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RAID ON CANTON: | MARSHAL LI TSAI
COMMUNIST 'ATTEMPT
FOILED.
NOCTURNAL RESTRICTIONS IN FORCE
CASES OF ROBBERY AND
"BLACKMAIL.
(FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
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CANTON, April 16th. Last Friday night at about 12 o'clock Communists and outlaws made an unsuccessful attack on Canton. Several hundred of these desperadoca suddenly emerged from the mountains and marched on Fati, opposite Shameen, their objectivo being to begin with No. 12 Police Station.
But while they were on
their way they were attacked by the people's militia at Cha K, a village not far from Fati. The police at Fati were informed and garrison troops wero rushed to Cha Kau to assist the militia.
Several hundred shots were ex-
changed during the clash, and the
Communists were driven back into the mountains. About a thousand Communist farmers near Fati are
reported to have offered aid to the Communists. Happily apart from the disturbances at Fati, no trouble of any sort has arisen either in Honam or in Canton proper thanks to the vigilance of the Provincial Administration.
HSIN.
EXPECTED TO-DAY BY "SARPEDON."
TO PROCEED TO CANTON BY
"WARSHIP.
Marshal Li Tai Hsin is expected to arrive in Hong Kong from Shanghai this inoming by the Blue
Funnel liner Sarpedon.
The Chinese cruiser Haifs (The Sea Tiger) which was despatched by the Canton Government to receive the Marshal arrived here yesterday morning and is anchored off Yau- mati,
About 18 members of Marshal. La Tsai Hain's staff arrived yesterday by the President Jackson.
CANTON PLEASED.
CANTON, April 10th. According to the vernacular press. Marshal Li Taai Hsin has left Shanghai for Canton on the 14th on board a British steaner and will be in Hong Kong by to-morrow, The Authoritics here, civil and military, received the definite news of the recognized leader of Canton with great joy and have already tent representatives to Hong Kong
to welcome the Marshal
THE
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 17th, 1928.
CORRESPONDENCE. JAPANESE AT LAW. FIREMAN'S MEAN THEFT.
BATHING FACILITIES.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE # HONG KONG DAILY FRENS."?
St.-One of the frat indications that the hot weather has begun is the daily grumbling, which can be overheard wherever people are congregated together, about the inadequacy of bathing facilities in
the Colony.
It seems hard that little or no chance of bathing is provided for the large number of Europeans here whose salary does not allow them to run a car.
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"WIDOW'S SALE OF
BARBER'S SHOP.
GETS JUDGMENT FOR $800.
PROMISSORY NOTE RETURNED "WITHOUT CONSIDERA
TION."
The affairs of a Japanese widow who sold her barber's shop in Wan- chai to some neighbours came up again for hearing at the Summary Court yesterday.
STEALS JEWELLERY DURING FIRE.
ALERT STATION OFFICERS DETECT HIM.
Lo Lai Yau a fireman of the Kowloon Fire Brigade appeared before Mr. W. Schofield on a charge of stealing money and jewellery
during a fire at an house off Lai- chikek Road, Shumshuipo. The de. fendant pleaded guilty.
Sub-Inspector John Dick told the Court that the Fire Brigade wan" The plaintiff, Mrs. Masako Haya-summoned to a fire on the 13th shida, through her solicitor, Mr. L Aprit at an house off Lai Chi Kok Hepulse Bay has its adherents, R. Andrewes, claimed from the Road, Shamshaipo. Station Ofleer and the erection of a pabije mar defendants $500 being the balance Saunders and witness on arriving ched here last season was cer due under an agreement for the at the fire immediately went to the baltymove in the right directipa; sale by her to the defendants of a first floor of the building.
