CANTON GETTING UPPER HAND.
KWANGSI REBELS
CRUSHED?..
REPORTS OF RECENT
FIGHTING.
Reports on the Kwanger situation ars somewhat contradictory but the official view is that the "rebels" will very soon be crushed.'
On his return from Wuchow, General Chen Ming Shu, in a brief interview given to Press re- presentatives, said that the strength and fighting power of the rebels have been greatly reduced since their recent defeats round Palau, Watlam and Hing-ip...
"Their extermination," added General Chan, "is, therefore, only a matter of days."
Admiral's Report. Interviewed by Pressmen on the same day, Admiral Chen Chak out- lined the big conflict referred to by General Chen ling Sha. He said that nearly half of Chang Fat Fui's remnants were lost.
OFFICERS IN THE MAKING.
JAPANESE MERCANTILE MARINE CADETS.
VISIT TO THE CLIPPER #TAISEI MARU."'
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1930.
KAKO MARU DAMAGE DEPARTING TROOPS. ROUND THE COURTS.
NOT SERIOUS.
VESSEL DUE THIS MORNING...
The latest cable from Captain Nakamura of the as. Kako Mara, the N.Y.X. vessel which struck a rock off Tung Foong on Monday afternoon, brings the welcome nows that the vessel is not seriously damaged and is proceeding to this port under her own steam. She is expected to arrivo sometime this morning.
During the past few days many have gazed with interest st the four masted clipper riding at her buoy in the Harbour, off the Naval Anchorage. The presence of Japanese flag, at the stern, stimu lated this interest, for seldom is the port visited by a sailing ship, and a Japanese windjammer had not been seen for many years.
The Harbour Office entry book showed her to be the a. Taisei Maru, a Japanese training ship from Formosa, while enquiries from the Japanese Consulate revealed that she was owned by the Higher Mercantile Marine School of Tokio,
Interviewed by a Daily Prese ro- operated by the Japanese Govern-presentative, the agents stated that ment, and she was on ber annual little or no damage has been done cruise to tho, Southern Pacific.
to the cargo
With the permission of the Japanese Consulate a Daily Press representative went on board to see how the cadets are trained, and to look over the interesting vessel,
The mishap occurred at 4.16 pan. in Lat. 2153. N. and Long, 119.28 E., a position about 70 miles from Amoy and approximately 350 miles from Hong Kong. After being on the rocks for some little time, the
K.O.S.B. LEAVE THE....
COLONY,
SCENE AT THE NAVAL CAMBER.
AN AMAH'S SCARF.
A Chinese was before Mr. Whyte- Smith yesterday on charges of (1) larceny of a scarf, (9) offering a bribe of 82.80 to the district watch- man who affected his arrest, and (3)
in 1999.
Murray Barracks, beadquarters' for so lang of the 2nd Battalion returning from banishment after King's Own Scottish Borderers, having been deported for 10 years were the scene of great activity at
The defendant pleaded guilty to an early hour yesterday. It was
the first and third charges, but not the usual morning routine or
denied the second. This pleading sighting-drill which elcared the men.
was accepted, and he was sentenced out on to the parade ground. That
to eight months' hard fabour and there was something unusual' afoot
12 strokes of the birch on the first
a further four months' hard labour was imposed.
vessel managed to extricate herself was apparent to the most casual count, and for the larceny charge and made for Amey where she a-observer. Possibly he thought the rived yesterday morning..
races bad something to do with it, For the K.0.8.B., however, it was the day for departure to their new station in India. §:
morrow.
The embarkation of nearly thousand men proceeded gradually during the day, the men being
When the Kako Maru arrives abe Marseilles was berthed. An arduous will be examined by marine sur-task, considering the tons of veyors and if necessary will dock baggage and heavy equipment which for repairs.
had to be taken on board, this work was accomplished by the afternoon. At about four o'clock the last batch of kit-bags were carried on the transport, and at the after-gangway rides passed rapidly from hand to hand until they were all piled on
The master of the vessel in his cable to the local agents also men- tioned that he was in constant wireless communication with the Yokohama Maru and Tokushima Ascending the gangway, the Maru The last two vessels are also marched in batches through the writer expected to be met in the of the same company and incident-Royal Naval Dockyard to the north Admiral Chan also mentioned strict Naval manner by the officerally both are due to arrive to farm, whero the transport City of that Mr. Lam Yick Chung who had of the watch, but much to his sur- accompanied him in the trip to prise he found instead three happy Wuchow was unable to join him in young sailors deeply engrossed in the return trip, having been re-a game of deck quoits. Not wishing quested by Commander-in-Chief to disturb their game the writer Chen to stay behind in Kwangsi to waited till they had finished, and,"
H.M.&. Sterling Notifed. assist in the work of settling the with faint hope of making them affairs in that province, especially understand, announced in English formed us that
The Naval Intelligence Office in- in the administration at Wuchow.
