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FEAR OF ATTACK DIMINISHED

CANTONESE FOR THE WEST RIVER

POSITION SECURE

WUCHOW PREPARES FOR KWANGSI RETREAT

BLISHED

No. 27,363 HONG KONG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1929,

SHANGHAI COURT CONFERENCE

FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS THE PROSPECTS ARE “HOPEFUL”

THE EXTRALITY ISSUE

Canton, Yesterday. Interviewed by Pressmen at Nanking this morning, the For- By a series of quick changes eign Minister. Dr. C. T. Wang, behind the front,

the loyalista in stated (I) that the Cuban Minis- Kwangtung have re-converted theter will present his credentials on war from one of positions at the morning of December 16 (2) which they succeeded into one of the Japanese report that the Na-

movements.

tional Government had agreed to

Mr. Obata's appointment as Minis- ter for China is not true; (3) the conference for the Shanghai Court

Most of the Cantonese units hitherto corth of Canton and facing the Ironsides (who are still steadily falling back) have been transferred Re-organisation is proceeding smoothly, making the said court to the West River sector, presum

the Chinese courts, the ably, beenuse fear from the North, one of

are hopeful; sector has diminished. Orders have prospects of which been given by the high command in (4) Mr. Tsai Yuan-shen is appoint- Canton that the Northern reinforce ed by the National Government ments sent by the National Govern- tions with Russia at Harbarovsk to conduct preliminary negotia- ment are now to be responsible for to decide the time and place for a the North River, leaving the formal conference, when the Na- Cantonese to the West River.

tional Government will appoint, a representative; (5) that there is no special development in the ex- trality jasue. Canton News Agency.

now to

In other words, having borne the brunt of battle against the Iron- aidas, the Cantonese are engage in a trial of strength with the Kwangsi faction, which has failed to take Samshui, at the junc- tion of the West and North Rivers, and 30 miles west of Canton.

Japan Uneasy

Tokyo, Yesterday. Increasing uneasiness is manifest During the week-end, the Kwangsi- in official circles here over Nan- ites demonstrated in more than one king's. delaying of agreement to place. Reports as to the seriousness, Mr. Obata's appointment as Minis- of the lighting are conflicting but,ter to China, especially in view of It is agreed that the Cantonese more the reports of agitations in China than held their ground and are opposing the choice. preparing for a general advance in this direction.

Official Statement

It is learned that the Consul in Nanking has been instructed to press for an early reply. Mean- while Tokyo is discounting the.

An official statement issued this official Chinese explanation of

morning reads

"It is considered that the military situation in Kwang- tung is secure,"

Chiang Kai-shek's "preoccupation" in other matters."

While official comment is confined to an admission that the situation"

That the loyalists have the is delicate, there is considerable situation well in hand is borne anxiety lest the affair develop ints| out by further wireless Intelli-unpleasant International complica- gance. It is known that the Iron- tions.Heater. sides have been worsted. But the Kwangel-ites are 100 miles with-

THE “EPIC” OF 1929

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. The closing rate of the dollar on Jdemand, to-day was 1/8 3/16.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

-THE "MOCKINVASION, OF HONG-KONG ON THURSDAY

AND THE INDIANS ENJOYED

IT....

THOUGH THE MEN WHO FELL

DOWN A DITCH

. WAS FULL OF

Stop!

YOU ARE

QUFE OF BRUNDS!

THRILLS....

EVEN THE SHIVERING

SENTRY SHID

:...NOW GOOD

it was....

WAS CERTAINLY,

•BIT REALISTIC....

- BUT ALL IS FAIR

IN SNOVE

AND ROBRun

As Our Official Eyewash Critic Saw It

STUDENTS' PHOTO

EXHIBITION

REMARKABLE PROGRESS OF CHINESE GIRLS

LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS

even a box camera like the No. How a veat pocket Kodak and

BRITAIN'S FLOODS SUBSIDING

LONDONERS SURPRISED BY SUDDEN HEAT WAVE

In

7. Pent

1921

WAH YAN COLLEGE

TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDATION

Let

tired

12

PERHAPS ITS EYES!

examine your eyes to see if

they kee the reason for that (ired feeling.

LAZARUS

Hong Kong's Only European Optician. 13. Queen's Road, Central

Telephone Mr. Cooper C. 2203 for appointment.

