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No. 22.161
一拜遊
號五廿月四英港香
MONDAY,
SERIOUS HAPPENING AT WUHU.
FIRE DESTROYS B. & S. HULK.
THOUGHT TO
BE REVENGE.
It is and to relate. but is a fact, that the moral effect of these shootings 'seems to be good." Secret Death Sentences.
Canton, April 24. COOLIES' It is reported that several notorious Communist leaders, such as Liu Er-sung, Li Sum, Sum Chuen-yui, and Cheng Pei, who were arrested during the recent anti-"Red" raids, have been execut ed by the military authorities in
their execution is still kept sceret by the Governmnt.
The two hundred or as "Red" Whamp:a students who have been placed under arrest are at present detained aboard the cruiser Chung- alnnNam Chung Pao.
HANKOW "RED" CHIEF'S SURPRISE the Garrison Headquarters, but
RESIGNATION.
THE CANTON EXECUTIONS.
HELD AT HANKOW.
Plight Of Anti-Communists.
Canton, April 24. Mrs. Lino Chung-kai, wife of the revenge by coolies who were chased away by British naval ratings on late Kasmintang labour leader, has sent a secret message from Friday. Chinese troops have taken possession of the International Hankow to Canton reporting to Export Company's premises there and there has been considerable the local authorities that she has virtually been a prisoner in the looting.
hands of the Communists for some
She has just managed to escap? to the foreign concessions, and is trying to make her way back to Canton.
A serious affair is reported to-day from Wuht, whore Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's hulk (which is really a floating landing stage and godown) has been destroyed by fire, doubtles as an act of
Perhaps the most significant news to-day is that the newly- time. appointed "Red" military chief at Hunkow, General Tang Seng-chi, has resigned, the cause being due, it is said, to his failure to obtain a vote of confidence from the Government there. Another report says it was due to dissension between General Tang and Gerferal Li Pin- hsen, his chief subordinate,
APRIL
25,
∙1927.
FIRE ON A CHINESE STEAMER.
PANIC LEADS TO MANY FATALITIES.
AN ANTI-FOREIGN CANARD.
Hankow, April 0.-The steamer Fongpu, £ Chinese-owned river ateamer, caught fire yesterday after having left her wharf here The vessel bound for Shanghai.
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CANTON ANTI-FOREIGN ANTI-RED MEETING
POSTERS.
CHINESE LAW STUDENT SENTENCED.
SOME AMUSING CARTOONS.
the subject of
t.
NATIONALISTS SLATE COMMUNISM.
SHANGHAI RESOLUTIONS.
The meeting was attended by about 3,000 persons, amongst
Amongst those present were high
ADMITS OPIUM POSSESSION.
Saying that he did not wish to
A meeting, which illustrates Charged with being in posses- very definitely see his friend's wife sent to guol
the turn to for an offence which he committed, sion of posters on which appeared moderacy of the Nationalists in
Chinese, who was not then charged, came forward and admit cartoons and statements of an Shanghai and the general trend of ted to the ownership of 299 taels anti-foreign character, a young feeling amongst the citizens of of prepared opium, in the Central Haka, who stated that he was a Shanghai, was held at the Hain- Magistracy this morning.
wu-tni Theatre (New Theatre) on Originally, a Chinese woman re-student of a law college at Canton, Monday afternoon last week under board at least four times the num- siding at 432, Queen's Road Cen-was convicted and fined $250, or the auspices of the Political De- tral, was charged before Mr. R. E. four weeks' imprisonment, by Mr.partment of the Southern Army. ber that would be permitted on a
Lindsell for being in possession foreign-owned river steamer. Like of the drug, and Mr. D. AfcCallum, E. Lindsell at the Central Police all steamer and railway systems who defended her, caused some Court this morning.
whom were many unarmed, uni- under Chinese control, without for- thing of a sensation when he an-
formed Nationalist soldiers. Acting Chief Detective Inspec- The meeting was supposed to eign supervision, safety of life is nounced that the real owner of the the least consideration. There cpium was in. Court, and was will-tor Reynolds handed up to the have been held at the Public were on the ship at least 2,000 ing to come forward and admit Bench the papers which formed Recreation Cround near St. Cathe- civilians and 1,000 armed troops.
the charge, andrine's Bridge and was advertised that the defendant knew nothing the Magistrate, after commenting widely as being a meeting, sanc The ship had not been under way about the opium.
