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STRIKE, BOYCOTT, AND
LOOTING,
OCTOBER
18 1924 日十弍月九
·ON FRR ATOR
ELECTION V
COMPAIGN IN FULL SWING.
FURTHER RECRIMINATORY UTTERANCES.
London, Outobar 17. At present there are over 1,350 candidates for election and pro Our Foochow correspondent, bably 43 will be returned unopposed on October 18th, including 26 writing under date October 8th, Conservatives, eight liberals and eight Labourites." Thote are likely to be 203 straight fights batwann Labourites and Conservatives, The ricksba coolies have been compared with 99 last year, and forty between Labour and the on strike for two days owing to Liborals, compared with 55, and only 84 between Conservatives and the Pollos Commissioner wanting Liberale, compared with 108 previously. Reuter to raise the monthly tax levied on maah ricksha from one dollar
states.
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PREMIER'S HOSTILE RECEPTION
A
London, October 17.
"Heusay BrakrB**
An earnest attempt is to be where he graduate (1885) with made, I am told, to introduce honours in Higher Mathematics to a dollar and a ball. The Mr. Ramsay MacDofeld had a lively passage when motoring several new ballroom dances this and the Higher Criticism, and Wo are this morning in rougipt 18,000 troops, has not yet put in owner refused to pay and also to-day from Birmingham to Aborvon, passing through hostile winter. I greet the tidings was subsequently elected
refused to allow any riekabas territory at Worcester, where he declined a speech, saying his voice with dismay. It is all very well Follow for hiaepoob-making of B further despatch from an appearance.
Barricados reinain in the streets out,
had gone and he wanted to rest. He was greeted with cries of for those fortunate young folke our special representative In
The students are again giving "Traitor !" at Malvern, while at Ledbury huge Union Jack was who live by the sweat of father Canton. Writing at 4, o'clock of Baikwan, though the Sun Yat-
hrow, and can afford to-spond vostorday afternoon, he states: son forces have forced the gates trouble in the matter of opposing hold before the car, amid shouts of "Down with the red flag !".
opened. Paving stone the sale of Japanese goods. They Despite persistent propaganda to bo
Cardiff. He was unable to speak at Cardiff owing to voice now steps. But for us working to the contrary from Sun Yat-sen protections, built on top of sand visit the shops and forbid the and Premier however had a very hearty reception at Newport several hours a day acquiring headquarters, the conflict in Can-bage, still dot the narrow streets. shopkeepers to sell anything of failure. He is described as looking worn and fil.
Mr. Baldwin is leaving for Taunton from London to-day, Hel ton is unquestionably not over. In the entire business scotion Japanese manfacturo. Thoy also
no-people were to-day carrying on destroy all they can lay their declared he was much encouraged by reporte from all parts of the Renewal of hostilites is mentarily expected. The fighting conversations in a whisper, and hands on. One shopkeeper had an
to vote on polling day. Reuter. this time will be among Sun Yat- the tense expression on faces par cut off for trying to protect country, and he was confident, provided the Conservatives turned up
THE NEW WELLINGTON,". son's various troops, it is boliovod. [overywhere gives the lie to the his goods. The police are power
London, October 17, from Government loss and they are either afraid of The Merobant Volunteers are statements
Mr. Winston Churchill appeared in the role of a Wellington at defeated and in most cases have headquarters that all is well in the students or are in league
with them, the city.
Queen's Hall, where he vigorously attacked the Labour Government gone into hiding.
Latters ropcived from tho
and declared the prosperity of the Empire largely depended on these latest fledglings from Saikwan, a few days ago the
Anti-British Feeling.
northern towns of the Province on the result of the election. The Sociņlist administration had the Terpsichorean neet are likely) richost section of Canton, is de-
vory unsatisfactory Anti-British feeling is running (give a Herted to-day. What shops have
original idea. The British Socialists wore the most stupid in the colour, if not positive white not boon looted are closed. Only high among the troops and in account of the way the soldiers boen unuttorably dull, and had given no evidence of a single to prove horses of quite different stores selling food are open. The Government circles. The British passing through to the Chekiang world, and borrowed ideas from Germany and from Russia. The elephants. For my part, I'nà Yunnan-so have control of this Consul is accused by the Govern-border have been carrying on. In Socialist party was undemocratic, and an enemy of freedom. Mr. sooner acquire a new dance with section while the Cantonese are ment of harbouring Chan Lim pak Kionning City the shops were all MacDonald, while attacking the Capitalist system, had inconsistent sufficient proficiency to warrant theels on Highballe. First drawn
my exhibiting my prowess in desirous of obtaining possession, and five of the leading members closed for ten days. Looting was It is here, therefore, that the of the Volunteer staff. Due to common all along the line of and insincerely embraced the frat opportunity of becoming pubile than it promptly goes out to literature by winning a con
was the oor.
