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KWANGSI LEADER IN CANTON.
WONG SHIU HUNG'S SECRET ARRIVAL.
CONFERENCE ON ARMY REDUCTION.
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
CASTON, Oct. 3rd. General Wong Shiu Hung, com-
DARING THEFT OF EXPLOSIVES.
BANDITS ROB KOWLOON-
CANTON RAILWAY.
MAGAZINE BROKEN OPEN.
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
CANTON, October 23rd. A most daring robbery took place
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24th, 1928.
THE ANTI-JAPANESE BOYCOTT.
CUSTOMS BROKERS REAPING.
A HARVEST.
HOW PICKETS ARE DECEIVED.
That the anti-Japanese Boycott in Canton wäs farce and that the so-called 44
** patriotic pickets were constantly deceived, was told to a Daily Press representative yesterday by n prominent Chineve merchant who had come down here on business tour.
In conversation as to the general condition in Canton at the present stupidity of the pickets who
try to
A NEW CHINESE PARTY.
ANTI-COMMUNIST AND ANTI-KUOMINTANG.
FRIENDSHIP WITH FOREIGN POWERS.
4
þikom i culâkiz CONTRIBUTOR.)
CORRESPONDENCE.
HONG KONG COMMITTEES.
"BONG KONO
TO THE EDITOR OF THE
DAILY TEKEN"]
Srs-As a member of at least ten committees I must enter a mild protest against your leading article of today. I will not enter into the question of whether com- During the past years of civil mittees or petty Mussolinis are the turmoil in China two parties with better alternative for the direction definite political tenets of their of the Colony's corporate activities, own were struggling for power-the but 1.at most strengly of opinion that there is an insufficient supply
mander of the 15th Army and last night when a group of bandita Chairman of the Kwangsi Provin- entered the powder magazine of the time, he said, "Well, you see, the Kuomintang and the Communist of willing peripns to fill places on cial Administration, arrived in Canton-Kowloon Railway in Shek
lung and carried off large qua Canton yesterday afternoon. The
tities of dynamite, fuses, percussion utmost secrecy has been maintain-
caps and other explosive materiala. ed with regard to the General's The gang made good their escape And the members are now at large in the mountains,
arrival, for fear that something tatoward might happen on route., The Provincial Administration, of course, knew long beforehand, but. the newspaper men and the general' public were
not informed until late yesterday afternoon, when the General and his party had been safely escorted to the Kwei Yuen in Tungshan.
Practically all the explosives of the Railway were kept in this magazine, which was supposed to be burglar proof, but the bandits sawed off the hinges of, the doors 100 gained entrance that way. Practically all the explosives inside were taken, and the haul amounted to early 500 pounds of dynamite, 450 fuses, and $2,500 percusión
Accompanying General Wong to Canton were the Yunnan repre- sentative. Mr. Li Ka Sia, the General's private secretary, Ms. | caps. Wong Heung: Po, the chief of the Kwangu Wireless Administration, Mr. Li Yang, an officer of the staff of the 15th Army, Mok Man, and
a bodyguard.
AN EARLY DEPARTURE.
The authorities of the Railway said that not all of the loot was
the property of the Hailway. Some of the explosives belonged to the Board of River Conservancy which had no" magazine of its own. On August 13th last year the Board re-
The party quietly slipped out ofquested the Railway authorities to
keep its explosives until needed.
Wachow on board the merchant zarine vessel Tin, Chow early in
All these explosives, "the autho- ritics stated, were used for blasting purposes. The Railway has to get
to
Tcunded In 1923,
sop Japanese goods from reaching Parties. To the Chinese the Feng the hands of Chinese merchante tienese Clique was not a party, with bas materially benefited several a policy and organisation, bat Customs brokers." about our informant said that tarily under the command of the Explaining how this was brought merely a group of militarista volun-
China would have need of Japavere late Harshal Chang Tao Lin. goods for maný more years come, and to prevent the Chinese from sing articles made, by Japan There is however, another poli would be to exclude several house-tical party which bas so far attract
“Gooda hold hecessities
are ed very little attention in foreign coming in alright, and the only circles. It came into existence in 1923 when the Communists were in people who reap the harvest are the few Customs brokers in power in Canton and was founded by a group of Chinese professors, Shameen."
Western trained students, journalists and other influential Chinese. They started the movement in Paris, ita name being-to translate it literally
The way Japanese goods reached the Chinese merchants was esid to be this. A consignment of Japan- cae merchandise would be given to a Customs broker to clear. He would apply for a duty meme and go through the necessary proces
dure in his own nkme. Delivery
would be
taken and the goods would be stored in Shameen. It
Chinese Nationalist You" or the Chinese Nationalism Party."
committees as they vacant. As A rule there is no inducement and so large percentage of the to serve beyond a sense of duty
responsibilities that the work of community is inclined to shirk its
committees is left to a handful of busy man holding pharalities.
