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LABOUR CLASH.
?
FIGHTING IN CANTON STREETS.
TWO KILLED.. Troubles between members of
Labour Uniona have been frequ-
or five units whose members deal in
THE CANTON ARMY CHANGES.
FRENCH CRISIS STARTLES GERMANS ARRIVE
FOUNDED BI
No 11.66
•拜禮
號八月三英港.
MONDAY, MARCH
8,
1926.
日四十二月
SINGLE: COPY 19 GENTS
$36 PER ANNUM
PAPER CLOSED.
WARSHIP FINDS PIRATED BOAT
BIG VOTES.
ARTICLE
COST OF CONVOY SYSTEM.
RUSSIAN INELUENCE STILL OFFENSIVE ANTI-FOREIGN] STRANGE VESSEL PASSES
APPARENT.
REORGANISATION SCHEME. SHANGHAI INCIDENT
a
WAGLAN.
PARIS.
EFFECT ON GENEVA MEETING.
BAD FOR POLAND.
Paris, March 7. With the exception of the Petit Journal which claims that it
READY FOR LEAGUE
MEETING
INFORMAL TAT
Dr. Lu.
THE PEAK HOSPITAL ONE PIRACY OR TWO?
Geneva, March 7. To pay the expenses of the con- Acting under instructions from
Persistent reports of a piracy
The German delegation to the 1 is reported from Canton that
League arrived here last night. although General Li Chai-sum has the proprietor, a foreignor, mem-have been in circulation in the yoy system, the Legislative Council
Twenty-four members occupy 55 ent of late in Canton, but a case accepted the post of the Chief of berg of the Shanghai Municipal Colony" over the week-end, and is this afternoon being asked to
rooms in a hotel close to the As-, of more than usual gravity has the General Stuff, in the reorganisa" police on the night of March 3rd news now comes to hand that a vote a sum of $58,680. ust occurred, In' which members on of which he is busily engaged, went to the offices of the Chuuy-pirated heat has been found by. An explanation attached to the foresaw that M. Briand would
Chinese newspaper, H.M.S. Durban, sent out to make minute states that in 1924 the stumble over the unpopular pay-sembly Hall, Dr. Luther, and Dr. of the Meat Union, armed with all he has not as yet taken the oatlikumpuo manner of weapons, met in con-of oflee. It is said that he has which made its first appearance investigations, but at present the members of the Finance Committee ments tax, the morning news- Stresemann was surprised to hear guards, France and the world by sur when their flower-bedecked train sary to employ extrn dict in the streets. Serious fight-four Russian Officers and four about 10 days previously, ejects name of this vessel or her nationa-agreed to the expenditure neces- papers confess that the crisis took of the Fall of the Briand Cabinet
suddenness arrived at Darmstadt. ng resulted, in which two men Chinese attached to the Staff as the members of the editorial staff lity are not known,
It appears that on Saturday amounting to 50 on senior convoy prise. Its dramatic steamer was sighted off Waglan, ships in the Canton Delta for the has succeeded in forcing the Geneva ther announced the news to a were killed and several wounded, high advisers, and that the organi
antion is divided into two Secre- and locked the doors of the build-
and as she did not answer to the purposes of piracy prevention. meeting to the background as the crowd of journalists at Bale, who It appears that the Chui Shuntariats, six Bureaux and fouring at 7.45 p.m.'
