LOCAL JUNK PIRATED.
ANOTHER OUTRAGE BY STRIKE PICKET LAUNCH.
Another case of the piracy of Hongkong junk by strike Tickets is to hand in a report which has been made to the police. In this case. It appears that a quantity of arms and ammunition, and one of the crew were taken away.
The junk in question is 654H. and the steeraman reports that they were on a voyage from Hong- "kong to Chung Hau, in the Tung Kan district, Chinese waters, when, at Chik Wan, near Tai Shan Customs station, a launch was observed to be approaching, flying a picket flag.
When about seventy feet divid ed the two vossels, the pickets': shouted to the junk people to lower their sails, as they wanted to go on board. This order was com- plied with, and six men, armed with rifles and revolvers, boarded the junk. It was noticed that the name of the picket launch was Tại Bang.
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On being asked where they had come from, the master of the junk replied Hongkong. The pickets then searched the junk and con- fiscated two rifles, 150 rounds of ammunition, "four muskets, 20 lbs. of bullets, four gingals, and two boxes of percussion caps. They also kidnapped one of the crow,
a man named Fok Yung-kwai, 33 "years of age, after which they left, going in the direction of the Shek Kai Heung district,
The junk then sailed to the Customs Station where the matter was reported,, after which they proceeded to Chung Hau Here they loaded up with matting, 'and arrived in Hongkong again on August 30th.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THE LOYANG WAR LORD.
Above is Marshal Wu Pei-fu, who has been in eommando the forces resisting the Southern advance in Central China.." Yesterday a telegram wits received in the Colony saying that he had succumbed to wounds, but a message from Pekingito- day states that he has been deposed from-hla Command and is now virtually # "prisoner aboard a warship on the Yangtze,
WORTHY HOSPITALS. SOVIET LASH FOR T.U.C.
A CALL FOR HELP.
Society was asked to provide the Medical Superintendent, which they agreed to do. Several doctors have acted in this capacity and many local doctors have given willing as sistance.
"CAPITULATORS AND
'COWARDS.".
Last week mention was made of. the Alice Memorial and Affiliated The Soviet Trade Unions, have Hospitals and some information issued a manifesto to "the workers was given about their, early work. of the world" on the British general At the very beginning, Christian strike. They declare that the de- Chinese and missionaries of the feat of the proletariat was "a resalt London Missionary Society, parti- of the treacherous tactics of the For a long time past, says our cularly the late Dr. John Chalmers, heroes of Black Friday, the Right Macao correspondent, the need of assisted in the work, and when Sir Wing lenders of the Labour Party a modern Post Office has been Kai Ho-kui built the Alice Memorial and the General Council (Thomas largely felt in the Portuguese Co-Hospital, the London Missionary and MacDonald), and also the capí lony, but although various schemes have been formulated, nothing has been done in the matter. Now, however, the new engineer, Senhor Sanches da Gama, has taken the matter in hand and he plans to have erected a modern edifice. The site chosen is in a central loculity just opposite the place where the new building of the M. E. L. Company is to be erected. It is also due to the efforts of Senhor Sanchees, da Gama that the The local community has borne Government has decided to give the burden of this charitable enter out road construction schemes te prise for these many years, taking contract, and the Standard Oil a growing share of the financial Company of Hongkong is to take responsibility as the demands of in hand the provision of asphaltwork increased. roads. It is hoped by these The intimate relations of the
The L. M. S. was later asked to provide a matron, and to this they also agreed, but they felt that this was all they could afford to do in connection with the work in these Hospitals,
tulation of its left Wing (Purcell, flicks, and others), who are even more responsible for the defeat, for, possessing a vast influence in the General Courell, they inglori ously dragged at the tail of de clared lackeys of capitalism, and, together with them, surrendered their position to the class enemy,”
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The manifesto proceeds: desert the miners utterly, to leave them alone to call off the strike unconditionally leaving all the striking, workers at the mercy of the conquerors, leaving thereby the capitalists and their Governments
to defeat the individual detach- ments of the proletariat in detail; throwing reproaches and accusa-
means to greatly improve road Hospitals to the Chinese philan- tions rigainst the struggling
surfaces in the Colony.
