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SEVERE FIGHTING,

CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S TROOPS ADVANCING.

YANG SEN'S MOVE,

ARCOS RAID.

Soviet Government's Protest.

RELATIONS IN DANGER........

Moscow, May 17. The Soviet Note despatched to London endorses the protest of The drive against the Reds continues. The Southerners are M. Rosengolz, Charge d'Affaires converging on several Communist strongholds, while General Yang in London, and recalls that during Sen and Wu Pei-fu are still advancing against Hankow. Yang Sen the negotiations for the resump appears to be co-operating with both Chiang Kai-shek and Wu Pei-fution of Anglo-Soviet economic re- against the Reds.

lations, the Soviets especially stressed the demand for the im- munity of its trade agencies abroad, and the principle was em- bodied in the fifth Article of the trade agreement which the Bri- tish had now violated in the grossest and most insulting man-

HELPING BOTH WU AND CHIANG.

REDS ON RUN.

Chiang Advancing Against Wuchany.

Hankow, May 17. Southern troops loyal to Gen- eral Chiang Kai-shek, are con- verging on the Extremist (Com- munist) strongholds. troops at Yuanchow are reported to have advanced on Wuchang (which, prior to the split, was contemplated us the Nationalist capital and Southern troops at Hengchow are also reported to have advanced on Changsha British Naval Wireless.

FORTS BOMBARDED.

Southern Destroyers Run Te Safety.

Woosung forts held by the Southerners. The forte are re- plying.

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COLLISION INQUIRY.

·WAS “LEUNG KWONG” ON WRONG SIDE?

- Will the question of the grilles and the loss of life attendent on them in the collision in Capsuimun Pass on May 9 between the s.s. "Leung Kwong" and the s.l. "Moonshine" be allowed to enter as a factor in the evidence before the Marine Court of Inquiry which opened at the Harbour Office this morning to inquire into the circum- stances attending the collision?

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According to the interpretation of; At the moment of impact, stem the Deputy Harbour Master (Lt to stem, the likelihood was so great to amount almost to Comdr. Hole R.N. being in hospital), as the Court is to enquire into the A certainty, snid counsel, collision only, and he considers that Shanghai, May 19,

.the damage to the port The Northern cruisers "Haichi"

that the Court is not the authority how of the "Moonshine" was done to consider the question of the by the anchor or the förcspike of and "Chaoha," part of Chang

grilles. Tsung-chang'a flotilla squadron,

the "Leung Kwong." The "Leung The Court comprleed: J. B. Kwong" was a wooden ship and Southern are at present bombarding the The Note expresses the of n-Newill, D.S.O., R.N. (President); he believed, hand steered and her

ion that the raid on Arcos C. A. Merriman, R.N.; . B. Nelson tonnage was about 390. The im Limited, which is an English (e.R. "Protesilang"); G. A. G. More pact with the "Moonshine," which trading company of high stand- (8.8. "Antung"); R. N. Stephens was a steel launch, probably re- Five Southern destroyers, upon ing, which accurately fulfilled its (s.s. "Kwongtung").

sulted in the "Leung Kwong" being hearing that the bombardment obligations, is unprecedented, and Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by torn away by the stem of the was likely, withdrew rapidly from could only have been actuated by Mr. T. G. Bennett, of Johnston, Moonshine," in the course of the the vicinity of the forts and pro-a motive of causing detriment to Stokes and Master) was for the tearing away, the anchor or fore

Cabin Trunks from owners of the s.1, "Moonshine"; Mr. spike of the "Leung Kwong" doing ceeded up the Whangpoo River to Soviet interests connected with H. G. Sheldon (instructed by Mr. the damage to the "Moonshine." safety and are now opposite Lung- Arcos by compromising the latter Hugh Jones, of Messrs. Wilkinson After the collision, the Moon- hua, a little beyond Shanghai and creating an atmosphere of and Grist) was for the owners of shine" reversed and backed away, Reuter.

hostility and want of confidence, the "Leung Kwong"; Mr. G. K. but the collision was such that she while the irruption into the pre-Hall Brutton held a watching_brief was again brought into a second mises of the Trade Delegation for the China Coast Officers Guild. Impact with the "Leung Kwong," and the acts committed there

which second impact, he believed, caused very little further damage. flagrantly violate the agreement

The second Impact was. on the of 1921.

"Leung Kwong's" starboard 'quar- ter and the "Moonshine" sidled along the starboard quarter of the "Leung Kwong" until she passed aft of the "Leong Kwong."

YANG SEN AGAIN.

Commandeers Portuguese

Steamer.

Shasi, May 17. General Yang Sen commandeer- ed a Portuguese steamer yester day to tow his troops to a pince eight miles below Chenglin in order that he might further his advance against Hankow..

