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二拜藍
THE CANTON STRUGGLE.
YUNNANESE PURCHASE
"WING FUNG.”.
THE
GOVERNMENT FLEET
ATTACKED.
(Our Own Correspondent.)
Canton, June 8.
After two days of intense neasiness, the battle between
SHAMEEN IN PARTIAL
DARKNESS.
·號九月六英港香
SECURITY PACT.
ALLIES REACH. AN AGREEMENT.
NOTE TO GERMANY,
Paris, June 8. The Havas agendy's, corros- pondent at Geneva claims that' ho is authorised to declare that M. Briand and Mr. Chamberlain have reached a definite agreement
thdroto.
use the
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TUESDAY
JUNE 9, 1925 ...
SHANGHAI STRIKE NEWS.
MOVEMENT SPREADING TO SHIPPING.
a
BOATS HELD UP.
fOur Own Correspondent).
Shanghai, June 9. and shops
offices
While
日九十月四問
SINGLE; COPT 107UENTS
$34 TER AANUM,
The useful lifa of this DOUBLE: ROW TYPE Now Departure Ball Bearlug is still spont after overy other moving part
in the Motor Car la
worn out and this without adjustmont
58 different sizes and types in stook.
THE DRAGON MOTOT-
CAR CO. LTD.
32, WANG NỘI THÀNH N
HAPPY VALLDY
PURSE SNATCHED AMERICANS
EUROPEAN LADY VICTIMISED.
"AN EXCITING CHASE,
There was much excitement in the vicinity of Battery Path 'yes- terday afternoon when the suc- cessful chase took place of a youthful purse snatcher.
idral from Battery Path to Gardon:
FIRED UPON.
SENSATIONAL CANTON RIVER
2
INCIDENT.
LADY WOUNDED;
INJURED.
in
OTHERS
well-known in Canton
Mr. Crampton's letter, which
Reliefs were ready for each post
Miss W. Riddell, a sister at tha A fow briof lines written to a The launch is the property of an the Canton Christian Collage, of and reinforcemente quite handy in connection with the accurity generally are re-opening, the Victoria Hospital, was at about friend Hongkong by along the socona bund. Two of pact, under which Britain under- the Canada Motor Bus Co.'s motor takta to guarantee the Rhine agitators are beginning to make a 4.30 p.m. walking near the Cathe-American citizen now stranded which Mr. Ogden is burear, and buses wore commissioned and frontier as fixed at Versailles, determined offort to tie up ship-Road. She was carrying her with others on Honam Island, in was the Yunnanese and the Cantonese were running round carrying am- with her entire naval, military ping, inducing the majority of the parse in her right hand, when it the hope that his messenger waters.
tarted on Saturday afternoon. munition and food, hot meals be- and air forose, in the event of The Government oruisor Winging served all the time.
German violation of the territorial wharf coolies to strike, as well as was suddenly snatched away would get through to Shameen,
from her from behind. On turn. Fung was bought over by the
and military clausos relating crows of coastal and river ing round she saw a Chinese conveys a story of a perilous arrived this morning, reford to the Yunnanese for, $300,000 and at
steamers.
! youth running away in the direo- adventure in which bis wife was dangor to which his messongor 1.30 on Saturday morning she'
The guarantee doge not extend
tion of the Cathedral Hall and wounded by Yunnanese troops would be subjected in his endea leared off and returned at 4.30
Six of these steamers are boing she at once gave chase, raising While the fighting was going to the frontiers of Czecho-Slovakia p.m. and opened fire on all the.
