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No. 21,007
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CHANG IN OFFICE. FEAR OF TROUBLE AT
TWO INAUGURAL · MANIFESTOES.
REFERENCE TO BOYCOTT.
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HONAM.
DESPUTE OVER LOCAL ́GUARDS.
QUESTION OF CONTROL.
According to a report from Can- The inauguration of General ton, there le prospect of trouble on Chang Kai-shek as supreme Com Honam Island between opposing mander-in-Chief of the Nationalist | fuctions of the Local Guardș, and
FUNDS OF WAR.
CANTON GOVERNMENT
SCHEMES..
MORE OFFICIALS LEAVE.
The Canton authorities are still busily engaged in efforts to raise funds for the Northern expedition. The proposal to raise the cattle
Revolutionary Army, proved a big it is feared that an armed outbreak sale licence fees in Canton from
event in Canton on Friday last. It is said to have surpassed in splendour the occasion when the Jate Dr. Sun Yat-sen was created Generalissimo, and to have been in some respects more impressive than the latter's inauguration as
"President."
may occur unless the authorities intervene in time.
tained a concession from the Pro-
$30,000 to $45,000 a year is being objected to by the Loans engaged in this trade, and a suspension of business is being threatened. In case the market ceases to handle cattle from the districts and no new Iaan is opened to replace the pre- sent one, there will be a beef famine
It appears that Fung. Wong Kong, a barren hillock on the island, comes under the jurisdiction of the town of Sa Wai, and some time ago the Sin Num Realty. Company or vincial Treasury to level the hillock and to develop the land into rosiderin Canton. tlal quarters. Work has been go- ing on for, the last five years, six wide streets have been opened up and the land plotted into lots, a con- four leading commercial guilds in siderable number of houses having Canton asking them to subscribe consequence become a popular and Sourishing residential quarter. bonds.
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Mr. T. V. Soong, Commissioner of Finance, has again written to the
MONDAY, JULY 12, 1926. 日三初月六
THE FRENCH DEBT QUESTION.
EX-SERVICE MEN APPEAL TO AMERICA.
CAILLAUY FOR LONDON." París, July 11,
A party
rty of blind and disfigured ex-service men, carrying flags hended a procession of disabled ex-service mon, organised as a appeal to America to grant a mone lenient debt settlement.
lined by large The streets were crowds.
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PADANG 'QUAKE. BLUE FUNNEL ARMS PRAYA SHOOTING!
DETAILS OF BIG DISASTER.
MUCH DAMAGE DONE.
The Batavia correspondent of the Singapore Free Press, writing under date of the 3rd instant gives some graphic details of the earthquake in the Padang High lands. He anys:
$
SEIZURE.
GREASER SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS.
WATCHMAN'S GOOD WORK.
the employ of the Blue Funnel fine Smart work by à, watchman in led to the capture shortly after midnight on Saturday morning of
a Chinese greaser and the seizure Once again a terrible, national.
of 43 Luger pistols, a German catastrophe has visited the Nether-machine-gun and 4,500 rounds of lands Enst Indies and this time ammunition.
CONSTABLE TO BE CHARGED,
MANSLAUGHTER COUNT.
circumstances surrounding the The enquiry conducted into the
death of a Chinese, who was chot
dead, by, a Chinese constable on a sampan,, was concluded at the Cen tral Magistracy this morning, be- fore Mr. R. E. Lindsell and Major
the Padang Highlands, that The watchman suw a man with C." Willson, sitting together. As The procession stopped at the beautiful tourist resort of Suma- a parcel acting suspiciously on the result of the Anding of the jury, statue of Washington and deposit-tta's West Coast, is the scene of the deck of the s.s. Philoctetes. Mr. Lladsell, directed that the con- ed a wreath composed of flowers the disaster. The numerous tele-He followed him to his quarters stable be charged with manslaugh- of Franco-American colours and also a plaque inscribed with an appeal to Americans to re-open the debt question and not con result in French ruin and loss of sent to an agreement which will
There was big parade of troops, and the swearing-in core mony took place in a big pavilion, in the presence of high civil and military officials. There were been erected. The place has in $50,000 to the Kuomintang war independence. Reuter.
