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No. 25,924

A YEAR'S RESPITE.

CANTON'S FINANCIAL FREEDOM.

PROMISING OUTLOOK.

Marshal Li's Splendid Efforts at Peking.

CONSOLIDATING POSITION OF CANTON.

[From Our Political Correspondent.]

From evidence thus far available, it appears (as indicated by Reuter) that Canton will succeed in obtaining financial independence from Nanking for a year.

ESTABĻISHAD

1846

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, JULY

THAT "PACT" ONCE MISSION RETURNS TO

MORE:

IMPATIENT M.P.'S.

MORE HECKLING OF SIR A. CHAMBERLAIN.

DUBLIN'S DECISION.

London, Yesterday.

MUKDEN.

CHANGE THE FLAG?

CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S REQUEST

TO MANCHURIA.

[FIRST STEP TOWARDS PEACE

Nanking, Yesterday.

17, 1928. PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

BRITAIN AND DRUGS TRAFFIC.

A SALAAM

GOOD WORK DONE.

REPORT SENT TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

REFERENCE TO SEIZURES.

London, Yesterday.

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HYDE PARK “ECHO" AGAIN.

THE "BOBBIES."

"NO JUSTIFICATION FOR PERJURY."

COMMONS' STATEMENT.

London, Yesterday,

OUR “IMPECUNIOUS” UNIVERSITY.

COMMONS' QUERIES. SUGGESTION TO UNIVERSITY AUTHORITIES.

BOXER FUNDS?

London, Yesterday.

In the House of Commons dur- The attention of the House of

It is understood that the 'Man- In the House of Commons, In reply to questions, Sir Austen churian peace delegates have rehual report to the League of na-ing question time Sir Wm. Joyn-Commons was, at question time, tions with regard to the traffic in son Hicks stated that the Director drawn to the impecuniosity of the Chamberlain said the replies had turned to Mukden from Peking, opium and other dangerous drugs of Public Prosecutions, (Sir A. University of Hong Kong. not been received from all the carrying with them Marshal in 1927, shows that no informa- Bodkin) had advised and that he Mr. Locker Lampson (Under- Dominions' governments with re- Chiang Kai-shek's request to the tion had been received that uny (Sir William) had agreed that Secretary for Foreign Affairs) Manchurian leaders to haul down firm. in Great Britain had been perjury proceedings against the replied that the University gard to the latest United States the old "Republican" five-barred engaged in smuggling drugs and two policemen who arrested Sir authorities should submit their proposals for a treaty of Outlaw-flag and hoist instead the Nation that no seizures of drugs of Bri- Leo Money and Miss Savidge claim for a grant under the alist (blue sky, white sun) stand-tish manufacture was reported would not be justified; and that China Indemnity Act 1925, for ard. ing War.

during the year.

therefore no question as to a dis- the consideration of the Board of The communications of His In view of the above report, In addition to drug seizures ciplinary inquiry arose.

Trustees, as soon as the Board is in Great Britain Sir Wm. Joynson Hicks inform-established If such be the case, Marshal Li Chai-sum will have achieved Majesty's Government with the Nanking sources expect the Na-made

Dominions herennent were made tionalist flag to be flying in Man-many seizures were reported ed the commissioner (Sir Wm. Mr. J. S. Wardlaw-Milne (Con. churia before July 31 (as the from India, Rangoon, Singapore Horwood) that in his opinion the Member for Kidderminster Div. something material for his Government in Kwangtung, as the result

by cable. He (Sir Austen) hoped first step towards harmony be- and Hong Kong and the British action of these officers in the of Worcestershire) asked when of his present sojourn in the North. Hankow also put forward to be in a position to hand in our tween Manchuria and the Nation-Government had communicated Savidge case should not be re- there was likelihood of this Com- similar demand and the inference, therefore, is that the combined reply to the American Charge alists)-Reuter.

the information thercanent and garded as in any way reflecting to mission being appointed. other information with regard to their discredit.-Reuter. effort of Marshal Li and his colleagues in the Kwangsi faction was d'Affaires on July 18. Doubtless

illicit traffic to the League and sufficiently strong to impress the Nationalist Central Government the replies of the Governments of

also to any Governments whose the Dominions and India would be at Nanking and the leaders in Peking.

a

Information revealed in political circles, however, points to published by those Governments other steps having been taken by Marshal Li in consolidating his in due course. position in South China and thereby ensuring the peace of Canton ̧

POLITICAL INFORMATION.