On being called, the man came that the cartoons seemed rather tioned by General Pei Ching-bai, more than an hour when smoke began to pour skyward from her forward and told his Worship that amusing, asked defendant if he ad- to celebrate the removal of the
possession. after deck. In a few minutes the he was a fireman on board the On mitted that the papers were in his Nationalist capital moval of the after section of the ship was aflame. Ting. In reply to further ques- The thousands on board became tions, he said that the opium found!
Defendant replied in the affirma- offelal representatives of Genera! house was left tive, but qualified his admission Pei, as well as heads of the various panic-striken and in the rush to in the woman's escape, before the steamer could be there by him, and that the wo-with the plea that he bought the local students, labour and women's tied up to a wharf on the other side man's husband was a great friend papers from a newspaper vendor organizations and representatives. officials of the Chineso of the river, many men, women and of his. He said further that the to read on the way down from and children were pushed overboard, opium was purchased by him in Carton. He was returning to General Chamber of Commerce Swatow by way of Hongkong and and Chambers in the native cities. His Worship instructed the had no intention of using the Borodin The Unwanted. swept away in the swift, yellow Macao. Yangtsze and drowned. The fire was finally subdued but the ship Police to have the man charged. papers here, suffered much damage and will not
One of the most important Mrs. Liao also reports that the be able to proceed for a consider-
A New Defendant,
The Acting C.D.I. said that the phases of the meeting was the other Kuomintang leaders, such able time, until it has undergone Some half an hour later he was defendant was arrested on landing acceptance of a document to be as Wang Ching-wei and Tan Yonextensive repuice. A brief but illuminating story from our Caston correspondent kai, are also in heart against the
Typical of the attitude toward brought up in Court charged with at the Canton Wharf from the Fat despatched to the Central Execu- of his portmanteau, which dis Soviet Socialist Republics, which tells of the executions there on Saturday morning, when among the Hankow Communists, but they are foreigners here were the shouts being in possession of the 299 tacls shan, subsequent to a search mative Committee of the Union of
of prepared opium. "extremists" shot were two young women students-girls who watched and carefully guarded by which went up from the Bund
the Communists and therefore are front when the vessel was
His Worship: You admit that closed the papers in question sand- whimpered before they were executed.
unable to leave Hankow; and itafire. Coolics quicldy spread the the opium was under your control?wiched in between layers of cloth- Defendant: A friend asked ing. He was not known to the There are indications that a big engagement is pending between seems Sun Foo has also lost his word that "foreigners had set fire
"If that liberty, the rival Southern and Northern forces in the region of Kiukiang,.
to the Pengnu in a dastardly plot me to take it down here and pro- pelice beyond his statement that The real Communist leaders in to kill the 3,000 Chiese on board."mised to give me 20 cents for every he was a law student.
were true, the defendant should and large guns are being mounted near Chinking.
Hankow, according to Mrs. Lino,
His Worship:
Why did you have realised what he was doing, are Borodin, Tang Sang-chi. Hau
leave it in this woman's charge?- being an educated man. Wuhu, April 21. General Tang distrusts. Li, and Chion and Tang Yin-ta.---Nam
She is the wife of a good friend Apparently in reprisal for recently when Tang's force was Chung Pao,
of mine, so I left it at her house Saturday's incident, when a naval reorganised and enlarged, Tang
for a while. armed guard prevented a mob of gave his two other leading sub- coolies from attacking a · British ordinator, Liu sing and Ho Over steamer alongside the Butter.... Chien, appointments to command field and Swire hulk, and as the the new 35th and 30th armies. result of which several coolies re- while General I, who had given ceived minor bayɑnot wounds, the more valunble service than the other B. and S. hulk was set on fire to- twe got nothing. day and destroyed.
