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THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD. Telephone Central 1246 or 1247.

83, Wong Nei Chung Road, Happy Valley,

ESTABLISHED

1948

No. 25,703 HONG KONG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1927.

THREE WARS.

FIGHTING ON EAST & WEST. MYSTERY OF SHANTUNG.

WAGING- A BATTLE ON COMMUNIQUES AND MANIFESTOES. A HALF-HEARTED ENCOUNTER.

NEW NANKING CLAIM.

so that the fighting(or what there is of it) is between armies in the east and in the west.

WALKS OUT.

WILL THEY FIGHT?

Mr. F. C. Jenkin's Action | Canton Move Against

At Magistracy.

A FORGERY CHARGE.

Barrister Has No Evidence Against Compradore.

had been

Hankow.

WANG CHING-WEI.

What Will Be His Mission In

Canto

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month,

THE STAGE SET.

To-morrow Night's Fights.

IS NIXON ŚLOW?

Manager Brook Tells Of New Talent Coming.

(By "The Tramp."}

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

Registered Optometrist (Canada).

BREAKING UP.

10th Field Ambulance Dinner.

A HAPPY FUNCTION.

- Officers, Men And Friends Spend Pleasant Evening,

THE TOTALISATOR.

Likely Adoption on Home Courses.

JOCKEY CLUB INQUIRY.

Great Opposition Expected From The Bookmakers.

London, Yesterday.

2.

The 10th Field Ambulance unit Fung Hi-ting the assistant com-While some of the units ordered

Mr. J. Brook, of course, was at of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Recommendations which were pradore of the Netherlands India to mobilise against Haekow have Bank who was charged with the actually moved out of Canton to the annual meeting of the Hong at present quartered in the old adopted by the Jockey Club com- a cheque for $50,000 wards the concentration point, Kong Boxing Association laat Diocesan Boys' School, Bonham mittee after evidence of stewards forgery of

the Yokohama Specie other, detachments continue to night, and he was able to give me Road, is being disbanded early and officials from India, New drawn on Bank was again before Mr. R. E. reach the city from provincial dis- some interesting tit-bits regard- next month when 37 of the reser-Zealand and South Africa provide ing fistic activities so far as the vista, including Pte. Anstis, that an alteration in the existing law Lindsell at the Central Magletracy tricts.

Well informed circles adhere to Colony is concerned.

fine artiste of City Hall concerts to permit the totalisator or pari- this morning, when Mr. F. C. Jen

The stage is set, he says, for fame, will proceed Home by the mutuel being installed on ap- Three campaigns are being waged in China to-day and in each kin who appeared, for the prosecu- the opinion that the highest Can-

The programme civilian life, on November 17, the Jockey Club and National case the opposing hides are in almost the same parallels of latitude, tion told his Worship that he had ton officials are still against the Saturday's tournament at the s.s. "Somersetshire," to return to proved racecourses controlled by

no evidence to offer against the ac-entanglement by war with one Theatre Royal.

faction or alliance with another. stands as already announced. whilst 12 other members of the Hunt Committee. cused.

The multitudinous troop move- Much interest is being taken in unit will sail on the same trans- The "Evening Standard" under- The Magistrate inquired if the

aworn ments being carried out at pre- the top-liner, the "go" between port on transfer for duty at stands a bill legalising the total

The balance of the isator is ready and assured of Information against the accused on insufficient sent is believed to be due, rather, Stoker Percy Lake and Pte. Nixon, Shanghai.

Nixon has not been seen in the Hong Kong, and will be merged strong opposition anticipated grounds, and Mr. Jenkin said that to changes brought about by chiefly by reason of the fact that men of the unit will remain in strong support, but in view of the "Papersides Activities. local ring. "Josh" says, however, with the personnel of the Bowen from bookmakers, it is likely to be he was not in a position to inform politico-domestic necessity.

One result of this decision to that Nixon is "the goods" and Road Military Hospital, and the a race against time if it is to be "Great Cruelty."

shift garrisons about is that the comes from the famous Strand General Hospital at Kowloon. passed before the Budget.

