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Hongkong Telegraph.
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TEL. C. 269.
NO. 27.J17 IAN YETAITAÆF FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1927. TEA T
CHINESE SOVIET RULE.
DR. WU EXPLAINS. NATIONALIST BREAK
THE POLICY TOWARDS THE SOVIET:
WARNING TO THE “WHITES.”
WITH SOVIET.
MADAME SUN YAT-SEN DISAGREES.
CHIANG'S CURT RETORT.
In further explanation of the
Following is the text of a cable action of the Nationalist Govern- ment in closing the Soviet Con-received in Shanghai Inst. Sunday sulates and quasi-official Russian from Mme Sun Yat-sen, from Agencies within the Nationalist Moscow:
territory. Dr. C. C. Wu, Minister "Chiang Kai-shek. Shanghai.--| of Foreign Affains of the Nation-Just on point of returning home [; alist Government, stated on Mon-learned of your proposal to break day that this action of the or rations with Soviet Russia Nationalist Government was taken and demand withdrawal of Soviet most reluctantly and solely for Consulates. This net, if carried reason's of self-defence, after out, will be suicidal, isolating! having considered ali other pos-China and retarding, ber progress, sible means of checking the porn for which history will hold you te clous Confinnist activities within account. If you possess a particle China's revolutionary moyement. of your leader's vision or remem
"In our effort to suppress such her that clise en-operation with sabversive and dangerous activ- Soviet Russia was his last will ities." D W said, we are inthen stop beadlong plunging over no way hostile towards the Ruprecipice dragging with y fate sian people, for whom we always of your country. I am remaining Have the warmest sympathy. Our here as moral protest against your action must not be construed as decision, unless last monent step to constitule
of be taken in avert break. I believe severance 'political or commercial relations that your alleged grievances could China has an extensive trade with he settled, by agreement with Hussin and it is the wish, of the Soviet Russia." Nationalist Government that some method should be devised whereby this trade can continue without
Chiang's Reply. Chiang Kai-shek's reply. sent entailing such complications as the same evening, follows: had been in the' past," «
"Your telegram dated to-day Purely Defensive. Aftitude.
respectfully received, excepting "We realize further," said Dre which neither I nor the rest of Wu, "that for geographical and your family have received. single other reasons, it, behooves the twa response to our many telegrams nations to maintain 'friendly rela- and letters, showing evidently tions, and our present anxiety is your correspondence was tamper- to handle this unfortunate huted with. For taking this step of purely defensive action in such a breaking off relations with Soviet the Russia, whose agents have. only will leave way that
of ill-feeling on minimum
both recently made holocaust, of Can- sides, and that it will not con- top, we accept full responsibility, stitute any formidable impedi- but beg you to defer judgment ment, when the Chinese revolution until you arrive here and view shall have fulfilled its mission situation for yourself. History, I and created a stable state, in the am confident, will record that it umption of diplomatic relations was Soviet Russia herself that made a mockery of co-operation by between the two countries."
aubverting the Questioned as to the truth of the persistently reports from Hankow and Canton principles and policies laid, down regarding alleged untoward treat-by our revered leader, General ment of Russians incidental to the opinion here is. that, as a lugl suppression of recent Communist Kuomintang member, your tole- activities, Dr. Wu said that he gram and further stay in Russia could not be of your own free will,
had received no confirmation of and you could do for more for Du the occurrence of such incidents. party if you will present voor The only despatch which Dr. Wiews in person without duress. received from Hankow was oneagerly awaiting your "early re- from the Commissioner of Foreign tunn Chiang Kai-shek:" Affairs for Hupch, requesting pro- tection for the Soviet Consul General and his party, numbering some 16 persons, when they shall pass through Shanghai en route to Bussin.
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Ghastly Conditions Near Bias Bay.
Wholesale Slaughter and Violent
Destruction.
TRAGIC EXPERIMENT.
Terrible details of Communistic rule in the Hai-fung and Luk- from the district city (Haifung), fang districts of Kwangtung (not far from Bias Bay), where the burnt over a thousand shops in Soviet, form of government has been introduced, are to hand-to-day the vicinity. Within the first are from the Telegraph's correspondent at Swatow. These supplement of their activity, all scholars were reports previously received, and they demonstrate the peril that labelled "intelligentsia" and uver
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ROBBER CHASE IN SHANGHAI
a Chinese shop in Avenue Edward
A POLICEMAN KILLED.
