120,000,000 kilowatte, provides for harnessing the waters of the Yarduk, which flow into Jordan
an elaborate dinner with an impos- ployment hovers over the firest
Chinese, included among whom girls in the Orient.” Proprietor such consisting mainly of aggregation of Japanese dancing were many prominent Shanghai John Scott is being sued for a big. amount. The United States Court The floor was passable, the for China holds the fate of an
waistcoat and is steel-padded old boy, a Buddhist acolyte, no- come the Racing Committee of the around the trunk Fit for Chinese other boy said he was sixteen. The
rest looked like criminals and half Greyhound Racing (b) Weights nine to 10 pounds, wits At two places in the car were They will inspect all the Associa of Lakteria five miles south
to difference in size. Be neat blue enamel placards, reading owing
The Jaffe, Hails, and Tiberias sections are already complete. Chinese. sembles a foreign waistcoat but has "Only the National Revolutionary tion's tracks in England, approve. The
It is anticipated the Palestine no sige, padding on would be Sve people from their arrows Pasted point stewarda, judges and starters, Government will be a big consum music bearable and together with unique institution in its hands and
the sides; with Army sacrifices itself to use the or amend the present rules, ap pounds more
by the Special-Party Organization and make all necessary arrangeet, that the railways will be even an atmosphere bordering on the if fore-closure should he ordered. Beware of imitations or you of the G.H.0, of the National
Revolutionarry Army: "Shanghai ments for the stabilization of Gres- fully slectrified, and that electric. bizarre and therefore Appealing one of the most colourful points in power-will-be extensively used for from the polul of vier of the Shanghai a circle of nightly plea will suffer much harm!
Tintes.
irrigational pumping.
generally jaded cabaret tripper, sures will be eliminated. hai, Timer.
bound racing in England.
the