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KWANGTUNG-FUKIEN. DISAGREEMENT.
POSSIBILITY OF ARMED CLASH.
WING ON CASE.
BORDER TROUBLE. Testimony regarding certain estures in. the design of the förg-
According to reliable information; to hand to-day, there would appea chop appearing in the Exhibit to be the possiblity of fighting be- Emma," was to-day given by atween the Provinces of Kwangtung Professor from the Hongkong and Fukien. University in the case in which i Au Kim-lui and Lam Fook-yu are charged with conspiracy to defraud
of
the Wing On 'Bank of a sum $50,000. The hearing was resume ed before the Chief Justice, Henry Gollan."
Mr. F. C. Jenkin and Mr. II.
the defendanta. 1.
Bir
It will be remembered that there was a remnant of General Chan King-ming's forces which fled into Fukien when they were routed by
trict.
the
CANTON COUP,
MR. CHURCHIEF'S NEW
BANDIT WAR.
SURPRISE DISMISSAL OF
POLICE CHIEF.
C. C. WU RESIGNS.
The discordance in the ranks of the various officials of the Canton
Government has been further ac- centuated by the sudden coup on the part of the Military Council (of which Gen. Chang Kai-shek is
committee
BUDGET
TAX ON BETTING NEW POSSIBITITIR
BALANCING ACCOUNTS,
店 net deficit of
would have
spent
£14,038,120,
that since the commencement of
RUSSIA'S POLICY IN CHINA.
SOVIET UPHOLDS KARAKHAN'S ACTIVITIES.
"NORMAL RELATIONS."
Moscow, April 25
In a speech before the Central Soviet Executive Committee, M.
FUTURE HOPES.
CHINA UNDERWRITERS' MEETING.
SOME COMPARISONS.
An optimistic note in regard to the future was sounded at this morning's meeting of the China Underwriters, Limited. Mr. R. G. Shewan occupied the chair, and
-CLEANING UP NORTII RIVER SECTOR-
HEAVY CASULATIES.
Our Canton correspondent, writ- Rugby, April 25, The Chancellor of the Ex-ing under yesterday's date, says chequer, will present his annual that the telegraphic reports from the front concerning the milltary national Budget statement to the Ilouse of Commons to-morrow.
operations against the bandits InLitvinoff, before declaring that the North River Sector, review that the Soviet Government must do there were also present: Mr. Li the chairman) whereby Gen, Wu No important remissions of taxa- Te-chen was dismissed from his lion are expected this year, but a previous report, it was stated that the present deadlock in Anglo- Mok Ching-kong, Mr. C. A, Da Roza o serious "business is in hand. In everything in its power to remove Tue-fong, Mr. C. P. Márcel, Mr. the Canton army in the vicinity of post as Police Commissioner and a some re-adjustment of burdens is there had been alternate successes Russian relations, referred to the Swatow last year, and that in spite
(Directors), Mr. K Farrant of repeated applications by the substitute in Gen. Li Chang-tak anticipated. During the past and reverses for the Government position of China, and said that (Manager and Secretary) Mr. É. Canton authorities for the disarm-appointed.
financial year, the revenue. has troops, but a report is now received, the Soviet Government did not R. Sturt, F.L.A. (Actuary and Life ing and disbanding of these men A telegram received in Hong-substantially exceeded, the ea- which states that the bandits have conceal its sympathies with the Manager), Messrs. Allan Keith, J. by the Tupan of Fukien, it has keng from Canton this morning, Gbeen his policy to try to please affirms the repart that Dr. C. C.timate, but so also did expenditure, temporarily retired into the fast "national liberation movement" Toppin, F. J. Tavares, M. A. dos Sheldon (instructed by Messis both aides by withholding drastic Wu, the Mayor of Canton, was far and it is not anticipated that the resses of the mountains, and have of China but had rigidly adhered Remedios, Wong Kit-wan, C Johnson, Stokes and Master) a ton army has been permitted to Wu has forwarded his resignation added complication. Whereas in
Action, A'small force of the Can- from pleased. It states that Dr. cost of the coal subsidy will be an joined with the bandits at Wu Shek, to the principle of non-interfer- Thwaites, and I. W. Shewan (share- Feared for the pro scution, while cross into Fukien to safeguard to the Central Executive Commit- his last year's Budget, the Chan- and the Government troops have ence with China's internal affairs holders). Mr. C. G. Alabaster and Mr. Elsies Kwangtung against any hostile tee, and it adds that the Mayor cellor, had looked for an expandi- not made any appreciative advance and was trying to maintain nor- The Secretary read the notice
action by the remnant Zeitlyn (instructed by Messrs.
