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China Mail

No. 25,634

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, AUGUST

INDIANS IN CHINA..

WHERE IS BORODIN?

Direct Question To. General Feng Yu-hsiang.

DENIES DETAINING COMRADE.

Hankow Municipal Taxes To Be Paid in Silver,

BRITISH CO-OPERATE WITH NATIONALISTS AS SHIP SEARCHERS.

To-day there is an absence of news from the "fighting" fronts, the tit-bit in regard to the situation in China being supplied by the versatile Comrado Borodin, who appears to have disappeared. Reuter, upon what grounds it is known not, has directly asked Feng Yu-hsiang if he has detained the Russian. Feng replies in the nega- tive.

It seems that the British naval authorities are going to co- operate with the Nationalists in their ship-searching operations on the Yangtaze.

JAPAN AND THE SURTAXES.

Shanghai, yesterday. In reply to direct an enquiry from Reuter "if it is true you are detaining Borodin please tele- graph reasons" General Feng Yu- halang wires from his headquar ters at Chengchow: "The report that Borodin was detained here is a pure fabrication-Feng Yu- hsiang."

Owing to an interruption of the telegraphs the enquiry and reply each took 72 hours in transit. Reuter.

Hankow Taxes,

Hankow, yesterday. A notification has been leaued by the director of the Sino-British Concession that municipal taxes are to be paid in silver except in respect of those property owners who have accepted Treasury notes at par from their tenants. Bri- tish Naval Wireless,

Searching at Anking.

(2) Japan's preferential position

shall be uphekl.

(3) The Chinese domestic admin- istration shall not be inter- fered in, but help will be offered for maintaining peace and order.

(4)

Chang Tso-lin will be ap proached to get the land- lease and other pending ques- tions settled.

(5) Evils of the Quadruple Ad- ministration should be re- medied, making them act correctedly in touch with one another. "Manchuria Daily News,"

*Kiangsi Conditions.

Critics Of British Policy Overseas.

Judg

PAYMENT OF TROOFS.

Despatch Of Indian Brigade a Proper Step.

has considerable interests of

SMART WORK.

Truculent Authorities Thwarted.

WEST RIVER INCIDENT.

Naval Officer & Skipper Resine Prisoner.

sail,

1927.

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month,

OFFICES SMASHED.

Latest News of London Disaster.

CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LD.

Staff Accommodated By Union Society.

N. LAZARUS.

Hong Kong's Only European Optician- Established Over Fortyours Manager: Ralph A. Cooper, M.A.0.A.

Registered Optometrist (Canada).

BRIDGE

OF PEACE.

True Answer To The Geneva Controversy,

UNITED STATES CANADA LINK.

Significance

Opening Ceremony

"NO SUBSTANCE IN FAILURE OF ILL-FOUNDED NEGOTIATIONS.

the United States across the Niagara River by the Prince of Wales is The opening of the "Bridge of Peace" which joins Canada and

regarded in British circles as a happy omen, happening so soon after the failure of the Geneva naval limitation conference.

The papers say that peace between the nations is better ensured by declared goodwill than by any attempts to limit armaments.

AGREED TO PART AS FRIENDS.

unguarded than in all the recent protestations of uneasy politicians that war between us and America. is unthinkable

JAPANESE TROOPS.

Why A Division Is In Shantung

The truculence of Chinese: The morul Isolation of India and military authorities in the neigh-Although the offices of the the creation of ill-will and hatred bourhood of Dosing, West River, Canton Insurance Office, Ltd., of against her in a great part of the precipitated a crisis in regard to Hong Kong, as reported in this world are "automatically flow from the use had serious consequences if it had the "Commercial Union building consequences that a British ship which might have morning's cables, were buried in of Indian troops in China.". This not been for the staunchness of collapse in Cornhill last week-end, is the charge brought by adverse the British skipper and the timely the work of the Company has not critics of the British Government, arrival of the rivergunboat, materially been interfered with, who lament loudly that Indian HMS. ""Moth." /

Inquiries by a “China Mail” re- troops are sunk to the level ofi The ship concerned was the s.a. presentative this morning elicit mercenaries "for the benefit of Taiming," skippered by Captained the information that the staff British Imperialism." Such criti-Spink, owned by the Kwong Wo of the Canton Insurance Office is brigade from India to China was flying the British flag. The "Tal- at 78, Cornhill, in the offices of the cism of the decision to send a Company Ltd. of Hong Kong, and being temporarily accommodated cited in its various degrees of in-ming is a vessel of about 1,000 Union Society of Canton. tensity in "The Literary Digest" tons.

