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No. 25,774 HONG KONG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1928,

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INTERCEPTED.

CANTON COLLARS REMITTANCE.

MEANT FOR CHIANG.

Kwangsi Faction Collects Over Six Million.

GOVERNMENT'S MODERATE POLICY TOWARDS LABOUR UNIONS.

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

TREASURY CASE.

Two Clerks Charged This Morning.

BANKS PRESSED.

Demands By Nationalist Government.

NEW YEAR THREAT.

Communist Plots In 3 Cities.

ON PIRACY:

WHY IT FLOURISHES IN THE SOUTH.

PEOPLE TO BLAME.

Troubles Of The Spirit Of Compromise.

UTTERING FORGED CHEQUES, [YANG SEN BETWEEN 2 FORCES. - CANTON MILITARY PATROLS. Detective Chief Declines To Make Campaigns Along Yangtize And In Danger At Shanghai: Martial Law

Statement In Court.

Human

At Hankow,

Cheung Man-kum and Tsang On-

Shanghai, Yesterday. Following the rumours that Com- wing, two clerks of the Hong Kong Several native banks at Shang-munists were plotting to break out Treasury Department, were charg-hai may go into liquidation In In Canton city' again 'towards

Dr. Roger Edward Lind, consequence of heavy contribu- China New Year Eve or just after CAREER OF NOTORIOUS OUTLAW LEADER IN CANTON DELTA. sell at the Central Magistracy this tions demanded by the National- the New Year, the authorities have morning in connection with the list Government-British Naval sent out military patrols each of Collections by the Canton Government during the last few days Treasury losses reported yesterday. Wireless.

eighty men with quick-firing rifles, are stated to total more than $6,000,000. Such a big amount in Mr. T. H. King, Director of

The Police armoured car is also out revenue is very welcome to the authorities in view of the end-of-the-Criminal Intelligence, in asking for a remand, said the men were in the year financial stringency but a report in connection with the re-employ of the Treasury and he did not wish to make any statement on ceipts makes interesting reading.

Two sums, one of over $1,000,000 in cash and the other of the case at the present.

Mr. Lindsell outlined the rough $280,000 being proceeds of an intercepted remittance to Chiang Kai-Tcharges to the accused, which were shek at Nanking, are mentioned as having been recovered from of uttering three forged cheques, Shameen.

PRESSED FOR FUNDS.

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said to be of the value of $95,000,} $78,300, and $60,000, and remand- ed the men in custody until Tues- day next, when, he intimated, there would be a further remand until] the following Saturday.

SACKING OF ICHANG. Yang Sen To Be Punished By

Two Armies.

on duty and the two brigades at the disposal of the City Defence Commissioner have been mobilised. The City Police have arrested a Following the reported sacking He has been, identified as having man.alleged to be a Communist. and pillaging of Ichang (a Yang-taken a prominent part in the riots and subsequent looting of last month when the Government was overthrown.-

*RAIN COMINGI

• North-east wind, moderate, generally overcast, some rain, la the official weather: forecast un- til noon to-morrow,

Mr. M. K. Lo, apearing for the firat defendant, after being refused} ball, said the charges were simple although serious and be therefore asze Treaty port 370 miles above would like the Magistrate to fix a Hankow) by troops under Gen- eral Yang Sen, two bodies of

To-night or To-morrow.

Shanghai, Yesterday.

It is reported here that Commun- Ists are planning a rising to take place on the evening of Jan, 21 (to- |night) or 22 (China New Year's

Eve).-British Naval Wireless. *

Martial Law Prevails.

[By "L' Chung-yin,”]

Strange though it may sound, the Cantonese people themselves are in a great measure to blame for the constantly growing evils of piracy and brigandage.

*Such a statement is not made in the psychological sense nor is it intended in the confines of this article to refer to the economic basic causes of outlawry. condition of Kwangtung and Kwangsi provinces as being one of the

"The pirate of South China is equivalent in the social organisa- tion with the bandit in North China. He naturally becomes most active when Governments are weak. The Canton delta is a particularly lucrative place for pirates because of the large amount of shipping there." wrote an expert who is highly qualified to express views on the subject.

