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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1927.

HANKOW TROUBLE. head, appear to be powerless to deal with the situation which la growing critical. Incessant labour troubles, tyranny of strike pic- kets and domination by labourers are responsible for this alarming situation.

Defender's Remarkable

Self-Control.

BRITISH WIRELESS VERSION.

Fight At Hankow.

Hankow, Dec. 29. A fight between pickets and Rugby, Jan. 4...

oarrying coolies took place this Hanko telegrams report that morning on the boundary of the a large Chinese mob incited by Special Administrative District, anti-foreign agitators yesterday formerly the German Concession, attempted to enter the British and the Japaness Concession, in which the pickets were badly Concession.

beaten. Peace, was eventually re

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Sailors and Marines were land ed from British naval vessels in the river to help the volunteers to defend the concession.

Throughout the afternoon, they were subjected to showers of stones and bricks.

In clearing the undefended foreshore of part of the mob a small party of bluejackets was assailed with heavy poles, and some received severe injuries."

Several Chinese were hurt when the bluejackets were rescu- ing their comrades.

Not a single shot was, fired by the naval ratings or volunteers, in spite of intense provocation,. and the correspondents pay a tribute to their remarkable self- control.

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stored by an official of the carrying coolles' phion, but the pickets refuse to function further in his area owing to fear of the consequences,

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Recognition Question.

London, Dec.

The news officially announced that|| Canton has decided to move the saat of government to Wuchang, on the Yangtze River, opposite Hankow; is rogarded here as of great import- 'ance. On the one hand, it is con- affered to be a definite step on the part of the Kuomintang toward dis- sociating itself from Bolshevist. In- fuence, which long, has been power- ful, in Canton.

But even greater significance is attached by some observers to the fact that the move occurs at the moment when Miles Lampson, the new British Ambassador to China, has decided to make a stay at Shanghai, at the mouth of the Yang-

tze, instead of proceeding direct to Peking where other diplomatic Some six hundred soldiers quartered at the New World in representatives of the powers still the native city showed their dis-resido, but where no Chinese Gov- approval of orders for their fornment is at present functioning.

Events Moving Rapidly. transportation to-day by firing several shots in the air. They It is obvious that while the exist alleged that they had not beening state of affairs persists at the paid for some time and insisted Capital there is no one to whom Mr upon the arrears being made up Lampton can present hia creden After the incident arrangements tials. On the other hand, at Shang- were concluded to pay them.

Postal Servants' Conference.

Hankow, Dec. 29. The "Nationalist New Agency" issues the following:-

"That a conference of repre- gentatives of the Eustal Workers'

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ment and it is doubtful whether the latter would wish to be recognis ed merely as the ruler of South China, which is all It is at present, it is regarded here as evident that events are moving rapidly in the direction when diplomatic recogn ion may become a matter of ur

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In the evening the Chinese au- thorities sent stroops to restore Unions of all the provinces under say that the British have decided to order and the mob eventually dis their control has been called pensed-British Wireless Ser-under the auspices of the Nationalist Government of the Serious Incidents. Averted. Kuomintang, Farty for Hankow At 5.15 the crowds closed in for a date in the latter part of within two feet of the marines, January became known here to

day who displayed exemplary pa-1

"The purpose of the parley is tience. Agitators from points of vantage, urged the crowds to to thresh out the demands of the

Officially Cut Or." rush the marines, making the workers throughout the territory greatest efforts to create an inci- and work out a uniform set of de-

Washington, Dec. 2. dent by forcing the sailors to firemands for presentation to the

With the recent resignation of About 6.30, Chinese military pestal authorities. arrived and took over the job of "The Nationalist territory has what remained of the Chinese holding back the crowd in front been disturbed lately by threats Cabinet, there disappeared any re- of strikes of postal workers in presentation of a central govern of the barricade.

The situation at 7 o'clock was various cities. The latest is in ment in China with which the Unit- still very menacing, the crowd in Changsha,, where a deadlock has ad States could deal. At the pre- front of the Customs House been reached between the work-sent, therefore, China, and showing no signs of diminishing.ers and the Postal Commissioner. United States are cut at from each Electrical Supplies.

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Kuomintang Split.

