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FIGHTING RENEWED.

Wu Pei-fu's 3 Lines of Defence.

WUCHANG GARRISON'S DEMAND,

afforded a sufficient service, at any was considered that the buses Peking.

Surrender,

(By Our Special Correspondent.)

Sir, I wish, as another. Kow. Went $1,200,000 and Liberty for From marshal of dive provinces loon Tong resident, to endorse the Minister to China), speaking at Marshal Sun Chuan-fang has now claims to greater recognition or dinner in the American Club here been "elevated" to the position of last night, stated

the part of the local Government. generalissimo of mine. Remittances by telegraphic "My instructions are to take Such promotion is an honour put forward by your correspon-

By Our Special Correspondent.). Transfer amounting to ovet a mil- the point of view that extrality which is akin to that known as dent yesterday."

Fighting has broken out, on a Hon rupes through the Hong de a necessary evil.” *@*** ["Irish.” ......

The statement appended in the amali egale, on Wu Pei-fu's advanc- editorial footnote that according ed front line at Hsingkan (to the Kong and Shanghai Banking Cor- Mr MacMurray, added that we It has not been made by an poration were mentioned in evidal look forward to the time when order of General Chang Kai-shek to enquiries in official circles it north of Hankow); op the railway to Pace here Mr. R. E. Lindsell at we can do without it and the Chin (whose Central Military Depart the Central Magistraty this morns formed their own sovereignty; ment describes Sun Chuan-fang rate at present, is evidence of claim the entry of two brigader of Although Nationalist reports ing when Chan Chor-chiu, pro-when we will gladly surrender our as a 2nd class hunting-dog, of the ignorance on the part of whoever the 8th army into Hsiaokan, the Hent of No. 108. Des Voeux Road since the cause of justice is at stake 1st class), nor has the appoint- When the new roads are finish there and have counter-attacked on prietor of the Kweng Hing Loong rights; but we cannot do so now Imperialista. Wu Pei-fu being the

was approached.

northerners are still defending| Central, rius: Hoor. was charged and America must see her nationalsment come, from Peking

ed and the new buses on them flank. The fighting has been on with being concerned in an alleged duly protected. Reuter.

A military conference in tempt to aid" und abet the jy' Stop Russia's Work.

Kiangsi passed a resclation asking ready ther will be the time to a smaller scale comparatively. muggling of opium.

consider whether a road service is) Sun Chuan-fang to become com-sufficient, but at the present time second line, the troops, are still rest At Kwangshul the northerners Paris, Sept. 16. When the case was first men-

mander-in-chief of Kiangsu, Cheit is a considerable walk from ing and reorganising. fioned it was stated that a mal.

French The

newspaper kiang. Anhui Fukien and Kiangs some parts of the estate to other lion rupees worth of opium was "Ageni" urges the energetic in (which he already holda), and

On the third line at Wusingkwan roads which are served with the northerners are active. aboarth

Sub- tervention of the Powers in also Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Hunan the Chinese

buses.

Fordinates have arrived with 50,000 Philadelphia in transit from China, with the object of stopping and Hupeh!

But there is no reason why the fresh troops for Wu Pei-fu includ- Persia to China and the plans Russia's work there. The journal

Among those present at the railway should give way to the ing 8,000 men from his "crack” arde were that junks were to be await says that Great Britain is not the meeting were Lt-General Maroad whenever a new district is division, ing the ship at Macao for receiv-only country against which hos Chai, Lt.-General Vieh Kai-chin, opened It seems

tilities in China are aimed.-Major-General' ing the drug.

Tae Man-ping question of initiative and if the

TIE Winter Comes. Reuver.

Major-General Lau Chea-luk and construction of a halt on the pre- General Chao Heng-ti

A detachment has already march- sent line is impracticable thened off to attempt an attack on the What Caused the War. why not a special service, of elec-west of Haukow and Hanyang. PEAK TRAM DELAY. The last-named is pretender to 170 houses practically completed offensive til the political situation tric trains? A district with some Wu Pei-fu is holding up a general the Tuchunship of Hunan. His struggle with General Tang Sang-one lightly to be regarded and

and another 100 to go up is not becomes lese obscure. chee led to

He is still hoping for active the present war, Chao was supported by Wu Pei-fu money invested by the railway in participation in the war by Chang and Tang was adopted by the Na- good investment,

this manner would probably be a Tao-lin and Sun Chuan-fang.

Time will also give Wu Pet-fu an tionalists when he retired into Kwangtung. Kwanga militarist clique.

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The one arose from certajn books and documents' seized in the possession of, the defendant by Senior Revenue Officer Wath and Revenue Officer. Ward.

Mr. J. D. Lloyd (Superinter- deft of Imports and Exports) prosecuted in the case, and My... M. K. Lo appeared for the defence.

OVER-RUNNING CAUSES KINK.

