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SWATOW TYPHOON.

FURTHER DETAILS OF TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE,

HUGE DEATH ROLL

RELIEF FROM HONGKONG.

souple of gige, while the lighthouse tender which was lying in the basin broke in two. It is ex ected that a couple of months will clapse belozo anything again approaching normal conditions obtain in Swatow.

THE SHANTUNO.

MONDAY, AUGUST 7. 1922

CORRESPONDENCE.

the boat landed was 58 baga of mail and returned with 60 bags and 61 pas sengers. They did not take on a pound PROTEST NO. 1. NEXT PLEASE of cargo. Mr. Lawrence remarked upon the fact that practically all the buoys in the harbour were left intact. estimated that it would take at least He two months before Swatowcould once again be got into working order as a vessels, other than those which went port At present it was useless for up for relief purposes, to call.

NO EUROPEAN DEATER,

SEAMEN'S WAGES.

STRIKE AT SHANGHAI,

COY. INVOLVED,

It

is understood

that

AT

ago

[To the Editor of the "China Mall."|| UNA MERCHANTS

direct the affairs of this Colony it is Sir-Be they gods or devils that

SHANGHAI, August Ũ. On Saturday the Chica Mail

his bumanity to play: the Ajax and Merchante S. N. Company to a third but the act of any man who values forthcoming from

As a restit of no answer being published a story brought by those

the China Kueichow of the terrible havoo wought

defy them. The lightning may treat letter from the Shangbai branch in Swatow by the typhoon which

us as it treated Ajax; still we shall of the Chinese Seamen's Union deman- struck that port on Wednesday last.

that there had been no deaths among British in us. Atta Boy.

Mr. Lawrence confirmed the news have borne. witness to all that is ding an increase in the scale wages of Amplifications of that account show

the European population. He men- that the port has suffered terribly.

The registration Bill (which the reached between the seamen and the seamen similar to the agreement tioned that one old European lady shade of Wat Tyler defend should shipowners at Hongkong, a strike on The casualties on Saturday were stated to be 5,000, but later estimates put brought to Hongkong by the Hydran- falling masonry, whil t another of 60 thing that Adversaries calls it. Nay, reported.

Passengers from the Shantung were had been strucks about the head by ever become an Ordinance) is every several China Merchant stastners is the number around 20,000, while one ges, and they speak of their thrilling years, who had relatives in Ilong- it is more. It is the invention of men chip's officer who has been to Swatow experiences on board the stranded kong, mentally collapsed under the who, too indispensable to fight the considers thut 40,000 would rot be a

bip. The Shautung arrived in strain. The damage in the European Prussian, imbibed all his philosophy, reached with the other shipping surprising estimate. The town itself Swatow on the afternoon of the settlement was nothing like an great so

agreement WAS cometime is a completo wreck. Apart from the 2nd from Shanghai. Observatory as in Swatow itself; but many roofs of Prussianism defeated in tho The Chi-a Merchants were not a

that we have the spectacid companies and damage caused by the terrific wind reports indicated the approach were lifted and the front walls of some field,

their employees, there is the devastation following the of a

defented typhoon and towards the of the houses were blown in: On the its philosophy) at these contres of strong attitude against it creasing tidal wave which inundated the town evening the wind increased in Swatow side ho said it was quite a learning which most firmly upheld and wages having granted an increase of (08 regarde party thereto but adopted a very to a depth of some feet. Passengers who intensity. have arrived here from Swat wall tell and when one of the cables snapped walls razed to the ground. All the a blowing in the legislator's garden of

Two anchors were down common sight to see solid concrete taught it before the war, but now all five dollars last year-Beuter. of the terrible scenes ashore--the num- the ship began to drift. Most of the trees down the central avenue for reeds. The first German Ordinances ber of dead, the wreckage of boats passengers did not realise what was a distance of 200 yards were real at Home (the Insurance Act and its and houses strewn all over the placa happening until there came a succes-ed up and thrown all over the place. Ruccessors) found the people asleep.

