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THE BIAS BAY PROBLEM.
CHANG FAT FUI TO CONSIDER IT.
*-IRONSIDES" GENERAL BACK IN CANTON.
OTHER LEADERS ASKED TO RETURN AT ONCE.
PROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.)
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The matter of piracy prevention in the neighbourhood of Bina Bay will be considered by the Military Council of which General Chang
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd, 1927.
PREPARING FOR THE
FRAY.
MORE TROOPS GATHER AT
`SHIUHING.
THE ATTITUDE OF THE YUNNAN GENERAL.
THREE BRIGADES OF LI FUK LAM DISARMED.
[FROM A CORRESPONDENT. }
General Fung Chuk Man, Tang Sai Chang. Ho Tung and Li Yang Kin have arrived at Shishing to
KWANGSI TROOPS.
APPEALS TO LI TSAI HSIX.
REPORT THAT HE WILL RETURN WITHIN
* A WEEK.
(FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
are
Kwangsi troops returning from Swatow to Canton by land marching on the Southern Capital in two vections, one by way of the coast and the other by way of Hingning in the Eastern Districts.
STABBED WITH A POCKET KNIFE.
"QUARREL BETWEEN
SCHOOLBOYS.
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY.
ERDICT
THE ANTIMONY CASE.
HOW THE THIEVES WORKED.
SIX MEN CHARGED.
The long adjourned case in which
ARE CHARGED WITH MURDER six Chinese are charged with steal-1
ing s slabs of antimony regulus from the godowns of the China Provident Loan and Mortgage Co., Ltd., was heard yesterday at the Central Magistracy before Major C. Willson,
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As the result of a quarrel be. tween boys returning from school,
Messts, C. A. S. Ruas and Horace when one of them received a small Lo appeared for the fifth and sixth which caused internal defendants respectively, Mr. L. D. wound hemorrhage and his death,
Turner was for the prosecution.
The first four defendants werd "Chinese boy was charged with charged with stealing but as one.
Judge) at the pital, this charge was not "dealt with yesterday. The fifth and sixth The defendants were charged with aid- Criminal Sessions yesterday. age of the prisoner was given asing and abetting. the alleged between IT and 14 years, but the thieves.
ad himself stated he was ten years of age.
Fat Fai will sit as Chairman day to gather all the available/ General Chen Thai Tang is coming murder before. Mr. Justice J. R. of the defendants is nick in hos-1
during the absence of General La Tsai Hain. The Political Council did not deal with this question at the last meeting. Some time ago the British Consulate-General on Shameen communicated with the
troops under the Li Tai Hsin way. of Swabue, while General Wood (Puisne standard. Fung Chuk Man is the Chief of Staff to Genern! Li Tsai
Hain.
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General Chan Cheung Po's troops
at. Kongmoon have already started
Chien Ta Chun is leading his men back from the north-east. A re port says that the Kwangai forces in Wuchow and Shishing are not
The jury comprised Hessra, T. A.
two men, Mr. Turner said that the Outlining the case against these
first defendant was in the employ of the Company up to August 14th of this year when he was dismissed.
Canton Bureau for Foreign Affairs for Shiuhing, the protection et to take the offensive until the Martin (foreman). G. H. Stewart, Four months prior to his dismissal,
suggesting that a conference should be held between Canton and Hong Kong representatives on the matter
of co-operation, and the Political Council decided to refer the ques tion to the Military Council,
Kungmoon being entrusted to the gendarmarie about 4,000 strong.
comrades from the Swatow sector are near Canton City. A section of the River Flotilla of Canton has failed to come over to the side of General Chang Fat Fui. and this is giving rise to some anxiety. In the Heungshan and Shuntak dis- member of the Military Council.tries, the Kwangsi troops are still
Three brigades of Li Fuk Lam's army were disarmed by Fan Shek It is Sang, the Yunnan general. impossible to any now upon which General Chang Fat Fui has per-side the Yunnan General will fight. sonally assumed leadership of the His brother, who is in Canton, has present Kwangtung movement accepted on his behalf a post 45 against the Kwangsi military group. He was present at several council meetings in Canton during
the last two days.
holding out, hoping ultimately, to This, of course, would appear to make their way to Shiuhing or suggest that he is supporting the
"Ironsides," but his action in dis arming Li Fuk, Law's troops ap- pears to point in the opposite direction.
