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INDIAN POLITICAL QUESTIONS.
CANTON NOW SETTLING DOWN. CHIHLI HORRORS. EUROPE'S CURRENCY
KWANGSI TROOPS IN FULL
CONTROL.
ADMINISTRATION PUT IN
OF WANG SHAO-HUNG.
HANDS
PROCLAMATION ISSUED.
GHASTLY STORY OF CHOCHOW SIEGE.
SKELETONS TOTTER OUT.
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The following graphic story was sent to the Hankow Herald, from
Chochow, oh December 6, by Mr.
Ariel L. Varges:
POSITION.
FRANCE BUYS BIG GOLD SHIPMENT.
ITALY MIGHT FOLLOW.
CHINA OUTLOOK.
KIUKIANG COM- MUNISTS EXECUTED.
DR. C. C. WU RESIGNS.
Kluklang, Dec, 29.
Yang Sen and Nanking.
Ichang, Dec. 29.
ADVI
HAN
ORGANISATION WANTED.
Happy Valley.
BRITAIN FROZEN.
ARCTIC CONDITIONS WORSEN.
TWO FEET OF ICE ON CITY STREETS.
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REAL HARDSHIPS.
1.
London, Dec. 29. Arctic conditions of extraordin- and others to lay the foundationary severity have transformed of mutual understanding and in-Britain into a frozen desert. ter-communal pence, is the opinion
Bombay, Dec. 29. That the absence of an organiz-| An extensive anti-"Red" cam- New York, Dec, 29. Ten million dollars gold bullion paign has been Instituted by theed Moslem body, able to control Defence Commissioner, and in the the masses, is the renson of the have been shipped to France, des past day or two a large number of failure of the efforts of the Viceroy Yesterday afternoon, the Shans! tined, according to French news-Communists have been arrested
and executed.--Naval Wireless. commander in Chochow, without papers, to the Banque de France' previous warning, released about 100 women and children, who were in connexion with the forthcom- ovacuated from the northeast gate:ing stabilisation of the franc When the news was telephoned to Reuter's American Service. Further Shipments. headquarters it was too late to reach the spot and get a picture of
New York, Dec. 29. Well-founded reports state that land. With the arrival of Kwangsi troops in Canton, as reported by the procession across no man's
However, the refugees brought the $10,000,000, gold shipment to us yesterday, conditions in the city appear to be quiet at the moment. These troops are loyal to General Li Chai-sum, the Moderate word that to-day (Sunday) as many France will be followed by two fur- The outflow of gold from the leader, and pending his arrival the administration of civil and refuges would be released as the ther shipments of a similar amount.
women, and military affairs is being placed in the hands of General Wang Shao-Chinese Swastika Society could ac. United States up to December 27th.
commodate. Only children, up to the age of fifteen had been $63,808,000 and financial The new rulers of Canton have issued a proclamation "comfort-years, are allowed to leave. Boys circles are closely paying attention ing the people" and stating that all "unlawful elements" will be older than fifteen have been to Europe's currency position. It will shortly attempt to purchase pressed into service to assist the is expected that the Bank of Italy Shansi garrison to defend the wall.roid, and the opinion is expressed dealt with in due course.
Two members of the Chinese that such purchase will be made in Swastika Socioty crossed our lines New York in preference to London with, a flar to day and arranged to in view of the premium on sterling evacuate 200 refugees, who were exchange--Reuter's American Ser- passed through the northeast gate, vice. at 2.30 p.m.
kung.
One important development in connexion with the change-over is the flight of General Li Fuk-lum to Hongkong. He hus for the past sixteen years managed to rule Honam Island, no matter who has been in power in Canton, but no doubt on account of issues arising out of the recent ousting of General Wang Shao-hung. by the "Ironsides" he has now deemed it wise to leave Canton for the time-being. His future intentions are not known at the moment.
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Women's Eyes Bandaged.
Discount Rate Lowered..
Paris, Dec. 29.
The women left the city with The Banque de France has re- bandages over their eyes. Once duced the discount rate from five outside Chochow it was surprising
C. C. Wu Resigns.
Shanghal, Dec. 29. C. C. Wu has resigned. Reuter,
Nationalist Appointment.
