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RECONCILIATION.
TURN OF AFFAIRS AGAIN BRINGS SUBJECT UP;
Shanghai, August 12. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek came to Shanghai yesterday together with General Yang Fu, the Shang- hai Gorrison Commander. The Marshal's 'arrival was kept very
secret..
reunification of the party. conference will begin to-morrow.
The
SATURDAY.
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE S.P.C.A.
[To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.]
AUGUST 13, 1927.
SAIWAN MURDER.
THE POLICE SEEKING
INFORMATION."
Mr. T. H. King, Director of the Criminal Investigation Depart- ment, writes as follows:
ment.
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1:
TONNAGE DUES.
BRITISH STEAMERS REFUSE
TO PAY SURTAXES...
(Our Own Correspondent.)
SIKH BATTLES.
The
TEMPLE DISPUTE DEVELOPS INTO OPEN WARFARE.
Sir, In the course of certain
I shall be much obliged if you
Shanghai, Aug. 12. correspondence which was publish-
The steamera Glengarry and ed recently in the local" press, an will kindly publish this letter in enquiry was made by an anonym-case any member of the publie Oakbank left to-day with British ous writer as to whether there may be able to assist this Depart Consular clearances issued in ac- cordance with Instructions from Probably because the unfavour was a Society for the Prevention able condition on the Northern of Cruelty to Animals in Hong-
The Police hold possession of Sir Miles Lampson after the ship- front, and the anti-Red mensures kong. It is a matter of great re-
one $5 (Five Dollar) denomination ping agents had deposited the ton- adopted by the Hankow party, regret that there should be any bank note of an European bank. nage dues based on the treaties, conciliation between Nanking and
doubt on
this subject and that On the back of the note are with the British Consulate, the Hankow is again considered pos- there should be people in the written in English manuscript the Chinese Customs having refused siblo by many. A general con- ference of the commissioners of the Colony who have not heard of the following words. "Butter, Milk, clearances. unless the surtax ton- Nanking Kuomintang Headquar-work and activities of the local Sugar, Oranges, Cigarettes, Jeyes aage dues were also paid.
Fluid, By Order, L. T. Ch.
Dollar liner: President Taft is S.P.C.A. Unfortunately, perhaps, ters has been called to discuss the the Society has up to the present The writing is in black ink; the clearing to-morrow morning simi American Consulate done its work unobstrusively and signature is indefinite. I desire larly, the without advertisement.
to communicate with any person accepting the deposit dues and The Nanking Kuomintang Hend-
The Society maintains, thanks to who has a clear recollection of issuing consular clearance, quarters yesterday circulated a tea generous donation, a Dogs' home having recently handled this par-
ticular note. legram which is considered a pre-at Nathan Road (Extension); The late Mrs. Mackay was mur- liminary announceinent of the Kowloon, which is well looked peace arrangement with Hankow.after and visited daily by the Se-dered on Saturday, August 6th, I The telegram states that according ciety's Inspectors.
wish to communicate with any Members of to latest telegraphic advices from the public who are interested in person who may have seen Mrs. Wang Ching-wei and General Tang this feature of the Society's nativi-Mackay in or near the premises of Sang-chi (the civil and military ties are cordially invited to visit the Wing On Company on Friday, chiefs of Hankow), the Hankow the Home and to see what is being August 6th, or on the morning of
The community of Sikh watch- August 6th. Government has adopted an anti- done there. Such interest on Communist policy. The telegram
men have for sometime past been Powder Puff Found. remarks that the Nanking head-their part will be a source of great
in the throes of a dispute said to quarters wishes that Mr. Wang and encouragement to the Society.