LARCENY CASES AT FINANCIAL CRISIS

KOWLOON COURT

|HARD LABOUR FOR FUNERAL LANTERN CARRIER

FOOTBALL MATCH THEFT

A Chinese, 75 years of age, de- scribed as a lantern carrier for Chinese funerals, was at the Kow- loon Magistracy this morning sen- tenced to one month's hard labour

IN COLONY

GAMBLING ON THE CANTON WAR

"SHORTS" CAUGHT THREE NATIVE BANKS CLOSE THEIR DOORS

******

Consternation was

caused among

for stealing au Iron bar from a con-native financial circles this morning tractor's shed at Canton Road. when a crials was reached through At the same Court a Chinese lad what actually was gambling on was given eight strokes of the cane the outcome of the Canton War. for the larceny of an electric Iron

from the cook-house of a flat On the local Gold and Silver Ex- in Portland Street.

Stole Clothing

change, the price of bank notes Hasue by the Central Bank of China,

Chan Iu, unemployed, was given two months' jall, for stealing cloth Canton, has risen appreciably since ing from two houses at Re-[the defeat of the Ironsides by the clamation Street.

Cantonese troops loyal to the Gov-

For the theft of 95 cattles of coal,

from the Chung King Coalyard,, ernment.

Mak Sam, with a previous convic

The "shorta" were caught with a

tion against him, was sentenced to vengeance. Quotations shot up in four months' hard labour.

Theft From Baby

ratio to increasing confidence in the

For forcibly snatching a bangle security of the Canton Government from a baby's wrist, at the Yaumati and these "bears" falled to cover. Market while its mother was buy- ing flah, a Chinese was 84 ented

to eight months' hard labor with 20 strokes of the birch.

Three of the so-called native banka which concentrate on specula-

tions in currency have closed. One

For stealing from a compatriot involves about three lakhs of dollars, a tobacco pouch at King's Park on another owes about $100,000 but the

Saturday while a game of football

was being played, a Chiness, stated third is only all for a small amount.

to be unemployed, was sent to pri-

son for three months.

Two Chinese were each sentenced

Many ex-politicians and partisans

of the Kwangsi-ites and Ironsides

to six months' hard labour on ad- have suffered very heavy losses—

mitting that they had snatched a hoping against hope parcel containing a cotton Jacket would fall.

from under the arm of a young Chinese girl in Canton Road, near her house.

A Bright Scholar

A young Chinese boy, claimed to |be a bright scholar by his grand- mother in Court, was ordered to go

that Canton

CONSULS DISSUADED

TO PROCEED

PRETTY ILLUMINATIONS

to jail fr three months for stealing INTERNATIONAL TRAIN Yesterday was the tenth anni- $17 from another lad. It was stated PENETRATES THE WAR ZONE every-versary of the foundation of the that the boy had 12 strokes of the [cane in October and another dose Wah Yan College, Robinson Road. In November,

A NEW RECORD

Rugy, Yesterday. Ireland the floods are 2 Brownie can produce wonderful where subsiding, though vast areas results was seen this morning at still remain under water. The

by the Students' Union of the Hong Kong University.

In Kwangtung. They have to be FOREIGN CHINESE & the Photographic Exhibition held Thames is falling steadily and the

rushed back that distance before

they reach their base, Wuchow. PARTY REBEL

the port of Kwangsi. And this is what a report from BAYA:

Wuchow TELEGRAMS FROM AFRICA AND

MALAYA URGE HIS EXPULSION

"The situation here is quiet. As the retreating Kwangsi forces will be passing through Wuchow in a few days; neces- sary arrangements for the safety of foreign residents have been made."

"HIGH INDIGNATION"

[By Special Radio]

Nanking. Yesterday,

There were no fewer than 300 exhibits and each was a work of art. From scenes in Kowloon City, one was taken right to Seville and Britain.

and the occasion was celebrated In the evening with a brilliant il- Thames Conservancy officials do not anticipate any serious danger when lumination which was greatly ad- the spring tiden begin to pile up tomired. morrow.

Summer Heat

་

Summer temperatures, in which a new record for December was set up. The portrait work was parti- prevailed over the greater part of the cularly beautiful, and. what aur- ost December day since complete re- country yesterday. It was the warm- prises one most la the fact that cords began to be kept in 1871, the Chinese girls have mustered auffi- maximum temperature in London dar The Central Party Headquartera clent courage to pose for studies in ing the day, being 50 degrees Fahren- Indications, therefore, are that have received telegrams from the nude. The "Nymph," as pus-heit-British Wireless Service. the Kwangei-Ites will retire on Kuomintang Branches in Poru, ed by a Chinese girl, was quite their own province. Will the Iron-Cuba, Slam, South Africa, Singa- spoiled by the form of the aub-

artistic, but the picture sides be kept on the run until they are also out of Kwangtung, hors and other countries, express-ject. She is, too fragile.

ing high indignation at the revolt vis a vis only a plain study in Cauton, Yesterday. of Wang Ching-wei against the nude is better. She has a form Yesterday morning, several motor Party. They urged that Wang be seldom seen in a Chinese girl. cars were speeding along the im- expelled from the party and duly portant thoroughfares, the occu-punished-Canton News Agency. pants burning Are crackers and dia- tributing notices of another great

or annihilated?