referred to but the remnant itself has dismissul
specifically refers to the sudden ture of £301,060,000 which on his against them. It further states mal relations with Central and convening the meeting and the
without notification estimated revenue D'Almada and Nephew and Messrs. been allowed to occupy, without of Wu Te-chen as the G. Hall Brutto) appeared for molestation, a neighbouring dis- for his resignation.
reason given him a surplus of £1,660,000, over one month, the casualty list Karakhan was
military operations, which is now Local Governments of China. M. auditors' report. The tele the
THE CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH. nation actually
pursuing their f also gram
states that Gen.
of the Government, troops is report policy in this spirit with the full It is now reported that in eon-Tan
£826,097,778, This, after the ined to be very heavy. Over forty
The Chairman said:--- In the course of his evidence, sequence of the recent
Yen-kai, Chairman of crtase in revenue is taken develop the
"We have now the pleasure to lay Professor J. H. Shellshear pro-ments in Peking and the routing Affairs has also resigned..
field officers from the rank of approval of the Soviet "Govern- uf Political into account, Jeft him. with Colonel down have been killed, and ment.
before you the Report and Ac- duced a number of photographs of the Kuominchun forces,
over one hundred and fifty are more and glides he had taken at Tepan of Fukien, Chow Yum-yan, il was swiftly acted upon by 'Gen. 36,000,000 was used for the re-ties of men are said to be about two shall Chang Teo-lin, and he men been in your hands for the re-
The order of the Military Coun-of this total expenditure.
The Soviet was striving to main-counts for the year ending 31st or less wounded, while the casual-tain normal relations with Mar- December, 1925, and as these have the Instance of the prosecution, of has stiffened in his attitude to Chang Kai-shek.
70 chopy said to be the genuine wards Canton and has demanded afternoon he sent two battalions set itself to repay £50,000,000 and report goes on to say that it appearsed an agreement with him in required period, I will, with your
Saturday payment of debt. The nation had thousand killed and wounded. The tioned that they had just conclud- nd the false chops res-the evacuation of his territory by
etively, and he proceeded, in the Canton forces. These have re-/of, Whampoa Cadets to the Police although it was not able to fulfil that the methods of the bandits gard to the Chinese Eastern Rail consent, take them as read.
mination by Mr. Jenkin, to des fused to leave, and there is a pos- wu Te-chen to hand over immedi repaid represents in fact a surplus order to create
Gen. this resolve, the amount that was are to anipe nt field officers, in way. k and compare the features of sibility of an armed clash. It is
consternation
The results of the working of: revealing the essentiu! differ known that large quantities of warately. The newly-appointed Po- on the right side so far na the na- among the men. It is said that aan continued, M. Litvinoff add-think, decidedly encouraging, ami Russia's friendly relations with our different Departments are, wa which disclosed a forgery,
lice Chief is a well-known adherent tional accounts areerned..the fleld officers have had to resort)
Thus, despite the book de to men's uniforms without any the basic problems of the Soviet very promising future before it ed, that friendship being one of we feel that the Company has a of Chang Kai-shek. Professor Shell hear, who oc upies the chair of Anatomy at the
The dismissal of Gen. Wu has fleit with which Mr. Churchill is distinguishing badges. caused surprise and consternation faced, Brain is still balancing It is also stated that a part of the
To meet Marine risks taken in 1924 Hongkong University, said that he had had experience of miscroscopic
in political circles in Canton, her accounts,
8t Division of the 3rd Army
but payable subsequently, are instruments: for 20 years. He had
though for some time his name has) Some further developments in Corps and a portion of the 6th
serve of $62,932.21 (being 60 per submitted to him impressions ví
been associated with the Right Laxury taxation are anticipated and Army Corps, have been ordered to
cent of the premium income for chops of an octagonal form, in con-
Section of the Kuominting, which a tax on betting is foreshadowed, reinforce the front.