It would be much better for all concerned it the 50 per cent to whom you refer were actually on their several ways to meetings but, am afraid that yoa have been deceived by their earnest looks and that they have really been bound for places where the atmosphere is unlike that of a Committee room-Yours faithfully,.
AN UNWILLING BUSYBODY. October 23, 1928,
Its object was to fight Communism HARBOURING CHARGE. which was gaining more and more domination over the Kuomintangi
They predicted that if the Com laughinists conso
would then find its way into Can. ten proper our informant ingly concluded.
ROAD: BUILDING AND FORESTRY.
PLANS FOR TONGKUN DISTRICT,
GIRL'S STORY OF HER WANDERINGS.
munists consolidated their hold on ecuntry would be placed nominally under the suterain- ts of the Third Internationale and FROSECUTION BREAKS DOWN, indirectly, but actually, under the Russian Soviet Government. 4
The party took as its first slogan "Down with the Communistë and sought by every possible means the overthrow of the extremist element.
What Is Nationaliam ? A pamphlet entitled "What is cise statement of the party's ideas and policy. It states:-
Two Chinese, young men, Cheung Kam Muk and Chan Wah Po, ap- peared in the dock yesterday after- noon at the Central Magistracy be-
fore Mr., R. E. Lindsell in con- nection with harbouring a young. girl, the first defendant being fur- out of the custody of her parents without their consent,
rocks from time to time to fill up Road-building Committee in Tong- Nationalism," gives a clear and con.ther charged with taking the girl |
the morning of the 22nd, reaching White Goose Bay off Shameen, at about 2 o'clock resterday after
hales in the permanent way. These noon. The s... Tin Cho "unchored in midstream in front of the Can-rocks were obtained from the moun
ton Customs House. The Head- quarters of the 8th Route Army, which had been confidentiuliy ing
Formed long beforehand, despatch ed the gunboat on Rang filled with picked soldiers albugside of On the wharf were a group of soldiers from the Canton Carrison, the military band, Police Cominis sioner Tang, and a group of Can- ton notables, all anxiously waiting
the s. Tin Chuw.
to welcome, the Kwangsi leader.
fains by blasting.
The Canton Kowloon Railway has now only 284 pounds of dynamite and about 5,000 fuses left, all of which have been taken to the Headquarters of the 8th Military Route for custody, as it would not be safe to krep any more explosives, in the broken magazine at Sheklung.
Since the reorganisation of the kun, much attention has been paid by the natives to the construction of highways in their district. General Wong Ying Yu, Rehabilita tion Commissioner for the Northern Region, who is a native of Tengkun, recently attended in Canton the meeting held by the Tongkun Ming Luen Tong Reformation Committee, in the course of which he proposed that, as $300,000 had been appro- priated to meet the cost of extend ing the construction of Tengku Sheklung and Tongkan-Taiping Public Highways for which about $210,000 would be sufficient, $100,000
tional purposes and the promotion of industry in the district, parti cularly afforestation,
All the soldiers stood at attention MARSHAL LI EXPECTED TO might be appropriated for edues.
".
to salute the distinguished visitor
when the party marched up the
.J
wharf on their way to Tangshan.
ARRIVE TO-DAY.
The utmost precautions were Cn. A rumour was current in the forced on the part of the Govern- Colony last night that Marshal ment to insure safety.
Tani Hain is expected to arrive in REASON OF THE VISIT.the Colony from the North-to-day.
In support of this rumour it was The purpose of General Wong's said that Mr. Chu Chao Hsin trip to Canton is to participate in the proposed conference for army (Chinese
for Foreign reduction in the Leung Kwang Affairs) And Mr. Li "Man Yin Provinces This proposed confer (Private Secretary to Marehal Li) ence will be held just as soon as Marshal Li Tani Hain gets back had arrived from Canton to welcome from Nanking.
the Marshal.
Latest reports to hand state that "Marshal" Li" will leave Nanking for Shanghai, to-day. He is expected to be back in Canton before the end of this month;
CHAO HSIN CHU LEAVES
FOR NANKING.
EXAMINER FOR CONSULAR SERVICE.
HIS SUCCESSOR IN CANTON,
FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
CANTON, Oct. 23rd.
Minister
FIRE BRIGADE BUSY.
TWO CALLS WITHIN ONE HOUR.