The Canton Insurance Office (American) of some weeks ago. Al wireless message detailing here have received word from One point made against the Bri-the facts has been despatched to London that it is hoped to recover

Rugby, yesterday. big navy-ites. The maintenance tish Government by the opposi- Hong Kong by the Coramanding all the records from amongst the tionists is that the mere cost of Officer of the "Moth" It appears fallen masonry and that soon work Peace linking Canada and the more valuable than the conclusion The opening of the Bridge of of goodwill with Britain was far the expedition is one the Indian that on arrival at Dosing from will be proceeding as usual. Government is hardly in a posi- Hong Kong on Sunday, the "Tai-

United States across the Niagara of any naval compact. It is worthy of note that the River. is regarded by the British. The newspaper is of the opin- tion to bear. On this matter the ming," which runs between Hong Canton Insurance offices were, in Preas as having taken place very fon that the good-feeling is due Allahabad correspondent of the Kong and Wuchow, was asized any case, only likely to have re- opportunely, so soon after the above all to the discovery that Lahore "Civil and Military by the Chinese authorities on an mained in Cornhill a short while breaking-up of the naval confer-America shares very definite Gazette" writes as follows:-

alleged charge of smuggling salt. longer, as negotiations have been ence at Geneva.

grounds of interest with the Bri- "First of all the whole cost of

completed whereby the London Trumped-Up Charge?

The Daily News" says the tish commonwealth of nations, the dispatch and maintenance

office will be located in the new "Bridge of Peace" is a true an- which has replated the old Em- The master of the "Taiming" Lloyds building in Leadenhall swer to the controversy that has pire. The United States was overseas of Indian troops is a (Capt. Spink) protested to the Street. charge on the British exchequer authorities on the detention of the

been going on for many weeks at socially, and politically more akin In 1908. and Indian revenues pro tanto

the official seat of the League of to these dominions than to any find relief. Then, as the Viceroy ship and as he could get no re-

An accident somewhat similar Peace. The ceremony so happily other countries in the world; has pointed out, in the Chinese dress and no evidence was forth to the one in London took place at consummated yesterday must hence a breach of peace, was not Treaty Ports the lives and pro- coming in connection with the the Company's head office here in serve to recall to the minds of all merely unthinkable but reciprocal perty of Indians, as well as of allegations made, he attempted to Hong Kong in 1908 when, during English speaking communities goodwill and trust was indispen- Europeana, are endangered. In

a typhoon, a chimney stack fell the essential significance of their sable-Reuter's American Ser Shanghai alone Indian trade on the ship from shore by soldiers to the ground floor, smashing its aims. There is more meaning in

Fire was immediately opened from the roof of King's Building common interests and common vice. great value. The British Gov- under a Chinese officer and Capt. way through the offices. It took the simple fact that the far-flung Kiangsi. Aug. 1. ernment have made it clear that Spink decided it would be unsafe a week for the staff to collect all frontier line between Canada and Troops in large numbers have they are not interfering with to proceed, although the ship was the books, papers, etc.

the United States stands absolute- arrived and rumours of coming the development of Chinese na- not in fact hit. Soldiers boarded The London collapse, luckily, battle fill the air. Kuling has

tionalism or with the internal the boat and an altercation on-curred on a Sunday evening, -affairs in China, but they are sued with certain member of the when the offices were empty about 100 foreigners, mostly Ger- mans and Russians. The Chinese bound to take steps to prevent crew. The cook of the "Taiming During working hours a staff of appear to have taken it over but

an invasion by force of the was seized by the soldiers for over 400 is employed." whether this is temporary or per

***The "Morning Post" remarks: rights and property of British telling them that their action was

Cornhill Closed. Anking, yesterday.

