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HONG KONG, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1927.

YANGTSE DANGERS.

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FOREIGNERS LEAVE UPPER RIVER PLACES.

HANKOW "NERVES."

WUHU AND NANKING STILL UNSAFE.

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CHINA'S WAR.

Moves By the Rival Armies

A THREAT TO HANKOW.

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

NANKING DEMANDS.

Powers' Whole-Hearted Agreement.

INSISTING ON REPARATION.

London, April 10.

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PREENING ITSELF.

Moscow Newspaper's Smug Remarks.

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PRECAUTIONS IN SHANGHAI

Moscow, April 10. The following wireless mess-

Responsible circles in London ages have been" received by the

The "Izvestia emphasises that Hong Kong naval authorities! agreement of the five Powers at tuntud by s. sincere desire not to Threat of a Northern advance Peking regarding the identic permit the world slaughter which Latest reports from the North indicate that river places beyond "Hankow are te festareimers, as also are Wuhu and on Hankow is contained in a re-notes which it is now learned will responsible circles and Nanking. At Hankow the Japanese bave taken steps to defend Port Loth Shu Yang Chow (where be in the nature of à general de-Imperialists are trying to provoka..}]]

The Northerners were recently mand for reparation for the Nan- centred) that the Northerners king outrages.

some of the statements in the Note have commenced to move South- No time limit will be set and regarding the refraining from 7-

the question of penalties will be pressive measures and anys

the Soviet Government is not infuenced About fifteen hundred Chinese.left to future consideration.-

by the fact that its step may be Interpreted as a "sign of weakness. with field guns, crossed to Pukow Reuter

and loss of prestige"-considera- from Nanking over the week-end Nationalist. advance from:

tions which usually influence the A

policy of a bourgeois Government. Kwantin is reported.

their Concession, but the populace is distinctly nervy.

TIME TO LEAVE.

French and Japanese

Evacuation.

According to wireless messages. received by the naval authorities, the Japanese have decided to evacuate al places up-river, be- yond Hunkow.

Similar action is being taken by the French

American residents have al ready, left the upper-river and are

aving Ichang and Changsha.

Strong defensive action is being taken by the Japanese at Hankow, Volunteers having been mobilised and, with the co-opera- tion of the Chinese authorities, property of Japanese nationals outside the Concession is being brought within.

ward.

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COMPENSATION.

Not Likely To Be Refuged By Cantonese.

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the (forts'); gun emplazement, hitting the barracks, and doing other considerable damage. The "Veteran was hit with shrapnel Land rifle hullets but suffered no casualties. A later message add

On the other hand, it is report- edir As regards the firing "on H..S. "Veteran," it is unofficialed that Sun Chaan-fang has ly stated that all such incident in beaten the Southerners back and

Rugby. Apri 10. future will be treated similarly.]has reached Yangchow. near the

It is reported that in response Northern bank of the Yangtse..

Confirmation of the engage-to the Notes compensation will be ment Between the forces is to given, for the Cantonese are u11- hand in the crossing from the likely to refuse redress for the North bank to Chekiang of troops, grave outrages for which no equipment and stores.

AMERICAN EXAMPLE.

Sir A. Geddes on Anti-British Inspiration.

London April 10. China is getting her Western- isation mainly from America, shid Sir Auckland Geddes in a speech at Ashford,

Those who have followed the recent mayoral elections in Chi- cago will have noticed that' to-day as in the past an anti- British cry is helpful at the polls, and the old sport of twist. the Hon's tail is still a good apert in America"

Fears of the Populace. It is reported that the attitude of the political and military facing tions of the Nationalists at Han- kaw had been to annex the Japan- Feve Concession with or without

permission, but according to, the feeling at a meeting which took place over the week-end, this at- titude has been modified.

Meanwhile, the Chinese popu- lace at Hankow are distinctly "nervy in view of recent action by Chiang Kai-shek and the cut- ting-off of the Canton lines of eommunication. *

Wuhu and Nanking. Evacuation of Japanese from. Wuhu is now complete and condi- Lions ashore are unsafe for for- eigners. I is expected that con- ditions will be more favourable on the return to Wuhu of General Chan Chan-pa.

He pointed out that many Chin- ese absorbed their Western out cok from among the lower middle classes in America. Therefore a very great number of young men and women in China who were Westernised were Americanised and anti-Britishised.-Reuter.

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·SAILINGS TO CHINA. Sound Advice to the New Troops.

London, April 10.

The Air Force Squadron will depart for Southampton on the 15th inst. in readiness to sail, to China on the 18th.

The following sailings to China Conditions at Nanking are also have been fixed provisionally:- such that it is unsale for foreign-The 2nd Welch Regiment aboard lers to venture ashore and the City the "Derbyshire:**

s placarded with anti-foreign Guards posters.

The, Extremist "Red" element fat Nanking are endeavouring to get Chiang Kai-shek, who has ar- rived from Shanghai, into,line with their policy.

the Scots

THREAT TO PEKING?

North China, War. Situation Reviewed.

Péking, April 5.