Dissension between Tang and 14 The hulk was
warmly and it was burned out before effee- party against Marshal Chiang Kai- the Communists, and tive fire resistance could be put up shek, General la declared that he praises Chiang Kai-shek, making Troops have now taken posses would continue his loyalty to the it clear that, while breaking with sion of the International Export Marshal.
Moscow: Marshal Chiang intends Company's promisus. Considerable
At present the Tankow Govern. tp Aght Chang Tso-lin-Renter looting has taken place.
ment is trying to caim the oppasi- Passing ships were not subject" tion of Heneral Li by offering him ed to gunfire lo-day,- Naval Wire the 8th army commund.-Nine
Chung Paol
a large wooden gradually became stronger, and
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KUOMINTANG COMB-OUT,
CITY BURULARY.
INTRUDER CAUGHT
RED-HANDED.
seen
taol.
What did you intend to do with it? I meant to hand it to another No Effect on War Campaign.'
ship bound for Singapore. Park, April 24. '
Mr. Lindsell asked the Police if A statement by the European
Early this morning, the pre-there was any reason for them to Committee of the Kuomintang apmises of
Wallamal disbelieve the man's story, and Messrs. pears in several newspapers.
Boolchand, at No. 18, On Lan was informed that the authorities
glar, who effected an entry by breaking open a window at the rear. He had forced
open two safes and extracted their tants, before being discovered and
I emphasises the determination
Boating landing-stage and godown when Tang helped the Hankow of the party leaders to comb-out Street, were broken into by a bur-were satisfied it was true.
Less.
WAR'S PROGRESS.
Large Guns at Chinkiang..
Chinklang, April 24.
Signs of netivity in the Yang
CANTON EXECUTIONS.
Girl Students Shot,
SOVIET PREPARING.
arrested.
con-
Chivalrous Man..
JAPANESE BANK CRISIS.
CO-OPERATION DECIDED
UPON.
Tokyo, April £5. The Cabinet has decided to ex- tend the moratorium to all the colonies except Formosa,
reads:
"In view of the, fact that the continuously subjected to the oppressed races of the world are aggressive acts of the imperialists, jour president (Dr. Sun Yat-sen), animated by a desire to struggle conjointly with the Government of Russia, requested Borodin to come to Chinn and appointed hirm as adviser in 1923.
"Contrary to all expectations, Borodin has for years availed him- self of the advisorship in order to stir up dissension amongat the members of the Kuomintang party and, in collusion with the con- spirators in Wu-Han, has recently done all in his power to distur the rear line of Nationalist forces in the hope of subverting the basis of the Revolutionist opera- tions.
"In view of such heartless and outrageous actions, the citizens of Shanghai who are meeting to-day in celebration of the removal of the seat of Government to Nanking
and the restoration of the Kuo- have published The Bank of Japan has stated mintang's power, that it intends to extend help to Borodin's guilt and unanimously the banks, including those resolved to request the Nationalist which have no transactions with Government to remove Borodin From office and expel him from the Bank of Japan. --Renter
China so that he may not be a source of evil and humiliation to the Revolutionists.
Mr. McCallum: There is one comment I would like to make, and
The banks which are members that is on the chivalrous action of this man in coming forward. As of the Tokyo Clearing House have your Worship knows, in cases of issued a statement that they have A watchman, who heard a sus- picious noise from the ground this sort, the woman invariably agreed to co-operate in every way flon, discovered the burglar, and is made to pay the penalty. Here possible in rendering each other There May Be War.
then went upstairs to inform the man, however, who comes for-assistance.
who was ward and tells your Worship Moscow. April 18-War may be manager of the firm,
The frankly and candidly that- "thrust upon Russia by the sleeping on the top floor.
His Worship: I understand imperialist nations," therefore it two then went into the ground Conditions in Canton are
not believes the Soviet Union to pre-floor, where they found the bur-that the husband is a friend..
Mr. McCallum: No doubt, and quite settled, as reports that have pare actively to meet the threat,glar, crouching under a table.