THE GO-BETWEENS.

Mr. Chno-hsin Chu (formerly ployces vis a vis their masters on China's delegate to the League of the 2nd day of the New Year (an-

But why should. Cantonese Nations) is reported by a verna-nual engagements or dismissals)

waters be lucrative for pirates cular paper successfully to have are interesting as they show date for hearing.

Hankow, Yesterday. when there are other places in negotiated with a Bank in Sha- which way the wind is blowing. The cheques were drawn, it is troops--both "allied" to the Na-Martial law is still in force here the world which have even more meen with regard to two sums of It was thought that, following understood, in favour of the firms tionalists of Nanking are mov- and the situation is obscure.-Brl-shipping?

tish Naval Wireless. money which is claimed to be the strong policy recently adopt-mentioned in yesterday's account. jing to overcome Yang Sen.

According to overnight cables, (Note: Wireless messages this

To answer this question, I will General Lu Ti-ping (of of the week hinted at possible trouble be-again quote from the authority 2nd Nationalist Army) is, going tween the Red element and the Na-referred to:-

Barricades pursuit of Yang Sen.

Above Yang Sen's position is a Szechuan army under General Liu Hslang who will move down-river, states a Chinese cable, cut off Yang Sen's retreat.

property of the Canton Governed towards labour, the Govern- ment. Mr. Chu is, of course. the ment's sympathy would be with Commissioner for Foreign Affairs the employers. The former prac at Canton.

The amounts are said to be one of over $1,000,000 in liquid funds deposited with the Bank, and an- other of $280.000 paid into the

tice stands, but members of pros- SIR H. E. POLLOCK. up the Yangtze from Shasi in tionalist authorities.

cribed unions, or workers who have been "named"" are now ex- cluded from benefit.

The Government's decision is

Bank for remittance to Generalis-faken to show moderation in the simo Chiang Kai-shek at Nanking. recent policy.

Official Figures.

In view of an extradition.case being sub judice in Hong Kong it is inadvisable to say more at pre- sent except that the vernacular report is given here for what it is

worth and because it is generally known that the Canton Govern- ment has been pressed for funds.

An official of the Canton Trea- sury is quoted as having stated in

an interview that receipts during the last few days amounted to over $6,000,000.

ARAB'S RISING.

QUASHED BY THE PERSIAN

GOVERNMENT...

GUNBOATS ARRIVE.

Basra, Yesterday.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

SEAT.

15 Miles From Shati.

Shat Yesterday,

have been erected in the streets of Hankow City.)

WHITES DEFEATED:

Reds Between Blas Bay And Swntow.

"Chinese shippers are pleas- ed to pay this assessment (a fax or levy by pirates), because it gives them a protection which the Government cannot afford.

"The pirates.. have a well-organised system of levy. ing on all Chinese boats which

To-day's "Gazette" states that the lerm of office of the Hon. Sir- Henry Edward Pollock, Kt, K.C. The 2nd Natalee Lamy of

News about the local, Soviet Gov-ply on the Canton Rivers, representative of His Majesty's 20,000 men (unedr General Lu Ti-ernment at Hoffung and Lukfung

Operating from a centre in Justices of the Peace upon the

Blas Bay, they levy what is Legislative Council, expired on the ping) is reported to be 15 miles (between Bias Bay and Swatow) is

tantamount to a tax. 16th day of January, 1928; and east of (ie, below Shasi, which mixed up with reports about the

"The pirates rarely come in that he has expressed his willing-is 83 miles below Ichang. This Ironsides, these reports being dis-

army is expected to enter Shasi tinctly contradictory.

conflict with the orities.

ness to stand again.

In the event of another Justice to-morrow (Saturday)-British of the Peace being nominated, a Naval Wireless. meeting of the Justice other than Government Officials will be held

The arrival of troops on board February 6, 1928, from 12 Noon at the Supreme Court on Monday, The total is two Persian gunboats at Qasbah to 1 pm., for the purpose of elect- resulted in the collapse of the ria-ing a representative of the Justices made up as follows:-

from salting of the peasants who have now upon the Legislative Counell.. Over $2,000,000

Justices of the Pence, who sre taxes; receipts from the pro-accepted the increased taxation.

