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(Continued from Page 1.)
Yen Hsi-shan's Attitude,
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1929.
SAD DEATH OF MISS D. CHRISTIAN.
DAUGHTER OF 0. C. OF
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DIPHTHERIA VICTIM..
Peking, Oct. 12. Kueminchun sources this even- ing declare that General. Lu Chung-lia. Feng Yu-hsiang's right hand man, la due to arrive by sea
Wo regret to record the death at Tientsin, in Chihli Province which occurred on Saturday of to-morrow. It is added that he
Miss Dulele Christian, the 18 expects to travel safely through years old daughter of Lieut. Col. North China to the Kuominchun.
W. F. Christian, D.S.O., officer This is taken as an indication commanding the Royal Artillery of General Yen Hai-shan'a attiin Hongkong, and Mrs. Christian. Miss Christian was particularly interested in the local Girl Guide movement and was very popular in the Colony, She contracted
tude.
Yen Hal-shan returned yester day to Taiyuanfu from a moun tain resort where he and the Christian General had been stay ing.
Last night, General Ho Cheng chun, a supporter of Chiang Kai shek, hurriedly left Peking for Talyuanfu, stating that he is going to inquire as to Yen Hsi- shan's health, but it is under stood that he is under.instructions from Chiang Kai-shek to find out precisely where Yen Hsi-shan stands with Feng Yu-hsiang in the present crials.
un-
Advices from Shansi indiente that Yen Hsi-shan is very likely to declare outright for Chiang Kai-shek and that, at most, he will only declare neutrality Reuter,
diphtheria last week and died in hospital on Saturday.
Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Christian are at present in North China. It will be recalled that one of Col, Christian's sons died along with two companions while On дл adventurous tour in the Canadian wastes in 1927.
REDS INCREASING ACTIVITY.
(Continued from Page 1.) presence of Government troops to keep at buy the communist elements in hiding since the Swabug 'Soviet was in boing, the people are ex- tremely nervous. There is a port to the effect that the district of Hai-hong has already fallen. This is nöt, at time of writing, con-
firmed.
re-
Weak Government. The fillip given to local commun- ists in all the districts
by the under Tsu and Me, and the manifest triumphant advance of the army
weakness of the authorities, may lead to untoward developments if the Government cannot assert it- self.
Following the murder of the dis- trict magistrate In Jinopheng, the communists of that region are in- The funeral of Miss Christian creasing, in activity, and it is easy took place at Happy Valley, Licut. for them to join with those of Tai- po, and of Fung-shut, which would Christian R.A. being the principal would give them a wide area to the mourner. The Rev, C. Scott north of Swatow, with the possibil Little" conducted the service, the ity of developments to south in Hai prayers being said by the Dean of Luk Fung. It is not clear whether St. John's Cathedral. Those pre this will come to anything, and sent included H.E. the Officer much depend son whether the Swa- Administering the Government tow authorities can restore con- (The Hon. Mr. W. T. Southornfidence, which their inefficiency in Kuominchun Advancing.
C.M.G.), H.E. the G.0.0., South the present of the enemy either on Shanghai, Oct. 12. China Command (Major-General the Han River, or in Fungshun, According to reliable reports, J. W. Sandilands, C.B., C.M.G., has badly broken. 40,000 of the Kuominchun troops D.S.0.), the Right Rev. C. R. The ordinary gangs of kidnappers under Generals Sun Tien-ying and Duppuy, D. D. (Bishop ofund brigands are getting to work; advancing Victoria), the Rev. H. V. Koop, and in one village near Kit-yang Yang Fu-sang are eastward from Honan province fo M.A., Lieut.-Col Robinson, Major have railed five nights running, Tsaochow with the object of link-
Hewson, Major Carew, Major carrying off a man each night, ing up with General Chen Tiao Morrison, R.A.M.C., Capt. Smith, while in another they carried off yuan, Chairman of the Shantung Capt. Vivian, Lieut. Miller, Prof. five school children. Provincial Government, who APL Forster, and Mr. W. L. Patton- pears to have thrown in his lot den. against Nanking.
