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No. 25,797 HONG KONG, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1928.

POLITICAL INFLUENCES.

Generals Converging On Capital.

BOUND FEET TO GO

Religious Liberty.

Discussed.

POOR HOUSES:

Interesting Orders By Regional Commanders.

RACING POINTS.

Value of Form And Jockeyship.

TACTICAL ERRORS.

What Our Correspondent Would Have Done,

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

AIR CRASH.

Two Aeroplanes Collide.

ONE PILOT KILLED.

Accident Occurs Between Folkestone And Dover,

N. LAZARUS

Hong Kong's Only European Optician,

(Established Over Forty Years), -Manager:—Ralph A. COOPER, M.A.0.A., Registered Optometrist by Canadian Govt. Exam.

(Personal. Attention).-

HARMONY.

HONG KONG AND CANTON.

SYMPATHETIC ASSISTANCE.

Mutual Goodwill Now In Existence.

[By'"] Chung yin."]

Forcible release of women's How good form and good

London, Yesterday. bound feet is reported from Ho-jockeyship do not necessarily win When flying over the cliffs near between Folkestone and nan province, North China, which races has again been illustrated Capel is part of the "Christian Gen-at the annual meeting.

Dover, this afternoon, two Royal eral's" domains. Women and I have an inkling that both the Air Force seroplanes collided at a INSTEAD OF ADVANCING AGAINST THE REDS. AND PIRATES. girls of Honan are stated to have "Mr. Dynasty" and the Hynes- height of 2,000 feet and crashed. PROBLEM OF ECONOMIC REHABILITATION IN KWANGTUNG. formed an organisation for the in- Mackie Interests made tactical The machines, which were single- spection of bound feet. This or- errors with regard to their Derby seater Grebes, belonged to the 25th ganisation is accompanied by candidates by placing too much Squadron at Hawkinge, and were A little uneasiness is felt over the latest trend of military police officers, the report con- strength on the form of the first piloted by Flying Officer Welsh and

tinues, and women with bound day. Otherwise, the Derby might Flying Officer Watson. developments in Kwangtung because several Generals have been re-feet found in public have their have resulted differently,

Watson was picked up badly in-'

Harmony between Canton and Hong Kong is now firmly estab- The Hon. Mr. A. C. Hynes and Jured and died later. ported to be converging on Canton instead of making an advance bonds removed forthwith. Religious Liberty.

Mr. C. Gordon Mackie's Pickle Welsh dropped by parachute lished and the time is ripe for close co-operation between the Can- against the hordes of the Swabue Soviet and the pirates of Bins Bay.

A Chinese cable from Nanking failed in a short race the first day from his machine when about 1,000 tonese and foreigners in a sustained effort to take advantage of Political influences may be the cause but there is no reason for says that a proposal to recognise and Peck succeeded in the longest feet up. He was carried nearly

religious liberty was discussed at race of the day for griffins. Peck half a mile by parachute before beneficial conditions. alarm.

meeting of the Nationalist exe- was sent for the Derby and failed falling on to telegraph wires on the cutive when it was decided that to run into a place.." Pickle, on Folkestone-Dover main road. His the Permanent Council should the other hand, returned excellent fall broke the wires but Welsh British Wireless take up the proposal to forbid time and qualified for the Cham- escaped injury.

pions in which he covered himself Service. with glory by getting second to Elliot Bay and beating Bengal. PAN-AMERICANISM. Feck, incidentally, again dis- appointed on the third day.

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Activity by the Canton authorities against labour unions has spread to Pakkai, the port of Kongmoon. The Seamen's Union of Canton has offered rewards for three notorious Reds one of whom is

J thought to be in Malaya.

THE SEAMEN'S UNION.

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anti-Christian slogans. **

FORMULA FOR "NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE.”

CANADA MAY JOIN.

Havana, Yesterday.

At the close of yesterday's gex-

In spite of the mutual goodwill between the Canton Government and foreigners, experts have been unable to make concrete pro- posals for sympathetic assistance in economic development or domes tic rehabilitation in Kwangtung province, and also in Kwangsi pro vince.

