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MONDAY, JULY 2, 1928.
CLASH.
AEROPLANE SAVES SEQUEL TO BIG CITY PEKING POLITICAL
BOY'S LIFE.
THRILLING INCIDENT AT TIENTSIN.
HOW A CAPTAIN'S SON WAS
RUSHED TO HOSPITAL.
ROBBERY,
ROUND-UP OF MANY SUSPECTS TWO NEW MAYORS ARE
YESTERDAY.
REVOLVERS AT G.C.H.
A sequal to the armed robbery
at 84 Queen's Road West on Satur-
STRICKEN, ILL AT SEA.sulting in the detention of eight
· APPOINTED.
FIRST DISPUTE IN STRUGGLE FOR POWER.
Peking. June 27.. An amusing alluation has been created by the appointment of two
is
CACHE OF DRUGS AND ARMS.
FOUND BY POLICE IN TELEGRAPH BAY.
30 PISTOLS SEIZED.
The police authorities made an important seizure of contraband,
heroin pilla, yesterday, 'under pecu-. lar circumstances!
day morning were raids, by the YEN-CHIANG ALLIANCE consisting of Luger pistols and police yesterday on several houses in Hongkong and in Kowloon, re-
persons, believed to be members of gang of armed robbers who have been operating in the Colony for The arrested men are being held at Central Police Station where identification parades have been arranged, folis of various victim firma being called to police head- quarters for that purpose.
For the first time in China, an acroplane was recently used alome time." Tientsin to rush to hospital a young boy taken ill at sen with acute op Voicitin necessitating alusest im- late operation, As a result of faction, the boy's life was saved She is reported to be progress-
nteely In hospital, - According to reports from Tion- ln, the boy is the nine-year-old on of Captain and Mrs. Patrick J.
adigan, of the Medical Corps 3. Army, and he was taken from a
One of the arrested persons later
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POLISH POLITICAL CRISIS.
EX-PREMIER'S HOT ATTACK ON DEPUTIES.
BLACKGUARDS & PIGS.
Berlin, July 1.
The reasons for Marshal. Pll- sudski's resignation of the Polish Premiership are given with un- compromising vigour in a new- paper interview in Warsaw. the Marshal Pilsudski said that "the"
HUNAN ARMY IN REVOLT?
CROSSES THE KIANGSI BORDER.
LABOUR ACTIVITY IN PEKING REPORTED.
MANY UNIONS FORMED
Shanghai, July 1
The officials, ut No. 2 Police
The outstanding address at the Station were approached by an in second full session of Peking, which Ineyors
of
A message from Hankow statos generally regarded as the first formant who told them that at a Economic Conference which took
formerly under General Chen! Rund on Wednesday afternoon was ed the utmost difficulty for Chian, the Hunan leader, recently open clash in the four cornered certain spot in Telegraph Bay they place in the Central Bank on The Seljim (Diet) of prostitutes creat-that the oth. Nationalist Army political struggle for the control would find the arms and the drugs. that of Mr. Li Ming, chairman of the most popular man in Foland. Acting on this information, a visit the sub-committee on National
of the despised-"Peiping."
Ho Cheng-chun, was inaugurated እዚ the candidate yesterday approved by Chiang Kai-shek and Yen Hsi-shan, before Ho Chi-kung,
whom the executive council
puties yell insults and behave like
Y
dismissed has revolted in the was paid by Sergeants Wheelan and Indebtedness, who made a ples for I had to resign or I would have eastern part of Hunan hnd ins
crossed into Klangel. Orem to Telegraph Bay, where, at the recognition of all outstanding boon unable to control myself, and The Nationalist leaders In the spot indicated by the informant, national obligations in order to would have struck Doputies and Hunan have wired to General Li The first move.in the round-up was made on Saturday night when
they found thirty pistols and establish China's credit on a
Chung-yen urging that efforts should be made to prevent the the police took into custody twe
thirty-two boxes of heroin pills, sound basis, says the N. C. trampled on them.' euch box containing 1,000 pills. News,
Ministers have to behave them-rebellious army from entering. men bous to leave the Colony on one of the Canton night, steamers,
The hiding place for this valuable of examination of Nanking appointed at Feng Yuhaul was in a cavity on a hillside introduction of resolutions by the blackguards and pigs. I could not of Hu Min-tu, a former subordina
The session was devoted to the selves in Parliament but the De-Kiangs). As a reall
The army is under the direction these individuals, the police carri-hsiang's behest, could announce formed by a stream. That no was chairmen of the various sub-com- hold out for another hour in an ate ate of General Chen Chion, and It |ter now pusses over the cavity is mittees. Many of the proposals Steamer nt Takit, and rushed to the ed out raids in Yaumati resulting his assumption of office... American Conipaund hospital in an in several arresta,
Ho Cheng-chun Is Chiang Kai- accounted for by the fact that the are of a startling nature, but until mosphere where even flies cannot is stated by other sources that his
stand the Deputies' speeches.” water from the stream has been the resolutions are actually pass
intention is merely to join Chiang aeroplano belonging to the U. S.
