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·THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH,

A CHEKIANG DEBACLE.

END OF THE WAR IN KIANGSU,

FLIGHT OF TUCHUN LU AND HIS CHIEF OF STAFF.

SHANGHAI FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS BELIEVED TO BE IN NO DANGER.

From Our Own Correspondent.]

STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS.

KOSTILITIES IN CHEKLANG KIANGSU WAR CEASE.

SHANGHAI. October th. There has been startling developments base since yesterday.

This morning local hostilities ceased with the hoisting of the white flag at

Hwauzud

Staţieneral lat (Tuchun of Chekiang) and his staff have Aed. They left last night

on a Japanese craft, said to be a gun

bout.

1. is believe they have taken $240,000 nised by a rent tax on leval citizens.

General Sun Chuan Fang's victory is said to be complete and he is expected here within forty-eight hours to arrange for the surrendet

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Lunghwa is being deserted by La's men who are also transferring moveables from the Klangan Pock and Arsenal, the officials having feil. Those lets be hind are boting the premises.

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LATEST. CARÍES.

THE HOME ELECTION.

“COMMUNIST " MANIFESTO.

LONDON, October 19th.

The Communist election manifestó describes the election as a fight between the working-class and the capitalist class, and demands the nationalisation of

FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.

[TanorGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]"

SOVIET-MUKDEN

THE

AGREEMENT.

FURTHER NOTE TO PEKING

» GOVERNMENT.

PERINO, October 13th. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs further protesteil to M. Karakhan, the Soviet Ainbassador, on Saturday regarding the Soviet-Mukden Agreement.

The previous Note merely referred to

mines, railways, industries, the land and hanks a capital levy: the repudiation Troops on the Hwangtu-Linho front are of the Dawes report; cancellation of war

debts and reparations. already beginning to surrender.

It declares that a Labour Government reports of such an agreement, whereas must establish N dictatorship for the Saturday's Note dealt lengthily with the working class demands of a uctional | question as an established fact. minimum wage of 24 weekly, a maximum

WITHHOLDING OF SALT of a #1-hour week, the ratification of the Soviet Treaty, and a declaration of in- dependence for Ireland, India. Egypt and other colonies.

Kiangsu forces have occupied Nansiang, eleven miles west of Shanghai, where the

defenders went over to the other side.

NO DANGER TO SHANGHAI

FOREIGN SETTLEMENT. While the French and other foreign Volunteers who are fully mobilised. and naval marine waits are all at their

stations, this morning and every prepara tion made, to cope with any development it is confidently believed that, as 'the war is ending by defection of generals and troops, and not by a rout, there will

"The Trafalgar Square meeting closed with rather riotous scenes, and the police have detained four mea.

LABOUR'S ACTIVITIES.

Loynoy, October 13th.

be no danger whatever to the foreign. A crowd of 500 Labour supporters Settlements of Shangbai,"

CHEKIANG-KIANOSU WAR PLETELY ENDED."

COM.

LATEX. The Chekiang Kiangan war is cunilete- ly ended and negotiations are now pro- eeeding regarding taking over the control and administration of the Chinese city of Shanghai, and other matters connected with the surrender of the Chekiang

troops.

The Shanghai Volunteers were assem Influential Chinese merchants are arg bled at ten o'clock and all precautioning that Kiangsu troops remain where are being taken to guard the "Settlement they are, except for the occupation of against deeing soldiers.

the Langhwa, Woosung and other de

The Municipal Council this epening fences. Whether this will be agreed or closed the Laudary entrances.

not, there is a feeling of confidence that) there will be no trouble as regards the foreign Settlements..

(THOUGH ACTER'S CENCY.]

CAUSE OF LU'S FLIGHT.

SHANGHAI, Detober '13th. Marshal Lu Yong Hsiang (Tuchun of Chrkiang) and General Ho Fong Lin, his Chief of Staff, Red to Japan this morning.

DEFECTION OF A CHEKIANG ARMY

DIVISION.

The immediate cause of the fight was defection of General Chen Yao Shan,

ex.l'omosander the west of Taibu

on

THE FIGHTING IN THE NORTH.

