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CLEARED OUT.

CHINESE FLEE FROM TSINAN.

CITY WALLS BLOWN UP.

Chiang Kai-shek and Foreign Minister to Resign?

OFFICIAL ESTIMATE OF JAPANESE CASUALTIES.

TABLISHED

1845

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1928..

NOT WANTED.

Prince Carol Must Leave England.

EAGER TO REMAIN.

Home Secretary Makes Further

⚫ Statement In Commons.

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NOTED VISITOR.

Captain Robert Dollar Here Again.

ON A WORLD TOUR.

Unable To Break His Journey In Hong Kong.

Captain Robert Dollar, the

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

PEACE PACT:

Statement In The Commons.

"TIME TO CONSIDER.”

Sir A. Chamberlain Explains Attitude Of H.M. Gort.

London, Yesterday.

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PILLS AND PISTOLS. EGYPT GRATEFUL.

Two Chinese Sentenced.

COURT PROCEEDINGS.

150,000 Heroin Pills At One Fell Swoop.

Premier. Pleased With Conciliatory Spirit.

ANGLO-EGYPTIANS RELATIONS.

Sir A. Chamberlain Says Fresh Negotiations Would Be Useless.

A haul of no fewer than 150,000 | -

London, Yesterday.

London, Yesterday. In the House of Commons at veteran merchant and shipowner, i In the House of Commons, dur- heroin pills was made by Revenue In the House of Commons dur- question time, Sir Wm. Joynson- is a noted visitor whom Hong ing the Foreign Office debate, re- Officers early this week, and the ing the Foreign Office debate, re- Hicks announced receipt of a Kong is pleased to welcome once plying to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald sequel occurred in Mr. R. E. Lind plying to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, communication on behalf of more.

Unfortunately for his with regard to the United States sell's Court at the Central Magis- Sir A. Chamberlain said that `After sticking, to. their posts and resisting vigorously, the re- Prince Carol of Rumania regret- many friends, both Chinese and proposal to outlaw war, Sir A. tracy this morning, when two fresh negotiations with Egypt maining Southern troops in that part of Tsinan known as the walled-ting that he had unintentionally foreign, he is unable according Chamberlain said: We must take Chinese were charged with the would be useless until time and in city, or the Chinese quarter, have been ejected, finally fleeing caused embarrassment to the to represent arrangements to a little time to consider the rela- unlawful possession of 120,000 of experience had done their work.

Government and offering an break his journey here.

tion proposed in this obligation to the pills.

Meantime His Majesty's Govern- across the Yellow River. To clear out these forces, the Japanese assurance that if allowed to re- The "President Grant" brought our existing obligations. Mr. Two lots of the pills, one num- ment would do everything to Expedition had to blow up the city walls.

main he would not exercise any Captain Robert Dollar from Kellogg's speech had shown the bering 20,000 and the other make it possible to conduct Anglo- political activities.

possibility of reconciling our obli- 30,000 were seized on board the Egyptian relations without these gations with the new declaration China Merchants' 8.8. "Hsin recurring crises or resorting to he had invited us to take.

Wah.".

grave warnings on the moving His Majesty's Government had In connection with the first lot, of ships. concluded the examination of the a seaman of the ship, a Shanghai Sir, Austen stated that Nahas proposal and their comments and Chinese was arrested, whilst the Pasha had asked Lord Lloyd to suggestions for the reply to the owner of the second lot could not convey to him (Sir A. Chamber- United States were already en be traced.

Jain) his gratitude for the con-. route to the dominions. He had

eillatory and friendly spirit which When the Shanghai seaman tentatively suggested a meeting was brought before the Court had inspired the happy solution of jurists, but withdrew the pro- this morning, it was stated that of the recent crisis. Reuter. posal immediately he learn- the pills found in his possession ed that it had not com-contained eight times as much RECKLESS CYCLIST. mended itself to one of the heroin as allowed by law. Governments concerned. They therefore, would now proceed by the ordinary diplomatic channels. pills but said that he did not know

He admitted possession of the LOSES CONTROL AND KNOCKS

DOWN BOY. When the reply of the Dominions

Sir Wm. Joynson-Hicks said that after consultation with Sir

the unfortunate impression al- luctantly compelled to reply that

ready created could not be re- moved by any assurances for the future and that directions had already been issued which could not be withdrawn.

