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Hongkong Telegraph.
FOUNDED 1881 NO, 22, 324
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 二拜禮 號五十月一十英港香
ARMED ROBBERY IN CITY.
HAUL OF OVER $5,000 IN
CHINESE SHOP.
POLICE ARREST TWO MENAT STEAMER WHARE.
A WELL-LAID
SCHEME.
HONGKONG STRIKERS PAID OFF.
NEW PROVISION BY CANTON GOVERNMENT.
LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT.
BIAS BAY LAIRS.
HONGKONG'S REQUEST TO CANTON.
936 PER
15, 1927. A+ COPY DOGENTH
THE REGULATION OF NANKING
SUGAR CROPS.
INTERNATIONAL ACTION ARRANGED.
PRICE TO BE STABILISED.
Paris, Nov. 14.
A conference of representatives W. G. A. Ormaby-Gore, the Under of the cane and beet sugar ex- Secretary of State for the Go-porting countries, including Cuba, lonies, stated that the Hongkong
Government had repeatedly made Germany, Czecho-Slovakia, and representations to the authorities Poland, has agreed to support the at Candon urging them to eradi-Cuban policy of restriction of cate the Bias Bay pirates, and production in order to keep up offering co-operation.
all over
the
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NANKING CONTROLS
CONTROLS WUHAN.
COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL OF OPPOSITION.
BRITISH MARINES TO REMAIN AT
POOTUNG.
NO CO-OPERATION YET.
A Canton correspondent reports
London, Nov. 14. that the Bureau of Public Safety In the House of Commons, reply- has published six new rules having ing to Mr. Wellock, Capt. the Hon. to do with the paying-off of the Hongkong-Canton strikers.
For one thing, $10 is to be given to each member of the strikers' families. Everyone who is now living in strikers dormitories will get free transportation when he or she returns to the country, and while the rule does not say
prices and normalise and stabilise NORTHERNERS CHECKED. much, it is understood that several A reply had been received allege the relations between production Remarkable daring and resource were displayed by three armed Hongkong steamers, and the train, ing that the pirates had their and consumption robbers who tied up the fokis of a shop in the heart of the city last will take strikers free, if they de-headquarters in Hongkong and
back to the sire to go
world. Crown elsewhere, and a list "of names night, forced the safe, and devamped with cash totalling over $5,000.
Colony.
had been supplied to the Govern- An international sugar commit- A memorial hall is to be erected, ment of Hongkong, but this unfor-tee will be formed, comprising two The Hung Hing Company, piecegoods dealers of 129 Queen's Rond Central, were the firm victimised, and it is revealed this morning it is announced, in honour of those tunately had proved of no real delegates from the auger industry
who left their work when the
value.
of each country represented at the that the whole affair was carefully organised and only prompt police strike was started.
licenses The validity of the The robbers entered the promises action prevented complete success.
The activities of the Canton conference, and countries sub- given by the strike committee to Government's anti-piracy commis-sequently joining the committee,. shortly after 9 o'clock, and stayed about 35 minutes.
many of its members, permitting sioner had hitherto been nugatory. whicse principal function will be The Hongkong Government had the regulation of production all Elaborate precautionary measures were adopted by the thieves them to conduct street stands, will
he recognized for a further period invited the Canton Government to over the world. Reuter. with a view to getting a fair start, but within half an hour of of one year.
To Break Monopoly. notification, the police had effected the arrest of two men, believed to have been in the gang concerned, They were endeavouring to leave the Colony by the s.s. Charles Hardouin, it is alleged, but were identified on the wharf by fokis from the shop..
THIEVES POSE AS MERCHANTS.
To And work for the idle strik-mandE ers, an employment bureau is to be opened. In the event of any of THE CRAWLEY CASE, the strikers wishing to go into business, only half of the usual license tax will collected from them.
SPAIN AND BRITAIN.
THE RECENT CONVERSA- TIONS.
London, Nov. 14. Sir Austen Chamberlain, in the House of Commons made a state-
ment regarding his recent con- versation in Spain with the Span-
Premier
A preliminary visit had been minutes succeeded in their efforts. paid to the shop in order to get the The telephone having been, cut, lie of the land, according to infor- they could not communicate with mation gathered by a Telegraph.re the police, but several of the fokis presentative this morning. This blew their police whistles. A visit was paid about 7 p.m. When large crowd gathered outside the the men were negotiating outensibly shop,' and, in a few minutes, news for the purchase of cloth lengths, in of the affair reached the Centralish the course of which, they made a Police Station," Chief Botective. complet. round of the different de- Inspector Reynolds, accompanied partments of the shop. Before by a number of officers, going to leaving, they ordered goods to the the scons - value of $105,30.