44 AS

YOU WERE" AT

SHANHAIKWAN...

PEKING, October 13th. Marshal Ww P'si Fu inspected the Shanhaikwan front yesterday and ap-| proved positions held by the Govern ment troops.

heartily sent off Mr. MacDonald from Euston this morning or his visit to Glas- gow. Here he will commence a whirl- wind electioneering tour in Scotland and Wales, accompanied by his daughter. Isabel, and sou, Mr. Alistair.

Lord Arnold William Graham, in his opening, speech, said thit this was the higgest fight the Labour party ever had. They had never begun a tight in better spirits. The Campbell case had nothing to do with the Government's defent. The other two parties decided that the life of this Parliament must be ended because a Labour Government was in power, and was doing so well.

The Labourites were now challenging them in the country to do their worst. We have come to stay, and I am per- fectly certain that by this sane appeal, all patriotic elements will state majori ties. We are going to return substan- tially strengthened. 1 have never felt

more eonident."

BARLIER CABLES.

JIR. CHURCHILL'S ADDRESS.

LONDON, October 19th.

REVENUES.

PROTESTS BY FOREIGN POWERS.

Praiso, October 13th. The British, French and Japanese Ministers on Saturday, made representa tions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the subject of various provisons with- holding the Salt revenues.

LATEST CS3RLES,

OBITUARY.

ANATOLE FRANCE DEAD,

Toras, October 13th. The death is announced of M. Anatole

France, the famous novelist.

Anatole France died after having been unconscious for his last 24 hours, but from time to time he muttered the name of his mother, and said: "I am dying.

The end was expected for some days, but the strong constitution of the writer prolonged the fight for life.

All the papers devote to him long articles, proving that French literature experiences an irreparable loss, and that all Freach public opinion is in mourning. They recall his exquisite style" and rich- ness in idens. His humane yet ironical view of life gave Antole France a world. wide Inme,-Hargs.

BÄRLIER CABLES.

TRANS-ATLANTIC "FLIGHT.

LAST ZEPPELIN LEAVES GERMANY:

sang

1924

CANTON NEWS.

RUSSIA'S CROCODILE TEARS. BOGUS SYMPATHY FOR "CHINA'S TOLLINU MASSES."

WRECKING LIBERTY,

THE GENERAL STRIKE. [FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.] The general strike in Canton had not

Moscow. September 4th. been called off up to the 13th by the

The following is the text of the mani- traders now denouncing the, Kuomintang

festo issued by the Executive Committes Government of Dr. Sun Yat Sen.. Dr.of the Third Conmanist Interantional

The British Government, which is the

Son has practically granter every demand to the Workers of Europe and Americn and the Toiling Masses of the Oppressed' of the people except that, of the Peoples of the Enst. in reference to for- lease of all the arins which he illegally eign intervention in Canton: " seized What Dr. Sun released to the Labour Party Government, heated by Volunteers on pressure" October 10th Mr. MacDonald, one of the leaders of did not represent 10% of the foot as far the Second International, is preparing armed intervention in the South of as arumunition is concerned. As to the China, with a view to overthrowing the rifles, less than 40% of the number in Government of the Chinese National Re-

votutinuary Party of Kuomintang, ported have been released,

The Consul of the British Labour Governant handed a note quite usual NO CHINESE NEWSPAPERS.

in the history of imperialism. This nota Governer Hu Han Min of Canton is threatens to fre on the Chinese popula- now mediating between the publishers andtion if their Government will delend it the compositors with a view to an early self against the revolt of big merchants, a revolt prepared by and supplied with resumption of the publication of news arms from the British port of Hong- Papers. No newspaper has been publish.kong. This revolt is headed by a big Chinese merchant an agent of the Hong- ed in Canton since Derober ath, owing to kong and Shanghai Banking Corpora- Comrades! In broad daylight, in the 40% increase of wages dermanied by theme of world revolutionary labour move refusal of the proprietors to grant the tion, which is owned by English shippers. ment, lacDonald's Government is wreck- printing room forces.