The threat to Peking, which London and Washington are dis- casing, might come. from more than one direction

First of all, there was former- fear that Marshal Wu Pel- fu's large and ill-disciplined armies in Honan might join the

PARIS RAID.

Arrests at Communist Headquarters.

It

Purle, April: 10. The pollee' raided the general headquarters of the Communist Party. They arrested six people, but relansed a woman.

The arrests are the result of a long enquiry against espionage

civilised State would refuse an immediate apology, punishment of the perpetrators and material compensation for the sufferers.-- British Wireless Service.

OFFER TO JAPANT

An Attempt to Divide the Powers?

The paper adopts as its views That Are Different.

The paper declares that the Note! will gure in the history of diplo- matic relations as a document peace.-Reuter,

SHANGHAI CONSULATE.

· Statement by Municipal Council.

of

Rugby April 10. The Shanghai Municipal Counci have. through their American) Chairman, issued an account of the police measures taken at the Soviet Consulate in Shanghai.

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It is stated that the Commissioner of Police, on hearing of the raid by Marshal Chung Tao-lin's troops on the Soviet Embassy at Peking, and Shanghai, April 10.

being in possession of considerable A telegram from Hankow. Information as to the intensity of dated 9th instant, states that it hostile feeling against the Soviet is reliably reported that Mr. Consulate and its actione Eugene Chen made the following Shanghai immediately took steps offer to Consul General Takno to place these premises under sur yesterday evening, requesting veillance. him to communicate it to Tokyoside the building. In consequence He detalled a police guard out- forthwith: $

The Nationalist Government later by the Soviet Consul that

of the apprehensions entertained will agree not to interfere with raid was to be made on the COR- the Japanese Concession at Han-sulate, the Chairman of the Council kow and not demand its retroces- instructed the Commissioner of sion. They will immediately sup Police to increase the guards round press all anti-Japanese agitation the Consulate on Thursday and to in China, provided Japan will search all persons arriving and agree not to join Britain and leaving for weapons.-British Wire- America in on ultimatumless Service.. Reuter

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by a section of police headquar-work of plain-clothes Southerners behind the lines, first Tainanfu

ters. Reuter.

nd then Tientsin would be en- dangered.

and: two. Companies South and participate in a drive The Only Way Out. Northants aboard the "City of on Peking along the Peking Han Should this. nceur, Marshal

to-morrow, The kow Railway.

Chang Tso-lin's powerful, unde- Marseilles"

The recent Fengtien"Successes feated forces would be compelled Queen's and the remainder of the Northants aboard the "Nevase on April 13; two batteries of Field Artillery aboard the "City of Poona on April 22.

"To Act 4: Policemen.

At the farewell inspection of 2nd Scots Guards and 1st North-

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ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.

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Allegations of conspiracy to

in Honau, in which Marshal to withdraw from Pexing as the obtain payment twice in connection Chang Tso-lin's troops proved only line of communication to with a building contract af Sham- R. G vastly superior to their oppon- Manchuria is through Tientsin, shuipe were made by Mr.

Haywood in the Summary Court ents in fighting force, have re- If the line were then congested

this morning, defending Teang moved this danger.

would render the evacuation Ping-luen in respect of a claim fer! Another possible threat is of foreigners extremely difficult $694 by Leung Hop-wo. Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang, regard-and the arrival of the Southern- The claim was for the balancë. ans. Lieut.-General Sir Daviding whom there have been alarm-ers might lead to a repetition of due in respect of work done and Campbell, addressing the troops. ist rumours, mostly spread by the Nanking outrages here. materials supplied in the building Bad: "The present moment of the Kuomintang emissaries for pro- great Civil War in China is one pagandist purposes to serve their with which we have nothing to lown ends. do. It is a Chinese affair and

Mythical Movementa, they must be allowed to settle it

At the

Reports that Marahal Feng's for themselves.

British Government troops are passing through Fen-in North China. anti-time, the

have considered it necessary to chowfu (Shansi) and nearing send troops to China to preserve Kalgan and that the Marshal him- to Kalgan and law and order,and protect Bri- self has been tish lives." He emphasised that Chichiachang (the junction of they were not going to China for war but rather as policemen, and only in the last resort must force

used. Reuter.

Martial Law at Amoy." Taking the form of a proces- siona a demonstration" passed off nt Amoy over the week-end with-

avany considerable friction.

Chinese authorities exercised supervision, and it is reported that two Extremists who wished to foment trouble were arrested. Martial law has been proclaim ed in Amoy district.

There appears to be no foreign feeling at Amoy,

The postal strike there tinues, but other strikes been settled.

RIVER "SCRAP,"

con-

have

British Destroyer Returns. Fire.

Rugby, April 10. Admiralty advices from Shang-

hai state that the British destroy- er "Veteran" was heavily fired upon by shrapnel and rifle fire from the shore at a. puint about Afteen miles below Chingkiang.

The "Veteran" replied with her main armament and destroy ed one Chinese gun. There were no British casualties.

WEATHER FORECAST.

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An anticyclone is central near Vladivostock and a depression lies

ver Tongking.