the intention of his visit asking to A W/T mesings was received As to the present situation in see the officer on duty. To his sut-shortly before 3 p.m. yesterday the southern part of Kwangtung, prise one of the youthful sailors (Monday) evening stating that the Admiral Chen remarked that the (who proved to be a member of a die- Japanese steamer Kako Marc was bandits, who were recently active, tinguished Japanese family) an- in distress in Lat, 24.55deg. N. and have been completely suppressed swered in the best of English, and Long. 110.90deg. E. and that peace and order have been said he would go in search of the fully restored.
officer on duty,
Continuing his description of his FIGHTING EXPECTED ON experiences aboard our represents-
tive says:-
The officer of the watch, a rather older cadet, came harridly along the quarter deck, and after a cheer ful" greeting, and a glance at the Japanese Consul's letter of intro- duction, told one of the younger cadets to show me round the ship.
WEST RIVER.
"
"
..
Information was sent to HMS. Sterling, on passage Northward, H.M.S. Sterling's position was about 140 miles from the Kako Maru's position.
that the s.s. Kako Maru had got off A message received later states the rock.
over one bunk hung an Hawaiian garland relic of the visit to Honolulu. The cadets mess room bas many uses, and also serves as sitting room, writing room, and classroom. Incidentally, the cadets taught both English and French,
According to the vernacular Press, there has been no change in the military situation in Kwangsi since the Canton troops captured Paklau, The main body of Kwangsi troops, under Pei Chung Hsi, are still in
Ask him anything you want, Limukkun, on the Kwei River, and see he explains clearly-it will about 150 li from Wuchow. An be good practise," was the final other report says that they have instruction as I turned and follow-are fallen back on Pinglok, large num-ed my guide towards the forecastle, hers of Canton and Nanking troops the latter having suggested it would having moved. northward along the be as well to start there and, work river.
aft.
Canton troops under Tsoi Ting
On the way I took the oppor Kai and Chiang Kwong Nai tave tunity to ask him about the system arrived in force at Hingych to the of training and the routine of the North-West of Watlam, and will | ship. attack Kweibaien, one of the
A Thorough Training, Kwangsi strongholds on the West The cadets enter the Higher Mer- River. Meanwhile, the troops atcantile College at Tokio at the age Fingnam have been ordered by of 18-10. Before they are admitted, General Chén Tesi Tong to attack however, they must pass a searching Sunchow, also on the West River, examination, sod, on entering, to the North-East of Kweihsien. they first of all undergo strict Fighting is expected in the near training on: the lines of ณ Military Academy. After three The situation in Southern Kwang-hard years of instruction in tung is obscure. Troops have been seamanship," they join the Taisei sent to deal with the "Ironsides." Maru for a year, during which there, but no fighting is reported. time they cruise the Pacific, touch ing at Hawaii, the United States, the Japanese Islands in the South era Pacific and Manila. After this cruise they are drafted to the Mer- CHENcantile fleets of Japan, joining ship- ping firms such as the Nippon Yusen Kaisho, Osaka
future.
STAY WHERE YOU ARE!
CHIANG'S ORDERS TO
MING SHU
An Old Sailing Ship. Arriving at the officers' quarters in the stern one was reminded again that one was aboard a sailing ship. The wood-work and panelling are of the usual design in auch vessels, the place being neatly laid out" in polished mahogany
The hatchway led to the quarter- deck. On this large and spacious deck are the chart-room and wheel house, fitted with all modern navi gational instruments. Rows of long seats are built in the centre of the ship, giving a very restful appear ance under the shade of the huge sails.
the
Having completed the tour of the ship I was introduced to Captain. "The oldest Mercantile ship's master in Japan. A very brave man, and we all admire him," said my guide as he left me to con- tinue his game of deck quoits.
The "Asama's " Officers.
deck.
As regards thệ, latter charge, it was stated that the scarf had been) stolen from a box at the doorway of, Nathan Road, and belonged to an amah.
POST NO BILLS!>
A Chinese bill-posting cooliesem- played by the Majestic Theatre was cautioned by Mr. Whyte-Smith yes- terday for posting a theatre notice in Chinese at Nga Chin Wai Road which did not bear the chep of the S.C.A.
trate that the offence was only a Sergt. Macnamara told the magis- technical one. The bill did not hear anything seditious, and if an sp- plication had been made for per particular vicinity, it would have mission to post the bills in that" Leen granted. Defendant admitted There was a gay scene on board that he knew it was necessary to with the men chatting merrily duroutain permission before putting up ing the last fow bours of remaining the hills, but said be had no time. in the Colony. Orders stated that to apply for a permit.