The impression gained at first was that Marshal Li was hurrying to Peking to offer concessions to Nanking in return for the grant of further immunity for Canton from being involved in issues emanating from Nanking.

A former Canton official, now in Hong Kong awaiting passage

to Shanghai, expresses the view

retaining the control of Canton

in his own men's hands.

for

the

Being snugly close together usually breeds an unhealthy at- mosphere

Generals, latest example of his being the| pressure brought to bear by two of the Kwangsi group Big Four at Hankow on General Cheng Chien and his notorious 6th Army.

A TRIUMVIRATE. Actually exercising control in

· JAPAN'S VIEWS.

Refutation of Expiry of

Treaty

Osaka Yesterday..

1

territories appeared to be con-

ALLEGED FRAUDS.

cerned in any illicit transaction discovered. Much valuable in- THE CHARGES AGAINST FOK

CHUNG KHEN.

formation had also been received The Chamber of Commerce and from other Governments under French other influential organisations of arrangements of a direct inter-

Sir A. Chamberlain, later, when tasked why the

and German Governments had! been able to make up their minds on this very important matter earlier than His Majesty's Gov- ernment, said that His Majesty's Government have made up their

mind but it was necessary to com- municate with the Dominions be- fore replying.

Irish Free State Accepts,

Dublin, Yesterday.

.

FINE TO CLOUDY.

East or variable winds moder- att anti ta ofudy in the fore. cast until noon to-morrow.

The Northern depression is central to the North of Japan. A depression remains over Tong- king.

The Free State Government, in

Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya and Kyoto Note to the United States held a conference here to-day and Minister at Dublin, unreservedly passed a resolution refusing to ac.. accepts r. Kellogg's treaty.

shal Li Chai-sum's immediate compelled to

time,

adhere loyally,

-Reuter.

Tsingtao, Yesterday.

change.

COURT PROCEEDINGS..

Mr. Lampson replied that it would be very difficult to spend any of this money in the present conditions of China-Reuter.

|BANANA DISDAINED.

"JACKO" WHO PREFERRED A LICHEE.

-

HIS PURSUERS DEFIED.

Called "Jacko" for convenience,

The report mentions that two The hearing was begun, bafore important seizures of cocaine Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central had already been made in London Magistracy this morning, of the this year; firstly, cocaine of case in which Fok Chung-yuen is a little Chinese monkey which captivity this Japanese manufacture smuggled charged with alleged fraud on escaped from in by a Lascar on a vessel from three counts as follow:(1) forg morning climbed a tree in the Far East; secondly, cocaine of ing on February 22, 1921, a dead Queen's-road Central and shouted German manufacture exported of assignment purported to have defiance at his pursuers. from Germany to a firm in been executed by Fok Kam-shuen

A very young member of his Lithuania from whence it was (prisoner's father), in favour of family with his native "village" smuggled by a Lithuanian resid-Messrs. Thomas W. Simmons and somewhere in the hilis of Kiangsi ing in London.-Reuter.

Co., (2) uttering the forged deed province the monkey had a. knowing it to be forged; and (3) short length of dinky chain. conspiring with his brother, Fok dangling from his leather collar.. Tat-ful, to defraud, Fek Kam-chuen he chain gave him away as one. cept the interpretation (broad- the piano into the yard, render- and the Bank of Canton by means who had broken prison.

of the forged document, between Paris, Yesterday-casted by the ninese National-ing it useless.