it is far away to be acces-
business known as the Hayashida { ́ ́. sible, to very many, which no doubt 100 ownere of Barber Shop, of 10, Praya East, private matsheds are profoundly Wanchai. grateful. In the golden days, when The defendants were Mr. and "nearly every business house had its
for fact
ow launch and arranged regular Mrs. Shinjiro Nanzawa. The hus, bathing expeditions for its cat-hand was trading as the Yokohama ployees and their families, the Barber Shop and the wife ran the is certain that altruism was not Chidori Eating House. matter was very diferent; but it
They were entirely responsible for the neces-represented by Mr. M. K. Lo. sary, expenditure even then. The
Their case was that the debt to regular outings helped very con-" aiderably towards keeping the em- plaintiffs was wiped out by previous ployees healthy and contented. loans which they had made to her ren's playground and a bathing 70 was accounted for by a month's The need for an adequate child- and her late husband. A sum of
bench ол the Peninsula,
the shop and $30 brought forward once more at the rent duc pà monthly meeting of the Kowloon deposit to the Hong Kong Electric Residents' Association last Wednes- Company,
day, and there seems to be little reason why one site should not
Giving evidence the first defend
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Jewellery In His Boots. "On entering we raw the defend- ant, and Mr. Saunders asked him. what he was doing, and being suspicious, told him to take off his boots. 'He did so and водо jewellery dropped out. Further articles of jewellery were found on tris person when he was scarched," Continuing Sub Inspector. Dick stated that an inmate of the hous reported the loss of the jewellery to
identified the jewellery. the Shumahuipo Police Station, and
As the defendant had nothing to iny in answer to the charge a sentence of four months' bard labour was imposed by the Magis-
Mr. Fung Chok Man, Coipmis-serve both purposes. It was deant, the husband, said that on May,trate. sioner of Finance, left for Hongcided, however, to obtain a de- 1027, he bought the shop from plain- Kong on the afternon of the 14th; claration of policy with regard to
the provision of bathing beaches tiff for 8,800 and a promissory note and other high officials of the Read from the Government before tak for 8800 was given to plaintiff. This quarters of the 8th Route Army in- ing any further steps. The problem was signed by himself, plaintiff and
an accessible beach for, TESI-
1.
be less easy of solution, but there about it at the time and only heard appears to be very little reason of it the day before plaintiff sailed why a public beach should not be opened and maintained in good for Japan. order on the Kowloon side, which They went aboard and saw de- would be a blessing to those work- fendant and the matter was dis. ing or living in Victorians much cussed as a result of which the us to the inhabitants of Kowloon.-
promissory note was returned and he tore it up.
money owing, and a note for $800 was then given to the plaintiff. The note was signed by the first de-
Owing to this and other activities „inding Mr. Li Tsin, are likewise dents of the Peak districts would 4 witness. His wife knew nothing fendant and witness herself. of the Communists in and near leaving for the British Colony this Canton, noctural restrictions were afternoon, to welcome the Marsha!. again in force in certain parts of the Admiral Chin Chak went to Hong City last night and the night before Kong on the 15th, Sunday, on last. A considerable number of the Ho Fu. Accompanying the soldiers are marching into Carton Admiral wery Messrs. Shair Chung no official reason for their presence Lau and Li Ying Kit, both officers. being given. Ore of many rumours of the Canton Navy, now current states that General
Chin Ming Shu will assume charge of both high civil and military. affairs of the Province to the ex- clusion of Marshal Li Tsal Hsin. But this is catogorically denied by the Headquarters of the 11th Army. which General Chen commands." Iri a press interview one of General Chen's staff stated that the 11th Army will shortly start for the
DYNAMITE BOMBS FOR ΑΜΟΥ.
(Wah Tas Fat Peo.)
When the 'ss Ching Hai arrived at Amoy on the 14th inst. Six cases of dynamic bombs were discovered on board. Needless to say no one
to
quarters,
southern part of "Kwangtung to reclaimed ownership. The dangerous cruit more men for the Army. The cargo was immediately transferred "Ariny, is composed of four divisions
the Amoy Military Head- all of which suffered terribly during their recent encounters with the 4th Army under Generals Chang Fat Fui and Wong Kei Cheung in the East River districts..
Martial law was proclaimed and strictly enforced that evening. «
Youre, etc.,
A MOTHER OF TWO.
JAPANESE NAVAL, VISIT AND THE "HONG KONG DAILY PRESS.”
He denied ever admitting that he owed money on the note but he was willing to pay something to settle the case out of Court. He went to the Japanese Consul who, he agreed TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONG KONG told him he owed $800.