Representatives from the Hong Due to the over-running of the Kong and Shanghai Bank, the bottom car whilst tests were being Eastern Extension Telegraph Company and the Bank of Cantor early this morning, a kink develop

curried out on the Peak Tram track i

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&

to me a

The failure of the Government opportunity of procuring money to proceed with a railway scheme and munitions. The approach of Ma Chai is one of the old

is, to my mind, typical of its in-winter will also be in his favour as Lau

activity with regard to the Kow-the southernera will be unused, to during Chan Kwing-ming's time roads serving it should have been No definite effort seems to have evidence in the case.

Mr. To made a strong object-

With The Man-ping, he took the complete ages ago and would been made to raise the siege of tion to such evidence being called tion of the rope being taken out and remants of the anti-Red Canton have been if the Government had Wachang, where the garrison is by the prosecution until the actual there was a delay in the commence-ese into Kianga and Hunan, not curtailed work on them. The still holding out.

Residents after the Nationalist drive on the actual ground allocated to the " charges against the defendantment of the service.

appeared on sub-poena. to give fed in the rope near to the car Che-luk was governor of Swatowloon Tong scheme generally. The the cold...

attachment.

This necessitated a certain

por-

...

were revealed. He said that Mr. were notified by telephone that there East River last year. Vieh Kal-directors of the scheme has keen Money for Surrender.

Lloyd was placed in a difficulty le was a possibility of the service not gather evidence in the case, and commencing before 8-80 am." The

by calling the witnesses before repairs were completed before that disclosing the charges he was try.time, however, and the service re- ing to trump up a case against the sumed from 8-16 am.

defendant. He termed the pro-

cedure as irregular and referred

to it as "fishing interrogatories."

Mr. Lindselt said that this evid-

in

ence might after all not amount ments and said they were receipts to anything but while Mr. Lo for money paid in for telegraphic agreed that this might be so, he transfers in rupees, the destina- still argued on the irregularity and tion being Bombay. In the case of said this was "a fishing case." one document he explained that

Mr. Lloyd in reply mentioned the words "Shing Fook" that it was necessary to sub-poena brackets meant that the money the witnesses to produce certain was paid by Shing Fook on ac- papers which he believed to be re-count of Kwong. Hing Loong. levant to the investigations... Witness referred to exchange After further arguments by the contracta made in respect of the defence, Mr. Lindsell said that he telegraphic transfers. One made would note the objection, but he on May 7, 1926, amounted to could not agree with Mr. Lo.- 100,000 rupees, and another on On August 3 to 900,00 rupees. these contracts 880,000 rupees

Evidence of Cables,

The first witness called was was remitted on August 4 and the

ness:"

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London, September 10 H.M.S. Carysfori" left for the China Station yesterday after noon.Reuter.

London, September 1... The British cruiser Castor"- left Sheerness last night for Hong Kong with naval reliefs for the ships recommissioning on the China Station.-Reuter

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handed over piecemeal as the The defenders insist on payment work of clearing the hills has of $1,200,000 from the merchants progressed and there has been before they will surrender. From considerable delay in putting the Chang Kai-shek they ask for a work of erection in hand owing to undertaking that they will be given the slow progress of clearing the territory, in exchange for Wu-h land and putting in drains. The chang. and that they will not be, whole scheme would, I understand, interfered with. The Nationalist have been completed by now, reply was another bombardment were it not for this.

which was not so sustained as in

Is it not high time that the Gov-the early days, ernment got a "jerk on” in regard On the wave of success, Two. to this work and also considered divisions of General Li Chung-jen's the economic possibilities of pro- (Kwangsi) army are making sallies viding transport facilities for a on Wuchang intermittently and growing locality 2-

staying in the front lines. These troops were practically untrained before the Expedition started. A number of former Chan Kwing-ming officers are serving under General Li.

Yours, etc., ANOTHER RESIDENT. Kowloon Tong, Sept. 15.

...

A Chinese report says that Wu Pei-fu's Yangtze gunboats and the STORMY WARNINGS. Warships of Sun Chuan-fang have

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Mr. E. J. Patterson, of the East-balance on August 6. A further chin fought in the rearguard ac-

There has been no further inva- ern Extension Telegraph Com-contract referred to was, for tions all the way from the Kwang-

sion of Kidngai by the southerners. pany. He produced a cable des- 21,853 rupees made on April 6.tung frontier to Hankow.

Vari-nor has Sun Chuan-fang directed patched by Shing Fook, 49 Witness said that the payee in

There are now a few thousand able winds at first, moderate Emore forces towards the frontier. Bonham Strand, on July 21 to Yu each case was Behbehanik men' of the former Chan Kwing-winds later generally overcast, Southerners are still being, with- Hong, Foochow. The question of Questioned regarding previous ming Army, on Wu Pei-fu's side occasional rain, is the forecast drawn from Hankow and vicinity, relevancy being raised, Mr. Lloyd deals between the same parties, The conference also appointed for the 24 hours ending at noon southwards, to bear the brunt of produced a receipt for the cable witness said that he traced two General Chao Heng-ti as general to-morrow!»

