THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
CANTON RAILWAY, CARING FOR HANKOW
YESTERDAY'S UNIQUE
ገዥ ጊዜ
'minute.
EXPERIMENT.
Excellent Träck.
The track on the Chinese Boction was found to be in excel lent condition for almost the full distance of 89 miles from Shum Chun to Canton, and it was evident that while it is maintained in its present state, no dificult of run- ning to schedule time is likely to be experienced.
WOUNDED.
DECISION TO HAVE NO MORE
WOMEN WORKERS.
in Hankow.
to care for the wounded, but the phrase "political reasons" in Bishop Roots's message will be associated in everyone's mind with reports that have been published of the unruly behaviour of the convales- cent soldiery, so it is very generally believed that, at the moment, the emergency hospitals are not only uncomfortable but unfe
women.
for
THE CENSORSHIP AT CHEFOO.
CONSEQUENT UNNECESSARY
י,
NERVOUSNESS,
RUMOUR. MONGERS,
Chefoo, June 10. Much resentment is being ex- pressed in local Chinese circles over
some
TUESDAY.
MARSHAL CHANG.
WHAT HIS NEW TITLE MEANS.
JUNE 21. 1927.
Marshal Sun Chuan-fang and Chang Tsung-chang had boon asked to return to Shantung to- night, as the Southerners had in- vaded Shantung, and there was a very urgent problem thore as the South evidently desired to capture Shantung.
The spokesman declared that General Tang Seng-ch's troops had withdraw, from Honon and the Christian General, Feng Yu- siang had withdrawn to Tung- kuan, so the Honan problem was In answer to questions, the might be amalgani-
For
We
It la uvident from telegrams and
CIVIL FICTION NOW GONE; A HOPEFUL AUGURY.
letters that have been received here,
Peking, June 17. Though marked by no public says Saturday's N. C. Daily News, ceremony other than 4 tills in that the volunteer doctors and
the manner in which the Correspondents who have made Canton to railway officials and nurses who have gone to Ilankow
are censored. The inquiries for the title of the new not a pressing one. to assist in the care of the thou- newspapers pressmen, yesterday was days of Tang Seng-ch's wounded general comment is that censor-office with which Marshal Charg of algnal Importance in the history soldiers who are coming in from ship, when carried to extremes, Tso-lin will be invested by the Ministries of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, Inaugural, it is hoped, of a new Honan, are working under difficul- does not lead to anywhere but, a northern warlords and which beated for purposes of economy: tra of prosperity to both the tie which we do not apprehend, a matter of fact, tends to cause will assume to-morrow are told the offices of the Chief of Staff
Whatever these obstacles are, ins- unnecessary nervousates to the
to the War Ministry and to the British and the Chinese Sections.
The question is Generalissimo Ministry of the Navy, for ex- For the first time since the line tructions have reached the oflee of community and furnishes the us that it is Generalissimo.
7 the China Medical Bond from scrupulous with lever with opened, British Section
simo of the Ankuochun, but he Mr. Pan Fu, he said, had ac- engines were permitted to haul Bishop Roats of the Araerican which to make capital out of the of what? Ono reply is Generulls-ample, might be unified.