Wharves Searched.
He said: "When the Spanish Premier learned that my short holiday would be spent in Spanish waters, he was good enough to offer come to any convenient me and warmly port to meet welcomed this opportunity of mak- ing the acquaintance of the dis- After the Folds had been questinguished head of the Spanish tioned, the police took them to all Government, who is also Foreign Minister. Our conversation was of the most friendly but also of the They were going to take a look at hope that they might help to iden-nost informal character. In the the other, piecegoods shops, and tify the roliber." should they at-course of it, I expressed the hope
Previously, they had hinted that they were traders, and wanted the eloth for the purpose of sending it to the interior of China. They said the river steamer wharves, in th
when all their purchases were made, tempt to leave the Colony, they would return to Hung Hing to take delivery of what they had selected.
The Hung Hing Company closes at nine o'clock, and last night. just after the shutters had been put up and the dors were about to be
pay
Besides these arrangementa, the police detailed men to other likely spots where the robbere might be
foented.
Twenty-five minutes after the closed, the may returned to robbery, the first arrest was made, the shop and said they A Chinese constable on duty on the wanted to
Jor what Han Tak wharf notlee a Chinese they had selected earlier in the day, trying to board the Charles Hard- was due to sail to "Although it was past the closing ouin, which
hour, the men were admitted to the Canton at 10.30 last night. The place as they were recognised by man's gait, and his furtive look the assistant who had attended drew the attention of the constable them earlier,
and he searched-the-man-Five- hundred dollars in notes found concealed in ong of his socks.
Revolvers Produced.
were
On entering, two of the three men
"On being questioned as to where immediately produced revolvers, and the third man proceeded to close he obtained so much money, the
Widler Charged in Consular Court:
Shanghai, Nov. 15. Elly Widler was formally charged to-day in the SwIES Consular Court of charges of fraud, forgery and the des- truction of 'documents.
Crawley, who has already been sentenced in connexion with charges of fraud con- cerning an. arms deal with General Yang Sen, was ex- amined before his departure for America, where he has to serve his sentence, but the nature of his declarations has not yet been disclosed,
.
'Paris, later. One of the chief aims of the sugar conference is to reduce the speculative factor in Cuba, par- ticularly desiring to throw off the yoke of the New York market.
The Caban representative will leave shortly for Holland to en- deavour to obtain Halland's adhe. sion to the new sugar ring.- Reuter.
CENSURE OF THE GOVERNMENT.
LABOUR DEMAND AT COAL DEBATE.
London, Nov. 14.
A Labourite motion of censure of the Government, sponsored by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, will come up in the coal industry debate on November, 16.
Following on the report of General Tang Seng-chi's flight from Hankow, it is announced that General Ho Chien's troops have evaou- ated Hanyang. The Nanking vanguards are new marching across country to Wuchang which they are expected to enter to-day.
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The Nanking colours are now being flown in Hankow, although the main body of troops has not yet arrived. There is little fear of further trouble but Japanese and French forces have been landed- for the protection of their Concessions.
It is now reported that the reinforcements which the Nation- alists recently sent to the northern front have halted the advance. of Marshal Sun Chuan-fang and that the Northerners are apparently content to hold their positions.
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Various questions were naked in the House of Commons yesterday regarding aspects of the China situation, Sir Austen Chamberlain defending the maintenance of British marine guards in the Pootung district of Shanghai. It is announced that the Queen's Regiment is not yet to be moved to Malta.
QUEEN'S REGIMENT TO STAY HERE,
Shanghai, Nov, 15. ernment hus sent a telegram to tha A message from Hankow on forces on the Hupeh front prais Monday evening says that General ing them for their successes, and Ho Chien's troops have evacuated asking them to do their best in Hanyang and that at present there maintaining order in the Wuhan are no troops in the Wahan dis- cities. The telegram assures the trict, though it is reported that the troops that Hupeh and Ilunan will be completely under control very Nauking vanguards are marching shortly if the military forces con-2 across country from Kichow on
the south bank of the Yangtsze, Linue their valuable services, and and may enter Wuchang to-mor. co-operation with each other."
The Wuhan cities are very quiet.
row.