This is the end. to the second engagement in Tsinan, the first having closed last week. Further news is to hand concerning the third engagement, 15 miles east of Tsinan, reported yesterday. Here A. Chamberlain, he had been re- the Southerners had to leave behind two or three hundred of their killed.

Meanwhile an official Japanese estimate of the casualties has been issued and makes interesting reading. In addition to these three fights, there was a minor action two miles from Tsinan, in which the Chinese lost eighty men.

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The political situation is still far from clarified. There is talk of Chiang Kai-shek and his Foreign Minister resigning, following the crisis. If he does go, unity with Peking will be more difficult because the "Christian General" who is expected to succeed him is persona non grata in Peking.

JAPANESE TO LEAVE CANTON.

The walled-in Chinese city of Tainan has been cleared by the Japanese Expeditionary Force of Nationalist troops.

A Further Protest:

Peking. Yesterday.

It is understood that the Peking Foreign Ministry is handing in a According to a Reuter cable further protest to the Japanese from Tokyo, reports from Tsinan Legation this evening regarding indicate that the Japanese troops the despatch of Japanese troops blew up the eastern and south-to Chinu, and possibly also pro- western corners of the city wall. testing against the action of the They did so for the purpose of Japanese after their arrival in driving out some Southern troops Shantung.-Houter. who had, remained' at their posi-| tions, resisting vigorously. A

further object was the disarming

of these Chinese troops.

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TROUBLE SPREADS.

Replying to a supplementary statement Sir Wm. Joynson- Hicks hoped that Prince Carol be gone by Monday.-Reuter.

sures and therefore approve of the despatch of destroyers and cfuisers to the Yangtsze River. However, they maintain that re- parations must be secured pence- fully and diplomatically-not at the point of a bayonet. Reuter.

JAPANESE EXTEND.

Clear Tsinan Chinese Quarter And Take Bridge.

Tsingtao, Yesterday.

After the Japanese had com- Japanese Leaving Canton: Panic tionary Force on Wednesday bom-

pleted the clearing out process, the Southerners crossed the Yellow River and fled to the north-west.

Japanese Casualties.

Tokyo, To-day. The official estimate of Japan- esc casualties at Tsinan up-to the present is given as follows:-

ed.

Military: 21 killed; 79 wound-

Civilians: 18 murdered, 9 wounded and 28 missing, of which number two are believed tá have been murdered.

--Reuter.

The Railway Battle.

Tokyo, Yesterday. The Southerners under the Na- tionalist General Chen Tiao-yuan who

at Nanking.

Canton, Yesterday, Japanese residents of Canton have been instructed to evacuate as a precautionary

measure.

British Naval Wireless.

The city is quiet, however.

Nanking Consulate Guarded. Nanking, Yesterday.

It is reported that the Japanese consul here had left the city and

barded the Chinese city with three-inch guns, Stokes mortars | and machine guns.

Later the Southern troops sur- rendered and were disarmed. The Japanese took over the Chinese

city.

The Japanese lost one killed and two wounded.--Reuter.

Japanese 'Planes at Work.

Tokyo, Yesterday,

OUR PICTURES.

In To-morrow's “China Mail."

The usual Saturday features in to-morrow's “China.Mall” will be augmented by two full pages of pictures.

Possession Admitted.

had been received the Govern-they contained heroin. He had in- ment hoped to reply to the United

tended to take the pills to Canton States that it desired to co-oper-to sell them there as medicine. ate in the conclusion of the pact. -Reuter,

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HANDSOME RETURN:

London, Yesterday.

vernacular paper as "The Friend of China."

THE MAN.

Foremost Lumber Merchant in the United States.

Taking the accused's plea as one of "guilty," Mr. Lindsell re- gistered a conviction and imposed a fine of $2,000, or, in default, six

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.COURT CASE.

