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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1926. PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

No. 19,901

SOVIET WOMAN.

WAR SPREADING.

Cantonese Extending Campaign.

SUN CHUAN-FANG TO FIGHT?

Wu Peifa Eclipsed: But Others Joining in.

Shanghal September 9. The "China Press" says that it has been disclosed from unauthori

that Marshal Sun tative source Chuan-tang Has issued an ultima turn that anless General Chan Kais shek withdrew southwards. Sun Chuan-fang will open on offensive.

Sun Chuan-fang, is reported to have ordered his subordinate tu stung-ling (tupan of Chekiang to move two divisions towards Hapch province to attack the Cantonese in the rear.

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Vernacular papers state that Chang Kai-shek has ordered general offensive against Klangsh the Cantonese have and that actually entered the province, claim Ing the capture of the city of Mei kuam.-Reuter,

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OPPOSITION REMAINS. Although the southern Na. tionalists have now occupied the cities of Wuchung. Hanyang and Hankow, they have by no means destroyed all opposition.

Marshal Wu Pei-fu must be re- garded as

true that he has other military adherents further North but they will have been disheartened by the trend of events and especially by the treachery of Liu Tso-lung, de-

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THIRD ACTION.

MUCH DISPUTED POKFULAM PROPERTY.

A LADY PLAINTIFF.

"SILENT NAVY.”

NO FUKIEN ATTACK ON SWATOW?

ARMIES NOT MOVING.

A claim respecting a house which

Last week-end the "northern" has already been the subject of Chinese Navy was still anchored much tigation was hoard in the in Foochow and Amoy, appearing Summary Court this morning. unlikely to blockade Swatow

The house in question is No. 31A, rumoured. Pokfulam bad, the owner and Intelligence which arrived yes- former Decdpier of which, a Chinese terday from Amoy (ja Fukien pre- vince) indicates that there is a lady, was the plainti

Platiff, Mrs. Chan. Kwok Sh, little uneasiness at that port. claims from the Hang On Arm, 3950,

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YANGTSE INCIDENT.

Did the Navy Bombard Wanhsien?

"INFLICTED DAMAGE" THERE.

British Gunboat Action: Latest Intelligence.

A report from Mexico City says that Madame Kollontai, at present the Soviet Minister to Norway, has been appointed Soviet Minister to Mexico. She isn most able

Reports have been current that won

the British Navy has been bom- barding Wanhsien, the town in ged that she directed the

Szechuan province, on the. Yang- Bolsest propagandu, in Mexico, the United States and Latin

te River, which opened fire from ship and store. zerig with considerable suc-

in flames, It has been stated that the port The appointment is regarded she states was hired by the defer with them, for fear, of trouble official details.

As yet there are no A Government as indicating that the Soviet wili dant for giving shelter to certain breaking out on the Kwangtung despatch states, however, that our make renewed efforts to spread workmen and keeping their tools in frontier. their "doctrines in the United and $600 alleged to have been h

gunboats bombarded the town Swatow is, of course, mined. It after the incident, inflicting con- States. Reuter's American Ser-loun..

Mr. D. McCallum, for the plain-transpires that the official families aiderable damage. viče.

tiff, stated that plaintiff bud owned fleeing earlier in the week went to! There is no information as toi houses in Kiu Yang Lane which she Canton for safety.

whether active reprisals have had pulled down for the purposes | At present the only steamers been taken or not subsequent to of re-erection facing" Pokfulam calling at Swatow from Hong the action. Road. The Hang On firm were en- Kong are the O.S.K? boats and the Five of the six B. & S. officers! gaged as contractors for this work. Teader" ships of the J.C.J.L. were rescued; but nothing" is said. The plaintiff was living at 31A, British shipping is not putting in as

门 completed there.

are reported to have branched off towards Pinghsiang, the sou hern terminus of the completed portion

of the northern half of the Han-okfulam Road in Row-Canton Railway.

house and in response to a request

Fighting Soon?

the moment,

and hostilities seem imminent.

Peculiarities of War.