gave information which led the shek's chief political lieutenant diverted by the people who chose ed, there is no purpose in publish. Marshal Pilsudski is going to Kai-shek at Nanking. Marine Corps, at Tientsin,
The story of this aerial rush to authorities to carry out another and, as schoolmate of Yen Hai-the cavity as a hiding. place.
ing the drafts submitted. Alto-the spa at Siegenburg to take the
Peking Labour Activity, Save the boy's life is a great achi-raid on the servants quarters at shan brought about the latter's Owing to the recent heavy rains gether more than 50 resolutions cure.
Shanghai, July 1. revement for the aeroplane in China, the Government Civil Hospital,
rapprochement with however, some water has found its ware introduced, but some of them
As announced-Inst week, M. Bar- The heroin will be combined and some may be tel, the former Vice-Premier, has Labour activity is shtyring Itself About 2.30 p.m., on Thursday, June where they found two revolvera original
dropped. 14, the radio station at Hsin land same ammunition. The police Chiang Kai-shek and since his way into the envity.
now formed, a Cabinet with Marin Peking since the entry of the Intercepted a message from the U. also made an arrest there.
arrival bare five days ago has been · SALONENREMAI During the meeting of the Con-sha] Pilsudski as Minister for Nationalists. 8. 8. Trenton which stated that a
As a result of the different raids, laying foundations for the closest
ference, Mr. T. V. Soong, Minister | War.
A Peking Genoral Laboura Ibn- pay nine years old aboard a German nearly the whole of the property political co-operation, Ho Chi- CANTON CINEMAS CLOSE of Finance, received telegrams
was formally begun on Saturday nil steamer was seriously ill with stolen from 84 Queen's Road West kunk, Feng Yu-hsinug's secretary
Parliament was abruptly. pro- while a large number of from Marshal Feng Yu-halang and rouged on June 22nd, it being ex-of DOWN. acute appendicitis and I was on Saturday was recovered. Some is almost unknown, so his appoint-
been various trades have General Yen Hai-shan supporting gently requested
of the Third of the moner, is, however, stillment by the Nanking Executive
his programme of national fin-plained that this was due to un-established or are now in process, Brigade to furnish an aeroplane to unaccounted for.
certainty whether the Government of organisation. ancial unification. transport the youth to the army
Party would unanimously support Mr. Chang Chat-ao, Vice-Gov-various Government Bills, which ospital at Tientsin.
ernor of the Bate of China, report-were pending. The Budget has, ing for the Committee on National however, already been passed.-- Expenditure, introduced a resolu- Reuter.
Captain and Mrs. Madigan, with eir son and a baby only seven onths old, were en route to Toko- na, having concluded their sor-
with the American Army ja Phlippines. The German mail mer Vogland, which they were rd, was at anchor at Taku Bome 40 miles from the rest hospital. Fortunately, the S. S. Trenton was also at Taku ar and Captain Madigan managed get u radio started to the Third gade, U. S. Marines from the Trenton,
Before the message could be seht Tientsin and return to Hain Ho, was intercepted by the operator
SHOCKING BATHING
TRAGEDY.
STUDENT DROWNED' AT NORTH POINT BEACH.
j
A student of Queen's College, og Kam-ming, aged 20, was the victim of a distressing tragedy which took place at the Chinese Bathing Club beach, North Point, early yesterday morning.
