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For Miles and Miles. SOCONY GASOLINE
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th, 1927.
COMMUNISM IN
HONAN.
FEARS OF THE KUÓMIN-
CHUN JUSTIFIED.
FOREIGN PROPERTY
LOOTED.
TIENTSIN, Sept. ath The following information was given me in an interview with a friend just recently from the Yel- low River district who has arst hand knowledge of Inost recent events, writes the Huaiking cor- respondent of the North China Daily News,
FROPERTY SALE.
No. 153, QUEEN'S ROAD
CENTRAL
SOBIE GOOD BIDDING.
FOR THE SERVICES.
THE WEEK'S PROGRAMME.
AT NAVAL AND MILITARY Y.JI.C.A.'S.
The following is the programme of entertainment's arranged in con nection with the Naval and Military Y.K.C.A's. for this week:-
Tomorrow At the "hear "O": Whis: drive, 7.15 p.m.; at the Bet- ter Ole: Sing sorg, .m.. Informal dance, 7 p.m.
Thursday At the Cheer O
Friday:At the Cheer '0" Concert, m.; at the "Better Entertainment Committee, 7 p.m.
Ole: Concert, arranged by the
Sunday-Men's meetings: At the "Cheer "Ole," 7.43 p.; at the "Better 'Ole." 8 p.n.
There was some brisk bidding at the property sale held at the China „To-day--he' the "Cheer "O": Auction Rous yesterday after Cousert, 1.30 p.m. at the Better noon. There was a jump of no less." Whist drive, 7 p.m. than $25,000 from the upset price at the very start of the sale, and before the property was knocked down an extra $32,000 had been realised above the starting figure. perty at 153, Queen's Road Central, The property. a, leasehold pro- was sold by order of the mortgagee. "The area is about 944 square feet, Two months ago the Honanese and the annual Crown rental is with mixed feelings of fear and the unexpited reside of the term The property is held for gladness welcomed the Kuomirchhof 000 years from Jine 28th, 1843. to Honan as they entered from the west in the trail of the retreating this immediately went up in one The upset price was 850,000, and Ankuochun. It was remembered bid to $85,000. From then on bil- that four years ago the 1st Army ding progressed by stages of 8500 of Feng Hsiang gave peace and wrought useful reforms during the Hong Kong Land Investment and and 81.000. Mr. Wai Tack, of the time of their occupation, but it was Agency Company, Limited, being also remembered that the 2nd Army the purchaser. before going west to join the Kno minchan two years ago had a bad record to leave behind them. The! question in the minds of all was THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS. what gort of general and army is returning to us from the west.
Communistic Nationalism,
It was indicated very clearly from the beginning that Can munistic Nationalism was the char acter of the new rigime, and it was
814.80.
THREE CASES TRIED..
Criminal Sasions yesterday.
Three cases were tried at the
Опе
cams before the acting Chief Justice and concerned the
doctor and holding him to ransom, after attempts to sell him had failed.
the Rape Factory, grond concert, Special: Today -At 8 p.n.
arranged by Mrs, Younghusband.
Concerts.
An enjoyable concert was given, Friday evening. it having been ar at the Cheer OY.M.C.A. on!
Mrs. ranged by Mrs. C. F. F. James.
favourite) had to sing many songs R. Sanger (the soldieryd
before her audience were satisfied. Mrs. Davenport -Browne, Mr. A. M Horder, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Saxon save songs and Mr. G. 'W. C Burnett kept the boys very much amed with his comic songs and monologues.
Next Friday, On Friday, September 30th, Mrs. T. Hamilton's night at the above canteen, a dance, will be held ar ranged by Mrs. C. P. F. James and Miss Francis Steventon_com.mene-
singing from 6.30-7.30 p.m.
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TO-DAY
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A KIDNAPPERS' DEN GIRL AND TWO BOYS RESCUED.
STORY OF A VILLAGE RAID.
THE Y.M.C.A.
WINTER SEASON PREPARA- TIONS.
MEETINGS OF COMMITTEES.
The following meetings were ar ranged in connection with the Euro- " pean Y.ALC.A.. Kowloon, for the nomination of Committees and the general consideration of the various sections winter programme:
Social-Including Indies nights. billiards, indoor games, aing-songs, etc. Meeting held yesterday, Sept. Library-Meeting held yesterday, September 19th, at 9.15 p.m.
Sports-Including outdoor sports, hockey, physical training, etc. Tuesday, September Meeting an
to be enforced by Soriet Bolshevik alleged kidnapping of a Chinese ing at 7.30 pili 10 p.m. Community went to a house at 226, Avenue 19th, at 6.30 p.m methods. Secret propaganda had so well done its work beforehand, that as soon as the Kuorinchan arrived frem place to place up went the new bunting and the new organiza- tiens enme
out into the open
Students and untried youths pushed
age and experience to one side.