Church Mission that qualified doc- situation. Not only are the native has been Generaliasime of the trains over the Chinese Section,tors and nurses are needed, but that papers censored very strictly, but Ankuochun for over six months.cepted the Premierahip, but Mr. and early yesterday morning, express trains started from Kow-men only are wanted, heatise of Chinese papers from other parts and is this another distinction Wu Chin had declined the For- unexplained "political reasons,” Aare forbidden entry as well. The without & difference? There is, eign Affairs portfolio though he Joan and Canton almost sin letter writton some days before this publicare, erefore, unable to however, a difference, and it in. had agreed to become Vice-Minis- taneously on their maiden voyage, telegram Was despatched also know what is going on in the volves the final disappearance of ter of Foreign Affairs. if such a term might be used int
with the result country
that the last shadow of civilian gov
To Subjugate the Reds. this connexion. The train from dwells upon the difficulty of finding Kowloon, leaving at 8 am and accommodation for women workers, rumours are the order of the day, ernment in Feking. Hitherto the
The gist of the circular tele It should be apparent to the Peking Government has derived carrying British section officials while it is generally known in mig- and a group of local journalists, ionary circles that two ladies whe powers that be, comment local nathority from successive extre-gram issued yesterday by Ankuo picked up Mr. W. M. Stratton, the have been vainly struggling to get Chinese critics, that it is a dunger geney Cabinets that have passed chun leaders including Generals permission from the British author-ous basiness at all times to let on power obtained originally Sun Chuan-fang, Chang Tsung- engineer-in-chief of the Chiesitlus to go to Hankow in rasponse unit mongers have a free hand. under the Tsno Kun constitution.. chang, and Wu Chun-sheng, in- Section, and Mr. C. T. Lui, the to the appeal for doctors and nurses they have not the ball rolling. After the Tuan Chi-jul Interres- stalling Marshal Chang Tse-lin in truffle superintendent. at Shel have bren unable to leave becaus Lung, where the two expresses. crossed, and the trip to Canton the requisite permission has not one knows where it will stop. num, Dr. Yon, the last Premier the post of Generalissimo of the "It is the desire of both the was completed at 11.17 a.m., three come from the British authorities Many a murkat has been upset and under T880 Kun, reassumed office, Army and Navy, is as follows:
many a bank has had to close its thus regaining what was claimed minutes before schedule. The
The question of respectable hous-doors merely because of some was his old constitutional war- Chinese people and foreign Powers to have us subjugate the Reds. return journey was accomplished
This fiction is all brashed aside At present the Reds in the south later in the day in three hours and ing and the new problem of the rumour or other circulated by in- rant.
typhus epidemic would undoubtedly dividuals" with their own Axes to. forty-five minutes almost to the influence any decision in the matter grind, and where censorship of the now, and the new Cabinet under are extremely rampant, and con- of allowing ladies to go to Hankow kind practised here is in force the Pan Fu will have no other au- sequently the State is in immedi- position tends to become worshority than that residing in ate danger. This is our time to Rouse ourselves to action and to render service to our country. It is pointed out that, in Man-Chang Tso-lin's command. churia, it is just this sort of een-
Northern Armies Unified.
In order to subjugate the Reds sorship that has contributed large- ly to the collapse of the "fengpian
This change was explained to and to save the country, we must currency and the prevention of a gathering of correspondents to complete our military strength trade being conducted more satis-day by the spokesman of the An- and strengthen our union. factorily.
kuochun. He said that it amount. this purpose we. havo determined Nervousness Over the Fleets. ed to a 'unification of command, to ask Marshal Chang Tso-lin to During the past three or four and that the war lords came to take up the post of Generalissimo days,
nervousness wts Peking to be unified. They would of the Army and Navy, evinced in Chefoe because of the re back either to-day or to-mor carnestly desire that Marsha rumour that the Southern Fleet row to show the enemy what they Chang Tso-lin will endeavour not that was reported here to have left could do when they were unified.to lose confidence of people on Shanghai for an unknown destina. The change would imply that all account of a trilling cause and tion was on its way here to tackle Northern armies had been trans- not bring about a serious affair the Northern Squadron. The formed into units of the Ankuo-s a result of modesty." Chinese men-of-war here have chun. been keeping stear up in a very active manner, and shore leave was curtailed if not actually re- fused to all but a handful of men. Some battle or other was expected off the port and, naturally, local people commenced to worry over the possibility of stray shells falling in the town. Negotiations with Chiang Kai-shek. A report that has filtered through from Tainan has it that negotiations are in progress be tween Chang Tsung-chang and comers.
