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TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1927,
CIVIL WAR CHANGES.
China is a land of surprises so far as the break up of old military forces and the formation of new onca is concerned. One leader rises into prominence to-day, another to- morrow, making it an almost im- possible task for the foreign ob- server to pro-judge the trend of
TUESDAY,
JUNE 7 1927.
DAY BY DAY.
THOUGH WE TRAVEL THE WORLD OVER TO FIND THE BEAUTIFUL, WE MUST CARRY. IT WITH US OR WE FIND IT NOT-Emerson.
drew himself and his forces to Man- churia, or, in other words, surren- dored Peking, Tiental and the Chihli political strongholds to the conquering South. What will be the reply of Marshal Chang Tso-lu to such a suggestion makes inter-
The weather forecast up till esting speculation, but it is not at noon to-morrow is East winds, all unlikely that the main phase of moderato;" overcast, rain." the present Chinese civil war, name- ly, the fight of the South or Kuo-ish mail, left Singapore on Sat The as. Talma, with the Eng mintang to gain control of Peking. arday afternoon and is due here is drawing to a close with the roll-on Thursday morning.. sation of that object. The latest re- ports concerning a tripartito agree-. ment, indicate Chang Tao-lin's reali sation of the Southern throat. The smaller campaign being waged be tween the forces of General Yang
KONGMOON BATHING:
TRAGEDY.
RED CROSS FAILS TO MATERIALISE,
The Very Idea!
"Well, was the speech I made to your liking, Pať?" asked the latter's employer, who was stand ing for election to the County Council.
"Sure, it was a grand speech!”. averrod Pat
Wisataan "And now, Pat I want you to be honest and tell me what was mire me"? it that made you most of all ad-
Tho: story is told in the verna- cular papers this morning of how a Chinese anilor, belonging to the 6.5. Kwong Fook Cheung, was drowned in Kongmoon, on the day Festival, while he was bathing of the Chinese Dragon Boat with his pet dog and several of "Well, now that you asked, Ilf tell you, sorr," responded the The s.s. Kwong Fook Cheung, a | Irishman, "What took hould of Mr. Robert Smyth, of the Ameri- Hongkong, and Kongmoon river me most, Borr, was your persever can diplomatic servico, in Hap-boat, was anchoring in Kongmoonance the way ye wint over the kow, where he has been since on the day of the Chinese festival. same thing again and again!" autumn, has been transferred to|| A sailor of the boat went for all Shanghai.
The Lungshan was berthed at Sen and the Hankow party to the the Canton Wharf this morning oast of Hankow and the Fongtien-after refit and will resume service Hankow clash may well dragon by the 1 am sailing to-morrow
morning. until the main orientations have be. come so manifest as to frighten off
one or other of the contending sides The conclusion that the South is slowly but surely achieving its ob- ject of gaining the control of Peking is well-nigh irresistible, and a study of the manner in which that has been brought about leaves one even more than ever wondering on the nature of ways Chinese. The seemingly impossible has been made relatively easy through: lack of loyalty either to superiors, friends or to, an idea, The North has capitulated often without even so much as a show of fighting. Some of those wise-acres, who love to. forecast events and who have been saying for many weeks that Mar- shai Chiang Kai-shake was over-run-
ning himself and heading for a col- lapse, may now like to foretell what is going to happen. For ourselves, we are content to watch with much
interest. the fluctuations of the situation which if it has been inter- eating in the past is more than ever 30 to-day..
The Rumanian Monarchy.
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It is several months since the
The Japanese freighter Busho Maru from Dairen and Keelung reparts having had to shelter in the latter port owing to heavy stormy weather.
The Empress of Russia arriving from Vancouver and Shanghai yesterday with 316 deck passeng era, reports the death of one from chronic heart disease. The body was buried at sea.
During the past five days there have been three cases of typhoid fever, two cases of small-pox and one case of diphtheria reported to the health authorities: All the sufferers were Chinose.
Shipping returns over the holi- day period from June 3 to 7 gave 8s arrivals and 72 departurce, which 34 and 25 respectively wins British. This morning's returns
gave 13 arrivals and 11 departures, of which seven and four were British, leaving 66 vessels in har- bour, British 24.
