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SEVERE FIGHTING REPORTED. THE "RED LAMPS." BOYCOTT SETTLEMENT TYPHOON'S TOLL. TROUBLE ÖVER LIKIN
NORTHERN TROOPS PRESSING ON
HANKOW.
Latest reports from the scene of war operations in Central China show that heavy fighting le taking place between the Northern and Southern troops, and that a big drive is being made
Northerners.
..
General Yang Sen is also sending large forces to Ichaug and Shansi against the Southern troops.
Firing on ships in the neighbourhood of Kwang Chow is reported, and a British gunboat is proceeding there to-day to convoy vessels.
ANTI-FOREIGN BODY ACTIVE.
REWARDS FOR HEADS,
The "Red Lamp Soalety" is now reported to be the society whigh,
ers.
town
DELAY.
"LACK OF FUNDS POSSIBLÉ
REASON.
FURTHER LOSS OF LIFE
SURVIVORS SUCCOURED. CANTON, OPINIONS.
News comes from Cheung Chow Boing unable to remit funds to of a junk disaster which occurred
TAXES.
KWANGTUNG MERCHANTS
PROTEST.
THE DRAGON MOTON
CAR CO.,LT E-WONENECHUN IS HEAD, HÁRBY VALLEY
WEAK POLICY?
BRITISH ATTITUDE ON
ANGTSZE."
HANKOW INDIGNANT. SERIOUS OUTLOOK.
Writing to the North China Trouble has arisen in Chun Daily News from Hankow, under
at
·rice.
a:
With regard to the settlement of the Wantsien füeldent, Mr. Gilbert states that, frst of all, negotiations did precede the handing over of the of a sort, carried through in Ichang, Wanasien and Wantung to Mr. Hoyt, an American shipping man, at Wanhsien. A representative of Yang Sen came down to lehang and suggested to the British au thorities at Ichang that the steam ers should be returned through neutral party, namely Mr. Hoyt, and to this the British authorities agreed, so the steamers were actu- ally turned over, as the result of negotiation.
SOUTHERNERS MAY LEAVE. during the anti-foreign demon- the war front as fast as required, yesterday, as a result of which Chuen over the action of the date of the 25th uit, Mr. Rodnoy
strations in Chungking which led the Canton Government is wholly twelve Chinese lost their lives.
authorities in levying likin taxes. Gilbert has some outspoken com- to the evacuation of 76 residents, unprepared to grant any relief to posted throughout the
Chun Chuen is one of the most ments to make on what is described Six survivors have been brought placards offering $100 for every the strikers from Shameen and to Cheung Chow, these including important market centres in the as a lapas back into a weak policy. by the latter towards Nanchang to relieve the pressure on Hankow, foreign head brought to the head-Hongkong in Canton; and the the master of the junk, Ng Fuk-Shun Tak district, being the by Britain on the Upper Yangtsze... which, it is thought, may soon again fall into the hands of the quarters, with $40 for the head of failure of the authorities to chin, aged 65 years who states largest depot for locally-produced
every Chinese, working for foreign-enforce the policy to end the boy- that yesterday afternoon
Like Hongkong, it is also an 2 o'clock his ashing junk, with a SKÓRET SOCIETIES.
cott picket uulsance is entirely due crew of eighteen aboard, and important distributing centre for to this fact, according to Canton which hails from Shaukiwan, was experts to foreign countries and Commenting on this stato of
Chinese explaining the delay in drifting off Lin Tin Island, in Chi- for imports to all places on the affairs, the Central China. Post ordering the restoration of nese waters, when it was blown on states that $100 reward for each
Canton-Hongkong traffic. foreign head brought in to the the Government secure the means totally destroyed.