"Those who seek peace by limita-

LIFE AND PROPERTY,・・・ - manent remains to be seen.

subjects in China and the In-nothing short of piracy, and he

London, yesterday.

tion of armaments begin at the Regarding the proposal of the News from the interior is dian population of Shanghai, to was put in chains ashore...

Cornhill will probably be closed Nationalist authorities to search varied.

Why the Tanaka Ministry of There are still over a

wrong end. A more hopeful way say nothing of Indian interests

H.M.S. "Moth arrived in the for a month as the result of the is to cultivate friendship and Japan has chosen to send one steamers passing Anking (be-dozen centres scattered over the

neighbourhood shortly after Commercial Union collapse as the goodwill. We have more hope of whole division of Japanese troops Province where foreign mission-

wards and the Commanding Offi- whole of the roadway has been such happy ceremonies as the to Shantung will be made clear by aries, women, as well as men, live!

cer enquired into the facts. He undermined. Numerous workmen meeting on the Peace Brigade, It the following table of the Japau- on. Conditions seem slightly bet-1

found Capt. Spink unwilling to are engaged ensuring the safety was a great occasion and it was ese residents with various enter- ter in most of these centres than:

of the buildings in the vicinity. they were three months ago. In tween Britain and China, remarks leased. one centre the Mission Boys' "The Times of India" (Bombay), "Moth" thereupon endeavoured to Exchange. Reuter.

The Captain of the sidence may threaten the Royal George, as well as Mr. Baldwin

Prince of Wales and Prince Railway: School dispersed for the summer both the British Government and negotiate with the officer in

Tsinan: 1,699 Japanese; Tain- and the local official insisted on the Indian Government owe a charge on shore for the release of

were in a position to meet Gen-an factory of Manchuria Flour eral Dawes and Mr. Kellogg at Mill, capital Y5,750,000; Hsiang- moving his family into the vacant plain duty of protection to their the imprisoned cook but he was building. A delegation of Chinese nationals and their interests, and unsuccessful.

the joint ceremony. The meeting yang Match Co., capital Y500,000; Christian leaders from the Na-"that is all they seek to safe-

is the best possible comment on Chunghuachang (egg powder tional Christian Council has been guard.". This newspaper goes on. In the meantime, the Chinese

Launches Detained.

the breakdown of the confer-manufacturer) capital Y100,000; visiting some of the stations hold-to say:

ence at Geneva. It says better East Asia Egg Powder Factory, WILL OFFICERS ATTEND ing meetings with the local Chris-

authorities attempted to prevent

than any form of words that there Y100,000; Chiyoda Tinnery. "The dispatch of Indian certain A.P.C, launches who were

CONFERENCE? · tians and cheering them.

is no substance in the failure of Changtien: 250 troops was done in strict accord at the port, from leaving, no rea

Japanese; these ill-founded negotiations. branch factory of Suzuki - MH; with the procedure prescribed sons being given. The "Moth"

'THE STUMBLING BLOCK.

We are in a beter position to be Hoshuntal; Halehchang, Cotton by the Assembly itself, and, if intervened, a warning was issued and a search officer is calling to- tionslist Party and used as a night paying for the maintenance of launches left under the protection officers and engineers, it is not yet one or other In a nervous state of Ung Iron Mine, the Luta Kungssu

Regarding the hitch in the China friends since we have agreed to Co. the legislature had insisted on to the authorities and the Navigation Company negotiations part rather than conclude an Lintzu: 17-Japanese.

Tzuchuan: 337 Japanese; Chin the Indian troops sent to China of the gunboat, nors in Hong Kong whether nego- fancied or real insecurity-Bri- (under Sino-Japanese joint man-

for the ending of the strike of arrangement which would leave instead of leaving the Imperial Later in the day, the Command-lations have definitely been broken tish Wireless Service. Government to fulfil its undering Officer of the Math" and off.

agement) with auxiliary enter taking to do so, the effect would

ARTNEReciprocal Goodwill.

prises; Tzuchuan Colliery. better have accorded with Captain Spink lande ashore, The proposals of the Company in Shanghai, yesterday.

