SITUATION IN THE NORTH.
DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE BUT STRIKE IS NOT
SPREADING TO ANY APPRECIABLE EXTENT.
AMERICAN DESTROYERS AT
WOOSUNG.
JAPANESE SALT COMMISSIONER AT WUHU ASSAULTED BY
"COOLIES AND ARRESTED BY CHINESE POLICE
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD, 1923
CABLES TO LONDON.
HOW THE STRIKE NEWS IS
REPORTED AT HOME
The following Reuter cables, relating to the strike, have been re-transmitted from London. They do not give Hongkong residents much new information, of course, but they are re-produced herewith &écanse it is interesting to see how the situation in Hongkong and Canton is being report- ed in the Home papers.
RIOT OBJECT LESSON.
SERGEANT NEARLY KILLED WHO WOULD NOT SHOOT WOMEN;--
A mob of ruffians and hooligaba armed. with choppers and sticks, severely injur
THE FAMOUS INTERVIEW. "DAILY TELEGRAPHTM AND
Of. Volume 24 of thi
When the text rental Berlin the Foreign Secretary Baren von Schoer was on leave, and was represented' by Here Stenrich The latter handed 14 to a subordinate official named Klehmet," who understanding that he was to re- port on facts and not on expedienos,
KAISER WILHELM.
FRESH REVELATIONS. By the publication sweently of a fresh ed Sgt. Gavan, of Harbin Road Policewatch of the archives, of the German Station Shanghai, just before & pm on Foreign Office the last corner of the veil suggested three changes, all of which Jans 17th. The officer is now in this withdrawn from the circumstances of were made before the interview was puis General Hospital andergning treatment the publication of the famous momen fished. Two of them deserve a word of for wounds on the head, face and body. tour interview with the ex-Kaiser which special mention. The Kaiser had said, How he came out of the affair alive appeared in. The Daily Telegraph" in "The prevailing sentiment, among my in a miracle and more than Gavan him. October, 1908.
own people in not friendly to England" self can account for, and certain in great work more than forty pages are Herr Klehmet reported that this remark cidents in the assault which surround devoted exclusively to this agitated in is doubtless not quite right, and anys cident, which did so much te influenes A number of British and other foreign his deliverance from an awful death are political developments in Germany. The how had better be modified for an Eng women and children arrived from Sha- shrouded in mystery. Gavan fell tem salient facts of the documents now issued, lish paper." In the version printed the meen whence they were advised to leave.porarily unconscious and is unable to are that the Kaiser acted with compfet German Anglophobia
limited to Mr. Yu. Ya Ching Chairman of the Police are patrolling, the business quarters give any reason why the crowd should constitutional propriety in regard to the large parts of the middle and lower Chinese, Chamber of Commerce, in. of Shamten as a precautionary measure have let him tive His last vision before interview before he released it for pite classes." The other of these two emenda- statement in the vernacular papers, in-
The Civil Governor of Canton has re slipping into unconsciousness was of alicntion; that the inclusion in it oftions is more important, for it illus Hochizuki, manager of the Kenseikai, dignantly "denies the alleged acceptancequested the merchants to contribute to murderous looking Chinaman, eyes blaz. statements offensive to German publistrates the dangerous mixture of memories
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SHANGHAI, Juur 22nd Mr. Akajke, former Superintendent
¿General of the Tokyć Police, and a mem-
STUDENTS AND COMMERCE.
SHANGHAI, June 22nd. The situation ashore and wont, is un- changed.
her of the Hour of Peers and Mr
arrived in Shanghai toulay, They are
unofficially inquiring into the atrike.
Four American destroyers reached Woosung from Chefoo, where the situa
tion is easier.
Reports from Swatow, Amoy and Foo De chow state the situation is not bad.
"
tion at the Yangtze ports is uuchanged.
JAPANESE ASSAULTED.
...
SHANGHAI, June 22nd." A message from Wuhu states that "coolies insaulted the Japanese Salt Com
injioner whom the Chinese poljce there- upon arrested and charged with being in possession of arius.
A cable from Hoihow stazes that there is great unrest at Hainan Island, where there has been an anti-foreign agitation.
NOT CALLING HERE
MANILA January 2nd. The President McKinley and the Oostkerk are omitting they usual call at Hongkong, owing to the strike. The
of a bribe. He adds that he is undaunt
ed by such an unjust accusation and will
勃
continue to work in the interests of the nation,
...
Chinese reports state that Chang Hsuch Liang will shortly declare martial law in the districts adjoining the Settle
ment.
TROOP CHANGES.;
SHANGHAI, June 22nd.
company
the strike hands.