CHINESE CABINE", and curated lar inland.

sion af, bamps. The ship eventually Messrs. Stocker and Woode, the Now they are arous d, and no London stranded on a hill about ten miles

paper would dare to defend auch ́s from the town of Swatow. The worst

Bill as that now under di cussion. of the blow was over about at 5

Must our Colonies be the scene of on ani, and later a fishing boat was signalled. By this passengers were

actments which no Home (or ernment would have the effrontery to in- A Peking mandato issued early this taken to Swatow where they boarded

troduce? Are we to see th: centra of morning promulgates the following the Ilydrangea.

the Empire throwing off the bonds of cabinet: Premier, Tang Shroi servile legislation while the fringre Minister for. Foreign Affairs, Dr. gaily bind themselves therewith! Wellington Kon, Minister for the

STRANDED SHIP.

a

Stipping in the harbour suffered badly. It is now learned that the Shantung and the Tungshing were dei ven right across the harbour and arc now lying high and dry on the side of Ltd. bill. Observera ate of opinion that the Shautung can be refloated but the Tangahing is lying on some teeks and it is thought that it will be impossible to get her off. The Choy sang is ashore on Fort Island, nine miles north of Sentow, and is reported to be almost a hopelees wrek. The Wa Wing, a Chinese owned boat, is on the nut flat: up the river. The Ying. chow is detained in Swatow with a damaged bridge and her steam plear- ing gear and quadrant smashed, Small craft came in for a very bad tine. Lifted on the tidal wave they were bone far land or smashed beyond recognition.

SALE SHOES

HALF PRICE

IN SWATOW.

TYPHOON "ONE VAST BATTLEFIELD."

"YDZANJE'

"

OFFICER'S ACCOUNT

pilots, have lost their boats, the former's house at Double Island has been considerably damaged and the hitt r'a practically destroyed.

Dead bodies and carcases are float ing about everywhere and a large sumber are being recovered from among the debris.

The Customs buildings suffered heavily. Chronometers were washed away and an instrument used for meteorological work was discovered on the band all covered with mud. Old Castoms records are a total loss.

LIKE PIZUES OF PAPER.

NEW APPOINTMENTS PROMULGATED.

SBAKORAI, August 6,

mission from the authorities, which Finance, Kao Lin Hwei, Minister for As a public meeting requirea per-Interior, Tien Wrn Lieb, Minister for would probably be witheld, I can see War, Chang Shou Tseng, Minister for no possible way for us who value our the Navy, Li Ting Sio, Minister for liberty but to inaugurate a posiaty, a Agriculture, and Commerce, Lub Sir, body of men who will bind themselves Minister of Communicatione, Kad possible prosecution. Let those who assumption Wang Chung Huai wi! to refuse obedience and endure Eng Hung. Pending Tan: Shav Yis, feel in this matter as I do forward act as Premier. their names to Adversarius

Ile can

S

Cape of Good Hope and the Sugar The roofs of the lighthouses at the Loaf Island have been swept away, but the lights are burning.

The scene in the typhoon shelter then state in the columns of the JAPAN AND WASHINGTON must have been one of indescribable paper how many of these there are, confusion, the chief Officer continued, and the knowledge may deter the All the boats were smashed up and authorities. They cannot prosecute would not expect one person_in_sevca two-hundred-determined hundred to come out of it alive.

Iren. E on if it does pot

past? To Hell with Prussianism!

Put my name under that of Adver

TREATIES.

Tokyo Augst 5.

The Prince Regent has sanclioned

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Following the arrival on Saturday morning of the B. and S. steamer "Kweichow" the secund vessel to reach Hongkong from Swatow (where she arrivel three days after the spoon) was the Chuen Ga steamer Hydrangea" which arrived in the harbour yesterday morning.

Giving AD account of his experiences the Chief Officer Mr. E II. Lawrence said that the Arst

I za posta which carry the elec deter them from passing the Bill, Dasual thing that attracted The following d acription of Swatow attention of those aboard

the tric wines buried between eight and surely civil diecbedience on a large the Washington treaties- Reuter. was given this morning by Mr. C."Hydraugea" was the disappearance, snapped off.

the ten feet in the ground literally scale bas proved affective in the Smith, chief engineer of the 9. of most of the big fiabing stakes which, "Hydranges:" "We arrived at Swa- tow on Saturday morning in beautiful weather! Before entering the harbour, a the left hand side the Shantung and Tungsbing. The Shangtang was bigh and dry at the foot of the moon- taia, about a mile from deep water. its extraordinary and

un English while 401 or 500 yards astern was powers. It has occurred to some one, the Tungsbing lying bitween two it serius, to uilize the discarded rocks, one fore and the other aft

for another

Further up the river was tho purpose Chinese CONGLONG, MON JAT. ATEST 7 1922 altogether, as a man might, on giving an ex German ship,

steamer "Wa

Ming" She is on up shooting, use his rifle as a kitchen the mud flats. We lauded from poker, first sending it to the smithya ships boit. The boats in Swatow for a few structural alterations. That are charging passengers $5 a it would be cheaper to buy a new bodies were floating in the water. head to get ashore, Hera doad poker was overlooked. The old Inside the Customs breakwater was

*-TRUIN, SUATION, PUBLIO

The China Mail.