It appears that the foreigner signals sent out by this station, Meet Union is composed of four Inspectorates.
at adking whether M. Briand was hurt General Li holds concurrently the post of the General Officer had employed on the editorial staff suspicions were aroused that she During the strike and afterwards topic of comment, though mis;iving at first thought he was joking, one
pirates.
used to augment and re-inforce the Geneva will lose much of it by the fall. Many members of the lstrength now that M. Briand has different kinds of meat. The Ping Commanding the 4th Army, Corps, a number of Cantonese, where may have been in the hands of these specially trained guards were is felt that France's enac
A report was therefore made to
(gone. Consequently, Poland's German League of Nations Associa Society is one of the units to with that of the Chief of the sympathies apparently were given
chances of securing a permanent tion and also some members of the which the Hongkong meat strikers General Staff,
It is said that the Southern to the Bolshevik administration in the Central Police Station, who in Police Force, being kept in readi The expenditure whs paid from turn commonicated with the naval for further piracy duties, The paper contained. the
authorities, with the result that Advance Account and it was the seat on the Council ure, recoded Swedish and Polish delegations
While the feel- have attached themselves and Serter is to be divided into four Canton,
new H. M. S. Durban was sent out on intention to take a vote later on, proportionally, whose leader is the Chairman of circuits and each cireuit will be ordinary Chinese type of
in command of a Divisional Com-1 the parent Union. Chui Shun:
manding Officer, who will have the telegrams, editorials, local news, Saturday right for the purpose of The expenditure up to the presenting is strong that M. Briand will travelled in the
that a police officer accompanied $37,630 and it is estimated that a tically unanimous that he will the custom in vogue now in Can-title of High Commissioner added outport news, correspondence and making investigations. It is said paid from Advance Account is resume the Premiership it is prae- Reuter,
further sum amounting to $21,000 remain us Foreign Minister.
It la noteworthy that Le Matin ton is that all Government into his other titles, and will be mare some special articles. it was pub the naval party.
On enquiries from the naval will be required during the current
It la understood that M. Roufos, says thut M. Poincure's name is stitutions, and most public ur-responsible for peace and order in
Generallished as a pro-British, anti-Bolshe the respective circuits.
informed that the Durban had not A vote for a total sum of $58,680 canvassing the Senate in conner-the Greek Foreign Minister who is
tion, with ganistions and societies, are being Chan Ming-shu, of the 10th Divi-jevik journal and had a daily eir-authorities this afternoon, we are year..
representing Greece at the League succeeded in tracing any vessel an-is therefore requested.
Reuter. run on a committee system, cer:ion, is assigned to the ten dis-culation of about 10,000.
Assembly discussed with Signor The various issues of the paper tain members proposed, some time tricts of Kao Chow, Yumehow and
Mussolini in Rome the possibility agn, that the Union should change of the 11th Division, is appointed contained this, kind of news, but! on February 25 an offensive article the present system of management in command of the eight peninsula by one mun to that of a committee, districts; General Chun Koryak, but the Chairman quashed the of the 12th Division, to have com-was published which the proprie mand of the districts of Siu Hing, or considered to be too violently motion, and, in this way a dis-Lo Ting and the two Yeungs and anti-foreign and so he issued an the agreement between the members General Chang Fat-fay, of the
extra Division, to "take charge of order for the dismissal of
At first of the Union began.
Hainan Island. entire editorial staff. all districts in the differnees between Ping This division of the command in Society and Chui Shun Union grew the Southern Sector will permit they refused to leave the office,Ching-san and Liu Tsa-lung,
General Li Chal-sum lu dévate his and so the police were called in!
Ая
Eventually
Limehow; General Chan Chai-tong,,
loft.
were
vider and wider until it a meet-whole time to the General Staff, to enforce the order and the meni ing of the members it was propos A report from Nanning states General Li Chung-yan, ed that a higher wage should be that
It was expected that trouble together with a Russian office! demanded from employers: This proposal received the approval of has gone to Lung Chow and Chan might break out in the evening, so the majority hat the Chairman. Nam Kwan to inspect the defences an extra.cordon of police were de- Tseng Tso, is said to have attempt-in those places, and to reorganise talled to the offices at 202 Shan-1 ed to kill the suggestions An al-the troops stationed there on the sung Road and the doors
Several tercation followed, in which the same system as the Canton Army.Jocked as a precautionary measure change of the system of manage-It is a well-known fact that these against a possible raid. ment was again brought up, and places are infested with bandits policemen were posted inside the the meeting became so boisterous whose activity is chiefly centred on building and others remained out-
the side.