Hosoroso, June 21st.
HONGKONG, Jane And.
the abolition of child labour.
The Government has issued a proclamat tion of emergency regulations, providing Chang Heuch Liang sent northward for the censorship of telegrams and this afternoon one
of his letters, the control of premises, vehicles, soldiers. Arrangements are being made fuel and foodstuffs. Also the licensing of to send the rest of his troope-known as the export of foodstuffs, and, gold and the north-eastern training or after silver coin and bank notes.. him. The latter are being replaced by
JAPANESE KILLED. the bandit suppression corps from Shan-
CANTON, June 21st.
women,
The women
opinion was the result of the carelessness
WILS
Herr
EMPEROR'S RESENTMENT.
Before the Reichstag Prince Bülow, has been said, "did not defend the Kaiser, but apologised for him in the
fung, Anwhei and Hanan. When the An unknown Chinese shot a Japanese, latter arrive, there will be 4,000 Feng-Mr. Nakada, treasurer of the Japanese shouting encouragement to the women in the interview. "any changes which may circumstances, it is not surprising that
tienites at Shanghai.
3
Hospital, just outside the Shameen, and carried off n bag containing 95,000, with which Me. Nakada was returning from the
Stories and
ing and fixed on the struggling officer, of Prince Bülow and the Foreign Office and imaginings with which the Kaiser's The ganihiling houses, closed after the an ugly looking butches's knife between here; and that the episode jeft in the head was filled Acepèding to the origin war. have been taken over as quarters his teeth, working his way on his hands mind of the monarch a deep and "inal version, when “invited by the Gavern- for the strikers, who number approximate and knees through the ga of the stamp-radicable feeling of resentment towards ments of France and Russia to join with": The strained relations between the ly 1,300. Shameen has an extra supplying straggling, swaying mob of his at his Chancellor. It is rather serious then in calling upon England to pak students and the Chamber of Commeres of food.
tackers-obviously, beut on cutting the reflection on the alertas of the editors an end to the (Bicer) war," he had re throat of the officer. That is another of the documents that they should stil!plied that, so far from doing this, "Ger- Are revented in the extremist propaganda
ascribe a share in the production of the. partly directed against the Chamber,
A secret strike executive has been of the mysteries surrounding his escape interview to Mr. Harold Sprider, On many would use her med night to while the moderate strikers suggest re-
formed. It is reported to he under the He was hit with everything from a slip the other hand, they express the correct prevent such concerted action." monstrations are continuing, but the opening if the shops and banks ade-patronage of the Canton Government. It per to a crowbar, principal among the view that the initiative to publication Klehmet's comments on this with the tal- is demanding inter alia the abolition of weapons being stools, stones and bamboo came from the Kaiser himself, though in lowing substance of the German reply to the Russian overtures, "We must be strikes, are not spreading The situa-quately contribute to the strike
the course of the correspondence on the particularly carefn in avoiding sin racial discrimination the right of the poles."
"My chief attackers were the girls and subject be more than once insists that, specially naval Powers, so long as we lications with other great Powers workers to elect Chinese members to the Legislative Couqeil an eight hour day,
said Gavan from among his in agreeing to it, he only yielded to are not secured against France and this rolls of bandages," to a Shaaybai. Mer-the wishes of bis English friends,
security can be furnished only by a muta... - eury-representative who visited him in The chapter opens with a letter of
al guarantee of territorial integrity for. hospital next day, and I want to tell Sept.
a long term of years.”: In the corrected. 30th, 1908, in which Baron interview the Kaiser was made to reply
kerkloof from polities that could bring that the only reason I did not use Jenisch, representing the Foreign Office to Kussin that many would always my revolver was, because this was so. on the Kaiser's suite, at the shooting-her into complications with a sen Power were absolutely frrocious, of Rominten, Forwarded the manuscript like Eugland" Naturally nothing was screaming manines. I hall drawn my of the interview to Prince Balow, who raid of his readiness to join in an attack or us at the price of the French renuncia- gun but could not find the courage to was then recuperating at Norderney.tion of Alsace-Lorraine. Are into the crowd, for I knew that if According to the letter, the Kaiser' I did I would surely hit innocent wo-found the article, well written and His men and children who were behind. The words "Faithfully repeated." Prince en saw this and drew to one side, Bülow was asked by the monarch to make
a feeling of resentment against the Chan- weera good to you."The Kaiser had cellar ranked in the Monarch's bosom not that they needed it. other things were thrown at me but I expressly ordered" that the manuscript This sentiment and its reaction on Prince should go not to the Foreign Office but the latter had lett ollee. Shortly after
Bülow Bared out, however, "only after - had the crowd well in hand.
