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Just as all the force of exploding powder in a cannon is concentrated directly behind the shell so all of the force of the exploding gas in Bulck's engine la concentrated directly behind the platon. This is the "direct firing" principle—a vital reason why the famous Buick Valve-In-Head engine developa more power for its size than any other automobllo engine.

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IN ACTION.

China Mail

No. 25,866

JAPANESE AND CHINESE CLASH.

HEAVY FIGHTING.

Southerners Reported to Have Suffered Big Losses.

BATTLE RAGING 15 MILES FROM TSINAN.

ESTABLISHED

1846

HONG KONG, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1928.

£300 FARE.

Holland To Batavia By Air.

DUTCH ENTERPRISE. ·-

London And Australia Brought Within A Fortnight.

Batavia.

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

"VERY HARD CASE" SEA-BORNE MAILS.

Mr. Kwik Djeong-eng's Suit Settled. BETWEEN MAN & MANİ

Reprimand Of Mr. Trang Fook Withdrawn.

قوم

"If there was any reprimand,

A Trans-Atlantic Air Service.

SEQUEL TO GREAT FLIGHT.

Statement In Commons By Secretary For Air.

London, Yesterday.

GENUINE SIR WILLIAM CROGIES

(English Made)

LENSES

Are the ONLY PROTECTION against the tropic sun-they absorb the ultra violet and Infra red rays so dangerous to the суен.

:

Many Imitations-the genuine from

LAZARUS

Hong Kong's Only European Optician.

PITCHED BATTLE.

Fish Fokis And Armed Robbers.

AT SHAUKIWAN."

Rifles And Antiquated Guns Used*

In Junke Defence.

An armed robbery on board

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BRITAIN AND AIR.

Statement In The Commons.

ALL-METAL MACHINES. R100 And R101 May Be Flying This Year.

London, Yesterday.

London, Yesterday. It is learned from a Dutch all I can say is that the cause for

The Secretary for Air (Sir fishing Junk in Shaukiwan harbour Sir Samuel Hoare (Secretary for source that a regular Air Service it has disappeared and I withdraw Samuel Hoare) was asked if he had early this morning, developed Into the Air) stated that new types of between Holland, India and the it," said the Chief Justice (Sir under sympathetic observation the a pitched battle between the rob-all-metal machines would be used In the British air service by the For the third time, intensive fighting has broken out between Dutch East Indies is being in- Henry Gollan) in the Supreme hovements of Ireland and Canada pers and the fishing folks.

augurated this summer with Court this morning at the con- to follow up the Trans-Atlantie air The battle took place after the end of this year. The general Nationalist troops and the Japanese Expeditionary Force in Shan- special triple-screw Fokker mono- cluding stage of the case in which fight of Major Fitzmaurice by robbers had successfully ransacked policy of the Air Ministry was to tung. The engagement has been severe. It took part ut Kotien, 15 Planes driven by three British Mr. Kwik Djeong-eng, the Java establishing airports in Ireland, the fishing boat and were making push on with the development of Armstrong-Siddley Lynx engines, sugar king, sued Mr. Tsang Fook on the one hand, and at the en- their escape in a cinder boat when all-metal machines. We were sub- miles-cast of Tainan, where a powerful body of Southerners clashed now being built for this service, (of the Tsang Fock Piano Co.) for trance of the Saint Lawrence on the people in other fishing boats in stantially in advance of any other with a column of Japanese reinforcements proceeding from Tsingtao which will bring London within a $40,000 damages for conversion the ether for collection and distri- Shaukiwan harbour opened fire on country in this matter. He hoped

week of India and ten days of of money. io Txinan. Casualties are given as follow:-

bution of Trans-Atlantic seaborne them with rifles and other anti-that in the course of the current The subject matter comprised malla,

quated weapons forming part

of year

the airships R100 and R101 Japanese: 4 killed, 20 wounded.

It is expected the Australian twenty cheques which plaintiff's Air Transport Company will con-handled to defendant to be paid ment of airports in the Irish Free former employee, Iu Po-lun, Southerners: suffered heavy loss.

Sir S. Hoare said the establish- the armament of ocean-going fish would be lying. British Wireless

ing craft. nect with this service and run a

Servce, section between Batavia and in and cashed.

State was a matter for the Governmen's fire with revolvers, and the JAPAN'S FINANCES.