The motion charges the Govern- ment with neglecting the ques--Renter.· Widler, who collapsed in the Gaol Compound some days tions of distress and unemploy
ago, seriously injuring his jaw, is now under the doctor's Own Correspon- care.--Our dent.
uniIUKAUBUTIQUEVINITION
ment among the miners, and de- mands immediate action to securé efficient organisation of the in- dustry and deals with the embar- rassing condition of the local relief authorities, and the treat- ment of a vast number of miners who are employed on short time, or who are out of work-Reuter.
that, Spain would resume her for mer full and valuable co-operation in the work of the League of Na- tions and we discussed among other things the question of Tan- Kier on which. conversations are confer with a view to arranging a proceeding between France and scheme of action. Spain, the results of which are to j He was awaiting the Governor INDIANS IN THE U.S.A. he reported to us when concluded." of Hongkong's observations on the
-British Wireless.
NEW SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL.
..
ANOTHER BIG AMERICAN DONATION.
New York, Nov. 14. The railway mugnate, Mr. Edward Harkness, has subscribed
the door from the inside, also clos man numbled something, bat failed ing all the windows. He then pro- to give a coherent reply.
By this time, however, the police another G$100,000 towards the duced a revolver as well. The next thing the robbers did was to cut who were specially detailed for American million dollar fund to- the lookout arrived at the Hau Tak wards the proposed new Shakes- the telephone wires.
There were eight fokis In the Wharf. They had with them one shop at the time, and they were all of the fokis of the victimised shop,peure memorial theatre at Strat- tied up and pushed into the man and this foki said he recognisedford-on-Avon, which now amounts ager's office at the back of the the man as one of those who took still to be subscribed in the United shop. The rabbers then took the part in the robbery.
kays from the manager, and after also tying him up, pushed him amongst the others. A quantity of.
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Vigilant Police. Feeling that the arrest of this piecegoods was then placed against man on the Hau Tak Wharf in- the door of the manager's office,.so dicated that it was part of the that if the men should be able to rubbers' plans to leave Hongkong free themselves, they would still by the Charles Hardouin, the have difficulty in getting out of the police kept a vigilant eye on all the passengers, and at 10.20, ten
...room.
to G5000,000, leaving G$340,000
States.--Renter's American Service.
NOT PROVEN.
ALLEGED PLOTTER
ACQUITED.
Bukharest, Nov. 14. Manolescu has been aequited-
A systematic ransacking of the minutes before the vessel was due premises followed, the robbers fore to sail, another man was arrested, ing open a safe and stealing $4,200 and in his possession was found In Hongkong banknotes. In an over $1,000 in notes. This man | Reuter.. other part of the shop, they came was also identified by one of the
Manoi lesen" was charged in con-
store Prince Carol to the Ruman- Apparently the third man hadian throne. some warning of the arrest of his two accomplices, and at the moment he is still at large.
across $100 in five cent pieces, shop's fokis, and led away to the nexlon with an alleged plot to re- which had been kept there for the police station purposes of furnishing change in the case of small purchases."
The daily takings of the shop, which were being counted when the Intruders broke in, were also taken, the estimated amount boing $900. Robbers Depart
It would, appear from the no- prints gathered that the meu separated after leaving the shop in Queen's Road, and that they At 9.45 the robbers left with intended to rejoin on board the their haul of approximately $5.- Charles Hardoinu within an hour 200. In all they were at the shop of the robbery. The prompt arriv for thirty five minutes. When the al of the police on the scene and fokis in the manager's room heard the way they organised the search, their departure, they attempted to appears to have frustrated the free themselves, and after a few robbers' intentions.
R.A.F. FLYING BOATS.
ARRIVAL IN PERSIAN GULF.
Bushire, Nov 14.
report of the Sunning piracy com. mission.
CANCELLATION OF CITIZENSHIP.
He emphasised that" the Hong- kong Government was most an- xious to co-operate with the Chin-
London, Nev. 14. ese authorities in, suppressing the
Lord Winterton, the Under Sec- pirates, but those authorities apretary for Indin, was asked how peared to possess little, if any, control in the areas in which the many Indians had lost their Ameri- can citizenship under the recent pirate, lairs existed.-Router,
decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.
SOVIET EXPULSION"
DECREE.
TROTSKY, ZINOVIEFF, AND
OTHERS..
Moscow, Nov. 14. The central controlling commis- sion of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party has passed a resolution expelling Trotsky and Zinoviet from the party, expelling Kameneff, Rakow- sky and three others from the General Committee, and dismis- sing them from all government, or party posts-Router.
THE NICARAGUAN CONFLICT.