direct to you, as he wishes affairs to be retirement, articles appeared in the Just as I moved over to arrest one dealt with as secretly and discreetly as German Press auggesting that the inter- man carrying a banner, another fellow possible. Barch Jenisch remarked that view had been inspired by him and cer-- The Japanese Consul has strongly pro- slipped a bamboo pole between my legs he had already drawn the Kaiser's attainly read and approved by him before textcil to the local authorities reserving
tention to certain fhaccuracies in the it was published. On the margin of oue as quick as lightning, and down I went text. In a postscript he added. His of these articles the Kaiser writca: the right to claim an indemnity, and Before I could take two breaths that Majesty has just said to me once more "These facts are absolutely right asking for police to be posted outside the crowd was on the top of me. One man offer (to get the intervies published ined by these charges. In a long letter to
that he wishes Colonel Stuart, Wortley's Prince Bülow, however, was much mortif Shameen. He advised Japanese subjects grabbed me low down and another kick- The Daily Telegraph) to be treated as his successor, extracts from which have in Canton to come within the Shameened me in the stomach. It was dificult confidentially as possible, and so far as already been telegraphed to you, be de
possible nobody but yourself to be taken ribed the allegations na treacherous A strike on Shameen began this mor to distinguish one blow from another. into the secret."
calumnies, and threatened to take legal ning, the Chinese quietly leaving the. You cannot imagine what it feels like
action if they were continued "Where NOT READ BY PRINCE BULOW. will it lead to," he asks, if in the end” Concession.
to have a crowd of half-crazy people bent
1. can keep silence no longer, if it per- Despite those emphatic words, the in-haps comes to law-suits, and if the alleg on murder, sugging over you.!
terview was read either the nor subed statements of his Majesty are oppose Then the choppers came into play. Isequently, neither by Prince Bülow nor to declarations which I have made on was in attendance on him at Norderney. could not, have agreed to the interview and others on various parts of my head. It was merely sent on to the Foreign Office the following consideration confidence in General Daugn, commanding
I could hardly breathe. My revolver had with a request that it should be care-The statement of the All Highest about The Civil Governor of Canton has re- the French troops, who, he said, would
been suntched almost as soon as the crowd fully checked. Nevertheless, in a letter the plan of campaign against the Boers
to the Kaiser of October 30th, in which I cannot have advised or approved Minister, whom they threatened with quested the merchants to contribute to the fell upon we. I was struggling for my he tenders his resignation, Prince. Bülow only because I had read the letter in soon bring military opérations to a com-
life but really thought that I was going does not hesitate to write, 1 save strict question of his Majesty to Queen Vic plete success. The excellent morale of violence and forced to sign a series of
instructions that the probable effects of torin, and knew that it contained apboris. the article should be most, carefully con- tie and academic observations about the the Morsecan people bas again heen documents, including a proclamation as Chinese people that he
sidered." Indeed, he even goes so far making of war which could not have bean suring the sympathised with the struggle against
as to put forward the ad paper and of practical importance for the issue of great illegibility" of Colonel Stuart the South African campaign. And, as Wortley's long elaboration" as an excuse far as Japan in concerned, I have ever foreiga Imperialists. The police made one
for his failure to rend the text. It is
and again warned his Majesty against arrest.
conscientiously pointed out by the editors making this sensitive and distrustful peo that the interview was quite clearly writple even more suspicious than in con- "The next act in the near tragedy is ten with a typewriter on letter paper, Another Japanese destroyer has arrived furnished by Inspector Dee, in charge of which the first sheet bors, the bun sequence of various events (Nations of of the Harbin Road Police Station, Theness heading of The Daily Telegraph Europe guard your most sacred posses Luspector arrived on the spot some four LATEST, CABLES
A student demonstration in the native city this afternoon fell flat. There were
former sails for Shanghai direct. on sprecher, but no procession and no dis- Bark Tuesday,
turbauces,
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EARLIER CABLES.
CHINESE IN PARIS.
FORCE MINISTER TO SIGN "DOCUMENT OF SYMPATHY,
- FRENCH AVIATORS CARRY OUT
PARIS, June 22nd.
CAMPAIGN IN MOROCCO.
SUCCESSFUL RAIDS.
Paxis, June, 21st, Ahout a hundred young Chinese invnd-i
The Sultan has begun official receptions, ed the Chinese Legation this evening,
of Taiwan.