An earth truck which left the rails yesterday afternoon injured a cookie who was crossing the ad The truck was fully loaded at the time, with the result that the coolie was some- what badly hurt. He has since
at North Point,
been removed to the Government Civil Hospital
A motor lorry skidding in the
events or to assess the real poten-King of Rumania fell seriously ill, rain yesterday collided with an tialities of any given situation. A following years of indisposition, few days ago prior to the latest and his end was hourly expected. olactric lamp standard at the junc- That rendered more acute the question of Queen's Road Weat and The driver was onslaught of Marshal Chiang Kai- tion of a successor, and it was re-Hillier Street. shek by which he has run through alised that kean rivalry existed thrown out of the lorry and has the inain part of Shantung and among certain cliques for the future since been removed to the Govern control of affairs. The chief com- ment Civil Hospital suffering threatens to invade Chihli itself-plication has been the renunciation from multiple minor injuries: very few people had heard of Gen- of the succession by the Crown eral Yen Hui-shun, except perhaps Prince Carol, who preferred a mor- A Chinese who reported to the casually as the military head of the ganatic marriage and a life free Police on Sunday that, having to His been instructed by his uncle from. Royal "restrictions.' province of. Shansi. But at the mother, the beautiful Queen Marie, deliver $2,500 to the Chinese banks moment he is the man on whom the after her visit to the United States he was robbed of $800 passing the of America--which unkind com- Bonham Strand East, has now con- eyes of all are centred. Shansi is mentators referred to as one of de- fessed that, having stolen the money himself, he took part of it to his house, in Pokfulum, de- clares & vernacular paper.
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swim with his pet dog, and when about a yard from the shore the man appeared suddenly to be sink- ing. Whon he was pulled out and taken to the shore he was uncon- scious.
He put the milk can in the car, And drove along the gutter. The ruts produced an awful
And pronto-he had buttor
The Red Cross, brigade was im- The death of Lord Cowdray mediately sent for, but not one of | reminds the London Star of a the members turned up. Probab-story concerning one of his many ly all of them had gone away to oil ventures. celebrate the festival. Thus the The engineer at one of his Eng raan, lying on the beach waiting lish sites sent a bottle of crude for medical treatment, after all to Lord Cowdray for "anslysis. while passed away. Seeing this,This bottle was passed on to a member of the staff, who was
the other members of the crew who, on every trip to the Colony, had made long speeches to the pas- sengers on board with a view to collecting some fands for the Red Crosa brigades in Kongmoon, were furious, the report adds.
CELEBRATING
FESTIVAL.
OPIUM PROSECUTION FAILS.
Pak Street, Aberdeen, a dealer in A Chinese residing at 16, Wu rice, pork, and oils, was defended by Mr. C. A.. 5. Russ this morn- ing on a charge of keeping an Thirteen others opium divan. were charged with smoking eplum on his premises.
Senior Revenue Officer G. Watt stated that he raided the premises on Sunday and arrested the men. Two of them were smoking opfum, A few others were gambling, and the place represented a regular scene of. Chinene merriment although the inspector saw no cause for such rejoicing..
He only found a small quantity of opium in the pluce, about 10 cents worth. smokers as to where they got the He questioned, the opium, and was told a small boy had been sent out to buy it,
The dealer, in the witness, box, said that the thirteen men in court were his customers. They were there to settle accounts-the occa- sion being the Dragon Beat festi- val. The men made themselves at home in his house. Some of them might have used his opium pipe, but he did not keep a divan at all.
Mr. R. E. Lindsell, who heard the case, was satisfied with the evidence for the defence, and dis- charged all the men.
requested to forward it to a pro minent analytical chemist for his report. The bottle was put on shelf, but when the time came to pack it a similar bottle standing near was taken and sent to the chemist.
In a few days Lord Cowdray. was startled to receive this wire from the analyst:-"Congratala- tions. Your fortune is made,
You have struck paregoric."
West Ham woman: Husbands do not always come up to ex- pectations, but such as they are- they are better than nothing...
ford: He has to do what his mo
Wife of hor husband at Strat- ther tells him. He is a great, big. silly kid. Magistrate: Now, now, that will do--that will do."