The robbers returned the fisher- Australia, thus bringing London This morning, the following ment concerned, He could promise

terms of settlement were an- that any development. which

whole of Shaukiwan was awakened within a fortnight of Australia.

It is stated that the passenger nounced and approved by His the result of

by the noise of the battle.' The' the employ-i fare from Holland to Batavia will Lordship:—

ment of mircraft

robbers came out second best, and for the development of a

at least one of their number is be £300.-Reuter.

Trans-Atlantic mail service would receive the sym-stood that no casualty was suffer known to be dead. It is under pathetic consideration and CO- "Stay of execution,

operation of the Pastmaster- "Payment of $5,000 cash in Generat on

and himself. British 24 hours and six monthlý in- Wireless Service. stalments of $1,000 each to commence on June 10."

Worse still, it is stated that hostilities continue.. From Tsinan itself, there is no news of further action by either side. The fact that fighting had begun to abate on Tuesday afternoon points to a probability that the "eease fire" has been sounded there. The resumption of trouble in Tainan this week is ascribed to refusal by the Chinese to comply with a local ultimatum delivered by the. Japanese.

A THIRD TIME.

500 KILLED?

Reported Bombardment after Refusal of Ultimatum.

life

"Judgment for Mr. Kwik, the plaintiff, for $11,000.

"Costa,

Tsingtao and Chefco. Being the coast and accessible to His Majesty's ships, these places were in a less dangerous position, but warships were being sent to both

Counsel and Witness.

Cheers greeted a statement in

When defendant gave evidence ports as safeguard. He was glad the House of Commona that the

to say that reports hitherto receive on Tuesday, His Lordship repri- manded him for not giving a ed did not indicate any destruc-direct answer. This incident was Policy of the British Government had been "most extraordinarily

tion of British property or

referred to this morning when successful." It was confirmed

during the present disturbances. His Lordship used the words that no British life or property In connection with the resump

Successful Policy.

quoted above. has been destroyed in Shantung. tion of fighting between the Comdr. Kenworthy contended From Washington, it is learn-Japanese and the Southerners in that the fact that Britons in ed that the United States Gov- Tsinan on Monday afternoon, a Tsinan were not molested show- ernment may endeavour to Naval report states that the fighted the thing to do was not to send maintain a "hands off China" ing followed

a refusal by the troops. policy and use her diplomatic Southerners of the local Japanese Sir A. Chamberlain replied that influence to secure the with-ultimatum to evacuate the rail- the matter seemed more drawal of the Japanese expedi. way area. Fighting was still in for debate than a question time

progress at 12 noon on Tuesday but, as Reuter says, was reported While opinion is nearly unani- mous that the Northern leaders to be not so severe yesterday.

tion.

Nationalist Version. in Peking are unlikely to compli

Nanking. Yesterday. cate the issue by counter-attack-

A Nationalist news

agency re- ing. Intest news is that Marshal perts that Japanese troops heavily Chang Tso-lin may not retreat bombarded the Chinese walled city into the fastness of Manchuria in Tsinan for three hours on Tues- without first getting to grips with the Southerners,

ed.

✓

day morning, killing more than five hundred people, destroying many houses in the western section; and

that the inhabitants are panic- stricken and fleeing southward.

There is no confirmation of this

from other sources.---Reuter.

The First Fight.

Shanghai, To-day.

discussion

suitable

The Conservative member, Mr. Charles Williams, auggested that the fact showed that the policy of His Majesty's Government had been most extraordinarily success- ful from the beginning to the end. (Ministerial Cheers).-Reuter.

AMERICA'S VIEW.....

The "Hands off China" Policy Again,

But it iB

Another statement by the Chief Justice was as follows:-

"What I do endeavour to pre-

SHANGHAI CHAMPIONS.

None Of The Winning Tickets In

* Hong Kong?

Inquiries by the "Chian Mall"" this morning in the best-inform- ed sources and in circles where large batches of tickets were handled, elicited an almost un- animous reply that there is very slight possibility of any of the big prizes in the Shanghai Champions sweep having come to Hong Kong.

No word has been received and there remains only a remote chance that if Hong Kong has been lucky-as occasionally in the past then the magic num. bers must have been purchased privately, or direct from Shang-

hai.

ture

was

ROUND-THE-WORLD.

END OF "RACE" TAKES PLACE IN TOKYO.

RECORD CLAIMED.

ed amongst the fishing folks.