The women and children lined the the troopship was to leave at 7 pm.
railings at various parts of the vessel allotted to them, and they too were engaged in lively conversation, A number of civilians who had friends and relatives on board were bidding their last farewells
While most of the King's Own Scottish Borderers are proceeding to India, a number of men are going straight Home. Various de- Lails from the Royal Engineers, Somerset Light Infantry, R.A.M.C., and other mits also embarked on the vessel
SMALL-POX AND TUBERCULOSIS.
FIGURES FOR LAST WEEK.
The return of cases of notifiable disease which
tac occurred in Colony last week shows 13 new cases and 13 deaths. There are also of small-pox (1, "non-Chinese")
new cases of typhoid and 2 deaths, 4 new cases of diphtheria and 3 deaths and 1 case (non-Chinese) of meningitia.
PATHETIC LOVE FOR HONG KONG.
He was banished in 1919 for 10 years, but returned in 1991, when he was sent away for life after having teen gaoled for 9 months for disobeying the first order. However, he persisted in returning to the Colony, and yesterday made his appearance before the Kowloon Magistrate for "coming home" in spite of all the orders made against him. This time he was sent to prison for 12 months with hard labour. He will also receive 12 strokes with the birch, Thus ends the lattest chapter in the life story of a Chinese who, it was stated, was arrested on information,
A YOUNG SNATCHER,
child's wrist, a young Chinese of For matching a bangle from a
thirteen was ordered to receive 12 strokes of the cane by Mr. Whyte- Smith yesterday.
complainant was holding the child According to Inspector Marks
outside a shop in Shanghai, Street Fatalities from tuberculosis dur-when the boy came up from behind ing the week totalled 67, malaria 4 and from influenza 2.
from and snatched the bangle. He ran
away, but was chased and arrested. On Monday two more cases of small-pox were notified.
RAILWAY SANDWICH
SENSATION
THEY ARE NOW ONLY ONE HOUR OLDI
TWO JAPANESE IN TROUBLE.
T. D.. Kamato and S. Yamanchi. of o, Des Voeux Road were before the Kowloon Magistrate yesterday on a charge of alleged assault on a conductor of the Kai Tak Motor- Bus Co. The incident was alleged to have taken place on February wich which was so hard that it ful discharge of his duties.
The story of the railway sand-to have been obstructed in the law- 15, when complainant was supposed
wrecked the Scottish express when senger can no longer be told by adjourned until, to-morrow,
Owing to the absence of a Japan- thrown on the line by a furious pasesc interpreter, the summons humorists except as a legend of "unhappy, far-off things"
The Captain, a fine old seaman of 43, knows all that there is to be. Shosen known about his work of moulding A Canton report eays that Geo-Kaisha, and the Mitsubishi Shosen ship's officera for the Mercantile eral Chen Ming Shu, the Civil Kaisha, as cadet officers. Later Fleet of Japan. He obtained his Governor of Kwangtung, has been comes another year at the Mer-Master's ticket at 29, and has been instructed by Chiang Kai Shek to cantile College and then after passover 38 years at sea, during which cancel his visit to Nauking to ating the necessary examinations the time he has visited nearly every tend the 3rd plenary session of the emerge with the rank of Fourth port in the world. Central Executive Cominittee of Officer. The total period of train- the Kuomintang. He is instructeding covers five and a half years. to remain in Canton and seek a
Sails and Steam, settlement of the Kwangsi situation During their year on board the without delay...
Taisei Maru, which my informant As to the situation in the North, and guide said was eagerly looked Marshal Chiang said, in the teleforward to during their three years grum to General Chen, that the in College, they were given" a Central Government has the situa thorough course in practical sea tion well in hand.
manship, and learn to apply drill and book work. Fall instruction was also given in the use of the sextant, and other nautical instru- ments, steering under steam and sail, use of the radio range finder, gyro compass, and other matters fitting them for the post of ship's
During the trip they follow a of the opinion that it developed the tion of the catering departments of spite of the "stringent action" by strenuous routine as at the College | right sort of ship's officers, giving the railway companies the Government, fortune-tellers are Rising at daybreak they scrub decks them the proper instincts of the pea, atill carrying, on as usual. The and do all the work of an able and teaching them the finer points got together and asked each other United States has two billionaires Bureau of Social Reform has order-bodied seaman. At sea, they are given practical instruction in sail
BRAVING THE POWERS
..THAT BE.
CANTON'S PERTINACIOUS FORTUNE TELLERS.
A Canton report says that in
officer.