Some ten of the thirty members of the Kuomintang Central Execu- tive Committee are now actually in Cantor" and they, with a few more
There was fighting between Sit who are coming, may form a ok and quorum for the transaction of buai- ness Telegrams have been sent to Mr. Wang Ching Wei, General Chiang Kai Shek, and General Li Tsai Hain, in Shanghai, to return to Canton immediately in order Hung to send all Available troops Orders were given by Wong Shiu that the fourth conference of the from Kwangst to Shishing, and it Committee may be held. According | is learned that these troops have to the Kuomintang regulations, the
Central Committee must have' its office and meeting place in the capital of the country, but at the moment, Canton, Nanking, and Hankow "ali "have organizations resembling a central government in that each has been commandeering tax proceeds which should be kept only by the central government.
BOMB THROWN.
A bomb was thrown at the head quarters of the Centrál Labour Union in Canton late last Saturday -night but no one was hurt. The crime has been attributed to "Red" terrorists. The Central Labour Union, or wangtung Chung Kung Hi, have been considered as "anti- Reds" throughout.. "Practically all the important leaders of the Central Labour Union have left. Canton to avoid being arrested as 'counter-
revolutionists." Notwithstanding this, the Canton Authorities are still going after certain groups of labour leaders and raids were made on number of union quarters during the last few days.
Some 17 women and eight mer were burned to death late on Satur day night, when a part of the red light district at Chaitong, Canton City, was destroyed.
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Wuchow instead of being forced to
surrender.
organ,
far the result of the fighting is obviously not all in support of their provincial, General Wong Shin Hong.
unknown.
auff Mahomed Omar, S. C. Salter,
C. A. de Jesus V. Ribeiro, Tan King Hoon and W. R. Wilkinson,
The necused was alleged to have stabbed the deceased boy during a quarrel at Nga Tsin Wai, Kowloon City, on September 6th. Mr. H. K. Holmes (Crown Solicitor) prosecut- co, and Mr. V. I. Brewer defended
Opening his ense, Mr. Holmes said that while he did not suggest that manslaughter should be the verdict of the jury, he considered it was of importarke for the jury to consider the possibility of such On the date in ques a verdict. tion, three boys, including accused, were passing through the village of
60 cases of antimony regulus were stored in the godown, and the first defendant, who was a godown-aan, had knowledge of this. Prior to his dismissal he asked for leave which was granted, and the pro- the defendant had specially asked secution was of the opinion that for leave in order to burgle the godown. The theft was committed between October 8th or the next day. The prosecution's theory was that the first defendant must have opened the trap door in the godown before he left. The trup door was would visit it and it was bolted in such a place that hardly anyone
from the inside.
According to a Kuomintang Press
After unbolting the trap door, division of Kwangsi
the roof, but it would be necessary access could be obtained through troops at Nanaing, the capital of
to go through a building which is the Kwangsi troops Kwangsi, has mutinied in favour of
in course of construction just next yesterday, and re-inforcements are the new Kwangtung regime. It being sent up from Wongsha
So this is true, the Kwangsi troope areg Tsin Wai, and it was stated that to the godown. This new building was in the charge of a carpenter the accused jostled the deceased, foreman (the fifth defendant). The who was wearing clogs and carry first defendant did not know this ing an umbrella. There appeared man, and evidence would be pro- to have been an earlier quarrel duced to show that the first ac- between the two boys and the cused had secured an introduction erased used his umbrela in a de Chinese barber (the sixth defen- evidence would show that the der to the fifth defendant through o to General Li Tsai Hain at Shang-fensive manner. Accused at the dant). Evidence would also show hai by his followers urging him to time was holding a small pocket that after arrangements had been knife in his hand and gave chase made the stolen antimony was return south at once. It is stated to the deceased who ran away. brought from the godown into the that he will probably arrive at The chase-continued una temple new building and there were put Hong Kong before the end of this was reached, where deceased fell into bags and carted away in a and it was alleged that it was then that accused stabbed the boy in the
already arrived at Wuchow.
Thirteen gunboats, large and small, as well as the 38th and 30th Brigades are now at Shishing.