Council which, gives him legal claim to the post in Peking over Ho Chen-chun makes it clear that Feng.commanda'a majority on the executive 'council and also in the Nanking Cabinet;
:
Feng Opposed. Further, Chiang Tao-pin's on- dorsement of Ho Cheng-chun's as i sumption of née given the sup part of the War Areas Committee to Chiang Kai-shek and Yen 1st- ahan, as opposed to Feng Yu- halang and the executive council.
Pei Chung-hai's opposition to the Chiang-Yen combination opposing
Government Demanding Special Tax of $1,000.
REFUSAL TO COMPLY.
All the big cinemas in Can- ton have. closed their doors · as from yesterday as the re- ault of a Government demand for a yearly tax of $140,000.
strongly
The proprietors protest against the imposi- tion of this special tax, and it is stated will remain closed until A satisfactory settle- ment is reached.
tion calling for the Government to
limit the number of troops to half
a million men and the
annual
GOVERNOR GENERAL.
military expenditure to $192,000,- DEATH OF FORMER P.I. |000, and suggested the formation of a Civilian Commission to dis- band the surplus troops, to find work for them, and to. obtain the necessary funds for the project. ~. Mr. Chia Sze-nien, Chairman of the Committee on Taxation, intro- duced a resolution to effect a scientific demarcation of national and local revenues and expendi-
SERVED IN SPANISH- 'AMERICAN WAR.
Washington, July 1. The death is announced of Mr. James Francis Smith, who was
Welcome to Chlang. ** Shanghai, July 1 Kuomintang members in Peking. are preparting to hold a lantern procession to celebrate the arrival of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek and Feng Yu-halang.
The procession will probably ou delayed until one or two days after their arrival. Towards the cost the Chinese General Chamber of Com merce has donated 5000, whilst Marábal Yen Hal-shan has ordered 60,000 Nationalist banners to be made ready for the demonstratora.
Ha Ho and the alert operations / water, decided to swim to a raft watched with the intensest inter- { RAF ture, to unify national taxes, and formerly Governor General of the ahan indicate that there are about";
Blcer made the necessary arrange ents for a fast trip, to the hos ital.
Whole Family Flies,
few moments later, a plane, as in the air on ita way to Taku Ar in search of a British tug on hich the little family had been
to substitute for kin the wider Philippine Islands. Reuters
It has been ascertained that Feng is popularly taken for grant- wong and another youth, having ad at the present, but Chiang's speat about half an hour in the prospective trip to Hankow is about twenty yards from the endest because it is thought, very like- of the bridge from which the ly that he will win Li Chung-ien's pills are slightly damaged by this use of consolidated consumption American Service. youth dived.
adherence in Poi's absence to the soaking, but the
No ammunition was league for the political isolation of damaged. Felg Yu-hsiang and the neutrali- found and no arrest has yet been zation of his majority vote in the made.
Wong's companion reached the raft sufely but looking back ob- served Wong was in difficulty, though he made no attempt to Nanking governing bodies. shout for help.
WAS
His friend went pluckily into the after him, but t aboard on its way up the water
-ho river with the army hos- forced to release his hold of the tal as its destination. The unfortunate youth when carried lane picked up the tug at Tiku under..
Wuhan Sway.
arms are 116-
AMAZING AFFAIR AT HANGCHOW.
taxes.
Protection of Property.
*
Tongshen Situation.
Latest messages from Tong
30,000 Fenglion troops in the min ing area. The majority of thị [The depcused, who was 68 troops are about ten miles north years of age, was trained for the west of Wa Id. It is understood law, being admitted to the bar in that there is a shortage of food: Mr. Yu Yah-ching, for the Com- 1881. He became a Colonel in the and money in the Tongshan work mittee on Commerce, reported on California Regiment of the United
shops, the existing impediments to trade States Volunteers and served with Teng Attacks Communist Army and industry, and emphasized, the the first expedition to the Philip necessity of tariff autonomy, the pines in 1898, being in the battle Marshal Chang Chung-chang. restoration of communications, of Malate Trenches and in the has between 20,000 and 80,000 the unfleation of currency system, taking of Manila, He was made troops at Lutal. Rumours are protection of private property, and Deputy Provost Marahal of current that a Nationalist drive Protection of native industries. Manila in the same year and later north of Tientain has started.