New York, yesterday. India's dignity than does leav located the whereabouts of the regard to penalising skippers who

Takunlun: 6 Japanese; Poshan The "New York World," com- Colliery; Tunggang Trading Co. imprisoned cook, cut his chains declined to move ships to other While the most important In South Klangai troops have

ing England to pay the cost of and got him back to the Tal strike (eight officers are said to be tions, deplores the Geneva failure Y60,000. MAR. Chambers of Commerce and com- come over from Kwangtung who

defending Indian Nationals.”

moorings at the outbreak of the menting on Anglo-American rela Hangping Factory, capital mercial organisations in Japan seem anti-Red, and the result has raised by opponents to the expedi- had not been substantiated, the of the Company and strikers. cordiality between the two Ne Japanese Ceramic Co., capital

Retorting to an objection ming without opposition,

As the salt smuggling charge conference between representatives at a time of almost unprecedented Enterprise Co., Y250,000; Bino- mentioned) were made at the third and adds that fortunately it came Poshan: 183 Japanese; Poshan are busy sending resolutions been less anti-Christian activity. tion, namely, that it is question- strongly protesting against the Mission work there goes on, in able whether troops can be spared "Taiming' safled shortly after- suxtaxes and excise duties pro- cities and country, much the from India because the military wards, H.M.S. "Moth remaining been held, but it is not yet known fu effective protection against the Factory Fengsheng Kungssu, A further conference was to have tions which is itself the most Y800,000; Tungho Kungsau Coke mulgated by the Nanking Govern same as usual.

authorities had declared that they in the neighbourhood to guard Hong Kong whether the officers re- ment as effective from Septem- In still another section the needed every single Indian sol- her departure.

presentatives will attend this con ber 1, and the Kuomintang is call-scattered Chinese Christians plan dier, the Calcutta "Englishman"

ference. They have already made ing on the Chinese people to sup- to hold their autumn conference says:

known to the Company their repudi- port the enforcement of tariff as usual. They invite the foreign

ation of any terms which would autonomy, Mr. Yoshizawa left for workers (now in Shanghai) to Nanking this evening and, it is return and attend. In another currently reported, will demand district some Union has sealed up the withdrawal of the luxury the church and the Chinese taxes; otherwise Japan will take Christians meet in a Christian's action. Rauter.

home in a village nearby, Dis- banded soldiers make travel dan- gerous in another part.

SHANTUNG ATTACK,

Shanghai, this morning. General Chiang Kai-shek has. telegraphed to General Feng Yo-hslung ordering him to commence at once the attack on Shantung, Full command on the Hanchowfu front has been handed to Gen. Pak Sung-hi on Chiang's return to Nanking—— "Hong Kong Evening Post.""

tween Hankow and Nanking), HMS. "Cockchafer" has arrived

morrow or Wednesday to arrange

In one of the evacuated mission stations the foreigner's house has been occupied by the local Na-

school. In the same district the a date for the coming into force Chinese evangelist reports visit-

of the searching regulationsing the country villages and mar- British Naval Wireless.

kets and having good sales of scripture portions, and finding the people friendly.

Sples Shot.

Japan's Threat.

EA Shanghai message.published on Saturday last said;

shek troops.

a by no means negligible fac- tor in the problem."

Duty of Protection.

Until a settlement is reached be- saff until the cook had been re- Anxiety is expressed as the sub. happy circumstance that the prises along the Kiaochou-Tainan

·

The answer is an easy and obvious one. Happily India and her frontiers are tranquil at present, while every one hopes that the mission of the Shanghai Defence Force will have terminated peacefully within a few months."

their opponents.

this

SPEEDING

C. N. CO. STRIKE.

include the penalising of the officers AMERICAN COTTON.

In question, and unless anfadica- tion of a change of attitude by the Company is given, it is thought that SUMMONSES AND FINES THIS the fourth conference may not be

Theld.