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victory over the right wing of the treating along the bank towards robela at the West River sector.

Ching Yuan.

Taken by Surprise

was

Her

Time does not permit a fuller description of the exhibite some of which are worth mentioning as the results were not announc fed well after 1 p.m.

The Results

The following exhibits have

Open Class

Harakawa.

STOP PRESS

Sydney, Yesterday. Four thousand miners at Roth- bury Colliery vicioubly attacked the Police, who used revolvers. Three miners were wounded and several police injured by stones Reuter.

1. Autumnal Ray by Midori DEATH OF GOVERNOR

OF N. BORNEO

2. Eucalyptil, by P. A. Dragon.

3. Design by J. Kotwall.

- Portraits...

1. Seven Eyes by A. Abbas. 2. Sunny Boy by Dr. M. B

Osman.

Members Class (Advanced

1. Romance by A. A. Rumfahn. 2. Outward Bound by N. K

A report arrived in the afternoon from the front, giving an account While the fighting was in pro- been awarded a prize? how the victory was achieved by the gress, the C-in-C. Despatched from Cantoness. It appears that the Sun Kat his headquarters, 8,000| rebels 'unders the command of Gen-mea of General Taol Ting kol's eral Wong Shao-bung moved out on command via the Yuet Han Railway Friday from their strong position at to Canton, arriving at '6 o'clock p.m. Lupau and crossed the river by Order had been given to prepare means of a temporarily erected meals at the station for the men, bridge, encountering little opposi-At 9 o'clock pm the men were tion from the Cantonese, who had taken over to the Shek Wai-tong, bean instructed to feint retreat tll where they entrained for Bamahul Daftong was reached.

and on arrival they embarked on In Ambush

the gunboats, awaiting them. The At this point, tho Cantonesemed wer transported to Sluhing. troups of Gon, Chiang Klang-nel where they landed. From the were lying in ambush. Upon the point, they struck across the coun approach of the rebola, the order try and arrived at the rear of the was given to Chiang's men to enemy lines at Lupau, before day- charge. The enemy was taken by break. They took the rebels extire. surprise, and although he fought by surprise. A most sanguinary atubbornly, he was gradually beaten ruggle followed, at the end of back At first, the retreat was

which the Cantonese emerged cóm- orderly, thon as the planes, began plete victors. Between: 8,000 and to drop bombs among their ranke, 4,000 rebole surrendered, while the the rebels finally began to waver, rest of the enemy retreated toward and then broke into a rout, with Ching Yuan

the victorious Cantonese close on their heels and pouring a murderous

3. Morn Dew, by Alfred Lock,

Beginners Class (Open)

END FROM HEART FAILURE WHILST JOURING CHINA

A MALAY SCHOLAR

The whole of the huge College building and annexe were picked out with coloured electric bulbs,-white, red, green, blue. On the roof was picked out in

JAPANESE. DISPLEASED

The Chinese front, formerly at Yakusu, was withdrawn on Friday to

2 WEEK-END MOTOR Mientuho, 120 kilometres south-east of

ACCIDENTS

EUROPEAN'S CAR KNOCKS DOWN. GIRL

Hailar, owing to a reported Russian advance. This was what the Consula were informed when the international | train arrived at Buchatu to-day, so a Rongo correspondent sboard tele- graphs.

At Mentaho the Congule hope to communicate with the Russian authorl-

The Chinese Commander at Buchato white lights the name of the Col-

BOY SLIGHTLY INJURED

refused to guarantee the safety of the lege in four Chinese characters;

party beyond the Khingan range, but whilst just below, against the ately unattended by any fatality, Mentaho, to where it has now started, Two motoring accidents, fortun-agreed to the train proceeding to

verandah parapet, were the figures

occurred on Saturday afternoon. #1919-29" picked out in red lights.

