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CANTON'S CHANGE OF POLICY.
DECLARES NEUTRALITY IN WUHAN-NANKING STRUGGLE
QUICK ACTION BY RETURNED OFFICIALS.
"CANTON FOR THE CANTONESE."
According to our Chinese correspondent Canton has abruptly changed its policy and declared its neutrality in the Wubag- Nanking quarrel. Directly Generals Chen Tiai Tong and Hsu King Tong and Admiral Chen Chak returned to Canton from the North warlike praparations were stopped, and in a declaration they pro- claimed that Ewangtung's interests would be best served by pesce and they had no intention of seeing the province, dragged at the heels of the Kwangsi war chariot A conference had taken place at Hong Kong with General Chen Ming Shu, who strongly endorsed ibis view,
Some anxiety was expressed for Marshal Li Tapi Hain, but it was argued in an official 'declaration that for Canton to support Wuhan would do him more harm than good. {FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.] ; another war is brought on, it will'|
mean untold suffering. This 11 one reason why Kwangtung should keep itself aloof at this time.
CANTON, March 31. With the return to Canton from Shanghai yesterday of General Chen Tani Tong, Commander of the First Kwangtung Division, General Asu King Tong (Second Kwang. tung Division), Admirat Chen Cauk. Commander of the Canton Navy, and several other leading officials, the tense military situation Il Canton has taken a new turn.
These leaders bitterly denounced
The second reason is that Kwangtung is the starting point and source of the Revolution. Every oficial and military leader here has long been inextricably con- nfcted with the National Move. ment. Who is right and who is wrong is a dispute will be clear fr. the course of time: Unless it is for the very life of the country and the Kuomintang, it is absolutely
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1929.
RAIN!
A GOOD FRIDAY NIGHT REFLECTION.
[BY H.A.F.]
пож
The drought has ended, Because we are to the Colony and the tropics a mere Griffin, so to speak the water shortage has not impressed un very deeply. ...
We have read appeals in the columns of the Daily Press that we should economise with regard Take our bath, by all means, but see that we take less water with it.
to water.
As I have said, we are new to the Colony, therefore we take our water as a matter of course, being still imbued with a profound trust in the methods of supply of the Metropolitan Water Board and for- getting the fact that we are in Hers Kong
Lightning Over the Peak. Pokfulam Reservoir, we read, is pearly empty. Tytan Tuk Reser roir-if we have the name correctly
is sadly depleted.
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Chinese farmers have burst in- numerable joss-sticks in order to invite rain, and the number of scar. et joss-papers plastered over their doors suggests 1
boom in the native printing industry.
Low-lying clouds during the past four or five days have shrouded the Peak and the drying-rooms have been sorely taxed. But rain has refused to fall until today.
A flash of brilliant lightning breakfast and rain fell in a sharp but short shower just before 11 o'clock.
THE RESOLUTE.
TOURISTS, MAKE THE
USUAL" ROUND.
The Resolute, the biggest luxury cruiser of the Hambúrg- America line arrived in kärbour on Good Friday at 3 p.m., on her sixth world cruise. In command is Capt. Fritz Krewne.
feet wide, is 30 feet above the water The Resolute is 818 feet long, 78
and has a draft of 32 fest. Her gross tonnage is 19,602, with a capacity for 3,220 tons of fuel. She was built exclusively for de luxe cruising, and has no cargo facili- ties whatever.
“DETECTIVES" AT THE QUEEN'S.
AMUSING DANE AND ARTHUR COMEDY.
PICTURE PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK.
(BY QUE FILM CRITIC.]