The tree in which he sought ists) that the China-Japan Treaty GRAVES DESECRATED. January 1 and May 31, 1921, sanctuary is that opposite the The text of the French reply to of Commerce expires on July 20 that the duration of Marshal Li's Canton at the moment are Gen-Mr. Kellogg's proposals on the and insisting that the Treaty is children and other foreigners at other charges relating to alleged the Royal Engineers and the turn The graves of missionaries and The prisoner also had to face two Military Police barracks, between absence from Canton will be a reeral Chan Chai-tong (4th Army), Outlawry of War is published, still in force, vide article 26.

attempt to defraud the banking de in the tram-lines outside, the General Chui King-tong (5th It is stated that France is happy Nationalists propose revision of

The resolution says that if the Changte have been desecrated.

Much of the looting occurred partment of Messrs. Wing On & Royal Army Service Corps. It is Army) and General Tang Shih- to see that the proposed treaty ac- the Treaty, Japan will be willing during the last six months. The Co., Ltd., of $50,000, but these will on the south side of the road, the first to be met on going down to- tsung (City Defence Commission- cords with her obligations under to negotiate but abolition of ex-missionaries state that the troops be proceeded with separately. er and Chief of Police)-all Mar- existing treaties to which she is traterritoriality and tariff auto-responsible belong to the 20th Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by wards Wanchai.

and 30th army corps of the 1st Mr. M. M. Watson) appeared for

Nearly Fell.. partisans who have worked close-Therefore, she is quite prepared nomy must be consummated by Kuominchun (the "Christian Gen- the prosecution on the charges re- A crowd of Chinese assembled eral's" Army). The Kuomin- lating to the Bank of Canton only quickly when they saw Jacko up ly and harmoniously for some to sign forthwith the proposed easy stages; in view of the fact

chun recently occupied the Ameri- whilst the prisoner was defended in the highest branches, shaking treaty, though she points out that that the safety of foreign life and

a small branch out of sheer joy The civil administration is the proposal that the signatories property and the protection of

Shunteh,

(instructed by Mr. Н. C. and dropping the leaves on pedes- under the Canton branch of the to the Treaty of Locarno should foreign enterprises and interna-can Presbyterian premises at on all charges by Mr. H. G. Sheldon

A strange fact in connection Macnamara. Mr. C. Bulmer trians on the pavement. Nationalist Political Council. sign Neutrality Treaties which tional trade are not yet ensured.

with the above is that while the Johnson was also present in Court A banana was produced. Down Two of the members of this re- would be open to other States, constituted council have gone gives the proposed pact wider EXPEDITION WITHDRAWING. "Christian General's" soldiers and informed the Magistrate that Jacko bounded. He made a grab were guilty of the outrages, the he appeared to watch for "an in for the banana which was held They are General Wu Te-chen scope than fits in entirely with

This morning, 5,700 troops and "Christian General," during a re-terested party."

fast in the man's hand. Up he (without portfolio) who is in French views.

Before proceeding with the out-went again on finding that he Shanghal; and Mr. L. C. Lee (for- France expresses gratification 1,600 horses belonging to the visit to Paotingfu, gave $2,000 to mer head of the now suppressed as to the explanations appended Japanese Expeditionary Force for the American mission there.-line of the case, Mr. Jenkin told the was being cheated, but his foot

Shantung were evacuated, re- Reuter.

Magistrate that he had been asked caught in the chain hanging from Bureau of Industry), who was ap-to the American proposals where turning to Japan as outlined some GOVERNOR MURDERED. by Mr. T. Murphy, Assistant Direc- his neck and he nearly lost his pointed to replace General Wu Te

tor of Criminal Intelligence to men-balance to fall thirty feet to the chen and who is in the seclusion by the American Government re-time ago in Tokyo when the view

Shanghai, Yesterday.

tion that there was a further roadside. cognises the French contention that the situation had improved

The "Sin Wan Pao" states that charge against the prisoner of was expressed. Reuter.