Hankow, Dec. 30. The secret feud, which has The vicinity is now peaceful, as the crowd retired from the bund existed between the right and at eight to-night to the Fau-the left wings of the Kuomintang Indicat cheong Road, where for twenty in Chungking for some time action designed to bring about ap- pust, culminated in a clash be- plication of the Washington sur- minutes there was a serious situation. The Chinese chief of tween the two groups to-day, re taxes, as proposed in the British police stated it was impossible for sulting in several wounded on Memorandum. is altogether improb- the crowd to retire owing to too beth sides, says a message from able..

To bring the surtaxes into effect. much pressure from behind, and Chungking.

Martial law was proclaimed in would necessitate agreement of all)] asked the commander of the mar ines to allow the masses to pass section of the walled city, and the traety Powers, and technically finite regarding the surtaxes through the barricades and up the the Kuomintang Provincial Head- agreement on the part of China also loans will be decided until a new side streets, he guaranteeing quarters belonging to the right le required, although this might be Cabinet is appointed, there would be no incident.. The wing were ordered by the left waived by united action of the for- A loan of such a magnitude as the reported one of $100,000,000 is con masses were allowed to pass un-elements of the Party to be dis-eign Powers.

solved while the "Chungshan It is believed here that the Ameri-sidered very unlikely.

South For Surtaxes, der these conditions.

The lantern procession de. Jih-pao," the "Changkiang Ji-can view is in favour of the British

Peking, Dec. 30. and:

London, Jan. 44 It is understood here that the N monstration passed off peaceful na, and the Kidngchow Jik- proposals while Japanese

French opinion opposes the plan.. ly. It was attended by huge Pao" were suppressed.

tionalists intend collecting the Cus- There was a dramatic incident Lloyd George Speaks. Indignant at the dissolution of crowds. Two were killed in the the Kuomintang Headquarters,

toms surtaxes at Hankow and at at a meeting of the National Londo, Dec. 80. crush, and many were injured.

In an interview given to a repre- Kiukiang from January 1 1927. Wages Board for railways when Attempts by agitators to ob.ays the message, General Warg

Ling-chi: Commander of the Degentative of the "United Press," Mr. In view of this, it is felt that the the claim of the NUR. as re Increments by the Great Western tain recruits to swell the masses fence Forces In Chungking, ten-Lloyd George discussed the situa- Fengtien authorities will not be gards the deferment of wages and"

nes dered his resignation, but Gention in China saying: The Volunteers and marines feral Liu Hsiang, Tupan of Sze The Powers do not seem to have. It is further understood that the came up very

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on the British bund failed.

are still standing by Reuter.

A 'Nasty Fight

Kiuklang, Dec. 28.-

long in following sult.

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PEACE FOR THE HOME RAILWAYS.

DRAMATIC INCIDENT."

Mr. J. H.Thomas, leader of the chuan is endeavouring to per- any common policy in Chine unless Nationalists propose floating a loan! suade him to remain in office, a general reluctance to intervene secured on the surtaxes, which, NUR, said that he did not de- again, is an example which the pole the tremendous injury done while the Chinese General Cham may be dignified by that name, An anti-foreign strike has ber of Commerce there has also if Shanghai-le attacked by the Northerners are likely to follow; toadway companies by the been started here and pickets petitioned to General Wang not Nationalists and falls into their but financial authorities are of the general strike and he did not wish are committing arbitrary acts to resign from his post Anti-Brith feeling has been stimulated by the arrest in the

Ship Tie-up

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to complain of the action of the Great Western Company in Interi but he appealed to Sir Felix Pile, preting the post-strike agreement, General Manager of the Great Western Ralway to forget t

hands, action of some kind would opinion that neither the Nation appear to be inevitable. There alists nor the Fengclenite will be then would be no alternative be able to raise a large loan on such British Concession, of a strike A Chungking message received tween war and recognition. The security. leader who arrived from Hanków here states that following his reformer is unthinkable and no gov They point out that ovan well- yesterday The man was taken turn there from Wannalen, Gen arnment contemplates such a step secured loans are now quoted at to the British police station and exai Yang Son held a mlitary Fengtion Allinde very low rates and contdence mastcidents of 1926 in starting detained for a time, but profes-conference with several division] sional propagandists did not commanders from different places overlook the opportunity to stir in Szechuan including General up anti-British feeling among the Kao Hal chish, at which confer people.

ence decided efforts to carry the antevolu the According to the

suspension of ship,

Chun

Poking, Dec. 30, be restored before foreigners or The Fengtion authorities have Chinese sabscribe to a new loan at been discusding the levying of sur- any importance taxes in porte under their control for some weeks and the opinion is

Sir Fellx Pole promised 52 80

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