back, lacking, quarter the alarm. A small European lad and in which every member of your to reach the American Con-❤
was injured by laulate, and he adds that the anti- mosquito fleet of gunboats belong on, several high tension electric or Poland, which remain under held
the protection of the League of
foreign feeling is so intense that ng to the Government, one of light cables were shot down, one
Mr. J. M. Shroff who was at splinters and flying glass. which was sunk. Sus then pumped elbotrocuting two pedestrians. A Nations, but in the event of mani masters, seamen and engine room also joined in the pursuit, as did of his party few four-inch shells into the cable leading to Shameen and the fest aggression against France's staffs. Five of these boats are work on the electric light fittings in
Mr. Frank A. Crampton, part-the fears real trouble in the near Cement Works, obased all the Saikwan district way severed in vastorn allies the agreement British, belonging to Messrs. But the Cathedral Hall and who had
terfield and Swire, and the other heard the ories. The thief was nor in a large American firm of future. Mr. Crampton's object in uaboats out of the harbour, the same way and half of Sha-authorises France to
tripped up by the European! made for Whampoa and bom-moon was without light last night.demilitarised Rhine zone as parded the Naval Station. In the The Electric Company have done field of operations for the purpose Japanese, owned by the Nisshin lad, but scrambled to his feet contractors, accompanied by his writing to his friend was to re- again and made off in the direc-wife, Ruth, and Mr. and Mrs. queat him to cable his mother to meantime, the Yunnanese also good service to-day and most of of aiding her attacked ally. It is Kison Kaishe
also agreed that Germany cannot
tion of the new Public Works Montgomery Ogden, were, it is the effect that he is safe, but ho poned fire from the Canton Bund the broken cables have been rebe admitted to the League until It is not believed that trans-Department offices above Battery with machine-guns, and rifles paired.
she has signed a security pact Pacific shipping will be affected. Paib, Being hard pressed, he supposed, endeavouring to reach further says "if this gets through in 4 special you might get the news into "the and fairly peppered 'Honam. The Hongkong boats could not entirely conforming to the condi-
The authorities are anticipating procooded to scramble or slide the This surprise attack was feebly got to their wharves this morning tione enumerated.-Reuter.
Genova, April 8, efforts being made to induce the down the hillside and fell into launch flying the American flag, Fapors. It might help to get us esponded to by the Cantonese and had to anchor in the back
Battery Path just a few yards when Yureaneto soldiery on some assistance from the ships. rom the Honam side and an ranch just off Pak Hok Tung, and Mr. Austen Chamberlain, in interprotere, clerks and others from the bottom. Meanwhle, the Lohange of rifle fire took place all day long processions of sam- torviawed by Router, confirmed employed in the Settlement ad-shouts of those on top had the Canton shore opened an We shall nead it."
Mr. Crampton is an ex-Ameri attracted the attention of thoseintonsive fire
on the vessel. antil 5:30 p.m., From this hour pans are to be seen going to that a complete Anglo-French
below and the Indian constable There could be no doubt as to the can Army officer and fought on duty at the Toe House Stroet
Frenco He has had corner, together with Mr. C.deliberate nature of the attack, in.
exelting and perilous COOLIES STRIKE.
Eawick, of Mesere. Dodwell and which, was kept up for 35 other
Moxico, Co., took up the chase of the minutes, after which the launch experiences in Hankow, June 8. fugitive, who had managed to
contractor's camp being attacked by bandits on telegram from Kiukiang climb the railing between Bat- was obliged to return to. Honam. his
The scene can be well imagined,
than one occasion. who was now running down the work to-day.
literally says that all the coolies struck tory Path and Queen's Road and
Later, latter thoroughfare. Mr. Bowick as the launch was
Wo understand that American The agent of the Indo-Chins proved to be the most spoedy and riddled with bullets, and wood Steam Navigation Company does
caught the youth just before splinters and glass were flying marines have now been landed on not recommend passengers to
roaching the Hongkong -to Bulletin.
A
nd until 10.30 pm the firing them, taking down refugees. As agreement had been reached re- ministration offices to strike.
