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FOUNDEDEN "拜禮 第二十月十英港香 PRISONERS. CHANNEL SWIM.
SEVEN COMMANDERS SAID TO BE KILLED.
BRITISH LADY BEATS. RECORD.
HER THIRD ATTEMPT.
Later.
PEKING MESSAGE TELLS OF SHANSI for a lady of 13 hours and 10
DEBACLE.
BIAS BAY PIRACIES Atlantic FLIGHT. CANTON COMMANDERS SHANGHAI TOPICS.
PROTEST.
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE
PUBLISHED.
DISAGREE.
AMERICAN GIRL HOPS OFF.
RUMOURED FLIGHT OF LI CHAI-SUM.
BIG YELLOW MONOPLANE.
"
HONAM DEFENCE MEASURE.
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MEETING FORCE WITH FORCE.
CASE OF S.S. "SOLVIKEN."
Roosevelt Field, Oct. 11. There is every indication that The following correspondence Į
Miss Ruth Elder, with Captain the friction between Generals Li relating to the pot of the 8.3. George Haldeman as a co-pilot and Chai-sum and Chang Fat-kwal, in Solviken on July 20th has been navigator, has started on a non-Canton, is coming to a head, if in- even
issued by the Hongkong Govern- ment as a Supplement to Sessional Paper No. 7 of 1927:-
NEW SWATOW INCIDENT. cetermination, favoured by warm
Long messages from the North to-day, "confirm the fact that the Peking forces have won decisive battles against the Shansi It is said that over 10,000 troops which are now in retirement. prisoners have been taken and that at least seven commanders are among these killed. The capture of Tingchow is claimed and
the total defeat of Shansi is said to be but a matter of time.
It is still being alleged that Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang failed to give General Yen Hsi-shan the promised help at the critical time and that he lured Gen. Yen into making the attack. General Tang Seng-chi, the Bankow military leader,, is said to be remaining
neutral.
There has been another incident at Swatow, where an armed detachment from H.M.S. Wild Swan had to board & C.N.C. steamer to clear off a gang of disarmed and disbanded soldiers who overran the ship. The men were trying to get a free passage to Shanghai. Mrs. C. C. Wu, the wife of the Nanking Foreign Minister, has been arrested at Tientsin while she was trying to leave by a Japanese vessel for Shanghai. There has been a bomb explosion at Changsha, killing seven Communists, and the conversations between the Nanking and Wuhan representatives are continuing at Hankow.
SERIOUS CANTON FACTION FIGHTS.
Canton.
Miss Maclennan's record "swim
minutes surprised
her mother. Her landing caused a commotion on the beach, where there were only fifty people, all of whom rushed to her assistance,
I-Despatch of 21st July 1927, but she was "as fresh as a lark" from the Governor of Hongkong, It was a victory of stamina and to His Majesty's Counsel-General.
water and brilliant moonlight. Sir, I have the honour to in She ate only A little sugar and form you that the s.s. "Solviken, malt extract.
of 1,435 tons, registered at Bergen, Her .real name is Dorothy and owned by the Norwegian firm Cochrane Logan, and she is a of Messrs. Waliem and Company doctor of medicine, She
has left Hongkong at 8 a.m. on 19th July for Saigon, with 500 tons of rendered brilliant several hospitals, and is now a general cargo, 280 tons of bunker popular medical officer at King's coal and 300 Asiatic dock passeng
College Hospital.
service
This was her third attempt.
ers on board. At about 4 a.m. on
the next day, 20th July, she was captured by pirates and forced to put back to Blas Bay where she ar- rived at 2 ani,on 21st July.
A SYNAGOGUE INCIDENT,
(Our Own Correspondent.)
Shanghai, Det: 8. The local Soviet Consulate, stop flight to Paris in the aero-deed, it has not already done so. whose crimson flag flutters in the plane "American Girl."-Router's There were reports yesterday of a breeze within a stone's throw of American Service.
Wireless Set.
Miss Elder's aeroplane is a
Later.
clash between the troops of the the British, American, Japanese. two Generals, in the eastern suburb and German Consulates, is just now figuring very largely in the of Canton, and it was also rumour-public mind in consequence of the bright yellow monoplane, and ised that Li Chai-sum had fled. This, agitation started by an exiguous but noisy minority for the pur- equipped with a small wireless set however, is not confirmed,
pose of "meeting force with with a range of 25 miles.
