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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT PUKOW STATION.
REMARKABLE RETURN TO ACTION.
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IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS
SCHEDULED.
136 FER AGNUM
25, 1927. HAŁ MILK CORY 19 CENYH
HAIPHONG'S RIOT.
INTERVIEW WITH AN
EYEWITNESS..
POLICE REINFORCED.
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CANADA IMPRESSES
THE PREMIER.
WIDE SPACES AND GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
BELIEF IN THE EMPIRE.
London, Aug. 24.
Happy Valley,
TRAIN DISASTER.
"A LONDON EXPRESS INVOLVED.
MANY PEOPLE KILLED AND INJURED.
London, Aug. 24.
Later.
HEADS 100,000 TROOPS.
THE ECONOMIC FACTORS.
With the arrival of the steamer Throughout the rapid sequence
Geneva, Aug. 24. of events beginning with the con-
Songbo from Halphong, a "A very important conference of detailed story is given of the riots win, and Mrs. Baldwin, have re-
The Premier, Mr. Stanley Bald- HARROWING SCENES. ference of Marshals at Peking') and followed by the remarkable Press experts from all over the which occurred during last week turned to London from Canada. recovery of the Northern armies world, under the nuspices of the nt that port. The Captain,
League of Nations, has opened in Bonamour, was interviewed by a
Reuter,
It is reported that 10 people. and the dramatic drive to the the Reformation Hall, where the
Telegraph south which was launched on July Assembly of the League meets morning, and he confirmed much of representative this
London, August 24 were killed and 20 injured in the The Premier and Mrs. Baldwin derailment of a Southern Railway 19, Marshal Sun Chuan-fang ap- every year.
that which was already contained arrived .at. Southampton this pears to stand out as something Lord Burnham, presiding, said in previous reports. A BIG ARTILLERY DUEL.
He stated afternoon in the liner Empress train, proceeding from London to a man of mystery, writes that the functions of the news that the situation almost got out of of Scotland, from their Canadian Deal, near Sevenoaks. special corespondent in the field papers, affecting the conditions of hand of the police authorities, but tour. Both spoke very highly af Much confusion still prevails in the military and political situa- to the North-China Daily News. the supply and demand for com- order was at length restored, and the way they had been received in The engine and all except three
Canada.
carriages of the Southern Railway tion along the Yangtze. The Northerners have not yet captured in fact in the light of events as modities, were of such increasing when the ship left Haiphong, on
we know them now, the mystery importance, that the Economic Sunday, the town had returned to Addressing Press representa- train turned turtle, and the rails Nanking as they expected earlier, and there are reports from higher for his operations and their re- Conference of the League must normal conditions.
tives, the Premier said, "I have were torn up and twisted. The following from The Indus- had a very strenuous time, but it A pullman swung round right up the river that troop movements continue on a big scale, a circum-sults goes back to the time when devote more attention to them if stance which goes to show that the South ie concentrating on keeping after the fall of Hangchow and wanted to increase commercial trial Review, in regard to the has been a wonderful experience, across the track, and was.com.
his withdrawal from the region intercourse and break down the earlier incidents, tells of the and I have enjoyed every minute pletely smashed. of Shanghai, the general opinion barriers of national exclusiveness. origin of the trouble: its hold of Nanking and the line of the Yangtze.
of it. It is just 32 days since we The latest reports give 11 killed that at last The conference will deal with "Between the 17th and 18th sailed from Southampton. In and 50 injured. As the result of an artillery duel at Pakow yesterday, the everywhere was station and other sheds in the yard caught fire, and much damage Marshal Sun had been effectual-Press rates by cable and wireless, instant, a Chinese woman and an that time we have travelled by ly eliminated-was down and out telegraphic codes, the protection Annamite woman indulged in a steamer, train and motor-car near-
Passenger's Description. was caused by the subsequent blaze. A big coal depot was destroyed.finished. Apparently
or of news, and professional facilities quarrel, and the husband of the ly 11,000 miles an average of A passenger aboard the train
former interfered. As has hap-340 miles a day.