"Detectives," Dane and George K.
the newest Karl Arthur
comedy is quite a good, if not a little better than most of those for Since leaving New York the which they have been responsible. Resolute has called at Madeira, It is better because there are fewer Gibraltar, Algiers, Monaco, Naples, Athens, Jerusalem, Cairo, Djibouti, of the familiar clowning stunts and Rombay, Colombo, Penang, Padang, there is more story. Batavia,
A lecturer, Singapore, Bangkok, who has a room full of mummmies; Tarakan, Zamboanga and Manila. a ghostly house with trap doors and Forthcoming ports of call are wind swept draperies; a very pretty Keelung Shingbal, Peking, Seoul, heroine in the person of Marceline Miyajima, Kobe, Yokohama, Hono Day, and a quickly moving story lulu, Hilo, San Francisco, Los With a reasonable plot make it con- Angeles, the Panama Canal, Ha-sistantly interesting and the laugh
ana, and back to New York on ter was continuous at the Queen's May 28.
yesterday. The captions are far better than in the average comedy and a few of them really witty.
A Mind Reader.
Attraction billed as "The
During their three days in Hong ong the Resolute passengers visit eg the Peak, Regalse Bay and either acne or Canton. Friday after- 2000 and evening, after dinner at the Hong Kong Hotel, they were free to visit the shops and theatres. Forty-five left on the night boat that evening for Canton, 150 more going by day boat Saturday morn ing.
1
is!
An additional "Janna Duclo Queen of Mystery," and her partner, who give an interesting demonstra tion of mind reading. The lady ap- pears on the stage in a hypnotic trance, while her partner goes: among the audience any member of
tells you about your future joss at which Janna Duclo answers. She business etc., and other things we all want to know.
alt war-like preparations against useless to make petty and good-1b fickered over the Peak just after plement of 309 visitors made the whom can put questions to him!
acthing sacrifices.
Marshal Chiang Kai Shek and reaffirmed their allegience to the Marshal Li Tsai Hain has Central Government at Nanking.
long been an exponent of peace and While showing a certain amount reconstruction, but is now detained of anxiety over the detention of in Nanking. All his subordinates Marshal Li Tsai Hain, they did should first consider the position in not think for a moment of resorting which he is placed. They should to armed force against the National keep quiet and continue to submit Government The recent military themselves to the orders of the preparations, the concentration of Central Government. This will troops on the northern border of give Marshal Li a chance to show the Province, the plans for the that he was in no way connected invasion of Kiangsi, the recruiting with the Wuhan plot. This being cf new troops and other military the case, his release will be speedy. activities were simply undertaken But if we deviate from this course by subordinates during their sup- and resort to armed force, it will eriors absence from, the city. do no good to the imprisoned man General Wong Shiu Hung. Com but actually endanger his life. amander of the 13th Army and chair. Being followers of the noble peace man of the Kwangsi Government, example of Marshal Li, we are de and General Tang Shit Tang, termined to preserve peace and Canton Garrison Commander and order in Kwangtung of all cost. Police Commissioner, were largely Be is remembered that the armed Tesponsible for these sudden war forces of Kwangtung belongs to the like preparations. When General people of Kwangtung and cannot Ii Tsung Jen secretly arrived in be used to chance the politics! Canton from Shanghai where he prestige of any clique or faction had been in hospital military pre- The money of Kwangtung belongs parations were intensified. It apt the people of Kwargtung and peared as if Canton then had cannot be used to further the poli- actually cast ite lot with the Wuhan fuction in its struggle with Chiang Kai Shek. All as was done with out the approval of General Chen Ming Shu, the civil head of the Provincial Government, who was recuperating from injuries in tho Government nospital in Hong Kang In fact General Wong Shiu Hung, Tang Shih Tang, and others. who were left in control of Canton did not even take the trouble to notily the head of the Provincial Government in Hong Kong, main-¦ taining that such news might affect his physical and mental condition! This sudden change of policy has come like a bombshell to the Kwang si clique.
WE SHALL HELP NEITHER
SIDE..
tical ambition of any one clique or faction. Those who are trying to involve Ksangtung in the war are the real enemies of the people of Kwangtung."