It is known, though, that force," as they put it. It will be are a score of ocean liners in the
General Li Fuk-recalled that some time ago a troops of path to be followed.
The aviators carry sandwiches, lam, the commander of Honam cordon of Municipal Police and Volunteers was thrown around the coffee, beef ten and fruit.
island,
disarm- Soviet Consulate, and everyone. Elder is dressed in golfing attire
Thore
Miss
and both fliers are also wearing fur-lined one-piece flying suits as worn by army airmen for protec-
tion against the cold.
A Married Lady. Miss Elder is 23 years of age
She is a licensed pilot and her and is from Old Lakeland, Florida, married name is Mrs. Lyle
The first was made last year, and she retired almost unconscious a mile from the English short,
2. I attach for your informa- after 24 hours in the water. Two months ago she failed when seven miles from England, after ntion a police report on the facts, so that the terrific fight with cross-currents. far as they can be ascertained at She now wins the prize of £1,000 present. It appears offered by the News of the World, beating Miss Gertrude
E53 INSTANCENARIO CON Womack. Ederle's time.-Reuter.
Miss Ederle took 14 hours and SPORTS POSTPONED. 34 minutes.
for
Nearly Gave Up.
has
1
Oct. Oct. 11. Another Englishwoman awum the English Channel, Doc- tor Dorothy Cochrane Logan medical specialist, accomplished the feat Lo-day in 13 hours, 12 minutes. This was her third at- tempt.
Her time is a record for women swimmers. being one hour, 27 -Peking, Oct. 11 tht the 29th. Fengtien army cap-minutes less than the time of the The Ankuochun spokesman, in- tured Tingchow on the 10th, and American girl, Miss. Gertrude terviewed by foreign correspon- that the defeated Shansi forces Ederle. She is the fourth woman, dents, this morning stated that ar- are retreating towards Taiyuan. and fourteenth person, who has
It is officially announced that swum the Channel, cording to plan, counter-attacks had been delivered on all fronts the 11th Division of the Fengtien yesterday, and had proved suc- forces now fighting at the vicinity
of Siling has advanced to Chiking The Shansi forces had been wan.-Nam Chung Puc thrown back in the region of Ting-
tessful,
chow, from which the Fengtien armies were moving south-west with the object of oatflanking the
Another Fengtien Victory.
Peking, Oct. 11.
The Cabinet officially claims the
She entered the water at Grisnez at twenty minutes to eight yester- terday evening, and landed at Folkestone at eight minutes to ning this morning.
Doctor Logan uses psendonym
of Miss Mona Maclennan for her swimming, and has always sur rounded her Channel attempts Her success was a complete surprise, only those ac- companying her in fishing boat and a few of her intimate friends knowing that she was trying agin. At one point, though she saw the cliff of England through a haze, she seemed to be making so little
Shane army, while Chu Yu-pu.capture of Shihchinchunng by with secrecy. had telephoned from Hsuehow Chinli-Shantung troops. Reuter, stating that the Chihli-Shantung troops had occupled Shihchiach NANKING TO HELP SHANSI? wang, and the Shansi forces were retreating westward.
A Possibility Indicated.
The present plans were arrang-
ed when General Chang Tsung-
were forced to maintain a defen- the 19th Nationalist Army to ad-
sive until troop concentrations vance to Pengpu-Naval Wireless.
To Be Held on Friday Afternoon.
Owing to the inclement wea. ther to-day, the sports "At Home" arranged by the St. Andrew's Society for Scottish Regiments in the Colony has had to be postponed.
The function will take place at the same time on Friday afternoon and the special concert arranged for this evening has also been post- poned until Friday.
Master, Captain R. Jentost, was seriously wounded, while the 2nd Officer and the Wireless Operator have also been injured by revolver shots.
3. While it is clear that the pirates actually boarded the ship in Hongkong (and as she is not subject to the piracy regulations and was proceeding to a port out-
L1
The plane carries 520 gallons of petrol, estimated to be sufficient for 4,400 miles. Both fliers are equipped with rubber life suits. Reuter's American Service.