In the meantime the Govern- Chiung Kai-shek. An attempt is New Chinese Manager.
being made by influential bodies in ment will undergo a reorganiza- Several departments will "It was a coincidence, a happy
Shantung to effect a compromisetion. augury perhaps, that the party
between the Ankuochun and Geu. be merged into one; for instance should be met in Canton by the
Lindbergh, dressed in evening Chiang, thereby forming a solid the Ministries of Navy, War and new managing director of the clothes,took off from Long Island block against the Communists General Staff will be, combined. Chinese Section, Mr. C. T. Yeh, in the early hours of the morning How far this movement to unite No Assurances from Southerners, who recently appointed to the posiin an army pursuit plane, headed the Aukuochun and Nanking tion by the Nationalist Govern for Washington. His flight was would succeed remains to be scen An Ankuochun spokesman to- ment, had only assumed his duties unheralded. He arrived in the but unless the combination is day stated that in addition to at nine o'clock the same morning capital at dawn, transferred to his effected in good time, the internal political changes there would be
Mr. Yeh, who is a graduate of
famous trans-Atlantic plane, "The warfare would not only become a complete reorganization of the troops. Formerly, an American university, extended Spirit of St. Louis," and brought protracted but would assume the Ankuochun
united, the a cordial greeting, and after an
three-though nominally unusual spectacle of a excellent tiffin in the garden of
cornered fight among Chiang Kai Chiti, Shantung and other allied the Southern Hotel, he expressed
"In pleasure at the opportunity which
shek, the Aukuochun and Feng arrates had not co-operated to the future all did a number of daring stunts at Yu-hsiang and Hankow, with each fullest extent..
"The Southerners, he continued, triangle. Not only would the Then he came down to earth, spectacle be unusual but it would had not given the Ankaochun the assurances regarding changed clothes, and had break-likewise be undignified and lend a required
good deal of truth to the assertion terms of peace, so the Ankuochun fast.-A P.
so often heard these days that had decided on a strong defen- One Dutch case of diphtheria the Chinese do not know what sive. The spokesman.emphasized that Ankuechun tactics would be their militarista are fighting for.
The present situation arising purely of a defensive character out of the Southerners push for the present. ngainst the Northerners is cau ing no end of worry to the trad-
I
This, of course, is only a The sight of the British engine, surmise that cannot be confirmed which at some points on the long until the mail brings further de journey, picked up to well over tails. forty miles per hour, excited no
It is interesting to note that small interest in the rustics tend-sufficient funds have been found by ing their crops in the particularly the Chinese in Llanhow to pay all peaceful-looking country through expenses of volunteers, excepting which the line passes, and thero salaries, of course, which would in- was no sign of any anti-British diente that the care of the wounded feeling at any point en route, in has proved a distracting problem spite of the exhibition of a few indeed for the authorities. anti-Imperialist postera in the
stations....
The only indication of troubleus times in China was the large ghard of Nationalist troops taken on board at Shum Chun, a procedure which is followed in respect of
LINDBERGH GIVES SURPRISE.
every train travelling, in either FLIES TO WASHINGTON AND direction between the British border and Canton."
11
BACK.
New York June 16. Charlie Lindbergh, living up to his discarded title of "the flying fool," made his countrymen sit up and gasp again to-day.
it back to New York.
The flight required less than five hours. Before landing, he
This view is hardly correct, for
Army with Chang the Shantung Army remains the Shantung Tsung-chang as its commander. Plans to do without the co-opera- tion
uf Chang Tsung-chang's army have been worked out, but the Ankuochun spokesman said that it was not contemplated to draft any troops from the Peking
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS..
The following general know- or. Hankow fronts. All comman-ledge paper has been taken from dera would be expected to defend the Daily Expreta. their present lines against all
had been afforded him of meeting dawn over Mitchel and Roosevelt party occupying one end of the would be under a unified control.
the visitors from Hongkong on such an important occasion.