Could to the rocks of the island and West River delta. There has been no likin station established at this These and other developmente to the lower reaches of the Yang- headquarters of the Red Lamp to pay the pickets and the strikera The master and five others town, until recently, when the are reported in an official message tze, and a large body of the South-Society at Chungking/gives point off, traffic between Canton and managed, to cling to the mast, Government Treasury established
to these occurrences. China is a Hongkong would be. from Hankow, courteously sup-ern troops have proceeded east-
resumed which had broken away from the one in order to increase the
junk, and, after drifting for some revenue.. piled us by the local naval au- wards. General Ho Chien's troops, hot-bed of secret societies, and has immediately. It is believed. thorities, which reads as follows: which had been stationed in the been such from the earliest his-
Pleading need for funds the time, they were finally washed Against this innovation the region to the north of Hankow, torie ages and probably before, Government is again considering ashore on Ngai Chau Island, merchants made a strong protest, Hankow, Oct. 4. Wuchang is still holding out, also returned here to-day and im- Our old bugbear the Lu Lao Lula bond scheme, suggesting the British territory, where they were to which the Government paid no An anti-British demonstration mediately proceeded eastwards. has not been heard of to any extent issue of stock totalling $10,000,000 later picked up and cared for by heed, and in consequence shipping serious situation in the since the Boxer ora. Previous, to for the development of Whampoa. the owners of fishing stakes, who has suspended operations, with has been planned for to-morrow, Thus a Tuesday, but it will probably lower reaches of the Yangtze is that upheaval, this brotherhood of The public, however, is sceptical, subsequently took them to Cheung the exception of the direct line
crime was always well to the fore believing that even if the capital Chow
between Fatahan and Chun Chuen, not amount, to much. Southern imminent.-Toho."
whether it was baiting the foreig-were fully subscribed, "such flags are disappearing in the
Shanghai, Sept. 30..
which is absolutely necessary for Chinese City and in the ex-Rus- A Klukiang despatch of yester-
the welfare of these two cities. stan Concession, and there is a day's date states:
Each vessel on, this line pays a "The Southern troops, which had 'general feeling that the North-
lump sum of $30 as a toll. arner will be buck here shortly. been stationed at Hsingkuo, began Heavy fighting is reported be-restreating westwards on Septem- tween Wang Shibko and Hwang ber 28, avoiding fighting, while Chow, the former being held by the Anhui troops commenced at- Northerners and the latter by tacking the Southern troops. As some 8,000 Southern troops have arrived in the neighbourhood of E-cheng, the allied forces at Tayeh There is reported to be a big are now making preparations to drive towards Nanchang by the stand against the Southern troops. Southerners to relieve the pres-It appears that General Chang Kai- shek's troops have occupied the sure on Hankow.
General Yang Sen is sending position between Kaoan and Feng large forces to Ichang and hain. The 2nd and the 3rd Allied Armies have begun to take pre- Shasi against the South.
It is reported that the Peking cautions against these troops, and Rallway is practically denuded it is reported that the allied troops will commence a general attack of Southern troops, which have) been brought to defend Kwang on September 30."-Toho."
Southerners.
DRIVE ON NANCHANG. T
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The remainder of the crew (six ner or making attempts to subvert scheme will not help in the attempt men, five women and one boy) law and order by starting "rice
wore last seen by the survivors riots" and storming the magist-
floundering in the water, and they rate's yamen, and so forth.
are all believed to have been. drowned.
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OTHER CASES.
In another case it is disclosed in a report made to the police how a Chinese, named Chan Chan, of of Tài An Châu, So Ko Is and out. coured twenty survivors for nearly a wook before they were able to leave,
!
The trouble is looked upon as being very serious, as both the Government and the merchanta are equally determined to see their object carried through.
ANTI-RED ACTIVITY.
THE MOVEMENT IN
KWANGTUNG..
"THE INCIDENT CLOSED."