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Cruisers to the Rescue? ¡by the defendants agreed to let the]

As foreshadowed in yesterday's! If the Cantonese are content workmen have a portion of the

Kwangtung. it is clear that"China Mail" H.M.S. "Hawking," flagship of the China Squadron, not to go any further North at ground floce at $20 a month.

claim for anxiety has passed at Swatow. With regard to the but extend their

A small force did cross the has proceeded to the vicinity. scope eastwards, they can also money lent. Mr. McCallum stated border some days ago.

The "China Mail" also learns It never! come down the Yangtse from that immediately after the contrast

that the despatch of cruisers Wuchang (or Haskow), enter between the plaintiff and the die went into action and report has it Kiangsi and attack Kiukjang.

fendants had been entered into for that the men went over to the from Home is being speeded up. H.M.S. "Carysfort," "Castor"" and Dartmouth" left on September 2 Meanwhile Sun Chuan-fang is the reconstruction of the houses, Nationalist side.

From vernacular sources it la on the decline. It is amassing his troops along his the defendants wanted money to

for the China Station with re- frontiers. He has given the Na-construct some kind of a store for learned that there was consider liefs, accompanied by the sub- MACKINTOSH tionalists 24 hours to withdraw materials and the plaintiff accordable plotting and scheming in con-marine 127 to replace the L9.

ingly advanced '8500)

nection with this side issue.

Apparently the cruisers will be Guild Influence.

An army of between 5.000 and here in three weeks or so, instead been paid, it was further stated the Fukien side.

Neither the rent nor the loan had 10.000 bayoneta is "mobilised on of the end of October as at first The arrangement with regard to

anticipated, if necessary leaving rent and the dean were only verba trons may have been fought, but

In separate instances small ac the 127 behind. there being nothing in writing. Itof little consequence.

H.M.S. "Durban," which is at Bandita Singapore on a southward cruise, was agreed that the plaintiff should have also taken advantage of the has been detained there it is deduct, from the money owing on

situation.

gathered-pending instructions to the rertificates, the respective

Cantori is not very assured as to return here if needed. amounts; Mr. McCallumy stated. The house had already been the there being no danger of war so subject of two court actions and close to their own territory. an arbitration. The architect had Peking, Sept. 4. Fighting for mastery of the not been satisfied with the pro central provinces which has been Kress of the work which was held in progress for more than a week up during the strike, and had put

fender of Hanyang.

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"The men on the Fukien-Kwang- tung border, are also under Chuan-fang. A full report on happenings in this sector will be round elsewhere in this issue.

For days the Nationalists ham- pered at the gates of Wuchang without getting in. As soon as the "bright sky, white sun" flag" of the Cantonese was hoisted by one brigade of the Hanyang gay rison, the other Northern divi sions retired. Wuchang and Han- kow were evacuated and order has been restored by the south- ernere now in control.

River Crossed Under Cover. Chinese reports indicated that

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REPORTS BY MAIL.'

Street Fighting in Wochang Described.

Other Influences.. General Li Chai-sum, command ing the "home" garrison, is stated to have been asked by General

OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE.

the incident at Wanhaien is com- The following official report on municated for information

"It is confirmed that five Euro-

Wa Pei-fu may have gone down between the Cantonese forces and an end to the contract. The con- Chang Kai-shek to send his army pean merchant officers were res the Yangtse River on one of hig| Marshal Wu Pei-fu became in-tractor, as a result of influence in northwards to central China to cued and the other wounded pre-

of

the contractors' guild, had

contract, said Mr. McCallums, which

loan AB

join the Expedition.

sumed drowned. The following is On the other hand, another Naja summary of the reports re- tionalist administrator wants Gen- ceived:-

of Honam to! eral Li Fuk-lam

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made gunboats but it seems more prob-creasingly fierce yesterday. From

it extraordinarily difficult for the able that, as cabled by Reuter, he Pagoda Hill, a mile south

plaintiff to get the work completed. went north with his troops.