For many years, Mr. Yeh said, the Chinese Section of the railway had been beset by considerable difficulties owing to the internal troubles in China, and he trusted the express which had run to-day would continue to run for many years.
The Chinese Section. was extremely grateful to the British
fields.
was the only notification of infec- tious disease received by the. Me- dical Officer of Health over the week-end.
Section for their offer to assist and Canton that despite the poli-ing fraternity and during the past them, and they on their thurt would tieal state to the country they were couple of days some movements) do what they could to bring about the success of the enterprise. Itepsition to take them between of funds and valuables have been trusted that the now service would longkong and Cinton in perfect made to Dairen. Rumours of all safety and in very reasonable time. kinds are, of course, in eircula- run regularly and peacefully, and They at first endeavoured to per- tion, tending to bring about ner- offered the toast of "The Canton sunde the Chinese section to re-vousness amongst the merchants Kowloon Railway."
duce the time schedule to three and the general public. It is in-
30 hours
minutes; but eventeresting to note that the Japanese the NO
time had been cut in Shantung, generally speaking, In reply. Mr. I. B. Trevor, the down to three hours 40 minutes do not share the views expressed
of superintendent
the and provided the truing ran in Japan, Manchuria and else- British Section, thanked Mr. Yeh punctually there could be no where in China, maintaining that for his kind words regarding the reason why people should not take the despatch of forces to Shantung assistance the British Section had | advantage of the system.
would cause unnecessary compli- been able to render.
In conclusion, Mr Trevor thank- cations and create grave misun-
traffic
British Views.
He thanked the Chinese sectioned Mr. Yeh and others of the derstandings." It is argued that generally for the cordial way in Chinese section for their hospitali in the event of the Northernors which they had greeted their ty. (Applause).
being able to stem the Southern Hongkong visitors and for the The British officials, who accom-advance into Shantung, following general spirit of friendliness panied the train from Hongkong the arrival of Japanese troops, shown while the British Section included: Mr. C. D. Lambert, "the Coincidence would be taken had been making tests and inspect- Mechanical Superintendent, Mr. I. advantage of by those with their ing the track,
B. Trevor, acting Traffic Manager own axes to grind."--N. C. Daily They had been agreeably sur- and Mr. N. Carter, while the News. prised from every point of view
officialy, Chinese Section
who
to find it in such excellent condi- attended the tiffin were: Mr. C. T. tion; they had expected to find it Yoh (managing director), Mr. C. T. Lut (Traffic Superintendent),
in a very inferior state.
The
POET'S CORNER.
greatest credit was due to the Mr. Lo Kwong-woon, (Locomotive THE SMALLER CRICKET BALL. Chinese section for keeping it in Superintendent), Mr. Stratton, Mr. such condition having regard to the shortage of funds and other H. P. Harris, Mr. J. S. Smith, and
difficulties.
The British Section desired to induce Chinese business gentlemen in Hongkong and Canton to
Capt. Ng Yuk- Mr. Yule Man. ween, the superintendent of Police, Tungshan, was also present.
In order that the long journey
patronlee the railway net perhaps of 110 miles could be completed
in preferenec but as
A very
by the British engines, it was dacful alternative to the boats, found necessary to fit a new water because he had reason to believe tender with a capacity of 4,600. that the times at which the traing gallons. The old tender carried leave the tormini would fit in with 2,000 gallons. business allocations.
Mr. G. A. Walker, the General The special trip was the only Manager of the British Section, is possible way in which they could at present in hospital, and was Show the Chinese in Hongkong unfortunately unable to make the
trip.
O Cricket balls are smaller
BOW,
And players find some interest In such a fact; but how, O how Are we to learn which balls
are best?
Muat we call on the scribes to
know,
And hope the scribes
cricketers?
are
Can "Wanderer" prove, boyond
his crow,
That he has wisdom past his
years 7
Alas I crave for expert views: O tell me, Sir, which balls to
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