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No. 25,682 HONG KONG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1927.

Fengtien Reverse Reported 'at Kalgan.

SHANSI OFFENSIVE.

Long Drawn Out Conflict Is Expected.

WHAT IS HAPPENING ON YANGTSZE.

Fengtien reinforcements are pouring out in trainloads from Peking towards that part of the Great Wall of China where the latest war has broken out. That the campaign will be on a large scale is indicated, but a very significant report is that the Fengtien forces are withdrawing towards Peking. Latest developments along the Yangtze River are described below.

DANGER TO PEKING?

Peking. Yesterday.

It is reliably reported that the Fengtien forces have evacuated Kalgan and are -withdrawing to- wards Nankow Pass-Reuter.

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COLONIAL

ADVISER. TO OPPOSE NANKING

New Post Created At Home.

SIR GEORGE SCHUSTER.

To Advise Government On Economic Developments.

London, Yesterday.

Canton's Two Main Planks.

NO COMMUNISM.

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

CUSTOMS DUTIES.

America and Britain Make Stand."

N. LAZARUS

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

Registered Optometrist (Canada).

LAND PESTS.

Ravages of, Noxious Plants.

Details Of New "Kwang” Combined

WHAT THEY WILL PAY

China's Right To Levy Certain Surtaxes.

A FIGHTING FORCE.

Australia Lost An Acre a' Minunte Last Year.

Regime.

Having set up their own: ma-

Shanghai, Yesterday, It is understood that Washing- The Secretary for the Colonies chinery for the political, military has decided to establish pro-and Party administration, the ton has instructed the American visionally the appointment of an leaders of Kwangtu and Consuls in China in future to re economic financial adviser on Kwangsi provinces have taken fuse to pay Customs duties in questions involving economic de- another step forwards in estab-China other than fixed by Treaty velopment and financial problems lishing a government in Canton of Colonies, Protectorates and that will be autonomous: ineffect other territories, and has selected if allied in name to other fac Sir George Schuster, who is short-tions.

ly terminating his appointment as Two main "planks" are out- Financial Secretary to the Govern-lined in a manifesto by the "Iron-"

ment of the Sudan.

sides," the Cantonese troops under

It is understood the duties will General Chang Fah-hui, who has not occupy Sir Schuster's whole. time. He may be at liberty to undertake private work, and will'

one side and Shanai province on continue to act as consultant to

the Sudan Government on mat-1 the other.

ters of financial policy. Reuter.

un enen'y

of

Marshal Feng Yu-haiang, the "Christian general" has not been Both Kalgan and Nankow Pass reported as mobilising. His pro-.

vince of Honan adjoins Shansi hai and was then are to the north-west of Peking.

Kalgan is over 100 miles away and Chihli and he is a bitter op Fengtien. After being defeated but Nankow Pass is less than 50 ponent of Fengtien. If he joins hy the Nationalists, he came to miles from Peking, both on the the war at all, he will be on the terms with Fengtien and fought side of Shansi, against Peking. his way back to the Yangtze Peking-Suiyuan Railway,

This Railway, along which j Naukow Pass recalls to memory where a premature attempt to re-l the trouble has occurred, the time. in August, 1926, cross has incurred another sel-

with

when gunfire was heard in Peking. back.] the

connects

Peking

General Yen

Hai-shan, the "model governor" of Shansi, em- broiled in war with Peking.

Approach to Peking. ·

Then the Fengtion armies, working in harmony with Marshal Wu Fei-fu who is now sojourning in far-off Szechuan, were pushing the "Christian general" out of the territory around Peking.

NATIONALIST SPLIT,

Mediation Between Nanking & Wu-Han.

Nanking. Yesterday. The British Consulate here The "Christian general" made has been occupied by Nationalist his stand at Nankow Pass which troops. was ultimately taken by Feng- An attempt is to be made to re- tien. Nankow Pass dominates concile the Wu-Han and Nanking the approach to Peking from the factions of the Nationalist Party General Chu Pei-teh is going up From Nankow Pass, the "Chris- river to Kiukiang, as inter- tian general" fought a rearguard mediary, to settle the differences, action till he went outside the British Naval Wireless. Great Wall, where the Fengtien armies gave up the pursuit.

north-west.