The Police are working hard to be connected with the affairs of General Tang will continue their
The Society employs three In-
find the dagger which the murder- the Sikh Temple at Morrison Gap. good work in cleaning up the Reds spectors who are constantly en- in Hankow.
gaged in inspecting the arrange- ers used in the recent Chis Wan Road. The dispute has developed coolies into a number of fights, in the ments for the custody and treat- Road murder. Twenty According to a prominent Nan-ment of birds and animals in this have been engaged to cut down most recent of which occcurring king leader, a reconciliation of the Colony and in the New Territories the long grass in the oicinity of the in the early morning at Queen's Sikhs were Kuomintang will bc possible, attached thereto. Having regard spot where the murder is believed Rond Central, two Nunking will keep its promise in to the magnitude of their task, it to have been committed. The coo- laid out unconscious, while five the Hsuchow conference which has is impossible for them to cover the
lics started their work two days men of the other faction were announced that all honest Kuomin- whole field of operations. They powder puff, believed to have be- before Major C. Willson yester ago and on Thursday afternoon ataken into eustody, being charged tang members in Ilankow will be are, therefore, obliged to concen welcome to Nanking if they severe trate upon places where birds and longed to Mrs. C. Mackay, the day afternoon. connections with the Communists.
I expected that, grass within The lender continues that Wang animals are kept and where there deceased lady, was found. It is Ching-wei and General Tang Sang is possibility of ill-treatment, radius of thirty yards of the spot for the five men charged with as- chi have openly declared against namely, in the markets, shops, will be cu dawa completely within sault, speculated on the probable the Reds and for this they will be trains, junks and during the con- the net fuse days unless the dagger number of men taking part in that
veyance of animals to and from is found in the meanwhile,
fight, which was more than tho number given by any of the parties. However, Mr. Russ re- garded this as but one of a num- ber of similar incidents which, if not dealt with in a fitting man- ner by the binding over of all the participants, would in course of time assume more serious pro- portions. As it was, these fights were becoming common with alle- gedly aggrieved watchman way- laying their fellows with sticks. The police pressed for, a more serious penalty than binding over
welcome to Nanking.
The TelegramS.
the markets. This work is carried out unostentatiously but it is car- ried out as thoroughly as our in- The Narking Government has adequate resources in men and just given permission to the publi-money will, permit. cation of eight important tele. grams which attach much signi ficance to the present peace ar- rangements between Nanking and Hankow. The following are brief discriptions of the telegrams:
1. Telegram jointly issued by General Ferg Yu-hsiang and George Hsu Chien which suggests a conference in Kaifeng to solve the outstanding differences be tween Nanking and Hankow.
are
CANTON FERRY STRIKE.
A DISPUTE WITH WHARF OWNERS.
་
Mr. C.A.S. Russ, who appeared
It is not the policy of the S.P.C.A. to court publicity by the institution of frequent legal pro- cerdings, and prosecutions only resorted to in extreme cases. Our aim is rather to reform from within, that is, to educate public
Canton, Aug. 12. opinion and to teach the people to Much ineuivenience to the recognise their obligations in the people in flonac. has been caused matter of the care and treatment by the strike of workers on the or the imposing of a fine, point- of birds and animals for whatever ferry sampants between the Bunding to a previous case of which purposes they may be destined. and Honam which started yester- the present affair was regarded noon. The strike was as an aftermath. A watchman, 2. A telegram issued by Hu It is truly unfortunate that the day at
by the Transport Nada Singh, had been fined $100 Han-min and other Nanking poli-work of the Society does not loom declared tical leaders, which
more largely in the public eye. Workers Union, (to which the in that case, and it is alleged that points out between
The finances of the Society are at ferry workers belong.) a few days he had since made life a misery that the conflict
Mr.
a very low ebb and it needs all the age to enforce the owners of the for, one of the defendants in the Wang Ching-wei and Marshal
is because of support normal and financial ferry wharves to accard better present charge. Chiang Kai-shek
that can be enlisted. It is pro- treatment to personal differences and they should both give up their difposed in the course of the next usually share the profits of the case in the presence of very large ferences for the sake of the Kuo- few weeks to launch an appeal for ferry service with the owners.
