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NATIONALISTS OF CHEFOO

DEFEATED

NORTHERNERS' SUCCESS

Chefco, To-day.

The submarine telegraphs at 4 a.m. received a telephone message |from General Llu Chen-nien's office

stating that he is retreating to-day? to Muping and that he intended to take the telegraph instruments with him.

TUNNEL SCHEME

CHANGE OF PLAN

JAN IMPARTIAL ENQUIRY TO BE

MADE

ECONOMIC ASPECTS

London, Yesterday.

ITS FUTURE

EXTENSION PLAN

CHINA COMMANDS

AMALGAMATION

NEW POST

DECISION TO LENGTHEN THE | MAJOR-GENERAL SANDILAND'S

NO. 1 DOCK

SHIPPING IMPROVING

The ordinary yearly meeting of

SOME SMILES FROM KOWLOON COURT

A NOISY HAWKER

"Nice pudding for gate. One cent a plece," thus shouted a haw- ker at the corner of Canton and Haiphong roads yesterday.

FUNERAL ⭑

IMPRESSIVE SCENES

FINAL TRIBUTE TO A GREAT

SOLDIER

IMPOSING CEREMONY

Paris, Yesterday.

It was the most impressive cere

·AN AUGMENTED STAFF

He had a liechce, eɔ what did he Canton means war in earnest.

London, Yesterday, are. He went along merrily call- Worse stili, a rumour has gone

In the House of Commons Mr. the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock The War Office announces that the Frog out to the public to buy his round to the effect that Marshal

Baldwin stated that owing to the Co., Ltd., was held at the Com- North and South China Commands wholesome or unwholesome Budding, mony within the memory of this Li Chai-sum, head of the Kwangsi The superintendent of the tele-imminence of the dissolution co-pany's town office, n's dilding will be amalgamated next month, until a Chinese detective stopped when Foch was laid to faction in the South, is in imminent, graphs requested 'an American operation between party leaders, at noon to-day.

fest: Major-General Wardrop, at present him and stood bith,

the daxilidess. The grand peril of his life. Troops from Naval guard which is expected with regard to the Channel tunnel Mr. B. D. F. Beith was in the comanding the British troops in station for shouting and hi

lon cumpribed. Marshals Kwangtung have crossed the fron- shortly.

inquiry would be inconvenient. The chair, and there were present Sir North China, will return home and in the streets.

ramentativek of Statea tier into the pro-Nanking province

Chief Generala, Ambassadors, The streets are already filled with Government, therefore, had decided Robert Ho Tung, Kt, and Messre. the combined command will be as- Leung Hoi was the name of this of Kiangsi and are digging in officials, soldiers, wounded men, to establish, under the auspices of Allan Cameron. J. P. Warren, sumed by Major-General Sandi-live-wire hawker, and when he was

lawmakers, and troops representing Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, the Nar- baggage.. etc., rushing eastward, the Committee of Civil king leader, after announcing his indicating that General Liu Chen- search, an impartial inquiry into Directors), R. M. Dver

Re W. H. Bell, and A. H. White lands, now commanding at Hong brought before Mr. T. S. Whyte more than a score of nations, all to bow their final tribute to a great (Chief Kong.

Major-General Sandlands Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy departure for the Yangtaze front, nien and his Nationalist defenders the economic aspects of the tunnel Manager), E. L. Hosie (Secretary), will remain at Hong Kong with an this morning, he looked very indig-

soldier betoved as liberator and has flung down his gauntlet by issu- of Chefor have suffered a severe de- and other cross-Channel projects, and the following shareholders: augmented staff. The Shanghai nant and told the Magistrate that cat citizen. All the French ing long circular

nation paid homage to her lamented telegrain feat on the western front in the Consideration of the political and Messrs. Kelly Sayce, Lo Koon-hong, area will be commanded, as at pre- he did not shout. urging his supporters to fight the campaign in Shantung promontory, miitary aspects

hero. of the problem J. Arnold (representing the Hong sent, by Brigadier-General Borretti The detective was called to the of M. Poincare, the Premier, who The only speech was that Kwangsi faction.

