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MERRYWEATHERS'

HOW THE YUNNANESE, WERE DEFEATED.

TH CAUSE OF THE - DEBACLE.

THE BATTLE

"SLOGANS."

AMERICAN SENT. TO. JAIL.“. SEQUEL TO REPULSE BAY MOTOR'

CAR ACCIDENT.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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THE FOREIGNER IN CHINA. TO THE EDITOR CF "THE HONGKONG DALLY PRESS"]

The case against Howard T. Wertch- kula Phung American flour, broker;

Stn. Your correspondent Junius”, im and also a well-known member of the Hongkong. Baschall Club, who has been his able letter on the Foreigner in China residing at the Repulse Bay Hotel, and is not-unintentionally I feel suro-quite who was charged on a count arising out fair to air missionaries, for while he Tho "Canton Gazette, in itsissa af and the reactionary members of Kuowin of the motor accident which occurred says that it must be admitted they are Wednesday, writes:

tang, and other tools of the enemies of outside the entrance to the Repulse Bay unselfish, in their activities, he describes the country befriended the militarists. Hotel on the night of Saturday, June 6th, their efforts as "half hearted" which most lavished money on them and promised when an Indian watchman was knocked assuredly is not the case, as anyone with them all sorts of aid, we knew their end down and badly injured by a 96 hp. a knowledge of missionary endeavour to be a certainty. They were beaten men Buick Sedan motor-cas driven by the will arm--but perhaps he meant "whole

"We have refrained from commenting upon the detent of the Yunnanese and Kwangsi armies until the reports of the various commanders of the Kuomintang Forces has been handed to the Gövern anent. They are not complete yet, but it is clear that it was not a defeat: it was, a rout, such that even the most sanguine of Kuomintang supporters could bally dream of. It announcing the real issue in the WINT now happily ended, the Gncette called its reader's attention to the East River Campaign and said that it was short, decisive and comparatively bloodless. We forecasted that this cam paign' too, weuhl end, the same way. So it has. In less than two days of netual Bghting both enemy armies were con pletely taken prisoners, and disarmed. Canton was not even attacked directly. for the bark of the enemy forces was broken outside of the city. The little desatory firing in the city itself was due mainly to the necessity of rounding up some of the Yunnanese who tried to save themselves either from our pursuing troops or from the wrath of the populace.

"CAUSE OF THE DEBACLE"" What was the cause of this terrible

poorly equipped? In his proclamation to the Yunnanese Army, Yang Shi in said that his soldiers had fought a hundred battles, they knew the ground well, they were well trained and equipped. He told the soldiers that there was no way cut for them, no place to go to fight or die. The rifles taken from the prisoners are new, their machine guns and ammunition

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the moment they went to Hongkong with defendant, was continued as the Central hearted."Yours faithfully,

a view to securing aid in their conspiracy Magistracy yesterday afternoon, before- against the Kuomintang Government.

wanton and furious driving unlawfully cause hodily harm to Volker Khan,, in Indian Watchman, at the Repulse Bay Road, on June 8th.""

Mr. S. R. B. McElderry...

The charge brought against Wersch "The marauding militarists must at last understand that Imperalism is like the kut was that of "having charge of a our head of Medusa. He who looks upon itcensed motor-ear. No 175, he did by with covetous eyes will be turned into stone. There is a deep-seated feeling in thenation, a feeling of innumerable wrongs and humiliations, suffered at the

The greater part of the vase was heard hands of the Imperialist Powera. This the previous afternoon, in a hearing which fealing will break everybody who con-occupied over three hours, and a report spires, haggles or bargains with the perpetrators of the wrongs and humilia- tions.

of which appeared in yesterday's Daily

Prest

Inspector Kent prosecuted and Mr. M. H. Turner defended.

the

af the.

W. L. PATTENDEN.

June 18th..

