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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1926.

ANTI-BRITISH RIOTS.

CANTON DAMAGE AT CHUNGKING.

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Extensive Yangtse Precaution.

HONG KONG FIRMS HOMES WHICH HAVE BEEN LOOTED...

At this distance it may not be easy to appreciate the dangers besetting Britons along the Yangtse River, owing to agitation by malcontents. These last few weeks' reports have been published daily about the boycott up there and about indiscriminate firing on British ships.

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POLICE PROTECTION.

Canton Sincerity About

Traffic.

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NIGHT-BOATS FOR TRADE!

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Nationalist Attitude on the New

Surtazes..

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

PEKING OR CANTON?

Foreign Ministers Not United.

RECOGNITION OF CABINET.

Conditions of Chaos in Northern Capital

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ON TWO FLANKS.

Southerners' Drives on Kiangsi.

ALLIES CLAIM VICTORIES.

Hostilities on Banks of Yangtse River.

12, Queen's Road Central.

Simultaneous with this fresh drive on Kiuklang, an öffensive was launched on Nanchang

Efforts to resume pre-strike

Much having been said about the ), By Our Special Correspondent.): conditions have now developed to

Reinforced by men of the 8th An extent when each new shipping right or wrong in recognising the

Canton Government-as opposed to Army brought up from Wuchang, departure is considered a matter

Peking the following will enable the southerners: made another at- of routine. There is not that im-

tack on Marshal Sun Chuan-fang. portance attached to each move foreigners to make comparisons.

These last two weeks, the "China along the banks of the Yangtse More detailed information is to stating, that should Britain failment that there was at the begin- hand by mail. Reprinted below to settle the incident fairly and ning of the week; and it will soon Mail" has given publicity to argu- River. the reports combine to form a reasonably or wish to

be too heavy a task to note eachments for "and against Canton. Now we are told about conditions graphie narrative der Hong Kong friendly relations between the two individual tríp. with its experience of feeling, countries, both politically and

in "Poking. "A detailed estimate of the dam-economically, they would accept age done to British property at the challenge, and ask the Minis. Changking when riotous mobs, in ter to convey the message to his The frenzy of anti-British agitu Home Government.-"Toho."

clon, looted! - the residences and offices of the British community, forcing the evacuation of the community, has been prepared by Mr. W. A. Lewis, Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce Land communicated to the Ameri-

can

Consul who has been in

charge of British interests during the absence of the British Censul

Vigorous Profests Unheeded. Acending to the statement of Mr. Lewis, three of the houses destroyed will have to be rebuilt at a cost of Tls. 25,000, and that in spite of vigorous protests to the Defence Commissioner, Gen-

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ADMIRAL ARRIVES..

Hankow, Oct. 13.

·Rear-Admiral Cumerón (British S.N.O., Yanglse); H.M.S. "Bee," arrived in Hankow to-day,

on

The inspection of shipping en- tering Hankow from down river has ceased; but from above Han- how, it is temporarily continued.

The local situation is unchang. ed-Nayal: Despatch.

Chungking., Oct. 15,

The stuntlun here following the anti-British, agitation) con- tinues to improve slowly.-Naval Despatch.

eral Wang Feng-chow, nothing: had been done dp to September 27, at least, to control the militia who played a great part in the looting:

In his statement,"Mr. Lewis states: Captain. Schaffer" and I visited the various bungalows on the first and second Ranges and found them in a disgraceful con- dition, pure and simple vandalism. Following are particulars.

Bruner Mond and Co.'s bunga- low completely looted, even delco taken, building not so very badly damaged window panes, etc. broken.

Hongs' Houses Looted. Butterfield and Swire's bunga low completely looted, large pieces of furniture which could not be taken away broken, building hot damaged

Friends School. Very slight damage. Window broken. Slight. My looted.

U.S. Enlisted men's bungalow. Just commencing to break up, probably finished by now..

"..

Barry's A. P. C. burigalow (2). All floor boards, window and door frames removed, also stairs. Walls knocked down and hole made in roof.

Mackenzie and Co.'s bungalows (2). Same as above.

British Navy bungalow men's. Same as above.

British Navy Bungalow. Off cers'. Same as above, also part

of roof knocked down.

Jardine Matheson's bungalow Upper. Only outer walls and roof

remains.

Jardine Matheson's bungalow, Lower Practically the same as upper bungalow except that floor boards in two of the upstairs rooms have been left.

Customs No. 1 bungalow. Win dows, door frames, floor boards and pillars removed.

roof left.

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HANKOW TROUBLE.

Foreigner in Motor Car Stopped by Crowd:

Hankow. Oct. 8. It cannot be ignored that the work of the agitators is bearing fruit in a noticeable difference of demeanour

among the coolies.