But although the name bas changed, indeed it was always changing even in the "good old days," the cult abides; and is not dissimilar to the Thugs that at one time troubled Northern India: This Red" Lamp Society is one of the latest to come into the lime- light, and events in Szechwan, in particular, should be watched with this in mind. Last week a "buzz1 was going the rounds concerning the arrival of 400 Original Boxers at Hankow who claimed the full Boxers prerogatives as to invulner- ability from bullets whether of rifle or machine-gun: Those TOWARDS A DECISION,,
"tough tummies" have offered to Hankow, Sept. 29.
storm Wachang, it is said and their The number of the Southern services having been grateful ac Indiscriminate firing is re-i ported on ships in the neigh- troops, which have already pro- cepted they crossed the river for
overlords, ceeded eastwards from the freats this purpose. bourhood of Kwang. Chow. A British gunboat, with the Vice north of Hankow, is some 6,000 Consul on board, is proceeding men. General Tang Seng-chl also returned here and immediately there to-morrow, Tuesday, and
proceeded to Huangchow. It is will convoy the ships.
The Wanhsien affair is pro-generally observed that the forth- coming battles in the region below ceeding smoothly."
here as well as in the south-
Chow.
FIRING ON SHIPS.
%
send in.
to and work for the strikers.
One of the schemes suggested for raising a large sum immediate ly to compensate the strikers is the resumption of fantan mob poly.
Secondly, the gunboats Teal and Widgeon, and the monitor Mantis, are to leave. Ichang for Wanhsten and Chungking as soon as the steamers Wanhsien and Wantung arrive in Ichang, but officially their progress up river is not to be re- garded as the second expedition. There is to be no second expedition, for these vessels are simply going up on routine duty.The first expedition went up to recover the six officers at any cost and the two. steamers if possible. They brought back the officers, minus one, so the second axpedition set out to recover It appears that 4 Hongkong
the steamers.. By negotiation with junk, No. 280, left here with a
the agent of the pirate Yang Sen crew of thirty-two, and when off
Coincident with the efforts of the steamers have been recovered, Lin Tin Island, they were capsized the Kuomintang to extend its in- so officialdom is pleased to consider by the typhoon. The master and fluence to all parts of the country the work of the two expeditions eighteen others clung to an up to a movement by the anti-Reds to complete and would have us all turned dinghy which floated off intensify their campaign. It is understand that the little fleet now from the wreckage. After some reported in this connection that upward bound is by no means aU EX- hours of terror they were washed having definitely won over Mar-pedition. This out of deference, on ashore on So Ko island where shal Sun Chuan-fang to champion second official thought, to the Chan Chau tended them for nearly their cause in the Yangtsze Valley opinion of the Cantonese masters a week before they were able to efforts are now to be made to ex-of the situation and their Russian leave. Thirteen others of the tend the movement in Kwangtung, crew were last seen clinging to'a and the hope is expressed that sall, but up to the present no fur General Li Chai-sum will be per ther trace of them has been found. suaded to join in the campaign In addition to these, the wife of Although this general has never the master of another junk was responded to anti-Red overtures, it also washed ahore on the same is said that he has shown no part island, where she was well jacked after. It appears that the junk with a crew of 20 capsized off Mei island and they" were all thrown into the water. For eleven hours at the Kowloon Magistracy, with The
sudden appearance of she and her husband clung to cruelty to a peacock, belonging to coastguards at Bayway, New Bome wreckage, when her husband A Toto News Agency message Acting Sub-Inspector. Smith, and Jersey, caused a scuttle among let go his hold and sank. It was from Kiukiang, dated Sept. 28th, also with throwing stones to the the crew, unloading the cargo of not until noon on Kuiklang, Sept. 80.
the following A Chinese man-of-war proceeded After re-capturing Nan- danger of the public.
a large British steam trawler, day that the woman was washed up-stream this morning. She in-chang, General Teng Ju-cho's
The case was conducted through which officials describe as an old ashore on So Ko Island. tands to attack Yochow, acting in troops shot to death students and
offender. It had labourers who had secretly com-the interpretation of the defen- rum-running concert with the Chinese war-ships municated with the Southern dant's wife, the occased plending apparently sailed through the stationed in the Vicinity of Wull-troops, and some of the troops who that he had no intention of doing coastguard fleet and eluded the
had looted the city.