APEVINE"

REGISTRATION OF PERSONS.

This subject is so profoundly im- portant, and is bound to create so much interest and concern throughout

putation for re actionary legislation,

weapon

were

Yours faithfully,

ANTI-PRUSSIAN. Hongkong, August, 6, 1922.

should have been showing in the about like pieces of paper. If you arias. Card enclosed.

Everything must have been blown Sugar Loaf Pass.

did not see it with your own eyes no Next there was the Shantung and man could imagine such terrible dam- the Tungan ng which apparently had age could be done in such a short the been driven right across the harbour time. This Commissioner of Customs of Swatow, high and dry on the side, had a very narrow escape, just manag of the hills. As they got further using to get out of his house before it the harbour they saw a jumbled mass was blown to pieces."

dry. What caused the most!

From the

PLIGHT OF THE PEOPLE.

PROTEST NO. 2. WAKE UP.

Messrs Lammert Broe.. will offer a quantity of wine and brandy for sale on Thursday,

Entries clomon Tuesday at 6p.m. [To the Editor of the " China Mall.”] | toria Recreation Clab on Friday next. for the right fete; to be held at the Vic-

Sir, I offer my humble support tu

Messrs. Dracon. Looker, Descon your adversacian's denunciation of and Horton have $200,000 they are the Registration Bill. Caunot we prepared to advance on first class have a public mesting to show our mortgages. local junkers that we will not have auch legislation ?

Yours Truly

STRIKE VOLUNTEER

PROTEST THE THIRD 197

MORE WANTED.

Major J.W. Clark, representing the Department of Land, Government, of British Columbia, is staying at the Hongkong Hotel.

It is expected that new condi- tions relative to the employment of cargo boata will be submitted to the Harbour Master within the next few days.

for it thought of using it to detect offering was the tidal wave which alone at something in the neighbour that swept over the town has filled (To the Editor of the " Ching Mail."41/Secretary for Chinese Affairs and the

The

Wo

Yours truly, ANTI-CONCRIPTION.

"DEGRADED" DANCING.

of buildings, some blown down and damage done, Mr. Lawrence estimat- others with their roof off. Wherever ed the velocity of the wind at ha they Foxed they could see the tween 35 and 100 miles an hour. He disastrous effects of the storm. Go- mentioned incidentally that nothing downs were wrecked, pontoons broken could stand against a wind with a and sunk, wharves broken to bits, velocity of 117 miles. three steamers agrɔned, the two al ready mentioned and the "We Ming." junks and cargo bants entirely. the enormous damage done. It was destroyed-this was only some of impossible to describe the place; it

After the flood has come for the registration was to detect undesira lot of wreckage. One of the mooring was nothing more or less than one people of Swatow the famine. Their the British empire, enhancing Hong-the marvellous intellect responsible

ables. No longer deemed necessary: lightera by the buoys was high and vast battlefield. A conservative plight is pitiable. Homeless, they Long's already somewhat sinister ra

estimate put the loss of life in Swaton now find themselves without food and short of water because the tidal wave desirables. These desirables, as was and lasted for eight hour.

TOSU from five to 83Van feet hood of 10,000, and as it was reported that we cannot afford to leave the proved recently in a splendid way, intended to go into the city but could and extends 1 for many miles inland, was being sold at Swatow, after the Sir.-Hitherto, as a comparatively

that the tidal wave went up the river the wells with brine. Potable water discussion of it to our irrepressibly

need no detestion, and certainly not not get through owing to the wreck it was not au unreasonable conjecture typhoon, at $5 a canful. cheerial contributor " Adversarios.”