The Buffer State.

General Chang Fah-hal, the young leader of the Cantonese "Iron- sides."

Britain has acted similarly. The duties are:-

HOME POLITICS.

Parties Hold Annual Conferences.

THE NEXT ELECTION.

Conservatives And Labourites To Outline Programmes.

London, Yesterday.

London, Yesterday. The Imperial, Agriculture Re- At the beginning of the fourth search Conference, the first of its year of the Government's life, kind, opens in London to-mor- which is traditionally reputed to row. Some 170 delegates from be a critical period, political in- all parts of the British Empire terest in the forthcoming week is will be present and the confer- divided between Cardiff and

ence will last a month, which Blackpool, the respective venues time will be occupied with big of the Conservative and Labour .5 per cent, ad valorem,

plus 21% per cent. tentatively programme of discussions of com- parties annual conferences.

In both cases the agenda has agreed to at the Washington mittee work and visits to numer-

framed ous research stations in the been

with Conference,

an eye country.

to the next elections. Apart plus 2 per cent, on

the One of the most important sub-from

question of per- luxuries,

jects on the agenda is that of sonality :-of Mr. Baldwin, -Reuter.

animal and plant pests. The Con-which is likely to arise in a [Note: The first is the usual ference will have before it recent vei.ed form, the Conservative Customs duty on imports. The others are known as surtaxes, in efforts to combat these.

developments of applied science gathering will devote the bulk of In its attention to the Lords re- usually collected by "surtax com- an article on this subject in the form and the extension of missioners."

According to the Evening Standard" Mr. Julian women's suffrage to both houses, cable, America and Britain are Huxley, Professor of Zoology at of

which the Government accepting China's claim to levy King's College, London, points is pledged, notwithstanding mur- the surtaxes imposed last year,

Conference in China.

The above duties should not be confused with the surtax which

the Nationalists proposed to have

which were recommended at the out that noxious insects like the murs of discontent among the |cotton"boll weevil or gipsy moth) rank and file. In contrast with. Washington Conference and sub- sequently discussed at the Tariff inflict damage in the British Em- this programme the Labourites pire to the amount of tens of mil- are expected to generate warmth ilons in a few months,

on the subject of the disaffiliation Noxious Plants.

of the Communists, whereanent There are noxious plants like Mr. Roberts, M.P., in a presiden- the prickly pear, which last year tial speech at Blackpool to-day put into force from September 1 was robbing Australia' of an acre uttered unmistakable. sentiments of land every minute, or like the in declaring that the movement blackberry in New Zealand, which stands foursquare for broadly in its new environment has form- based, comprehensive and con- ed "impenetrable jungles over structive policies against disrup- hundreds of square miles of what tive and discordant influences.

The principal resolution on the was once fine dairying land.

Luckily these insects and these agenda relates to a scheme of sur- weeds have also their own parti- tax on unearned incomes over cular insect enemies and many of £500 with which it is intended to these latter attack nothing but replace the capital levy.-Reuter.

last but which was postponed "until the party becomes more organised."]

MR. A. R. CAVALIER. The last mail brought news from Home that Mr. A. R. Cavalier, formerly Inspector of Chinese Schools under the Hong Kong Government has been offer- returned from service in central ed by the Colonial Office in Lan- orie animal-or plant. China. They are (1) to oppose don the post of Chief Inspector of the auspices of the Empire Mr. Huxley reveals that under Communism and (2) to oppose Chinese Schools in the Straits Marketing Board a "parasite the new Nanking Government Settlement and Federated Malay zoological garden" has been estab- the ground of its formation being States.

contrary to the Party methods. General Chu Pei-teh is a sup- The New Regime. porter of the new Nationalist Civil matters will be Government at Nanking. Previ- the hands of nominees Jously, he sided with Wu-Han