said that the first intimation of It is announced from London that although no definite date ganization, of which so much for journalists.
had been expected, had faded Lord Burnham said that he was pened many times ere this, when a
During the 19 days we were anything being wrong was a sud- has been fixed for the withdrawal of the British.air forces from away into thin air, been disband-convinced the League, in summon-man interferes in an affair be
actually in Canada, we visited all den rocking while the train was The final deci-ed or in part incorporated into
tween women, and which concerns China, they will be withdrawn as soon as possible.
the forces from Shantung, Even
them alone, there is bound to be her nine provinces, and you must going at high speed. There was a sion rests with the authorities on the spot.
when Marshal Chung Tao-lin con-
much trouble, and the present case
remember that one Canadian pro- sudden grinding, tearing noise, 'nj vened the conference of Northern
under review is no exception to the vince may be three times the size though the train had jumped the of the whole of the British Isles. metals. The train wobbled, then leaders at Peking, general sur-
terrific deafening. pise, was expressed that Sun:
"Annamite atudents and Chinese In those 19 days, I made 26 there was a
crash. Chuan-fang should have
any
from the Chinese quarter took the public speeches. matter into their hands.
All the passengers were thrown In some ways my visit was ex- voice in affairs. Those who were watching events laughed to scorn
was a very great from their seats, and there follow- former organized themselves into ceptional. It his claim that he had 120,000 men
bands, and scouring the streets of privilege to travel with the Prince ed piercing shrieks from frighten- to contribute to the new amalga-
the town, attacked every Chipese of Wales and Prince George, than ed women and children.
Several doctors were aboard the whom they saw. During the first whom I could wish to have no bet- mation of forces under Generails-
Ten
day, over twenty Chinese were in- ter travelling companions. Then it train, and gave first aid, while simo Chang Tso-lin.
jured. twelve thousand ragged remnants,
was the first time a Premier of nurses, ambulances and police Great Britain had visited one of seemed to spring from nowhere: perhaps, unequipped and unpaid
the Dominions during his term of for months was the generally ex-
office."< pressed opinion.
BRITISH AIR FORCES TO LEAVE.
Shanghai, Aug. 25.
There is no change in the con- fused military and political situa- tion. Command has been taken by General Ho Ying-ming.-Naval Wireless.
Shipping Restriction Imposed.
Chinkiang, Aug. 24.
FENGTIEN-SILANSI PARLEY.
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Delivering the Goods,.
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But when it came to the show down Marshal Sun delivered the goods with a vengeance. "At the time appointed and presumably
TO SHANGHAI BY AIR.
Machine Hops Off. From Osaka.
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Osaka, Aug. 25. A Dornier-Wal aeroplane hopped off at 8 o'clock for Shanghai, on a trial trip for the purpose of opening a re- gular aerial mail and pas- senger service between Shanghai and Osaka.
The weather is ideal, and the machine is expected to arrive at Shanghai within 10 hours. Reuter.
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Saws, hammers and crowbars were used to extricate the victims. A young woman's legs had to be amputated before she could be extricated. Another was so muti- lated that pieces of her body were of picked up and placed in a sack--- they Reuter.
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A MOSCOW DEATH SENTENCE,
RUSSIAN WIDOW PAYS PENALTY.
Considerable numbers of soldiers, troops pending a definite settle. There may not have been 120,000, Press, its work would have reaults ponsible classes of the population, labour over there. Canada has espionage, has been executed.
ies.
and to
A Military Disagreement,
"The police made thirty arrests, Shanghai, Aug. 24.
of whom 15 were summarily sen- The representative of Gen. Yen
tenced, this including an Annamite dressed in European attire who MARTIAL LAW AT CHINKIANG. Shi-shan left Peking on the 23rd inst. after a conference with the
appeared to be one of the ring- Need For Men And Money. leaders. Fengtian leaders on matters per-
Speaking of the agricultural taining to the combination of the
"Two Frenchmen, M. Bert and Fengtien and Shansi parties. The
mineral M. Thouvein, vere also assaulted and
possibilities Fengtienites requested that Gen.