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The problem which appears so difficult to solve is:-How best can the Governments or nationals of Britain and other countries help Canton ?

MONETARY. MATTERS.

Poor-Houses for the Old.

Chengchow, Feb. 8. in a circular order, General Feng Yu-hsiang (the "Christian General") instructed the Provin-

The "Dynasty" Griffins. cial Government of Honan, Shensi "Mr. Dynasty' also had two and Kansu, to establish orphan- Derby candidates, one of which Several of the leading Generals, One day this week, as many as ages and poor-houses for helpless was for long a firm favourite in who -were in the campaign twenty-four unions were closed, persons over the age of 50. A the ante-post betting, this being against the Ironsides in that part these including the most notori-sum of $10,000 for the support Heir Apparent. The other was of Kwangtung province between ous, namely, Tung Tuk cargo of both was appropriate accord-Young Pretender. Heir Apparent sion, the sub-committee of the con- the East River and Swatow's coolies, Rice Mill workers, River ingly. He also ordered the open-failed the first day whereas ference which is seeking a mutual. hinterland are either returning to boatmen, etc.Our own corres-ing of hospitals for the needy and Young Pretender succeeded. The

ly satisfactory definition of "pa- Kwangtung's most pressing Chinese syndicate for extensive Canton or have arrived there pondent.

homes for the crippled in order

tional Independence," the majority need is money.

mining rights in the province. already.

The Canton of the delegates reported in favour

He was displaced by a Nationalist." Government is financially em-administration under the late Dr.. of admitting their inability to

barrassed. The merchants and Sun Yat-sen who promptly re- agree as to a formula..

The Sub-Committee will meet people have been hard hit by fused to abide by the agreement. and draft a formal report to-day. disturbances, unrest, heavy taxes and the banknote crash but trade is still being conducted as far as circumstances permit.··

Seamen Offer Rewards.

to teach them various trades to earn their livelihood.

Anti-Opium Laws.

FRESH AND FAIR.

North-east winds, fresh,.fair, Is the official weather forecast until noon to-morrow.

Canada Joining? Washington, Yesterday Canada's eventual entrance Inta the Pan-American Union is pre-

Bo' soon as one ruler is over- thrown, his successor will take. back any concession that han been given in return for payment or as security for a loan. The Advances to merchants are successor does so out of what, to

In a sense, this is an indication Rewards have been offered by ot security. General Wong Shiu- the Chinese Seamen's Union in hung (who is the highest officer Canton-now under "moderate" A second general order by the next to General Li Chai-sum) has leadership which meets with Christian General" also instruct- been in the East River basin for a Government approval-for the ar-ed that all placards must first be fortnight or so and it was hoped rest of three former officials who approved of by the Headquarters that he would move against the are accused of being Communist of the North-Western Army Swabue Soviet which has agents.

(allies of the Nationalists) before over-run the Hoifung and One of the wanted men is So being posted. Lukfung districts for several Shiu-ching, for whose arrest A third order instructed the latter ran second in the Derby dicted by Mr. John Barrett, ex- months, and then

send $2,000 is promised by the Union. three provincial authorities to and, later in the day, Heir Appar- Director of Organisation, in a tele- matters for the Individual and, borrow. an expressive phrase, He has been chairman of the initiate and carry out constructive ent re-established himself gram to the Chairman of the therefore addiit, kiradialt within might be described as sheer Although I am unlikely to have Havana Conference in which he general manner The Goyer-cussedness"; or because the con- Union and was also chief of the mensures, and the fourth, to en- anti-Hong Kong strike from 1925 force anti-opium laws, prohibiting the satisfaction of seeing these declares that a canvas of public ment stands in a different position cession is realisable, he wants to Ever, since disposé of it again for his own to 1928. A rumour was current any opium production by July, two ponies racing against each opinion in Canada and the Unit-in regard to loans.

other, I suggest that Heir Appared States had convinced him that General Li Chai-sum returned to benefit man squad during the Red riots in Canton in 1928-Kuo Min.

ent is a shade the better and the Dominion Government would power, his agents have been nego December that he was about to re-

should have been persevered with be represented at the next Pan- tiating both in Canton and Hồng turn. Then he was hee d of in

Conference. Reuter's Kong for loans. Very little or no

Monopolies are in existence in success has been reported, second, "Mr. Dynasty" might American Service.