Yesterday at noon, a rather seri- qus accident occurred road, on the incline between Austin- at Nathan-

months' hard labour.

road and Jordan-road, opposita Leya Later, Mr. Horace Lo appeared Buildings and Saifee Terrace, in- in Court and informed the volving a Chinese youth riding a Magistrate that he was instructed bleycle, who crashed into and knock- for the defence yesterday, Heed down a small British lad, T. had made inquiries about the case Green (12), residing at No. 231,. then, and was informed that it Nathan-road.

A sequel to the The Shell Transport Trading would not be heard in the Hong

incident took Shanghai to-day, and also Mrs.

the Kowloon Magistracy.. Doliar and two charming nieces, Company announce an Interim Kong Court. Later, he learned place at

that the defendant would be this morning Six thousand Southern troops the Misses Dickson, who accom-dividend of 15 per cent., making brought before the Court at 10.30 Schofield before Mr. W under General Fang Chen-wu panied their uncle on a previous 25 per cent. in respect of 1927.

Amsterdam, Yesterday. that morning. He hoped that he have failed to evacuate the Chin- world tour.

A witness said: "At 12.40 yester- The Royal Dutch Shell Com-was not too late to apply for the day, I boarded a Kowloon 'bus from ese city in Tsinan within the time The "China Mail" is informed pany recommend a further 14 per case to be re-opened, limit laid down by the Japanese that the travellers will sail for cent, making 24 per cent. for the

the Star Ferry, and when 'we had - Mr. Lindsell informed. Mr. Lo just passed the junction of Austin- ultimatum, the Japanese Expedi-

year. Reuter.

that the accused had admitted road and Nathan-road,, down the possession of the pills and was incline, casually looking out, I saw accordingly fined.

the defendant pass the 'bus on the Mr. Lo argued that the accused left hand side, going at a good pace. had admitted possession of the Then I noticed two lads crossing the pills but not "guilty knowledge" road, and saw the defendant, to ali as to what the pills were made appearances, lose control of the of.

bicycle. Before he could pull up. Mr. Lindsell said that all he he crashed right into a boy, knock- had been concerned with was ing him down with some consider- the fact that the accused had able force. The bus was about 6 Robert Dollar is the foremost admitted possession of the pills yards behind at the time of the col- " producer and exporter of lumber and had stated that he intended liston, and I being in the front row We are happy to announce that in the, United States and is the taking them to Canton to sell of the bus, jumped off before it had

owner of two fleets of steamers there.

stopped at the usual terminus at we have contracted with the which call regularly at Hong well-known London photographic Kong, one for trade on the Pacific

Counsel's Request.

| Jordan-road. · I helped the little lad agency, the Sporting and General and the other for round-the-world time to consider the point as to his head, at the same time detain Mr. Lo said that he would like to rise, and found a big bump on Agency, Ltd., for a regular week trade. No other person has done whether the accused's plea ing the defendant, until a constable all specially selected to appeal to merce between the U.S. Pacific guilty, knowledge, and requested him our British readers. The first coast and the Orient. He is re- his Worship to suspend sentence His Worship: "You say that the series will appear in to-morrow's garded as a creator of friendship in the meantime." "China Mail."

between the Orient and the Occi-

Mr. Lindsell agreed to give Mr. In addition Saturday's paper He is also noted for his work in

dent, said a well-known writer-Lo until 11 a.m., to-morrow to of pictures of local interest, in-

The little lad was then called to cluding the Volunteer Colours, building up a powerful American consider whether or not he should

give evidence, and he said that he will contain the natal full page

merchant marine and for his apply for a re-hearing of the generous gifts to education and

was crossing the road from the scenes at the unvelling of the

The master of passenger sam- right to the left, when at about one charity. Chinese Memorial, the opening

pan B-3681-V was then charged and a half yards from the trees Honoured by China's Rulers. with the unlawful possession of (on the left) he saw defendant & of the new Tung Wah Hospital, HE. the Governor's departure,

The last Emperor of China 100,000 pills of a similar descrip-yards away from him, and then "he together with a portrait of H.E.