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A number of main roads. haya
7.
Heavy snowfalls have blocked: of the Aga Khan, who, amid the the roads, isolated towns and vil- Mostem. League dispute, has 13-lages, interrupted telegraphs and A representative of the Nation-sued a manifesto calling upon telophones, swallowed up sheep alist Government arrived, to-day Moslem legislators to constitute a and cattle, dislocated the fool. from Nanking, and was for a long permanent Moslem governing market and in many cases com time in consultation with Generalbody, to direct the community's pletely cut off food supplies. Yang Sen. The Szechuan leader political activity, to be in a posi appears to have allied himself tion to speak authoritatively and been. partially cleared by a pr
which are more definitely with the Nanking enter inte binding compacts not digicus effort but many have been
the British Government, because ing the snowdrifts, Naval Wireless.
the British will be in India as often from 10 to 20 feet deep, Government now than formerly.-only with Hindus but also with re-blocked by heavy winds shift The employment of heavy snow- long as we can see and cannot be spirited away, merely by being ploughs has permitted traffic on the main railway lines but numer- ignored."-Reuter,
ous branch lines have had to be Hindus Protest.
abandoned as hopeless. Madras, Dec. 29. Shanghai, Dec. 29.
Canterbury's Plight: "The Finance Ministry has A special session of the Hindu
There are appalling conditions. appointed Admiral Li Chin-hsi to Mahasabha, which is a body repre- ba Superintendent of Customs asentative of a large section of at Canterbury which was submerg- Chia-chu, who becomes Assistant Shanghai, in succession to Mr. Hindus, the aim of which is to several feet by foods during Director of the Customs Adminis-organise the Hindus as a com- the short thaw and which has now munity, has passed a resolution in been re-visited by frest. The tration at Nanking-Reuter.
favour of boycotting the Commlstreets are encrusted with two feat sion, the appointment of which is ef ice. Chinese Leaving Russia.
Tokyo, Dec. 24. characterised as a violation of the self-determination Chinese students sent to Russia principal of erament, apprehending their per- try-Reuter. •. sonal danger as a result of the recent incident in Canton, are leaving Moscow for home by the Siberian Railway by way of Japan. The first batch of Chinese etu- dents, 17 in number, arrived at Tsuruga from Vladivostok yester- day on board the atr. Kagi Maru.
fords hope that milder conditions: Among these are several girl
will relieve the plight of the in- London, Dec. 29,habitants of towns and villages students.
Mr. Liu, one of the students, said:-
The parious state of the Lanca- which are still snowbound and in "We had been receiving anshire Cotton Industry is forcibly many of which real hardship is education on Russian-lines at the illustrated by the statement issued being endured owing to shortage Reports from all quarters tell of Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow by the Cotton Yarn Association to of fuel and food supplies. for a year, but the present unfav.the Directors of all Lancashire ourable relations between Russia, mills spinning American cotton men struggling for miles on goat and China compelled us to with-
that the margins 'now show heavy or horseback across fields deep in remote districts and of gallant preciation is charged.
The Association's estimate on efforts made by, doctors to reach losses before any interest or de-snow to take food supplies to the to-day's prices is that the trade is patients in isolated places. losing at the rate of £2,000,000.-
WHERE IS GENERAL LI CHAI-SUM? how quickly their eye coverings per cent. to four per cent.-Reuter for study by the Nationalist Gov-and a studied insult to the coun-cross-Channel services for four
Canton
were thrown off.
The plight of the refugees was pathetic. The mental agony de-
is now again in the report says he will revert to his picted on their faces was expres-
hands of the Kuomintang Right old post.
Wing, or, to be more precise, of
believed that there will be no im-
mediate danger of fighting taking
:
for
Where is Ll-Chai-sum?
all
alve of long physical sufferings and shattered nerves, Mothers with wan faces and sunken eyes, owing to works of exposure to peril and wolflike living conditions, clutch-
Some of the
ว
RESERVISTS REACH HOME.