Mother, speaking for her son, to a woman magistrate in Cheshire: He is only sowing his wild notes, as you and I did, my dear.
It was stated at Willesden that
a man who had been in prison for maintenance arrears sent his wife two shillings and wrote: “No- thing can alter my great love for you.'
Devonshire man on the dole: I was once a soldier and now I am a doledier:
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The general manager of the. White Star Line confesses to And ing himself gravelled for new. names ending in "ic Sonichow the obvious claims of "Emetic" aeem to have been overlooked,
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The mistress of a kindergarten school was instructing her charges in elementary geography.
"Do any of you know what a volcano is?"
"It is a high mountain interrup ing" replied Tommy
The British farmer is a very alert person-Sir John Russell. The nation is gradually becom ing more air-minded.-Sir Samuel
PICKPOCKET CAUGHT. | Hoare.
The time to retire is when you' are at the top of your form- Major Segrave,
The Prince of Wales, is the most strenuous Imperial asset the nation possesses. Sir Frank Dick. see..
There is no holding in these
in a very important strategic posi-signed advertisement for her coun-
try--was reported to have attempt tion in the present civil war. Το
ed a reconciliation with the eldest the south of it lies Honan, in which son in Paris, but it came to nothing. province the Fengtien army is now Now, there is a tendency to look
Chapei tenants have presented
DEXTERITY OF NO AVAIL. fighting the "Reds" from Hankow upon the Queen as ambitious for
the control of the country herself, four demands to their respective and Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang's so that she seeks definite appoint landlords that no rent shall be
Carrying his luggage in both forces; to the west of it lies Kansu all have all the say, the while her and April; that, beginning in hands, a Chinese who was about ment of a Regency in which she collected for the months of March and southern Mongolia where Mar-younger son is growing to man's March, a 30 per cent. decrease to leave the Colony saw two fingers uhal Feng awalts oppurtunity to at-state. Certain political leaders shall become effective; that the inserted into his breast pocket and tack his old rival Marshal Changappear to be equally ambitious, Gregorian calendar shall be used later saw them withdrawn with Teo-lia; to the immediate east lies however, and of these the late Pre- in payments of monthly rentals; two $1 notes clipped between old men. Sir Claude de Cres
shall be them. mier; Gen. Averescu, seems to have and that key-money
He immediately released pigny, who is now eighty, enter- Chill, including Peking and Tien- made a bold bid for a possible dic abolished.
his Juggage and made an attempt tained his friends with a dumb- to grasp the hand, but too late. bell display; a Chelsea pensioner tsin; and to the south-east it joins tatorship, The King, however,
has been bound over at Lambeth: has appointed Prince Stirbey to the
The forthcoming weddings are The pickpocket had already turn-
under the Juvenile Offenders' up with Shantung through which task of Cabinet-making, and for the announced Mr. Alexander cd round and was running away.. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek aims to time being the intriguers are ap- Jonathan Lewis (clerk), Sani- A chase resulted in the pick- Act, and Mr. Chauncey Depew hammer his way northwards. Gen-parently failed. What will eventu-tary Department, residing at No. pocket being overhauled, but when has had his ninety-second birth- eral Yen, the military head of this ate on the King's death remains 80, Causeway Bay Road, to Miss searched the money was not found day and made a joke about it:
to be seen, but in the mean-Nellie Beatrice Lee, of South View on him. A little questioning, how-
A mother was singing her baby to 'sleep. important province of Shansi, has while it may be observed how Building, Kowloon; Mr. Harold ever, disclosed the fact that the large numbers of well-drilled and small things can lead to big. There Gordon (master mariner), s., notes had been dropped during the
"If I were baby," said the baby's is already sufficient unrest in the Yuen Sang, to Miss Gertrudo Mary chase. They were recovered and brother, aged six, pretend. well-equipped soldiers under his Balkans without further trouble Razavet, of No. I, Moreton Ter the pickpocket arrested. command and it has become a mat brewing, and it were better if
Appearing before Mr. R. E. to be asloop." Lindsell this morning, the arrest- ter of prime importance to all con-risen in Spain and elsewhere, wore
imitators of Mussolini, who have race, Causeway Bay.