One. Annamite policeman was London, Dec. 22.
killed and another seriously The Archishops of Canterbury wounded in a sensational flight and York, after two days' consul between the French police and a' iation with bishops at Lambeth gang of armed robbers who ralded Palace, have issued a statement stating that it is impossible within a few days of the vote of the VII, Shanghai, last Saturday House of Commons to take a just morning. The mat desperate of
of its significance. the robbers was cornered in Therefore the bishops have ad- cemetery in the French Conces- journed til January 11th, to have sien and was, wounded twice. further time for though an. His wounds are believed to be. mortal. Inspector Taulier, in mayer
of the Avenue Joffre charge
✰ narrow escape station, had
measure
from death, being hit twice, but each time the bullet merely penc- trated his cont and inflicted no wound
"We hope to submit considered proposals to the Church Assembly and Convocations in February but some word of counsel and reassu arice must immediately be spoken. We believe that the recent decision The street battic, which ranged of the House of Commons was in- luenced by avoidable misunder-from Avenue Edward VII to standings as regards the character Avenue Joffre, was the sequel to of the proposals and we cannot an armed robbery attempted by therefore take the responsibility three robbers on a Chinese shop on the Settlement side of Avenue of accepting that vote as final.
Edward VII in the morning be- "The House of Bishops accord-tween 9 and 9.30 o'clock.
As soon
make
Robbers. Flce.
threatens Chinese society were Communism to spread throughout the sixty were killed. "Elders" were ingly resolved to reintroduce the as the robbers entered, the owner
set down as corrupt, and over seventy were killed: the populace measure to the Church Assembly of the shop gave the alarm and The ghastly conditions prevailing have caused many thousands were guilty of being counter-as soon as possible with only such for his pains he received a bullet
and misapprehensions of Chinese to flee from their native districts to Swntow and Hong. revolutionaries, and over a tho-changes- as may tend to remove in the body. kong, it being estimated that fully 10,000 have come to this Colony sand were put to death.
Further, two whole townships, clearer and more explicit its inten-
We ask As the police began to answer during the past two months. Normal communications are cut, and Meilung and Chiehcheng, were tions and limitations.
the that until the deposited Book is the alarm, the robbers fled up as the Communists open ali mail; it is not safe to send lettera to or completely destroyed with
exception of a few homes belong. fully authorised by the Church Avenue Edward VII, pursued by no-one will avail himself of its the Municipal police. They cross- from the districts.
In pursuit of the policy of ter-provisions so as to make changes ed over into the French Concession The Soviet, which is allied to the Third Internationale, is under ing to Communists themselves. the leadership of a Chinese named Peng Pai, who formerly studied rorism, in each area of the district in the accustomed Order of Ser and one of them cut across
commissioned to vices, and we ask any clergy who Avenue Joffre, via Rue Ou Sung in Japan and was given'a free hand by the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen to officers were
carry out the slaughter. Every have adopted the usages which it Kiang. This man proved to be the most desperate of the gang, carry out the Communistic experiment in the districts named.
week the officers were required to would
for the Bake of the the other two escaping. Below will be found grim.details of the campaign of slaughter, report to the Soviet, and the de-them
The robber fled up an alleyway confiscation of property and the destruction of two townships by the gree of merit in the performance peace and unity of the Church."~---
the after firing three shots at Communists.
pursuing French police, but the shots went wide. Inspector Tau-
turned out with the reserve bri- gade, and joined in the pursuit. The
THOUSANDS FLEE TO HONGKONG.
(From Our Swatow Correspondent)..
poor, almost News of the terrible conditions a two days' tract of
Communistic barren. country, and from Canton prevailing under
here:
mare
of their duty was assessed. In Reuter. November the poorest performance
was reported by the 8th, the
forbid to discontinue
to
Shanmel, area, in that only over BIG NEWSPAPER DEAL,lier, of the Avenue Joffre station,
400 people had been put to death. The Soviet gave them one month to pursue the work of the revolu- tion: if within that time 4,000 people were not accounted for. the officer of that area would be severely punished.
יי
Horrible Doings.
"DAILY TELEGRAPH" CHANGES HANDS.
The New Owners.
1.
Mr.
robber entered a house In the alleyway, but as the police threw n cordon around it, he emerged, shooting his way to temporary freedom. He shot one Annamite policeman, inflicting wounds which afterwards proved fatal.
emerged, there was a sharp ex- change of fire in which another was wounded, and Inspector Tauller. was fired at twice. The Inspector escaped un- Annamite
serathed, the bullets merely pass- Ing through his coat.