DAILY FILESS."'
Sin.-I ar directed by the Japanese Fleet Entertainment Committee to thank you for the space which you publicity and tion with the visit to Hong Kong have given to the news in connec of the Japanese Fleet during the fully, past week. I am, Sir, yours faith-
A. T. PHILLIPS, Hon. Secretary, Entertainment Committee, Japanese Fleet-
"Commodore's Öffice.
Hong Kong, April 16th, 1928.
THE LOAN ASSOCIATION.
COMMUNISTS STRONG IN [10 THE EDITOR OF THE H
HOIFUNG.
UNSATISFACTORY TROOPS FROM CANTON.
DAILY PRESS.
HONG KONG
This concluded the case for the defence. Mr. Lo in his final sub mission said that his Lordship would have to decide whether or not the second defendant was a party, to the sale. Mr. Lo submitted that sale, was made to the nour fendant only, and that if his Honour was satisfied that it was so, the whole case would then have to drop. the Court found that there was a Mr. Lo went on to say that if.
note signed and that the plaintiff was the holder of the note, the legal effect of the transaction then reverted back to the note, which completed the sale. The crux of the position would then be this: once the note was cancelled, the debt was discharged.
Mr. Lo submitted that the note could not be revived, and that the whole doctrine of revival based on failure to discharge the obligation was false at law. In this case, there was no failure to discharge the obligation. The plaintiff had sur
Mr. M. K. Lo: That is not fair Defendant admitted that debt but held to his counter-claim for 8700.
Plaintiff already owed him $2,000, made in two loans of $1,000 each,
The second defendant said that an early loan of 8600 was repaid.
rendered her note to the defendant A loan of 8700 was not repaid. and that should be sufficient proof During the illness of plaintiff's husof the note having been. cancelled. band $1,000 was lent to plaintiff and a further $1,000 was advanced after his death. She knew nothing about the purchase of the shop by her husband until plaintiff told her the day before sho sailed for Japan. The loan for $700 was made to plaintiff in 1924 in November she thought,
Plaintiff was not going to return a note without receiving the money for it. She knew that the defead- ants had money, and there was po- thing to prevent her from making to be paid before she parted with
the note.
The fact was, Mr. Lo said, that the plaintiff owed another 8800 to the woman defendant and that when the note of 8800 was given to her by the husband, plaintiff did not
Sin, With reference to the She confirmed her husband's ac-say that she was still indebted to article on page six of your to day's counts of the two loans for $1,000 defendant's wife for another $800. Under the circumstances, what issue under Loan Association, I beg and said that plaintiff admitted to could be more natural for the to inform you that no application has been made by me for its regis her that 8:00. was owing for rent woman defendant to upbraid her Parts of the Hoifung district,tration. I did preach once in the and to the Hong Kong Electric Com-husband for buying the shop and
Sikh temple in a sermon that if the money-lenders give $100 and take
разу.
At the time she knew nothing a promissory note for $200, matur ally at the time of saing they have about the purchase of the plaintiff's to say on oath in the witness-box business by her husband, and she that the defendant is rightly in-
did to form
THE TERRORIZING SOCIETY. A minor cause for again imposing the night restrictions in Canton is the number of robberies and the
blackmail attempts to
certain wealthy merchants. Inspite of all the warnings and capital punish- ment for these offences, desperadoes according to the latest raporte, have been unusually active lately. are still under Communist spatrol Several houses and one monastery and the troops sent" from Canton have been robbed and the offenders have made very little progress indebted to the plaintiff for $200, and was angry when she heard about made good their escape. Two nights the task of suppressing the move that it is a sin to tell lies and more it. She saw plaintiff on board the ago the Tai Tak Jewellery store on ment. Hoifung City, Swabue and specially on and sunget on to ship in which she was going to Wing. Hon Maino, one of the busiest Mulleong are well garrisoned and an association, and keep regular Japan and made her return the pro business sections of Canton, received secure but strong bands of Reds accounts and improve the status missory note in settlement of the of money-lenders, sa mostly the $700 loan and the $100 for the rent a letter from robbers demanding and brigands sweep down from the money-lenders are Bikka and I felt and deposit. one thousand dollara Hong Kong hille, whenever the Government it if any bad impression was reflect-
ed upon a Sikh. troops are withdrawn, robbing and currency and a large diamond ring murdering both travellers and the Unless the demand was: uncondi
inhabitants of village and small tionally complied with, stated the
towns. They operate from a num- letter, they would resort te mos ber of hill strongholds which the sures deemed necessary. The letter
authorities seem unable to locate. was in by the Canton Terrorizing
The leaders of the principal bands Society." The shopkeeper wis ter- rified at the receipt of this black are well known but evade arreit.