GENERAL CHEN'S MOVEMENTS.ing the foundations of the national libe rative movement of "the much, suffering General Chru Chiung Ming's forces are people of China. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the now preparing to take offensive action old leader of the Revolutionary Party of China, who overthrew the despotic Man- against those of De Sun Yat Sen in churian dynasty in 1911, actually the Cunton. Chen's main forces are how head of the present Government of stationed at three important points in Southern China is right when he says that the imperialists have now taken the Eastern Kwangtung. Commander Lin place of the overthrown feudal despots Hu'has a corps in Hingning: Commander The imperialism of MacDonald's paci- Yeb. Chu. at Waichow, and Commander fistic and democratic Government serves » Hung Shao Lun, at Swatow, A detach ment of vanguards of General Chen arrived at Tungkun October 7th and are

stationed

of the outskirts

Dow

at

the city along the East River.

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The City of Canton is now being guarded by Yunnanese and Cantonese troops nominally belonging to Dr. Sun's Army,

JAPANESE AVIATOR

STABBED.

ECHO OF CHINA WAR IN TOKYO.

HOSTILITY TO PERING AND TO **CERTAIN POWERS,'

China now only the interests of Eng- lish nanciers, but also those of the Chinem feudal counter-revolution, which has been torturing the toiling masses of China for over ten years.

While American im- "Comrades! perialism is launching an attack on Northern China; while British, im- perialism is at the same time attacking the South; and while the French Govern- ment, under Herriot, is dispatching war ships from Indo-China. Saigon, into the Chinese ports of Tientsin and Shanghai, -less powerful imperialists are joining these chief imperialistic Bowers. Thus, against the national liberative movement in China, against the Chinese toiling masses, a plot has been entered into by world imperialism, a plot whose execu tion has been started, in the South by MacDonald's Government,

"No sooner have the declarations of the London Conferenen been signed, pro- claiming-with MacDonald and Herriot mouthpieces-general disarmament and the advent of a peaceful epoch, than the Governments of these heralds of universal prace and democracy are send-

Chinese toilura.

warships to fire on the millions of

On September 27th a young man called on Mr. Suzuki Kikuo, a civilian aviator in the Ito Aerodrome in Tsudanuma Chiba Prefecture, of whom it has been reported in a certain Tokyu journal that he had decided to join the Peking forces Workers of England! You cannot in the China civil war, says the hallow that British imperialists should Mr. Suzuki met and shook hands with shoot Chinese revolutionaries in your the visitor, who said. "I have come to name, as it was done this qummer at pay you homage. You are going to join Hankow and on the Yangtzekiang by the Teking forces are you! You wretch English henchmen, who executed the Yon traitor!"

labour leaders of the Railwaymen's and Boatmen's Unions.

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FRIEDRICHSHAFAS, October 19th. Enormous crowds wildly cheered and Deutschland Ceber Alles, on the ocvasion of the departure of the airship Z..a for Lakehurst. New Jersey, which she is expected to reach in eighty hours. The handing over of this. Zeppelin to

So saying, the young man stabbed the

"You cannot allow that a tiovernment America is bitterly regretted in many aeronaut in the left arm and fled. On

the following morning he was arrested bearing the name of a Labour Govern Mr. Winston Churchill's election "an-quarters in Germany. A student said to He is Yamato Kwan, aged 26, a member ment to help feudal reaction and mer- chant counter-revolution in order to Latest foreign reports go to show that dress wholeheartedly supports the Con- be insane was arrested yesterday in pos of the Anti-Bolshevik Society of Tokyo.

It is said that Mr. Suzuki and another sure easier. gaia and profits to British Comrades," Workers of Englund! side last night with n division troops, while the Fengtien troeps broke through servatives in their programme of social session of a curbine and ammunition It

intimidating letters.stating:

You must demand from the Congress of "Don't you understand Americo Trade-Unions that it interfere with the the wall at thingienkou they did not refor. and Imperial consolidation. He alleged he intended to shoot the comman of the same nerodrome had received banks and British colonizers.

Japancar problems and that at the slaughter being prepared in Chins. You reach. Shihmenkai, and on the following declares that as a general protective tarifi inander of the Zeppelin in order to pre-

vent the departure. Is not part of the Conservative » pro-

of the Peking forces in the must voice & loud protest against armed day they were driven beyond the wall..