Wuchang, the Cantonese fired ar-

There was a clause in the original General Chang Kai-shek, com- tillery into the city and were re- mander-in-chief was the pulsed in street fighting. The stated that any dispute should go

on Wachang sector. Keeping the gunboats" of the northern forces

to arbitration. But the arbitrator 10,000 strong) into the interior Despatch, 'Mantis' and 'Scarab,' northerners occupied, he paved raked the Cantonese lines from could not deal with the matters of Swatow.

proceeded up river from Jchang the way towards General Tang the river, aiding the reinforce-relating to the rent and

General Li is reluctant to leave early on September 4 to obtain the Sang-chi (his Hunan subordin-ments from Honan, and stiffening they were outside the contract. It his "zone" but he may send a release of the European officers ate) coming up on the centre and General Wu Pei-fu's stubborn re- had therefore been necessary to brigade or so to reinforce the and native crew confined on board striking a vital blow on Hanyang.sistance.

bring the matter to court again. Cantonese on garrison duty near the a.s. 'Wanhsien' and s.s. "War- Some of Chang's own troops also i A beavy attack is progressing Phintiff went into the witness the Fukien boundary"

tung" and if possible to remove wheeled round from Wuchang, and the Northern forces are hold-box and bore out the opening state,

As yet the possibility of an at- these steamers.

"The 8.9. crossed the river, under cover, and ing their positions at Wuchang, mont. She said that on the certtack by Fukien on Kwangtung, to

'Kiawo' arrived at assisted in the subjugation of which has been invested for ficates she still owed defendant relieve the pressure on Wu Pei-fu, Wanhsien on the evening of Sep-

several days, although several $2,000. This had been adjudged at seems.remote. Hanyang:

tember 5 and went. alongside the Once the strategic heights times they have been forced to the arbitration but there had been

Tupan Chow Yam-yan of 'Wanhsien' but was too heavily above Hanyang had fallen, Han enter the city and to engage in a stay of execution for the present Fukien is a subordinate of Mar-fired upon that it was not possible kow was untenable.

street fighting.

shal Sun Chuan-fang. Should to proceed to 's.s. 'Wantung' and Japanese Marines Land.

Sun Chuan-fang enter the strug-she retired after having removed General Wu Fel-fu crossed over Cross-examined by Mr WBgle then Tupan Chow may send the European officers, the Yangtze River to Hankow day Hind, plaintiff denied that all the his troops into Kwangtung but "How Rescue Was Planned.

Martial law had allowed the contracter was a before yesterday.

march his detachment (about officers and men from H.M. shipe TABAQUERIA FILIPINA

What About Chang Tso-lin? The net result of these captures

case to be decided.

4:

Houses Reduced.

is that Wu Pei-fu has lost the pro- vince which was essentially "his

the element of surprise has now own. Crossing the Hupeh from prevails at Hankow, the several portion of the yard of her house for vanished and the Cantonese are tier, he goes into Honan, which is military authorities preventing the storage of materials. She also on the qui vive. south of the Yellow River. Should disturbances, despite the almost denied that the original contract The Bri-price, for the reconstruction was he not make a stand there he will complete" confusion. then be in the very

North of tish, French, and American con- $43,750 and that she had stated sulates are: guarded by their re- "her partner could China Proper.

not pay

In Honan are several thousandspective gunboats. The Japanese more than $42,750. She had not pro-Nationalist troops under Fan landed 200 marines, which had a got a partner..

Plaintiff also denied that as she Chung-siao, better known as the sulutary effect.

White Wolf Cub as he is the Nanking advices say that Gen-was not willing to pay, the original successor of the former notorious eral, Sun Chuan-fang is sending price she compromised by offering bandit, the "White Wolf," whose troops to Kangsha, but apparent-3500 not to be included in the con-: men have now been embodied into ly they are not participating tracted price but to be paid on the

actively-Associated Press,

an army.

IN

Shanghai Worried.

Shanghai, Sept. 4.

completion of the contract.

Plaintif atated in reply to fur- ther questions that the original con-

...