Peaceful Evacuation would be postponed until the Com-Kong, Canton and Macze Steam and the Tientsin area by Brigadier-box to give his evidence on oath,

recalled the virtues nittee had reported on the economic hoat Co.), M. Fernandez, F. Tester, General Heath--British Wireless and after that had been done, Leung who led not for conquest but for

Shan Hip-tong, Chan Siu-hing, E. Service.

said that he bad to shout to make a deliverance. Havas. Abraham, J. F. Ülderup, and

living. He was 54 years of age and' F. X. V. Ribeiro.

After Mr. Dyer had read the notice convening the meeting, the Chairman said:-

Chiang Kai-shek has come out into the open with a direct ac-

cusation against three of the Kwangsi big four, Marshal Li Chai-sum (in custody at Taux shan). General Li Tsung-jen (be lieved to be in Canton or going up to Kwangsi), and General Pei (believed to be in Tsung-hsi

NON-STOP FLIGHT

SPANISH FLIERS MEET WITH MISFORTUNE

Later. The retreat of General Liu Chen-aspects.-Reuter. nien's troops and munitions was carried out peacefully and without disturbances, beyond the firing of a few shots to the west of Chefoo from three o'clock this morning. tered the town at 8 a.m.

Chang Tsung-chang's troops en- charge at Bankow). The offence, "Northern" five-barred flag is wide- in a sentence, alleged is that they ly flown. The Chamber of Com- have been guilty of treason to merce sent a delegation the Nationalist Party and the Chang Tsung-chang and arrange ed National Government at Nanking. the handing over

Alarming. Rumour

Typical Chinese mentality is again at work in the end of the war

The

JIMINEZ IN HOSPITAL

Buenos Aires. Yesterday.

Gentlemen. Before commencing the ordinary,business of the meet- ing I would like to say on behalf of my colleagues how much we de- to meet Jiminez and Inglesias have pass-e had served on this Board for plore the death of Mr. H. P. White. over Natal, Brazil, heading nearly 30 years and had on vari- of the town southwards.

ous occasions acted our Chair

peacefully.

Threat of Looting General Liu Chen-nien is report-

At Bahia

Rio de Janeiro, Yesterday. Jiminez and Iglesias have landed

aong, because Chiang Kai-shek ap-ed to have departed for Muping at Bahia. points two of Marshal Li Chai-

by boat.

sum's staunchest supporters to take

over military control from Marshal Chang Tsung-chang's troops

Li in Kwangtung and Kwarigsi; as visited the Chinese telegraphs to

Jiminez Unlucky Buenos Aires, Yesterday. The Spanish airman. Jiminez is

if there were any hope of their ac-arrange to take over and appoint a in hospital at Bahia with fever as ceptance. One of these appointees new administrator.

only escaped from Nanking in the

the result of the strain of the flight.

The shops are shuttered up and Hence the continuance of the flight nick of time when Chiang Kai-shek the people apprehensive because to Rio de Janeiro has been post- began his series of wholesale ar of a report that Chang Tsung-poned.-Reuter's American Service.

rests of foe and neutral.

chang has threatened to permit looting for three days in the event. of his capture of Chefoo.

An overnight Chinese cable said that yesterday Marshal Li and two of the Moderate politicians who are As yet, all is quiet-Reuter. detained in Tangshan with him What Happened Firet were

enjoying themselves with

Chefoo. Yesterday.. poetry and chess! This morning The enemy forces last night at there was a rumour (which general tacked General Liù Chen-nien ly crops up in a crisis) that Chiang from three directions. The first Kai-shek had dealt drastically with attack was on the main front at Li Chai-sum, whatever that might Kangye, the second at Menlouchi, about three miles south of Fushan, and the third by 2,000 of Chang

mean.