Houses Taken Over. Communistic Nationalism began
furt
Before the Puisne Judge there was a case of larceny, and one of robbery.
Both prisoners pleaded guilty and were sentenced toe dff
ferent terms of imprisonment.
These cases are reported else where.
the
Peu Wo Ching and a woman, Peu Ding Sa, described as his wife. were brought before Judge Ziar Yung Sun in the Shanghai Provisional Court last. Thursday, charged in connection with kidnapping an 18- year-old girl and two young boys.
Det.-Inspr. J. A. Quayle testified that he and a party of detectives
Foch, which was understood to be used as a rendezvous for armed kidnappers, and raided the place. There were the second accused Reu Ding Sz, the girl, Dong Foo Ngoh (18), and two boys. Tsz Ah Cheu (11) and Taz Yen Liang (5).
Inquiries were made and it was found that the" female prisoner was the wife of the leader of the ganz of kidnappers, of which she herself was also a member. Her husband was absent at the time of the raid and she had been left in charge of the prisoners..
"THE RED TRANGLE." The September issue of The Red Triangle has just made it: appearance. As usual it is full of interesting reading,
containing, apart from Y.M.C.A. news some to make itself felt. Schools, public until Thursday, when a case of al-
The Sessions were then adjourned well written topical articles. buildings, churches, hospitals, far-
There is an article on Present cign compounds (both of the mis-leged bribery (three charges) will Day Problems-Emigration," sionary and business community) Justice.
be heard before the acting Chief page of verse, another article on were freely taken over for use.
Chinese Temples. "In Musical On Monday next the trial opens, Hospital medicines and equipment before the acting Chief Justice, of
Vein," Literary section, etc." (borrowed and taken away
In the Editorial
appears
The girl said that she had been following comment:- army use) were lotted. Dwelling the case in which two Chinese are
kidnapped from her native place, houses were occupied, some burned, arraigned for the murder of Mrs. "We are now entering upon that Ishing, where her parents lived. others looted. Foreign missionary
Mackay at Chai Wan.
period of renewed activity in the The village had been surrounded by homes in Siawu and Tackou were
Y.M.C.A., the Winter, Senson; and a band of tufei and many shots looted. First they were broken into
this in spite of the fact that the were fired. They looted the Place a few soldiers then afterwards been instrumental in the secret progress as we write. Towards the end board a boat which remained an Bathing Picnics are still in pro-and carried her off, putting her an inoted, in the latter place an armypaganda beforehand and also in of this month the varicus commit the Taihu Lake for some days. She officer with soldiers taking away footing buildings and acquiring tees will be elected for the different was then brought to Shanghai on the contents on a motor truck. Ia Weihnui the high school buildings ed as a Hsien magistrate. How and
property on their arrival, was post activities, Sports, Social, Literary board the same bont and taken to of the Canadian United Church can such an official be effective in
Dehating, Rambling Club, a house, the address of which she and the others; and we would im- did not know. From there, she was have been taken over for trms use enforcing law and order when he press on all Y.M.C.A. Members transferred to the house in Avenue The Changte men's and women's himself secured his official position that, even though they cannot find Foch and was a prisoner up to the hospitals were looted.
through working deeds of secret time to come to all the different time of her rescue by the police, looting and devastation? If it is weekly functions, it is part of their She had been confined in an up- a case of knowing how to carry on social duty to come to the prelimin stairs room and was afraid to leave revolution and disorder then they ary meetings. have eme through the school and
because her captors had threatened the Honanese know what to expect
to kill her if she tried to run away,
90th, at 6.30 p.m.
Rambling Club. Meeting Tuesday, September 20th, at 3 p.m. lectures, mock trials, etc. Meeting Literary and Debating.-Debates. on Tuesday, September gand, ut 6.30 p.m.
Quiet Hour. The Association Sunday Evening Meeting will be resumed in October and the support of all members is asked for this important section of our activities.
Shanghai by beat, they were kept lived.
After being brought to prisoners in the Avenue Foch house. The male accused said that he had just come from Soochow and was calling on some friends when He was arrested.
The female prisoner said that, when she went to the bouse; the girl and the two boys were already inside. She did not know how they got there.""