However, when'a represen- and rowdy that an adjournment Smuggling goods across
frontiers of Yunnan and Honan tative of the North-China Daily had to be declared."
The following day, a squad of arm-when not employed in depredatory News visited the building shortly
It is the ralds.
intention of before midnight there ed pickets of the Ping Society pro General Li to station suelent trouble. eeeded to the Chui 'Shun' Union and bound up the Chairman, Tseng forces to round up the bandits and at the same time to prevent the
was no
TUAN CHI-JUI DENOUNCED.
Wu Pei-Fe and the Bolsheviks.
Hankow, March 5.. Wu Pei-fu and his allies, including Chen Kia-mou, Lu
have issued a circular de- nouncing Tuan Chi-jui for selling the country, destroy ing the Constitution and espe eially for supporting Feng Yu-hsiang.
The circular states that "after the retreat of the Kuominchan from Honan the Hupeh troops found numbers of, Bolshevik pamphlets ad- dressed to farmers and lab- ourera proving that the Kuominchun and its leader, Feng Yu-hsiang,' wore pro- Bolshevik.
The circular concludos:- "We will attack the Red Government until we have destroyed them."-Reuter.
Tso, and forced him to deliver up smuggling through which Kwangsi all books, documents, the Union seal and all the funds, amounting province is losing a large part of AMBULANCE BRIGADE. awering to the description given
The revenue.
EXPORTING MONEY.
INSPECTION BY H. E. THE GOVERNOR.
from Waglan, but that she had re- ported encountering another sma.. vessel which had been pirated. No news was to hand stating what ship this was.
to four thousand dollars, belong
He was then ing to the Union. released, Thereupon, Tseng pro-
Enquiries made in other quar- ceeded to the Police Department
All units of the St. John's and reported the case. The police issued summons to the members of SEVERAL CHINESE FINED,
Ambulance Brigade are to be ins-ters have failed to throw any fur- the Ping Society to appear at the
Several charges of attempting to pected by His Excellency the ther light on the matter, but details Police Court without delay, and the Court later ordered the return export money from the Colony were Governor (Sir Cecil Clementi) concerning the piratec vessel are heard by Mr, R. E. Lindself, at the K.C.M.G. on Wednesday, the 24th exported when the Durban returns
ito port. of everything forcibly taken away, including the four thousand dollars Central Magistracy this morning.instant.
signed by the two parties concern. He also said he was going to Can-chers, etc., and motor vehicles either of Bias Bay or
The presence
Swa-
PEAK HOSPITAL FINANCES- The Council is also being asked to vote a sum of $28,578 in respect of the Peak Hospital,
the
Premiership.
THE REAL DIFFICULTY.
Paris, March 7. The opinion is generally ex-of
same train
SUGGESTED BALKAN PACT.
Geneva, March 7.
It is explained that it had been pressed that M. Briand will resume sort of Greco-Italian pact decided as from 1st January, 1926, main Foreign Minister and that or guarantee of the integrity and to take over the Peak Hospital as his resignation of the Premiership security of Albania: It is learned not disqualify him from in Greek circles that such pact to a Government Hospital under the does direction of the Principal Civil negotiating an amicable solution Yago-Slavia may also ad- Medical Officer with the assistance of the problems arising from Ger-
It is
of an Advisory Committee of three many's entry into the League. here, would be, the starting point..
The two names most canvassed towards a Balkan Pact, in which medical practitionera.