Ed. Note: We are inclined to think that Mr. Pattenden bas misunderstood

We ar enrrespondent's allusion.

infer that missionaries were half-hearted certain that "Junius" did not mean to in their work on behalf of the Chinese The sentence read: Do the foreigners except for the half-hearted efforts of attempt to impose their culture in China missionaries whose activities must, at feast, be almitted to be unselfish."--The implication from the whole tone of the letter is that no one wishes, or tries ta force Western ideals upon the Chinese except perhaps the missionaries, and that even they are half-hearted in this parti eular branch of their work because they are uncertain how far they are justified in interfering with old established Chiz

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SWATOW AFFAIRS.

Continuing the case for the defence, Mr "MILITARIST VAMPIRES". Turner called Mr. Edward William Latie.

who generally corroborated the evidence lesu, tradition.Į "But this is not all. For years the given the previous day by the defendant

circumstances marauding soldiery, like vampires, were regarding

In answer to questions by Mr. Turner sucking the blood of the hard-working accident. people of Kwangtung. For years" every this witness said that he did not see attempt by the Kuomintang Government any difference at any time with regard to

the lighting. He did not see the India to vindicate its great princples by doing who was struck by the ear. He was that the defendant something constructive for the province definitely, certain

the selfish sounded the horn of the car is he reached of the South Chiun Morning Post Apart from writing a deal of nonsense about was being frustrated by

the corner and approached the entrance the local Consular Body in general and militarists. For years they stood between

to the Hotel. Witness was considerably

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down.

This evidence closed the case for the d'elence.^

COUNSEL FOR DEFENCE

TD. THE EDITOR OF "THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]

Sit---Can you curb your correspon- dent, whom I suspect is als Loyal”.

debacle Was it heenuse the Yunnanese the Kuomintang and the people, and, if surprised when the car was stopped by the British Consul in particular, his state- to drop his anonymity I shall be pleased were bad fighters or because they were they suffered the former at all, it was he the police at the foot of. Shaukiwan to statements are inaccurate. If he cares convenient learn that someone nad been knocked to give him details of several recent in case they considered it

In your issue of Monday, shield for their depredations. They looted

accuracies, June Lath. you state that a Swatow cor respondent, writing on Saturday says:-- the people and the Kuomintang, got all

1 have just heard that a generat, the blame for it. They bad the audacity

ate., etc.

There has so far been In his address to His Worship, Mr.. to accept membership even on the Central Turner, said he proposed to be vers no meeting of the Consular Body to Committee of the party, thus discrediting brief. He would, deal with the three

report upon affairs, and residents seein this charge which.

generals, therefore, are in the dark the highest organ of the National Revolu points in

regarding the position, ate" ed to be the most important. These ionary Movement. We suffered for years were the question of speed; the qustion the tyranny of the militarists in the pro- of seeing the Indian and the question of On Friday evening the British Consur defendant frankly, admitted that he was whom he explained, and with whom he only well known to them but they had an since and in the party. The militarists stopping On the question of speed, the called meeting of British subjects to elaborate system of fortifications and thought that they had the power secure going past ton fast, but there was a great discussed the situation." As a result of trenches which were thrown up in and in their hands. They made a fatal mis- deal of difference in a charge of this this meeting a small group of residents fast or was driving furiously. Mr. Turner, with likely eventualities. So far as we around the White Cloud Mountains by take. Greater and larger forens cannot nature as to whether he was driving too de adequate arrangements for dealing the aid of military experts at the time keep the people and the party down. A therefore, asked His Worship to take into who made the arrangements know, not the car care and the way it took the Japanese who were working separate when the Government expected an attack force has arisen, small in number, hut consideration the direction from which single foreigner in Swatow (excluding by Chen Chiung Ming last Spring. before determined to carry out the will of the Putting the worst construction on the case ly) was unaware, of the measures that

people, "and such a force is invincible. It took less than one year for the party to train a national revolutionary force Every officer and soldier of this forec learnt to understand his duties as the guardian of the interests of the people. Every officer and soldier was made con- scious of the causes of the miseries of his country, of its enemies within and with out, and when this force was ready, it found no difficulty in overthrowing the marauding soldiery. Aid rendered to the militarists by the enemies of the people

the East River Campaign. Yet one serious onslaught by the Kuomintang forces and was cleared out from the

the enemy

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it would be impossible for the defendant were contemplated in the case of direct to have gone at the speed that was stated, action on the part of students and labour

miles an hour, in the short distance unions.