The fire of the police had effect, one bullet striking the robber in
London, Dec, 22, The Proprietors of the Daily Telegraph, of whom Lord Burnham rule in the Hai-fung and Luk-fung by a similar tract past Bias Bay or The way of carrying out the is the principal, have arranged to
Inspector's Escape. Districts continues to be received through rough going to ilweichow, executions is more horrible than dispose of the newspaper and its one can bear to hear. Apart subsidiary interests to Sir William: a Soviet has actually now been or from all these labelled billies. Berry, Mr. Gomer Berry and Si
Continuing his flight, he jumped The district is largely worthless elders, capitalists and Edward Iliffe, who are acquiring over the wall of the Mohammedan
ordinary For the purpose of giving some ganised.
web-living it for joint personal ownership. Cemetery, near the Avenue Joffre attempt to idea of what is happening, I have dependent on the fishing industry owners,
The new owners will assume fire station. In an gathered details from an account ani has a flourishing port at Shan. folk were included in the circle of
guilt. Every officer has himself control as from January 9th, this head him off, Inspector Tauller published in the T'ai Liang Jih Pan
to visit each village in his area date having been fixed in view of and his brigade ran to the entrance Regarding the reports from Can- |
of Swatow. The description given mei (Swabug),
The Government of the new So- day by day, with a group of Lord Burnham's departure to India at the other side. As the robber ton, Dr. Wu explained that the
of the Soviet, set up in Hai-Luk
If the viet is divided among a series of public speakers. They take with on the Statutory Committee. Cantonese people were naturally
Fung is no doubt correct.
No change in the political policy deeply affected by the spectacle
horrors recounted seem beyond Committees, under Peng Pei as them a number of prisoners, and, Each Committee having gathered all the villagers. of their homes burned and their
belief and one wishes that were Chief Director.
transfer-Rentur. relatives murdered under the
The Committees comprise munist doctrine, and then drag Replying to a question in the 30-they only reflect the night has a Controller, whose names are together, address them on Com-f the paper is involved in the direction of Russians. "It must
effect of what actually given. be realized that in this time of House of Commons, regarding happens on the minds of those the Government Executive Con- the prisoners forward, and execute turmoil and feeling.
Sir William Berry and Russians trans-Atlantic wireless telephone
Gomer Berry are. brothers. The caught red-handed in such activ-service, Lord Wolmer. Assistant who have been near them. As a mittee, the Communist Party Com them on the spot. They first out ities cannot but be summarily Postmaster General, said that the matter of fact, however, questions mittee, "the Executioners' Central off their victims' ears and ther
covered put to folk up from the district Committee, the Development Com- alice them.
If any villagers try to escape former founded the Advertising the head, and another hitting him dealt with," said Dr. Wu.
since the following was tranelst mittee, with a group of extra com- The Incidents in Canton. working costs but not yet depre-, only confirm, with names and mittee-men, including two from out of sight, or band their heads World in 1901 and has owned and in the chest. He was taken to Canton, one of them a brother of in horror of the sight, or display edited various other journals, hospital, but it is believed that Peng Pai.
any appearance of sympathy, they having been Editor-in-Chief of the his wounds are mortal. The first Dr. Wu explained further that ciation and amortisation.
Asked whether a reduction of lurid detail, the account. some few weeks ago the so-called
If there is to be fighting against
are promptly arrested, charged Sunday Times since 1915. He is wounded Annamite was taken to Wholesale Confiscation...·· with being counter-revolutionaries, Chairman of Allled Newspapers St. Marie's Hospital, where he "government at Canton, under the present rate of £5 per minute Communist or semi-Communist in- would not result in more traffic, Canton, the troops along the
On the establishment of the So- or unsympathetic with the Revo Limited, Financial Times Limited, expired, but the second Annamite
Publications Limited, either executed Graphic
is reported to be responding to fluence, had temporarily passed Lord Wolmer replied that the eastern road of attack will have
of trallic was steadily growing and to clean up the Hai-Luk Fung viet the Folicy of Confiscation lation, and are
Public and on the spot, or dragged on to Kelly's Directors Limited, Cassell treatment. from the nuthority
private property, all kinds of the Nationalist Government at Nan- that the Postmaster General, as at District, and the first encounters was promulgated.
next place to suffer there, and Company, and Weldons. Mr. king, hence no official reports present advised, was not prepared may come thère.
buildings and, dwellings, arable As the victims are being dealt Gomer Berry is the Chairman of have been received regarding the to reduce the rate! He hoped that
and forest land, were pronounced with, not only must no sympathy St. Clement's Press, Ltd., and a manner of suppressing the Red up- us business men more and more:
great advantages The Hai-Luk Fung Soviet is to belong to the Government, tille be shown, but it is necessary to Director of all his brother's com- rising or the handling of Soviet realised the
many large industrial undertak citizens there. Dr. Wu, however, which were to be obtained from allied to the Third Internationale deeds were to be delivered up, col- clap hands and laugh uproarious panics. He is also a director of
lings. hoped that such incidents as re-using the service they would and its leader is Peng Pai. This lected and burnt, any failure to ly if trouble is to be avoided.
man was originally, on his return do so incurring the penalty of
Woman as Executioner.