any injury to the bird.
police boats and had unloaded It is rumoured that General Sun Sub-Inspector Stimson informed 1,000 out of its 2,000 cases of proceed to Wuchang at the head of Chuan-fang will appoint General the Court that the peacock, which liquor aboard, before the coast- his troops but on the advice of Chou Feng-chi. as Civil Governor was invariably on the walls of the guard arrived and took possession. subordinates he abandoned the of Kiangsi Province and General Kowloon City Police Station, ap-Reuter's American Service. plan
Cheng Chun-yen as Commander-in-poared to have attracted the at-
"The Consul and gunboats have exchanged calls with General eastern part of Hupeh will decide
Yang Sen and are expected to leave for Chungking to-morrow, Tuesday.
such.
SUN AND WUCHANG
General Sun Chuan-fang was to:
the fates of the two contending Armies.Tolo.
STUDENTS SHOT.
In view of the fact that Tochow Chief of the Kiangai Army. and Kaning districts have been
threatened by Allled forces, since] SUN'S TROOPS ATTACK. arrival at Tayeh, the Southerners]
PEACOCK STONED.
UNUSUAL CASE IN COURT.
A Japanese, residing at Kow- this morning loon City, was charged before Mr. J. H. B. Nihill,-
tention of the defendant who
and
RUM-RUNNERS CAUGHT.
A BIG SEIZURE.
New York, Oct. 4.
PEAK LARCENIES.
POLICE TO PAY SURPRISE VISITS.
With regard to the letter circu- larised to Peak residents recom-
enquiry to servants" "quarters,
because of the series of recent
threw a number of stones at the ADMIRAL PROMOTED. mending surprise police visits of bird. Sub-Inspector Smith, hear In the Wu-Hoa district have be According to a Kiukiang measing the noise, went down. come active and have been attack-age dated September 28, Admiral arrested the defendant.
His Worship said there was no Yang Shu-chuang arrived there on ing Wuchang furiously...
Some 700 wounded soldiers have September 25, and the Chinese evidence of cruelty but the defen- been sent back here, 500 from squadron stationed in the lower dant would be fined $10 on the Heiushui and 200 from Nanchang, caches of the Yangtze ie ex-second charge.,
Owing to the number of wounded soldiers, materials for surgical
treatment are running short. There
is to more accommodation for wounded soldiers. Toho.
pected shortly to`go up the river.
Another despatch states that the
TENDER FOR SINGAPORE SCHEMEL
Further than this, the Chung-" king situation does not, officially warrant an expeditionary force. The situation is not, in the official rind, serious. Eighty British per- sons fled from Chungking and the cular opposition thereto, and that local Chinese looted a number of he may be induced to link up with foreign houses, but there are other the opponents of the Reds if the British staying there in spite of movement gains headway in the fact that $100 a head has been Kwangtung.
offered for their murder; so, official It is stated that the Canton au-ly, there has been no evacuation of thorities are aware of this move British subjects from Chungking." ment, and that during the past few days the police have been partl cularly busy in hunting down. suspects, but that the raids have not resulted in many arrests, as many under suspicion had been warned beforehand and succeeded in making good their escape.
SEARCH OF MERCHANTHEN.
Now na to the shipping situation in Hankow, it has not been officially affirmed, as the writer reported, that the British authorities deny the Cantonese the right to search merchantmen on the river and to take off Chinese passengers. It has been requested that the search
U. S. MINE EXPLOSION should be made by representatives
FEARED LOSS OF LIFE,
New York, Oct. 4.
message from Rockwood
FIVE-DAY WEEK.