Mr. Pel Tau-yee, on behalf of commanded the First Brigade, the Committee on Currency and seeing much further service in the that Marshal Feng Yu-halang has Banking, introduced a number of Islands and being commended for attacked the Shansi Nationalist resolutions. Those relating to gallantry. In the following year 6th Army, consisting of notorious Banking were included under the he was made Military Governor of Communists, who are rumoured to following topics; creation of a of the Laland of Negros, and in have revolted and crossed the
border into Klangei, . Central Government Bank; regula-1901 he was made Associato Jus- Shanghai, July 2.
tions for Provisional Banking; tice of the P. L Supreme Court. A Shanghai resident, his wife commercial Bank; foreign Ex-He was appointed Governor Gen- will be an Intense struggle with: Wu-Han in a position to split the and six-year-old daughter paying change. Banks; savings Banks; eral of the Philippines in Septen party by suporting Feng, or to visit to Hangchow were subjected agricultural Banks,
ber, 1906, resigning that post in isolate Feng by jolning the to insults and indignities by a mob
Those relating to Currency November, 1909. On returning to of riotous soldiers
dated with the regulations for a the States he was appointed Asso- Chiang-Yen alliance.
obliged to return to Shanghai lock-standard national currency, gov-clate Judge of the Court of Cus ed in a guards' van yesterday.
érning banknotes controlling toms Appeals. He has resided in mints, the abolition of the Tact as California.] a currency, the regularizing of subsidiary coinage.
If Pei Chung-hat then proves re- calcitrant he can be checked by the recall from Hongkong and the rehîbilitation of Tang Seng-chi, to And returned to Hsin Ho from Few other swimmers were at the whom Pei Chung-hala large Hu- where a phone call to Tangkubeach at that hour but they allanese army here remains devot-
irected the tug to proceed to Ilsin joined attempts at rescue, without result. The body has not yel At 4.36 p.m. the tug arrived and been recovered.
Ho.
vas met by a navy medical officer,
ambulance and many willing
arine hands who quickly dia-HEAVY DEATH-ROLL IN
mbarked the entire family. Two' mphibian planes, piloted by Cap- tain Page and lieutenant Lemly, had been turning over for several minutes and into these planes was but the entire family for its trip to the hospital at Tlentsin, 30 miles away.
T
Cotton was placed in the ears of the tiny infant which was
In a sheet and the sick boy was Mald on the floor of the second plane.
The planes reached Tientsin in 10 minutes. The boy was rushed
MINE DISASTER..
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION IN FRENCH MINE,
St. Etiennes, July 1.
An official statement in connex- on with the terrible disaster at
the Roche-la-Moliere, mine, when
ed.
The coming conference, if at- tended by the four principals Chiang Kai-shek, Li Chung-jen, Yen Hai-shan and Feng Yu- hsiang, which is scarcely likely,
CONSULAR OFFICIAL
PROMOTED.
CRAZED SOLDIERS ASSAULT EUROPEANS.
IN SERIOUS PERIL.
and were
On the way up they purchased first-class tickets and were com pelled to travel second class.
a violent explosion occurred bury-MR. MEYRICK HEWLETT TO BE expressions at the party, threaten-
ing dozens of workmen, states that
the death-roll is 48.
CONSUL-GENERAL'
The tragedy originated in a News has been, received that to the army hospital. It was at
st decided not to operate, but comparatively trifling fire, but the Mr. W. Meyrick Hewlett (C.M.G. later an operation was deemed fall of earth broke the compressed has been appointed one of His passengers were instrumental in advisable. Captain and Mrs. Ma-air pipes and poisonous gasen Majesty's Consuls-General digan are remaining at Tientsin penetrated the working galleries China. until their son is able to travel and suffocated the minera.-Reu to their new station in America. ter.
HUGE U.S. TREASURY SURPLUS.