increased fecognition and support mintang party,
from the public. The field is 3. A telegram by Feng Yu-large and the labourers are few. hsiang to Hankow which quotes More workers and active suppor- the joint celegram of Feng and ters are needed if the Society is to Hsu Chien and suggests that Han-carry on its work and if it is to kow should send delegates to the increase its usefulness and effi- Kaifeng conference.
ciency. It is earnestly hoped that the public of Hongkong will re- 4. A telegram by Feng Yu-spond gallantly to a great good hsiang outlining the principles work.
and procedures of the Kaifeng The undersigned will be glad to
conferences.
the workers who
GREEK CABINET
RESIGNS.
SEQUEL TO MINISTERS' DISAGREEMENT,
The Court proceeded with the
number. of Sikh watchmen. The whole body of the Court was oc- cupied, while more watchmen over- flowed into the corridor..
Sticks Exhibited.
Teija Singh, the watchman of No. 39 Conduit 'Read, was one of the five defendants, and on ex- amination by his solicitor, gave an entirely different version of the fights, he stating that the other party were the aggressors:"
With a fellow-watchman, he was
Athens, Aug. 12. give full information regarding The Cabinet has resigned owing 5. A telegram by Wang Ching- the work and the aims and objects to the opposition of the Minister. to any of your of the Interior, M. Tsaidaris, to wei, on the Nunking-Hankow re- of the Society conciliation. The most signi readers who may be interested in the financial measures advocated strolling along Queen's Road Cen- ficant sentence in it is: "Se long its work and aspirations-Yours by the Ministe of Finance, Mtral when they were pounced on as the Kuomintang is safe, the
Cafandaris, subsequent to the from all sides. He was forced 15 flee in a ricksha leaving his friend death
latter's
from or departure of myself
return
Geneva
behind. counts as nothing."
whither he went to secure the League's approval for a loan.— Renter
etc:
. B. O. BLAKER,
Hon. Secretary,
S. P. C. A.
6. A telegram by Hu Han-min and Chiang Kai-shek to Feng Yu- hsiang which states that the re- and remarks that the entire body conciliation can not be concluded of the Kuomintang should co- in a hurry. The Nanking leaders operate together against the Reds. suggest that General Tang Sang- General Feng' suggests the call chi should first clean up the Reds of a Fourth National Kuomintang on the upper Yangtaze (Hupeh). Congress to settle all internal At the same time, Marshal Chiang disputes of the party. will co-operato with General 8. A telegram by Generals Pei Feng Yu-hsiang to attack Shan- Chung-hsi, Ho Ying-ching, · Li tung and Chibli.
Chung-yan, and other Nanking generals which states that they
ایم
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JOYRIDE IN "SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS."
Detroit, Aug. 12. Mr. Henry Ford had his first
7. A telegram by General Feng were so happy to read the tele-fight as a passenger in the "Spirit Ya-hsiang to Hankow and Nan-gram of Wang Ching-wel that they of St. Louis, piloted by Lindberg king which advises the receipt of were forced to weep-Wah Kiuin, a ten minutes joy ride. Wang Ching-wei's telegram (5), Yat Po.
Reuter's American Service.
SALESMAN SAM
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W' FER??
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WELL, YA SEE MY GRANDMOTHER IS VERY ILL AN' AIN'T EXPECTED TA LIVE LONGER THAN T'MORROW!
SNIFF!
SNIFF!
YEH, BUT SUPPOSIN' SHE DOES, THEN
WHAT ??
Mr. Rusa: We take it that you are a man of peace, and you don't like these violent fights.
Several knobby watchmen's sticks weré
Court exhibited in as the usual weapons used in these affrays.
The witness proceeded to prove. his peaceful temperament by one of the saying that he was leading signatories in a letter signed by one hundred watchmen. and sent to the Chief Detective Inspector, beseeching the latter to put a stop to these bloody affrays,
The hearing was adjourned.
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