It is not clear what time the robbery was carried out, but it was stated to have occurred "a couple, of hours before dawn."

AFTERMATH OF LAST

SPRING'S CRISIS.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT.

Shanghai, To-day. A telegram from Tokyo states that over 85 banks

affect- ed. by the financial crisis

In Cinder Boat. The robbers, whose number has of last Spring received special not been ascertained, came in a loana from the Bank of Aut, open cinder boat. They alip Japan totalling approximately ped into Shaukiwań harbour under £68,000,000 by May 8 when the the cover of night and crept noise- term of special advance period fx- lessly about amongst the numerous ed by the Government has expired. fishing boats anchored in the har- The Government had sanctioned a bour, with their crews fast asleep maximum of £70,000,000- under after a hard day at the fishing Governinant guarantee for the pur- A telegram from Tokyo states grounds.

pose of relieving crippled banks. that Araki, the participant in the The robbers then made fast their Money dumped on the market "Jiji's" round-the-world race, has cinder boat alongside one of the lately from this source is be- arrived in Tokyo completing his larger of the fishing boats, which lieved to prove difficult of absorp minutes. Journey in 33 days, 16 hours, 26 must have previously picked out tion.

as the victim, and its position in With reference to the matter the This is claimed as a world re-the harbour studied by the robbers "Japan Advertiser" states that cord in using the ordinarily avail-earlier in the evening. able modes of travel.-Reuter.

Shanghai, Yesterday.

OBEYING ORDERS.

DISTRICT MAGISTRATE'S "SEVERE CENSURE.”

SEQUEL TO RIOTS.

Calcutta, Yesterday.

The District Magistrate, report

specie holdinge abroad on April Once their boat WAS secured 25 totalled, 104,000,000 compared alongside the junk, the robbers with 143,000,000 at the end of 1919. climbed on board and surprised --Reuter. the sleeping crew, who were over- powered and bound and gagged be; fore they were fully aware as toj what was happening. The rob- bers went about their "job" so noiselessly and speedily that pone of the crews of the neighbouring junka were awakened.

They then ransacked the junk which they had singled out for

MOSCOW'S RUPEES.

BOMBAY LABOUR LEADER RECEIVES A DOLE.

MORE PROPAGANDA,

Bombay, Yesterday. their prey, and helped themselves bay Textile Labour Union, has re- Mr. Joshi, President of the Bom- ing on the military firing during to property variously placed at be ceived 21,000 rupees from Moscow.

the rail strike riot, severely cen- tween $50 and $100 in value. It is

sured Captain G. H. Christie, com- impossible to give an exact esti- -Reuter. manding the Eastern Frontier mate of the loot until after an in-1 Rifles who opened fire on the orders ventory of the junk's property had.

of the Superintendent of Police been taken, and police investiga- In which the robbers were last ob- Reuter.

tions completed.

Lool Transferred. After transferring the loot

served they were unable to get much useful Information from the exclt- toed fishermen.

A telephone message was hurried-

500 More Chinese Killed? The Nationalist Foreign Minis ter has given his version of the first, series of hostilities in Tainan flast week) and persists that the Foreign Commissioner was mur-)

New York, Yesterday. dered by Japanese. From Nan-

Americans are very interested king comes an allegation that the The Nationalist Foreign Minis- in the crisis in China, and the Japanese bombarded the Chinese ter. General Hwang Fu. has majority of experts on Far East- walled city of Tsinan on Tuesday published a lengthy statement of ern affairs are of opinion that (in the second action), with the his personal experiences at Tsi- Chiang Kai-shek committed în folowing result:-

nan from Wednesday evening error of tactics in allowing his More than 500 people killed, to Saturday morning. He states troops to provoke Japan to take Many houses in western dis that, Sino-Japanese relations on reprisals, since

vent in this Court is anything by involving

in the nature of rough treat- trict destroyed,

Thursday morning were quite Japan, Chiang is likely to arrest Bombardment lasted three friendly. Japanese troops remov- irrevocably his own advance to ment or bullying by counsel of

ed the barricades from the shops Peking.

witnesses or, what is equally hours,

Inhabitants panic-stricken which re-opened and business was) It is emphasised that Japan's

necessary, anything in the na-plied, no wrong or moral miscon- their cinder boat, the robbers slip- resumed. and fleeing.

position in Manchuria depends on

of liberty or impertin-duct by the defendant in the wit-ped quietly on board and began to ly sent through to the Water Police He was greatly surprised when, the peace and stability of Peking,

ence on the part of witnesses."ness box. Reuter adds, however, that!