On The March

BANK OF ENGLAND

MR. M. C. NORMAN RE-ELECTED GOVERNOR

UNIQUE DISTINCTION

London, Yesterday.

RAIN AND FOG

This morning's weather re- port issued by the Royal Observatory states:

The anticyclone is central to the N.E. of Tokyo,"

The depressing over the eastern sea and Zada China are. not so deep thising.

Forecast: S winds; generally ad rain and fog.

variable

NEW APPOINTMENTS

of Foch

America's Tribute

· DIPLOMATIC POSTS [had no one to depend on for kis

Washington, Yesterday. livelihood.

The American Army gave its last SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATION

Mr. Whyte-Smith was inclined to tribute to Foch, when there was AND CONSULTATION

be sympathetic, and in letting Leung firing at every United States mili- off with a caution, told the Inspector tary station. A salute of 21 guns in charge of the case that it was a was fellowed by a single gun salute common practice for hawkers to every "half-hour from reveille to London, Yesterday.

shout out their wares. The Inspec-retreat and flags were half-masted that Captain Clifford, Secretary to sible to atop them.

The Dominions office announces tor said that it was almost impos- at all Government buildings. the High Commissioner for South

A high requiem mass in the "Well, it is jolly hard lines on the church of St. Paul was attended by Africa in London, has been appoint-one who got caught, isn't it," said Mr. F. B. Kellogg and a score of ed representative in South Africa the Magistrata.

generals, the British and French of His Majesty's Government in

Leung was told not to repeat the ambassadors and other diplomatic Great Britain.

offence, and he bluntly told the officers.-Reuter's American Ser- Magistrate that it would be all vice. right. Not a word of thanks!

Capt. Clifford has been acting in the latter capacity for some months past.

Mr. Houstoun Boswall, Second)

Sorry He Had No Licence **I am sorry, I had no licence,"

2

The Funeral Knell

Paris, Yesterday. The funeral knell for Marshal

Secretary in the diplomatic service, a young lad smilingly told Mr. Foch was already tolling in the has been selected for service as Whyte-Smith, in answer to a charge north tower of the Cathedral of Administrative Assistant to Cap-of selling sugar canes without a Notre Dame at midnight, when

Licence. tain Clifford.

crowds started to assemble in the Cathedral square and to take up positions on the route.

These appointments have result- The Magistrate: How old are ed from a resolution adopted by the you?-Only 14. Imperial Conference of 1926 on the;

Well, you know that I have order-

Crowds were already dense at & and of the development of the ed caning for boys like you who o'clock this morning, and every- cepmunication and con had been before me?--I had never where expressions of satisfaction suvation between His Majesty's Governments. British Wireless Service.

MAJOR SEGRAVE

RECEIVES HIS TROPHY AT THE WHITE HOUSE

MEETS THE PRESIDENT

been brought before you yet.

were heard at the attendance of Yes, this is true, but those bore the Prince of Wales, who has still who had been before me had been more endeared himself to the man. As representative of one of

caned, and I might do that to youFrench public by his spontaneous the firms which founded this com-

I promise not to do that again. Mr. Montagu Collet Norman was pany over 60 years ago, he always to-day re-elected Governor of the took the greatest interest in the

Well, I will let you off this time warrior.

wish to pay homage to the great.

Bank of England.

with a caution, if you will promise The Britain Guardsmen spent the conduct of its affairs and by his

me never to sell things again with-night in the barracks of the Repub- Before the war the Governorship passing we have lost a wise cogn In the interval, the military au- Tsung-chang's men who secretly of the Bank was

out a licence, will you do that? Ilean Guard, and marched into thorities of Canton and Kwangsi enflanked Liu's position, with the and not for more than 2 year unless

held in rotation sellor and a good friend.

Certainly I will.