A WEEK'S ROUGH PASSAGE.
1:
this Afternoon
RELEASED FROM LEGION.
CLANSMEN FIGHT.
COTTON INDUSTRY'S PLIGHT.
LANCASHIRE LOSING HEAVILY.
Reuter.
UNEMPLOYMENT IN PALESTINE.
A fierce gale in the Channel has compelled the suspension of, the days. Fifteen-hundred travellera - to England, including the "French Ambassador, M. Fleuriau, are ma roaned indefinitely at. Boulogne- Beuter.
Real Hardships.
London, Dec. 29. The latest weather forecast-of-
The work of clearing roads of snowdrifts has been rendered severe even more difficult by a frost which has turned the drifts into masses of ice.
Lou, Dec. 29. the Kwangsi Clique" of the Kuo-
Though it is thought that Gened mere dolls of babies. Despite
The last costingent of Clase "A" mintang, the heads of which are Generals Li Chal-sum and Wang eral Li Chai,sum will soon be in their bound feet they raced across
their breasts and in most instances | Southampton Shao-hung. Yesterday morning, Canton city, his actual where-no man's land, hugging intants to reservists from China arrived at large detachments of Kwangs aboura are causing considerable pulling older children by the hand. aboard the transport Somerset shire, with the Icedquarters of Truce During Rescue, the 13th. Infantry Brigade, the troops occupied the city without conjecture.
The Shansi troops respected the 1st Batt. Middlesex Regt. and the encountering any opposition with opinion that he is in Hongkong
The vessel had very rough the "Ironsides, all of whom had while a Canton report declares
I was in our front line and found
more Chinese students will return evacunted the city for the East that he still at Shanghai and that truce and their rifles were silent. 1st. Batt. Border Regiment...
he will board the gunboat Chung the atmosphere pretty highly passage during the last week and draw from Moscow, think many River xume days previously.
Shan for Swatow, probably ar-charged. All the Fengtien troops, met heavy squalls in the Bay of home. Madame Sung Ching-ling, But the troops enjoyed a wife of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen, about 100 yards from the gate, Biscay. The city is now quiet, and it is riving at the latter port to-day. stood in readiness for anything, Christmas dinner and the children and others have gone to Germany."
Yesterday was a general holiday for the officers suspected this received gifts from a large Christ-Tone. depart-might be a ruse to cover the begin mas Tree-Router. Government
ning of a big effort on the part of place either, in Canton or its vichments in Canton in celebra- the garrison to escape.
London Short of Supplies. Shortly after, 2.30 p.m., we saw tion of the triumphant entry of nity.
Even London has been threaten- ed with a shortage of fuel and The administration of the city, the Kwangsi soldiers. A notific- the gates open and the mob of re- fugees debouch, led by Kung Siang-
Coal merchants RELIEF FUND OPENED..
food supplies. pending the arrival of General Lition was issued yesterday by the jung and Hsia, bearing the Swas
have been getting supplies of coal London, Dee, 29. Chai-sum, will be in the hands of Kwangsi military leaders now intika fings. With Wong, my as-
At 2 o'clock this morning, the
Sir Alfred Mond is.raising a satisfactorily by train but have Ac. Canton "comforting the people"sistant, in Péking, I was up against JOHN. HARVEY LEAVES FOR General Wang Shao-hung.
police received a message to the it for an interpreter, but I managed the armies of to find out what was going on from
effect that a Chinese was badly fund of £20,000 for the relief of been unable to deliver to house- holders owing to icebound streets. cording to reliable reports, General and stating that
cut and wounded as a result of a unemployed in Palestine. London, Dec. 29.
Mr. Bernhard Baron, millionaire In Covent Garden, supplies of Wang should have arrived at Can- Generals Wang Ki-cheung and some of the Fengtlen troops who
John Harvey, the Englishman fight in a house in West Point. leaders of the know me well, and call me "Ta Pi
Milk supplies mainly by road. On arrival at West Point, the tobacco magnate, has subscribed vegetables are short as these come ton from Fatshan either yester- Chang Fat-kwai,
Tze I think that is the way you
for desertion from the French For- police found the house in question £5,000 towards the fund,
A substantial sum has already have been considerably affected day afternoon or early this morn- "Ironsides", should be extermina- spell "Big Nose" in Wade's Chi-whose sentence of imprisonment
ted and that "in the future the nese.