O Tilting at Consuls is occasionally a he travelled between changing gears.

the question of seeing the Indian, although justifiable, and often a fashionable pas evidence for the prosecution as to what possession of one who is to all of us, not naly His Majesty's representative, there were several people called to give time, but when we are happy in the happened, only two of them actually saw the Indian. Mr. Grantham was the only but a wise, cool and helpful friend, w» time before the accident occurred, and the applaud the efforts of such as “Leyal” man who actually saw him for any length of are not prepared to stand by and Moreover, it may be as well to state, Revenue Officer only saw him immediately and/or your Swatow correspondent."

They had not before the accident. evidence as to where the Indian actually once and for all, that though we AIC came from. It did not seem to him that only a handful of Britishers" in Kak- can i could have been standing inchis, we are the handful that counts.-I

JOHN ROBINSON, a position where he could bare been am, Sir, Yours faithfully,

The positions, training and equip ment, numbers and financial resources everything was in favour of the enemy only added strength to the small untional ƒ clearly, seen, otherwise surely someone

What then was the real cause of his rain? Why were we so certain that the campaign

I would be short, decisive and comparative.

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Swatow, June 18th. before the accident. What te (Mr. Turner)

(Ed. Note: When our correspondent thought had happened was that the Indian probably came out onto the road and wrote the paragraph quoted by Mr. Bo ly bloodless. At the time of the struggle "The war was fought by the enemy looking about got hit in consequence. At binson there had apparently not been, or

at any rate he had not attended, a meet with, the Merchant Volunteers, or the under the slogan of destroying the com- any rate, the Indian was not in the

centre of the road where he could have itg of British residents. Possibly there so-called Paper Tigers," we pointed out munists in the Kuomintang. In reality been clearly seen by the driver of sac may have been a mistake in the date of that the mere fact that the conspiracy it meant to destroy the real revolutionary car. He thought they must assume that the dispatch of our correspondent's first against the Kuomintang Government had elements in the party and make it the Indian had stepped out from the aide communication, for writing aubsequently the backing of the Imperialists was suffubservient to Imperialism. The Kuomius of the road. With regard to the question on June 13th he gave us a report of

of defendant seeing the Indian and meeting held at the British Consulate cient to defeat the conspiracy. A few shots tang fought the war under the slogan of knowing that he hit the man, before they and a report of this meeting appeared in

the Dally Frets on June 18th

We do not know whether our corres by the Clovernment forces and the Paper saving the province, the country and the could believe that the defendant saw the Indian, His Worship must entirely Tigers went up into a flame that consuined party from militarists and reactionaries disbelieve the evidence of the defendant dent, writes under th

Lofal in the South China Morning them together with the schemes of their who are ever ready to serve the enemies on this point. Fis Worship must even Post. While allowing what appears to us unsters and their masters masters of the people. On the one side of the go further than that fic wouldave to be reasonable criticism on affairs of

to say be disbelieved defendant's When the East River Campaign began we coufist was greed, avariciousness, lack of evidence on this point, that he not only public importance, we do not permit our pointed out that the mere fact that Chen patriotism, treachery, intrigue; on the saw the man, but that he did not admit correspondents to indulge in "anyiking Chiang Ming had the backing of the tools other side, revolutionary purpose, high it to his two companions. If His Worship Approaching personal recrimination.)

believe that the defendant deliberately of Imperialism would be suficient to principle, self-sacrifice and the interest of came to that conclusion he would have to