In addition to being an ally of Wu Pei-fu's, there appears to be an · arrangement whereby Yang Sen may co-operate with Chiang Kai-shek and Yang Sen's troops in the area mentioned are under the orders of Chiang Kai-shel

The foreign settlement remains quiet.-British Naval Wireless."

PUKOW'S SEQUEL.

Retreating Northerners Cut Railway.

cross

Nanking, May 17. With the capture of Pukow by the Southerners,

river traffic has been resumed and the situation is more or less normal except that the Northerners cut the Pukow-Tientsin railway 30 miles above Pukow, and that their batteries on the hill some miles.j behind Pukow are firing a few shells at the Southern batteries at Tiger and Lion Hills.

Troops are moving up the river bank from Nanking. — British Naval Wireless.

Firing Across River.

Chinkiang, May 17. There was gunfire yesterday between the opposing forces on both banks of the river. Other- wise, the situation is quiet.--Bri- tish Naval Wireless.

SEVERE FIGHTING.

Hankow General Beset on Two Fronts.

TROOPS IN CHINA.

Hong Kong's Seven Infantry Battalions.

Letters in Cypher,

Grilles and Loss of Life.

Mr. Jenkin indicated at the out- set that his ense. would be concern- ed solely with the facts as to the collision. Mr. Sheldon's, he under- London, May 17, After arguing that M. stood, would be concerned not only Replying to Mr. E. Thurtle Kinchuk's cypher correspondence with the collision but with the ques- (Labour) with regard to the is entitled to immunity, the Note tion of the grilles, and the part strength of the Shanghai Defence complains that the officials of they had played in the loss of life.

The President remarked that he Force Captain Douglas King, the Trade Delegation cypher de- did not think the question of the Financial Under Secretary for partment were. subjected to grilles came within the scope of the violence, even being beaten, when fulfilling their duty, while M. Kinchuk's wife, who has z diplomatic passport was detain- ed with violengand searched.

Zinovich Letter Allian The raid is a very serious hostile act jeopardising the fur- ther preservation of relations of the interested States.

SIR MILES LAMPSON.

Sails From Trentsin For Shanghai.

Tientsin, May 17. Sir Miles Lampson, the Bri- tish Minister to Peking, left for Shanghai on H.M.S. "Fox glove" this morning.-Reuter.

Admiral Tyrwhitt.

Hankow, May 17. Admiral Tyrwhitt, the Bri- tish Commander-in-Chief, has arrived here on board H.M.S. "Hawkins."--Reuter,

War, stated that the Force con- sisted of twelve infantry and one marine battalions with ancillary troops.

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It can be proved that the Trade Delegation's activity gave justification for the raid from the fact that no complaint has been received from the British Government as regards this activity. '

TRADE WITH RUSSIA...

Imports and Exports For: April.

London, May 17. The extent of Anglo-Russian trade was shown by Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, President of the Board of Trade, who, replying to Comdr. Kenworthy (Labour) in the House of Commons, stated that importe in Aprit £1,400,000, while the British cr-

..were

ports were £228,000 and re- exports £1,200,000.-Reuter.

collision.

was to

The "Moonshine" then came along to the part side and took off some 125 passengers, proceeding on her voyage.

Who Was To Blame? Counsel said he wished to stress three very important and basic fac tors which throw considerable-light¦ as to who was to blame for the col- lision.

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The first was that in the Capsui- mun Pass at this time the Ilde was ̧up and down or a fore and aft tide

and that therefore there was tide which could account for a drift to either the western or the eastern side of the channel. The tide was at half ebb and running at about 31⁄2 knots. The "Moonshine" was run- ning with the tide and, with her speed of 6 knots would have been travelling at about 9 knots.

The second point was that it was an admitted fact that the "Leung Kwong" was hit on the starboard bow and the third was that the site westward of, the centre of the of the wreck was well away to the

navigating channel.

counsel;

These factors, said would make it clear that the "Leung Kwong" was absolutely to blame be- cause she was right across on the wrong side. The "Leung Kwong" could not have got in the position in which she sank

except on

the

The first witness called was: Li Hung, the coxswain of the sil. Moonshine" who stated that he had held a coxwain's certificate for four years and had been through the Capsuimiun Pass between thirty and forty times.

The search was robbed of any formal significance owing to the refusal of the police to permit Court of Inquiry which the Delegation's representatives consider solely the facts as to the to attend.