In connection with the dis- Mr. Churchill is keenly inter- Mr. M. K. Ko, who appeared for 5th Army under General Li Fook- school where old Jack Hare, the the accused, said that in view of lum (also known as the "Paper- "Globe Trotter" (I last saw him bandment of the unit, a farewell eated in the subject.

may have to give up boxing in Archangel in 1919), and dinner and concert was held in the The Jockey Club has also de- the fact that the accused had been (sides")

are associated. old Diocesan Boys' School last cided to charge bookmakers at the victim of great cruelty In that tenancy. of Honam which it has Freddie Dyer

Dixon, I was told, is a Blackfriars night, when a very enjoyable racecourses fees on a graduated he had to go through the ordeal of held so long.

Units of the 5th Army have Ring attraction, and that is say- facing such a terrible charge, it

enthusiastic gathering which in- was only due to the accused that crossed the Pearl River to Canton ing something. It was also put evening was spent by a large and scale.-Reuter.

The Jockey Club has officially he (Mr. Lo) should give his Wor-and embarked by train for Shiu- to me that he is not so slow as has cluded all the officers, N.C.O.'s and

Lake. Anyway, we shall see all guests. about this to-morrow.

By a coincidence the party trying to advance in each war is on the east, the offensive being directed against the west. Either by accident or design, the spheres of hostilities are-literally and not geographically--one on top of the other, as though a corridor, had been carved out between two meridians for the armies to clash in.

ANKING CAPTURED.

the Magistrate on that point.

Later.

The Ministry of Military Affairs ship a short outline of the accuakwan, the base of the proposed ex-been made out, compared with other ranks of the unit and a few approved the totalisator-Reuter..

ed's career.

The accused, Mr. Lo said, had trusted assistant of the been a

The first war-by which is the Fengtien troops are entering meant the one longest in exist-to disarm them. crice is in about Lat. 38 North, where the Fengtien Party (east) announces that Fengtien troops is trying to drive back the Shan-have captured Chaikowpu where si army (west).

the first shots of the present Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank for before 1893 and What might be called a branch war were fired.-Reuter. sector of this campaign is a little [Note: Chochow is on the Fek.seven years even

good many further north, in Lat. 40 North, ing-Hankow Railway, 40 miles had been in honourable employment where the Fengtien Party is also south-west of Peking. Chalkowin the Colony for a

the accused's trying to advance (by way of pu is on the Peking-Suiyuan cherished possessions was a photo Kalgan) against Shansi province. Railway, west of Kaigan.]

Incidental to this struggle be- tween Fengtien and Shansi, a war of communiques and manifestoes la being conducted half-heartedly in Lat. 35 North, along the Lung- Hai. Rallway which intersects the Peking-Hankow Railway south of the Yellow River.

108 MILES GAIN..

Nanking's Advance Against Hankow.

years.

Amongst

graph in which he appeared with the then manager of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. It was taken at a tifin party and showed that as far back as 1893 the accus- ed had been looked upon as a trust- ed employee.

His Career.

Renders are reminded that Saturday's "China Mall" will contain the usual special fea- tures, including:

"A Hong Kong Diary," with illustrationa

"LI

"The Yangtaze (Nanking Hankow) War," by Chung-yin."

Sporting Cartoon, by Mr. Stan Hill,

!"

"Is Thist077 ""Ther Mailman's" Hightsome and good-humoured, commentary on people and things.

The Dinner. Coming Talent.

Altogether about 150 sat down) Jim Cartlidge, went on Mr. to dinner in the main hall of the Brook, is not coming back, having unit's quarters, which was very been posted to H.M.S. "Empress tastefully decorated for the occa-

TRIBAL OUTRAGE:

OF CAPTIVES.

Casablanca, Yesterday. The Pasha of the Benimeltal

of India" of the Atlantic Fleet, sion with bunting, paper hang- NEGOTIATIONS FOR RELEASE after a period at Depot, during ings, flags and pot palms. which he acted as instructor. Wel Weston's "Antidotea," an shall not lack experienced boxers, orchestra

amateur of local however, for A.B. Bennet. is musicians, occupied a platform people has returned to his base amongst those who are returning. erected in one end of the hall and after establishing a system com- Last season, it may be remember played some lively and popular munication with the French cap- ed, he put up a fine acrap against jazz pieces during dinner, and the tives by means of native runners the late Stoker Morris and was gathering joined in with a will and has also arranged to prevent winning well on points when and sang the choruses of the too many participating in the nego Morris Enocked him out.

tiations. At better known tunes.