MORNING

YIELD BELOW GENERAL EXPECTATIONS.

WILD BUYING.

New York, Yesterdayy

capital Y100,000; Horiuchi Hung ping Factory, capital Y20,000.

Chingchow: 88 Japanese; Suzuki Filature; Yisheng Kung. 880, capital Y5,000,000. Chunglo: 1 Japanese. Weihsien: 80 Japanese; Nati hein Yanghang.

Fangtze: 887. Japanese; Fang- tze Colliery; Mihsing Tobacco Co., No Settlement Yet.

Shanghai, Yesterday.

capital Y1,000,000 Chungyu Kungasu, capital Y85,000; Azuma Mr. Schmidt was fined $20 for The conference between the Chins

Navigation Co. officials and the Wild buying followed the pub- Colllery, capital Y600,000; Fang- greatest secrecy, but, it is believed ton crop report showing a yield 000; Shantung Leaf Tobacco Co., strikers is being carried on with the lications of the Government cotta Colllery Co., capital Y8,000,- that a settlement is as far off as of about a million bales below Shantung Industrial Co.; the Nan- over-Beuterscooter

general expectations. The price hein Kungssu Chungkuo Leaf rose 200 points above the morn Tobacco Co.; Oriental Leaf Tohac- ing's low figure,

driving motor car No. 2855 at a speed of between 20 and 22 miles per hour in a control area from

Road up to the Junction of Arbuthnot Road. The defendant was eventually stopped by a policeman near Government

Mr. Yoshizawa, the Japanese There has been a little fighting Minister at Peking, interviewed, in North-East Kiangsi, with much sald "if the Nanking Government resultant fear. Some spies were enforces tariff autonomy on Sep shot. It le not clear who the victories and crushing defeats of the Police Quarters in Calne tember 1, Japan will have to detors were though it seems prob visa adequate counter measures, able they were pro-Chiang Kal. but I cannot positively state in what form Japan will disapprove of the action of the Nationalist, Government The Japanese Gov- ernment is adopting a policy of co-operating as far as possible with other powers."]

WAR RUMOURS. Discredited in Shanghai

The China Courier" morning chronicles the recapture of Lincheng, 10 miles north of Heuchowfu, by the 7th National- ist Army, the Northerners

Mr. Taquet was charged with a fering heavy casualties,

similar offence in the same con being taken prisoner v

the trol area, the speed at which he "North China Daily News' from travelled was said to be 20 miles According to authentic" re Peking: announces that the Japan's New Policy.ports the war in Shantung con- Ankuochun claim that

hour Defendant said he Supp Japan's new policy for Man- tinues vigorously, On paper both Chuan ang has crashingly de- did

he was guilty, but he churia and Mongolia is drawing the Shantung and Chiang Kal feated a Chia

time Kai-ahek army

Impos

Shanghal, Yesterday

Powers focalised attention. Ishak parties are reporting vic

main featurea of the new

policy are:— — (1). In the spirit of the Open Door and Equal Opportunity, any ** country, is invited to a joint,

exploitation of Manchuria Band Mongolia,~~

DOLLARI

after five day Bthird of the Sup

were ca ace to Heuche

was remov

TYPHOON MOVES,

WEATHER FORECAST.

VSEKAKAAWild Scenes,

The Indicated yield of 18,500; Dov: 000 bales was the lowest since The typhoon is about 150 miles the 1923/24 crop and 4,600,000 East of Shanghel, moving North; bales less than the record crop of

reasure is still highest in the 18,000,000 of last year.

ncement urhood of the Bonins, The ans

ved the biggest -weste

moderate,

la the brokers had ext

until

offe

Hamatun:8apanese. Kaomi 1 Japanese Tsangkour 1,041 Japanese. Sufang 829 Japanese Taitungchen: 469 Japanese Tsingtao: 10,947 Japanese; Naigal Cotton Mill (Y16,000,000) Dal Nippon Spinning Mill (Y517 (000) Nisshin Spinning Mill 1000); Fuji Spinning Mill

00) Kanegafuchi Spin Y10,000,000) Naga

,000)

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