There was nothing again pick its way amongst the giving a report of the affair, and this news has not been confirm-returning in a motor car from a and that therefore she is likely expressed approval of the settle- false evidence.

On the case itself, His Lordship said that could be regarded as sleeping junks out of the harbour. police launches immediately took up visit to Chiang Kai-shek to his to resist to the uttermost the ad-ment as he thought it was a very

They would have got clear away a systematic search of the whole of temporary quarters (in the Tien-vance of the Nationalists into the hard case. If he had had to give court is to be conducted in a pro-in getting rid of his gag, and gave searching launches came across the

"After all, if the work of the but for the fact that one of the the harbour for the robbers.

fokis of the looted junk succeeded Just before dawn one of the tain-Pukow Railway offices in the Northern provinces. LATEST FIGHT.

foreign commercial area) at 11 realised that Japan is somewhat hard whichever side he found for consideration shown both by the

8 decision it would have been per manner, there must be mutual the alarm.

cinder boat well beyond. Shaukiwan p.m. on Thursday that there in a quandary, as the Nationalists He was glad the parties had re-witnesses and by counsel" "New" Battle 15 Miles East of Was

The crews of the other junks harbour, drifting out to sen. Ly- an outbreak of shoot-by imposing a trade boycott garded the matter not merely as Tsinan.

ing on all sides which continued against Japan might perilously re- one of law but as one

Hi Lordship had thought that were immediately awakened to the ing in the bottom of the shallow all day long.

duce her trade with China.

of the defendant was not answering the realisation of the common peril, and boat was one of the robbers. Ho Hwang Fu states that a Officials of the State Depart-

right feeling between man and question put-which was a per- one man more impulsive than the was dead with a bullet wound in the cheat. Near the body were The Japanese 28th Brigade from surrounded his office and fired in comment on the situation owing both sides.

Probably defendant spoke (for a shot in the general direction of but giving indications that they Tsingtao clashed with the main twice. They then rushed in and to its uncertainty but many of the

the convenience of the Court) in the escaping robbers who it was had been recently fired by the pre- force of the Southerners under demanded Hwang Fu's guards well-informed believe that the Removing and Misconception. a language with which he was not impossible for him to see. Chen Tiao-yuan near. Kotien, 16 to hand over their arms, assert- United States will endeavour to settlement were announced that Jenkin has said. I may have been start of the battle which placed the

It was after the conditions of familiar, and I accept what Mr. This shot was the signal for the all of them..

sence of some empty cartridges in miles east of Tainan. Severe fighting that bullets had come from maintain a 'hands off" policy Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., addressed a little severe. If there was any whole of Shaukiwan in a panie. the body removed to the mortuary. The boat was towed away and the building.

though, probably, she may use her the Bench. Office Surrounded.

diplomatic influence in China to

reprimand, all I can say is that Other fishermen in other junks also for identification. Hwang Fu narrates his activi-secure the withdrawal of the side had never suggested that Mr. and I withdraw it."

Mr. Potter said that plaintiff's the cause for it has disappeared | brought out their rifles and other

Dead Man, ties in endeavouring to stop the Japanese forces after an adjust-

weapons and began firing at ran-

From the number of revolvers Chinese and Japanese firing and ment of the Tainan incidents. Tsang Fook was fraudulent in the No Doubt of Honesty.. dom, more with the fatention of found in the cinder boat, It is es- reiterates the story of the mur- Reuter's American Service.

case or that he was connected His Lordship agreed with what scaring the robbers away than with timated that the number of the rob with the fraud of Iu Po-lun. The Mr. Potter had said with regard any hope of hitting them.

bera concerned in the looting of the law cast upon the defendant the to the general conduct of the de- onus of making certain enquiries. fendant in the whole of the tran- heads they still had a chance of get between three and four men.