Illiterate Peasant As Magistrate. New hsien officials (magistrates) were chosen from the people. In experience and lack of education in fact they expect it no longer Y.M.C.A. will be a farco. Hong 4 Bandit Named Lleu Woo Loong. Foch and entered. He was taken
were more a qualification than a but have it with them. hindrance. In one case, in the
Det. Inapr. Quayle said that the male prisoner was arrested at 10- the Indoor and Outdoor life of the Without their help and sympathy,
P. on Tuesday when he knocked at the door of the house in Avenue
Kong is a place of bursts of en- Another baudit named Lieu Woo into custody by detectives who were Chanzte district a man who hading effected. Registration and en- selves aftor the first few spasms, and talked with the accused. The identified by the complainants ns A new educational system is be- thusiasm, bursts, which dispel them Loong frequently visited the place watching the place. He had been dowment of schools have been order and the Inithful remnant, of which two boys had told witness that they the leader of the gang.
Witness ciples are necessary in the new cur
Sun Yat Sea's Three Prin-there is always a leavering, etrug- were captured about a month ago asked for a remand to enable the riculum, but students have wide deavour to fog the dead horse into Village. near Quinsan, where they
gles manfully on in vain en when bandits raided the Zia. Yung police to continue their inquiries. latitude in control.
This was granted. —North China a semblance of life.”
(Continued on next Column) Daily News.
not even completed middle school and of no official experience, just because his son was a staff officer in the Kuominchus and he had (Continued on neat Column.)
TWO CHINESE TEMPLES AT KOWLOON.
BELIEFS AND RITUAL.
Writing on Chinese Temples, in The Red Triangle, the official publication of the European Y.C.A., Kowloon, R.H.T. says:
Situate in a busy street, perched
ed.
any, learning. Their duties con- sist of keeping the lampa lighted, caring for the temple and assisting the worshippers. They know little of the lore or the history of the gods they tend.
The Deities A Mixture.
tirement at the Five Dragon} Monastery.
Lesser Deities.
In every temple may be keen
On the left and right of Tin Hau small cylinders of bamboo, contain "When the Emperor Shai Tso, of are to be found many of the lessering strips of the same wood, having the Fuen Dynasty, Erst established deities; enough, one would think, characters written thereon, and one his capital at Peking, he revealed to satisfy all
one's anxieties two sets of pieces of wood, shap
the appearance of his divine Tor- There is trang Di, once a famous ed like the section of a boomerang, toise and Snake on the Ko Tering general, now an immortal, who re-known as bei. Each has a smooth The deities worshipped, and the River, in the 12th moon of that presenta nil that is honest and round and flat surface. ritual connected therewith are an year, prophesying the foundation | straightforward; Choi Pak Sing- In every temple also, is a lamp, inextricable mixture of Taoism, of the Sing Dynasty. A temple Kon, the god of wealth, who kept burning day and night, by the Buddhism and Nature and Devil was therefore built for his worship. I watches over the monies of the priests. Worship; while solicitations are
The image is supposed to have been human race, and whe appoints the
Ritual Of Worship.. made to the images of deified men brought to Kwangtung in
man shall attain the time when a and women whose good lives, or Dynasty of Shan Chung, and
Man Cheung, an im- When a person desires to wor mortal, formerly a great scholar, ship, he lights candles and joss The name of the present temple is represents learning, and give his sticks around the principal image, derived from the monastery from aid to students seeking scholarship or desirable, and gives offerings of and to such others as is expedient which it originally came...
Choi Sun, who holds a subordinate,
precariously on the hill-side, nest- wonderful achievements have gain-shrined in a temple in Canton affluence.
The Goddess Of Heaven.
ling amongst the trees by the high- ed for them immortality. way, or encompassed by the tumble." down hats of a village, the temples
The Five Dragons At Kowloon. of China are ubiquitous and legion foot of the Lion Rock, is the Temple In Kowloon City, almost at the There is little that strikes the of the Five Dragons, belonging to eye in the average Chinese temple; Mr. Tsang Foe, & well known resi- nothing imposing Squalor, inside dent in Hong Kong. The temple, and out, is unfortunately the pre- though his own property, was built vailing characteristic. Yet, there is a certain quaintness and atmos in the vicinity, and is dedicated to tracy.
for the use of the people residing Street, opposite the Kowlon Magis more powerful beings in the Devil ground. There are three combina phere present which is peculiarly Chun Jo.