The authorities have under- Government. Oficials, are not en-

vincial districts, over $1,000,-

HUNAN WAR

Kwangsi General and Allies Advancing.

000; revenue bureaus along the taken to liberate the tribesmen in titled to take part in these proKiangai army from Nanchang arej

River, over $1.000,000; from a bank, $1,000,000..

POLICY WEAKENED?

Canton Government & the Right of Employers.

Decision of the Canton Govern- ment anent the position of am-

FILM SCANDAL.

custody.-Reuter.

ceedings.

January 30, 1928. :

Whereas one paper gives credence

are

T

Cho'r allied himself with several' other notorious pirates.

Farmers within a certain radius

of his home paid him tribute in ratio to the quantity of padi col- lected at each harvest. It was the same with other crops or pro- duce. If he was not paid, the farmers would be plundered-a attacked. But when he was paid, he fought tooth and nail to pre- vent anybody, lee obtaining extortion.

Tow-boats and native cargo craft passed several points in the River where his men were posted. The owners paid and were guar- anteed protection along those parts of the waterway.

Chang Tso-lin Story," Marshal Chang Tso-lin, head of the Peking Government, is known author-all over the world to have been a bandit in Manchuria in hie Fundamental Trouble.

younger days. He was engaged to a rumour that the Ironsides

The in business before that, "Blackmail" is a term very a story goes that he was returning (Cantonese troops opposed to the present Canton Government) were propriately used by one of the from the interior with furs pur- attacking Swatow, another report is outport correspondents of the chased with his master's money. published simultaneously to the "China Mail"

Normally, the furs would have effect that the Ironsides have been In law, perhaps, the correct been taken from him and he would nearly all pressed out of Kwang- charge is one of demanding (or have been held for ransom. It is Shanghai, Yesterday,

obtaining) money by threats. The 13th and 44th Nationalist tung into Klangeal provincet

said that the robbers allowed him Whatever one chooses to call it, i to go on parole with his furs. jarmies from Hankow and the 3rd

Official Opinion. Official quarters

of the such safe-conduct money is paid after his promising to return so Every candidate must be nomin-advancing against Hunan. pre-opinion that no change has occur-regularly and systematically and, that he could be kept a prisoner.

until funds were forthcoming. ated in writing by one Justice and vince.

red at Swatow where the Kwangat in a good many cases, willingly.

As I have ventured to explain Impressed by his honesty, the seconded by another, and the It is reported that General Pei faction still prevails. NORWAY'S POLITICS. nomination delivered to Mr. R. E. Chung-hsi (of the Kwangsi fuc- The report unfavourable to the in other articles, mostly, in con- robbers took the present Dictator Lindsell not later than Monday, tion) is on the eve of occupying Ironsides goes on to say that the ection with peculiarities in into their fold and ultimately

Yoochow, having captured Cheng- Kwangai commander at Swatow will Chinese politics, the fundamental made him their leader.

This yarn goes to show that a ling, the entrance to Poyang Lake be able to clear out the Hoifung trouble is the long-standing Chin-

ere abhorrence of direct action-degree of honour, does exist after a heavy bombardment by Reds in a fow weeks.

the preference for compromise to among China's outlaws. At any Refugees' Stories. Nationalist gunboats.-Reuter.

Capture by Navy.

Refugees from districts between permanent settlement.

rate, they find people who trust. Blas Bay and

Although they know fully well their word and treat with them Shanghai, Yesterday,

Swatow state that The 2nd flotilla of the Nation- the Red reign continues. Boys of that by paying they prolong the readily. alist Navy attacked Chengling 14 and 15 are recruited to serve as face an issue for once and all.

trouble, they do so rather than and then captured Yoochow from bodyguards; women are enlisted as

reserves; and each family has to Pirate as a Gentleman! · provide under pain of death at least Remonstration is useless, one soldier. Houses are painted | Chinese shipowner said to me, not with Red signs to ¿anote "Govern-in so many words:-- ment" appropriation. A body of Ironsides Advancing. On

regular troops has been defeated by City.

the Communists. The troops wore red cap-covers as a distinguishing wirelcas Private

messages colour as the Communist hordes from a reliable Swatow source

covered their heads with white, the state that the Ironsides are 60

sign of mourning; to indicate that miles north-west of the port and have defeated the pro-Canton they were all prepared to fight to Government

forces in that death. vicinity and are now advancing.

RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNMENT.

COALITION, BEING FORMED. LOCAL ARCHITECTS.

Oslo, Yesterday,

Parliament has re-opened, but the Government has resigned owing to the sweeping Labour victory at the general election in October. M. Mellbye, the Agra- rian leader, is forming a Coalition

WHY A GERMAN MINISTER |Government.-Reuter.

RESIGNED.

UNAUTHORISED GRANTS.

Berlin, Yesterday.

OIL MERGER.

DANGEROUS RIVAL IN FAR EAST.

MANY NAMES TO BE

REMOVED..

It is proposed to remove the fol- lowing names from the List of Au- ! thorised Architects:-Messrs. F. R. J. Adams, R. W. Bateman, F. Clemes, A. Denison, A. E. Griffin, W. L. Leask, A. 5. Mill, H. Pooley, Sik Chung-young, E. M. Wood, Wan

Sik-lam, Seung-lun, Wong Newall Young, for the reasons that they are not now practising locally and have left the Colony.

APPOINTMENTS.

F.

Corporat: Henry Russell Forsyth

to be Second Lieutenant in the

over.

SWATOW DANGER.

::

Curious Go-Betweens.

When a man is made a captive, the pirates or bandits, as the case Amay be, communicate with his re- latives. When terms are agreed upon, the relatives receive in- structions as to where and how the ransom is to be paid. And payment is always on trust,

Up-country shops, tea-shacks at the cross-roads and sometimes monasteries Act as the go- betweens. Nowadays one finds respectable firms in towns acting. us intermediaries. The excuse is I had the opportunity of becom- that they are acting under pres- ing acquainted with a leader sure and threat of punishment for whose men were engaged in out-non-compliance. At any rate,

"It is cheaper to buy safety than to fight for it; and it is more efficacious to pay for im- munity than to wait for it." No pen picture will do justice to the mentality of persons of both sexes-engaged directly or Indirectly in piracy or brigandage as a vocation.

A film scandal, which is alleged to be one of the causes of Herr Gessler's resignation as Minister

New York, Yesterday.

The name of Ifr. James Smith of Defence, was ventilated in the

Possibly a dangerous rival in Gibson has been added to the List Reichstag when Chancellor Marx the Far East for both the Stan-of Authorised Architets. 'admitted that the Government dard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell had lost several million marks interests is indicated by the an-

the Hunanese armies. Chinese | garding the conference of military lawry on both land and sea. He they enjoy the confidence of the through unauthorised grants to nouncement of plans for a merger

sailors have been landed to take commanders beginning on Jan, 24. was a gentleman in most senses of captors. I am of the opinion that the Phoebus Film Company made of two of the largest oil companies

The opinion is gaining ground the term but he was a blood- they work both for remuneration By Captain Lohmann, of the Min- in the United States--the Texas

General Liu Hsiang of the that the question of petitioning thirsty individual in business. and because they are in some in istry of Defence, with the Corporation and the California The following appointments and Hunanese Army has retired. :: Marshal Chang Teo-lin to assume

Secret of Success.

direct danger.” sanction of Dr. Gessler, for the Petroleum Company-with a com- notices appear. In to-day's The Nationalist Aotilla has ask- the Presidency may not be decid-

This man's name is known to a. I have never heard of a case production of so-called national bined capital of $375,000,000. "Gazette"--

ed the Nationalist troops to follow ed as originally expected."

good many Chinese in the Colony, where the ransom went astray filme. Dr. Marx disclaimed Gov- The merger depends on the par- The King's Exequatur empower-

It is Wong Cho'r. It conveys or where release was not effected ernment responsibility. He said ticipation of at least 51 per cent. Ing Monsieur Eduardo Gallardo A up and reports that a gunboat hasWeakness Of Co-operation.