'MEXICAN PRESIDENT'S ALLEGED INTEREST.
He said that according to, the Government of India's informa- ton, the United States Court had tuneclled naturalisation in about thirty cases. The whole matter was receiving the attention of the Government of India, and of His Majesty's Government. British Wireless.
ARBITRATION WITH AMERICA.
RENEWAL OF TREATY PROPOSED.
NANKING CONTROLS
HANKOW.
New Colours Flying.
Hankow, Nov. 14. Although the main body of troops has yet to occupy Hankow, the Nanking colours are being flown from all the principal build- ings and by shopkeepers.
Prior to his departure from Wu- hau, General Tang Seng-chi-order- ed that the military administration in Hupeh should be entrusted to General Ho Chien, "while that of Hunan he entrusted to General Liu Hsing-Nam Chung Pao.
NORTHERN ADVANCE
CHECKED.
Fighting Slackens of,
Nanking, Nov.14.
Little apprehension of further that the
It appears from reports received reinforcements have trouble exists, but precautionary
measures have been taken and all brought about a check in the ad- the special administrative dis- vance of Marshal Sun Chuan- tricts the ex-Russian, ex-German fang's troops down the Pukow and ex-British Concessions-have Tientsin Railway. been put in a state of defence. Fighting has slackened some- The Japanese and French have what, the Northerners being con- landed forces for the protection of tent at present to hold their their Concessions in the event of positions. The 22nd Division has now been ordered to the Pukow The troops loyal to Nanking, side: Two steel-covered wagons trouble arising. which were at Shast, have now be were sent across with them, but gun to move down river to Cheng- an accident occurred with a third.
the vehicle falling into the river lin.
The Yangtsze situation general while it was being shipped. ly appears to be settling itself. Naval Wireless. the adherents of Nanking having control for practically the entire length-Naval Wireless.
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THE WUHAN DEFEAT. Nanking's Definite Success.
Shanghai, Nov. 15.
QUEEN'S TO STAY.
·Malta Move Cancelled.
Malta, Nov. 14.
It has been decided that the First Battalion of the Queen's
A Hankow telegram just to hand Royal Regiment (the West Sur- states that the Nanking troops reys) will not be moved from have occupied the Wuhan cities, China to Malta, Reuter.
A Malta message of a few weeks · and that Tang Seng-ch's forces have fled in disorder to Yochow. 20 stated that it was intended to There is not likely to be any fur- send the Queen's Regiment to ther fighting in Innkow, where Malta, early next year. conditions are gradually returning to normal.
POOTUNG, GUARD.
Marines to Remain...
London, Nov. 14.
London, Nov. 14.
According to information ob. The Foreign Secretary was ask tained from the Nanking Military ed in the House of Commons whe Headquarters, the remnants of ther negotiations had been initiat General Tang's army are making ed for the conclusion of an arbi- offers for unconditional surrender. In the House of Commons, reply- tration treaty between Britain and A Inter message states that the ing to Mr. S. P. Viant (Labour), the United States, to replace the Nanking troops from Wuchang who suggested the withdrawal of the British Marines from the Poo- present treaty, which expires next have captured. Yocheng.
Generals Ching Chien and Litung district of Shanghai, Sir He replied that the renewal of Chung-jen have left Kinklang for Austen Chamberlain emphasised the Arbitration Convention of 1908 Hankow, with a large force of that the Government intended to maintain in China, wherever pos-
year.
The New York American repro-/ was at present, under discussion troops. It is believed that when sible, the elementary right of pro
duces the facsimile of a document purporting to be an order, signed by the President Calles of Mexico, authorising the payment of 100,-. The Royal Air Force flying 000 pesos to.Zepeda, for the pur- boats, on the way to Australia via chase of arms and ammunition for Singapore, have arrived at Henjam the Liberal revolutionary army in Island. In the Persian Gulf, from Nicaragua. Reuters American
Bushire.-Reuter,
Service..
with the British Overseas Domi- nions.-British Wireless.
TO-DAY.
Dollar on demand Lighting-up
·2/- 6/16. 6.40 p.m.
these Nanking military leaders ar rive, the situation in Wuhan will become more-stabilized...
tection of British property.
The British Consul General and General Duncan considered the re- tention of the guard still essential, and they would 'not be withdrawn" roo long as any danger existed.--
Reuter
Navy Takes Part. Admiral Chen Shao-foon has ported to Nanking that the Navy has captured Hwangchow.
The Nanking Nationalist Gov-
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