The officers of the B.8. Wan- tung jumped overboard as pre- arranged. The captain was pick- ed up by the 'Klawo,' the chief officer by a French gunboat, but! she retired after having removed wounded and is presumed drown-

PIRACY PLANNED? |ed..

TAKING ARMS TO THE S.S.

"HAI HONG

IL

"H.M.S 'Cockchafer, which was at anchor at Wanhalen, there- upon bombarded the town and as far as is known inflicted consider- üble "damage...

"H.M.S. "Widgeon,' which "had arrived from Chungking, also took part.

"The three ships returned down

TWO MEN ARRESTED..

There is as yet no évidence that

What appears to have been an the Fengtien party, of which Mar- shal Chang Tso-lin of Mukden is) The Chinese population is ac- tract price had provided for five- attempt to commit a piracy on a the head, has sent any troops into tively preparing for a siege which storeyed houses but that the defen-Douglas Co. boat by smuggling the river and have arrived at the field to help their ally, Wu Pei- they feel is inevitable within the dant had told her that the Govern firearms aboard was detected this Ichang."

next three weeks unless General ment would not allow this.

fu.

In morning by the arrest of a cook to On the other hand, develop- Sun Chuan-fang is able to stem apite of the fact that the houses the Indian guards on the s.3. "Hai size the Hony" and another man, at 9.30 Cantonese were to be reduced in ments are springing up in Kiang- the advance of the

defendant had wanted an increase. this morning.. si province which is to the south army.

The ease is proceeding.

of the Yangtue River and to the Troops are being rushed to the

enst of Hunan.

Attacking First,

MOROCCO.

REPORTED EVACUATION

DENIED.

*

FURTHER DETAILS,

Rugby, Sept. 8. Further details received regard-: Acting on information.re Kiangai border and the Arsenal is

ceiced, Senior Revenue Officer G. ing the Naval action at Wanhaien working night and day turning

Watt and Chinese officers kept an Upper Yangtse (in which the Kianggi

the out rifles, machine guns and three-

lookout on the wharf and observed casualties amounted to five British comes within domains of Marshal Sun Chuan-inch cannon. The Hankow front

a sampan drawing alongafas the officers and about dozen other fang, generalissimo of five pro-ia 700 miles away but there

vessel. The guards' cook was in Naval ranks) make it clear that vinces extending up to Shanghai is a general feeling that the Can-

the sampan with a bundle under a extremely difficult operation attempted with great and Kiangsu province.

tonese are financed and equipped

his arm. A Chinese officer was Hitherto Marshal Sun has by Russia which gives them a dis-

Parla, September 8.

accosted the man and on opening gallantry and a considerable maintained armed neutrality, tinct advantage over the northern "Le Journal" publishes a repet the bundle found that it contained measure of success.

The object of the small Navali Chang Kai-shek seems to have defenders.

from San Sebastian, that the two fully loaded automatic, pistols, ignored the possibility of a sud- There are also unmistakable in Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs another weapon, with an empty forces engaged was to free if den sortie on his right flank and dications that General Chang has formally denied the news from chamber and about 100 rounds of possible the British-owned trading rear and continued to push ahead. Taung-chang, Fengtien tuchun of a British souris that Spain inter-ammunition.

At the moment it appears as if Shantung, whom General Sun ed to evacuate Morocco Havas the Nationalists, instead of wait- Chuan-fang drove out of Shang- ing for Sun Chuan-fang, to come hai 18 months ago, is planning to

to Wu Pei-fu's ald, are trespass-attack from the north while Gen ing" on Kiangai.

eral Sun's troops are busy help- From Changsha, one of the ing General Wu Pel-fu defend southern bases, Nationalist forces. Hankow United Preas

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vessels Wanhsien" and "Wan- tung" which were forcibly defam-

On an accusation made by the led by General Yan Sen, and to cook, another man who was alleged obtain the release of six marcan to be looking over the side of the tile officers of these vessels, which vessel was also arrested.

were otherwise manned by The closing rate of the dollar The men will be brought before Chinese crews. lon demand, to day was 2/1 16/18, the Magistrate to-morrow

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