Other units in the Kuominchun are advancing from Loyang, in Honan, southwards to Hankow by two routes, tho. Peking-Hankow Railway and to Lachokow.
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The floral tributes included those from Rita (sister), Charles (brother), Fred (brother), Peggy and Frances Heeney, "G," Mas H. D. Sawyer, Miss P. Anderson, Mrs. J. B. H. Doyle, Miss Odell and
Mr. L. E. Lammert, It appears that
a number of General and Miss Handtand
J. Generals in Hupen, Anhui, his nad Capt. D. Cameron, Sir Henry and elsewhere are wavering in their
Com allegiance towards Chiang Kai Lady Pollock and Miss Oakley
modore R.
R. A. S. Lieut-Col. and
Hill, .A. F. Robinson,
Lieut.-Col. shek and at least, will not act Mrs. T. vigorously against the "rebels." P. A. Cardew, R.A.0.C., Col. and For example, General Tang Mrs. Exham, Col. & Mrs: R. B. Skin- Seng-chi's divisions at Chengchowner, Lieut-Col. C.F. Little and Officers, are belleved to be likely to be Somerset Light Infantry, Col. R.A.B. neutral or for the Kuominchua. Young and Officers, R.A.P.C., Col. J. Haskard and Miss M. Hutchins, Ironsides to 'Attack, The Ironsides are believed to Major R. Cnrew, R.A., Major, C. W. have reached Kweilin, and readyMajor and Mrs. Hunna, Major and to advance against Kwangtung. The first objectives are. Lingshan And Armytage, Major and Mrs.
Andrew
Creery Capt. and Mrs. and Linchow respectively while Crouch, Capt. and Mrs. Cheater, Capt. the central column of the No- and Mrs. Huxford, Capt. and Mrs. R. tional Government is at present C. Strachey (Somerset L.I.), Capt. on the defensive at Wuchow, un- and Mrs.
Vivian, Capt. and Mrs. able to advance owing to the ac- Beresford, Capt. and Mrs. H. V. Bark- tivity of "rebel" warships on the er Benfield. West River.
Prof. and Mrs. L. Forstar, Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Kis, Mr. and A. 8.
Mrs. Mackichan, Me, and Mrs. J. L. P. Mr. and Mrs. Dangerfield, Mr. and Mrs. F. Sutton and Barbara, Mr. and Mrs. A. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. F. Bellamy, Mr and Mrs. Allan
The attitude of Yen Hsi-shan is believed in Shanghai to be doubt ful-Reuter.
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CHIANG DENOUNCED. Kuominchun Leaders Issue & Circular Telegram.
The
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Even for the safety of the port it would seem necessary to keep sufficient troops up country to act as a gendarmerie against these local bands. But there is a strange lack of co-ordination between the vari- ous authorities, and a lack of a strong central authority with a sense of responsibility for the whole area. Our Own pondent.
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MIXED DOUBLES.
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"AT HOME."
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In celebration of winning the cham. pionship of the Mixed Doubles Loa- Kue Kowloon Cricket Club held an
At Home" yesterday afternoon. large number of spectators witnessed an interesting match with "The Rest, the K. C. C. winning by seven sets.to five. There were four pairs on each side.
At the conclusion of the play, Mr. E. Abraham, the Vice-President of the Club, introduced Miss Hancock, who kindly presented the shield, and then called upon Mr. H. R. B. Hancock, the President of the Hongkong Lawn Tennis Association, to make a few
ron, Mr. and Mrs. Ticha remarks, and Audrey, Mr. and Mrs. Grimble, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Davenport Browne, Q.M.S. and Mrs. Melina, Dr. G. D. R. Black, Mr. T H. King, Mr. H. Owen Hughes, Mr. G. P. Lammert.