(Signed) CHEN MING SHU CHEN TSAI TONG Hau KING TONG CHEN CHAK
TO ELIMINATE KWANGSI CLIQUE.
The above declaration is looked
On Easter Sunday, the full com
Repulse Bay, half of them going excursion" to the Peak and to to the Pear in the morning and to Repulse Bay in the afternoon and the other half reversing the pro- gramme. The Resolute sailed 16 p. Jesterday for Keelung, For rosa, where she is due to arrive at 6 am to-morrow.
A Good Downpour. We had intended paying a visit to Repulse Bay in these columns, but low hanging clouds scudding across a grey fky, caused us to besitate in favour of an excellent gramophone, and an unlimited supretired American business magnates A large number of active and ply of hot-cross-buns.
were among the passengers.
It was well that we did so for, just after tiffin it rained in real good earnest. Not the mild down- pour of London, but a continuous curtain of water between the low sky and the streaming earth. Ther we became aware of one of Hong Kong's phenomena-lightning last- ing for an hour with only spasmo- dic thunder at long intervals.
We compared Hong Kong with London on a wet night, and, be cause we are loyal to the place of our birth, Hong Kong was found wanting.
At Home-and Here! Rain
dilly senda a shower of mud sout A skidding motor-bus in Picca- tering all over our dress trousers A damp newsboy runs past with a sozzy placard. We buy a saturated copy of the London Star, signal a' taxi, and sink into a corner of the damp vehicle en route for the Trocadero,
We arrive, make our way to the | cloak-room, receive a good brush down, exchange our hat and "mac for a flimsy ticket and take cur seat at a table,
-We feel blue and state as much to Gustave, our favourite waiter.
CHINESE DELEGATION TO
POSTAL CONGRESS.
TO BE HELD IN LONDON.
PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK.
Queen's.
To-day Detectives." Alsa Jan. na Dudlo, mental telepathist.
Tuesday and Wednesday. "Don't Marry," a delightful story of romance, with Lois Horas, Neil Hamilton and Claire McDowell.
Also, Janna Duelo, mental telepath-
ist
Thursday to Saturday." The Awakening of Love." A story of love and war in peasant Alsace with Vilma Banky, Walter Byron, the young Englishman who is appearing On board the Malwa which for the first time in American pic- arrived here last week en route for tures, as a German cavalry oficer, Europe was the Director General Maria Ducrot and Louis Wolheim, of Posts of China, Mr. Lip Shu as a ruthless penannt. Miss Bandy's Fan who is proceeding to London rôle shows her as the beautiful idol as Plenipotentiary Delegate to the of the little Alsatian village of Pre World Postal Congress, and other d'Or, whom an officer of cavalry follows:- members of the Delegations are. spursues. When her teeming lapse from virtue ia discovered, she is H. V. Poullava, Assistant Direc-driven from the village by the in- tor, General of Posts. Delegate. furiated inhabitants, headed by Delegate.
D. McDorn, Postal Commissioner, Louis Walheim as the wealthy pea-
sant whose hand she has consistent- ly refused. It becomes apparent that the young offices has actually fallen in love with the girl whose Li Wen Hoei, Postal Commission-ruin he brought about. The sus er, Delegato.
pense of how the two of them finally
K
T. G. Teien, Secretary to the Ministry of Communications Dele-
gate.
General
Directorate
Teng I Chen, Assistant of the reach happiness is continued up to
of Posts the very last scene of the film, Attiche.
World.
La Kwei Hsiang, Secretary of the Delegation.
事 To-day and Tuesday.--(5,15, and
-Mei Ting, Assistant of the Direc-20): The Wise Virgin" (2.30
No surprise! He reacts automatorate General of Posts Attache. and 7.18): Chinese picture with Eng-
tically and gives us another table in a distant palm-shrouded corner
upon us the first step to eliminate the Kwangsi influence from Kwang tang, and points to the isolation of Kwangsi in the armed struggle now belief is further enhanced by the tra and study types," unseen by fact that General Chen Trai Tong our fellows. assumed office yesterday as the
Like Special Commissioner of the Nan-
raging in Central China. This where we can listen to the orches Great Britain, has also been apcinating picture of the theatre, with i
blues
Cocktail à la Gustave.