and seriously injured during these Canada, the Premier said disorders." The prohibition of shipping Yen Shi-shan should see to it that
humanly speaking, movement during the night and at an early date all the Shansiin accordance with the general
The same journal, which is the limited. Yet, in spite of some early morning, and a declaration troops that are now stationed in plans for combined reorganization in leading native business organ of thickly-populated areas and great
.evacuated of martial law, are the two most Shikachuang are
the manufacturing cities, such formulated at Peking, Marshaling the conference, did not wish Tonkin, In commenting outstanding incidents which have that some Fangtien troops can be Sun's troops came pouring into to enrol journalists in its service. affair, deeply regretted the in- Montreal and Toronto, there are occurred here.-Navul Wireless,
despatched to take up their posi-Tsinan from his headquarters at There was no question at any time cidents, which could not but tend over the whole Dominion only tions there.. But the Shansi re- Weihsien on the Tsingtao line of organising propaganda for the to create a breach between the two three people to the square mile. TROOP MOVEMENT, ·
"Then you will begin to see presentative emphatically stated trainfoad after trainload of them League, but while the object of peoples, when harmony and co- that the time had not come for-and were trans-shipped south the meeting was to formulate de-operation were essential at such why Canada's problem is
times like the present.
I did not It noted different from our own. Reported Refusal to Fight. the Shansi party to hand over 50
to their new concentration centre finite technical proposals by a that, happily, the disorders were hear of any serious problem in important a military position as
at Tainan on the Tainpu Railway thorised representatives of the confined to the lower and
Moscow, Aug. 24, Wunt, Aug, 24.
Shikachuang, to the Fengtien
irres the relations between capital and
Madame Klepikoff, accused of but chose best posted in the and reactions leading to a better and although certain economic plenty of elbow-room for both. believed to belong to the 21st. ment and agreement between the capital of Shantung, checking understanding and more equitable factors were in need of readjust She needs those men, and money-tee has suspended the execution of The Central Executive Commit- Army, have passed through here, two parties.
them up division by division,
conceptions of international polic-ment, from the native point of on their way down the river. They
The importance of Shikachuang estimated their number at not
view, those were not the methods We have got to find the means of General Annenkov and General were unarmed.
was defined by the Shansi repre- fewer than 100,000. Nor were
"We are definitely entering a which should have been employed bringing willing hands and open Denisov, Reuter. Other arrivals include men of sentative, who said that for the they a ragged, unequipped, un-period of co-operation with the to bring about the desired changes. apaces together.
A Moscow message on July 12 the 27th. Army who have reached Shansi troops to
The Premier added, "If I may stated: leave Shika-paid rabble. Very much to the League for the common use of the Those methods were to be strongly
A court martial at here from down river, it being chuang would mean that the Feng-contrary: foreign military and
mention one or two striking Cronstadt has sentenced to death reported that their refusal to fight tien soldiers would be able to go diplomatic representatives who counsel of conciliation, on an as deprecated.
characteristics of the Canadian Madame, Klepikoff, the widow of sured basis of self-reliance and accounts for their being sent here, down to the south, on the one witnessed the passage of this host
French Paper's 'Report. people, they are these the open- the commander of the Russian self-respect" -Naval Wireless,
hand, while Marshal Feng Yu- agreed in pronouncing them, for
hearted welcome they give the Baltic fleet, who was shot on a The conference passed a resolu-
The Avenir du Tonkin in a re- hainng's armies could easily march Chinese soldiers, a most remark- tion in favour of priority of Press port of the disorders occurring up try; their keenness to hear "espionage
visitor from the Old Courcharge of having engaged in Tong at Kiukiang.
