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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927.

FRESH ATTACK AGAINST NORTH.

General Chiang's New Advance Into Shantung

ACTION TO BE TAKEN AGAINST HANKOW.

ANOTHER RIUMPH.

Airman Safely Reaches Hawaii.

LATEST ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

New York, June 29. Lieutenant Maitland's acroplane

American Service

Tang Seng-chi Said to Be Dismissing Pickets. has landed at Honolulu.-Reuter's

JAPAN'S REPORTED BARGAIN FOR CALLING OFF BOYCOTT.

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

"BOATS BURNT."

China Navigation Strike Comment.

MINORITY REMAIN LOYAL,

"Generally speaking, the strike) is on although there may be severalj instances of individual iden refrain-

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Sudden Marriage Stirs Society,

ALLEGED ROYAL SUITORS.

New York, June 29. The whole of Washington and

ing" remarkest an official of the New York Society is agog over the

query.

China Navigation Company this sudden dramatic marringe of Miss Flashing Welcome.

morning in reply to a "Chins Mail" Grace Vanderbilt whose honey Wheelerfield, Dahu, Hawall

moen to British Columbia is being Islands, June 20.

Pedras mas may statementi quübel we the couple await the Honolulu, and the army as he mand garden the int ntious forgiveness of the bride's parents. 26 miles distant were able that the Company, the official said The bride is represented in the light and alive with oxcitement intar obviousgy the prozent state of Press an having married a hundred Nanking Press Bureau Denounces Moscow's Intrigues In China. the maining in anticipation of axira eta be load te per crat. American of a rich and

Lieutenant Maitland's arrival at tine indefinitely. "They have.

General Chiang Kai-shek has resumed his attack against the North, and has met with a measure of success. Besides capturing Lincheng, he has established his front well into Shantung.

According to reports in the Shanghai Press General Chiang Kai-shek intends to move against Hankow because his ultimatum to disperse the Unions and dismiss the Russian advisers was ignored.

A message to a Hong Kong vernacular paper, however, states that the Hankow leader, General Tang Seng-chi, has dismissed the pickets and raided the chief Union

six o'clock in the morning.*** burat their boats be added, refer "old" family in preference to a

Seventeen hundred soldiers were ring, (metaphorically, of course) to detailed to control the clamorous the officers who had gone on strike. enthusiastic crowd who watched As to the Company's intentions re- garding the future, if the present deadlock continued, be could at this stage say nothing.

all night long.

Flood lights were placed on top of the hangars to guide the airmen and illuminate the ground for a safe landing, while searchlights visible for twenty miles continuous- ly swept the sky-Reuter's Ameri can Service.

With the return of the Japanese Consul to Nanking reports haveReuter's American Service. begun to circulate that Japan has made a bargain with Nanking not. to impede the advance against the North if the boycott is stifled...

The Nanking Government's Press Bureau has issued a state- ment denouncing Moscow and predicting that all attempts to Bol- shevise China will end in certain failure.

CHIANG'S ADVANCE.

Northerners Destroying The

Railway...

Shanghai, June 30, Reports reaching here show that the Nanking advance to Peking is again under way.

They have captured Lincheng, on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway. twenty miles north of the Grand Canal, and are establishing their front well into Shantung from the railway to the sea.

Military despatches state that the advance is hampered by the fact that the retreating North- erner's are destroying the railway. Both sides are believed to have suffered heavy casualties. Reuter.

General army has

Artillery in Action.

Shanghai, June 29.

Chiang Kai-shek's set out from Lam Shing to attack Tang Yuan, and it is reported that already three divisions of troops under General Ma Yu-yen, of the Shantung surrendered to party, have

Chiang.

Shanghai Press to be making pre- parations for moving against Han- kow-British Naval Wirelesa.

Tang's Real Mind? According to Hankow messages relayed from Shanghai, General. Tang Seng-chi, one of the Han. kow leaders, dismissed all the pickets of the Communist party on June 25 and raided the prin- cipal Red unions, namely the Peasants Union and the Female Workers' Union. "Hong Kong Evening Post."

[Tang Seng-chi was one of the Hankow leaders mentioned in the ultimatum by Chiang Kai-shek and Feng Yu-hsiang. This

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There was a severe engage ultimatum declared that the per- ment between Chiang's forces and sons mentioned must take a the Shantung armies at Chai

"holida" in Russia or Europe. Ning. Chiang is now using heavy It also required the dismissal of artillery at the south of the the Russians, the closing of the Canal to attack the southern gate unions and the disbanding of pro- of the city.

pagunda bodies.]