1924) was carried forward to
mection with this case. and, had
is said to be opposed to the pre- Although the French Finance
1925, to provide which, a loss of himself prepared enlarged photo-
sent Canton Government. Gen. Minister has postponed his engure-
$56,878, had to be shown 01 graphs and photographic slides of Several cases of theft and ab- Wu has done good work in the ment to visit London for a discus the weekly meeting of Canton
Profit and Loss Account in respect certain of these impressions.
of Marine business. In 1925, seonding with money have been Police Department of Canton,lon with the Chancellor on the Committee of Political Affairs,
reserve of Witness proJuced an enlarged reported to the police over the with which he has been connected outstanding points of the French General Tan Yan-kal, the Chair- More gold sovereigns were photograph of what had been sub-week-end.
on and off since the present Co-debt settlement, it is probable that man made reference to the expeal found in the possession
$88,494.71 (being 60 per cent of mmitted to him as an impression:
of the premium income for 1925) t Capt. A., C. Ingles, of the a.s. verriment gained power in 1923. the Chancellor may be able to re-tion against the bandits in the Chinese when he was searched meet all claims arising after 81st. from the genuine chop of the Wing Escistan, has reported that some-
GEN. TAN'S LAST SPEECH. fer to the receipts expected from North River sector. He said that after being arrested for having in December, 1925, in respect of On Company, and other photo-one has stolen a gold watch valued At the last weekly meeting of France during the coming year as not only had progress been slow graphs taken of impressions ap-at $540, from his cabin on the ship, the Committee of Political Affairs,
risks accepted before that date, a pearing between the leaves in the A reward of $100 is being offered General Tan Yan-kai, as Chair- Exhibit "Emma". (It will be re-for the recovery. called that the prosecution produc-) Gaining entrance to the third man, opened the meeting with a cife point.-British Wireless.
review on the political situation. ed "Emma" as being the Bank's floor of 109 Second Street, western
In the course of his speech, he deposit book made up of a com-district, by means of an open veran said: "In reviewing the poli Bosition of genuine and substituted dab window, some person stoletical situation, for the week which clothing and jewellery to the value has just passed, the Kuominchun of $202.50.
Jewellery and money to the total on Peking, and was compelled to re- was unable to rethin their hold Dealing first with the phuto-value of $1,517, has been stolen tire to Nankow. But the politi graphic impression of what had from a house-boy's room in the cal rivalry of Chang Tao Lin and been submitted to him as the servants' quarters of 5, Humphreys' Wa Pei-fu is of a long standing genuine chop of the Wing On Com-Buildings, Kowloon. It appears and is not abated. In this recent
pages).
ALLEGORICAL FIGURES.
peculiarities displayed by the figures enclosed with in the octagonal form of the chop. They were allegorical figures in Chinese
shipped
mibnitions have been aboard transporta at Whampoa for shipment to Swatow.
CROPS OF THEFTS.
MANY REPORTS TO POLICE.
Or
Headquarters and ordered
:
GENERAL TAN'S REVIEW. In the course of his speech to
foreign polley-Reuter,
MORË SOVEREIGNS.