It is new arrival, I have been regarding detection under penalty. Any friend-ge, while the stench was awful. I that there were double that number of reckoned that qnless relief He dealt with it on Saturday with

A fine of $3, as well as an order is "Adversarius" as a buffoon. Satur interviewed some Chinese merchants casualties in all. The whole place. ly invitation from the Government to who said they thought the deaths been devastated. There was not population

sent immediately the whole day shows that his head is screwed on to pay $t compensation, was inflicted some seriousness of feeling underlying

will be starving right. I am aghast at the new

on Edward Sherman, an unemployed bis humour; but we cannot help give it the information desired would roll would reach about 40,000

a house or thing that has not been in a couple of days and the Hongkong Registration Bill, and ashamed that American eraman, who was drunk in be promptly, thoroughly, and en-end placed the thinking that sven "comic relief" in

damage at be damaged; the place was full of deat Government, on learning this, called 1 waited for this lead before the Seamen's Institute and threw o thusiastically responded to.

tween twenty and thirty million out of place in such a tragedy. It is |

bodies, the ataach was unbearable special meeting of the Legislative protesting. No one at Homs would picture into the harbour. no less. It is tragio that we should Government must know that. Yet it city of Swatow but the surrounding manner of rubbish.

dollars. This includes not only the and the streets were blocked with all Council and voted $10,000 towards believe it without proof. Pot my meeting immediate necessities, also name down for any organized have officials mentally capable of de- Prefers to compel these people to country which came in the track of

ordering 50 tons of rice and other opp.sition that may come.. signing such legislation. It is tragic register, gives police officers extraor- the typhoon. The merchants were of “WORST DISASTER YET,"

supplica to be sent at once to Swatow, "I have been on the China Coast consigned to the British Consel there. dinary powers over them, and in the opinion that the country people that we should have legislators Bo

general treats them as a lot of lazy rush of water which spread inland for the worst disaster I have seen," the also taking steps to inaugurate relief. must have suffered greatly from the for 38 years and this is far and away Swatow merchants in Hongkong are intellectually and morally blind me to be able to assent to it. It will be shirkers. If the Government, doing miles, right up to the foot of the Chief Officer said. "I was for 19 years funds and to dospatch foodstuffs to FOURTH PROTEST. HURRY UP.

this, has the cheek to offer assurance mountains." tragic if our public deca not awake to that there is no intention toward

ju Manila, where the typhoons 'grow,' the focal Chamber of Commerce for the mischief and mcases of it. One industrial conscription, it will in the

and have been through a good many distribution amongst the distressed [To the Editor of the China Mail.]

oat One great difficulty they are ex-of them. I rode a heavy inhabitants of the port.

At a conference of the British The Government has decided to

Association of Teachers of Dancing at of our contemporaries with surprising same breath be confessing to one of periencing in Swataw is the work of typhoon in the FausangTM" when the

Six-I am getting up an urgent, Aberdeen in mail week spirited at- mildness has asked for "official as the most ungrateful, sweeping, and providing coffins. In the mission com- ship was nearly lost on the Gang-send up famine relief as soon as private petition to Col. John Ward tacks were made ou modern dancing surance" that the Registration of gratuitous insults ever offered to a burial. Everyone has suffered, rich and two years ago, on 5th Novem

pound I saw about 300 bodies waiting way Book about three years ago, possible by special ship.

M.P., enclosing your article of Batur practices, particularly in night clubs, Persons Bill is not intended as a pre- Bri ish community. Save as a pre- and poor alike.

E day, a copy of the Bill, and etc. If, dancing palaces, and hotels. liminary to industrial conscription.liminary to industrial conscription, aspect. The majority of the houses Bay behind Cape Varilla. But

The place presents a

as I hops you will, you make further Such an awuraco wil probably be the Bill lacks all point.

references, I suggest you send name Edward Kennedy, an unemploy to him as the most likely way to get forth-oming, and it will not be worth unnecessary as it is offensive. We which seem to have stood the blow wave which swept over the town to a charge of being drusk and incap.

are damaged. The only places this one beats them all. The tidal ed American seaman, pleaded guilty it stopped, the wind expended in expressing it. hope to see it thrown out at the next are

Faclosed my card (not for publica- the Post Office and the As responsible for enormous damage.able at the Magistrady this morning. (lon.) There, is, there can be, ro point in Council meeting with shouts of scorn- Castoms Office which are built of The whole district was inundated and Mr. Lindsell let him go with a severe compulsory registration unles it ben fal laughter, so as to prove that our res buried some lent in the ground a total loss. Unless immediate relief two nights.