Peking, Oct. 13. Tientsin paper Te Kung Pao has received from Tairuan the text of a Kuominehun circular telegram of October 10.
cers, Officers, Royal Artillery,
Officers, telegram is divided into six 2nd Rn. K.O.S.B., Officers, Royal
Engineers, Officers,
R.A.M.C, Officers' articles:
The first declares that through Mess, Headquarters, R.A., Sergeants" Mess, R.A., Stonecutter's Sergeanta' the blunders of Chiang Kai-shek Mesa H.K. & S. Brigade, R.A., N.C.O. the affairs of the country have and men, 12th Heavy Battery, R.A., been brought to ruin.. National Revolutionary Govern- ment has been under the control
N.C.O.'s Club, R.A., Stone
Married Families, RA. Com-
The cutter's, President and
of the Kuomintang, whereas it mittee of the Hongkong Cricket Club,
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Secondly it accuses 'the Govern- Copenhagen
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Milan Thirdly, the Government looked Stockholm with equanimity. twenty Oslo millions starving in the north Prague west through famine, while Madrid Chiang, since assuming political Athens power, has floated loans for four Ro
Bombay hundred millions, of which the
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Silver (forward) .Fourth. it complaine Chiang Kai-shek fought for the extinction many military
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Mr. Hancock expressed his great pleasure at being present and congra- tulated the Kowloon G. C. on being the first winners of the Shield, kindly presented by Messrs. Dunlop, of the Mixed Doubles League. Whenever he paid a visit to Kowloon he was always assured of a very good time. The name of the K. C. C. stood for hos pitality.
Miss Hancock presented the Dun- lop Shield to Mr. E. C. Fincher, the Captain of the Kowloon C. C. team, and also spoons to the members of "The Rest" team.
The results of the games were as follows:
Mrs. Sayer and E. C. Fincher (Champions) beat Miss Enid Lo"and M. K. Lo (Chinese R. C.) B-8; beat Mrs. Parsons and G. W, Sewell (Ladies' R. C.) 6-2; beat Mrs. Purs- loe and C. Stewart (Kowloon, Bowling Green),.6-0.
Mrs. McCaw and Thes. Lay (Chain- plous) lost to Miss Lo and M. K Lo 3-6 beat Mrs. Gull and H. D. Rum- jahn (Craigengower) 0-7; beat Mrs. Pursloe and Stewart 6-3.
Mre. Hambly and A. E. Guest beat 193% Mrs. Parsons and Sewell 6-1; lost to 1081
Mrs. Gull and Rumjahn 2-6; beat 817 Mrs. Pursloe and Stewart 6-3. J23/32
Miss L G. Heard and E, F, Fincher lost to Miss Lo 'and M. K. Lo 3-6; lost /11.19/32 to Mrs. Parsons and Sewell 4-6; lost 4.86 11/16 to Mrs. Gull and Humjahn 2-6.
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BRITAIN'S GIANT AIRSHIP.
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It is expected that the new Bri- tish airship R.101, which has been moored to her mooring mast at ing, will make her maiden flight Cardington since yesterday morn
to-morrow-British Wirclean.
leaders who performed meritori to pillage and burn Chinese towns. ous service for the Revolution, you Hel-shan and Feng Yu-halang It concludes with a request to causing bloodshed in several to come forward and assume
Fifthly,
declares that responsibility for the nation'e Chiang's domobilisation scheme salvation, adding that the algna-
The Baird Talevision Company was false, in that he sought to tories are leading 400,000, men reduce the armies of all the other towards Nanking for the purpose has accepted the British Broad- leaders while retaining and in- of killing the traitor, for the sake
casting Corporation's offer of pro- of the country—Reuter. creasing his own.
Peking. Oct. 13.
viding five half-hour periods of Lastly, it charges him with In view of the worsening of the elevatoadcasts will be experi broadcasting weekly. failure in the recent crisis. His military situation, the train ser- Rnegotiations failed, and he then vices on the Tientsin-Pukow Ratil- mental at first, but Mr. Baird is neglected to take the only course way between Tientsin and Su convinced of the ultimate success. open, namely to declare war on chow, have been suspended by the of his system. He claims he had Russia. Instead, he has done
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