A Shorter Line.

Feng's Troops to Attack. Chang Chung-chang has for-

Shanghai, June 30. mulated a scheme whereby the Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang is lighting line is to be shortened, sending his army against Han- and proposes taking over thekow."Hong Kong Evening south-western area himself, leav- Post."

ing the south-eastern portion to General Sun Chuan-fang and the aren in the rear to General Sun Yu-puk.

It is reliably reported that Tang Seng-chi arrived at Chang- sha en June 25.

Chang Tso-lin's Views.

Peking, June 29.

A BARGAIN STRUCKT

Japan's Understanding With Nanking.

Shanghai, June 29. The Japanese Consul, who has

Asked if the officers had actually left the ships in cases where they were in port, the official in question. board but would not sail the ships. said that they were remaining on

In reply to query as to whether there Was any one ship where enough of the men had remained ready for duty to enable the ship to be maintained on the run, the "China Mail" informant said that; he could give no information at the present time.

Time of the Flight.

Wheelerfield, June 29. The time of the trans-Pacific fight was 25 hours and 43 minutes.

Earller News Oakland, Cal. June 29. Radio megeagce from several

An official of the Marine En-1 ships show that Lieutenant Mait-gineer's Guild of China expressed land covered over half the distance satisfaction at the response that had been made by the officers. No China Navigation Company vessels would proceed to sea until a settle ment of the dispute, he stated.. Cargo would be discharged at the respective ports on arrival.

LIEUT COMM. R.E. BYRD

2:

between the United States and Hawaii by ten o'clock on the even- ing of the 28th, Pacific standard time.-Reuter's American Service.

Civilian Flight Postponed.

Oakland, June 29. Hurried attempts have been made to make and replice, the wind-sereon of Smith's ne, but in view of the fact that Army machine, has got a considerable start, backers of the civilian flight to Hawaii have announced indefi- nite postponement. Smith is most disappointed.--Router's American Service,

ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

Commander Byrd's Interesting Cargo.

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B. & S. Ship To Rescue. From information received by naval wireless, it appears that one of the China Navigation Company vessels the "Kiangsu" which was on passage from Singapore to Manila and which, presumably, will lie up on arrival at the latter port, deviated her course in order to go

GRACE" VANDER DITAL Sr.

to the assistance of the French titled.. Englishman whom it is

steamor "Figuig" which had found- ered on the reefs in the China sen alleged her parente wished to force

her to wed. between Cochin China and N.W. Borneo.

The Englishman's name is not Inquiries among individual mem-stated but a long list of· alleged bers of the China Navigation Com-jaspirants to her hand given in the pany who are on reserve or whose Press includes several British pears ships are at present in Hong Kong and even royal perschdges. -Reu- elicited the information that the ter's American Service.

A CITY'S LUNGS.

Scheme To Save London's Garden Squares.

Rugby, June 29,

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of

A Royal Commission is to set up to inquire into the ques- tion of the preservation of Lon- don garden Squares, some which have in recent years been sold for building purposes.-Bri- tish Wireless Service.

An earlier cable stated: Miss Grace Vanderbilt, the daughter of General Cornelius Vanderbilt, the capitalist, was married to-day to Henry Cassaway Davis, mining en- gineer and grandson of Mr. Henry Casaway of West Virginia and Democratic candidate for the Vice- Presidency of the United States in 1904.]

The founder of the famous Van- derbilt family was Cornelius Van- derbilt (1794-1877), an American merchant and frailway speculator whe accumulated A fortune of twenty million sterling. His son, William Henry Vanderbilt (1821- 1885), inherited the bulk of the From the Harbour Office returns wealth of the elder railway king's the "China Mail" ascertains that wealth, and added thereto by no C.NC. ship has left Hong Kong operations in the same direction. since 3 p.m. yesterday, when the

strike commenced according tó schedule last night.

for

FURTHER RESPITE,

SACCO AND VANZETTI ONCE MORE.

New York, June 29, The weather on the Atlantic fa.. Tung Chow" cleared favourable for the fight of Com-Shanghai. This vessel had been mander Byrd who is backed by Mr. laid up a considerable while on ac- count of the repairs necessitated Rodman Wanamaker.