Canton now and up-country, as a have won

There is abundant induce form of indirect taxation, adding ment but hardly any security into the burden shouldered by the tangible form.

people. Additions to such may or may not be advisable. They have, however, no attraction for Immediate relief may be ob- foreign financiers.

New railways will undoubtedly

trade in

a punitive expedition against the Bias Bay pirates. He is now re- ported as about to return to Can-

Political Background, Political influences may be re- sponsible. The new "partner" in

ton.

Canton's Revenue,

are also

SIR MILES RETURNS VISIT OF GOVERNOR.

DUE HERE TO-MORROW.

It has also to be recorded that Young Pretender again won a race on the third day. The dis- tance was the same as that over which Heir Apparent secured

UNKIND! Lindbergh's Work And The Diplomats.

St. Louis, Yesterday.

Banknote Policy.

Railway Difficulties

the two Increased wealth to

the Canton Government, General connection with the Swabue PEKING MINISTER, in the Derby. Instead of getting American Chen Ming-chu, is believed to Soviet. More recently, it was have expressed a desire to resign stated that he had gone to Malaya from the chairmanship of the pro- to stir up agitation. When he -víncial administration, a position first had to flee from Canton last to which he was appointed only a year, he went to Hankow which few days ago. It is said that he was then under Borodin's in- wishes to confine himself to mill-fluence.

Sir Miles Lampson, K.C.M.G., Bri- his sole victory; the time was President Coolidge and Mr. tained by the Canton Government tary affairs; but such a state- The other two men

tish Minister to Peking, is due in worse but he was carrying more Davis bave telegraphed congratula- but only by arbitrary methods. benefit ment can have almost any mean Seamen's Union officials. The re- Hong Kong to-morrow morning on than weight for inches. Inciden- tions to Lindbergh. Mr. Davis de-In the face of what the people Kwang provinces, ing. -

ward for their art is $1000 and board H.M.S. "Foxglove." Land- tally, Her Apparent ran fourth clared that the aviator's "goed have already suffered during the trade will bring Li Chai-aum's highest officer } $600 respectively

ing at Queen's Pler at 11.15, he in the Champions on the third will" Hight had done more to pro-last few months, any new levy of the people who, in turn, at Swatow is also at Canton, and

South substantial extent will be, to say will be able to pay more in taxes commanders of divisions are also

Fakkai, Yesterday. will be met by H.E. the Governor, day. My contention is that Heir mote good relations in talking about moving back to the An order by the Government members of Executive and Legis Apparent should have been pre- America than the whole Diplomatic the least, immensely unpopular. if made to by the authorities. provincial capital.

A new issue of banknotes has Foreign investment in railways has led to some confusion. Since lative Councils, Naval and Military ferred to Young Pretender in the Corps, adding: "He should have re-

discussed. For reasons can be found if conditions war- "Balance" of Power? the Government refused its own officers, and will inspect a guard of Derby and Pickle preferred to mained in Havana, as the Diplomats been

seem to be up in the air and lost hitherto explained in the "China rant; but the uncertainty prevail- This sudden decision of so banknotes, payments of revenue onour from the King's Own Scot, Peck.

in fog."-Reuter's American Ser-Mail," General Li Chai-sum's Gov-ing is a bar to enterprise in this many officers to be in Canton may have been mostly in subsidiary

Jockeys for Foutes.. have no political significance. On silver coin.