Moderate monsoon may be expect- ed along the S.E. coast of China.

Shansi and the Peking-Hankow Railways) are all quite baseless.

Much, therefore, depende on the of nine houses at Shaukiwan (In- celerity and firmness with which land Lot Nos. 447 and 448.) the Powers deal with the situa- The defendants did act' deny that, tion on the Yangtse, as strong money was owing in respect of the action there would do much to work put Mr. Haywood asked for assist the forces of law and order the case to be adjourned on the grounds. that d' man alleged to be

EARLIER MESSAGES,

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Three Reverses For The Southerners.

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Shanghai, April 10.

a partner in the plaintiff Arm was

THE

THORNTON PICKARD

falready auing for $3846 in TWO MOVEMENT

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[Original Jurisdiction action and the sum in respect of which the pre- Isent action was brought was includ- jed; it was alleged by defendants, in the statement of writ Thla suit was still pending:

Mr. C. A. S. Russ, for the plain.

Marshal Feng Yu-halang might attempt an advance against the

A wireless message from Chin- "Mr. Haywood maintained that the Fengtlen flank through the north west of Honan or northward, via kiang states that Sun Chuan- present action was an attempt to Kaigan, but at present General fang's troops defeated a brigade obtain the money twice and asked Liu Chen-hua (famous in the long of Southerners on the north bank for an adjournment pending the siege of Sianfu last year) is of the Yangtse and that a General hearing of the other setion. N.E. winds, moderate; overcast, guarding north-west Honan, while and 400 men escaped" to Chin-

grounds that his information was rain, is the local forecast for the the Shansi Tupan, General Yen kiang. Three Generals and be-tiff, opposed the application on the twenty-four hours ending at noon Hsi-shan, is watching north Shan-tween 4,000 and 5,000 troops that the plaintiff in the O.J. action si together with certain Mukden crossed to the north bank on was not a partner and if the pre- tomorrow.

Saturday morning and deserted to military men.

sent case was adjourned until the the Northern side. It is reported conclusion of the other case, costly Importance of Hsuchowfu.

that the Northerners are execut-delay would be incurred. There is no sign that Marshal ing all prisoners.

Mr. P. Jacks, Pulene Judge, held From a wireless message from against Mr. Haywood on the ap- Feng Yu-hsiang has made any real move and he is not likely to Chinkiang of the 9th instant it plication, also on a further appli The "Observer's" Shanghai

do so as long as the Shansi Gen-appears that the successful drive cation that an adjournment should correspondent says that the fire

eral, Yen Hsi-shar, continues hisby San Chuan-fang's troops be granted for the subpoena of the of the Chinese fort was imme-

policy of not allowing outside reached three points on the north plaintiff in the other action. diately, silenced.. One gun em-

bank of the Yangtze opposite On the plaintiff in the present troops to pass through Shansi. placement was dismantled and

A debate is announced to take

There remains the possibility Chinklang. While the North- case, going into the witness box the barracks were destroyed.

The Chinese casualties are un-place at St. Peter's Young Men's of a Cantonese drive along the erners have not yet crossed the however, he admitted that the plain- river, the Nationalists are already tiff in the O.J. action was a part- known, for the moment the firing Club to-morrow night between St. Tientsin-Pukow Railway.

under- Peter's members and

Marshal Chang Tsung-chang falling back on Chinking and nor in the plaintiff firm, in this He further added that the opened the Chinese disappeared

graduates of the Hong Kong has large, well-equipped forces at along the railway towards Chang.case rapidly.

Hauchowfu, which could easily chow and Nanking. There are no houses were only half completed, a University.

The motion before the "house" withstand the Southerners: If he troop movements across the river, dispute having arisen between him "that intelligence is the result were willing to fight, but in view which points to the fact that all and the defendant owing to certain money not being forthcoming. The environment and not heredity." of his collapse at Shanghai and at the Nationalists in this area are total amount for work done was The debate is timed to begin at Nanking with practically no fight-now south of the. Yangtse. 83,000..

Mr. Russ aid that bad he knows ing some quarters doubt his abil-A wireless message from Nan p.m.

ity to withstand an attack king, dated the 9th instant, states that his information was incorrect, So long 23 Marshal Changthat there are signs of the Nation-he would not have proceeded Taung-chang holde Heuchowfu, allsta withdrawing from Pukow, but would have acquiesced foreigners in the North are safe, Many Junka are full of soldiers with the suggested adicurament. but should his defence, break continually crossing to Nanking, His Honour adjourned the case

usine dia,** down through treachery or the Router.

All foreign shipping on the Yangtse is now escorted by Bri tish and Americans warships. British Wireless Service.

[A Reuter cable received yes- terday stated that H.M.S. 8.80 "Veteran was fired on by field guns' and rifle fire from forts 15 mties down river from Chinklang. The "Veteran" returned the fire, with her main armament of 4.7′

A LOCAL DEBATE.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. The closing rate of the dollar, guns, firing 80 rounds, destroying en demand, to-day was 2/0 1/16.

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