FOUND ON ARRESTED CHINESE.
after providing a
the result of negotiations now re- and not up to expectations, but his possession a sack of rice, surplus of $10,045.98 is a avaliable ported to be proceeding on this spe-also, that other bands of bandits without being able to give a satis- had risen in the East, South and factory explanation of where. he West sectors, so that they were had obtained it. compelled to carry on an in-
STOLEN CABLE,
CHINESE CHARGED WITH
THEFT.
cable, resulted in the appearance
pany, stated
that the cable was
our
bandits, have
for transfer to Profit and Loss Account in reduction of the less shown thereon in 1924, and leaving
a loss for the two years of
fairy lore, surrounding the charac Silk Co., 63, Belcher Street, has re-ment can be agreed upon. Under similar to that being lald along cash of taxes to the Government things seemed to be getting back respect risks accepted before
ters of the Company's name, and witness mentioned
one.
on with our work if everyone of us now will go to work with a
fourteen days' imprisonment."
of $16,050.12,
ternecine war in Kwangtung. At the Central Magistracy this $45,282.62. "This will necessarily delay the morning, before Major C. Willson, To meet Fire risks taken in 1921'- carrying out of the Northern Cam-Sergt. Carey said the defendant but payable subsequently a re- paign, but that does not deter us
serve of $8,611.11 (being 40 per: from our present military opera- was arrested at seven o'clock in cent of the premium income for tions against the bandits, who, we the morning, and in his possession 1924) was carried forward to 1925, The theft of ten feet of leg are determined, are to be extirpat-werç.found three gold sovereigns, had to be shown on Profit' and to provide which a loss of $3,998.21 ed at all costs. It is only three $185-25 in money, ave American Loss Account in respect of Firs pany, witness pointed out the the boy took a holiday, and when he struggle, it is a case of expedi-of a Chinese before Major C. Will. days ago that three large villages, gold dollars, a gold ring, and one business. In 1926, after provid returned it was found that the sub-eney for Wa Pei-fu to join hands son at the Central Police Court strongholds of the bandits, have truck licence. He was employeding a reserve of $12,411.93 (being stitute boy and the money had
hands together at a rice shop, and the master of 40 per cent of the premium income vanished,
with Chang Tao-lin. Everyone in this morning, when Mr. J. Thomp-falten into Peking have scores to settle be-son, of the Hongkong Electric Com-with all adjacent smaller village the shop was in cour The manager of the Woo Fat fore any semblance of a Govern-
not paid a
for 1925) to meet all claims aris- Major Willson remarked that ing after 31st December, 1925, in ported to the Police that an em-such circumstances, there is stilleen's Road.
The cables were since the 5th year of the Republic, to the gold basis. appeared to him as "a lover's knot," ployee has absconded, taking with a ray of hope for us to proceed mouring had been stripped off reds of lives, killed and kidnap rice did not belong to the shop, and Loss Account, extinguishing "The master of the shop said the is available for transfer to Profit' that date, a surplus of $20,048.33. Armoured, but apparently the ar- and they are responsible for hund- him $870, monies belonging to the Witness later dealt with what shop.
that in Court..
red, and tens of thousands of doland, the defendant said he bought the loss shewn thereon in 1924 and appeared to be an impression left
It has also been reported that the unity of purpose and a unity of
The defendant was fined $25, or lars worth of property plundered the rice from a coolle, but had leaving a profit for the two years by one single chop on pages 6 and managing partner in the Cheong object. But if we should neglect
and burnt. In operating against been unable to find him. 7 of the deposit book "Emma," but Fat imports and Exports shop. 6, to take advantage of the present
these bandits, there had been, a He was fined $25 or a month, which he resolved into two distinct Li. Sing Street, has absconded, situation, the future of the revo-
heavy toll of lives of officers and the fine to be paid out of the halves as they appeared across the taking with him $6,000, the property lutionary cause is in great danger
men, and the expenditure of a money found on him. stitched centre between those two of the Company.