His Worship: Yes on the present defeat him. The correspondence.captured the people. On the one side nationalism, drove on after knowing that he had by our forces in the headquarters of Lin the rule of the people and social better knocked a man down and that he also charge of having charge of a licensed car, Fu bore out completely our suspicion that ment; on the other militarism, the sup- told a doliberate lie to his two companions No. 175, he did by wanton and furious. in the car. With the greatest deference, driving unlawfully cause bodily harm to such was the case. Finally, when these pression of the rights of the people and having regard to the way in which the Volker Khan, an Indian Watchanan, at the representing the interests of British Im Imperialism. The outcome of the conflict evidence had been given for the defence, "Repulse Bay Road, on June 6th.

he did not think the Court could Mr. Turner: I cannot agree to furious perialism; when the expelled members could not be doubted.”

possibly come to the conclusion that driving. I don't think it was furious defendant saw the Indian and knew be driving. He should have gone past the had hit him. If the defendant saw the Hotel more slowly, than he did, but there man, then be must not only bare kept was no obligation for him to stop at the quiet about it, but have told a deliberate Botel. le to his two companions about it. From Asked by His Worship" if any compen the defendant's position in the car when sation had been paid, Mr. Turner repliert. he was driving, if he was looking straight that his client was not a wealthy man, ahead, it was quite conceivable that he bat he was willing to make adequate. did not see the Indian If His Worship compensation to this Indian for his could say that it was quite possible that injuries and he (Mr. Turner: would defendant did not see the Indian, then publicly state there that his cheat, was the defendant was entitled to the benefit willing to do so. This had been put to of the doubt. As to how the Indian the proper authorities, was hit they were all in the dark. Undoubtedly the defendant should not have been going so fast past the Hotel Defendant admitted that himself He, therefore, asked His Worship to believe the defendant and say that the defendant did not see the Indian, and that a fine would amply meet the case

LOCAL SPORT.

WEEK-END BASEBALL.

Fixtures in the Hongkong Baseball league arranged for this week-end are as under

To-day-The Filipino Club . the Rongkong Yolunteer Defence Corps; Hongkong Baseball Club v. University Baseball Club,

To-Morrow:-South ChinaTAA«. Indian Recreation Club.

GARRISON TENNIS LEAGUE.

Matches arranged to be played in the Garrison Tennis League for the week commencing June 22nd, are as under-

Monday, 22nd. RÁ.0.0.. RE. "B" Tuesday 23rd.-Headquarters Wing, East Surrey Regt "D" Coy, East Surrey Regt.

Wednesday, 24th-H.A.S.U. 6. K.A.M.C. Thursday, 25.-"A" Coy, East Surrey Regt. . "B". Coy., East Surrey Regt.

Friday, 20th Small Unita e. RE. "A"

Play to comments each day at 4 p.m.

LAWN BOWLS.

The following games are down for decision to-day in the Bowls league.

DIVISION IS Civil: Bervice C.C. Taikoo RC Kowloon Dock R.C.. Kowloon B.G.C. Kowloon C.C. v. Craigengower C.C..

DIVISION 11.

Taikoo R.C.. East Point R.C. Indian B.C. Police R.C. BEK.Y.C.. Kowloon C.C. In the "Walcon Cup" risk competition, the following have been selected to re- present the Police RCA Clark, A. Reid, J. Grant and J. Clark (Skip).

His Worship said that he thought Mr. Tarder would agree, that a conviction should be recorded. Yo

Mr. Turner. I will agree to a con. siction, but not on the present chargej

(Continued on next Column),

His Worship: I could make an order for compensation up to $50.

Mr. Turnera I hope Your Worship will not make that order because we are going to give a great deal more than that.

His Worship stated that he believe that defendant did not see the Indian or know that the car had attack him. He had taken into consideration all the points Mr. Turner had put jiozward in the defendant's defence, but, ha, could do no. less than pass sentence of two months" hard Jabour." The other charges, would be withdrawnL

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