Chinese disturbances

Certain intervention

in Southern China and granune he supports the principle of the

Powers (Britain and America pre

push off the hands of imperialists who sumably.—Ep.) If you join the Chibli have aimed their guns on the centre of forces you will lose your lives before the national liberative mavement you have reach Shimonoseki. (Signed) | China" THE YELLOW LEAGUE."

Lnke, who went over to the Kiangsu

This left the road to Shanghai practically open from the West, aud' Kiangsu troops are now marching towards Lunghwa (two miles from the harder of the French Con- cession), the Cheklang, headquarters, -which are now.deserted."

Marshal La and General Hu Went 'aboari, the Shinglei Maru Parly this morning and the ship a few hours later . sailed for Nagasaki.

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(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:]

BRITAIN AND MOSUL."

TURKISH DENIAL

"CONSTANTINOPLE, October 13th. The Turkish reply to the British ultimatum deles the incursions into the

He asserts that the brief experiment

On the main front the Fengties forces Safeguarding of Industries Act and. Im advanced until their shrils"fell un Shantal Preference. “ haikwan, killing three Chinese railway- men, but the Chibli foreer subsequently recovered all lost ground, and both forces were in their riginal positións when the fighting, ended,

EARLIER CABLES,

COMMUNIST DEMONSTRATION

IN LONDON.

MR. TOM MANN AGAIN.

Lospos, October 12. Britain's communists represented by Mosul Vilayet and declares they are not contingents from Poplar, Bethnal Green concentrating troops there. The Note

and Deptford and headed by hands and undertakes not to pass a line drawn frota banners, attracted a large crowd in Tra Djesse. Binchehali and Tchoulenaik, falgar Square. They demonstrated in which, however, marks practically the order to protest against the Dawes Plan, extreme point. The Turkish eincursion is

Vilayet

As fixed by the Lausanne treaty.

THE GLEASON, AFFAIR.

to demand an increase of £ weekly to

Mr. Tom Mann in a speech said he was

of Socialist minority rule has ended in

BALE, October 12th. The Z.R.3 passed over here at 8.10 this morning, in a dense fog. It was impos sible.exactly to observe its direction.

BORDEAUX, October 12th The wireless station here at three this a Jimal failure. The Socialists are still

afternoon picked up, signals from the our rulers and seek to gain their votes.Ro, stating that she was passing over by enlisting the forces of discontent in

the mouth of the Gironde, but not indica. revolutionary movements. Against this

ting her direction. double attack of puthority and revolt, we fall back on the tommon setise and endur. ing loyalty of the masses of the nation.

The address delivers a smashing attack on the Bolsheviks and their devilish work. which Mr. MacDonald and his Cub- set week to help to succour with fools of hard-earned British money.

Fi

BROADCASTING. POLITICS.

#LONDON. October 12th. "

The British Broadcasting Company an

unce that the Postmaster General has

BERLIS, October 19th. The Z. R.3 is now over the Atlantic The trip has hitherto been most satia- furtory.

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EUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE GERMAN LOAN,

COING WELL.

back

AID

"Long live the Chinese National Re- Mr. Suzuki will have to be under volutionary Movement. medical care for about three weeks. He "Down with the Imperialism of Mac- complains that he almost lost his life Donald, Herriot and Coolidge!" because of the report which appeared in Tokyo journal, which he declares to have been groundless.

OPULENCE AT 10 SEN A TIME. HARBIN ENJOYS LUXURIOUS PUBLIC MOTORS."

WIRELESS ON SHIPS. INADEQUATE PROTECTION IN

JAPAN,****

Mr. Narazuki Itaro, chairman of the Japan Seamen's Union, representing. 28,000 members of the Union, has address ed a petition to Mr. Inukai, Minister of Communications, asking him immed Month by month the motor traffic, both intely to enforce a law for compulsory cars and bases increases, and Harbin has installation of radio aboard steamships. become one of the cheapest towns in In the petition he states that accord- China for quick and cheap travelling,ing to the Union's investigations made writes the Harbin correspondent of the at the end of May last year, Japan bad Peking and Tientsin Times.