CANADIAN. LAND.
SETTLEMENT.
have been
ed after resistance. They had thought that the place was about just returned from the East to be raided, but aside from the searching of persons entering or River district, and were attacked leaving the building, nothing was In the city. There was a long ex-done and eventually the cordon. change of shots before they sur was withdrawn. The official ex- rendered to Chang Fat-kwai's
planation by the Council of its forces.
action was that the Soviet Con- General Li Fuk-lam is said to be sular officials. had been complain- determined to resist Chang Fat-ing to the Senior Consul that they kwai and his Ironsides on Honam receiving too much attention from itself, and the island is being the "White" section of Shanghal's closely guarded. A search is be Russian colony and the Council's ing made for any signs of lurking act of surrounding the Consulate enemy agents, The Honam com- was motivated on a desire to mander can always depend on the accord protection to the building support of the large body of armed and its inmates, protection which the latter lost no time in saying village volunteers on the island.
they did not need.
Apparently the forces of the new commander at Canton, Chang Fat- kwai, are alive to the possibility of their leader assuming full control, for it le said the Ironsides desire PRESENT POLICY CRITICISED.a military council to take over the
administration of the city:
Winnipeg, Oct. 11. The Conservative Convention has passed a resolution declaring that the immigration policy of the present Government is a failure, and urging a vigorous system of immigration based on the selective principle, efforts to repatriate Canadians, to secure a larger pro- portion of British settlers, and take full advantage of the assis tance of the British Government
The resolution also favoured the Tromate Empire settlement. exclusion of Orientals-Beuter's American Service.
THE MILITARY AT ADEN.
The bolder spirits among Shang- hai's anti-Reds now wish to go ne better and are urging the Shanghai Fascisti to raid the Soviet's head- quarters and give short shriff to its tenants with the aid of White. Russians. These adventurous Meanwhile, it is perhaps signi- souls are restive at the dilatory ficant that a return of anti-foreign ways of diplomacy and are pant- feeling is apparent, and the labour- ing to take the law into their own ers are again shouting their anti- hands first and talk afterwards. Imperialist slogans in the streets. They frankly proclaim the ille
Another Version.
gality of such a procedure but aver that necessity knows no law, and a feminine member of the A local vernacular newspaper statement declares that Li Chai-foreign community, scorning to sum, some time ago proposed a mince words, advocates an armed celebration among the people of foray on the Soviet Consulate so: Kwangtung in commemoration of as to make the name Fascisti. and respected by the the Nanking Special Committee. feared But Chang Fat-kwai la reported to Chinese. The foreign community have denounced this Special Com-evidently is in for exciting times mittes bitterly, and slogans issued-if the tempestuous ones gain by Chang were seen all over the the ascendancy.. streets declaring, "Down with the
Special Committee." In so doing, Christian Tracts In A Synagogue. Chang Fat-kwai was attacking Li An incident has just occurred Chai-sum indirectly.
which goes to show to what
But Li has always been lengths some evangelists are pre- man. The story is told that when secure converts to the faith. On London, Oct. 11.
Chang Fat-kwai was in Hankow October 6, the Jewish Day of
months is announced in an Army some It
ago, he de-Atonement, when a solemn all-day, Order that the War Office has as-nounced Li Chai-sum, who was fast and religious services are sumed direct responsibility for then controlling Canton.. Li took held in every part of the world: the administration of the military no notice of this, and continued to where Jewry is congregated, two whose forces, forming the garrison of pay to the family of Chang, who missionary gentlemen, Aden.
were then staying in Canton, the nationality cannot be ascertained, and a Chinese woman gained monthly allowance of $500.
Азгол The Nanking Nationalists may access to the eth send some troops down to the Synagogue, donated to the Jewlah south to help Li Chal-sum, states Community by Mr. S. A. Hardoom the vernacular press.