ANOTHER TRIUMPH.
DENISHAWN DANCERS' . SUCCESS.
thropic community were strength- ened when the Chinese Public Dis-miners this means not to carry pensaries were formed, and for out the elementary duty of class many years, the medical and other solidarity, to infringe the direct supplies of the dispensaries have obligations of the leaders of the been issued through these hospitals: working-class, to desert on the field A few years ago, a new constitu- of battle, to lighten the task of the
enery." tion was formed under which the
We are further told that the local Committee and Executive of the hospital have full control and working masses of the Union of management of the affairs of the Socialist Soviet Republice, "who in accorded another wonderful re-hospitals, and are responsible for an unprecedented wave of solidari- ception when they made their all funds required for the work ex-ty collected copper by copper. second appearance at the Queen's Theatre last night, and presented cept those, guaranteed by the throught the territory of our vast country money in aid of their Owing to the heavy deficit last striking British brothers, were year, and the threatened further profoundly indignant at the cow- of this support deficit this year, the Committee has ardly refusal
The Denishawn Dancers were
L. M. S.
an entirely new programpe for the benefit of an enraptured au- dience.
The piece de resistance was a dance drama based on an ancient Toltec legend, and the presenta tion was superb. The settings were ideal, gorgeous in the ex treme, and the final tableau was greeted with a storm of applause.
Miss Doris Humphrey scored an
"We place on reach that the Gen- in a colourful success
The concert has been arranged eral Council, terrorised by the visualisation of the Valse Caprice for Monday, September 20th, at 9.15 Government and the bourgeoisie (Chaminade), and later gavé n delightful interpretation of the P., and tickets are now on sale supported the Government, screened at certain places, notably the Phar-the. Government which had forbid- Serenade d'Amour. Ruth St. Denis macy. Booking will be at the Anden the burks to pay
over the and Ted Shawn again proved what derson Music Co. Friends are also money of the Russian unions to the wonderful artistes they are, but selling "Kewpees" for the benefit General Council. This policy the programme was too lengthy of the Concert Fund.
showed itself most, vividly in the to permit of the encores
statement of George Hicks about were demanded.
taken strong steps to meet the need. by the General Council, in spite of The ladies have methods in hand, of the fact that one of the most im- which more information will be portant tasks of the Anglo-Russian given later, but some friends have Committee was the organisation of decided to help by getting up a con- mutual support by the British and cert, and Mr. Harry Ore is arrang- Russian workers in the struggle ing the programme,, which is ex-against capitalism. pected to be of a high order.
instant
THE ST. LEGER,
which
PROBABLES FOR NEXT. WEDNESDAY'S CLASSIC.
As an Indian of the Hongkong the dammed Russian money-μk male transport department was statement which so far he has not driving a pair of pules along the repudiated." ..... main road at Shaukiwin to In one of the concluding para Lyemun barracks the nut of the
graphs of the manifesto the Sovict. pole bar came off, and the single Trade Unions tell the British what shaft became disconnected from to do: It is essential to cleanse the carriage. The mules became the organs of the Trado Unione frightened and ran away. The from the Privy Councillors and big London, Sept. 2.
driver held on to the reins for shareholders, i.c.,. from the capi The following runners are left twenty or thirty yards, but he was talist scouts in the general staff of in the St. Leger:-Booklet, Her-thrown out, and sustained sligh: the working-class unions. The eli- the loadership culos, Lex, Steel Point, Hilika, injuries to the back of his head.mination from Comedy King."Wangratta, Caissot, The mules stopped some distance of the Trade Union movement of Plazetta, Norman Duke, Glenalbyn, further on when one of them fell all capitulators and cowards, is the Louvale, Masked Ruler, Little Jack down and was badly hurt. Major essential condition for the victori- the Second, Darial, Southbourne, Hogg attended to the mule's in- ous development of the working-
claas struggle," Foliation and Coronach-Regter. I jurleg.
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