thousands of troops on parade, and the proceedings were watched
He has accordingly sent By a charter granted to the Sin the bonds to the guilds, intimating Num Realty Company, to which the
by a huge concourse of spectators alders and prominent citizens of S. that he expects cash for the amount
After taking the oath and assum ing the new post, Guneral Chang,
Wai agreed and attached their signatures, it was stipulated that
should enjoy the right of independ
named within the next few daya.
As another means of raising war
ANGLO-FRENCH "NOGOTIATONS.
Rugby, July 11. The French Ambassador in London yesterday completed ar rangements for the visit of the French Finance Minister M.
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grams have given details of the damage and the loss of human lives but now that a few days have passed it is possible to give a more detailed account of the calamity.
THE FIRST SHOCKS.
On the 28th June, heavy shocks were felt at Padang at about 10 a.m. which caused the inhabitants to rush out of the houses and offices.
At 2 o'clock a further
followed by a general exodus from
and seized him, later reporting theter. matter to the Chief Officer, Mr. F. Mr. T. H. King, who was present
Taylor. The latter opennd the Crown, said he had no further ev
with Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg for the parcel and found the pistols, and dence to offer. later. discovered the remainder of the articles mentioned. +
The story came out when the greaser was charged at the Magis fracy this morning with unlawful
possession.
USE OF FIREARMS.
A paper handed to the Bench by the jury asked whether the admini- atrative department of the police was quite satisfied that Chinese Inspector Fallon conducted the constables were conversant with case for the prosecution, while Air, the orders issued to them for the L R Andrews appeared in the use of firearms when on duty.
Mr. King explained they had or and Co.
explained to them, and they were Considerable evidence was given instruction both in the train.
delivered a stirring inaugural the Fung Wong Kong settlement funds for the Kuomintang, it is be Caillaux, who, it is stated, will fly shock was felt, which was also interests of Messrs. Alfred Holt. der's which had been produced and
from Paris to-morrow to resume
ent control of the place, and conse-lieved that district agencies of the ,broidered triangular flag of blue quently Local Gharda were estab- Kuomintang-including all the dis- negotiations with the Chancellor the buildings: On this occasion taken, and Inspector Fallon mening school and by visiting Chinese inscription. "For the People We town has' advanced its claim to Powered to exempt. coolles from Churchill, for a settlement of the two ald wooden houses and a brick tloned that the first fireman had inspectors and sergeant majors.
address. There was a new feature introduced when an ̈em- satin, with green" border, and bearing in white letters the Fight." was presented to General Chang by the. Association of Farmers, Workers, Merchants and Students. Coincident with his as- sumption of office, General Chang ha's issued a declaration to the Army, in the course of which he states that the leading of
LE
ing state of the settlement, Sa Wal lished. In view of the flourish.trict magistrates--have been eni-
and demanded the control of the jurisdiction over Fung Wong Kong
Local Guards.
This is now the bone of conten tion, and both sides are preparing to appeal to arms.
ing five dollars each in lieu of being war transportation service by pay- impressed for service.
OFF TO SHANGHAI..
Mr. Chang Ching-klang acting Chairman of Kuomintang eince the
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of Exchequer, Mr. Winston French Debt,
house callapsed. During the day material damage to the buildings further shocks were felt but the was confined to cracks in the walls.
visit will extend much beyond 24 It is not anticipated that the hours. In view of the provisional Cailloux Churchill agreement of last year, under which France The shocks were so heavy that in ündertook. tok pay an average some houses cupboards toppled annuity of £12,500,000 over over. The building of the Court
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since the morning of the seizure. been missing from the Philoctetes
ledge, but he was found guilty and The defendant dented know
sentenced to four years' imprison- ment with hard labour.