Notre Dame Square in good time are not waiting for a reply to their intention of attacking Chefoo from in exceptional circumstances, but been in your possession for the last The report and accounts having

All right, you can leave the dock. to take their place in the processión three days' ultimatum to Nanking the east, but Liu's secret service Mr. Norman will this year complete ten days, I will with your permis-

Stealing Government Water that left the Cathedral at 10.15 a.m. demanding the release of Marshal discovered the plot and a brigade a decade of governorship.

"I turned off his tap, your Wor-Their red tunics and bearskins sur- sion, take them as read. ` of troops was sent to prect the at-

ship, on March 19, because he did prised the Parisians who were ac- During his years of office Mr. Major-General Chan Cheung-po tackers.

Major Segrave, the racing motor-not pay his water rates," said a customed to the khaki-clad British It is a mater for regret that the defeating them, with Norman has been in America on working for the past year does not ist, and Mrs. Segrave were received Chinese P.W.D. Officer to spuns left for the front this morning in enemy casualties of 500

Mr. Tommy of war time. to 600 many occasions in consultation with show such a good result as the pre-by President and Mrs. Hoover at Whyte-Smith, company with two commanders The enemy fled east

"The very same of Muping financial authorities of the United vious one. This is wholly attribut the White House at Washington.

The weather was fine. of brigades.

but prior to the flight destroyed States and a tribute has been paid ed to the very stagnant state of

afternoon, this man turned on the Canton's vanguard has enter five of Liu's motor lorries, and kid- to the valuable services he has ren-shipping in Hong Kong during that Daytona Beach, when he set up a Have you done that?-I don't know, into silence.

Vice-President Curtis presented tap again."

Business Suspended to Segrave, the trophy he won st ed Nanan, a town in the south napped the chauffeurs,

Mr. Whyte-Smith (to defendant) life of Paris was temporarily frozen The normal throbbing and busy of Kiangsi province and is dig-

dered to his country in dealing with period which seriously affected our Apparently Liu is holding his the post-war financial problem. turnover, and any new constraction new world's land speed record of I was in Canton. I went to pay my from the Cathedral to Les Invalides Houses on the route ging in, waiting for the main position to the westward. He has British Wireless Service.

we undertook was of a small and 23 miles an hour.-British Wireless rates on March 19 and then went were crowded-with-spectators,-and- force сове пр.

Li.

sent the gunboat" "Kianglee to Fran Wuchow, it was learned (help his troops.

this morning that the Kvangsi Strict martial law was enforced troops there are also on the move, in the Chinese city from noon to- with Hunan as their objective, for day. Reuter.

defence and, later, offence if all

goes well against Kingsi.

Strength Summed Up

in the vicinity of Tungcheng and

According to information based Tungshan Chen Yu-huai's divi-

on stimates by Reuter, the strength sion.

U.S. SHIP ASHORE

H.M.S. "TERN" TO RENDER ASSISTANCE.

The

YANGTSZE GUNBOAT

1

Washington, Yesterday.

To Service

HIS MAJESTY.

not very profitable nature. ward the end of the year, things took a turn for the better and this slight improvement seems so far to have been maintained, and we can only hope that it will remain

80.

China's Troubles

STILL MAKING GOOD PRO- GRESS AT BOGNOR

F

UNEMPLOYED

THE LATEST OFFICIAL FIGURES

London, Yesterday.

away from the Colony. Probably places in the windows sold for £8

my foki did so.

"Fine $20.".

apiece. All shops and banka were shut and barred. Even more homage in

significant than the Capital are the

LOCAL MARRIAGES sheaves of telegrams still pouring

in from the provincial cities and the NOTICES OF SEVEN GIVEN TO Colonies, as for instance Indo-

THE REGISTRY

Hankow, Yesterday.

The period through which your

NOT USING BATH CHAIR

China and Morocco, showing uni- of the two sides, that is, of troops; At Liling, westward of PingTutuila" is ashore in the Upper settled state of available for immediate service hsiang (to cope with the Ironsides River and H.M.S.