The "Christian general" then against the domination of Chiang took a roundabout route and Kai-shek.

found a resting place in Kansu After Chiang Kai-shek's re- udith of Shansi province, twist-province, in the north-west corner signation, General Chu Pei-teh ing in and out of the Great Wall.

of China Proper. From Kansu, went down the Yangtaze to attend Kalgan is on the outer Great he came out and took Shensi pro-the peace conference. Wall and Nankow Pass at the in-vince. Then he took the north- Meanwhile, other Wu-Han ner Great Wall. The purport of centre of Honan as well.

armies had been steadily en-

the above cable is that the Feng- It is interesting to note that croaching on Nanking's territory.

tien forces around Kalgan have met with reverses, hence the necessity to fall back closer to

Peking.

80,000 Men in the Field.

Peking, Yesterday.

A semi-official message says:

On Saturday Shansi troops launched an offensive against the Fengtien force at Chaikow- pu and yesterday (Sunday) the Shansi troops were defeated and forced to retire 60 li (18 miles) westwards..

General Shang Chen is now personally in command in the field moving up troops to Yang- kao, while the Fengtien troops north of the Great Wall in

Shansi territory are fighting at Fengchen.

Big troop movements towards Kalgan indicate the seriousness Five of Tengtlen's intentions. trains carrying one brigade of Kirin soldiers left Peking for Kalgan yesterday and another brigade is following shortly. It is stated that at present there are 80,000 Fengtien troops in the Kalgan area.

Plot to Cut Railway. Yesterday

when the "Christian general"

Peace Conference. was being pushed out through Nankow Pass, Chiang Kai-shek part in the siege of Canton city in Chu Pei-teh took a prominent was approaching Hankow. Wu- Pei-fu preferred to remain north 1926, by which the Nationalists established supremacy. His fol- attending to the campaign

in the expedition against the "Christian general" lowing was while his lieutenants were clam-against the North from its very beginning but has done little of note after reaching Kiangai.

a Shansi plain. clothes man attempted to destroy the Peking-Suiyuan Railway at Suanhwa but the attempt was] - foiled. Reuter.

General Chu Pei-teh (6th Nationalist Army) who is to be peacemaker.

ouring for his return to Hankow.

[Note: Chafkowpu is beyond His absence led to there being no Kalgan. Here the pro-Shansi central command until too late, tutung, Shang Chen, attacked Yu when the Nationalists had al- Chen, the pro-Fengtlen tutung of ready taken the keys to Wu-Han. Charhar.

It will be seen that the "semi- official" message says that Feng- tlen troops are still fighting in Shansi territory-as against the report of withdrawing to Nankow Раба

THE ULTIMATUM.

Sun Chuan-fang With Peking.

Peking, Yesterday. The name of Marshal Sun

FENGTIEN SET-BACK.

Chang Rushing Up Reinforcements.

in other link severed with Chiang of Kai-shek who was the first prin- cipal. Evidently, LI Chai-sum is to run the Academy on his own lines.

Official Changes. General Chui King-tong is re- ported to have come down to Hong Kong, en route to Japan, where

ished in this country from which duly tested and warranted para- sites may be shipped to all quar- ters of the Empire to help des troy animal and plant pesta.- British Wireless Service.

ATLANTIC 'PHONE.

AND CANADA.

MASTER CAUTIONED.

PASSENGERS OR JUST PIG

COOLIES?