up to the north. A further con ably
for England." promising looking Jat.f telegrams and urgent Press mess to Saturday, stated: Kiukiang, Aug. 24. ference with the Fengtien party Mostly in new uniforms, with
hear sympathetically. Madame Klepikoff was charged "The situation has become frank- The movement of troops passing will possibly be held.-Wali Kiu their characteristic cloth hats in-ages at double rates, compared
about our problems. and the with "complicity, and assisting in with ordinary Press telegrams. ly disquieting by reason of the through is still going on. General Fu! Po
stead of the dinky little grey caps Tang Shen-chi is here.-Naval
A Chinese delegate spoke in great animosity which actually way we are fighting through military espionage." with the pinched up crowns and
them; their vigorous, optimism Wireless.
two for five visors worn by other favour of cheaper rates between exists between the Annamites and about their own country; and their
China and Europe, and the aboli- the Chinese. Chinese soldiers, and with
"Last night there were numerous confidence in the future and the trousers that were not three tion of the censorship in time of
quarrels and attacks between the stability of Great Britain and the fourths baggy, and were cut off Chengyankuan, July 30,
The Japanese advocated urgent two sections of the population, in British Empire.--British Wirclesa, at the knee instead of stuffed
namber being killed and very many According to the war news that into half hose, and with faces Press rates and deferred cheap the Chinese quarter, resulting in a Nanking, Aug. 24.
others wounded. we get here the Nationalists' reflecting 50 per cent. higher telegrams. Reuter. During the course of a bombard- northward campaign along the average intelligence than the
"The Bonnal and Chavassieux. ment of Pukow, from Lion Hill, Tientsin-Pukow railway is held general run of Chinese soldier,
Boulevards, and Strassbourg and the ferry and railway stations up by Communist complications in they were, all told, a snappy look-
Metz Streets, which are included were hit. When about 70 shells the rear, accessitating the recalling lot..
in the Chinese quarters, have been the scene of numerous encounters. had been expended, one of them of armies from the north to ward What was more impressive, they
The Red Cross motor ambulance exploded in a station shed, the off Communist thrust from were
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horsepower, established a - Paris, Aug. 24. world record for single Beater building being burnt to the Hankow to Nanking, which has equipped and carried with them A HUNDRED PERCENT, PLAN. towards nine o'clock, in conveying
The Sacco Vanzetti riots were light aeroplanes, by reaching the wounded to hospital, found ground, The attack was replied to already reached Anking.
carloads of extra uniforms, pro-
Vallejo, California, Aug 24. itself blocked and unable by guns, only a few rounds being
to get renewed on a smaller scale, but 300.10 kilometres an hour over a From our point of view the con- visions and munitions; enough used.
The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. past a big crowd of demonstratore shots were fired and the crowd course of 100 kilometres from flict appears to be a triangular one would think to last for several
Hendon. Fortunately, M. "Troops from up-river are con: one, Hankow opposing Peking and months. And to crown all they Wilbur, at a conference on Mare which had assembled in the Rue de dispersed.
Mounted Republican Guards are
This, if Internationally recog tinuing to arrive.
Nanking; Peking opposing Han had been paid on the dot every Island, said he expeted to ask the Commerce.
the streets.nised, will be the only flying re- On Monday and Tuesday, con- kow and Nanking, and Nanking month and every one of them ap- next session of Congress for a 100 Casigny, Manager of the Establiss now patrolling
cord held in Britain.-Reuter, peared to be well supplied with per cent increase in the shipbuild-ments Bainer, passed at that mo- Reuter.
ment. He assisted the chauffeur
[The above speed is approxim- voys travelling between Nanking opposing Hankow and Peking.. and Chinklang were not molested From what we gather Commun- ready money-not depreciated ing programme.
ately 180 miles an hour.] emergency notes
to start the vehicle, which then bat by rifle fire.-Naval Wirelesa,
charged at full speed into the ism appears to be the greatest war swindle ever perpetrated upon the good, honest silver money.
crowd, which gave way before it." much victimized Chinese people. Whence the Men and Munitions?