At this critical moment, he said, like Wellington at Waterloo, of fashion. It took me two yeare Bolation prize of a shoshorn in next fighting is expected to take the enormous quantity of valu-march, and so place.
ablos stored on the Island, there mandooring of men to carry" The whole line will advance." He believed the whole line in to learn the tango, for instance. Limerick competition, and by
It was pitiful to see
most of it off by heart and could Mutt and Jeff as the most of modern The exodus of Chinose to Sha- have been rumours that the Sunloads.
national power and fame..
Од the States Occasional pause of the ropes, driven along like cattle; meon and Hongkong continues Yat-sen troops might try to numbers of man tied together by Britain would advance together to the new realisation of British and when I had eventually got his vivid writings soon ousted
consider journalism. of enter and loot some
Three cheers were given for Mr. Churchill as "the new Welling- 80 round the door with only an inspicing feature constant etream with a
the next
step, or to make becoming dry, however, fela the godowns on the Shameen sido. to be forced to carry burdens. ton."Reulur.
AN "INBOLENT THREAT."
the clear call to "uplift" England, pouring
腿 furtive roference. to humanity
London, Oct. 17.
it bad joined abart,
and left Ameribs, by balloon. bridges and through the steam. It is thought by rosidents, bow-Houses were entered at night boat wharves. Everyone who ever, that such a move will not and the men driven out. In soine can possibly do so, is moving bisbo mado, especially as there are places villages have been burnt valuables to Shameon or taking at least four gunboats lying in down because the men had flod them with him to Hongkong. auch positione that they can im-on the approach of the troops. Glodowns in Bhamoen- to-day mediately shell the bridges ontor- were full and still the bundles (ing the Shameen. and bares of silk came into the Island.
ovor
Bomo vory
Considerablo movement of troops has been going on through- out the day. Several shots have Merchant's Sorrows.
boen hoard at intervals and it is A trip through Balkwan, this thou. ht that more executions aro in progress. The Chinese banks morning, gave me interosting information. One are open to-day, though they are money changer's establit bmout heavily guarded. Buainoss itsoif
doors 18 at a standstill. had boon looted, the
British and Americans who and windows broken in and the looks out off the safes. The have lived in Shameon and Can owner, who was present, said ten for years say that never bo- that three trips were made to his foro has there been such an establishment and that he had exodus of people from Canton or
an excitement. last more than $2,000 in coin.
predict they
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tense
Another merchant had his variably, store and home both robbod. The trouble immediately.
aoldiers even took his wife's cloth-
ing, he said. The main portion
of the looting is done under the
pretence of a search for contra-
to them
they
ho
was
MORE FIGHTING.
In-
more
was informed
NATIONAL DEBT. REDUCED.
London, Oct. 17. A net reduction of £91,773,155 in the National Debt during tho last financal year is recorded.
Reuter.
&
TO-DAY.
told
capitalist, The Socialists were humbugs.
to
the
回
In a speech at the Constitional Club Lord Birkenhead,
which number in their ranks Elevating Power of the Crane an insolent threat a after alluding to the Premier's "shifty evasiveness, attacked glorious company of "oxtincts" Principal works include The the Russian treaty, and described as speech at Hammersmith in which the Attorney General said a such celebrities as the dodo, the (1894); Tonic Talks for Tiny Toys bloody revolution might come if the Conservativa party were return-87eat auk, and Queen Anne." od at the election.-Reuter.,
London, October 17. The Labourites' national agent stated that the party have over five hundred candidates, including twenty-one women. Router.
BAIT FOR THE MINE-WORKERS..
London, October 17.