SIGNING ON DIFFICULTY,

A 'case of considerable interest to masters concerned in the pig shipping trade was concluded be- fore the Harbour. Master, Lt.- Comdr. G. F. Hole, R.N., at the Marine Court this morning when the adjourned case was heard of the charge against Capt. C. H. he will attend the autumn SERVICE BETWEEN BRITAIN Spland (8.8. "Devawongse") of arriving In Hong Kong from manœuvres of Shanghai, To-day.

the Japanese

Kwongchowan on the 25th.... ult. The Nanking military council Army, as the representative of

with more than twelve passengers London, Yesterday. announces that the Shansi-ites General Li Chai-sum. Chui King- Chengtingfu attacked the Fengtien outposts at tong has just handed over the

The telephone service between on board, having failed to comply on the Peking-provincial military

bureau to Great Britain and Canada was with the provisions of the local Ordinance regarding the carrying inaugurated this afternoon by a Hankow railway on the after-Chang Fah-hui,

of passengers. noon of October 1. Severe fight-

At the first hearing the defence From Nanking, it is learned conversation between Mr. Bald- lug ensued resulting in the Feng- that Mr. Sun Fo, Finance Minis win and Mr. Mackenzie King, the raised by Mr. G. S. Hugh-Jones, tien troops falling back to Ting-

Canadian Pre-for the master of the "Devawongae" chow, 40 milles to the north. ter in the new Nationalist Govern- British and

Some difficulty

WEB was that the "passengers" were The Military Council statesment, has made a number of ap-miers.

at the out pig coolles whom it was necessary that the Shansi forces total 15 in-pointments. One of the nominees experienced fantry and 10 cavalry divisions is Mr. Foo Ping-sheung, one time set but after a few minutes the to carry to look after the livestock. (170,000 men).

On the case being resumed this Shanghai, Yesterday.

Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Premiers were able to converse

morning, the Harbour Master ask- General Ho Chien (35th Na-

Yen Hai-ahan plans to attack in Canton and the first man to with comparative ease. ** Peking from the north via Kalgan graduate with first class honours

The conversation included the ed Mr. Hugh Jones if he wished to tionalist Army) has left Anhui and the Nankow Pass. Chang as a B.Sc. of Hong Kong Univer province, going up-river to Han-Tso-lin is rushing up all possible sity. kow where he will confer with reinforcements from Manchuria. General Tang Seng-chi (comman- There are many rumours as to der-in-chief of the Wu-Han friction between Chang Tao-lin armies) in connection with the and his generals-Reuter. advance down-river of the Wu- Han forces towards Nanking territory.

Still on March.

Two

SWATOW QUIET,

Genegarl Wong Shin-hung Now

Signing on Dificulty. His Worship then stated that he

following statement by Mr. Bald-carry on the defence. win: "I am very interested in Mr. Hugh Jones replied, that he having an opportunity of opening left the matter to His Worship. this new telephone, service be tween Great Britain and Canada by conversation with you and am found the master guilty. In this

case he had been into the matter. apecially glad it comes so soon fairly closely and he realised that in Charge.

after my visit to Canada and our the master had a certain amount both General Li Chai-sum

talks together there. This de-of trouble at the other end of his General Liu Hsing

the (86th (cominander-in-chief) and

Swatow, Yesterday, General Wong Shiu-hung has velopment will add another to the run in getting these pig people Army) has appointed one of hie Ironsides.

or three of subordinates as Defence Commis-the politicians have connections entered Swatow at the head of many happy recollections of a signed on. There was no ma- sioner of Wuhu. The last vestige with the Wu-Han regime when several hundreds of Cantonese memorable year. I am sure the chinery down there for doing so service of which this is the be- and he realised that these plg of Nanking control at Wuhu has Communism was rampant at Han-troops.

There is no trouble and the ginning will prove of far reach-keepers were essential to the well- thus disappeared. "Kung kow. There is still evidence of a Sheung Yat Po."

leaning towards the Wu-Han situation remains quiet-British ing utility and am confident it being of the ship particularly when will receive a warm welcome in pigs were being carried in large Naval Wireless. Generals Ho Chien and Liu faction of the Nationalists.

both our countries, 'binding us if numbers. Of the three A war council, embracing gen-

pro-Canton

If there were machinery at the Hsing are leading Wu-Han's ad-

erals of both the Kwang pro- columns forming the expedition to possible nearer together."-Bri-

other end, commented His Worship, vance on Nanking.

he would require that these pig vinces, will sit at Canton. This relleve Swatow from the Com-tish Wireless Service.

and cattle keepers should be sign. body will have the most influence muniat army's occupation, the left UP. THE YANGTSZE.

in the coalition.

had the greatest distance to tra-

ed on as part of the crew. In de- Reforms are to be made in vel.

fault of that machinery he realised Strike Against British Paper at the Kuomintang organisation.