He refused to when the there is firing from both the garding security. 65 'spasmodic,
Bod Wongshait is discuss the details, but said the Cantonese, who had "recovered Bund
to got to the from the first shock, started a difficult
agreement would be embodied in except usilade from Honam which sampans
going via a Note which France would sond asted until 11 p.m. from then Shamoon and there has been a to Germany in reply to the latter's nwards the firing again became constant stream of refugees cross-pact proposals. The Note, which pasmodic and at 1 pm. on Sun-ing the island to got to the ships.would go as the French reply. ay the firing entirely ceased. The Shameen Defence Creek is reached by agreement with the entirely doserted-a sight only to Allies, would be couched in most be seen about once in a lifetime. courteous and friendly terms, and Thu Shameen has been closed to ought to load to successful all goods and valuables with the negotiations. oxcoption of legitimate foreign cargo.
TRUCE RUMOUR. At 2 p.m. it was rumoured hat a truce had been offested he main terms of which were ;-
1. All firing to cease.
2. Sun Fo to be Civil Governor. 3. Li Fook-lum to be neutral nd to stay at Honam.
4. Young Hi-nian to bo Generalissimo of all forces.
MILITARY RUMOURS.
and
Shameen
more
Mr. Chamberlain said that there proceed Kuling. Daily Shanghai Bank. A large crowd in all directions. Mrs. Crampton Honam Island by order of the soon began to collect, the lad was wounded in the elbow, but Consul in order to protect the being taken into custody by the the other members of the party Canton Christian College and its Indian 'conatable.
occupants.
was nothing in the agreement likely to cause Poland disquiet.- Reuter.
GERMAN DEFAULTS.
London, June 8. It is now reported that Tang
The roport of the Inter-Allied Chi-yao is on his way back to Canton to reinforce Young Hi- Commission of Control, which man and that an arrangement has formed the basis for Friday's been entered in between them Note to Germany, is published that they control the three pro- to-night. vinces and kick out all the Bolsh- oviks,
BUTTERFIELD'S. WORKERS
OUT.
Shanghai, June 9. Throo thousand workers em- ployed by Messrs. Butterfield and Swire struck work to-day on the The bulk of the infractions of Pootung side, these being mostly the Versailles Treaty were em- casual men.
The roport bodied in the Note.
A number of minor incidents
1
PYTHON SHOT,
It was found that 86 in notes escaped with cuts. and coins were missing. from Miss Riddell's purse when it was recovored, the contents doubtloss being strewn along the ground as the fugitive ran away. On being searched, the lad was found to have in his possession thros $1 notes, a police whistle, two keys and a pawn ticket.
When charged before Mr. R. A.
DEVOURING A CAT.
A python, measuring nine feat
MOTORIST CHARGED.
MAGISTRATE'S HOMILY TO EUROPEAN.
in length and 14 inches in circum- "I think you have a wrong forence, was shot at Taibang idea of bow we run our traffic in
Hamilton to Mr. F. Muan, who
5. All the Bolsheviks including he Civil Governor (Wu Hon- han) and Wu Te-cheng to be. leared out of the place.
There appeared at first to be ome truth in these rumoura, for ery little firing was heard on
A report statos that Chan unday afternoon and evening. King-ming has joined forces with enlarges on the resistance and ut at 11.30 p.m., when nearly
the Yunnanere and that is the obstruction on the part of the are reported, such as mud-throw-D. Forrest, at the Magistracy village by a Chinese constable the Colony," said Mr. E. W. veryone was in bed, three event of Gen. Hsu Sung-chi lazy- German military authorities. It ing at American naval men on this morning, the lad, whose age last night.
was given ÁB seven yoare, Attention was drawn to the was charged, at the Kowloon overnment gunboats steamed p and down the front reach and ing Swatow with his forces to charges Germany with deliberate the border bridge, the Chinese
the police being, after much difficulty, denied the offence. He said he undergrowth near the Koon Yom Magistracy this morning, with was a newspaper distributor and Temple by the mewing of a gat, disobeying the signals of a police ombarded the Bund for about relieve the Cantonese, Chan will dissimulation, notably, in wenty minutes, to which the leave Fukion and enter Swatow military training, of youths and persuaded to interfere.