I commented on the splendid type of officers in the N.Y.K: "' Asaına' Maru" now in port, and remarked how well they spoke English. The Captain smiled and replied that most of them had served under bim had learnt their English on board. on this sailing ship as cadets, and Strict training on the lines of a Naval Academy was essential, ex- plained the Captain, as the cadeta not only become officera of Japan's Mercantile Fleets, but are also Naval Reserve Officers
sandwich, which was sometimes For, in place of the old railway known as the dentist's friend," The Captain is very much in wich made of soft bread and fresh- has come a new, and succulent sand- favour of practical seamanship asly cut meat. learned in a sailing vessel. He was
of navigation. The Taisei Maru ed the fraternity to suspend busi drill and all must learn to be owned by the Japanese Government, was the only vessel of its kind still ness but they have taken no notice. thoroughly active and efficient aloft. but two other sailing ships were in A number of first-class fortune The masts are, by the way, over 190 tellers" have moved to Hong Kong feet high. Rising and retiring ship could not meet the demands of the course of construction, as one and Macao since the issue of the early with their days fully occupied, ban, but most of them are still in the cadets are a very happy band of Canton. Now that their number has decreased, the fees have been healthy young men. raised.
On Monday, the Bureau again in- structed them to close down" in ten daye, under pain of severe penalty. It is doubtful whether the order will be obeyed,
CHINA'S SEX WAR. THE SILK FILATURE
..'' " VESTALS."
This is the result of a reorganiss
The heads of these departments what they could do to make the passengers happier.
"Scrap the Lot { ** |
stories about railway sandwiches, Then one of them told some funny
the Mercantile Colleges, A which did not amuse those respon
In the course of the conversationsible for them, and another, who the Captain remarked that the bad been forced to cat one at a cadets paid the College tuition, but wayside station, gave a graphic On board the cadets wear rough were supplied with navigational description of his experiences, and white sailor suits and go bare-foot-books and instrumente. For this made an impassioned appeal for ed. They prefer this to wearing reason no pay was given to the reform. boots as the teak decks are smooth cadets, who depended on their par Orders were issued at once and and spoticasly clean.
ents for whatever amall sums they old stock, some of which was alleg. needed, but only a-limited amounted to have dated from Stephenson's of pocket money was allowed. invention of the steam engine, was
ruthlessly scrapped.
A Spotlessly Clean Ship.
The forecastle contained the wash house. Strewn about the deck were wooden bucketa which served as In conclusion, the Captain said wash basing, while rows of number that he was now over 60 and was to "The first thing wo stapped, edpigeon holes" against the retire at the end of the voyage. said: an official of the Great Wes bulkhead and ship's side contained He was going to live in Tokio torn Railway, was the system of soap and tooth brushes, etc. Two with his eight grandchildren.
cutting sandwiches for the day. The Canton Department of Civil large square tubs represented the Such is part of the answer to About a thousand sandwiches Affairs has instructed the magis-baths. Owing to the large number the question as to how Japan bas are eaten at Paddington Station trate of Shuntak district to take some 100 cadets, baths are taken made such tremendous strides in the ench day and we gave instructions action against the custom in that in turns-the turns" working out marcantile shipping world of to- that supplies for one hour only
to something like two or three times day. Their cadets are given a com- were to be cut at a time; district of girls refusing to marry.
As a Canton paper puts it: a week, excluding rough weather plete and practical training, at theThe same orders have been issu- Girls in Shuntak consider that it when the baths cannot be filled! end of which they graduate as ed to station buffets all along the is noble to live a single life, and Admidships are the cadets quar- officers who may bo classed with the line, and we hope that the old joke support themselves. Most of them tera. A peep into them showed world's best.
about railway sandwiches will work in the ai filatures.
them to be exceptionally tidy, and
G. L.
gradually die out."
WEALTHY AMERICA.
TWO BILLIONAIRES AND $2,000 MILLIONAIRES.
WAB
The Treasury Department in Washington has announced that the and about 42,000 millionaires. The statistics show that the persons who paid taxes on their incomes amount- ing to over $1,000,000 in 1828 num reported, and an increase by 200 bered 483, the largest number ever
persons over the previous year.. The Treasury officials say that the majority of those who paid taxes. of 850,000 or more could be rated as millionairea. There were twenty- four persone who had incomes of from over 85,000,000, seventeen 84,000,000 to $5,000,000, twenty from 33,000,000 to 84,000,000, eighty-nine from 82,000,000 to $3,000,000 and ons hundred and five from $1,000,000 to $1,800,000, The individual net incomes totalled a little over 8210 per person for the whole nation, while the total income-tax amounted Lo $1,143,000,000. The persons who paid taxes numbered 2,434,640.
The officials said that the unpre cedented prosperity in 1928 account ed for the large number of million aires and huge tax returns Of the total income, about 45 per cent, was from wages and salaries, 13 per cent. from actual business, 8 pcz cent. from enterprises and 7) from Kempitál
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