- future hostilities in Kiangxi. which was identified by the wit-remittances, in November 1925 isaimo of the three provinces of At ten o'clock this morning a This step has relieved the prek- for 662,000 rupees and 22,000 Kwangtung, Kwangsi and Hunan typhoon of unknown intensity sure on Wu Pei-fu and Wuchang Other cables mentioned were rupees, the equivalents in local (all of which are entirely occupied was within 60 miles of Lat. 25deg. and gives the impression that two addressed to the Kwong Ring currency being $421,668.05 and by the Nationalists!), as a sub- N. Long. 126deg. E., moving N.E. Chang Kai-shek prefers to use his Loong firm from Bushire; nine $13,390:46 respectively.

ordinate of Sun Chuan-fang... Pressure has increased alightly war-worn troops rather than the cables from Macao signed by Witness said that he did not

over Formosa. It has decreased three armies of non-Cantonese mer- #arious people to Behbehani, know the people in the Shing Fook

Still Showing Fight.

moderately from the Loochoos to cenaries under his command, viz., Bushire; further sixteen cables firm, but the Shing Fook bank at The names of the leaders men- S.W. Japan and slightly over the the 2nd under. Tan Yin-kai, the 3rd addressed to various persons in the same address was known to tioned are those who puccessfully remainder of Japan and over under Chu Pei-tah and the 8th Macao, all from Bushire with the him.

evacuated their forces from Han- Tongking. It is nearly stationary under Ching Chien, exception of two which came from At the close of this evidence kow and vicinity Going down over the Philippines.. Sabang.

Peking, Sept. 15.: **Mr. Lloyd said that he would have the Yangtse, they have entered According to a Manila warning The next witness was Mr. Un to "wrestle with the cables Sun Chuan-fang's domains. An- this morning, a cyclone or typhoon, A Hankow message says the Shiu-fan, secretary of the Bank which were all in code and until xious to make another bid against le S. of Naha, moving EN.. Southerners have taken Hsiaokan. ----- of Canton, who produced an ex-this was done he could not pro the shutherners, they profess Reed. 160. 11h. 18m.

Hankow is denuded of Southern tract of the current account of ceed further. He anticipated no direct allegiance to him, instead Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 troops, owing to the despatch of the the Kwing Hing Loong firm since difficulty in decoding the tele of to Wu Pel-fu, so as to get his hours ending at 10a.m. to-day, remaining forces southward, to May 1, 1926 also four cheques grams.

sanction and his assistance. Be. 0.04 inch,

oppose Sun Chuan-fang-Reuter (all bearer cheques) drawn on the

ing natives of the provinces con Total since January 1, 78.61 account and passed for payment,

cerned, they claim the right to inches, against an average of Revenue Officer Ward gave Commenting again on the pro- elect their own ruler!..

7139, inches. evidence of visiting the defen cedure of calling evidence. Mr.

Every day there seems more dent's premises and discovering & Lo said that it may be a continan likelihood of Sun Chuan-fang locked safe, which was opened tal way of conducting a case but being forced to fight against the with a key produced by the de-lone which he had never heard of southerners, but he has not de- fendant. He said that inside the in Hong Kong. He said that His clared war yet. In view of his

16 Cart Before Horse."

درا

THIEF CAUGHT.

A fine of $25, or four weeks' imprisonment, was the sentence at the Magistracy this morning on a Chinese woman charged with cruelty to a servant safe was a cash box, to which Worship had, as it were, put the last fight with Chang Teo-liv, it Mr. R. R. Cuthbert, a Hoihow girl by beating her all over the CAMPBELL MOORE & CO. there was no key, The box was cart before the horse.

body"""Order was made for the is not surprising that he seeks an merchant, was walking near the forced open and contained jewel. Mr. Lindsell said it seemed to alliance with him first, before tak Aster House Hotel yesterday girl to be sent to the Secretary for lery and six documents.

Chinese Affaire for him to decide. him that many crimes would going the field evening along with Mr. P. A. Cor whether she should be handed anpunished if such methods were The tone of the southern papers bett when a riesha coolle extract back to the woman or sent to the not adopted. The point raised has changed against Sun Chuan-ed $2 from his pocket and ran po Lens Kok The documents found in the was, however, quite interesting fang. Ten days ago they hailed away by an alley way into Des cash box, which were three re- Mr. Lo argued further on the him as an ally now as a 2nd class Vieux Road The man was ar ceipts with their counterparts in point of fishing" and said that 108. Chinese, formed the subject of a defendant in a criminal case

Chang questions to the next witness, Mr. should have the same right as in have prom Ho Wing, compradore of the a civil case ar

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