+
The policy now being developed king Military Conference for the acolytes, Gustave arrives with a priest surrounded by appears to be Canton for the Disbandment of troops in Kwang cooktail of his own concoction. We Cantonese," "Let the Kwangsi Clique fight it out with Chinns feat that something untoward wonder why we
tung, appointed by Nanking. For warm underBitininence - and Kai Shek"; we shall help, neither
had the blues. side. This is amply borne out by might happen, the ceremony was Caviare à la Gustave is guaranteed the declaration of yesterday of boats are now under martial lay meningitis, or
held in a gunboat. All the gun to core scarlet fever, mumps, Generale Chen Ming Shu, Chen and no craft of any sort are per-
the bluest of the Tsai Tong, Hsu King Tong and Admiral Chea Chak, which was the mitted to come within 30 yards of
Later, we dance and decide that result of a meeting in Hong Kong any gunboat in the harbour, the perfume of Her hair is ador- fast Friday night and is tantamount Canton's attitude General Wong gad affair, even in London on a Owing to the sudden change of able, and that life is, after all, a to a break between the two Kwangs Shrin Hung has now definitely de wet March night. As far as policy is concerned. A sided not to come to Canton for free translation of the declaration the time being. He will remain in cocktail.
Five la Gustave and his jolly old as follows:-
To the Central Headquarters Kwangi, or else proceed to Wahna, Ia Hong Kong? We listen to the of the Kuomintang at Nanking, the accord that his policy is not in teeming Pain lashing down on to National Government,
accord with that of the Cantonese our verandah. There is nothing military and civil organisations
people.
cheery in the sound.. But according to General Chen newspapers throughout Tsai Chinese."boy"
We go to a restaurant but a
and all.
It will be recalled that H.E. lish Titles, Love's Frailty." Sao-Ke Alfred Eze, Minister to
Wednesday and Thursday. pointed Plenipotentiary Delegate to
"Saily, Irene and Mary," a fas.
the Postal Congress. He will soon teave the United States for Nanking and then proceed to his post by Siberia...!
PAY YOUR RATES.
BEFORE APRIL 30.
Sally O'Neil, Joan Crawford and Constance Bennett.
Friday Daniels in Miss Brewster's Mil- and Saturday, Bebe
lions."
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AT 5.30 AND 9.15.
To-day and Tuesday (at 5.30 only).-Florence Vidor in "The Mirage." At 2.15 pm, The Ban- yard Musical Comedy Co. in "By Request."
..
The current Government Gazette gives warning that rates for the second quarter of 1929, are payable 30. It adds: "If any person shall Get Your Hair Cut" in advance on or before April only), Jackie Coogan in "Johnny Wednesday and Thursday (at 5,30
fail to pay such rates on or before: Wednesday at 9.15, The Banvard May 30, 1929, proceedings will be Musical Comedy Co. in Clowns taken in the Supreme Court for In Clover.". their recovery without further notice. No refund of rates in respect of vacant tenements will be granted unless such rátes have been paid during and within the
Thursday at 0.15, The Banvard Musical Comedy Co. in " Ob Kay." Friday at 5.20 only, "Flaab." the new dog star in Under The Black Eagle. At 8.15, The Ban- nor vard
and my Central Covernment had to 2'si Tong all the troops now entirely soul-le-Chiefore us and application is made for such relund Tool Musical Comedy Co. inc
there.
FILIPINO.
ני
EMULATING L. E. HAYNES
AND HIS "SHROFFS."
we feel the last shred of appetite depart.