The tribe of Alkaimiousaid has the welter limit' Bennett is pre-

Amongst those seated at the pared to meet anyone.

principal table were Major J. La allowed the passage of the pri- H.M.S. "Berwick," which

F. Lauder, D.S.O., M.C., acting Boner through their territory on leaves for this Station on Novem- Officer Commanding the 10th condition it is extrusted with

negotiations-Reuter. ber 1, has in its personnel A.B. Field Ambulance, Major Lynch, [Earlier cables announced that Mudge, featherweight champion Senior Medical Officer, South four French subjects, two

The third campaign is along the Yangtze River, between the Nanking, and Hankow Govern- Proceeding, Mr. Lo said that in Poignant Illustration.

ments, both of which claim to be 1893 the accused went to Kobe and Here the Santung army (which full-blooded Nationalist.

entered the employ of Messrs. co-operates with Fengtien if not

Hostilities in this zone, about Fraser and Company, who actually taking orders from Fek- Lat. 81. North, are being conduct then agents of the C.P.R... and a

pedition against Hunan province, of the Navy and Marines, and China, Major Robertson, Lieut. and two men, had been captured ing) is being boosted as marchinged by Nanking armies, westwards, bank, remaining with that

up the Yangtze against territory until 1905, when he took a post, as which is part of General Tang AB. Crichton, welterweight and Q.M. Whiting, Q.M.S. Bam- by bandits in Morocco and pre-

Without champion of Devonport and run- ford and Sergt. Major Reece, all sumably held for ransom.] Chinese agent of the Asiatic Steam-Beng-chi's domains.

from the east, which is the army

of Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang who held by Hankow.

is best known as the "Christian general."

That the situation is absolutely in mystery can best be illustrated by the following:-

Supposing the City Hall were at war with Happy Valley. The City Hall army claims to have advanc- ed down to the Monument; and the Happy Valley army claims to have marched along the same road and reached the muin gate of the Naval Yard.

NOT LIKELY.

Shantung and Kuominchun

Battles.

were

TO-DAY'S JUDGMENT.

2

guests: Rev. Upidell, Mr. Mur-

ray, of the Government Civil

women

Hospital, Mr. James and Mr. New and Corpl. Cox pleased immensely ton, managers of the Navy, Army with his selected songs "Moun and Air Force Institute, and Staff tain. Lovers" and "O. Solo Mio." Later he again obliged with "The Sergt. Guinan, R.E.

""The Doings.",

Nightingale" and "Rock-a-bye The following were "The Blues." Sergt. Cooper contributed Doings" set before the dinersan a couple of well played pianoforte.

and Pte. Jones sang a song. excellent repast which was done solos, which were greatly enjoyed,

Ox Tail Soup & Sherry. Grilled Garroupa & Parsley Sauce. Roast Chicken & Ham. Roast Leg of Lamb & Mint Sauce.

The "corridor" referred to in ship Company. In 1905 the Kobe cavil, it can be said that these ner-up in the welterweight cham- of the R.A.M.C., and the following

114 and 118 East. the introduction is between Long. office of this company was closed men are only fitted for police pionships for the Navy and

and the ships were handled by the work in the rear of an army and Marines. Significant Capture.

Pacific Mail S.S. Company, and the raids on bandits. It has just been A claim has been made that accused transferred his services to announced that nine notorious KOWLOON BUS CASE.

bandits have been shot by the 5th Nanking has captured Anking the new company in the same capa from the Hankow men.

Army.

CAR DRIVER TO BLAME FOR elty. In 1915 the Pacific Mail wont

Bent on War?

ACCIDENT. Anking is 163 miles above Nan-out of business and the accused was king and Hankow is 231 miles for a while without employment, who seems bent on gaining laurels There is one general, however, further up.

but It reopened in 1916 and he which fell thick on a colleague The capture of Anking is signi- again joined them. ficant in that It lies on the north

now in Nanking. This is Wong His Honour Mr. Justice Wood

Then Ptes. Anstis and Thraves bank of the River, indicating that Hong Kong, and as he was then ported to have called a council of Court this morning in the case in

In 1917 the accused came back to Shiu-hung of Kwangsi, who is regave judgment In the Summary full justice to by all:-

took the "boards" amid enthusias- the Nanking army has crossed from the south bank. It is the an aging man, Mr. Lo believed the war with his division and brigade which the Kowloon Motor Bus

tic applause. They received a accused was over 60 years of age, commanders at Wuchow, .. Company. sued Mr. Henry Leung,

"big hand" for their duet, "Don't capital of Anhui province.

and knowing that he was a trust- An Impression is gained that assistant compradore of Jardine.