Once within the Ankuochun eign Legion was recently remitted to be No. 99, Belcher Street, where
a Chinese named Chan Ki-chun, been transmitted to Palestine by but are now being delivered near- . "Rightist" Government in Canton
lines, women and children burst by the French Government, was will see to it that such a task will into tears of joy and more often formally released from the Legion an employee of the opium factory Sir Alfred Mond who himself conly normally.
He had been excused at Kennedy Town, was sufferingtributed £1,000---British Wireless. be effectively carried out and all hysteria. Northern goldiers in to-day.
reserve only needed a friendly nod from serving the remainder of his from serious injury to his head. unlawful elements dealt with
to run forward and relieve term of enlistment in the Legion. The wounds appeared to have been
Harvey left at once for Cardiff, inflicted by a chopper. mothers of their children and to carry their few belongings to the his home town, British Wireless. end of their line, and pass them on to the other soldiers, and go
reached. on until the back
ing.
General Wang in Charge. In a telegram addressed to his subordinates, Generál Lt Chai-sum declared that, pending his arrival, military and civil affairs should be placed in the hands of General
areas were
HOME.
up.
WAREHOUSE FIRE.
BIG NEW YORK BLAZE.
INJURED "MAN SENT TO. HOSPITAL.
In answer to questions, Chan stated that he had spent the even- ing with a clansman, and, as the result of a dispute which arose over some money matters, his clansman had struck him with a
SOVIET DISMISSALS.
RAKOVSKY AND KAMENEY RELIEVED.
Channel Services.
A large number of French peo- ple held up in England through the accident to the Channel steamer Engadine made a fresh start for Paris to-day by the New- haven-Dieppe route. Others wait- ed at Folkestone for the Maid of Orleans" which left Boulogne for Folkestone at mid-day with 896 passengers aboard, and was after-
Moscow, Dec. 29, chopper. He was removed to the The Soviet Executive Counen Government Civil Hospital for has relieved, of their posts M. treatment. The police are looking Ralcovsky, the Chairman of the wards leaving for Boulogne again. for the assailant.
New York, Dec. 29. Fire has completely destroyed a big eight-storey warehouse on Broadway, despite the efforts of DANCING FOR SERVICE- hundreds of firemen
MEN.. The damage is estimated st £300,000-Router's American Ser-
Li Fuk-lum Leaves. General Li Fuk-lum, the man Wang Shao-hung to whom General who was hailed by some, as the Li also assigned the task of ex soldier of the hour immédiately
rem after the "Reds" were driven out The trek was towards safety terminating the "Ironside"
few days ago, has over the Arat stone bridge on the nants in the various East River of Canton a
old imperial. Peking highway. now deemed it wise to leave for Previous evacuations of Ankuo districts.
ahun wounded soldiers that yery and Chan Hongkong.. Hsu Ching-tang
sinister trail of day had left a For the past sixteen years, Li blood on the marble roadway. Cheung-po (the latter the military
Red Cross Directs, leader from Kongmoon) arrived in has been the undisputed ruler of Canton yesterday leading the Honam island, where he has pre- served peace and order. During
Troops of Chang Tso-lin' helped Kwangsi troops into the city. those years there have occurred
to soothe these miserable refugees Several other subordinates and fol- in Canton nimost Innumerable during this fearful procession vice,"
across the bridge, where fifty open lowers of General Li Chai-sum, polltical coups, when tuchuns and
Governors were changed carts were in readiness to trans- formerly holding high positions in Civil
after holding office ranging in port them to a concentration camp.. also the Canton Government, are
periods from a few days to three or All this work was done, by the said to have made their appearance four years, but Li Fuk-lum, the Swastika Society, which corres- our Red Cross. No at Canton yesterday afternoon, fol- "Watchman, of Honam," always ponds to
succeeded in remaining, at his sooner had the last cart rumbled lowing the arrival of the troops. office by allying himself with the on its way than the bombardment of the city recommenced and the The present headquarters of the winning side.