Many messages have been de snatched lately from Hong Kong
Li Tsai, Hsin has wired to Geweek, on some European cral Chui King Tong. who is now Japanese steamer..
in Japan, to return to Shanghai to discuss plans for the campaign against General Chang Fat Fui.
CANTON PROVINCIAL",
BANK.
NOTES FURTHER
DEPRECIATED.
DOUBT REGARDING MRS.
LIAO CHUNG. HOPS POLICY.
HAWKERS AT HAPPY VÄLLEY.
WHOLESALE ROUND-UP BY
POLICE.
SIXTY-FOUR MEN FINED.
back.
truck.
Mr. L. E. Gutteres, manager of Corroborative evidence was given the godown, and the adjourned until to-morrow
2000...
CE SC WAS
after-
Dr. A. Cannon, ia charge of the Victoria Gaol, aid that accused was about 14 years of age; he might be a little older or a little younger.
Medical evidence would show that although the wound was a smaй.onet caused internal humor- rhage and the boy died very soon after being admitted to hospital.
Dealing with the importance of the prisoner's age, Mr. Holines quoted the "ordinance as follows: "Sentence of death shall not be pronounced on or recorded against a prisoner, who, in the opinion of
Replying to questions. witness the court, is under the age of 18 said that the boy's intellect was years." If the prisoner was under below normal and he was slightly the age of 16 there was a presump-slow-witted. His mentality 13 such that he was more likely to lose his temper than others.
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Further evidence was given by schoolboys, who spoke of the quar- rel and the fight. Deceased's "par- ents were also called.
Mr. Brewer intimated that he was not calling accused or any wit-
Following complaints made by the Hong Kong Football Association,tion in law in his favour as to his the Police made a wholesale round capacity to commit such a crime. Evidence would be called that the up of hawkers at Happy Valley on boy is not less than 14 years old. Saturday, and no fewer than 70 Mr. Holmes again quoted "A child of seven and under 14, were arrested.
is presumed to be incapable of These pen were charged with criminal intent, but, the presump
the regulations under tion -breaking
should berebutted and pesses.
His Lordship, prior to the ad- which their licences were issued weakened with the advance of the
child's years towards 14. The journment for tifin, intimated that and with being a nuisance to the particular Facts and circumstances if the jury found accused guilty he and to the players attending the doing of the act must be found guilty of manslaugh- No individual is allowed to ex-through ehermathing on the playing manifest the extent, understanding. ter, and not of murder. change more than $1,000 of notes grounds and plying their trade, on
and disposition of the child." in a day. As a result the Bankers" Association have held meeting and have decided
"Canton bank notes have further depreciated and bankers and mer- chants are experiencing, consider able difficulty in getting notes ex- changed for cash.
MATCHES WITH HONG KONG SCHOOLS. Saturday, November 28th, will be "observed by the Lingnan Univer
sity, formerly the Canton Christions for Canton bank notes.
spectators
the stands.
give no quota-Mr, R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yesterday, 64 hawkers did not appear had their bail of 82 estreated.
In the afternoon, Mr. "Brewer briefly addressed the Court. Fle admitted that there could be no charge
The jury would be told that Tang, the deceased boy, showed no wound
of manslaughter.. When the case was called before 9f any sort with the exception of the knife wound which caused his death, but the prisoner did show a slight bruise on his left forearm That would be of importance with regard to the actual quarrel.
When charged with stabbing, prior to the death of the other lad, the accused stated that when he had gone to a theatrical perform ance at the Hau Wong Temple the deceased gathered together a gang of men, to attack him. Continuing his statement accused said: “I did not fight with him before, but to-day I saw him at the stream at Nan Tein Wai and I pushed him." He struck me with an umbrella and also threw stones at me. chased him and by mistake. I stabbed him."
tian College, as Alumni Day. It Moreover as Mrs. Liao Chung answered their names. Those who is expected that many Chinese
Hoi has taken up the position as graduates of the University now residing in Hong Kong will go to head of the Canton Provincial Bank, Canton to be present at the cele it is feared that she may "adopt brations. One of the features of the the Hankow method of conserving programme will be the breaking of ground for the construction of a all available actual cash and issuing memorial in honour of the former notes only. students and graduates who have given their lives in the course of the Chinese Revolution,
Many students from Canton, in- cluding some from Lingnan Univer- Hong sity, will probably come Kong about the middle of December to play games with Hong Kong school teams. The Hong Kong Uni- versity, Ying Wa College, and others are being asked to arrange matches at basket ball, volley ball; football, and tennis.