Having recovered his balance that the Treaty in no way re- STOUT PARTISAN." stricts or compromises the right CHANG TSO-LIN'S FORTUNE. the Nationalist. Government had jumping his bail in connection with and equanimity, Jacko began to received a telegram from Sin- the two charges relating to earlier shake branches again, still glee- The principal figure in the civil of self-defence of any

Mukden, July 4. klang announcing that General government is Mr. Chu Ka-wah, against attack or against inva- Chang Tso-lin's funeral is to Yang Tseng-hsin, the military proceedings against prisoner, with fully, but with an eye watching the Vice-Chancellor of Chung-sion, each nation being the sole take place on August 3, after five governor of Sinkiang, when giv- which Counsel was not concerned. the Tommies in barracks across

to the road.

Showed His Teeth. know if that charge was to stand shan University and a member of judge of whether the circumn- weeks of mourning. The funeral ing away the prizes at the Russian Ho (Counsel) merely wanted

A lichee was shown him. Down the council, who is also acting as stances warrant recourse to de- committee comprises amongst Language School on July 7, was over with the others.

fensive warfare.-Reuter.

others Military Commander shot down by soldiers, on thei Mr. Lindsell was understood to he pounced again and, with a Chang Tso-hsiang of Kirin, Pre-orders of Van Yao-man, the Com- remark that the "jumping of bail" short, sharp tug, had the tasty sident, ex-Civil Governor Wang missioner Foreign Affairs.

by the prisoner was met by the fruit in his hand. Up to top Shu-shen of Kirin, General Mana The assassins were arrested.

estreating of the bail, and now that again, he started peeling the skin Messrs. Yuan Chu-kai, ger;

The gentry have elected King he had been re-arrested, it mere of the lichee and then took his Chang Hsien-fang and others as Sz-zung, the Civil Governor, as ly meant reviving the formertime eating it. councillors.

acting military governor.

charges against him...

When somebody poked at his General Chang Hauch-liang hasIt is understood that Ma Fu- Mr. Jenkin replied that he was seat with a long bamboo pole, Twenty-three millhands were given $9,000,000, out of his heiang, who was recently ap-not interested in the matter per- he dropped the lichee so as to be father's property, towards the ads pointed as military governor of sonally, and doubtless Mr. Murphy able to use one hand for climbing injured, four arrested and a num-vancement of educational institu- Sinkiang, is at present on his way would give careful consideration to to safety and the other for hold-

the matter.

ing up his chain to that it should her of police hurt as the result of tions in Fengtien province, viz., to Sinklang.

The Kuo Min news agency, Proceeding to outline the case not trip him." rioting at Fort Gloster Jute mills, $5,000,000 to Chinese primary

Schools, $2,500,000 to the Tung confirming the "Sin Wan Pao" re- against the prisoner on the first Then he showed his teeth to 20 miles from Calcutta, owing to tze Middle School and Girls' High port, adds that Van Yao-nan and three charges of the indictment, the man with the bamboo pole!

WAA still at large the alleged dismissal of four School formerly established by twenty of his bodyguards were Mr. Jenkin said that in the main "Jacko". millhands.

the donor himself, and $1,500,000 executed on July 9 by orders of the charges concerned a deed of when the crowd was dispersed by Men rushed the office and hurl-to the Tungtze Club. ed missiles. The police were summoned and eventually fired. Reuter,

General Wong Shiu-hung of

Kwangsi, who was chosen by Marshal Li Chai-sum to take charge of military affairs at Canton but has remained in Kwangsi.

flex of the measure of success (or failure) of his conference with Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, the spokesman of Nanking.'

of his native village,

Chancellor in the absence of Mr.

Tai Kwei-to, who accompanied Marshal Li on his mission. Mr. Chu is acknowledged to be a stout partisan of Marshal Li,

Rumours have been current that there may be changes in the It will be recalled that Marshal municipal, civil and judicial de- Li's rather sudden departure partments, with an ultimate from Canton gave rise to specula comb-out to strengthen the con- tion among his supporters and the trol of Marshal L. The influence

crop of mild rumours which usual- ly accompanies such a journey, Speculation, yes--but not anxiety nor uneasiness. There were mat- ters, some urgent, which required his attention in Canton. These, of course, had to be postponed or settled by his subordinates,

COULD NOT WAIT, Marshal Li could not wait for the inaugural of the reorganised Provincial Government. General Wong Shiu-hung, head of the Kwangel Government and, like Marshal Li, one of the Big Four of the Kwangsi Group, did not come to Canton to be his military deputy. General Chan Ming-shu, commander of the southern mili- tary area of Kwangtung, is stay- ing away although he is ruler pro tem.