(Hsuan Tung) and President tion. the Officer. Administering the Yuan Shih-kai decorated him, and

He claimed that it was left in. The defendant said that the boy Government, a splendid view of when Li Yuan-hung was chosen his sampan by a passenger.

President of China, one of the first

suddenly ran across the road, and Hong Kong by night, etc.

things he did was to send Robert On two further charges of poshe pulled up travelling very slow- Dollar a cable expressing a desire sesion of 60 taels of prepared by when the complainant stopped The Japanese on Wednesday at-

for his friendship. He has been Macao opium, and 16 Luger pistol right in front of him. Not being tacked and drove out a detach- Manila on the "President Grant" honoured by election to the pre-loaders, he gave the same excuse. able to avoid him as the 'bus was ment of Chinese troops from a to-morrow afternoon.

sidency of both the Chamber of The Magistrate decided to hear right behind, he knocked him down. village two miles from Tsinanfu

"Did you ring your bell" asked No official reception programme Commerce and the Merchants the pills and opium cases first.

taken quarters in Hsiakwan (aplanes over the city induced the A report from Tsinan says that the appearance of Japanese aero- suburb), abreast of the Japanese Southern troops under General hulk. The Japanese Consulate is Fang Chen-wu, then holding the now guarded by military police.

Chinese quarter of Tainan, to here and distributing propaganda,

Later. noon. They are now being dis- All the Japanese residents are armed. Reuter.

7,000 Chinese Disarmed. clashed with General reported to have left the city and Iwakura's brigade (reinforce-gone on to the hulk on the

Tokyo, Yesterday. Japanese despatches from Tai- menta for Tsinan from Tsingtao) River, with the exception of the on Wednesday, midway between Consul-British Naval Wireless.an confirm that the Japanese Kotien and Tsinan, were repulsed | [Note: Nanking, the National-troops have occupied the railway by the Japanese. The Southern- ist capital, is on the Yangtaze, bridge over the Yellow River for

Students are acting as picketscapitulate on Wednesday- after-ly supply of Home-side plctures, so much as he to build up com-amounted to one of admission of arrived on the scene and arrested

ers left

two or three hundred 200 miles above Shanghai.] dead on the field.

Boycotts Declared..

Shanghai, Yesterday,

the "purpose of keeping the Southerners at a safe distance," The Japanese reinforcements,

and also the report that Chinese who suffered only twenty or An anti-Japanese boycott has from the city, left 160 dead.

troops, whom the Japanese drove thirty casualties, gre now guard- been declared both at Shanghai ing this part of the Shantung and at Wuhu, which is 55 miles 7,000 Chinese since the first out- The Japanese have disarmed Railway-Reuter.

above Nanking. Both places are break.-Reuter. quiet-British Naval Wireless.

TO RESIGN?

Chiang Kai-shek and Foreign Minister,

Peking, Yesterday.

emanate from Nanking, to the

if is true, these changes will

"IN CASE OF WAR."

Chinese in Manila Promise $15,000,000.

Fighting Outside Tsinan.

Shanghai, Yesterday.

case.

defendant appeared to lose control?" Witness: "To all appearances, yes. He had ample time to pull up if he had applied his brakes."

knocked me down."

A report is current, alleged to

after a stubborn resistance on the has been mapped out for "Cappy Exchange of San Francisco, by C.P.O. Clark, in the witness his Worship. The defendant an- Manila, To-day. The Chinese resident in Manila Part of the Chinese who lost Ricks," the hero of Peter Kyne's selection as a director of the For-box, deposed to searching the ac-swered in the affirmative, which did effect that Generalissimo Chiang have pledged a

eighty killed. Bum of Mex. Kai-shek (commander-in-chief of $15,000,000 in case Japan declares Japanese troops set fire to many leisure.

Chinese reports state that the stories, as Captain Dollar profers eign Trade Council, by appoint-cused's boat at Chungshawan at not agree with the evidence of the witness and complainant. Fined $10. director of the 2.30 p.m., on May 8. to spend the day or so he.s at ment as the allied Nationalist armies) and war against China. Recruiting houses in the vicinity, also that The Friend of China."

