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38TABLISHADA+Y 禮拜

中華民國辛未年十月廿四日

1846

HONG KONG, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1931.

GIRL COMMUNIST.

HO LUNG'S SISTER IS HELD CAPTIVE.

‚ RETURNED. STUDENT.

AUSTRO - GERMAN MR. H. J. MILLINGTON

PACT'S VALUE.

Dr. Curtius Justifies

His Action.

SUSPICION DISPELLED,

Berlin, April 8.

Canton, Yesterday." A late message received by the local military circles from official quarters in Hunan reports the That Germany will offer. no capture by the Government

opposition to a consideration by troops in Kweichow province a

the League of Nations Council of fortnight go of Ho Sam-koo, n younger sister of Ho Lung, the the legal propriety of the Austro- notorious Red leader of the so- | German regional Customs pact called Soviet regime in Hunan.

announced by Foreign Ho Sam-koo, who had former Minister Curtius in a speech be- ly studied in America, joined the fore the Federal Council last Red army, of which her brother is the head, on her return to the Tuesday, the speech creating a country from the States about sensation in German political two years ago.

She had taken part in prae- tically all the recent uprisings conducted by her brother in that province and is always looked upon by the people in the pro- vince as a great terror.

Owing to the overwhelming

Government army now engaged in sweeping the Reds out of the province, Ho and her sister were forced to leave their strong- hold and flee to Kweichow for shelter, says the Canton Sun.

Red Drive.

In a

statement given to the local Pressmen yesterday, Col. Yeh Shao-chun, chief of the com- missariat of the 60th division under General Thai Ting-kai, dwelt upon the work of the pre- sent drive started by the various national armies against the Com- munists' bandits in Kiangsi.

was

quarters.

Such an analysis from a pure- y juridical viewpoint, Dr. Curtius insisted, Germany, though she could obviously not invite it, had

no reason to shirk because it

would justify the Reich's atti-

tude and demonstrate that Ger- many and Austria had every right to minke arrangements such as they would not have been consulted about by other

Governments in a matter com- parable with the present project. The Foreign Minister firmly declared that the proposed pact was of a purely economic charac ter and well within the lines of the existing treaties, adding that the idea of regional pacts had made hendway in Europe and al- ready led to the conclusion of ar- rangements similar to the Austro-German project without any cry of alarm having been raised. Dr. Curtius then refuted the charges of secrecy and dis- loyalty as made by the Foreign Ministers of Czecho-Slovakia and France, insisting that these According to this military off-charges were grossly unfair and cer, the names of the districts as unsubstantiated as those that and towns recaptured by the the proposed pact was an infringe- Government punitive armies ment of existing treaties.

The colonel said that several villages and tows in that pro- vince were completely devastated by the Red marauders and have been recently recaptured by the Government troops.

since the campaign was started, are Shang Yau, Yun Tao and Nam On in the south-western part of that province.

200,000 Troops.

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DEPARTURE ON HOME

LEAVE.

10 YEARS' SERVICE.

Mr. H. J. Millington, First Bailiff, Supreme Court, popularly known to his friends as "Brum." goes on Home leave to-day, sail- ing on the P. & O. s.s. Kurmala. no fewer than 19 years in the Mr. Millington will complete service of the Government on | April 17. On that date in the year 1912 he was appointed a Warder in the Prison Depart- ment, in which capacity he served until June 1, 1915, when he was transferred to the Sanitary Department as second class Sani- tary Inspector,

On November 18 the sure year Mr. Millington was second- ed for military service and was away with the colours until July Upon his return to

26, 1919.

the Colony, Mr. Millington re-

sumed duty in the Sanitary De-

partment, reaching the rank class Inspector on of first

February 1, 1925. He received his present appointment as First Bailiff, Supreme Court, as suc-.

cessor to the late Mr. Jesse Wilt- shire, who was his brother officer in the Prison Department, on July 1, 1930.

Mr. Millington's many friends in the Colony will wish him a happy vacation in the Homeland. ALIENS WARNED.

NOT TO TRAVEL IN SOUTH

KIANGSI.

Canton, Yesterday. For the safety and protection; of foreign tourists travelling be tween Kwangtung and Kiangsi the Canton Government des- patched a circular letter yester- day to all the consuls in Sha- meen, notifying them to confine their nationale to touring only within Kiukiang and Nanchang.

This warning from the Chin- ese Government is from the fact

that military operations are go- ing on in Kiangsi province as the Nationalist army is endeavouring province.

Fighting is still going on and it would be very dangerous for any nationals to visit those battle areas.

Preliminary indication intend ed to prevent the possibility of these powers feeling that they had been or were to be confront- ed with an accomplished fact.

"I wish to correct the mis The whole strength of the understandings that have arisen National expeditionary army is from the pact-project and I wish estimated to exceed 200,000 to dispel the atmosphere of sus- to oust out the Reds from that strong, Col. Ip asserts,

The stronghold of the Red ban-picion and doubt surrounding it in some parts of Europe and I dits is, according to the Colonel wish to repeat. what has already Yeh, in Ning Liu which is been said by the Chancellor: guarded by the rebels under there is nothing secret or ambi- Pang Teh-hui.

guous about the project which is Col. Yeh who came back to only inspired by the wish to con Canton from the front last week fer within the existing treaties to obtain supplies of military equipment for his forces from upon two countries labouring the local military headquarters, under heavy economic stress the

an - has benefits accruing from is understood to have completed his mission and will return to larged economic territory and by! Kiangsi within the next few days. the desire to give fresh impetus to Europe's economic reorganisa- tion." Transocean Kuomin Wireless Service.

-Canton Sun.

CHINESE BISHOPS.

Boniface Yeung

TWO MORE APPOINTED BY THE Yang) Auxiliary Bishop of Can-

POPE.

Peking, Yesterday. The news has been received

here from the Vatican City that two. Chinese Catholic priesta have been appointed bishops by His Holiness Pope Pius XI.

in the Great Seminary of Peking,

ton.

Foreigners are advised not to go to Nanchang and Chihing via southern Kiangsi route so as to avoid danger on the way.

The Kwangtung Government already instructed the Bureau of Public Safety in Can- ton and has asked the authorities in Kiukiang to give adequate pro tection for the safety of the aliens between those two places.

It may be recalled that only a few weeks ago a British mission- ary went to tour Kiangsi under (Mandarin: | the protection of the Canton Government. He was duly warn- ed not to travel outside Nanchang and

Canton Kiukiang, The Moreover a new Apostolic Fre authorities gave him every fecture has been erected in Lin-sistance and protection.-Canton] tsing (Shantung) and trusted to the native clergy, under the jurisdiction of the Most Rev. Father Gaspar Hu, now

elected Apostolic Prefect.

There are now fifteen Chinese Catholic prelates, ten bishops and five apostolic prefects.

The Rt. Rev. Joseph Chow, at present Professor of Philosophy The six first Chinese bishops were consecrated in 1926, in the Basilica of St. Peter, by His Holl- ness Pope Pius XI.

is nominated Bishop of Paoting- fu (Hopel) and the Rt. Rev.

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