U.S. (Yangtsze) gunboat company is now passing is one of

versal participation, in the mourn- considerable anxiety and the un-

London, Yesterday.

MR. W. KENT'S DAUGHTER

ing. (without calling on reserves from and troops co-operating with Ircn ceeding to her asistance.

China's internal "Tern" is pro-troubles is the cause of a very de- was again out in

The King passed a good day and

The innumerable telègrams of other provinces), is as follows:sides); Chang I-chun's division and

the gardens' of

Among a number of forthcoming condolence include one from the Chiang Kai-shek: 150,000 men Yeh Chi's division.

The water level at Hankow is one erally, and we

pressing influence on trade ger-Craigweil House. His Majesty marriages, notice of which has Emperor of Abyssinia. The town in Anhui and Kiangai provinces. Garrisoning the Wu-Han cities: recording for this time of the year we shall see a united in place of a resting, at an interval, in the gar-RA, Royal Artillery Mess, Blakan sent a delegation consisting of the can only express again dispensed with his bath chair been given at the local Registry, 'of Doullens, where the supreme foot below zero, which is the lowest our hope that before so very long and walked some Kwangeì faction: 60,000 men in Hu Tsung-tu's division.

distance before are:-

Allied Command was conferred on Hupeb and Hunan provinces.

in thirty years. The river is stin disunited China.

Lt. K. W. Maurice-Jones, D.S.0. Marshal Foch on March 26, 1918, Not Strong Enough? * Chiang Kai-shek

falling. Reuter adds that the estimate of

den chairs.-British Wireless Ser- North of the Yangtze River: 00,000 for the Kwangsi faction in situation-British Naval Wireless. entrance and lengthen our present There is no change in the local that we have decided to widen the

You will be interested to hear vice.

Mati, to Miss Margaret Ada Kent, Mayor, municipal councillors and five divisions under Liu Chi, Kuo eludes only "reliable" troops. By

No. 86, Cuine-road, Hong Kong.ex-soldiers. Cho-tung, Chu Chao-liang. Chiang that is meant the fact that other.

(The fact of the Yangteze being No. 1 Dock at Kowloon to enable

Miss Kent is the daughter of Mr.

Vast Crowd. Ting-wen and Hsia Tou-yin-troops in Hupéh and Hanan who

low will mitigate against the chance it to accommodate the largest lin-|

W. Kent. (Assistant Superintendent marching through Susung and are not wholeheartedly pro-Kwang-

The coffin was borne to the Cathe of Nanking fitting out a naval ex-

of Police, Hong Kong) and be the dral Square, where a cortege was Yingshan on Hupeh province.i have not been taken into count.

pedition against Hankow before the ers at present built or building for

staff of Messrs. Lane, Crawford, formed. General Pershing led the rainy, season commences.)

the Pacific trade which we have a South of the Yangtze River The 60,000, Reuter states, are not;

Ltd. reasonable hope of docking in the two divisions under

Mr. G. A V, Hall; B. Arch., Prince of Wales the British.

United States delegation, and the Fang Ting deemed sufficient to hold up the

future. This will cost a little over. "ying and Tsao Wen-chun, march-Nanking forces should the latter

ARIBA, architect, of Messrs.hind him came Admiral of the $800,000, and will take about ing through Shiuchang, and Yining take the offensive.

On March 18 the total number of Hall & Hall, Keysmally-building, Fleet Wester Wemyss and Field: eighteen months to complete. The unemployed in along the south bank of the River,

Great Britain was whose address is No. 45, Conduit Marshals Methuen, Plumer, Allen- decision to do this was not arriv-1,182,500. This was 36,839 less rond, to Miss Mabel Gitting, No. 14, by, Claud Jacob, and. Milne, Air- ed at without the most careful con- than the week before but 116,428 Ashley-road. sideration by your Board, and we

Mr. A. J. Osmund, the biliards Dominion representatives.