The Central Fire Brigade was called out twice yesterday evening ithin one hour. The first outbreak of fire was at a shoe-maker's shop. at Wing Lok Street.
EAST RIVER PATROL SERVICE.
As a result of a discussion by resolutions were passed- those at the meeting, the following
1. That a sum of $20,000 be ap- propriated for the purpose of affore- slation.
2.—That 'agriculturists be sent to investigate the condition of existing forests.
3-That the old site of the Agricultural Experimental Station be used as a tree nursery,
4.-That seedlings be purchased to be planted in the nursery,
5-That the Northern Region Re- habilitation Quarters be asked to purchase 200,000 young plants of pine and 6r.
6-That 5,000 young trees be pur chased from the Lingnam Univer- sity to be planted on both sides of the highways for shade purposes. Canton Gazette.
The first
The Girl's Story.
*
Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, of the "Nationalism is another word for Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, patriotism. It means the saving of who was prosecuting, withdrew the the country. The Nationalism party charge against Chan Wah Po, any- has two lines of policy, which ing that there was no evidence should, it considers, be furthered by against him and he would probably every possible means and altogether necessary for the salva-was accordingly discharged.
are be called as a witness. The man tion of the country. essential is the unification of the country, and the second that its sovereign independence and its place as a member of the family of nations must be secured. We stand for a democratic government in China for the people and by the people. Therefore we oppose the Kuomintang which is seeking to dominate the Chinese people and place itself-a political clique-in supreme power in the Government."
In the witness box, the girl, Cheung Yue Mui, 18, said that she lived with her parents at Han Sang Village in the Heungshan district: She had often been re- quested by her mother to leave home with view to finding em- ployment. One day, without the knowledge of her parents, she went to Shecki, and later took boat for Hong Kong. By chance she met Unification And Independence.
the defendaliz, Cheung Kam Muk, who was also on the same boat, and An article in a magazine publish together they came to Hong Kong. ed by the party contrasts the Com- This man came from the same vil- munist policy with ita ova profes-lage and she had known him since sion of political faith. It says:- childhood.
"In striving for the permanent Oc. arrival here, defendant fixed unification and independence of her up in a boarding house, where Chisu and the establishment of a she stayed one night by herself. really democratic government, we The next day she moved into a absolutely oppose the Communistic cubicle in a firewood shop at West iden. For the Communists hold that Point, Chan Wah Po, the man who a class struggle must be fostered had already been discharged, mak- and encouraged as an económicing the necessary arrangemente at weapon to accelerate the proletariat the request of the defendant. She revolution, but we insist that all stated that she paid her own fare classes just co-operate in the on her journey with money she establishment of a government by brought from her home, and she the whole people. The Communists also gave 82 aa er ele rent which seek to secure a government in was handed to the mistress of the which they themselves are supreme firewood shop through the defen- and unchallenged, but we suggest a dant's friend. The girl further parliamentary system; the Com-stated that she came to Hong Kong munists depend on Russia for mate on her own initiative, rial help and receive in return in- His Worship remarked that the structions from the Third Inter-girl's statement disposed of the nationale. We want to rely, on our second charge of taking her away own efforts to set our house in from the custody of her parenta, order. The Communists deliberate and he thought there WAS 110 ly attempt to discard China's evidence to convict on the other ancient civilisation but we insist on charge.
ROBBER GANG CAPTURED.
RAID ON ISLAND FASTNESS..
In the early hours of the morning of the 15th inst. a gang of robbers in the neighbourhood af Fati were captured, some members of the gang its preservation as the foundation being killed when soldiers made for the reconstruction of China.” the raid. The prisoners included In the Borodin period three years ago the members and supporters of the Nationalism Party frequent. ly encountered the Communiets and fought them both in China and abroad.
three women.
Near Fati there is an island named Tsungchowkong, with a village on it bearing the same name. The Canton authorities had been aware for some time of the exist
Mr. Forrest explained that the girl's story in Court was différent to what she had told him.