Other incidents were reported by the paper, which showed that the A Chinese message states that The Communist leaders appens to
demonstrators completely got out as a result of the fires at Pukow take everything, and give back
of hand in spite of police measured and Saikwan, big coal stores and very little, enriching themselves
They entered the Chinese quarter, godowns in the vicinity were des- with the spoils of the people.
made what appeared to be a house to-house search, in many cases at tacking and killing the inmates, and setting fire to the buildings.
In one case, after being dis persed by the police, the Annamites The State Department is inform-reformed, and armed with sticks slaughton, Chinese buildings, paying particular attention to shops and commercial houses.
DESTRUCTION AT PUKOW.
Result of Bombardment.
Much Damage.
COMMUNISM EXPOSED.
China's Greatest Swindle,
all completely and well
And there lies the mystery! Where did these men come from? Where and when did they acquire
A friend of mine whose home, is their new equipment, machine troyed. The damage, is reported in Hunan, but who himself has guns, field guns, hundreds of tóns to be of a considerable amount,
AIR FORCES TO GO.
Early Withdrawal Likely.
London, Aug. 24.
apent 10 years as a student in of supplies and munitions and es America, telle me how he is now becially where had all the money a fugitive refugee in his own come from? All a mystery! But country, all the family property the fact remained there they having been sequestrated and His were men, equipment, guns, sup-
shot, and his aged father driven to conclude with, perhaps the
peace.
U.S. NAVY TO BE INCREASED.
He declared that the fallure of the Gevona conference should result in the strengthening of the Ameri- can Na y-Reuter's American Ser- vica..
MEXICAN BANDIT
OUTRAGE.
ATTACK ON A TRAIN.
Washington, Aug. 24.
older brother who was in charge plios, money and, one was forced that 16 persons were either and iron bars, carried out an on- No date has been fixed for the into exile. In these sequestra-single exception of the Kirin and killed or wounded in a train which forces from China, but it is hoped whers. Also it appears that the anest and Ittest Aghting unit, in bandits near Acaponata in the withdrawal of the British alt tions no provision is made for the Hellungklang Fengtien troeps the was attacked by several hundred
they will be withdrawn as soon Communist leaders gathered up China. as possibles
all the silver in the districts Some time later the writer went
The final decision will be left
the authorities on the spot. Reuter.
to where they rule, and kept it, isto Taian expecting to look over
suing worthless notes in its place.
-N. C. Daily News correspondent.
(Continued on Page 11.)
state of Nayarit, in Mexico."
About forty shots were fired, and an American woman was serious ly wounded-Reuter's American Servicepre
Europeans Protect Chinese, Dr. Forrest, a well-known me dico, of the town, saved a Chinese (Continued on Pags 8.1
SACCO-VANZETTI RIOTS.
BRITISH CLAIM TO A FLYING RECORD.
OVER 180 M.P.H. ON LIGHT PLANE
London, Aug. 24. Captain Broad, flying a Tiger ANOTHER PARIS OUTBREAK. Moth plane, nominally of 82
Brussels Also Affected, ・
Brussels, Aug. 24. Two. thousand Sacco-Vanzetti rioters were proceeding towards the centre of the town when they were dispersed by gendarmes with drawn swords.
Cafa windows were broken,, and a police officer fired a blank round. There were Reven arreste Reuter.
AN "HONOUR” GONE.
SOVIET BARS CHALIAPIN.
THE WEATHER OUTLOOK.
ANOTHER TYPHOON
FORMING.
new
The Royal Observatory reporta. at 11 a.m. to-day:
The anti-cyclone remains central". over N.E. Japan. Wa
Pressure is low over S.W. China. The typhoon appears to be nearly stationary about 300 miles east of Moscow, Aug. 24. Aparri. Another typhoon, has It is officially announced that the formed to the B.E. of Guam” famous artist Chaliapin has been The local weather forecast up-to derived of his title of "National noon to-morrow is:
B winds, moderate; fair,
Artist of the Republic Reuter,