Returning thanks for his elec- Chinese merchants in Chapei ed man protested that he had tion, Mr W. H. Thompson, the
into taken cerned to know General Yen's inten-not given too free a band in the
been wrongfully
new Mayor of Chicago, undertook tions.
Tal-chi, Nationalist Commissioner of Foreign Affairs for Kiangsu, not explain why it was that he was battlefields." It is
bricklayer's assistant. He could the North, he becomes an ally of peace is most desirable.“
be cannon-fodder for European:
no doubt a requesting him to demand the im able to tell the complainant that mediate removal of the barbed.
more patriotle fate to be targets for Chicago gunmen..
If he should stand in with smaller European States, just when have sent a joint letter to Mr. Kuo custody. He said he was that "American boys would not:
Marshal Chang Tso-lin and between them they could present a long unit- ed front to Marshal Chiang and be a solid support at the back of the Fangtion army fighting way down' in Honan. But, if General Yen sides with Marshal Chiang Kai-shek he interposes himself as an enemy between the Fengtlen troops in Honan and their road of rétrent and his province becomes another battle front for the harassed armies
of the North to line.
CORRESPONDENCE.
NOT EVEN "TENTS."
wire barricades in the Inter- the notes were on the road.
"A sentence of six weeks' hard
national Settlement. Inasmuch as
these obstacles originally were labour was imposed. constructed with a view to pre- venting labour rioting, the mer- chants say, they are of no use now, as the situation gradually is returning to normal.
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WHOSE WATCHES?
POSSESSOR FINED $50.
With reference to, the sundal
Believed. to be connected with wood workera dispute with their a gang which has been responsible a number of employers, it is reported in the for the loss of
THE QUEEN'S.
BARDLEYS THE MAGNIFICENT,
(To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.1 Bir-To put it very mildly, guess that a goodly number Hongkong'a citizens were disap. vernacular papers that not all the watches in Hongkong and Macao, acreened in the Queen's Theatre, pointed, as I was, to find upon ar-men have joined the Sandalwoodu Chinese was arrested last week rival at Repulse Bay on Sunday Workers' Association, so that only by Sergeant Fitches whilst in tho | castles, quaint old inna with their.
A film full of beauty and scones of magnificence and abounding- in romance is "Bardleys the Mag- nificent" which is now bolog
One gets a glimpse of towered
own delightful settings, beautiful Yesterday's reports stated that that even the five scraggy, ragged, a portion of the body of workers act of pawning a silver watch.
A search of the man's person General Yea had decided to go over "tents" were not even in evidence. The employers are anxious to have watches, and he was arrested and pools and fountains, and the mind useless, bits of canvas known as is represented in the negotiations brought to light a further four estates of noblemen, gardens, to Marshal Chiang and that, in Ladies and gentlemen were scen control of the apprenticeship sys- vlow of the obvious defeat which to turn away disappointed after tem because they want to have the charged with being in unlawful is carried back to the days of The aim is a distinct triumph In morning, Buch a decision would be bound to spending their cash in motor car chance of appointing their own possession of the timepieces, this which ons reads in history books.
Defendant said the watches the matter of historical Bottings. inflict on the Northern forces, there hire to get out there. Some hardy relatives, or friends, declares the
spirits undressed behind the vernacular press. The sandal were given him by a second-hand The principal roles are played had been a request for an armistice. bushes. I boldly used a matshed wood business is extremely dull dealer in Hollywood Road, but on by John Gilbert, Eleanor Board- It would appear that Marshal that was not being used, and do this year, it is said, and if condi- an opportunity being given him to man and Roy D'Arcy. The story Chiang would be willing to grant fled the glassy glare of the Tal-tions do not improve in one or two find the man, he was unable to do is absorbing and the gallantry dis- montha time, then all temporary pan's eye-Yours, etc., such an armistice only on condition
Hongkong, June 7, 1927. workers in the trade will run the that Marshal Chang Teo-lin with-
risk of being dismissed:
HOPELESS.
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He was fined $50, er in default four weeks hard labour.
played by the Comte de Bardleys (John Gilbert) is sure to capti vatė all.