On the burglar, when he was he has made use of that friend- the police, was ship, but as soon as he sees that me in during the week-end in- Premier Alexis Rykoff old the ns of a large calibre are nos dicate an undercurrent of rest, delegates to All Union Soviet con- turned over to
The Hsiang Sian bly subdued by the fear of dran- vention here. He expressed the found a sum of $290 which he had they are likely to get into trouble. stationed at Bleft, and a number of large gun the measures of the part of the opinion that war may come this stolen from the safes.
A plot to strike spar, or next year, but anyway will have been sent to Gold Taland fit thorities.
later, avainst the party in power has conte where a battery in being arranged, ja discovered, and it is thought jealousy on the part of the im- -Naval Wireless.
fiat maless the Government again perialists over Russia's success in assets itself the movement will stablishing a true socjalist re- materialise. On of the methode public will impel them to provoke comployed by the seditionists is to à conflict." attempt subvert
in
discipline amont the poops, who were instrumental in carrying out the recent anfi-"Red" voip.
ge forts are increasing steadily.
Big Engagement Pending.
Kiukiang, April 24 The military ale organising for a bag enpuument in the new future. There has been a vous derable increase in troop moves ment for three days.--Nued Wire- kisa.
"RED" GENERAL RESIGNS.
Hankow's Expedient.
sooner
STRIKERS KETURN. '
Since
Nanyang Bros, Office Staff.
Aleonwhile, the authorities are continuing the trial of the Com- On enquiry at the oflices of the muaists arrested on Good Friday. Canton Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Probably as a grim warning to the Company, we were informed this populace, there have already been morning, that the office employées a number of public exventions on who sometime ago struck work and The East Farade Ground. Lan went to Canton in body, have now Hankow, April 24. General Tang Seng-ch; the Friday twelve men were thus shot, returned to longkong. They will "Red" military chief, has handed but the most dramatie execution resume to-nicrrow, it was stated.
The Wanchai mills of the Com- his resignation to the Hankow was of six persous, including two
Our pany are still idle, this being ex- Government.;
It is understood mere girls, on Saturday last. that his resignation followed the Canton correspondent describes plained as due to the work of re- pairs and overhaul of the machinery failure of his attempt to obtain a the affair as follows: wote of confidence.
"I have just witnessed a very hot having been completed.
U.S. SUBMARINES. The Government has now com- and sight on the East Parade menced absorbing labour pickets into the army.-Naval Wirelena.
Jealousy The Cause.
Ground-the execution of three
young men and two girls of the
MEXICAN OUTRAGE
ECHOES.
DEPORTATION OF PRELATES.
Mexico City, April 24..
In addition to the Catholic pre- lates already mentioned in earlier messages, it is learned that the Archbishop of Puebla, Bishop Hue- falta, has also been placed on a train for Laredo,
he steps forward chivalrously and WORLD DISARMAMENT,
takes the entire blame on himself. Is Warahip: It may not be en- tirely chivalry. The husband may have something to do with it.
The man was fined $25,000, with the alternative of 12-months' hard Jabour, and the woman, under the creamstances, was fined a nom- nal sum of $50, cr four weeks.
TJILIBOET DAMAGE.
WORK OF SEPARATION PROCEEDING.
It is reported that other prelates'
It is learned that the work off will be deported when found.cutting the stranded Tjiliboet in who are remaining in the country.
two in proceeding with expedition, Reuter's American Service.
the operation being favoured by the prevailing good weather con- ditions.
MOTOR. THIEF.
The task is an exceedingly risky one, for the cutting operation cap. out beneath the not be carried waterline, and chance takes large share the complation of the break.
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DIFFERENCES CAUSE POSTPONEMENT.
"The Soviet symphatizers are sanred, however, that on 110 account will the Chinese people cause the Inte President's policy or allying with their Government to be affected by Borodin alone." Geneva, April 24.
As Wolves and Tigers, In view of the fundamental diver- gences of opinion between the large The principal speaker at the majority of the, preparatory commucting was Chen Chung, chief of mittee for disarmament, and the the Political Department of Gen- Italian and United States deleguara! Pei's army, who spoke for tions, in regard to the question of more than an hour on the evils of application and supervision of the Communism... He said that before proposed Disarmament Convention, joining with the Kuomintang, the it has been derided to postpone the Communists declared that they second rending until about the end would abide by the Three People's of the year, for further considera- Doctrine of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and tion.-Reuter.