In
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BETTER MANCHESTER
TRADE.
for
Another. report is to the effect
Troops Change Over. According to yesterday's in- formation, through Naval sources the mining area is still quiet,
It is also stated that 5,000 Na tionalists, formerly of the Nor thern Army, have again changed aver and are now with the Shan tung forces; north of LutalEREK Reports are to the effect that financial support has been given by Chang Hsub-liang, with a visez to carrying out, an advance south of Tientsin. N
It is anticipated that Yễn H shan will assist Chang as against Feng Yu-hsiang.
Other changes are that, 20,000 of Feng's troops have replaced the forces of Chiang Kai-shek to north-west of Talanfy, sukn
Chiang Kai-shek. Mo
Peking, June 30.
Mr. Li Ming's Speech, The soldiers hurled the most vile
Mr. Li Ming, chairman of the ed to strip the lady and her daughter and to throw them out Committee on National Indebtend- of the window.
ness apoke, at length with regard
A BIG INCREASE FOR MAY. Railway servanta and Chinese to the resolutions submitted by
London, July 1st, calming the crazed soldiers. provided by Kuo Min, he called at- his committee. In the translation
The report of the Manchester The party was partaking of lun- tention to the fact that China's
at the time the soldiers national indebtedness was com- Chamber of Commerce shows that This information will be receiv-cheon od with the greatest Interest as launched their entirely unprovoked paratively small, the per capita exports of cotton, artificial silk
received two amounting to not more than $4 or and mixed piece goods his career in the consular service attack, The man
blows on the head from a stout $5, as compared with Great Bri-May this year exceeded the has well merited the promotion.
capita and total for May last year by A delegation of minor Nations France's $52 per capita. The 8,880,000 square yards while the alist Generals went from Peking Mr. Hewlett joined the service stick, though a railway attendant, tain's $106 per
solution of China's problem as re-exports for the first five months of to Paotingfu last night for the pur After the passengers had got in 1898, and served in Hankow, partially carried on the of blows. Changsha, Ichang, Chengtu, and out of the train at the Hangchow garda national Indebtedness de- the year totalled 43,500,00 square pose of meeting Marshal, Chian Amoy before taking up his present end; one of the soldiers tried to pends entirely upon the establish yards which was an increase of Kai-shek, who is erpected to arrive 16,000,000 square yards over the here on Sunday from Shanghai yin
Hankow.. duting an Acting Consul-General setze the young girl and the ment of sound credit.
Mr. Li Ming, then cited the ex- corresponding period last your. for Nanking. He has undertaken amah was struck by the troops amples of Great Britain and Ger-
It is understood that Chiang, The report states that the Dutch Kai-shek will stay about ten daYE much important work, and in when she resisted.
many, which had maintained a good sometimes trying circumstances ho It is believed that the disgrace- credit by meeting their obligations Indies, Bombay and Canada are going to Nanking in time to tim Washington, July 1. has shown himself an extremely A naval wireless message from
The US Treasury announces able representative of the British ful incident will militate against bravely, while Soviet Russia ro- taking large quantities of cloth part in the Sith plenary session, or
the excursionist trade of the padiated her debts and lost ter na containing a high percentage of the Kuomintang-Reuter Wanhsien states that it is report that the Fedoral Government Government the excursionist trade, improve Lions) credit
artificial efik-Router.
Carries Propaganda. ed General Yang Sem is now at closed its books for the fiscal year Mr. Tewlott received his C.M.G. ing following many advertise He said that his committee
Peking Ju Buchow and that his troops are ad- which ended at midnight on June in 1915 while he was stationed atments lately as to the safety of favoured the recognition of all pub
It is understood that Oh! ancing on Chungking. It seems 30th. with a surplus of G.8398, Shanghai, and It is understood that foreigners making the journey to lic debts as a principle, but Bug-
companied by kely that fighting will break out 000,000, Reuters American Ser that honour was the reward of out Hangchow. Our Own Correspon gested that there should be a dif-
day.
pice.
standing work in Jchang,,,
(Continued on Page 12.)
FIGHTING EXPECTED BIN SZECHUAN.
GEN. YANG SEN'S TROOPS MOVING.
VISCAL BALANCE GREATER THAN EXPECTED.
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Dr. John Horne, 80, head of the Geological Survey of Scotland, has Kal- diad in Edinburgh;