*
(1900); Daily Dope for Drivelina Dupe (19 2); Cheery Chats for Chippy Chaps (1920), and Pep for A reader sends me the follow the People (1922). In 1921, the ing newspaper cutting for my Tonio. Sol-Far Association con romarks:
ferred upon him the degres of Club: the "In sentencing a prisoner to D. T. honoris causa. six months' hard labour for tort Highbrow. uring his cat, the Magistrate ob- and cranking. served that the mere infliction of
Hobbies feigning
The Miners Federation has issued a manifesto calling upon the mining district votors unhesitatingly to support Labour candidates It declares that the working classes can be proud of their own Gov a fine would not, in his opinion, A South Devon correspondent ernment's record of achievement and says if the Labour party he be adequate punishment for such returned to power it will as speadily as possible Introduce a Bill gross cruelty, and that he would reports that he picked & primross for nationalisation of the mines. It asserts that the mins workors bo neglecting his duty if he failed in his garden last Sunday. I can beat that easily. I picked one in and their families aro suffering beyond description, and over to sand the prprorpr to prprpr." hundred thousand mine-workers are idle, while pits are closing every I can only comment that his my garden last Easter Monday. week and wages are still below the subsistence level. It urges the Worship's attempt to purr seems,
vote and work for the minor for the nation," in order to in the circumstances, to and the profiteering and gross social injustice of the present system. béon singularly out of place. -Router.
electors to
bave
LARGE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES.
-
land London, October 17. The candidates solooted for nominalion have now reached four
SONNET, TO A HOP-PICKER AT WORK WITH HIS FAMILY.
kio,
London is not vory full at the moment, most of the batter class residents having gone to Soot- for the haggis-stalking. Nevertheless, lunahing at the Seidlitz yesterday I notload the Earl of Rocksalmon and Halibut.
Bole; the Countess of Rum and envy you, deft hopper and your with his daughter, Lady Philetta The easy grace with which you Eigg, with her younger son, The
cull each hop,
Hon. Ginnand Ffrench the And fling it with a awest, Bishop of Sodor and Milk; the
molodious plop
Dowager Duke of Elephant and
ador and Senors Cascara. you throw the Sagrads; the Swedenborgian
Minister; Sir Wilfred Pyppo
Marshall. There is, however, no
flow rate in
to stop
earned drop),
of a grin l
at
and dining at the Epicurus re- lart Wembley I saw that Tartrata night of Magnoria and suite; the Bulphato and Sulphuret
the Kibosh of Plümandapul; of Ammonia, H. H. the Jam of
Closing Exchango 28. 5; 5/16. Lighting Up-Time 5.56 p.m. 1.26 a.m. High Water Low Water
5.15 p.m
romarkable account of Wednesday's happoninge. In big: hoadlines, reforence is made to band arms bolonging to the A Telegraph representative had the "End of M. V. C. terrorist teen hundred, comprising 533 Conservatives, seven Constitutional- Merchant Voluntours. One ox-an interview this morning with a intimidation of peaceful merch-iats, 340 Liberale, 485 Labourites, nine Co-operatives, eight Com- ample of the system used was local business man who came ants and traders" and "Police muniste, four Nationalists and fourteen others. There will be about I
by 210 three-cornered confests, nearly sixty leas than last year.— actually witnessed by me from down to Hongkong by last night's and Gendarmes, anel tod the Shameen side of Shameen steamer, and ho
troops, carry out well-planned Reuter
LIBERAL OPINION BROADCAST. Creek. Up and down the line of that fighting had broken out again campaign," whilst in the text of
London, October 17. are the report readers atoren bordering the Creek wont just before the steamer sailed.
Following the broadcasting of speeches by Mr. MacDonald and the soldiers, battering with thoir This was between Yunnanoso, in that the rebellious outbreak rifles on the grating. As soon as oburgo of the Saikwan district, of Merchant Volunteors has Mr. Baldwin earlier this wock, listeners-in all over the country to-Into the deep recesses of your blo. Castle; the Manganste Ambiés- the merchant would appear they and tho Cantonese troops com- boen promptly and effectually night heard Mr. Asquith make a speech at Paisley to his supporters. And ever as would tell him that they wanted manded by General Li Fook-lum suppressed." The accusation is He donounced the Russian treaty in unmeasured terms, as contem- the arms he had in his house. He The latter were seeking to ejuct made that the first shot was fired plating subsidising the Soviet Governmout. He termed the Labour Just one by one (you never seem Squakels; and General Cort invariably told the soldiers that the Yunnanese from this wealthy by the Voluntoors, but the report Government's record one of unredeemed promises; and concluded thero were no arina in his district, but our informant could
made not say to what extent the fight- 8008 on to admit that "in order by stating that tho. Liberal party was as anxious as anybody to Exoept, in haste to swill a well-dearth of foreign visitors to town,' but possorsion,
to shorten the operations as much resume trading rolations with Russia, but did not oinfuse the halievo that
lying ing was going on. Sounds of rifle as possible some of the wooden Russian people with "the bandful of tyrants who for the moment Your features wear the soupcon staurant and demanded that fire could be distinctly hoard, and entrance gates where the M. have usurped authority." The transmission of the speech was so
were clear, that even hecklers wore heard in London.-Reuter,
Would I could thus compile my they be allowed to ontor Think-hur droda of refugees were making v. C. offered roristanco
AMONG SUPPORTERS.