The conference may decide on little or nothing but his nickname a few days after payment! that the Company had been sup- of the shareholders of the Call to act as Consul for Chile in Hong been recaptured from the Hunan-

important changes in the Cabinet was known and feared, being In spite of the foregoing, the ported by the Ministry of De- fornia Petroleum Company.-

Kong has received His Majesty's ese forces.-"Wah Keung Po,"

including removal of the Pre-Kwat Yan" Cho'r. The first willingness of people who pay fence, also the Navy Department | Reuter's American Service. ·

signature,

NORTH & SOUTH, had acquired shares therein. Dr.

mier, Mr. Pan Fu, and the Finance two words are used, literally, to cannot be condoned. It can only Minister, Mr. Yen Tze-pu. It may designate, a rotired mandarin be said that their view, la much Marx declared that the entire

decide that General Chang Tsung- who becomes a country squire. In too short-sighted. Cabinet deplored the affair and

chang be given the post of In- common usage, they denote a A shipowner gets into touch specting Commissioner of Chihli "character."

with pirate gangs who dominate and Shantung which is a nominal Wong Cho'r was comparatively a waterways on which his boats to be one of the German Missions It is reported that Generalis-promotion but will leave him few young man when he died a year or are engaged; but he does not real- Trustees,

elmo Chiang Kai-shek has inform-troops, and result in Marshal Sun two ago, shot down by National-e that submission encourages The Rov, Charles Brodie Shann to be one of the German Missions ed the Northern peace delegation Chuan-fang becoming the tupan ist troops when fleeing from other marauders to make a bid. New York, Yesterday. Trustees, in succession to the Rev. that his peace terms include the of Shantung, justice. His following numbered A farmer knows that it costs him British and American Invest Arthur Dudley Stewart, resigned: retirement of Marshal Chang To The retirement of Chang Tso- only two or three hundred, but as much as a picul to protect his ment interests, which are headed Captain James Charnock. Army in in favour of Marshal Changlin's henchman, Mr. Pan Fu (the from his native district of Pun U, crops; but he fails to realise that In the United States by the Educational Corps, to be a Member Hsueh-ling or General Yang Yu Premier) would also considerably in the Canton delte, his influence another gang may wreck his fields American Founders' Trust, have of the Board of Education for a ting; the hoisting of the Nation- weaken him. It is possible that extended across the estuary of if only to impress upon him that H.E. the Governor in his capa- practically completed the forma further period of two years, with alist flag in Northern China; and the question of co-operation with the River, to towns fifty and a his protectors are not the only city of Chief Scout of Hong Kong, tion of an International Invest effect from January 15, 1928.

ones in the game. A village ren- the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Threo Treaties may also be brought up. The secret of his success wasders tribute to a band of robbers. Principles as well as the question of peace or that he kept to bargains he made in the vicinity, but by doing so it It is expected that Peking will war with Shansi and the cam. with all those who paid him an advertises the fact that it is able reject the demands, Reuter.paign against, Marshal Feng Yu- agreed fee. She to pay and thereby induce rival

Peking, Yesterday, halang (the "Christian General''),

Those Who Pay

hands to send threats or launch: There is much speculation ré-Reuter

For- mutual strength, Wong | attacks on it..

proposed to appoint a Commis- INVESTMENT TRUST.

alon to prevent the irregular use of public money. Captain Lohmann's conduct was. being in- vestigated.--Reuter.

SCOUTS INSPECTION.

·BRITISH AND AMERICAN CAPITAL.

will inspect the Boy Beouts at Gov-ment Trust to provide for the ernment House, on Wednesday next liaison of British and American at 4.80 p.m.,' and present the Prince capital. It is expected to develop

of Wales Competition Banner to the ultimately into a $100,000,000 1st H.K. Sea Scout Troop, which corporation.-Reuter's American won the Competition. In 1927.

Service.

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Possible Peace Terms and Latest Corps, with effect from January 14, 1928.

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TO-DAY'S DOLLAR.

The closing rate of the dollar, on demand, to-day was 2/08/16:

Developments.

Shanghai, Yesterday,

adherence of Northern leaders to the South for the revision of hundred miles away.