Nanking, Oct. 11, The likelihood that the Nanking progress that she suggested to side the danger zone this cannot chung visited the capital a week ago, but were delayed us. Chang Government is about to co-operate those in the boat that she should be prevented), it is equally clear WAR OFFICE TAKES CONTROL known as a silent and patient pared to proceed in their zeal to Tsung-chang was unable to con- actively with Marshal Yen Hsi-give up. But her trainer per that the coup was engineered by centrate his forces as the Ninth shan, the Shansi Tupan, against suaded her to continue, and she the Bins Bay gang, since it was Ankuochun Army. having been Feagtien is indicated by an order succeeded, to her great delight.-to that place the pirated ship was taken and it was there the plunder surprised by the Shansi attack, reported to have been issued to British Wireless.
was landed.
4. I should be much obliged therefore if you would inform the Canton Government, and enquire
was of them if they are now prepared Military control of Aden to accept the friendly co-operation transferred from the Indian Gov- of my Government in a combined ernment to the Imperial Govern- operation which will once and forment, with effect from the first of all root out this gang whose de April last.-British Wireless.: predations are even more damag- ing to Chinese than to foreign: interests.
were complete. All the forces
were organised, and would attacki
Shansi province,
On the north front the Fengtien
army had also been successful, taking prisoners, machine-guns,
A GENERAL SHOT.
FRANCO-AMERICAN TARIFFS.
-
U. S. SENDS ANOTHER NOTE.
Paris, Oct. 11. The latest American Note with regard to the Franco-American
5. Should this offer be refused,
Revolution That Falled.
Peking, Oct. 12. According to Chinese reports, and heavy artillery, with much General Tang Seng-chi has arrest Ammunition. It was the intentioned Chin' Yun-20 somewhere on the of this force to ignore Kalgan and Honan-Hupeh border, has tried strike north-westward from Suan him on a charge of plotting tariff dispute has been handed in hwafu to Tatung..
against the revolution, and has
at the Quai D'Orsay this morning, and should the Canton Government itself still fail to take the neces- shot him.
Chin Yun-ao recently revolted and is now being translated.
It is understood that it contains sar punitive and precautionary unsuccessfully against Feng, Ynothing new with regard to the measures in Bins Bay, I have the hsiang in "Honan-Reuter.
basis of the position as expressed honour to request that you will re- American note, peat the warning that independent in the previous and merely emphasises certain British punitive action will with- out fall be taken if the Blas Bay viewpoints.
gang commit any further outrage on a British ship. I have, &c.,.
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MRS. C. C. WU ARRESTED.
It demonstrates the intention of the United States Government to enter into practical conversations, and states its desire to bring the negotiations to a successful con-
clusion. Reuter.
THE BATHING BEACHES.
DATES OF CLOSING.
lowing dates of closing the public North Point and Tai Wan Bay, bathing beaches in the Colony. at 7 pm on Sunday, October 16.
Kennedy Town, at 7 pm on Monday, October 24.
(88.) C. CLEMENTI, Governor, &c, 11-Letter of 28th July 1027; from His Majesty's Consul General, Canton, to the Secretary in Charge. THE INDIAN RAILWAY
TROUBLE. of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Canton
and recently completed. They expressed a desire to follow the Li Fuk-lum's Position.
service being held at the time, and Information from Canton also as it is the practice among the states that the Ironsides, troops Jews to admit anyone, Jew Or of Chang Fat-kwai, intend to oust Gentile, without question, they Li Fuk-lam from Honam. During were treated with studied courtesy the past 16 years, since the coland every facility was rendered lapse of the Manchu Dynasty, Li them intelligently to follow the The P.W.D. announces the fol-Fuk-lam has been the head of the ritual of the day through lingual
Canton. A fact that is well famillar. Honam district, just opposite mediums with which they were The trio, however, were not long. known among the Chinese is that Li Fuk-lam was, before the Chin in the Synagogue before it became Ese revolution in 1911, a bandit evident that they were clandestine chief. But after some years spent ly distributing anti-Semitic tracts. as an outlaw, he made good and among the children. The litera turned over a new leaf by joining ture was in English and Yiddish, the army under the Manchu Go the latter being especially obnoxi vernment. When the revolution us. The offending trio wore t broke out in 1911, Li Fuk-lam anonce shown the door, and in view nounced himself a captain of the of the solemnity of the occasion, revolutionary army (the. man it was a fortuitous circumstance Ewan). The Manchu throne col-that hands were not laid on them, lapsed, and Li Fuk-lam was placed more especially in view of the as head of the Honam Government, fact that the latter vociferously. and in that position has remain proclaimed their right to distributer The local Jewish Community of, ed until now. We often hear of tracts anywhere they pleased.
course, feel outraged at the poor Canton coups, but not of a change
He allowed fantan and opium in taste shown by the three persons Honam, and though he may not in so grossly abusing the hos pitality accorded them. Jews are be regarded as a very good gen- not alone in being victims of such eral he has succeeded in giving misdirected zeal. Not Infrequen peace to the Island..