General Chan Ming-shui, commander of the southern military area of Kwangtung, who has not gone to Canton but is military administrator In name.

Here is a sign of Marshal Li's masterly policy of steady of the "moderate" Nationalist consolidation, while nominally politicians, Dr. C. C. Wit, Mr. Hu handing over the power to Gen. Han-min, Mr. Sun Fo and others, erala with big "commanda yet lis waning; although their

MILL RIOT.

nation

WORKERS & POLICE CLASH NEAR CALCUTTA,

Calcutta, Yesterday.

nominees occupied responsible positions a little while ago.

GOOD FOR TRADE.

HONAN MISSIONS.

2.

King Sz-zung-Reuter.

CHANGING PEKING.

Peking, Yesterday.

assignment made in February 1921 a constable. which Counsel said would be re-

ferred to by Mr. C. E. H. Beavis

of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist..

FATHER AND SON.

these were entrusted to the prison-

er for safe custody. Deeds No. 4, 5 and 6 relating to properties in

illyer-street, were mortgaged to the Asia Banking Corporation.

In 1913, Counsel continued, the

Peking, Yesterday Canadian missionaries, who

Counsel said that he would hand list, Counsel, sald, included the recently went to Honan to inves- Not content with changing the tigate the state of their property, name of Peking, the Nationalists in the document at the start so Kum On godowns at No. 18. HIN- are planning to change all street that his Worship' could immediate-yer-street and No. 80, Square- have returned.

names having a monarchist ly appreciate the nature of the street, and the deeds relating to Interviewed by Reuter, they flavour, such as Prince Wang charges against the prisoner. declare that all reports of looting street, and have already com- are true. Hospitals, schools, and menced painting the red, walls of residences have been looted of the Imperial Palace with Nation- Proceeding, Mr. Jenkin said that The ricochet of Marshal Li's everything of value, and more list blue. They also intend to the prisoner was the second son of campaign against the Communists than one residence has been burn remove the Yellow ules, thus des Mr. Fok Kam-chuen who had been has struck a blow at the elementa ed.

troying the picturesque appear-a local merchant for many years which, though strictly anti-red. In some cases fires were light-ance of the ancient capital trading under the name of Fook prisoner and a brother named Fook Lee, hardward merchants. In 1916, Tat-ful, Mr. Fok Kam-chuen's third were not of Marshal Li's owned on the wooden floors and holes Reuter

have been burned” through.

owing to advanced age, the father son, embarked together in the im STILL RENT ON WAR Chinese and foreign books have

handed over his business to the port and export trade as Fook Loa and Co., with offices in York-build- Peking, Yesterday. prisoner to manage by a power, of ting, the original Fook Lee firm Discussion of alleged motives been wantonly trampled or torn Is best left to those who have up, p

The Nationalist militarists attorney. The father, Counsel founded by the father being still the inclination for The While the missionaries were have decided that General Fel- said, with the profits from the Fook in custence in Hillyer-street. The practical result is that the there, one or two buildings which Chung-hs shall suppress the Lee firm, acquired leasehold pro- only partners in Fook Lee and Co hands of the present regime are previously had escaped were Northern Army remnants be perty in the Colony, and owned six were these two sons of Fooky Kame strengthened. Such streng broken into and looted, and dur tween Luanchow and Shanhai- lots of such property, list of thening begets confidence, ing their stay a prominent officer kwan, and General Fang Chen-wu which Counsel handed in. Confidence is good for trade, living in a foreign house throw those in the Jehol area. Reuter.

group.

Properties Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on the

chuen

(Continued on`Pagi 7.)'