2,010 vessels of over 100 tons, aggregating

There are now over 400 motor vehicles 3,586,918 tons, which gives ber the place NEW YORK, October 13th.

registered in the towd of which there are of the third shipping country in the Financial quarters believe that the 108 buses and 145 cars specially licensed world, but that her record of shipwrecks for passenger traffic. All these carry far exceeded that of other countries To German loan will be heavily over-sub-passengers at low rates and you often see compare the figure with that of Britain, well within the boundary of the Mosulall wages, a 44 hour week and to support sanctioned the broadcasting of one speech seribed. It is stated that requests for one passenger lolling in a fine motor-car, which resembles Japan in her geography, bin total fare being ten sen. Besides the Japan outran Britain by the astounding. rate of 347 per cent, in steamers and 250 the unity of International Trade Unions each party leader, during the coming allotments for the past week have been above, all licensed for gentral trafic,

The wrecks in- work. Hitherto the necessity for im overwhelming. It is not confirmed but there are 60 railway and other depart per cent in tonnage.

particularly the Government, has remain a thorough communist and intended to partiality precluded the broadcasting of reported that the Bankers' Group will mental cars and 10 which belong to pri rolved a heavy loss of life. Society,

ed indifferent towards this grave fact Three years ago hardly a car, was to

The Union attributes the disastrous upset the damnable condition of society anything of a political favour but this pay Germany a

high record chiefly to the absence of He did not give a tinker's damn by be important development will bring the which are to be sold at 82, thus giving be seen in the town and now they are

radio plant and the use of very old steamers... ing turned down by the Labour Party expositions of the three leaders into the the syndicate a profit of $5,500,000 which, tearing thout in all directious. four Buddhist monks and a layman in but he could not be excluded from the homes of several milion electors. The however, will be largely swallowed up in are content as they know that large pro- Labour movement. Mr. Campbell, Editor speeches will be presented impartially expenses for the flotation. The banks

NUMBER OF ARRESTS.

RANGGON, Oetober 13th. Additional arrests have been made of

two monasteries in connection with the attuck on

the Gleasons: The newly

witnesses.

rate of 87 Jor bonds

vate owners.

OPIUM FINES.

..

It enumerates the laws passed in Britain, America, France, Norway' and Belgiam to compel the installation of Two Chinese were charged before Mr.wireless The pamphlet also gives re arrested men have been identified by of the Il'orkers Weekly, and Mr. Harry and in a most concise form. All stations fits can be made later with other financ Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yes cords of total losses and shipping dinan Pollitt also spoke and were cheered. The are simultaneously broadcasting Mring following the German bond issue. Iterday morning, with having opium in ters of these countries, and compares

is estimated that this will aggregate over their possession. The first defendant them with those of Japanese shipping. AUSTRALIAN FINANCES FOR meeting passed resolutions of Fraternal MacDonald's speech from Glasgow to

who was fined $1,200, had 75 taels of raw Mr. Narazaki asks the Minister to. Baldwin will $500,000,000 before the end of the year, opium, and the second man, who was order the installation of radio aboard greeting to sufferers on behalf of the marrow evening. workers in Germany, Poland, India, solo on Thursday but the Liberals have a large amount of which will be to the ordered to pay a fine of $4,000, had in (1) steamers in general engaged in In both cases the men were arrested at steamers of over 1,500 tons gross; and Egypt and Ireland and ended by singing not yet szed a date. Probably Mr. account of the German industries, while his possession 35 tacle of prepared opium. coastal and ocean navigation; (2) all France is anid to be negotiating the Star Ferry landing stage, and (3) steamers which carry crews and pas the "Red Flag" and the Inter-Asquith's speech at Paisley will be $180,000,000 loan, and Belgium is needing bath pleaded that they were taken care Bongers exceeding fifty in number-

I broadcast.

money immediately.

158454 priam for friends.

Japan Chronicle.

WOOL DEALERS.

MELBOURNE, October 13th. The Commonwealth Bank directorate intimates that no difficulty will in future be experienced in financing wool buyers,

nationale."

Mr.