As a result of these conditions mailing letter and immediately took it to the Police, who instituted a refugees are pouring in to Swabus thorough search of the culprits con and many are seeking refuge zn cerned.
Hong Kong
According to the Police this was The troops from Canton have the second time that robbers had made a bad impression. Many are sent letters of this sort to merchants of the ill-trained 5th Army former of Canton. A week before i letter
Cross-examined by Mr. Andrewes defendant, after much explanation and hesitation, sald that on the promissory note for the $700 loan to plaintiff no time for repayment was
mentioned.
She agreed there was no written evidence of the two $1,000 loans
giving a note of 8800 for it. It must be taken into consideration that the wife knew that the husband bad paid too much for the shop, and had also given a note for $800, after off-setting a sum of $2,000 owing by the plaintiff to the woman defendant. The woman defendant knew and the plaintiff knew that the note should not have been given at all, because there was still a sum of $800 owing to the woman Mr. Andrews said that his case was that the plaintiff had sold her business and that she had not been Paid for, but instead of that she money was given & note, some which she owed being cancelled against the sale. The note was not honoured and the fact that the plaintiff had returned the note did not prejudice her case.
defendant.
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In his judgment, his Lordship of the sale was between the first said that he found that the contract defendant and the plaintiff. The
other remarks about the fair or I am not concerned with the unfair practice of money-lenders, but this I have come to know that they take a double promissory note only as a security, as thousands of dollars have been taken by the borrowers and never given back. I have also certain examples before me that the setus! eum due is half which were admitted by both sides. what is written and a matter She also admitted that she had price, arranged for was $2,800. It of fact the money-leader happily been lending various sums of money was also common ground that a sam accepts the actual sum leat and to different persons, but said, that of $2,000. was discharged by mutual not what is written i am sure, she was not a money-lender by arrangement. There was a balance as forethought by you, thst a trade.
Da of $800 and he found that the plain.. Loan Association will really serve Another Japanese woman giving tiff had accepted a note for that. an honest purpose and I hope this evidence for the defence, said that amount association will make its name, but on a certain night, the plaintiff went The note was surrendeded after- apart from my sermon mentioned to her house in tears. Plaintiff com-wards by arrangement to the first above or a talk with my frienda plained that she had bought a house defendant without consideration. have no concern with it nor is the in Japan and that her plans had The debt should therefore stand un-
tered through me.
the second defendant refusing to the defendant under the original While writing this letter. I have buy her shop, contract and the note was therefore come to know that this Association Witness was sympathetic and she survived. in going to be a limited company telephoned for the first defendant His Honour then said that he very soon. Hoping that you will to come to her house. The first de- would have to give judgment to the oblige me in publishing this letter, fendant came and agreed to buy du plaintiff against the first defendant
Yours faithfully,
plaintiff's business for $2,800. Of for the amount claimed with costs, this sum, $2,000 was set-off against and also judgment for the second
(Continued on next Oolumn).
defendant with costs.
of similar nature was sent to the under Li Fuk Lam. They re application drafted by me or regisbeen upset at the last moment by discharged. The plaintiff here sned
sent being sent away from Honam Ho Trap Shing Bank, also on Wing and the dismissal of their chief. Hon Maloo, demanding a huge sum of money. The Police and the Mer. Many are said to show Communist chanta Volunteer Corps discovered sympathies. Some of the territory the offender and he has been executis properly garrisoned but most is
still an easy prey for the raidere. ed.
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