reinforced concrete. Thick telegraph prastically all the rice provisions are caution as he had been locked up for

yours truly LIBERAL, IMPERIALIST. step to the compulsory employment legislators have awakened from their have been blown down and some big is sent the remaining population will of the abilities to registered. So far niglimare, and that commonsense and trees in the main street have been be starving in a couple of days. They

PROTEST NO. 6. ROLL UP, as we know, there has never been any British traditions have not completely uprooted. The food situation looks were already feeling the pinch when a large junk yesterday, the sailing H. M. B. Magnolia” collided with

PLEASE. ratisfactorily explicit declaration of deserted this Colony. Even then wo to Europeans. The cargo on the ship/ ter had to come to the "Hydrangea in a few minutes: The juɑk was (To the Editor of the "China Mail.)|

like being serious. We gave our food came away. The Harbour Mas craft being badly boled and sinking the objects and reaso-s of the first shall have to live down the shameful had to be brought back as there were to get some chow. We gave him a loaded with 85,000 bricks and sank registration law. We have heard it suggested that it was a good thing seriously made.

fact that such a proposal was ever no means of discharging.

shoulder of matton, some butter and right in the tracks of the Star Ferries, Mr. Smith was in the Kinshan other things we could spare, which A danger flag has been fired to the during the 1908 typhoon. That, he was not very much as the ship being mast of the junk. says was nothing to the one which on a short run carries but little in the struck Swalow. He was also through way of spare provisions,” the Canton typhoon in 1905 and an-

to give the police and the authorities more power over Bolsheviks who

might come here to infect us with

their pernicious ideas. In that case

It in as

FOR A WEEK STOMACH

SHORT OF COFFING,

bar next when in the Devawongse

"?

I was in another when in Vuugro terrible

USEL283 AS ▲ PURI.

- 4t8,

Go to the World Theatre. to it could be excused us a piece of As a general rule all you need to do is says there is no comparison.

father at Fooohon, but here again he The Hydrangea - took to Swatyw

de morrow to witness how a Western pania legislation. Now that noto adopt a diet suited to your age and

some 200 tons of cargo, but as all the girl thought she could fool a Ranch While the pontoons belonging to wharves were demolished and the gang into believing her a man. any long scared of occupation and to keep your bowels B. and 8. and Jardine's were smashed, cargo boats mashed up, it was im Bessie Barriscale, as Betty Craig leads ong - is the Bolshevistid h gie, the time regalar. When you feel that you have that belonging to the China Merchants possible to unload and they had to the role in "Two Gon Betty" aap Lad come, obviously, to re-take one of Chamberlain's Tableta For their launch, leaving them with a lights, only eight remained. All that scenery and the play are magnificent cates too much and whos enstipated caped lightly. The Customs lost bring it all back. Of a hundred ported by a powerful cast. The peal the Ordinance and abolish cale by all Chemists and Storoksepors.'

and worth sering.

Jang

HIRING OF PARTNERS CONDEMNED,

Mr. J. D. MacNaughton, Glasgow, said the general tons of the ballroom was fast degenerating, Deportment was conspicuous by its absence, and the rules which must govern all good auding were burlesquat or ignored. The police had got move on at last, but surely the pol'co know that the frequenters of the lower clasa clubs were only emulating what hat been going on for a considerable time smong some of those who frequented the most exclusiva hotels and clubs..

The first-class placer were more cause of their respectability and tho dangeront than the secondary, be confidears reposed in their good man-

ment

Sir,-As far as I can see the Registration of Persons Bilf does not infringe my personal liberty, as I hava no skill above the average: But I agree with you it is wrong in

The public could not shut their principle, and should got passes to the fact that agedy, after hear thereisto be strong- upposition

Tragedy was ditacily trable to the at the next reading, so it may be ironment of the modern dance dropped after all.

emporium,

Yours &

The

BENEX Huus say retire, but meanwhile.

This sort of thing is fatal.

keep on shooting.—EL. U.M.

The methods adopted of augaging men and women and hiring them ont

tion was much more serions than it disgusting and degrading. The silon- for gain sa dance partners were both

was commonly believed to be.