Army and the training of soldier: Į MOTOR LORRY MISHAP: retirement of Mr. Wang Ching-wei/period of 62 years, and of recent of Justice and the barracks were BANK MAN'S ARREST.
are not his vocation or desire, but he takes office because the command of the Revolution must be unified.
and until he was replaced last Wed-
·COOLIES HURT IN UNUSUALnesday by General Chang Kai-shek,
ACCIDENT.
exchanges between the British Treasury and M. Pauyanne, Financial Attache at the French believed that the outstanding, Embassy in London, it is generally
difficulties may be disposed of an an agreement signed, in time to permit of M. Calliaux's return to
seriously damaged.
At Padang Pandjang, whore the cally all brick houses collapsed shocks were more, severo, practi
and the inhabitants were forced to camp out in the "open air. To make matters worse it rained the
H
satisfied that reasonable stops were Mr. Lindsell asked if he was
the orders. taken to make then conversant with
so. The senior mitiva officers visit→ Mr. King replied that that was
ed vaflous out-stations to instruct the men in the standing orders, and new orders as they came out.
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PROTECTION FOR PEDESTRIANS.
Mr. Lindsell remarked that in the particular case with which they SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST
were dealing, the evidence showed ACCOUNTANT.
that the constable had a very rea- Bombay, June 26.stances in which he could use his sonable knowledge of the circum-
who is now chief of the civil as well as military officers in Canton, has THREE POINTS.
Piled high with crates of empty left for an unknown destination, but After analysing the troublous mineral water bottles
of the country, which he Messrs. A. S. Watson and Comitis believed by some that he is attributes to Imperialists and pany's motor-lorries; which turned on his way back to Shanghai. M. Paris on Tuesday-British Wire- whole night to add to the misery branch of the Hongkong and on to sum up, and prefaced the
State
militarists, General Chang lays down the three following points: 1. We shall continue to fight decisively against the Imperialists
and their tools, and we shall en- tertain no compromise.
2. We request the soldiers, of the entire country to unite
one of
into Jackson Road at the Hong Chang was at one time an associate kong Club end shortly after eleven of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen in re- o'clock this morning, took the
ie38.
corner too violently, and thou-volutionary activities in the earliest SULTAN VISITS PARIS. rendered uninhabitable.
sands of bottles, with three luck- less coolies were. thrown into the roadway.
Coolies, lemonade bottles,,tonic water bottles and crates. woye mix- deal with out international statused in a scene of indescribable con- and to work for the Revolution fusion extending for about ten with the hope of hastening the yards along the road, realization of the Three People's Theory.
3. We shall induce our whole army to unite with the peopl, turning it into a real people's army. Further, we request the people of the whole nation. shure the responsibility of Revolution..
to
the
of a lengthy In the course manifesto to the People, General Chang says:
The Kuomintang of China
leads the people to carry out the National Revolution; the ever increasing zeal of the people in
the participating in
National Revolutionary, movement; the preserverence of the Hongkong and anton strikers in carrying on the strike which has lasted for over a year; and the recent, een- federation of workers, peasants and merchants; all, these indicat the spirit of the co-operation of the people with the Government. If we want to accomplish Revolution; we must unite
the
The coolies were badly cut about the face and body and were immediately sent for treat- ment.
period of the Chinese Revolution..
The
2:
L. Evans, Accountant of the local firearms Mr. Lindsell then went
Razmak.