The K A

To

HALLENGE CHOSE PEOPLE

WHO TALK ABOUT THE DECADENCE

OF BRITISH.

SPORT. WE

To practically every port in Kwangtung, and to Wuchow ip Kwangsi, ships are now leaving from Hong Kong:

...

Another point that is worthy of particular note is the success which Cantonese ugitatons have met with, even in the heart of the opposition capital

A decision has not yet been reached on either sector but the northern, Allies claim to have re- pulsed the Cantonese and driven them back.

But about the best news so far is the fact that the authorities in

[From Our Own Correspondent.) The 8th Army, it will be recall- Canton are providing detachments

ed, was engaged in laying siege Peking, Oct. 6. of police to accord protection and

to Wuchang. When that city fell, Dr. Wellington Koo, who yester; preserve order, when the steam- ers from Hong Kong go along-day assumed office as, acting Pre-everal thousands of men were

mier, and took on as well the port Kiangsi-Hupeh sector.

immediately transferred to the General folio of Minister for Foreign Tang Sang-chee is the comman- Affairs, began by facing an almost, impossible task which this after der and this lateat action points to there being no "understanding”. noon, with surprising anddenness, between him and Marshal Sun was given a brighter prospect.

side wharves.

...

Crews Left Alone. There has been no more inter- ference by pickets. Special posses of police are stationed at the wharves on the Bund so that pas-

SENSATION IN LOCAL SOCCER WORLD..

ANE

/NOW THE

HONGKONG " FOOTBATE CLUB. RESERVES.

HAVE

WON A

HAVE JEST SECURED THE ASHES MATCH

NE EPLOSS

To Say THIS HAS CAUSEP CUITE A SENCURCAY

IN. THE

FOOTBALL

TWO THERE ALREADY - AND ONLY OUR FIRST MATCH

THE CHINA ATHLETIC COALIE SMD

THE FUTURE LOOKE IT VERY BLACK

CHINA ATHLETIC WERE DOING VERY CNICELY UNTIL KING TOOK A BOOT IN THE SCORING BY PUTTING THE CLUB AHEAD WITH" A NEST ONE IN THE NIT

"I DONT KNOW WHAT FOOTBALL IS COMING TO.

I REMEMBER

IN THE Iceo GiD DAYS

THEY NEVER USED 70

WIN A MATCH - PERSONALLY THE ISACE ER IS GOING TO

THE POCS:

-WHIST AN OFFICIAL OF TRE CHINESE ATHLE DE CLUB WAS ALSO very PESSIME TAC

ABOUT THE FUTURE

THIS CAUSED ANOTHER SPEC TATUR TO JOIN THE THREE ALREADY"

THERE WARST

THE WEREGTELS PASHTO STE CAND HOLD THE ŽEDITORS WHAT. HAD HAPPENED

SANGY

When the Hong Kong Football Club Reserves broke a monopoly of defeats and surprised China Athletic "A" by 2 goals to 1 last Saturday.

Yesterday a foreigger was going sengers can land or embark at liberty. The crews have not been out by the Tachimen in a motor car, to one of the godowns...... intimidated. Shop fokia visiting molested. He found the road blocked by a

the ship are not crowd and he was promptly stop Though there has been no incident ped by one of the soldiers on duty to serve as a criterion, the people feel that the Canton police will there. This man could speak a little English and he told the for- make it their duty to ensure free eigner that he could go no fur- traffic. ther.... Seeing that he was to (Continued on Page 9.)

DESTROYERS HERE. ARRIVAL WITNESSED BY CROWDS.

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IMPRESSIVE SIGHT. Watchers on the Praya at 5.45 p.m. yesterday witnessed an im- pressive sight in the arrival of H.M.S. "Keppel" and the third Destroyer Flotilla.

One reason that has been ad vanced goes a long way towards explaining the comparatively small quantity of merchandise that has been shipped.

Those Paying Laries. The Chinese, they say, prefer to trade on night boats as they have practically all day instead of a few hours-in which to work cargo, on account of the different hours of arrival and departure.

There are no night sailings now because of the existence of mar- tial law at Whampoa.

From inquiries made by the China Mall" it appears that the Canton Surtax Bureau has not

Chuan-Tang.

Chang Kai-shek in Field

One despatch says that a divi- sion of the 8th Army made an at- tempt to envelop Wusueh from the land side. The fighting was very determined and use was

IS NANCHANG CAPTURED?

Hankow, Oct. 15

The southerners are reported re have captured Nanchang but this is unconfirmed.

Heavy fighting is reported in the vicinity of Wusung (Wu- Bueh?) though firing on ships has censed for the moment-Naval Despatch.

made, it is said, of the Allied gun- boats stationed there.