G$80,000,000 American Inter-

Parcels of Pills: General Hwang Fu (Foreign has opened.

national Corporation. ..... Minister) are on the point of re-

The pills which were in ten The Japanese Consul has asked troyed the munition dump at Japanese 'planes bombed and des-

Born in Scotland. signing; and that their places are the authorities for a special guard Tsinan.

It is only to be expected, how-

packages were found in the mid-case against the same accused of

likely to be taken by Feng Yu- during the visit of Prince Taka-

ever, that his large circle of busi- Yet among the great business ship hold of the sampan. Six possession of the 16 Luger pistol A Nationalist, news agency ness friends and that some of his men of America no one began life of the parcels were in a flour bag, loaders. hsiang (the "Christian General") matsu (a brother of H.M. Em-states that the Japanese have many Chinese admirers will call more humbly than he. He was whilst the other four were lying CPO. Clark said that he found and Dr. C. T. Wang.

peror Hirohite) who is arriving cupied the entire Shantung Rail- upon him.

born in a little home above a lum loosely in the hold. The opium, the loaders together with the pills Chinese are of the opinion that on May 19.-Reuter.

way zone, also Tainan and the This is not the first occasion ber firm's office at Falkirk, Scot-done up in three rolls of 20 1-tael in the midship hold of the sam Japanese Reticence.

foreign commercial area as well that Captain Dollar has come to land, Fractically eighty years tins each, were in another bag in pan. The bag in which they were Peking, Yesterday.

as the Yellow River bridge and Hong Kong nor, it is hoped, will ago. When only twelve years old, the aft hold of the sampan. He contained was damp, and he judged from this and the rusty During the last two days the Kotian city, 15 miles to the east it be by any means the last, he was taken from school to earn arrested the defendant. Japanese authorities have been of Tainan. It adds that they are Although when others of his age a few shillings as office boy with Remarking that it was obvious condition of the loaders that they

had been submerged in water, most reticent regarding develop apparently considering extending have retired for years, he is still a shipping company. The family that the accused had deliberately. The accused said that the load- ments at Tainan. Reuter the occupied area-Reuter, actively engaged in his many in-moved to Canada. A year later, his boat for smuggling drugs,

terests. At Shanghai, he spoke and little Robert, who was then Mr. Lindsell imposed fines of oplum all belonged to a passenger ers together with the pills and War Spreads To Tsingtao, confidently on the future of for under fourteen years of age, was $2,000 or three months for pos- who had engaged his sampan to Marshal Chang Tso-lin, the Dicta Leading financiers and business Bay Shanghai, Yesterday. eign trade in China. After a sent two hundred miles from civil- session of the pills and $4,000 or tor, urging him to make peace men fully endorse the despatch of There have been encounters be week or so in the Philippine sation to a lumber camp to be six months for the oplum, the fall out to a ship in harbour, troops when the purpose is con- tween the Chinese and Japanese Islands, Captain Dollar and the Cook's boy. Even to-day lumber terms to run consecutively. The Magistrate decided to Accordingly, Marshal Chang fined to protection of nationals troops in the vicinity of Tsingtao ladies are to continue on their camps are noted for their hard An order was made for the con- convict, and sentence of two Teo-lin has issued an appeal for and safeguarding of transports in which the Japanese appear to voyage by the President Wilson life and the rough men who work fiscation of the pills, opfum and years hard labour was passed, the sentence to run concurrently with truce with the Nationalists, pend- tion on the Shantung Railway as have taken the offensive in driv- which will take them back to in them; sixty years ago they the sampan...

those already passed on the ac- ing settlement of the Tainan in- indicated in the statement by the ing back the Chinese troops, America.

were much worse. The lowest s Pistol Loaders. ̈cident with Jasandil British Naval ExpandASARA

cused by Mr. Lindsell for posses ob in a lumber camp was that of Wireless.

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make a compromise with the North much more difficult, Reuter.

Peking Asks for Peace.

Peking. Yesterday.

A faction in the Peking Cabinet has presented a memorandum to

with the Southerners.

What Merchants Think.

Osaka, To-day...

Router ceste

desire ample precautionary men

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tain Dollar was referred to in

with Major C. Willson to hear the opium: