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INDISCRIMINATE MURDER IN SWATOW.
SEVERAL BOYS AND GIRLS SHOT IN THE STREETS,
MASSACRES IN UP COUNTRY DISTRICTS: BRITISH PROPERTY OCCUPIED.
RETURN OF MANY WELL-KNOWN RED AGITATORS.
Many of the well-known agitators, who created so much trouble in Swatow a year or so ago, have returned with the "Red" forces which now occupy the City. These include the "boy" from the Kiakchior Club (the club used by foreign residents) the Cantonese fitter, formerly employed by Mesars. Bradley & Co. and a former clerk of the Asiatic Petroleum. Company, Tan Kai Jin.
A group of bad characters are apparently" in control of the town. They swagger about armed with guns and there has been n considerable amount of indiscriminate akooting in the streets. Several young children are reported among those killed,
British property both in Chaochawfu and in "Swatow has been occupied and news is filtering through of terrible massacres in the up.country districts. So far, however, there has been no organised attempt to molest foreign residents. Apparently parties armed with machine-guns landed from Japanese 'destroyers have had a restrain- ing influence.
It is reported that forces from Canton are hastening to Swatow and the local Chinese are hoping that the "Red" rabble will be driven out within a fortnight. In the meantime, of course, the situation is a precarious one there are grave fears of widespread looting. A number of prominent Chinese merchants have come to Hong Kong. All banks and shops are closed. At the week-end the British ships in Harbour included the Sirdar, Ceraph, Serapis and Bluebell,"
The letters from our Swatow correspondent, published below, give a very clear account of the present critical position. TWENTY HOUSES LOOTED. [FROM OUR SWATOW CORRESPONDENT.J
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FOUR RUSSIANS.
28th,
1927.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
The Japanese with their armed
"LORD JIM" AT THE QUEEN'S.
A GREAT NOVEL REALLY WELL FILMED.
EBY OUR FILM CRITIC]
THE MYSTERY OF CANTON.
GENERAL LI STILL IN CONTROL,
PROJECTS FOR A "NEW KWANGTUNG."
It
Chang and other officers of the 2nd Route Forces in Canton, who re- turned recently from Hankow, have assured General Li Tsai Hsin that they will stand by him and accept is orders as the Chairman of the Kuomintang Party in Canton. their words are worth anything it means that the fear of another General coup d'etat is passing. Wang has even worn before the portrait of Dr. Sun Yat Sen neither he nor his subordinates will "take any improper action against the local authorities.
"Lord Jim." Conrad's famous study of a man who is haunted by the memory of an act of cowardice
Our Chinese correspondent in- makes an exceptionally successful forms us that General Wang Chi "dim. Successful, because as A general rule well known books are disappointing on the neteen, too much liberty having been taken with the original during its adapta- tion for a film. Yet possibly for the very reason that "Lard Jim 1969 faithful a translation we doubt if it will prove an entirely popular flm. What do the public want. Hollywood directors think they know. Perhaps they do, for there is no denying the popularity of their output. It must be realised that the critic goca to a play actuated by very different motives to those of the general public, and he looks at it from a different standpoint It by no means follows that the novel or play which is hailed with enthusiasm by the critics will be 3 Gnancial success. The critic is This rather unexpected turn in keenly alive to any fresh developerents is somewhat borne out by the ments in the art and mechanics of a file and delighted with a new viewpoint, or any sign of cleavage from a convention which has be come tedious. Familiarity may breed contempt among the critics but it is otherwise with a large pro- portion of the audience who look for their customary fare and are disappointed if it is not provided.
which was hailed Like Monan with enthusiasm by some and receiv ed coldly by others of the audience,
Lord Jim
is not, we fear, Bikely to capture the imagination of everyone, for Conrad cannot be said to be a "best seller."
Our
COIN SMUGGLING.
SOME TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
WHAT THE S.S.KWEICHOW."
BROUGHT.
CHINESE BÄNKER REPRI- MANDED.
Smuggling Chinese coinage is a common practice among the Chi- aese ships' crew on the coastal run. It is no uncommon thing for a to be approached by passenger, members of the Chinese crow ask-
ing if they might place a few straw
baskets in his cabin.
The copper coins with which the baskets are Alled are brought dowu principally from Shanghai, Hankow and Tientsin, "where eighteen or twenty coppers are given for a ten- cent piece. In Canton sixteen cop- pers are worth a ten-cent piece, therefore, the profit is between 20 and 10 per cent. "Of course, the exchange fluctuates, but then the men know the latest quotation, and they only buy when the market is favourable." -
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enquiries of our representative on. board the as. Lungshan last night on her return from Canton. representative was, in fact, told that there is no fear of a coup
In a ship from Shanghai there is d'elut in Canton. Gcheral Li Tesi us, it was stated, has a great generally found about $2,000
worth of copper centa. deal of power behind him, and that $3,000 General Chang Fat Fui would not These do not belong to one be rash enough to quarrel with but are the property of the crew General Lt.
from the compradore down to the galley boy. When the ship arrives here, representatives from money exchange shops go on board and make their offare to the smugglers,
The belief in Canton is that there was and would be no, breach be tween the two generals, as "General Li's aims were identical with those of General Chang, namely, to free Canton free of the "Reds."
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the money changers ship it Canton through one of their many channels which the expenditure of thousands of dollars make possible.
But for those who are Conrad. lavers, and for all who like an
One Chinese saloon passenger on SWATOW, Sept 26th.
ed very largely to the cumparative thought, and which has originality was connected with the Whampoa made to have the coppers taken About twenty big family houses, peacefulness of this "Red" occu "Lord Jim" will give very great Military Academy, told our reporter on shore. The way the Chinese go including Sok Kai'a and Li Zupation. They showed quite plainly pleasure.
that the general public has implicit about their business 15 anknown. to Throughout the picture there is conâdence in General "Li, and the shrewdest Revenue Oticers un- Ki's, and one store were looted dur-1 from the outset that they were excellent acting, in settings of though General Tang Seng Chi of less they have
a Chinese ing the week-end. There have been going to stand no nonsense. In quite exceptional beauty and in flankow is behind him, it is not former to help them." no fires, thank goodness,
case of subsequent labour troubles terest. The ill fated Patna with likely that General Chang Fat Ful Eer 800 pilgrims, the port of Salam- would make any trouble. Our in- Since these new "saviours of or anti-foreignism it is to be hoped bang, the court scene, and the trad formant said emphatically that it Chinn" have arrived there has been that others will take a leaf from the ing station in Borneo, have all on he attempted anything of the sort good deal of indiscriminate Japanese book, instead of tamely intrinsic interest q apart from Ubang would be very quickly turn
story. They strife a genuine murder. People recognised as hav-submitting to every insult, indignity that may be that the inland out of Carton.
From what our representative ing been connected with the old and piece of dirty work which these waters of Borneo and the natives gathered from no less than eighteen regime Lave been shot at sight in outrageous brigands choose to apply. there, are not quite as pictured
even from Conrad's words; but one passengers, General Li is still in the streets. Half a dozen others All shops and banks are still closed
sees in this film the scenes that hea very strong position in Canton. have been publicly slaughtered, and it is not known when they are has made vivid in the very best of
-There are no his works. many of the old Police Force mem-likely to re-open.
Lord Jim himself, a bers have been shot and also several police in the City.
I hear the "Reds have four mixture of fortitude and weak little children, boys and girls who Russians with them who are prac- nass, is very far from being a were either too young to under-tically in charge of affairs.
cinema hero. Possibly the financial stand, or to frightened to stop in
success of the picture might have been better assured by engaging the streets when challenged. Four
say Barrymore to play the part, but officials from the Seamen's Union in Canton who arrived. only on
Barrymore would not have been so
WELL-KNOWN AĜITATORS.
·
"LATER.
These wretched people, with all
curious
MR. WANG CHING “WEI COMING TO CANTON. [FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.
Abad day, apparently, had dodged the footstep of freman on board the 3.8. Eweichow. Accord- ing to the evidence of Sergt. Elliot, 81 bags of coins were found on board a campan which was in the act of leaving the, Kucichow on Monday afternoon. Un enquiries being made, the fireman was point- ed out to the police as the man who
had sold the coins.
On board the Eweichow, another bags were found in the engine. room, while yet another 16 bags was discovered on another sampau. claimed the coins found on board the weichow, but denied owner- ship of the bags seized on the two sampans..
Saturday by the Haibung were the old chatter and paraphernalia Rear to Conrad's hero as Percy Nationalist. Party or Government. The fireman was questioned, and he
Marmont.
srized and shot, yesterday morn-are with us again. Our shining
If such films as these are not ing.
lizhis have co:00 to the surface. popular Hollywood is to blame for The Kakchioh Club boy, Bradley's its diet af sugar and vulgar luxury Cantonese ütter and the A.P.C. duils the senses. clerk, Tan Hai Jin, among others, are all back as "Red
as ever and
MASSACRE OF NON
•.
now they are aspiring to bigger:
the
Mr. George Hsu Chien, formerly a Chief Justice in Canton, has wired to friends that he will not parti cipate further in the affairs of the Mr. Wang Ching Wei, Chairman of the Kuomintang in Hankow, accord- ing to reperts received in Canton, is shortly returning to South China for a visit in order to assist in the effort to create a new Kwang tong." Mr. Sun Fo, another Can- tonese, now Minister of Finance in the new Nanking regime, does not appear to be getting much support
The fireman was charged at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday be fore Mr. R. E. Lindeeli. First of all he disclaired il responsibility for the coins on the sampan, and said that they belonged to other members of the crew.
COMMUNISTE. News arrived from Phor Leng
The Revolutionary Daily News, (Pu Ning) and Mi On (Minnfu), in jobs. Scallyways by the score, issued by the Communists on Sep. the Kityang districts, this morning mostly ex-union people who have
Later, however, he said that he that both places had been looted been dismissed by foreigners, are tember 1st, was printed with red
was responsible for all the coins red journal "declared that all those area and he has requested Canton and buret and that at the former wandering all over the place and on ink on white paper. This literally from his comrades in the Yangteze place there had been a most fright-the Bund, armed with guns. ful massacre of all non-communists. Butterfield & Swire's compradores opposing Communism are counter to remit a large sum of money. It
will send him nesses.
In taking the responsibility on English Presbyterian Mission pro- Jardine's compradore, the Dutch revolutionaries and advocated the is unlikely that the present adminis and did not wish to call any wit- pesty in Chaochowfu (there is no Bank's compradore and the Chair- confiscation of ell lands belongingtration in Canton
The The Canton supporters of General Himself, he was probably, relying them among the farming tributing
on help from accomplices. ane in residence there) has been man of the Chamber of Commerce to the large land-owners and dis much. occupied, and in Swatow the Anglo have gone to Hong Kong.
class. It wants Chiang Kai Shek Chang Fat Fui are inviting him 10
Chinese are very honest in this re- that The Chinese think Chinese College has been turned
and Li Tsai Hsin finally disposed go to Canton from Hong Kong to
Defendant. into a barracks and will, of course, "Reds " may be here for two of, and puts forward suggestions for day when a reception will be pre-spect and seldom fail each other
in such tranenctious. be utterly ruined except for the weeke When they have to clear legal eight hour day and an pared in his honour. Some have bare shell of the building. This is out there will be more trouble, of
The Bank's Loss. The "Reda" show every inten- Chang should await the arrival of British property and there is no course, unless the Japanese land alliance with the Soviet Republic. suggested, however, that General was Sned $250.
From this seizure the Police were. I must give the valid reason why these communist again in force.
able to trace the purchaser, with vermin should not be summarily Japanese full marks for the action tion of introducing terrorism and Mr. Wang Ching Wei from Hackew are quite prepared to, massacre any so that both may be in Canton at
the same time. Mr. Chan Kung Po.the result that the manager of the ejected. Any ex-wartime officer or they have already taken. N.C.O. could do it with half a scc- News has just come in of a dread-who oppose them.
One Kuo Mui Yok has been apa personal agent of Mr. Wang, was at
West, was also summoned before ful massacre by the Reds' Fhu-ie, on the railway beyond pointed to act as Superintendent of reported to be in Hong Kong Tak Shing Baak, of Des Your Road THE RED FORCES.
Ampou. I fear we must expect lote Customs" and Commissioner for several days ago when he paid the Court. He was severely repri more of this kind of thing. The broad sutline of the "Red"
are trying to squeeze "Reda" advance on Swatow seems to have $20,000 cash out of the Chamber of been as follows-Ho Long and Yap Commerce and further demands are Theng (Yek Ting) with about on the carpet.
tion."
10,000 actual troops and numerous
Farmers' and Peasants' ex.
THE RELIEF FORCE.
The Foreign Affairs in Swatow.
CANTONESE TROOPS ON THE WAY. (NAVAL WIRELESS.]
visit to General Chang,
Eight students, ranging in agemanded by Mr. Lindsell, who said "How can you justify your con- from 17 to 2 years, have been ar
duct in buying these coins, which rested in Canton on a charge of
were smuggled into the Colony being "Reds" and trying to pro.
without a permit." mote an uprising the City. It is believed by the Authorities in Can- tou that there are still many SWATOW, Sept. 8th. Swatow is now in the hands of Youths' Communist Clubs in exint ence and that some of the anti-Li General Ho Lung's adherents and CANTON, September 27th there has been much looting in the Tsai Hsin posters are the work of clean up A report reaching Canton, which Chinese city. Further trouble is these organisations which are en- General Wong Chun and his few has yet to be confirmed, states that feared in the future as Ho Luag's deavouring to arouse popular sup troops and then to turn northward the vanguard of General Huang deputy is a well-known anti-foreign port for Mr. Wang Ching Wei. again towards Taungkow on one of Shao. Hung, who has left Canton for leader.
crescences
from marched down
Tai Po vid Samhopa to Chaochoyfu. [nos ore CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.) From there they detached a force i
of 7,000 to the Kityang district
with
to instructions
the main tributaries of the Han the relief of Canton, has reached River as
anti-communist Tai-po which "place the "Reda troops, said to be. Li Tsai Hain's evacuated on September 24th. were trying to "cross their rear.
T
A force of roughly 2,000 has oc-AVOWED COMMUNISM "AND
cupied Chaochowfn. The Farmers:
and Peasants, re-inforced by a few hundred troops, are along the rail-
TERRORISM.
Information has been received to
the eflect that General Ho Lung
is being lured to a position, near
Chaochow by the Cantonese, who,
it is stated, intend to attack him from three directions in about a week.
PEASANTS' CORPS AT SAN MEI.
The Manager: I did
not know a permit was necessary.
There have been several previous cases in the Courts and, you any His Worship then made the order you did not knowi for the confiscation of the coins.
Bank Manager: I have paid $3,348.20 for the 150, bags of coins.
His Worship: Yes I know you have. You have aided and abetted the offence. They were smuggled into the Colony, against the law. You had better approach the chief clerk here. You may get them cheap. You will have to pay the Government for them.
HEALTH OF THE COLONY... ANOTHER BRITISH CASE OF TYPHOID.
A LAUNCH "LOOTED.
Members of the Peasants' Corps Ho Lung's troops have now been withdraws from the city itself, and at San Mei were again reported to way down to Swatow,, and in Swa- FROM OUR CRINERE CORRESPONDENT, İ tow itself there are "between three
Swatow, up to last Monday" at further looting by the local "Reds" be active, according to a report and four thousand soldiers.
Li, who is in control, having already steam-launch Sun Chiu On" The Labour Unions and allied least, was still in the hands of the is anticipated, particularly as Chum made here by the coxswain of the It appears that the launch left who have openly pro collected large sums of money from bodies are very much to the fort Reds and the old familiar names of Chiu claimed themselves Communists.
They are demanding $400,000 the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here for San Man, Customs on
On Monday two more cases of Un Lai, Ien Chieh Hun, Pog Pai,
customary search had been made by Tun Kai Jin and other notorious from the merchants of Swatow, and by threats, is demanding more September 18th. On arrival there
for wholesale looting: communists are being whispered some $50,000 have already been under, threat of giving permission ebe reported herself and after the
On her way were reported from the Victoria dis- about the town with a mixture of paid over.
Fearing that there would be Two Chinese warships are an- the Customs Authorities, she pro- enteric, one British and ane Chinese During the week there were four fear and bathing. Many high-
to take refuge at San Mei for the sounding and violent proclamations wholesale arrests of wealthy per chered off Masu, but they have so ceeded to San Mei. are being issued. These people sons in order to get this $400,000 far displayed no interest in the she encountered a squall and had trict.
Trouble is expected when the night. The following morning, a Fresh cases of enteric, one Scottish, are anti-everything and everybody; loan, practically all compradores af local situation. veritable Jihmaels, with their hand foreign banks and managers of
overland, arrive. It is understood boarded the launch and thoroughly has so far proved fatal. There was against everyone Hankow, Nan-native exchange shops have left the Cantonese troops now on their way detachment of the Peasants' Corps one Filipino and two Chinese. None king, Shanghai, Canton, all come port, and many have gone to Hong that their objective is to oust or buy ransacked her. Four rifles and 420 one death from each of the follow- off Ho Lung. More trouble is prob rohads of ammunition were taken ing diseases Diphtheria, cerebro-
apiaal fever and influenza. away in addition to some clothing in for share of their venomous Kong.
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