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of the unfortunate victims. The station, post office and the market Shanghai Banking Corporation, summing-up by remarking that the case was one of considerable im- sheds collapsed whilst the house who was en route. to England and, portance both to the general public of the assistant resident was was arrested at Aden on the and to police officers. The ordinary chemist Schmidt was buried under charge of the defaleation of over his ordinary vocations, must be
man in the street, when going about ⠀⠀
A number of officers in Canton
the ruins of his house and was five lakhs, was brought to Bombay protected from the reckless use of AN OFFICIAL WELCOME. who have more or less associated
killed. The number of dead and by this week's mail steamer firearms, by police acting without with Dr/C. G. Wu, General Wu Te-
wounded is not yet known. The
reasonable cause for suspicion. On chen, and former officials who have
Toulon, July 11, material damage is enormous. disagreed with General Chang Kai-
the other hand, constables must not The Sultan of Morocco has at-
Evans landed wearing a melan-be discouraged from using their slick, has not been seen in Cantonrived aboard the cruiser. Paris in
DWELLINGS COLLAPSE
choly look and as soon as he revolvers under circumstances. for the past few days. Amongst order to attend the inauguration The disaster at Fadang caught sight of the Press photo- which the law allowed them to do these are General Awyang Lel, com- of a new Moslem mosque in Paris Pandjang occurred as a result of graphers, cleverly evaded the so. manding the 17th Army Division; and other ceremonies celebrating the shock at about 2 o'clock; al Police Court within a few hours police officer could use a firearm to cameras. He was taken to the The circumstances, in which a and Mr. Ho Hol-ping, Chief of De- the victory over Abu-el-Krim. the officers' dwellings collapsed tective of the Canton Police Force. The cruiser was received by a and the barracks are uninhabit of his arrival. The Bank's agent make an arrest, he thought, had A small Studebaker car was It is feared that some of the salute of twenty-one guns. Re-able. In addition the school is was present, but neither so much been brought clearly out in the ev parked outside the Hongkong Club, senior officers of the Army are presentatives of President Dou- completely destroyed and the hos-as cast a look at each other. dence. The only point they were but fortunately it was not in any being, disaffected, and General mergue and M. Briand boarded the pital partly in ruins. Solok was The charges preferred were concerned with was one in which way damaged, in spite of the fact Chang Kai-shak is reported to have cruiser and welcomed the Sultan also visited by the disaster but criminal breach of trust and the a person, reasonably suspected of that broken bottles were piled given special orders to his secret and M. Steeg-Reuter,
so far little is known of the fate falsification of accounts in respect murder pr felony was escaping. against the offside rear wheel. service agents to have a close
of this town; ' communications of five Inkins, Rs. 10,000 of which In such a case if the poreon shot The accident is simple of ex-watch kept over certain officers.
wero broken in all directions so nothing has been recovered so far. at were killed, then homicide,as planation: It is to be presumed;
Mr. Tam Ping-shan has left the.
that little news has been received
Inspector Hirst presented an held by law was justifiable t He departed that the vehicle took the turn at city for Moscow.
from the inland villages. Only application for a remand. The ac- Dealing with the evidence, Mr. a good speed and the natural sway
material damage, was done to cused, questioned if he had any Lindsell said it was to the effect of the crates, combined with the
luckily undamaged. The villages The Magistrate remanded the 2e Sawahlöentoh and the mines are objection, nodded in the negative! that the men hnd no iden top weight of the coolies, throw those at the rear, into the road.
Kinari Tjoepak, and Kotabnam ateused til July 10th.Exchange. the foot of the Talang have been completely destroyed. Enormous material damage was done at Fort de Kock where more than 70 buildings collapsed. The number of victima is as yet unknown. Pajacombo., was also seriously damaged.
HINDU-MOSLEM OUTBREAK.
A FURTHER CALCUTTA
INCIDENT.
Calcutta, July 11.
Beveral days ago. It is understood that the Communists programme of
organisation and propaganda in
South China under present cir- cumstances, requires.some modifica- tion, and Mr. Tara's trip may have. something to do with this.
-THE RESTAURANT-STRIKE.
VILLAGE ATTACKED.
VICTIM PLES IN KONGKONG,
only proceed 18
far
PORTUGUESE POLITICS.
GENERAL DA COSTA LIBERATED. ..... ?
Lisbon, July 11.