A Big Success. The spokesman said that a tale gram from General Chang Hsuch- liang at Paotingfu stated that the Fengtien army had taken 10,000 prisoners, while among the killed
Police Action at Tientsin. was known to be one brigade' and six regimental commanders. The
Shanghai, Oct. 11. defeat of Shansi was certainly
A message from Tientsin states only a matter of time.
The spokesman continued that that Madame C. C. Wu, the wife of he believed that Yen Hai-shan the Nationalist Foreign Minister, was yet another victim of Feng has been detained by the Chinese Yu-hsiang's traps, the latter fail police aboard a Japanese vessel, ng to give him the promised as whereby she intended to leave for
Shanghai yesterday.-Reuter. sistance at a critical time. It was known that the enemy had plan- ned, in the event of Shansi's suc- ceas, that Yen Hai-shan would have an important post in the
A VERY COSTLY SCHEME. committee to form a government
London, Oct. 11. at Peking, while Feng would oc- cupy Taiyuanfu, in Shansi pro-H.M.S. Wild Swan had to bussent It is proposed to equip Manches- out to-day when some 200 to 800 ter with a system of underground Concerning Tang Seng-chi, he disarmed and disbanded soldiers, tube railways similar to that of Pears that the Master, Captain R. ing a labour dispute, a month ago, of the Honam Government.
vince.
A SWATOW INCIDENT.
British Ship Over-Run.
Swatow, Oct. 11, Another armed detachment from
UNDERGROUNDS FOR
MANCHESTER, 2
Sir-I have been requested by the Governor of Hongkong to call
WORKSHOPS TO RELOPEN.. your attention to the piracy of the Norwegian steamer "Solviken"
Calcutta, Oct. 11. which occurred on the 20th July,
railway and I enclosa a copy of a police re- The Bengal-Nagpur port on the facts, go far as they can workshops at Khargpur, which had be ascertained at present. It ap-closed owing to a lockout follow- Jentest was scrously wounded are re-opening that he has since died, while the Reuter
to-morrow.
Baid that a telegram from Tang late of the "Red" army, endeavour Londoh. Ka that morning stated that he had no ed to force a free passage on a The proposal has been before a 2nd officer and the wireless operator Intention of attacking Peking. British ship, which they over-ral. special committee of the city have also been injuried by revolver He was unable at present to at- The vessel concerned was the council, which has now submitted shots.
While it would seem that the LEVINE GOES HOME. tack Feng Yu-hatang, but was re- China Navigation Company's 5.5. its report to the finance commit- maining neutral in the present Newchwang, which, bound for tee. The tube will cost about pirates actually boarded the ship Shanghai, was loading arzon at £250,000 per mile to build, and the in Hongkong, it is clear that the Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's total cost is estimated at coup was arranged by the Bias Bay gang, since it was to that place the There is only some pontoon.
£26,000,000. Shanghai, Oct: 12. The soldiers appeared on the doubt whether the tube is a pay- pirated ship was taken and it waAB
(Continued on Page 11.) General, Chang Hauch-liang has scene and for some time every-able proposition-British Wire- there the plunder was landed.
(Continued on Page 14.) 1280. reported to the Péking Government
war-Reuter.
Capture of Tingchow.
AND ON BOARD A SHIP
Cherbourg, Oct 11. Levine has left for American on board the as. Leviathan Reuter,
ly one sees members of the Shang-
At present Li Fuk-lam le sald ha! Defence Force, when trying to have 20,000 troops under him, to get much needed relaxation but his soldiers are said to be good public parks, approached enough only to protect Honam, evangelists with trad and would not be strong enough salvation. A sense
(Continued on Pag to resist the Ironsides.