secret surplus armaments and Chinose Morchant Volunteers was on his way home.. He did not and quickly a number of the constable at Taku stroot, Hung and follow up Hsu.
gathered at the hom, on Saturday, the 23rd Cunnanese Tesponded
actually fired over the head of snatch the purse and was the villagers with
war material,― Reuter,
witness spot to
P large May. bachine guns. After this com
Inspector Beals while the latter victim of mistaken identity. was riding on horse-back on a Having board the ovidence, His sized snake on the point of hotion, firing was kept up all
Dofendant, pleading guilty to the Municipal road.-Reuter, ight between Honamand Canton.
Worship said he had not the devouring a live cat. The python CONSUES.
slightest doubt but that Up to noon yeatorday the
the was not in a hurry to make its charge, said he went along Wuhu asualties word very small
defendant was guilty. Sentence escape; apparently it was bont Street instead of continuing and turning down Bulkeley street. The Commander-in-Chief of
of four months hard labour and on having its meal before doing He was not aware that he aly one Yunnanese and three
16 strokes was passed:
80, and was wriggling about in
ቤ breach edestrians being wounded, but the Yunnanese forces his for- warded to the foreign Consuls a
the undergrowth when a Chinese fter last night's battle tan Yun
constable arrived on the scone. anese were killed just by the communication which is tant-
He fired five shots from" al Hie Worship:-You have not ustoms House quite pear to amount to asking for foreign in-
distance of ten yard, two of been here long and the sooner you bamaep, while on Honam 200
which hit the snake in the learn, the chosper it will be for re reported to have been killed.
nook, forcing it to release its you. You are fined $5 this time BIGGER ATTACK·
see you here prey which lost no time in and don't lot us EXPECTED.
making its escape from the scene. again.
YUNNANESE APPEAL TO
THE WRONG MAN,
.
EUROPEAN MOTOR
A BISHOP SPEAKS.
London, June 8. CYCLIST CHARGED.
The Bishop of St. Albans, speak. Mr. A. Duncan appeared before tervention to stop the fighting Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Kowing at a Diocesan Conference, said The letter, which is addressed to loon Magistracy this morning, for the disturbances in China on they must not lay all the blame the Senior Consul, undor date of a charge of driving "his motor the 6th instant, is in the follow-cycle in a reckless and dangerous Bolshevism; these were largely ing forms:-
manner on Monday, 25th May, due to the appalling conditions Sir,-Now that the Com-a Nathan Road.
prevailing in industry in China) A Government aeroplans, was munist Party in Canton hae
Defondant stated that although and to the fact that many Europ- be seen up this morning firing started the fighting, my forces, he owned the cycle, he was not cans sought to make money from
FORFEITED $5,000.
SEQUEL TO MOTOR FATALITY.
was
committing of the regulations.
vor the city and the inhabitants with a view to putting a stop to riding it at the time. It might China without considering the who was held on a charge of to the scono." had the reptilo another summons against me.
& friend.
native.
His Worship:-Ab, all right; I remind you that there is no ro- duction for taking a quantity.
rather the contrary.
The shots in the nook proved fatal. Defendant-I think there is Pun Pui-song, a young Chinese Inspector Fiold, who was called
ro scared that it will start that Party's proceedings, are possibly have been his brother or
manslaughter consequent on an removed to the Station and skin- ombing operations. At the pre-bound to publish their crimes
The Conference passed a re-accident in which a car which bened it. After being stuffed it ent moment (1 p.m.) a general and punish them..