Marshal Hugh Trenchard and the champion, of No. 334, Kowloon

The tunics of the Coldstream Tong, to Miss A. Vichy, No. 488, detachment with the band, the Lon- Nathan-road, Kowloon,

don Scottish pipers, and a detach- Mr. H. F. Rozario; manager of ment of the Royal Air Force at- Mesera. Naronha & Co., of No. 26, tracted considerable attention; then Granville-road, Kowloon, to Miss came the Italiaz Alpinists and Ber-

M. dos Passos, of No. 10, saglieri. ⠀ Granville-road.

It is officially estimated there Mr. E. Manning, of No. 19, were two million people on the pro- Babington-path, to Miss Lillian Al cession route,

Field Headquarters

Nanking, Yesterday,

In Klangsi: Your divisions under Mia Pei-nan (the Ironsides), Fang Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's tem Chah, Wang Chen and Chin Han-porary field. headquarters have ting, with orders to march south been fixed at Hukow-Beuter. east of Nanchang through Wantsai and Yuanchowfu on Pioghsiang, the southern terminus of the Han kow-Canton Railway section).

Kwangsi Faction

(northern

[Hankow is at the north of Fo-

yang Lake, about 25 miles east of, Le., "behind" Kluklang (from the front), in Kiangai province.J

Feng & Neutral ~

Nanking, Yesterday, General Feng Yu-hsiang left

In north-east Hupeh: Hsia Wer's Paochuan yesterday for Chengchow division (which gained the first in Honan province.

victory of the war) at Latien and Hwangmeihsien.

It is stated he is going to Fua-

shan, in Shensi "province, to re-

On north bank of the Yangtze, cuperate and that he is not tak

a few miles west of Wusueh (the ing part in the present trouble be most exposed point of the line tween Nanking and Hankow thrown out to meet the Nanking

Chiang Kai-shek's delegate, Shao

FLYING MAGNATE

VAN LEAR BLACK IN HEART OF AFRICA

Khartum, Yesterday.

4 year ago.--British

S.S."

Mr. Van Lear Black has arrived came unanimously to the opinion wireless Service.

more than here from Mongalla-Reuter. that it was absolutely vital and es- Mr. Van Lear Black, an Ameri-sential in order to protect the can newspaper millionaire, is an potential carning power of the com enthusiastic aviator. He is re turning to London from Capetown, to which he flew recently. from Croydon.]

THE BUDGET

TO BE INTRODUCED ON APRIL 15

London, Yesterday.

It is announced that the Budget

advance): Tao Chun's divisionLitse, has left for Honan, to see will be introduced to the House of

On south bank of the Yanteze, Feng Yu-hsiang. Reuter.

Commons on April 16-Renter.

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MARCHIONESS DIES

London, Yesterday. The death is announced of the Dowager Marchioness of Cam- |bridge. Router...

“WEIRBANK”

EN ROUTE TO STETTIN RUNS 'ON SANDBANK

HELP AT HAND

Berlin, Yesterday, The 8.3. "Wefrbank from China to Stettin, with a crew of 60 and a TO-DAY'S DOLLAR⠀⠀ cargo of qoya beans has run on the sandbank off Warnemunde. Sar The closing rate of the dollar on vage vessels are proceeding to her demand, to-day was 1/11 13/16. assistance-Reuter.

Be-

da Sutton, of No. 1, Beautiful- As the cortege passed the terrace.

Jeanne D'Arc Statue, the band for Mr. A. M. B. da Rocha, of No. 5, the first time played the Marsell- Nanking-street, to Miss L. I. GIL, laiss. This was repeated at the No. 11, Humphreys-avenue.

mue. Strasbourg statue, and a squadron

Mr. A. E Tavaros, No. 4, Caine-of army aeroplanes circled over road, to Miss Q. 34. Julyan, "The head. Winsome Robinson-road

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