of the Chinese, Maritime Customs. Instead of by soldiers, but the Com- missioner of Cuatoms has received no written instructions to under-. take this work, so naturally will
have nothing to do with it until he
SIR ALEXANDER SINCLAIR A thefts from thut district, Mr. E.(Tennessee) says it is feared that has authority. Meanwhile the BC. Hornell, Hon. Secretary of a number of miners have been British authorites see no reason FULL ADMIRAL.
the Peak R. A. has received replies killed as a result of an explosion why they should challenge the right agreeing to the suggestion from at the Roane Company's mine, of any little party of bare-footed We are officially informed that about 80% of the residents, there where sixty-five men were work soldiers, bandits, pirates or what- Vice-Admiral Sir Edwyn Sinclair being only five dissentients. The ing. Gas frustrated the efforts ever they may be, to halt and board Alexander-Sinclair, K.C.B. M.V.O majority of those who agreed with of the rescuers and so far only as British steamery search ber Commander-in-Chief, China St the suggestion did so without redead mule and an unconscious throughout and take off any Chineso 24th Mixed-Brigade of General BIG FLOATING DOCK. tion, has been promoted to Admiral, gervation. A list of houses has man have been found Reuter's they fancy, just to please these Sun's array has also been ordered to proceed to Tayeh, and that part
to date 4th October, 1926.
been compiled, and surprise visits American Service.
irascible Yangtze skippers. The As announced a few days ago are now being made.
authorities cannot see how treaty Admiral Sir Alexander-Sinclair has Suggestions were put forward
rights or the protection of the rit been appointed Commander-in- by the Captain Superintendent of
feh flag enter, into the question at Chief at the Nore.
Police, Mr E. D. C. Wolfe, in which he advised surprise visits ATM OF AMERICAN LABOUR.
They do object, however, to the by the officer in charge of Gough
Detroit, Oct. 4 search of men-of-war, but they are MINERS RESUMING.
Hill Police Station. He stressed A five-day week for all workers quite willing that they should slow the point that such visits would was declared to be the definite down for pirate Identification and ANOTHER NINE THOUSAND. be purely visits of enquiry, and goal of the Federation of Labour they think it only tight that, 11 de
would not be in the nature of at the final meeting of the manded, notice of sailings should London, Oct. 4 raids on the premises. He also Executive Council, held prior to be given to their Cantonese friends, The resumption de sulnera con- advised houssholders to pay fro- the 46th Annual Convention open- Abetary authorities here, are keeping sion to-day agreed to deepen the tinues steadily Nearly 9,000 requent visita to their servants Ing to-day. This policy will be re-se prophetic pepting and p
INDIGNATION IN HANKOWN Hankow, Sept. 29. strict watch on propagandists of navigable channel of the river turned to work to-day, the bulk be- quarters, as it would appear that commended to affiliated organisa: These official opinions go to make nce the occupation of Taych the Southern troops, who have on- he allied forces, the military tered the city Anti-Bolshevist where necessary, to perralt of the lag in Notta and Derby Thore in most cases of thefte from tions as a baste for negotiation for up a policy upon which the British contract being carried out — are now 171,000 actually coal-pro- | households the offences had been renewal contracts with employers, community In Hankow finds it hard has shifted from Taych (Continued on Page 12.)~~
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of the troops already arrived at THREE TROOPSHIPS LEAVE.
Taych on Sept. 27. The main body of General Sun's 5th Army reach- Klukiang, Oct. I..
Rugby, Oct. 4. ed Haingkou on Sept. 27 and Three steamers, with General commenced
It was disclosed" at Middles- an attack on the borough to-day that the. Furness Sun Chang-fange troops and war Southern troops the following day. Shipbuilding Company, has sub- supplies aboard to capacity, soc A Nanding" message dated Sep-mitted a tender to the Admiralty retly left upstream last night. tember 28, states for it huge floating dock for Singa- The object Is to attack Wu-Han as The transportation of General well as E-cheng districts...
pore, to be built on the River
SOUTHERN, MOVEMENTS.
Sun's troops from Nanking was Tees completed yesterday. The mill The Teas Conservancy Commis
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