Wusueh is at the northern end of the front and Nanchang the south:

General Chang Kai-shek is in personal command on the centre: He has also changed his troops around, putting the weaker divi- sions on the flanks.

An allied communique claime that their reserves have not yet been thrown into the war.

The "Wah Tez, Yat. Po" states guardedly that the Cantonese gar- Frison in Kwangtung (East River) have captured the town of Wing ifTing in Fukien.

Peking, to-night, is wondering tasit recognition has been given to Dr. Koa's government-a recogni- tion carefully withheld from many past cabinets.

What the Ministers Did:

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IN THE KIANGSI ZONE.

Southerners Drive on Nanchang Sector.

Kiukiang, Oct. 11.

It happened thus:-This morning

A batch of war reports received Dr. Kon made the round of the Legations, paying formal calls and last night by mail confirm, the announcing to the Ministers of the cabled messages published during The gist is Powers the fact that he has assum- the last few days.

that the southerners came peril- ed office.

Late this afternoon. the Japanese,ously near to taking Klukieng, Belgian, Netherlands, Spanish, Nor but have since been pushed back, wegian and Chilean Ministers call-as reported in the "China Mail." ed upon Dr. Koo in a body, and

The southern troops have once many other ministers called by proxy or sent cards before 5.80. again begun to take the offensive. The British, American, French and in the Nanchang sector and are now engaged in ferce fighting Italian Ministers did not call

For many years in Peking official with the Allied forces. It is re- calls of this kind have been held ported that the railway' in the tantamount to recognition, and the neighbourhood of Lohwa has been capital is ago with excitement and destroyed again by the southern

turn of troops. speculating over, the

General Chen

Tiao-yuan's affairs.

Meanwhile the influence of Chang (northern) troops have once more Iso-lin in the new government been transported in the direction Several of Wusueh apparently due to the bulk larger and larger. cabinet officials are known to have advance of the southerners to withheld consent to taking the port wards Chichun. Judging from all The majority of those who have follos until they heard from the accounts available, the war situa

Mukden warlord by wire, and Dr.tion, it appears, is reversing gone to the Bureau made declara.

against the Allied forces- tions and paid, appear to be Chin-Koo himself read to the cabinet at

noon to-day a congratulatory men "Tono."" ese exporters. As far as is

Sun's Earlier Successes. known, staffs from the Bureaunge from Chang in which the Mar- shal addresses him as "brother."

Hankow, Oct. 8.

publicity has been given to any mea that the statement that a force of An impression is gaining sages from Wu Pei-fuif, indeed, Sun Chuan-fang's troops which ground that the Nationalist Gov. any have been received

were sent up the railway have suc ornment is content to let matters Even if to-day's calla do mean ceeded in clearing the southerners remain as they are until the atti-recognition coming to Dr. Kgo he off the line is true tude of the Powers becomes more will have his hands full. The defined, hoping still that it will be government is bankrupt; there is possible to work through the no coal in the city, and little pros Chinese Maritime Customs. Ac pect of getting any before winter cordingly, it is thought that until sets in; unemployment is general, the Diplomatic Corps at Peking takes, action, Canton will let the temporary arrangements stand for the present.

Their arrival was somewhat in the nature of a surprise in view of arrival having been timed made any determined attempt to originally for to-day and of later collect the "domestic levies" on reports indicating that it was not deemed probable that they would any thorough scale. artive before Sunday..

The best point of vantage was the weat of the Praya, in the neighbourhood of the Steamboat

Company's wharf, as here, the have not been sent to out-stations. It is considered noteworthy that no It seems to be most probable

eight vessels comprising the flotilla, were observed entering together from the Sulphur chan- nel. Customs Outdoor Staff bunga- The "Keppel" led the way, fol- low. Everything removed in lowed by the others in line, four cluding verandah. Only walls and halting at the Yaumati Admiralty anchorage and the "Keppel" and [Note: Some of the lesser three others proceeding to the known residences have been central Admiralty anchorage. omitted:1

*The progress of the vessels was Britain Challenged.

watched by interested crowds, Peking, Oct 10,

particularly at the ferry wharf, In connection with the Wan Two farries crossing the harbour, haien incident, Szechuwanese at the time had to stand by in organisation has sent a warning mid harbour whilst the destroyers to the British Minister yesterday, passed.

Wait for Goodwill...

(Continued on Page 6.)

It is also stated that the escap ing force has now taken refuge in the foot hill north-west of Ku- ing, but are being followed by

Sun'e men.

and business very popr. ver

ung. A southern report would also

No Money in Teaching.

Yesterday the heads of all nine confirm this position as it la an- of the government schools resign-nounced that their force at Te-an

has suffered a slight reverse (Continued on Face 0.).

(Continued on Paro ).

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