On Sergeant Smith informing solution declaring that greater drove ran over two street-sleepers will go to adorn the charge-room xodus of inhabitants of the I am afraid, however, that I the Magistrate that it was deeacrifices must be made by the on the pavement at West Point, of the Bay View Police Station. entral part of the city is taking am unable to guarantee the peace fendant's brother who committed Church at home in order to fur killing one of them, forcfeited his lace and now the first and and good order of the distriot the offence, the summons was thor foreign missionary affort.-bail of $5,000 by not appoaring] scond bunds from the Customs and I accordingly have the dismissed, a frosh summons to be Reuter. House to the Railway Station honour to request that you will takon out against defendant's re almost entirely, deserted. It notify the gunboats
of all brother. believed that a more serious countries to proceed to the ttack will take place to-night.strotch of rivor between Shameen ho Yunnanese are. reinforcing and Tungshan to stop the warlike
well as fortifying the whole proceedings of the Communists N. AMERICAN HEAT und while at Wongeha (the thoro. "I have the honour, etc, ther end of the city and Sha- YANG H8I-MAN.
hoon) an attack is expected by
ho Cantonese from Shek Wai
onga
The Yunnanoso have Just been stributing handbills in which hey claim that they landed
THE "ALLIES CLAIMS
19
A Canton correspondent, writ-
WAVE.
CANADA'S EXPERIENCE.
Ottawa, Juno B Canada in sweltering in shade ing under date of Sunday, says: temperatures of 95 to 102 degrees rces at Honam at 3 o'clock this A change took place in the Fahrenheit. orning and that they havo the situation in the city on Thursday. Ottawa has had the hottest antonese on the ran, but from night. At 5 pm, tho Kwangsi wook-end on recordi he way the firing has boon going and Yunnan, troops returned to Thoro have, boon four deaths
all day this Booms very thoir old hauats
after a from boat stroke in Montreal and mprobabile, WA fow days' absoneo. Preparations soven elsewhore...
A sovoro hailstorm has occurred (Continued on Page 7.) in Eastern Ontario.-Reuter.
During the fighting, the Yun- aneso seem to be well organised,
:
Was
at the Central Magistracy this morning, when his case Icalled. A warrant has baon
issued for his arrest.
BROUGHT UP AT GENEVA.
Fun Luk-ohi, his brother, who Genova, Juno 8.
pовncased a licence to drive the car, but was not driving when The question of the Shanghai the accident occurred, was fined shooting was raised at a meeting $100 by Mr. 8. B. B. McElderry of workers' delegates at the for allowing an unlicensed driver International Labour Conference, to use the car, in a statement signed by MOGBIB. Joshi (India). Lawson (Australia) and Suzuki (Japan) submitted to the chairman.
The latter declared that the question could not be raised at the Conference under its standing orders; whereupon the mooting resolved to despatch through the Amsterdam International, a massage of sympathy for the workers in China-Reuter
TO-DAY,
Closing Exchange 2s. 3. 5/16 Lighting Up-Time 7.06 p.m. Barometer
29.65 p.m Temperature
83
Humidity
2
2 p.m.
2.p.m+
65.
LEAGUE MEETS.
BOXING.
ECONOMY ADVOCATED. BRITON DETEATS ITALIAN,
Geneva, June 8.
London, June 8.. The Council of the Loaguo of) At Holland Park, London, in &
twanty rounds contest for the.. Nations has oponed.
Mr. Austen Chamberlain urged European middleweight "cham- Tommy Milligan economy by the health section, pionship, whose expenditure of a million (Hamilton) beat the holder, the franes in 1925, compared with Italian, Bruno Frattini, on points. Boven hundred thousand in 1924. The bout was fast and skilful The Council docided to refer the throughout. Milligan was several subject to the next Assembly of pounds lighter than his opponent, of the League in Soptember, and adopted an upright stanco, A protost by Abyssinia against while the Italian crouched. Mil- inclusion among the special zones ligan made good loft leads and where the traffic in arms is pro- right swings, also hooks and up- bibited, was adjourned to the next por-outs in the clinchos. sussion, as the Arms Conference Milligan fought splendidly noar is dosling with the matter.the ond, and gained a narrow Reuter
victory-Reuter.