talk about your sweetie" and then The first shots in this war be worthy man, his friends decided to General Wong Shiu-hung will, in Matheson and Co. Ltd., for $710

"dished out" the gathering's fa- tween the Nationalists were fired

vourite song, "Bye, bye, Blue near Wuhu which is only 55 miles and him a position which, while a person, lead an expedition to his damages sustained as a result of

bird," which caught on like a Our experience of previous sup above Nanking.

responsible 'one, did not entall own frontier to await co-operation an accident on the Castle Peak

forest fire and soon 150 throats strenuous work on his part. porting campaigns by General

from Kwangtung, prior to march-Road which they alleged was due From Wuhu to Anking is 108

were lustily telling the world: Chang Tsung-chang of Shantung miles.

He was accordingly appointed na ing north as did General Li Tsung-to the negligent driving of the de

"No one here can love and under- (writes a political correspondent)

accountant of the Kwong Yee firm jen last year.

Almond Pudding. Hie Honour had previously with- Not By Victories.

New and Old. is that his efforts are inevitably

held judgment with a view, to con- This distance represents the which was owned by the brother of

stories they all hand me!" These half-hearted and tinged with extent of Nanking's gains so fer, partner of the Ming Fat Hong The 4th Army, which is com-sidering the bearing on the case of Apples, Bananas, Nuts & Oranges, stand me. Oh! what hard-luck.

Coffee or Tea.

same artistes also contributed solo gains not so much by victories, which figured in the case before the manded by General Li Chat-sum the evidence of Inspector Mason

Kraft Cheese..

turns, Pte. Anstis nearly bringing With Shansi not yet accounted but because the Hankow troops Court. He stayed with them from of Canton, is to be under two that in his opinion the type of bus

The Toasts.

the house down with a monologue for, it is difficult to realise how between Wuhu, Tatung and An- 1917 to 1924 when the accused join names. Such an effect, unknown in question was unsuitable for

During dinner toasts were of "Western Yarns," while Pte. the Shantung army, will venture king have been ordered to retire ed the newly opened Aala Banking in other countries, It is hoped, traffic. ******

In giving judgment, His Honour

to given as follows:-

Thraves sang some parodies far into Honan-as suggested in westwarde to be closer to Hankow, Corporation as head shroff, and will impress rivals and opponents

"His Majesty, The King." by while tickling the ivories. Military observers predict that when that bank closed down, the to a greater degree. Detachments held that the defendant was

E. Reece, The "Antidotes" who had work- where it may be at any time faced General Tan Seng-chi of an accused went to his present position in garrison in Kwangtung will be blame for the accident in that he ac- with a pincers movement by the kow will not order a stand until with the Netherlands India Bank.

known as the new 4th Army; celerated before ascertaining the Sergt.-Major W.

ed very hard during dinner, play direction In which the pedestrian R.A.M.C. anti-Peking forces.

units for active service will be who stepped out from the side of The Late Commanding Officer" ed selections in both halves of the his exposed units have got back (Continued on Page 7)

much to known as the (ordinary) 4th the road, was going. Regarding theLieut. Colonel H. B. Kelly, concert programme,

the (ordinary) 4th the raion by the defence of contri- Army.

utmost caution.

some of the Chinese cables-

Outpost Skirmishes.

On the other hand, reports that the Kuominchun has entered Shantung must, also be discredit-

ed.

to west of (behind) Poyang Lake,"

above Kiukiang (which is 89 miles from, Anking);

The "Kung Sheung Yat Po" re-AYYOUS PIRATES.

ports the concentration of three

Putting the war at its highest, Hankow armies at Wusueh, a little there can only have been outpost above Kiukiang. skirmishes between the Kuomin-.

Nationallet Defeat.

Shanghai, Yesterday.

SCUTTLE A CAPTURED JUNK.

chun outposts and the more dar-

SURVIVORS IN HONG KONG. ing of the Shantung. vanguard, Foreign messages from Nan- with the Kuominchun falling back king state that General Cheng

The 8.a. "Sciviken". brought to judiciously.

Chien's 18th Nationalist (Nan- Chochow "Captured."

king) Army was severely defeat- Hong Kong this morning nine sur Peking, Yesterday. ed, with heavy losses when en-vivors from a pirated and scuttled Chochow is again officially deavouring to cut off General Liu Junk. reported to have been cap- Hsiang's Hankow troops from tured. The city which was cap Tatung-Reuter,

tured by a Shansi raiding party early in the campaign has been officially reported captured twice

previously but the besieged troops stubbornly held out äginst

A NEW PLANE.

