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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1927.

WHAT FIGURES TELL. POLITICAL VULTURES.

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On Wednesday, the boom was shifted to allow of sufficient room for steamers to pass through..

Opinion in the city is divided as to the whereabouts of General Wong Shiu-hyung after fleeing from 'Canton on being surprised by the Ironsides.

THE CHINA MAIL,

It là reported that General Li

are

Chai-sum headquarters now under surveillance and that a close watch is being kept on all his adherents in the city. The Government is taking no chances of an uprising occurring within its territory.

charge.

Small boats on the 'run be ever, dominant generals de wield undefined autocratic powers. tween Canton and West River

Where is the General?

In spite of the precautions Marshal Feng Yu-hsiung, who ports have been permitted to sail

taken, there is some talk of Gen- is better known as the "Christian again but it is unlikely that they

Strange to say, his minions eral Wong Shiu-hung not being -General," calls himself a member will venture far up for fear of of the Nationalist Rarty and being detained by the Kwangsl have sequestrated belongings of allowed to return to his native

General Lt Chai-sum-especially fights a common enemy, but troops along the River banks.

Rumour The Ironsides are in position his money. (Note: Li Chai- province and of changing the

Government entirely.. manages his own administration. He has Henan, Shensi and Kansu up to Samshul and as they have sum is an ally of Wong Shiu- has it that General U Teok-paak ceased generally to hold up tow-hung, the latter acting in Canton is to be invited back to take provinces.

boats, it is thought that the ten- as commander-in-chief while the former went to Shanghai. They sion has eased.

are firm friends and it is very Money Market Unstable. surprising to find Wong Shiu- The money market is very un- hung's men acting against Listable; merchants and business Chai-sum when they are all bro-men being in a quandary. Bank- thers in trouble). Li Chai-sum is hotes issued by the Bank of a native of Wuchow.

Kwangs and marked "Wuchow" are the only ones acceptable in Those issued the local market. for Nanning, Kweilin and other places are being discounted local- ly. The Central Bank of China's sub-office here has been seized by

confiacated.

Co-operative Loyalty. General Yén Hai-shan, who "is described as the 'model" tuchun," has Shansi. He saw which way the wind was blowing and pro- feased sympathy for the Nation- alists Bome months ago. Now he is actively at war with the Pek- ing Government.

Local newspapers are forbidden to record activities at Canton and to comment on the Ironsides' coup.

BOOM ON RIVER.

Military Precautions at Wuchow.

Wuchow, Nov. 24. Free passage to and from It cannot be maintained that Wuchow, by way of the West all the cleven provinces in the Na-River, is now obstructed by Some say that General Wong tionalist federation-the term boom placed in position by orders Shiu-hung is still in Hong Kong, "federation" being a convenient label, and one which the "Party" of General K. Y. Kang, who is others that he is returning here the local government and the cash Defence Commissioner of the vin French Indo-China. Our will strenuously denounce--will Fort and brother-in-law of Gen- West River correspondent. necessarily obey Nanking should eral Wong Shiu-hung, Military the central organisation there Governor of Kwangsi.

ever

muy go

find it

the way

necessary

Several rafts were

В

moved

to lay down the law. They down-river from the port to of Han-Chicken Basket Island, about a kow but, at the moment, they are mile below, and there moored co-operating if not combining, to across the deep-water channel to serve their respective interests.prevent ingress and egress of all

Position in the Others. Hoating craft.

Of the five provinces which 1

Armed Ship on Guard.

..

KWANGSI SURPRISE.

Li Chai-sum's Wuchow Office "Suspected."

Wuchow, Nov. 23. The situation continues very quiet in the city. Extensive troop movements are taking place daily, soldiers coming from the interior and going down the West River. Troops belonging to General Ng

Steamer communication with Hong Kong and Canton con- tinue as usual, subject to delay, of course, due to searches by the military. An occasional cor- respondent.

EASTERN PORTS.

PLAGUE CHOLERA & SMALL- POX CASES.

have pinced under the "indepen- Work began on Tuesday and dent" category. Kwangtung has was finished by nightfall. Two been referred to and is easily the armed launches took up posts out-

The health bulletin of Eastern most important of these. Hunan aside the boom and a motor-boat Teng-yeung are coming in from ports for the week ended Novem-

19 gives the is being fought for and the issue attended all vessels arriving at up-country and taking up posiber

following is not decided. The other three,Wuchow, examining the passen- tions along the West River, at figures because they are far inland, have gers and searching for contra- little effect on dornestic politics or band.

foreign relations except along The 3.5. "Tin Ding," on which the upper course of the Yangtze was mounted a Lewis gun, with River in Szechuan. These pro- vinces will invariably throw in half a company of soldiers, an- their lot with the most powerful chored within the boom to guard general in the vicinity, but should against attempts forcibly to enter somebody start an interval rising or to break the boom. he puts up the fing of whoever gives him material support. Fengtion Faction (or the Peking

Government) :--

Arer in

This "armed merchantman" was formerly the "Kock Ning" and before that the "Sanui"-late of Hong Kong.

Dosing, Takhing and Shithing.

Picked battalions are digging trenches immediately outside of Wuchow, in case of a retreat of the Kwangsi troops from down- river.

Plague.