Mr. G. H. Arnold, chief ac- ties to arrange for the train to pro- On account of the building's countant of the Vacuum Oil Co., ceed to the border, since it is learned open position in the mid lovela, the reported to the Police that at 8.16 that the Soviet has repaired the ex- illumination was very pretty and p.m., while on

the Castle Peak tensive damage to the tracks between Hailar and Ongun, and are operating could be seen well out in the har. Road going toward Laichikok trains between Hallar and Manchall. Road, a Chinese girl ran in front| The Consuls had their attention of his car, came back again, and drawn to heads displayed at Buchatu The College was opened in a was consequently knocked down station, alleged to be those of Chinese very small way with two score of

The girl was removed in the car soldiers who had been found looting. pupils in two Rats at the corner to the Kowloon Hospital, whence

Journey Resumed

Later. of Hollywood Road and Peel she was admitted to the Kwong Rengo's correspondent aboard the Street Just ten years ago, and to Wah Hospital, where it was 88-international train telegraphs that it day it occupies the proud. position certained that she had injured has arrived at Mientuho. The Chinese her aplue, but not seriously.' commander attempted to dissuade the of one of the leading schools of The Chinesa driver of a private party from proceeding further, but the the Colony. Its present building, motor

resume their

bour and even in Kowloon.

4

was

Road, when a Chinese boy, 12

With

Scanty News

to car, in a report to the Consuls decided which embraces the whole of the Police, stated that at 6.45 p.m. he journey westward on Monday morning. proceeding along Nathan The train is flying the Japanese, former St. Joseph's Mansion, own Road at the junction of Jordan American and French flags. ed by the Italian Mission, le amongst the largest school build-

Tokyo, Yesterday. ings on the Island. The roll of years of age, ran suddenly across

from the left hand side. atudents now numbers, nearly 500

the international train, en He promptly applied both hand route to the border from Harbin, the and there are many boarders. Its and foot brakes, but the front left Japanese Government has taken action success in local examinations is mudguard struck the lad, who had to impress Moscow with its dissatis too well known in the Colony to to be removed to the Kwong Wah faction at the scanty news from the require repetition. Fiontain, Yesterday.

Hospital.. After examination, it Japanese occupied zone. It is learned The death is announced of Mr. Wah Yan College at 9p.m. to slight cuts

A concert is being held at the was found that he had received that the Embassy in Moscow has in- J. L. Humphreys, Governor of Brimorrow, in aid of the funds of forehead, and he was discharged ances given hitherto are inadequate, formed the Soviet Government that the temple and tish North Borneo from heart the 28th Hong Kong Troop of Boy

Tokyo considers the general assur failure following pneumonia. The deceased was touring Chins and ar rived at Tientsin three weeks ago. He was immediately sent to hospi tal, but contracted cold on the steamer Reuter. Young Cyclist Gets Off

[His Excellency, who passed. through Hong Kong only a few weeks ago; has been Governor of Borneo since 1926. Educated at Oxford, he entered the Civil Ser The judges were Mrs. M. Ovice, Biraits Settlements, in 1905 Last Friday's battle practically Faster: Bir. B. Wylle, Mr. Someda and became Dilut Offer at Malacca and the dividings. He

Kwangsi Next

1. The Team, by Sky, Bum. 2. The Minig Bowl, by Cheng

Chow-lam

- Members Class (Beginners) 1. Childhood and Old Age, by

Mr. V. Enok

2. Ham Yee Kai (Salt Fish

Lane), by F. S. Fernando, Prize for Special section: R Poston La-Feuria el Sop");

fire into the fast but scattered redeatroyed the Insurgents holding Dr Sung treating

FREE the right wing. As previously re- Bridge Bombed ported, he rebels holding the front When the river was reached, the line and left wing had also met with -mell across the devastating defeat planes were over National troop

dropping amétal

FELL OVERBOARD

om the

Was ABS! 1910

booki

Johore in

Scouts

NO LIGHTS

- Lightly

yesterday.

EX-GRATIA AWARDS

Claims By British Nationals

enú it insists on detella.

The Embassy further drew the ot tention of the Soviet to the fact that

the recent statement by the Russian

Ambassador in Tokyo, to the effect that no Boviet troops were in Chinese territory was apparently at variance with the facts, in undoubtedly a considerable portion of the C.E.R.; zone was occupied by the Russians-Rea-:

NEW GOVERNOR

A Chinese youth this morning b

Rugby, Yesterday. The Colonial Office announces ex- ter. admitted to Mr. E. WHamilton a charge of riding bleycle in Sai gratis awards in respect of claims by warho without slight last night. British Nationals belonging to British colonies and protectorates, on The Magistrate inquired the account of loss or dainage falling with ́amount of the defendant's. ball In the reparation clauses of the

and Sub-Inspector McWaller said Treaty of Versalles, are now being Lord Bledisloe To Leave

kad made. Attention is particularly arked that of directed to the fact that all claims not

up to the yet, lodge by

claimanta, rest that

with the Governin of the

Workkip

com

For New Zealand

Rarby, Yesterday, The Dominions Office, states that it | is understood that Sir Charles Fergus- Ivon wil leve New Zealand on, the ex. piry of his term of office as Governor-