Commander Byrd's aeroplane is by the tire which occurred aboard when she was at Taku, at the mouth inscribed with the word peace, on an olive leaf and, "U.S. Air Mail" in The only othes-4.N.C. vessel to of the Heibo River, near Tientsin. amall letters, and the name leave here yesterday was the "Chin- America in huge red, white and hud," which departed at noon for

Boston, June 29. blue letters,

Bangkok.

The Governor has granted a 30- China Navigation vessels in har- day respite to Sacco and Vanzetti bour include the "Ichang" and "Soo-- chow" (at Taikoo Dock), the "Chang Choy," "Szechuen," "Ying Chow," "Tean" and "Anhui."

Commander Byrd carries two small silk American Bags, a copy of the smallest Bible in the world for presentation to President Dou- mergue, one flag made from pleces of the original American flag made: flag which Commander Pyrd car- returned, giving rise to reports-Reuter's American Service. that Japan has come

(Continued on Page 7.)

HONGKONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY. ports, the heart of Marshal the Nanking incident has now ried over the North Pole in 1926. According to vernacular re been absent from Nanking since by Betay Ross in 1777 and another

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Chang Tso-lin is softening, in that he has telegraphed to Chang Chung-chang regarding plans for making peace with the Southern- ers."Hong Kong Evening Post." Shansi Tuchum's Move.

Shanghai, June 30. General Yen Shi-shan, the Tuchun of Shanel, has sent his whole army to attack Peking.— "Hong Kong Evening Post.”

HANKOW'S SILENCE.

Chiang's Three Demands Not Accepted.

Shanghai, June 29.

The silence of Hankow in regard

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RUSSIAN SUBJECTS LEAVING HANKOW.

BORODIN GOING TO-NIGHT.

Hankow, June 29.

to the ultimatum issued in the joint names of Chiang Kai-shek and The disarming of pickets has Feng Yu-hsiang is being interpret been carried out, also the dissolu- ed by the latter as indicating non- tion of a certain number of acceptance of the demands for the unions.

disbandment of all Labour Unions Soviet nationals except those and Communist propaganda or who are members of the Consul- ganisations, the dismissal of Tanate staff are leaving Hankow, DODWELL & CO. LTD.Yen-kat, Tang Beng-chi, Wang within 24 hours.

Ching-wel, Sun Fo and twenty named Soviet advisers, including Comrade Borodin, the Russian adviser, is expected to depart Borodin,

In the absence of any reply, from Hankow to-night. Chiang Kai-shek. is reported. In the

Ground Floor. Opposite Ferry Wharf.

Tal 1080 Centrál.'~

Movements of troop on a large

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scale have taken place. to Wu- chang.

Doubtful is the word used to describe Tang Seng-chi's attitude but he is expected ultimately to turn out to be an anti-extremist. -British Naval Wireless,

Germans Injured.

Changsha, June 29. The Changteh Garman agent of Messrs. Arnhold's and his wife were set upon by bandits terday and wounded."

Surprise Start,

New York. June 29. Commander Byrd after consider- able delay owing to weather con- ditions has started on his trans Atlantic fight in the three engined Fokker monoplane "America”.-- Reuter's American Service.

Departure a Surprise.

New York, June 29. The "Amerien" started at 5.24.

Commander Byrd is accompanied by the pilot Bert Acosta and a crew af two, and carries 1,300 gallons of petrol.

Vanzetti, one of the two mes under sentence of death.

Commander Byrd's sudden deci- sion to start after many postpone ments surprised his crew and the spectators of whom there were only from the death sentence, the exe

dozen as compared with hundreds cution of which was originally fixed on the previous nights-Reuter's for July 10-Reuter's American yes-American Service.

Service.

Proposed New Airship.

Washington, June 29. The primary duty of the propos-

Another Case.

Lator.

Yesterday evening a German launch proceeded to Changteh to effect their evacuation-British ed new airship will be to operate A similar respite has been grant- Naval Wireless,

with the fleet in contrast to the of to Celestino Madeiros who was Chinkiang, June 29. Los Angeles which, according to sentenced to death for another Steamers of the China Mer- the Versailles treaty, cannot be murder.

The Madeiros asserted that he was a chant Co. are going to transport used for military purposes.

new dirigible'a, cruising range at member of the gang which com- divisions of troops to Kiukiang. 50 knots will be 12,500 milos, but mitted the murder for which Sacco, There is no news to-day from if she is infinted with hydrogen in and Vanzetti were convicted, and the other Yangtse porta-Bri- stead of hellum, It will be 17,000. that they were not implicated,.-- tish Naval Wireless.

Reuter's American Service. Reuter's American Service.

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