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BOCA TIGRIS.
ARMED SOLDIERS SEARCH.
BRITISH STEAMER,
NORWEGIAN VESSEL FIRED. UPON.
Soldiers at Boca Tigris are re- ported to be making a search of ail steamers going up and coming down the delta.
His Worship asked Sergt. Dick- son, who was prosecuting, why the round-up was made, and was in formed that complaints had been received from the Football Associa-
tion.
The and
offence must be unlawful felonious to be manslaughter, and he submitted that in this case it was not. After recapitulating the evidence of the Crown, Mr. Brewer submitted that the stabbing was a pure, accident. It was not a case of accused losing his head and stabbing, but of losing, his balance and stabbing. He suggested that accused stumbled and fell over the deceased and in doing so accident- ally inflicted the wound. It was a crime among adults" to fight, he argued, but it was not a crime among boys. In foot, he said, it was a crime for boys not to fight. I was a crimé for a schoolboy to show cowardice.
cused deliberately dealt the blow.
Mr. Lindsell remarked that the regulation had been enforced long before the Chinese took up foot ball, and he thought that the
In the course of his summing up,. hawkers were catering to the needs, When charged with murder, fol- His Lordship said he considered the lowing the death of the other lad, submission of Counsel for the de- of the Chinese and were appre-accused made a similar statement, fence that accused fell was a purely ciated by the Chinese spectators. but added "I did not really mean hypothetical one. There was no The Magistrate added that the to stah him. In a hurry I had no evidence to support such a sub- same state of affairs could be seen time to put it away, but accident-mission. The erly evidence given ally carried along the knife mywas that deceased fell. He thought on the football grounds at Home.
hand."
the only possible conclusion that Inspector James said that several The accused evidently, comment could be arrived at was that ac- attempts had been made during the ed Mr. Holmes, regarded it as an accident, done in the heat of the
The jury must alk themselves last two months to regulate the moment, pe
"whether the accused dealt the blow Evident given by Dr. 1. Newton, knowing it was wrong. The blow bawkers at Happy Valley. The
Kowloon Hospital, was the blood of both contestants was still hawkers blocked all thoroughfares medical officer in charge of the was dealt during a fight when the and hampered the work of the effect that deceased died two and hot. If he were personally record- Police. On Saturday, he said, over a half hours after being admitted. ing the verdict, which he was not, it would be a verdict of manslaugh 120 men were arrested, but he re His condition upon admittance was such that a doctor's attention was
ter, but if the jury felt a doubt in leased several of them after
useless.
the case, then it must be a verdict Mr. J. E. Dovey, of the Kowloon of not guilty."? Mortuary, stated that a small knife
The jury retired for twenty-five (produced) would very probably minutes, and on their return gave have caused the wound which had ananimous verdict of Not
Guilty." resulted in internal hemorrhage.
Accused was then discharged. (Vontinued on next Column.)
TRADE MATTERS. Some persons are still inclined towards making trouble as a means of livelihood. Yesterday (Monday),
In a report made to the Harbour at-noon, another anti-British Boy cott Extension Society meeting was Authorities, the master of the s.. held, and it was decided to con- anchor, a British vessel, stated tinue the search for merchandise of British origin. The anti-British that as the ship was going up to boycott will be renewed, but it is Canton on Friday, she was ordered unlikely that the present regime to stop and was boarded by armed will permit it to go on.
soldiers, who made. thorough
1 Canton Authorities are encourag ing "persons to continue their research of the vessel. gular trade, in view of the advice In the same report it was also caution.
The sixty-four hawkers were then
to Hong Kong by Canton mer- mentioned that the s.s. Maui, & chants to suspend forwarding goods Norwegian ship, which did not stop fined $2. Others arrested who had until the outcome is known of the quickly enough was fired upon from. atruggle between the Kwangtung the forts. She was hit in the bow, to licenses were fined from 83 to and the Kwangsi militarists. but no serious damage was done.
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