Shansi garrison again opened fire Kwangsi forces is at the Kwangsi General Li left Canton
on our lines... Wai Koon, while the troops are "Wednesday night when the news'
Refugees say life in the city has arriving in great numbers reached
fa running out and wounded awalt Channel-British Wireless. It is expected that the return to Honam. He is now believed to be are dwelling in dug-outs. Food steaming trials in the English power of General Li Chai-eum will in Hongkong, but his destination death as a relief from agony. mean that the political trend in is still unknown.. One report de South China will again awing back clares that he will go up to the to a moderate tendency. Tang North to attend the fourth session
The Swastika people had food Yin-wah, the former Canton Police of the Euomintang Executive and
ready for the refugees, and you Chief under Li Chai-sum's regime, Supervisory Committees Con-
the Im- has arrived in Canton. Tang, ac ference. But it is doubtful, in should have seen
dissension patience of the poor folk, especial cording to a vernacular report, will act as the Commander of the view of the recent
on
H.M.S. RODNEY.
UNDERGOES STEAMING
TRIALS
London, Dec. 29. The New battleship Rodney
HAPPY GATHERING AT CITY
HALL...
Delegation for Franco-Soviet It was hoped this morning that Negotiations; . Preobrajensky, a the French boat would be avail- member of the Delegation; and able for passengers wishing to also M. Kamenev, the plenipoten-cross from Dover to Calais, but at tiary representative to Italy-mid-day it was announced there would be no Dover-Calais sailing Reuter
to-day. The Newhaven-Dieppe and Southampton-Le Harro ser- vices are normal.
BRITAIN'S UN-
EMPLOYED...
When the Cunard liner Aqu lania, arrived at Cherbourg last evening en route for New York, As a grand finale to the Christ-
her commander, Sir James: Char- mas festivities organised by the
les, decided that the high wind "Cheer O" Y. M. C. A., for the
and heavy seas made it too entertainment of the Servicemen
hazardous to go into harbour. The in the Colony, a dance was held in
The Minister of Labour an-liner had to, cruise cound outside the City Hall last night, when a large number of soldiers and sailors nounces that on December, 19th the harbour, all night. She man spent a most enjoyable time.
The success of the function was
A WELCOME DECREASE..
London, Dec. 29.
the total number of unemployed
aaid to be stationed in the suburbs, that the Kwangst soldlers: were been a living hell. All families left Plymouth to-day for 24 hours mainly due to Mrs. F. C. Hall, who in Great Britain was 1,099,900 aged to enter at nine o'clock this.
Snatch for Food..
5th Army, which was formerly un- among the Kuomintang dactions, ly the kiddies, as they waited for der General Li Fuk-tam. Another
the proposed whether ference will be hold.
Con-
(Continued on Page 9.)
RAF. FLIGHT:
week before and 49,811 less than D. Templeton who supervised the refreshments, Pte, J. Proudfoot, of a fortnight previously. It was had charge of the decorating, Mr. This was 25,323 less than the the K.O.S.B., who acted ng M. C. 209,839 less than the year before. and the Titania Melodians, who-British Wireless. supplied the dance music
The managment of the ladies'. alde of the Y.M.C.A. Entertainment Committed Is In the hands of Mra. Cochin. Dec-29,9 The four R.A.F. flying boats EDC Wolfe, who would be glad to hear from any ladies willing to have arrived here from Mangalore offer their services.
Reuter
TO-DAY.
Dollar on demand Lighting-up
2/7/10:
5:48 p.m.
morning after being held up for
[cos, over twelve hours-British Wire-
Channel Service Resumes.”
Later. Whlie: sunshine and freezing cold continue daily to visit Britain, the severe gale In the Channel Is abating and the steamer "Maid of Orleans" conveyed M. Fleurlan and other storm-stayad travellers (Continued on Page 0.)