The defendant was discharged:
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The call was received at 0.45 pm.. and appliances were despatched to the scene within a few minutes. It was, however, found that the fire was only a minor one and was scon Dr. Chao Hain Chu, Vice put out with patent extinguishers Minister of Foreign Affairs of the The second alarm was received Nationalist Government and Com- from a money-changer's shop in Des missioner for Foreign Affairs of Vieux Road West 7,52 p.in. The Kwangtung, left Canton yesterday kitchen of these premises was on fire
The founders of the party have He explained the foreign policy morning on board the a.a. "Kinshan and was extinguished without any eace of a robber gang in the neigh- published from the start a week of the Party in the following state- for Hong Kong on his way to Nan-material damage being done. bourhood, and it was suspected that I paper in Chinese culled the Sine ment king. The Vice Minister left Can-
this village was their headquarters. Shing which is specially designed Nationalism is Nationalism and ton very quietly, practically no one
When arrangements were perfected, to appeal to their fellow country does not allow of any confusion knowing anything about his de
a raid was planned. Several hunaren abroad. Since then their move with either Imperialism' or 'Anti- parture, save his closest friends
dred soldiers, headed by Garrison ment has rapidly progressed and foreignism. The leaders of the and colleagues. He expects to sail
Regimental Commander Fa Yuk has succeeded in colisting a great party have a tenacity of purpose for Shanghai on board the s.s.
Man, wended their way to this number of overseas Chinese in which they hope to instil into the Empress of Russia, which will leave
jaland. On arrival, guided by the Paris, Berlin, America, Japan, Chinese people. They have pro- Hong Kong to-morrow.
As a result of investigations local militia, the robbere promises Siam, the Straits and subsequently found faith in the destiny of the The purpose of this trip up recently conducted by Captain Li
were surrounded, the utmost care in the home country. They have country and in its ancient civili- North is to conduct, together with Commanding Officer of the patrol being taken to prevent any escape. also established an organ for intersation whose first essentials are: Dr. C. Wang, Minister of gunboats on both the East and Before an entry could be effected, national propaganda in French at All within the four seas are our Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist West Rivers, it is considered im-
the desperadoes became aware of Paris. It is known as * La Chine,”
“HOWLERS." Selected by H. C. BUNT. brothers. We should not do to
A book of Government, a series of examina-probable that the West River will the presence of the soldiers, and a
ade-splitting stories. The humour is killing! . Remarkable Progress.
others things which we do not wish
"THE tions for diplomatie and consular again be troubled by the activities stiff fight then ensued, lasting for a
CULTURE THE NUDE IN CHINA." $6.00 Avalbum of Chineas studies in the nude beautifully reproduced. These exucinations will of piratical gangs, but traffic on the couple of hours, and ending in the
When the writer was at Shanghai, to be done to us."
"Empty talk about the abolition
"SOME BIGGER ISSUES IN CHINA'S PRO- be held at the capital beginning East River in the neighbourhood of
he was informed by a Chinese friend of unequal treaties impracticable.
BLEMS."
ARNOLD.... from November 1st, so that Vice Tub Shu, Sha Kok, Kei Chang, Sai Capture of the entire gang.
who claimed that he knew a great In our opinion the Chinese people Victims Elsewhere. 2
deal about the party, that the result should not resort to violence or put Minister Chu has to be at Nanking Chow, Nam Kong How, etc.. is
and in Chinees side by side. before that date. He expects to be still subject to the depredations of Under a searching enquiry the of their activities has been remark- away for about 30 days, during small roving gongs.
robber chief confessed that over able. He said further that a weekly any faith in high, sounding prin which time. Mr. Leung will act for
Captain Li has in consequence thirty captives were in their hands, periodical: entitled the Awakened ciples. The leaders of the party suggest that the Chinese people. him as Commissioner for Foreign detailed two additional gunboats, but were kept in a village in Numhoi Zion, had been published at Shang: should think in terms of common Affairs in Canton.
the Kwong On and Lung Shang, district under the guard of other bai for five years and now claimed
· Dr. Chu will also confer with for service in these sections. With members of the gang. The question to have a weekly circulation of
"The foreign policy of the Marabal Li Tsui Hsin, respecting the addition of these two gunboats of conducting a raid on this other about fifty thousand copies The Nationalism Party, is
not anti- the selection of his successor as the to the East River patrol servire, it rendezvous was thereupon consider members of the party were estimat foreignism but rather the establish- Canton Foreign Commissioneras is confidently anticipated that it ed, but as it was then getting late ed at 210,000, half of whom were
ment of friendly, relations with all he is expected to leave shortly for will not be long before peace and in the morning the project had to be senior students, teachers and ever- Tokyo. The finality of all this, he order will again prevail, and water dropped, as in the light of day it
the Powers except Soviet Russia, acas Chinese. Peking, Tientsin,
in the hope that China will take said, will depend upon the Foreign borne traffic will be able to pursue would have been an impossible feat Shanghai and Hankow were the her proper share in working out Ministry which is empowered to its way without hindrence-Canton to even approach without being de leading contres of their activities.
the problem of securing, permanent make such appointments
Gazette,
tected.Canton Gazette.
(Continued on next Column);
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