large quantity of ammunition. pages. He said that these halves,
of a set-back, from which the
But these bandits must be exter- were marked by two different im-
Kuomintang may not be able to PREMIER'S BUSY WEEK-END. minated, or else the Government pressions and they did not conform the Company's chop as one of
will have failed in its first duty to Rugby, April 25. se halven had been inversely
The Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley the people. This report has cast a "Mr. Wang Ching-waj has not Baldwin, remained in town over gloom in your minds, but there is sufficiently recovered so as to per the week-end and was engaged on a bright side of this report, and mit him to resume his official work in connection with the Secre- that is the free and willing ser duties, and General Chang Kai-tary or Mines yesterday. The Vices of the law-abiding people, shek has been engaged on tutorial negotiating committees of both given to the transportation de We are officially informed that assets in silver Currency. In duties at the Military College at owners and miners will probably be partment. The report of the com- the General Agente and Consult- tereat received &c. amount to Whumpon. For 'n time we have summoned to meet him to-morrow. manding officer, General Lu Tebing Committee of the Canton In- that the balance at debit for 1924 $9,839.64 and the total result is ping, says, that he was great) ed in J.H.S.-1 (the company's have demanded a plebiscite to ponsibility of the Government,
touched by the free services ren-surance Office, Ltd. will at the has been reduced from $50,025.95 Chop) 7-Witness: No.
decide whether the entire property of the Northern Campaign has und therefore, the progress
dered to the transportation depart-forthcoming meeting of Share to $26,054.20 for 1925. So much Continuing Prof. Shellshear
ment by the people, who gladly holders, to be held on Tuesday, for our Fire, Marine and Accident said he had examined labels from of the ex-rulers should be confis been greatly delayed. But now
carried the ammunition and other May 18th, declaro a final divid-
business as the exhibits Emma" and "Nina" cated without compensation. The General Chang Kai-shek has con-
AVIATORS REACH SAIGON. necessaries right up to the battle end, of and also from a number of other Government is therefore compelled sented to take up the Chairman-
THE LIFE DEPARTMENT. line disregarding danger, and
$22 por sharo deposit books which were brough constitutionally to submit a Bill to ship of the Military Counell, and
Safgon, April 26.defying death. It was with the respect of Working Account, 1924 Now, as regards our Life Busl him, being exhibita In the case, the Relehstag and it does so with we all welcome him with open The Spanish airmen who are co-operation of the people that the and £10,000 to the Sterling Renes which promises to be the and also a number of deposit books a heavy heart, however, declaring arms and with no dissentient Aying from Madrid to Manila have army was enabled to capture the carve Fund, 8100,000 to Reinsur-arvest of our Departments, at the
in a Proclamation, that confisca voléer. We can now diabigate, all arrived here Reuter.
applied.
NOT A SINGLE IMPRESSION. Mr. Jenkin: In your opinion, have all the impressions on pages 6 and 7 of exhibit J. H, S.-4 (cor-
esponding to "Emma") been made) by a single impression of the chop
recover,
EX-RULERS OF GERMANY.
QUESTION OF CONFISCATING PROPERTY.
་,
WELCOME TO CHANO KAI-SHEK.
COAL CRISIS.
Berlin, April 25. Over twelve millions of voters had no one to shoulder the res-British Wirclesa.
hich he selected at random from on without compensation is rumours which asya ham spread
portmanteaus fall, which wore opposed to the principles of Justlend
batore him. For the pat-It is expected that the Governa
juring the Bourns on.
SPANISH FLIGHT.
CANTON INSURANCE.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
Our Accident DepartmentTM has only been in existence ainca August and the figures at débit of this account may be regarded as more or less Preliminary Ex- penses. We have, however, charg ed them to Profit and Loss.
We have written off $10,899.00 mainly to meet difference in'. Ex- change occasioned by the neces-. eity for showing all our Gold
three strongholds of the banditsange Fund, and $515,499.67 to first blush you may feal
Underwriting Buspense Account: disappointed that the yout So in
tion of our re
and they will further declare an volutio
In the ad-