Funds are necessary to pay off for the Premiership are M. Call-taly would constitude a liaison be the debit balance on the advance laux and M. Raoul Peret. exeen it and the Locarno Pact. account on 31st December, 1925 President of the Chamber. amounting to $10,077.96; to make alleged that M. Caillaux is pre-enter.. up the deficit of expenditure pured to form a Cabinet and has (estimated at $35,000) over a list of Ministers in his pocket, receipts (estimated at 325,000) for but the real difficulty, is not to the year 1926; and to pay for cer- find a Premier but to find a tain necessary repairs to the build- majority in the Chamber. No representatives cl the countries ing, estimated at $8,500.
stable left majority is obtainable waren met at Lovarno to negotiate
A sarpiementary vote is accord without the Radicals, who, like ingly requested for the above sum the Socialists have seceded from
PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS,
Geneva, March 7. Prior to the League meeting the
ex-
met ta the Raineland pact change views on the questions on
sued after the meeting stated
of $28,578, made up as above:- the Left bloc but whose party the Agenda. .A coramunique To clear advance account $10,078 doctrines do not incline them to Estimated 1926 deficit ..
10,000 coalesce with the Right. Mean- Repairs to Hospital
8,600 while, the dissolution of the Cham- her looms in the background £3
Total
MONARCHISTS.
$23.578
SECRET CONCLAVES AND .PLOTS.
Bertin, March 7.
A secret conclave of monarchists
of Russia and Central Europe
the
o amicuity was experienced
making clear their reciprocal
a last resort, but the delay involve positions and auding that this strat
Sir
ed by a general election would be exchange of views will be allow- most detrimental to France's financial position.-Reuter.
ed by Toreign converNILIONS, Austen pamperiain subsequBilly |stuten:-"we nad a free, full and rank ulk a3 us L. and, co- vered the whole ground out hays COBHAM'S PROGRESS. 1ound immediately a solution
troubles. or all our
Nothing could be decidea "to-day ay we
bound
but nobody could save
Wa ourselves. Doubtless" berpre next meet for a further exchangs
ARRIVES AT CAIRO.
Cairo, March 7.
received
of views we shall find some methed
pob-cou-
opened at Munich St March 6, ar. Alan Cobham has arrived here on cording to the Taegliche Rund his return flight from the Cape to of selling our troubles, but we have not done so fet. We have Later. schan. Though the topics being London-Reuter.
cleared up some misapprehensions The function will take place on sum of money A man who had à
RAPID PROGRESS. From Police Headquarters we discussed are not revealed,
und suspicions." They were trying Murray Parade Groun.l, cash, to the Chui shun Union. An
tied to his forearm said he was the
the learn that, according to Harhour Russians who arrived from Lon-
An earlier message, Following
to make the entry of Germany into ageement consenting to the Court's
Divi- Office information supplied to the don and Paris include representa-
the League absolutely various decision and undertaking to de- going to Canton. He was fined at 6.15 p.m.
inspection, the $20.
march past in or police, the vessel Roen off Waglan tives of the Grand Duke Cyril, the from the British Wireless service,
troversial, and if, by waiting a day- liver all articles bolonging to Chuil
Another man was found to have sions will
stret was proceeding in the direction Dowager Empress Maris Feodoro stated that Alan Cobham, who is or two, they could assure this re- Shun Union the next day was money concealed in his stocking.der of seniority, with
vna and Nicolai Nicolaievitch, engaged on his return flight from sult, surely it was better to wait. Occa- tow.
They conferred last night withi ed, but notwithstanding this, the ton, where he was going to employ will follow in the rear.
police officer on the Durban German monarchists and the meet-Cape Town, arrived at Khartoum on-Reuter.
DIFFICULTY EXPLAINED. members of the Ping Society ap- some fokis, and bring them back sion will also be taken by off when she left hore, is explaineding was adjourned til Sundry for Friday, having in seven days
Geneva, March 7. pealed to the Department of to Hongkong. A fine of $20 was Excellency to Invest various off to be due to the necessity of a
cers and men with decorations. Labour and Agriculture, for inter-imposed.
qualified interpreter being aboard the arrival of Hungarian Monar-covered a distance of 5,000 miles.