weekly Grill," ing that they would loot his store, their way across the bridges into burnt down under the supervision
Löbdon, October 17. the merchant would immediately Shamoen.
of the police." In speaking of the fire, our in-
There were scenes of the wildest enthusiasm on the arrival of offer them "monoy, which they
"The temptation to loot'some would take and move on to the formant stated that whole streets of the stores and shops which Mr. MacDonald at his constituency of Aberavon to-night. He was next place. After some time of of important business shops, had had been left-opon, and untended greeted by a vast orowd, blucking the approach to the town for
thoir by this, two Chinese officers, appar-been destroyed. The stront of
and shop several miles. The Premier, who looked utterly worn out, said he votly of high rank, came on umbrolia dealers had been wiped assistants, who had either fled or had never been so tired in his life. The crowd was so denes that Yet, though I consoless strive, the soono and ordered the men out as bad also all the shops of remained in hiding, was, it must the car took an hour and a half to proceed three miles, and some- to assemble. They told the mon wholesale dealers in sundry bo admitted, irresistibio to sous times was completely held up, and was even in danger of upsetting.
pardon, please); that it was wrong for thom to loot foreign goods,
of the soldiers. For short poriods Finally, it broke down owing to the surging orowd, after which Mr. And for this reason (grant your from
ANSWERS TO CORRESPON- atoros
money 'or. take
in the course of the forenoon and MacDonald continued in a motor-bus.
Afty-twol Darly afternoon-before
Several times he made spagóbes, which delighted the crowd. You tail one week a year; I, the
DENTS .merchants and that, in order to
punish them for their misconduct, We are to-day in receipt of a operations had concluded, and though his voice was scarcely audible. He said they were going to had have a finor and bigger, and moro decisivo vlotory on his own battle-
Yesterday u financial contem- XXX. Your Informant Bla they would take all the money, letter from Mr. J. F. Sales the order to cons Are
of Hongkong) who bean sounded, many of the field than ever.-Router.
porary osine out with a contents quite correct; sucking a pabble. themselves. Lining up their own (formerly
oking beer lately had on office soldiers and camp followers got
bill sanouncing Prominent alleviates thirt soldiers, the officers with pistols until
Stock Exchange Features." also producsk the si drawn relieved them of every on Shamoon but who recently away with considerable valuables:
Suffice it to observe that last time - ENUT. Bald-10sked frousers sent they had. The money, transferred to the City, at No. In the locality of the gold shops
I was in Throgmorton Street X will not lose their abs" if, when Amounting to several hundred 25 Yuen Choong Stroot. This is and exchange shops, bags of
could have hung my het on" indet removed." dollars in silver and large just behind the Sun Company's silver and copper coins wore
COLONIAL VIEW OF RUSSIAN TREATY. quantity of bille, was done up building. He states that on the lanted. While some of the looters into a package and the officers 15th his promiens were entered have, doubtless escaped, and 'are
Wellington, N. Z, October 17. instructed, a coolie to carry 1 by force by soldiers under enjoying their ill-gotten gains, it
General Li Fook-lum and that should be stated that the Govern away for them.
Speaking in Parliament, Mr. Masssy said the people of New the place was thoroughly looted.ment took prompt massures to
und the polloy, of viosa Cantonese Troops.
His lusses in money, fowellery stop the spread of looting. A Zealand, including
British lum, this morning, and clothing amount to $17,000. stringent proclamation had been ards of Cantonese Mr. Sales' father was formerly issued and posted all over
but was com French Vice-Consul on the the locality and 1botors but Mr
Honam. He | Bhameon. T
who wore he discovered to wore "more" drastis
trooptin
One Man's Losses.
Onal Admisi.
ownora
OPINION IN NEW ZEALAND.
Shodding my paragraphs with
oqual enso, Grinning the same alusive grin
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