New York, Yesterday,

fendant.

“ATTRACTIVE FEATURE AT LANE, CRAWFORD'S CAFE

Baked Potatoes. Mashed Potatoes. Green Peas.

French Beans.

Orders have been issued forbid- butory negligence, His Honour hold ... who has already sailed for everyone's delight, and also con- ding officers and men of the 4th that even assuming that the bus was Home)by Major J. La F. tributed the finale which brought

the concert to a close.

Ptes. Anstis and Thraves, Army to use notes of the Hankow top heavy this. had nothing to do Lauder, D.S.O., M.C., Central Bank in Kwangtung. with the collision which was a result "The Command Officer and offi-

cers, 10th Field Ambulance." by those two versatile artistes, who Reece, never seem to tire of entertaining, Some of this paper money was of the defendant's swerve.

and of whom one could never have brought back by those divisions of His Honour gave judgment for Sergt. Major W... E..

plaintiffs for $484 (the original R.A.M.C. the 4th Army known as the Iron-amount claimed for damage to the "The W.OS., N.C.O.s., and Men, too much, made their third ap sides, who were in and around car and loss of takings was $710) 10th Field Ambulance," by Lieut. pearance before the finale. Anstis Hankow for some time.

&Q.M., R. J. Whiting, R.AM.C. sang "If I can't sing about my Communist Army:

BALLROOM DANCE.

"Our Guests," by Q.M.S., W. J. mammy" and "Charleston Crazy, Bamford, R.AM.Cwinding up by letting his legs False alarm," report the Can-

The Concert,

"go" in an exhibition of the dif ton garrisons along the Fukien frontier in connection with the re-

The concert programme which ficalt dance with which he is well It appears that the men were ported designs of the Communist

was put through after dinner was versed. Thraves with his Banjo picked up by the "Solviken" on the Army under Generals Ho Lung SATURDAY'S DINNER DANCE.very much enjoyed, there being Ukelele again got the audience no lack of willing contributors going by strumming some popular 14th inst. as the ship was leaving and Yieh Ting, on the south of

An attractive feature of the din- and some excellent turns were choruses, and enjoyed himself as Hong Kong for Saigon, the actual Fuklen. position being forty miles south (Continued on Page 7.). ner dance at Lane, Crawford's Cafe offered. The gathering were en much as any other man in the

on Saturday evening will be the ex-thusiastic in their applause of hallw west of Gap Rock. As the jank

hibition of the latest ballroom every item, and did not hesitate After the finale by the "Anti- dances by Malle Coudar and part to swell the choruses of the dotes," the gathering stood up rer, whose, graceful and artistic ex various popular songs with their and sang Auld Lang Syne" with position of the latest steps so great many voices Everyone entered fealing, and then an evening ly pleased the many diners who wholeheartedly into the sing-song which will linger long in the were present on the occasion of the spirit of the evening and a very memory of those present was re- merry evening was spent general- gretfully brought to a close with

The Curtias Aeroplane Com- was on its way to Hong Kong from

a severe artillery bombardment. pany is devoting #75,000 for Swatow at the time it was pirated On one occasion the capture of the construction of one ver and sunk the survivors were made two of the city gates by the Feng-tically rising aeroplane of re comfortable aboard and taken on to which has Balgon with the Solvile tien troops led to reports of thevolutionary design city's fall but the Shansi raiders undergone wind and tunnel brought them back to Hong Kong held out.

testa and demonstrated, its ability on the return/vos

Severe Bombardment, Sok It is now claimed that after a severe bombardment the bealeged capitulated this morning, and that

which h

to rise 1,900 feet per second, hav Details of the actual ing a forward speed of 50 to 70 the extent of the loot taken by miles an hour Reuter's American pirates, who mentth

leaving area Service

the funk

STILL FINE!

North winds, moderate; fine. Such is the official weather fores cast until noon to-morrow.

The anti-cyclose, over China' has further weak poll

last exhibition des

In addition to the Fox Trot, lyr the National Anthem, Tango and Charleston, there will be Sergt. Hyson was well received During the evening a flash light exhibitions of the One Step, Walts, with his songs, "You found a new photo of the gathering Boston and alow Fox Trot.

And You still belong to me "taken.