Kingdong to prevent evil andtions, namely; smooth and round→→ its own. From an architectural
The goddess is placed on a dais malign influence, yet they pi-sin shen-bei, which means that the point of view, the roof provides the Canton, for 81,200, the principal hidden in the gloom and the smoke ing that the gifts need not to be
Bought by Mr. Teang. Foo, from at the back of the temple, almost (worship) to a subordinate, know- gods are favourable. greatest interest; the moulding or
Smooth and smooth-sizo-bei,” carving of the ridge pole, eaves and feet high, and weighs over 1,000
image in the temple stands eight from the candles.
so plentiful or so good, and believ- meaning that the goda laugh at the. gables, prove upon closer inspection eatties (13 cwis.) It was made in any particular things, but her aid satisfactory! So it is with them in wen-be, which indicates that the Tin Hau is not worshipped for ing that the results will be just as prayers; and round and round- tube of very fine and fastidious Peking daring the dynasty of Wing is sought on all matters through their ordinary life). workmanship. Such.. work too, is Luk.
geds refuso to speak, one way or often coloured and in pleasant con
which poor humans cannot find a Then we see Sing Wong, who the other. trast to the remainder of the build-7 Shin Tam Monastery, it fell oured by n fête.
"Once the property of the Ste way; on her birthday she is hon- controls the Devil Kingdom; this Shen-bei is the most favour- ing..
Lounging at the door, or squat dividuals
into the hands of private in-
deity gives permission to a parti-able, but it is the most difficult of The image is guarded by two cular member to annoy a human attainment. ting on the steps we find, as we exchanges of the San Hoi Year.
after. the political soldiers, Chin Kong, standing be- being, but such sanction must be Three throws 'ure made, and if a pect, the omni-present beggar, the
low it on the right, and Yong Hoi given in writing, or he cannot pass favourable letter-writer and the exponent of moon of the 3rd year of the Em-soldiers are Poon Koon and Chan house
"Chan Mo was born in the 3rd on the left." At the side of the the Door God, the guardian of the the priest throws again, until the answer is pot given, the art of astrology, palmistry and
correct combination is made. A divination.
peror is, of the Feu Dynasty. See. The former is a friend of the He was born a divine sage. He Forgotten, in this way: should
Cheung Wong is the god who ease ofHeads I win, Tails you The interior of the temple is took oath to remove all evil spirits, relative or a friend leave his place to marry in the ballew of his hand,
holds the happiness of those about „lose'! usually dark; one would not find and to protect the people. He gave of residence and journey abroad, for he knows the proper time to his future, or bis luck, bepi-tan's
Should a person desire to know at the most more than three inade-up his secular life, and took up and fail to communicate with those conduct the marriage ceremony. to the god three times, bolds the quate windows; more often that the study of Taoism. After pur- who are anxious for his welfare, the He is guarded by a soldier on each baraboo cylinder in both hands, not the only light penetrating the suing his studies in the Mo Tong latter may go to Poon Koon, exide of him, one bearing the chop kneeling the while, and shakes an gloom is through the doorway. The Hill for 43 years, he succeeded in plaining the trouble, and request (real) of office. smoke and fumes from the inaumere becoming an immortal. He showing him to write to their remiss!
tii a bamboo atrip is released. The abiejose ticks and candles make ed his appearance on the solicite- relative or fiend, beseeching him band and wife, sitting side by side, number upon it, consulta a page, or Fa Kings and Fa Pau are bus priest takes the strip, and from a the air stifling, and render dimmer tign of any man, and suppressed to come home, or inform them of having at one side of each six reading in a special book, and from the little light there is..
any evil spirits when asked. He his well-being. The priests dwelling in the tem-
women, nursing male children. it tells the person his fortune.. came down amongst the people Chan See is the mediator between The two deities are worshipped ple are not priesta as we know every Kang San, or Kup T day, Tin Hau and the people, and a when a woman desires a son, and ship, wads of coarse paper, are At the termination of the wor- them: nor are they to be compared and every 3rd and 7th day, to re- kind of secretary who attends to a the women are, at the same time, burnt to drive away malignant in- with there of a true Buddhist Tem-move all causes of misfortune. In worshipper's troubles, when the estreated to give the worshipper afuence, for evil spirits lurk by the ple, for they wear no vestments, are the annals of the fo Tong Hill it goddess is too busy to give alle copious supply of rich, nourishing way, and may prevent the fulfil not devotees, and are mer of little is stated, Chan, lo resided in retion to them herself.
breast milk, to rear her child. | ment-of-the-prognostication !-
hut influential position amongst the food and paper money. Another temple well-known among those wishing-and who does not offers prayers, requesting good for devil fraternity, is propitiated by He Low-town three times, and the Chinese of Kowloon is the Tinto avoid evil. (This is illustra- tune. The priest then chants the au Miu, or the Temple of the tive of the cunning of the Chinese Sutras, or sacred songs, and takes Goddess of Heaven, in Temple mind.
It is possible to approve the bei and casts them on the
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