Sir Edward Life has long been ported in foreign despatches from realise how extemely cheap it was.
Answering a further question from study in Japan, given a free death. Contracta between owner
associated with newspapers in the Canton and Hankow have not
In one instance, Peng Pai him- Midlands and is Vice-President of whether the Postmaster General hand by the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen and.tenant were annulled; demand. actually taken place.
Dr. Wu then emphasized the fact would consider a reduction of the to carry out Soviet experiment in for or payment of rent were equal- that all Soviet officials and Soviet rate at certain hours of the day, the district. It is matter for irony. ly punishable by the death-penalty, self at Haifung held a great meet the Periodial Trade Press and the Russian citizens will be accorded Lurd Wolmer said the Postmaster that the district is the home of Landmarks were to be entirely ing to which all around, male and Weekly Newspaper Proprietors tion of the late Marquis Curzon,
General Chan Kwing-ming, at that removed. This last regulation female, were summoned; and when Association. He is a Director of impassioned the Cornwall Press, Ltd., and also full protection and courteous General had this and other sug time at enmity with Dr. Sun, and has had to be modified owing to he had reached an treatment in their evacuation, in restions before him. These mat-when he had to flee there he found the necessity of preserving definite point in his discourse he suddenly of the Midland Daily Telegraph. strict observance of diplomatic ters raised not only in this coun-Peng F'ai a thorn in his flesh.
water courses for irrigating the ordered a woman from the 'nudi- ence to lead out over 20 prisoners, amenity. Likewise; Russians who try but also in America questions
Peng Pai started what must have fields. choose to reside in the Nationalist of agreement between the two
been one of the first Peasant Unions In carrying out the policy, it who were dubbed non-revolution- territory will be given full pro- countries. As soon as he was so
in China, with the cry in those car has been laid down that shops ary, and proceed to execute them: GREAT CASTLE FIRE..ed
The woman executed over 10 tection and proper safeguards. advised he would vary the rates lier daya (from 1923 on) of worth more than $500, whether Dr. Wu, announced that the as he thought it-British Wire forcible reduction of field rents, owned by Individuals or com- people and then her strength fall
The soil of the districts is poor, in panies, should be confiscated; and ́ed.
Thereupon Peng Pai thumped marked contrast to that of the land the accounts of the former owners around Swatow and Chaochowiu, examined. Wherever owners cau. the table and reviled her for her and the peasants having little to be found, they are, without further lack of courage and-zeal, and kim-'
Warsaw, Dec. 22. Jose, if not much to gain, joined by question, condemned, as local self came off the rostrum to carry
Nine persons were burned to tens of thousands. Each member bullies and worthless' elders, i.e, out the execution. When, how- paid a subscription of twenty cents, of having been local leaders of ever, he got to the fourth victim, death and 15 seriously injured in and with these and fines and pre-Soviet society. If a man be he unexpectedly gave way himself a great fire at Dzikow Castle near The Cracow, in which a valuable col- exactions from the Jandowners, found to have amassed as much as and fell to the ground. Peng Pai found himself in posses- $60,000, his family and himself are Communists rushed forward striv-lection of old masters and relics
Á small. slon of an adequate sum. Peasants Army was formed and condemned to be executed without ing as to who should help him and of Polish and Austrian history Colonel Antoinnt and his compan- trained in Communist methods.
Nationalist Government is now lens. drafting regulations governing the registration of all Russians, re- gardless of their political faith, who desire to remain in Nation- alist, territory.
Questioned regarding the at- titude of the Nationalist Govern- ment toward the factional clashes between the Red and White Rus- sians in China, Dr. Wu said that
A FORCED LANDING.
THE "RED ROSE" DELAYED.
Rangoon, Dec. 22. "The, Red Rose" was forced to the Nationalist Government will land near Monkey Point with a not tolerate any such activity of broken piston. The machine was
the White Russians who propose not damaged. The repairs are ex- to make Chinese territory, a base pected to take two or three days for operations against the Soviet The illers were not injured.- Government. Kuo Min.
"Router...
The Soviet Government.
The purgation movement in the Kuomintang has thrown into relief
appeal.
Thousands Killed,
..
NINE PERSONS BURNED TO
DEATH.
the victims who had not yet been were destroyed. executed had the good fortune to Among those fatally burned was M. Freyer, one, of the most pro- escape. The Communist Party gought by What is recounted above is in minent Polish athletes, who was Communists and in this district, a policy of frightfulness to ter verk general terms the rest is helping in the rescue work,
Router. which is separated from Swatow by roriso the people; and, beginning, such that it cannot be written.
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