20 Kandang Ampat, at the rated and will be given a confiden- entrance to the Anel Cleft; | tial mission abroad.-Reuter. In the cleft itself 'numerous land- slides have taken place wheroby
Later.
News of an attack by robbers on the village of Tonghsan, in the Taiping district has been brought to Hongkong through, the escape of one of the villagers. This man, The Canton Merchants Associa-who has since died from stab tion, acting on behalf of the pro-wounds in the Government Civil prietors of the restaurants and tea-Hospital where he was admitted shops in Canton is aaking the after his arrival, stated that the
All communications between There has been a serious Hindu- Labour Unions to modify their de
Government to advise the several | attäck occurred on Friday last. Padang and Padang Pandjang
The village was looted and a were Moslem outbreak in one of the mands. One of the demands of the number of its inhabitants were can
interrupted; the train General Da Costa has been libe- our suburbs. Large numbers of Mos- waiters and the cooks is to be given killed or injured by robbers. forces and endure temporary lems rushed from a Mosque and the receipts from all the side-dishes sufferings before permanent hap-attacked a Hindu religieus proces- and napkins. It is the custom of piness is ours. The Rwingtung sion escorting a car with idols. the Chinese restaurante, in addi people, doubtless understand per Fifteen Hindus were injured and tion to the principal Items of food, fectly the significance of this sent to hospital, The car was to furnish smokes, tea, napkins, point.
damaged. Police were quickly fruit,cold drinks, and the like before The
National Revolutionary on this spot and controlled the or after dinner. Under the old Army flights for the permanent situation-Reuter
practice, the proprietors shared happiness of the people. If the
part of this income, but now the National Revolution is accóm-
workörs wish, to have it all. The Police headquarters state that restaurants and tea-shops now have
Basra, July 11. plished, the Three People's Theory. realised, all the Party's political they have no further information suspended business, pending an ad-
Mr. Alan Cobhara will leave here. policies enforced, then China will to give with regard to their en-
on Tuesday, accompanied by an Justment of this difficulty. To Air Force Mechanic, Sergeant be able to stand in a position of quiries into the recent incident at those depending on entertainments Ware, having decided not to wait freedom and equality, and the the Cenotaph, when the flags were as a part of their life, the closing for the mechanic whom the De entire nation will be free from torn down and the Easma Lower- down of the high-class public places Havilland Company is sending out.
(Continued on Pago 12). bowl smashed..
has been a great Inconvenience.
COBHAM'S FLIGHT.
DECISION TO PROCEED ON ON TUESDAY..
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that the police were trying to
etop them. They heard a "police whilstle blown, and also heard shote, but they did not connect It with themselves. It was only when they got back to the junk that the deceased was found to ba shot dead. That, ovidence was corroborated as far as it wont.
UNSATISFACTORY EVIDENCE
The evidence of the police put a different light on the case. It was unfortunate that the inters proterat No. 7 Police Station, where a report was made, could not remember exactly what passe during the recording of the re- Port, and it was more unfortunato that two boatwomen had disap pated. Th evidence of the con- stable who fired C, 882 was not altogether satisfactory. He had
the roads have been rendered ira- General Da Corte has embarked passable. All the reports point on a warship for the Azores to Padang Pandjang having been Router. the most severly visited probably owing to the working of the vol- cano Talang. On the 30th of
The Observatory report states some suspicion in his mind that June further shocks were folt. Food supplies have been sont from that the Northern depression has the bags which he saw might have Padang to the devastated districts.led up and that a depression is contained stolen goods, and the Considerable anxiety is felt re shown over the north-west portion terms of his report at No. 7 Police garding a number of persons who, of the Chinn Sea. The weather Station Immediately afterwards whilst on holiday, climbed the forecast up to noon to-morrow is:phasised that. At the Idet Merapi and of whom nothingSouth-west or variable winds; hearing ho committed himself further has been heard.
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fine to cloudy.