ernment disacknowledged the direction. The instructions

Another aspect which strikes vice. the other hand, it may be issued to all revenue bureaus is Sir Miles to visit the New Terri- me is the "jockey for.pony"

paper money of the Central Bank

An Emphatic Negative. of China which; as many know; necessity of that all collections in future tories. On Monday, the distin- theory, which that some riders

was established by the National- It is necessary here to analyse strengthening "Li Chai-sum's should be in silver na to 100 per suished visitor is to have lunch can get the best out of certain

ist Party, And since China be another aspect. General Li Chai- position. There is no pressing cent. and in paper money as to with Major-General C. C. Luard ponies whereas others cannot. 1 C.B., C.M.G., and at night he will at-remember that Mr. F. R. Vida in call for transfers to the northern 20 per cent.

came a Republic in 1912, there sum is considered to be as well This means that the banknote lend a dinner party at Government, 1916 broke and/or equalled three frontier of Kwangtung as the

have been several other banknotedisposed to friendЛiness with for- failures in Canton.

[eigners as any other administra records with Triumphant Dahlia danger of an immediate invasion payment of 20 per cent. is addi- House.

London, Yesterday.

tor of Canton since 1912: The tional. It will have little intrinsicį Sir Miles is to vlaft Macao and but his colleague, Mr. C. R. by the Hunanese is over.

The operatives have accepted

outlook is promising, especially value and may be due to an effort Canton and, among other functions Burkill, could do nothing right the employers' invitation to a con-

If no alternative is found, the when one remembers the difficul- that no systematic drive or any by some acctions to maintain the arranged locally in his honour, is with this pony.

Grey Knight had a very undis- terence on February 21-Reuter. Cunton Government may force a ties which existed during the last

Joint Letter. attack for that matter-be pro- notes in circulation rather than a dinner at the Chinese Merchant's!

new series of banknotes on the three years. Both in the military jected against the Swabue Soviet let them become worthless paper. Club on February 28.

tinguished career during the

London, Yesterday. public by making refusal of them and political sense, he is strong or The Bias Bay pirates, both It is expected that a notification Sir Miles is due to leave Hong 1927 "extra" season, Yet Mr. After a series of meetings in illegal. The fengpino in Manenough to keep down opposition. evils being within comparative will be published in a few days Kong on March 2. reach of the East River and after which the order will take

due

to the

In any case, it is regrettable

Swatow garrisons.

Bandits Kill Each Other.

At its worst, it is hoped that no internal dissension in Canton is portended by these movements.

effect.

are very active at the moment, so padi-field the other day, but no

much so that news has reached

Hong Kong about a feud between

body was hurt.

tish Borderers.

In the afternoon it is planned for

HOME SPINNERS.

PARTIES TO MEET ON TUESDAY.

MAHOMMEDAN FASTING,

After the usual-Friday prayers

- Levy On Capital?

A. J. P. Heard made that pony Manchester and consultation with churia provides a parallel to this. But is there any outstanding fac run against better-class opposi the Manufacturers Association, the possibility. Kept in existence by tor which ensures his remaining tion at the annual meeting, as he Master Cotton Spinners Federation sheer force, the fengpiso is worth in power for a period sufficiently Two Motor Roads.

did with Tangle-another pony has decided to send a joint letter only a fraction of its nominal long to give a fair return to for- The embargo on the export of Paris, Feb. 18. Women will be with a comparatively modest re-inviting the operatives and leaders value; and the logical conclusion eign investments if such be forth- silver coin is now cancelled. permitted to compete in examina-cord. J

to a further joint. conference ou can only be final abandonment. coming? If history is repeated, The motor road between tions for certain branches of the

The "Best Sub."

February 21. No mention was Another levy on capital is not the answer is an emphatic nega- Meanwhile, disorder continues Kongmoon. and Sanwui city is be- consular service under a new de I remember that the experts made of serving notices on the practicable because capitalists tive. And there is no criterion to hamper trade in the busy towns ing used now but the vehicles are free but will only be eligible for were agreed last year that Kom operatives to terminate the wages had to make heavy contributions that a new ruler will value foreign along the East River. Not only old and the road surface poor. headquarters posts-Reuter... Tong Hail was a sprinter. But he and hours agreement-Reuter last year, to the $10,000,000 loan friendship as much as Li Chai- are the Reds in arms, but bandits, One of the cars plunged into a pedag

won a 1 miles race on Wednes

which was floated expressly for (sum does? day. The supposedly fastest sub

the purpose of maintaining the

Outlook Enhanced. scription griffin this year is

banknotes. mos, Yadung fra In the immediate future, it A new motor road between Chiang Kai-shek and Nanking. O'Moon. He performed grandly