Reuter learns from a German vention in the management of the A fine of $5 was imposed on a and medals.
the oruiser in the event of her chista, including Count Andrassy. He proposed to proceed at once to Cui Shun Union, on the ground woman who was caught attempting A feature of the proceedings
ing of the Grand Duke Cyril and in readiness to cross the Mediter-private conversations in the after- beon pirated, that its Chairman was under to leave the Colony, with moues will be a demonstration of work encountering Chinose who had It is further stated that a meet- Egypt and hoped to reach Solium source that the difficulty during
ex-Crown Prince Rupprecht is ranean to Athens on Monday. planned for the end of March,
capitalistic influence and that'any-concealed in her shoe,
thing short of the eliminution of
his name from the membership of the Union would not satisfy the majority. A mandate was sent out] to the two opposing parties to appear the next day before the Secretary of the Department of Labour and Agriculture.
STOLEN BANGLE.
woman
WIS
BOY DETAINED AND
BIRCHED.
When a Chinese Representatives of both parties' "appeared before the Secretary of carrying a child on her back in Labour and Agricuture at the ap- the native fashion, at the Race- pointed hour, but previous to this, course during the Races, a young the members of the Ping Society, Chinese boy slipped a raltan re-inforced by members of the bangle, valued at $1.60, from the other units, took up positions on child's arm.
,
by stretcher parties, this dealing with the treatment of "accidents."
of
A hospital tent is to be provided AERO ENGINE TRIALS. while some 200 Russian moner- on the ground in charge of Sur geons Hickling and Minett anc the Victoria Nursing Division.
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WORLD CHURCH COUNCIL.
24,000 MILES IN 216 HOURS.
Rugby, March 7. The trials of the Bristal Jupi- ter 440-180 horsepower aero en- gine, Mark VI, conducted under the supervision of the Air Minis- try which have affixed no fewer than 31 scale to prevent repairs Riga, March 7. or replacements are proving ex
TO MEET IN GREECE.
A World Church Council is start ceptionally satisfactory. The
ing on the 11th inst. in Greece to machine in which the engine is
chists are foregathering at Paris at the beginning of April to elect a new Czar-either Cyril or
Nicolai-Reuter.
CAIRO-CAPE FLIGHT,
R. A. F. FLIERS MAKE PROGRESS.'
Rugby, March 7.
BRITISH ECONOMY.
THIS WEEK'S PARLIAMENTARY DOINGS.
Rugby, March 7. The Economy, Bill is to be pre- sented to Parliament by Thurs- day. The Army estimates are also to be presented this week and these, It is understood, will The airmen of the Royal Airshow, a substantial decrease as the Wai Ol Road West at all points) This morning, at the Central be attended by a thousand dele-fixed, has now travelled 24,000 leading to alleys and lanes, and on Magistracy, he was brought bo- gates representing ten Orthodox miles in 216 hours flying time, Force, who, in four machines, are did the Navy estimates. Another the Chul Tien Road. To all out fore Mr. R. E. Lindseil, charged Churches, also Papal legates, the since January 4th. when the trials flying from Cairo to Cape Town, important debate in the House of ward appearances, the men seem- with the theft of the bangle, and Archbishop of Canterbury and a were begun. The trials will pro-arrived at Kosti yesterday, and Commons which is promised for
completed long journey early this morning Government's Electricity Bill
British Wireless." ed only to be armed with poles, ordered to be detained for two representative of the League of bably come to end when 25,000 left on a further stage of their this week, will take place on the
British Wireless.. clubs, fron bars and such like days, and to receive twelve strokes Nations proposed by the Patriarch miles have been
British Wirelesai. (Continued on Page 29), with the birch.
of Constantinople-Reuter.
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noon arose from the fact that the German delegation would. · ·not countenance an enlargement of the Council before Germany was given a permanent "seat, but "certain other delegations" have insisted that Spáin be allotted a permanent seat simultaneously with Germany, M. Briand left for Paris to-night and hopes to return on Tuesday.→ Reuter.
TO-DAY.
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