Gustave would have risen to the occasion and mixed us a special cocktail, but Ah Chim weighs us in the balances, decides that he will only, receive 25 cents by way of cumshaw, and finds us distinctly Wanting"
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Therefore, he is disinterested and we, in turn, refuse to eat and re-
But-the Reservoirs f
within Bfteen days from the ex- piration of the quarter.
interrupts our perusal to inform us that he will leave our wet weather gear" in readiness for the mor-
row.
Oilskin and aou'westers? Shades of Naval occasions!
But we sink to sleep dreaming of full reservoirs, of unwanted water panks at West Point, of the re-t moval of water restrictions.
Saturday at 2.30 and 5.30, Under The Black Eagle." At 9.15, Farewell performance of the Banvard Musical Comedy Co. in "Folies Bergerd.
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.
WEEKLY VACCINATION
RETURN.
resort to military fores in dealing until further notice will remain with the Wuhan Political Council because of the latter's refusal to take orders from the Central Gov- ernment and their attempt to de stroy the peace and unity of the SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST country. Such a matter is purely local and every patriotic citizen of the country and loyal member of the Kuomintang should exert his ut- most to prevent the trouble from spreading. As Kwangtung is a province under the direct control of J. dos Carlos, a Filipino was beturn home disconsolate. the Central Government, every mili fore Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at the tary man as well as every civilian Kowloon Magistracy on Saturday Even the gramophone cannot is in duty bound to preserve peaco morning on charges of stealing cure our despondency. Because we and order within the Province. This sums of 830 and 860 from two are new to the Colony, we are as of mipa-dust in our drinking water ed-free of change by Members of
If, during the night, we dream
The numbers of Chinese vaccinat is of primary importance, and will Chinese afid converting Barne into contribute largely to the peace and his own use. The accused in alleged
yet unknown and must, perforee, consequent upon sudden floods, and the Ambulance Brigade, up to and he content with our own company. unity of the whole nation. We, to have obtained the 'money as the
feel the first pangs of that weird including Thursday, March 28 is who aign this declaration, have no assistant manager of the Phillipine can make abiding friends. In Hong known as
In London, the most lonely man complaint peculiar to the Colony as follows:- wish to see the thirty million China Trading Company. He en- Koog, one must wait!
"Hong Kong Dog. China, Y.M.C.A. Division 23,470 population of Kwangtung again gaged the complainants as ghroffs
which follows the break of every King's College Division 27,692 We turn into our bed and our drought, we will smile and per Railway Division planged into war. We are deber- and obtained the money as security."boy" brings us a last whisky suade ourselves that we are only Indian Division mined to preserve peace and order Mr. Leo D'Alamada Sarap dry ere we woo Morpheus. Also, experiencing nightmare-a thing Kowloon Division throughout the Province,
peared on behalf of the defendant we read of His Excellency the of dreams and digestion. "The people have suffered too and the case was remanded until Governor's concern upon the water
Mongkok Division much from military operations Tuesday afternoon.
To-morrow, we will smile beneath Shaukiwan Division The Magis shortage.
the shade of our paper-and-bem Up Long They have not even yet recrperated trate fixed the bail at 82,000. We read of sadly depleted reser-boo umbrella For heavy rain has St. Joseph's College Division 8,882 from the ravages and depredations | A large number of Chinese were voirs, of schemes for laying supply fallen and washed away the nearest Victoria Nursing Division... of the, Communists and are in no gathered outside the Magistracy pipes across the harbour from Kow. joss-papers of the Chinese farmer.W.CA. Nursing Division 449.
743 position to shoulder more military and our representative was inform-loop, of the fact that disease is rife and hap replenished the Governor's expense. They are bent upon pred that they were" numerous other due to lack of rain, and our boy beloved reservoirs, duction, and re-construction. If complainants.”
329,730 (Continued on next Volumn),"
The drought has ended!
Total
10,911
5,032
108,923
120,903
9,083
(1,714)
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