Revenus Or Concesalons? can be reasonably predicted two strong bands which have Kongmoon and Fatshan is pro- Earlier messages stated that he over six furlongs but failed over fallen out and are now engaged mised by the end of the year. was being attacked at Shasi by longer distances. Will he win a beld at the Mosque in Shelley Customs surtaxes have been re- although any forecast must neces- in killing each other off.

The committee in charge is spon- Wu-Han Nationalists. An Ichang 111⁄2 miles race in: 10237, treaty to the congregnsferred to as security for domestic sarily be highly speculativo, that scred by Major-General Chan is further up the Yangtaze than Dumfries: Is a Maub" griffin Friest) announced to the congregs or foreign loans. An element of the present regime will function Cheung-po. Our own correspon- Shaat, this latest despatch may whose victories attribute to tlen for the information of all uncertainty prevails over all Cus- unobstrusively, with a steady if

Indicate that the Hunanese are smart handling In a long race on Muslims that if the new moon is toms revenue at the moment. No slow revival in trade. being pushed further up-river and Tuesday, Mr H. Maitland took visible on the evening of Wednes form of revenue comes within the The outlook is enhanced by that the Wu-Han friends of Can the lead and stayed there even day the 22nd inst, the first Travee category of being secure when so General La Chai-sum's decision too ton are gaining ground.] though the time for the last quar prayers wil commence on that toany conflicting interests are in follow a negative policy towarda Doubt About Conference. ter was poor. On the other hand night. In the event of the non volved. Canton has no Customs the Central Nationalist Govern Ichang.

Some

doubt" exista asto Mr. Heard was criticised for makisibility of the new moon then the surplus-for the present at least ment at Nanking. Open rupture whether Generalissimo Chiang ing the pace with Peck fast will begin on the night of to earmark for loan services. Ichang, Yesterday. Kai-shek of the Nationalist Army in the Derby the race Thursday the 23rd inst. What else is there Troops under General Ho Chien did actually go to Honan province Just before that in which He further announced that: for are reported to be approaching to discuss war tactics with his, Dumfries, can. If Mr. Maitland the convenience of Muslims resid-Provincial concessions at one Ichange

ally, General Feng Yu-helang was right on Dumfries, it has to be the Eastern district. Travel time had e

UNIONS CLOSED..

Arrests By Authorities At Pakkal.

Pakkal, Yesterday. Nearly all of the local labour unions have been sealed up by the authorities, The only outstand ing exception is the branch of the Mechanics and Engineers' Union of Canton, which is considered as consistently "moderate" and pro- Government, and is therefore allowed special privileges

Three executives of the River Boatmen's Union have been ar- rested,

dent.

THE CIVIL WAR.

Pro-Nanking Troops Near

The military position at Ichang, (the "Christian General.") be recalled that he also led with Shast and down river to Temple That renewed action against Brigade Calland failed, but it in Fill remains obscure. British the Peking forces la indicated, is has to beat Burme in mind that Naval Wireless evident from the arrival at Hotel Brigade Call is not the pony, he

[Note: Ho Chien is the leader

of the Hunaness supporters of

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Was,

W. P. C.

they will be hold at the Mosque but

Valley when prayers will found to

Knight durSheer Fof Ramadani A Some years. -are requested to at Kwangturg

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bound to have an adverse effect.

even if neither side resorts to árms. ^ Having accounted for rival

forces In Kwangtung, it 18 to be hoped that the Canton GovernTM. een ment will devote much attention able, towards restoring order Peace is needed as much as money and/

un of although slower, is the more cer- large tain if indirect remedy for the

initial, payment from an Anglo-financial stringency in Canton.