NEW LIQUOR BASE?
A SOUTH SEAS DEPOT.
obev all the orders of the Kuomin tang. However, in contravention of the promise they had usurped the control of the political ad- ministration after the capture of Hupeh province and End then tried to supplant the Kuomintang and set up Communist regimes in all of the territory captured by the. Now Com- Wellington, N.Z., April 24, Nationalist armies. SENTENCED AT KOWLOON.
News from Papecte suggests that munisis refuse to supply funds Tahiti is likely to become a new and provisions Tor the Nationalist student class, and one workman, Flotilla and Tender Arrive Here.
Charged with stealing a tin of
No definite time can be given for base for the shipment of liquor to troops, who are engaged in a life- Com- The five studenta were
and-death struggle in Northern The U.S.S. Carnepus, an Ameri-automobile body polish, a spanner munists, and were among those Canlon, April 24.
submarine tender of the and a pair of pliers from Naval the conclusion of the job, but it is America.
It is stated that a steamer bound Kiangan. By this action they have seriously endangered the succesu According to telegraphic re- recently arrested in the attempt can'
to rid the city of, undesirable H.M.S. Ambrose type, arrived in Yard Sergt. Mason's motor car hoped that the afterpart will be
for Australia recently called at 1 ports from Hankow, Genera! Tang teachera. The word Communist is Hongkong, to-day accompanied by which was left unattended In Navy floated successfully during the
Street during the night, an un-current week.
The speaker further denounced Sang-chi, the "Red" military chief, tactfully craitted from the pro- an American submarine flotilla.
employed Chinese was sentenced The Tisoroca, of the J.C.J.L., Papeete and landed into bond 31,000 of the anti-Northern campaign. to three weeks hard labour by Mr. has now left the port, sailing for cases of assorted liquors, mostly the Communists as the vanguards has tendered his resignation from clamation ordering the execution
NATIONALIST UNIONS.
of a new brand of imperialiam the post of Commander of the of these persons. It simply saya
W. Schofield, at the Kowloon Magi-Java yesterday. The Taikoo tug whisky, and then
remains standing by the Tjiliboet steamer fonded 10,000 cases, pre-which would be more ferocious 8th Army.
atracy this morning. they were guilty of teaching the
case of unforeseen develop- sumably intended for Vancouver. than the wolves and tigers.. doctrines which were To Demonstrate at Shanghai.. General Li Pln-hsen has been people
The defendant stated that he in
Router appointed by the Hankow Govern opposed to the Government.
At a meeting of the Federation had arrived from Shek Lung where ments. :ment to take the post vacated by An enormous crowd witnessed
General Tang.
the shooting. The two girls of Street Unions, held in Shang.he had left panniless and not hav- The reason for this change is whimpered just before they were hai last Monday at their heading any abode he slept in the car. that although General Tang has shot. Immediately the soldiers quarters at 61, Nanking Road, it At 4.am. this morning he was an army of 100,000 strong, maat wore satisfied they were dead, and was decided that preparations leaving the car and saw the arti of his best troops are under the had left the corpses, some people should be made for a mass meetcles mentioned in the charge. He Public Recreation picked them up and was then ar- direct command of General Li Pla- in the crowd took them away for ing at the
rested by Sergeant Palmer of the (Continued on Page 14.) chlor subordinate burial.
Royal Naval Yard Polich, N son, his
Among the passengers who do- parted from Hongkong on Saturday by the Katori Maru for London and ports were Capt. S. F. Sander, Rev. Mother M.C. Hanselim and Rev. Mother M. C. Dorviler.
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Dollar on demand Lighting-up
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6.47 p.m.
Speeches of a sliallar tenor were made by other officials of the most- ing after which the following re- solutions were passed:
1. That a circular telegram be sent through the country announg- ing the removal of the Nationaltat Government to Nanking.
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