Hankow.

Hankow, Yesterday.

As

Sir

LONDON MAYORAL

TOURISTS.

London, Yesterday,

The left wing was commanded VISIT TO MUSSOLINI. that the master of a ship was in a by General Wong Shiu-hung who,

very difficult position and he would Campaign Against Pirates.

advise the master in such a case General Chang Fah-hui, as the apparently, is the first of the

in the future that if this machinery new commissioner of the provin- Canton generals to arriva.. -

was not available he should. sign The "Central China Post" has cial military bureau, has stated

Ally of Canton.

them on himself. He wanld then Ruspended publication owing to a that a good deal of attention will He dominates the administra- strike of employees.--Reuter.

Rowland Blades, Lord be able to prove that he had done be devoted towards stamping out tion of Kwangsi province. [Note: The paper is British- pirates and bandita. His lieutena firm ally of General Li Chai- Mayor of London who is paying his best within the circumstances owned. Publication was suspendant, the new Felice Commissioner, sum, the commander-in-chief at an official visit to Rome this morn-to comply with the regulations.

Taking into consideration the ed for some considerable time has made pronouncement Canton, he has taken an, active ing, laid wreaths on the Royal early this year during the crisis against robbers and "reactionary" part in the campaign against the tombs at the Pantheon and on the very difficult position in which the master had been placed in this in Hankow.)

| agitators, a

Communist invaders. Only a few Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

case he would, although convicting, Italian Ships Pirated.

The Lord Mayor and his party merely caution him. A brigade of Ironsides, on weeks ago, he left Canton for the rule of Marshal Chang Tac-lin, Chuan-fang is among those of the

Chungkiang, Yesterday, reaching Sheklung for garrison North River, joined his troops afterwards went in municipal Boarding as passengers, pirates duty, received a warm welcome and then marched all the way motor cars to see important ex-

FINE WEATHER. Ankuochun (Fangtien Party and Suanhwa is between Kalgan and allies) Icaders issuing the circular effected a coup on two Italian up-from the people. Shekhung is at eastwards along the northern cavations at Ostia, the ancient

7port of Rome.

North-east winds, moderate; denouncing General Yen Hsi-river steamboata going from the junction of the Canton-Kow-frontier of Kwangtung.

Ichang to Kweifu.

loon Railway (Chinese section): When news came through of This afternoon Sir Bowland ahan, the governor of Shansi pro-

had to pay

Ithe Communist victory at and Lady Blades, their daughters fine, is the official weather fore vince-Heuter.

On the It is reported that General Li Swatow, he wheeled down on Mul- and the Sheriffs of Londen with cast until noon to-morrow [Note: Marshal Sun Chuan-fang $1,000 to the pirates. is, of course, the Northern general other ship, some of the passen-Chai-sum proposes to continue yuen, whence he followed the Han their wives were received by Pressure is highest over south who has been opposing the Na-gers lost their property.ne with the Military Cadets Academy River down to attack the Com- Signor Musselini at the Villa Japan, and relatively low in the tionalists along the lower course There is no more street pro at Whampoa. Last week it was munists at Chao-chow. From Torlonia, the Premierummer Pacific to the east of the Visays, So far hostilities have been of the Yangtare. He once ruled paganda here-British Naval stated that an order for closure Chao-chow, he has now come residence British Wirelest Bar-The depression has moved to the confined to the Fengtien Party on the five provinces around Shang- | Wireless.

had been issued, this being an- down to Swatow.

Kirin is one of the three pro- vinces of Manchuria, under the

head of the Fengtien Party.

Nankow Pass.]

NANKOW PASS.

Memories of Campaign Two

g. Years. Ago..

vice.

north of Hokkaido.