2 cases at Alexandria, 1 death at Bassein, 4 deaths at Rangoon, 1 case at Singapore (1 death), 2 cases at Macassar (2 deaths).

Cholera.

POLICE RESERVE.

NEW BILL FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OATH NOT NECESSARY.

The draft of a Bill' is published in the "Government Gazette" to pro- vide for the formation, establish-

Kong Police Reserve. ment, and regulation of the Hong

The objects and reasons aetate: The Bill proposes to repeal and re-enact with variations the Hong Kong Police Reserve Ordinance, 1914. The principal variations in- troduced by the Bill are:--

(B) The oath of allegiance is dig- pensed with as the Reserve Is purely a civil force. (b) All penalties for breach

of discipline, other reprimand

than

and diamla- Bal, are abolished except while the Reserve is called for active service.

(c) Power is given to the Gov- direct ernor In Counell to

that members of the Reserve shall be paid when the Re- serve is called out for set- vice.

SERIOUS CHARGE.

CORROSIVE FLUJID THROWN,

ON GIRL.

A

to charge of attempting #ause grievous bodily harm to a a female inmate of 125 Temple Street by throwing corrosive fluid over her was brought against a Chinese goldsmith at the Kowloon. Magistracy yesterday. The girl in question was an occupant of a brothel and, it was stated by the Police, she was visiting her sister, who lived in the flat above her, on

the night of November 12 when she ARW the defendant in the room hold- 24 deaths at Calcutta, 4 deathsing a bottle. After remaining on Rafts were put in position yes-nt Madras, 15 deaths at Tuticorin, the floor some time she left and re- She WGB terday inside of Chicken Basket 2 cases at Singapore, 3 cases at turned to her own flat. Island with a converted gunboat Batavia 19 deaths), 3

armed launches Bangkok (1 death). and several guarding the approaches,

Small-pox.

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not aware of anything untoward happening whilst descending the stairs but later her mistress told 1 case at Aden, 8 cases at Basrah her that her coat was burned. A Kwangsi Against Kwangsi? Ships Can Pass Through. The commander of the convert-(1 death), 3 cases at Calcutta (2 girl of the flat above would tell the deaths), 1 case at Rangoon, 2 Court that she saw the defendant bottle Her captain, a nephew of the ed gunboat, a nephew of General enses at Madras, G cases at Tut!- sprinkle something from a sq. Miles. Population. ...... 363,700 22,108,000 Detence Commissioner, was taken Li Chai-sum, has been relieved of corin (2 deaths), 16 cases at Band-on to complainant's back. The 115.830 34,200,000 ill shortly after reaching the liis command and one favourable jermasin, 5 cases at Samarinda (1 evidence of the Government analyst 56,000 30,800,000 boom, and he was removed to the to the local administration ap-death), 1 case at Bangkok, 1 case showed that the complainant's coat

at Saigon.

had been burned by sulphuric acid. Stout Memorial Hospital.

pointed instead. 536,630 87,100.000 Nationalist Party (or the Nunking

Manchuria Chihli Shantung

Government) i-

Anhui

Cheklang

Fukien

Hupch

Kiangai

Kiangau

Kwangst

54,820 19,800,000 22,000,000 36,680

40,330 13,180,000 71,420 27,200,000 $9,500 24,400,000 28,610 33,790,000 77,220 12,260,000

394,580 152,570,000

General Yen Rai.shan (ally of

Nanking):-

Shansi

81,850 11,080,000

Marshal Feng Yu-halang (or

the

Christian General," ally of Nanking):—

Honan

Kansu

Shensi

67,050 30,830,000 126,480 5,930,000 75,290 9,160,000

268,720 46,220,000

Combined Nationalist federation will,

therefore be

Nanking *****

Yen H-shan

394,560 162,670,000

81,850 11,080,000

Feng Yu-hsiang.. 268,720 46,220,000

Indefinite:

Kwangtung Kwelchow Szechuan

Yunnan Hunan

67,180 11,110,000

745,160 209,370,000

100,000 37,170,000

218,530 49,780,000

146,710 9,840,000 88,400 28,440,000

615.820 136,340,000 [Note: Kwangtung is strictly "Na tionalist" but the Ironsides now in power are not in agreement with the Nanking faction. A large army has just recently withdrawn from Hankow into the south of Hunan but the Nan-. king Nationalists have the ascendancy and are atriving to subdue the Han- kow men. Kweichow, Szechuan and Yunnan, because of their inaccessibility and comparative remoteness,

more

Bro

or less independent but they acknowledge the nominal authority of the Nationalist Government in vary ing degrees.]

Indirect Advantage. Without going into relative wealth, geographical and strate gical positions, railways or other factors, it will be seen that the Peking Government is in the minority. But this is an indirect advantage. There is less territory to guard and it is all together in the north-east corner.

The Nationalist Government- -the term here being used in its strict sense has reached its "highest pinnacle so far, if success

can be gauged in figures.

POPPY DAY.

AMOY'S VERY CREDITABLE EFFORT.

Mr. H. H. Bristow, H.B.M. Consul at Amoy, has sent a draft for £120 to the London Headquarters of Earl Haig's Fund as a result of the Poppy Day collection on November 11. for which Mr. H. R. Northey asted as treasurer

In view of the small and rather cosmopolitan community of Amoy - this is a particularly fine effort and

reflects great eredit concerned.

On

those

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