The British Government was Mr. Sheldon remarked that they aware of the Soviet Government's had played a part in the question of note referring to a police raid the loss of life. He was in the Pre- There were seven infantry bat-carried out in analagous circum-sident's hands, but in one of the subsidiary papers regarding the talions and ancillaries at Hong stances in China that to provide Court and its purposes and the col Kong, including the four arriving. the search with even elementary lision in question, the words ap- It was not proposed to bring the legal guarantees was more than peared "to enquire into the collision home class A reservists from necessary in view of the ominous and the attendant loss of life," premise that she was originally in Shanghai in the near future role once played in Soviet-British

The President commented that the position counsel had indicated. Reuter.

relations by a forged document. this was not in the warrant read

Trade Agreement Allegations.

prior to the opening of the Court, and indiented that Mr. Jenkin Against the oft-repeated a chould open his case regarding the cusations against Soviet of viola- facts of the collision. British Gesture of Disapproval attion of the rules of international! Mr. Jenkin, dealing with the

Hankow.

relations, the Soviet Government movements of the s.l. "Moonshine," has unquestionable proof of the said that it was a. single screw

Coxwain's Evidence. Peking, May 17. British Government's violation of steam launch of some 90 tons re- The coxwain continued his evid- It is understood that Mr. Basi the Soviet-Briti agreement of sistery, of about 90 feet in longthence along the lines. of counsel's Newton, who replaced Mr. Eric 1921 and the

and 18 feet beam. On May 9, the opening and said that when first host offensive ante of this deplorable collision, the sighted the Leang Kwong" was in It is reliahly reported that Teichman as H.M. Minister's re-handling of persons enjoying steam launch left Ling Tin for the centre of the channel with red severe fighting is going on at presentative at Hankow, has been diplomatic immunity, while the Hong Kong at about 5.30 p.m., ar- and green lights visible. Witness, Shangtsai where six brigades of recalled. This is interpreted as a requirements of international law riving in Capsuimun Pass about two when they got close, sounded one Wu Pei-fu troops and Tien Wei- gesture of British disapproval of have been totally ignored, the hours later.

long blast, the Leung, Kwang" then chun troops are opposing the main the Hankow regime.-Reuter: ' British Government apparently

Sudden Change of Course"

being about: 800 yards away,

The force for Tang Seng-chi's troops,

striving to bring the Anglo-Soviet

It was practically dark at the blast was a signal for the "Leung while .two Mukden cavalry

Manila, May 17tension to a culminating point.,

time, the sea was clear and the Kwong" to pass on the "Moon- brigades are moving to attack The "Chaumont" is proceeding

night was a clear one. The "Moonshine's" port side. When the Campaign of Hate. ・・ zhine" was proceeding on her trip "Leung Kwong" came fearer, wit Tang's rear..

to Shanghai to-day with five hun-

The unprecedented and un- to Hong Kong down the right side neas could only see her red light. restrained campaign of hate of the channel and sighted ahend When the vessels were 750 feet Reuter,

of her a vessel which it subsequent from each other, the Leung Money for Chiang Kai-shek.

which culminated in the raid com- y transpired was the "Leung Kwong swerved to port side and Manila, May 17. pels. the Soviet earnestly and Kwong "The vessels approached took a course across the Moon- Local Chinese have raised sixty frankly to ask the British froy each other at port to port until shine's bows. Witness stopped thousand Pesos for Chiang Kai-preservation and development of about 260 feet apart when

ernment whether it desires the they were within a distance of the engines and sounded two blasts, shek.-Reuter.

the and then put his engines astern.

Peking, May 17.

More U.S. Marines.

The "Chen Pao" reports that dred. Marines, planes and tanks,

the Kuominchun has reached the | Lunghai railway, threatening

Loyang en

The Wu Fei-fu · General Chang Chi-kung is opposing them and the Mukden General Wang. Fu-lin is hastening from Changchow to: Chang, Chih-kung's assistance.

General Yang Sen has, reached' Shasi.-Reuter.

TOBACCO FACTORY CLOSED,

Excessive Taxation the Cause.

Teingtao, May 18 The British Cigarette Com pany's factory has been closed owing to the excessive imposed by the provincial auth ities and regulations.rendering Impossible for the

continue business.

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British Soviet, trade relations or "Leung Kwong, without-previous "After referring to the collision, the whether it intends in future to algnal, suddenly directed her course second, Impact and the taking off hamper thems

to port with the result that she of passengers, witness said that the commenced to cross, the bows of "Leung

to sink by The Soviet Government cate the "

* E. winds, moderate fair is the gorically declares that the conduct indisputably, commented counsel, The Moonshine" remained by the forecast for the twenty-four hours of trade relations is only possible was on the right side of the chat- "Leung, Kwong for about three ending at noon to-morrow on the strict observance by the hell NURİ quarters of an hour and then pro

continued ecceed to Cheung Sha Wan The Meteorological observations at British Government of the Trade counsel, at once stopped and revers part where the "Leung Shan .m. to-day, barometer, 29.83 er Agreement and guaranteeing the ed her engines but it was inevitable,was near the hillside near the South 78 humidity, 87 wind P E economic orrons of the Soviet the by reason of the close proximity of Rank It took only six or seven possibility of quite, bormal work the Loung Kwong and her sudden minates for the Leung Kwong" to The Soviet feels it right to de-change, of course that a collision sink after, the Moonshine" had hit mand a clear and unequivocal re- would occur between the two- The ber first t

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