Had the robbers not lost their junk and the subsequent battle, was He drew attention to this to re-saction.A

ting out of the danger zone un- In His Lordship's opinion, de harmed, but they made the fatal bers it is impossible to discover. What happened to the other rob- mind of the public. fendant was under a very great mistake of returning the fishermen's There are two theories concerning Mr. F. C. Jenkin said he was indebtedness to Iu Po-lun and that are, and thus betrayed their own them. One la that they had jump much obliged for Mr. Potter's gen- a great deal of defendant's suc-position to the "enemy." The re-ed overboard and awam away to The Japanese have occupied troops were the first to open fire

erous statement. He then refer-cess in business was due to the insult was that a hot fire was imme-safety, whilst the other was that the Yellow River bridge and other at Tsinan but does not produce Marshal Chang Teo-lin's circular red to "a small incident" to which fluence of Iu Po-lun, a man whom diately trained in their direction, they had all been hit by the shota strategic points.

e tittle of evidence in this con- telegram was sent out this evening a good deal of publicity has been he had no reason to suppose was what rosult this fire had was flus-fired by the fishermen, and with the Gen. Sotoyama's 28th Brigade nection.--Reuter.

to all civil and military authorities given in the local Press, having anything but a thoroughly re clashed with the Southerners at

in the North and the South. It de reference to a reprimand by His spectable and honest person; and trated afterwards when the body of exception of one they had all fallen Kotien, 15 miles cast of Tainan, and disarmed a large number

clares that civil war has been going Lordship to Mr. Tsang Fook in probably he had a disposition to one of the robbers was found with into the harbour when hit. on for several years; that Commun-the, witness box. after stubborn resistance.

Both theories seem equally good, ists are attempting to ruin the coun- used by my client, said Mr. in any other way he could, which

The language help lu Po-lun or convenience him a bullet in his chest.

Police Arrive.

and it remains to be seen if the sca When returning to Tainan

try. I always apprehended that Jenkin, could possibly convey to accounted for the involved posl The battle stopped as suddenly as will give up its secret during the Gen. Sotoyama came into collision

civil war might impair Chinese: and your Lordship that he was imper- tion he found himself. "I think it had started, as soon as the rob next couple of days, or the police with a powerful army under

London, Yesterday foreign relations. Unfortunate in tinent. It was merely a language there is no question as to the de- bars ceased replying to the fisher. Investigators will be able to estab Chen Tiao-yuan. The result is not Questioned with regard to the cidents have happened at Canton difficulty under which he was la fendant's honesty." His Lord- men's shots, which was immediatellah that the robbers had made good yet known. Chen Tino-yuan was protection of British subjects in Hankow, Neaking and Telnan. In bouring which gave rise to words ship, concluded.

ly after the devastating volley was their escape,

p formerly Governor of Anhui China, Sir Austen Chamberlain view of the situation, I have older which appeared to indicata he was Mr. Potter and Mr. H. G. Shel fred in their direction.

There is no doubt that the cfnder and commanded three Nationalist (Secretary of State for Foreigned my troops to cease hostilities in fencing. He had no such intendon instructed by Mr. E. David Attracted by the noise of the boat found by the Water Police with armies from Halchow which cut Affairs) said that Botond in order to save the country."--Reu- tionaald Mr-Jenkins14 Lann zwerend for plaintif Mr. battle, the Shankiwen rolles were the dead man on board was the fans WA LIUOS Beveren aan (Jênki) (nstructed by Mr. D. H.] quickly on the soebe, but beyond a used by the rebbors, as al the loot, There was, His“: Lordship re- Blake) was for the defence." general Indication of the direction practically intact, was found In H

Tsinan, Yesterday. large number of Japanese troops ment have hitherto hesitated to settlement were acceptable to

man. He thought the terms of fectly fair one in the right spirit. others picked up a firearm and fired found three revolvers, all loaded,

wounded, and inflicted heavy loss on the Southerners.

ing ensued,

The Japanese lost 4 killed and 20

Fighting continuca--Reuter.

Stubborn Resistance.

der and mutilation of Tsai Kung-

Shanghai, To-day.

shih, which is based solely on the

BLAME THE REDS!

The Japanese continue to dis-evidence of the latter's wounded arm Chinese troops in and servant, who stated he jumped around Tsinan which is result over a wall and made a narrow Peking Wants Peace to Save the move any misconception in the ing in minor fighting at various escape from the scene.

Country. points.

Hwang Fu asserts that Japanese

BRITONS SAFE,

Those in Shantung Warned to

Leave.

"VERO CASTELITUNG TITRE WAY"at"=""ming"=""TEIDEN WORD: Warned on or before)

shul on April 80.3

April 20 to remove for safety, to

Peking, Yesterday...

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