There have been no disturbances. British Marines are operating the ice
+
In a speech he expressed his absolute overpowered a porter, cut the telephone Plant, and they are ready to operate the received a slash on the back of the neck by the diplomat, Herr von Mueller, who oath?" He advances as proof that be·
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shown since the arrival of the Sultan, by i mulherous marks of loyalty,
The Riffs made a violent attack north of Wezzan with big forces, against a mobile French column, but were repulsed with heavy losses.
#
French aviators carried out effective bombing raids on important Riff con centrations:--fonta,
`EARLIER. CABLES,
PLANS OF AMUNDSEN.
Osto, June 21st.
Norwegian Aeronautic Association Amundsen has made " no statement Regarding his future plana.
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EXPLORER'S SUFFERINGS.
Osto, June 22nd. Despatches from Spitzbergen "repro. sent Amundsen with deeply marked face, testifying to the acute sufferings of three wecks in the Northern feefields, which are incomparably severer than March at the South Pole.
The six hundred. filina tákon show the almost superhuman task of finding and
aeroplanes had descended
wires, locked the doors and gained admis-
sion to the private rooms of the Chinese
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"OUR COMRADES.".
PARIS, June ad. Recording to Le Petit Parisien, the Chinese rulers at the Chinese Legation accepted the Minister's offer to sign (e safe conduct for their. They abandoned the idea of holding a street demonstra- tion, but left at the Legation cards, which
The Communist organ". L'linmanite refers to the raiders' as our comrades."
waterworks.
strike funds. '.
The gambling houses, which were closed after the war, have been taken over a quarters for the strikers, who number
to die. The last I remember was that villainous-looking beggar coming inch by inch nearer to me with that butcher's kuife wedged between his teeth,"
approximately 1,500.
The Shameen has an extra supply of DID NOT KNOW HIS INSPECTOR food.
OBITUARY.
·MR. CREMERS.
CAIRO, June 22nd.
following the murder of the Sirdar, “
When
or five minutes after Sergeant Gavan, had been descried by the crowd. the Inspector turned into the alley-day
ว
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sions speeches about the Yellow Perit and so on) it has already become. remember two or three years ago I stop ped by telegraph a letter of his Majesty
here the attack took place, whither he First aid was immediately rendered and to Mr. Roosevelt, which had already had been summoned by a Chinese Police after a few minutes Gavan left in this been several days on its way, because
I learned about its contents, which seem man who had been sent by Cavan, he saw Station car for the General Hospital.ed to contain incautious remarks about the centre of the road deserted, the crowd He was immediately treated by Doctor or what was left of it, having taken up Gauntlett, who placed him under an Japan.. positions on either side. A minute or anaesthetic. The Sergeant was found In conclusion, Prince Bülow demanded "The death is announced of M. other half a ainuto later, Inspector to be a mass of cuts and slashings, which from his successor a formal denial in the were to be used for the purpose of Cremers, Dutch president of the Nile Dee saw a staggering form some dis- were almost all confined to his head and Official Casette that be and been in any trance along the alley way. It appeared to neck. Several other Besh wounds were way concerned in causing the interview. the demonstration. They were inscribed irrigation commission, which was estabbe a foreigner and be almost immediate found underneath the blood which cover Dr. Bethmann-Hollweg suggested in a China for the Chinese; Down with lished to regulate the Nile water issue, recognised Gavan. He was swaying ed his arma Sergeant Gavon who is letter to the Kaiser that such a step.
like a drunken man, his hands over his thirty-one years of age, is considered by would be undesirable, and the latter em international Imperialism."
eyes, face streamig with blood and in a the Police Heads to be one of the most phatically agreed.. His marginal notes The commission had practically com
com state of collapse. As he moved about his capable sergeants in the Force. His re- on the letter are very interesting. Th
kutes were beat with weakness and he cord hits been a long series of meritorious Chancellor mentioned Prean statements pleted its task when it was interrupted by appeared to be about to fall at any mo- service, including many smart arrests that Erince Bülow had previous kaow Mr. Cremers' illness
ment. Inspector Dee rushed forward of arms smugglers and other dangerous ledge of the interview and approved it "and took hold of him asking what was criminals.
both orally and in writing. To this the matter.
He came to Shanghai bearing a splen- the Kaiser remarks, true. To a re- Where is Inspector Dee" stuttered did War record, including the D.B.O.ference to the official statement made the sergeant, I want to report to him" among his several medals. He is fem about the interview by Prince Bulow in Inspector Dee was amazed at the quesin tur belief that he was attacked solely November, 1908, the monarch appenda tion and answered, I am Inspector on account of his refusal to fire upon the statement: It was "Inise. In a Die Sergeant Gavan continued to the crowd, and regrets to think that his long note at the end of the letter the mutter incoherently, the purport of his attackers were mainly females. They Kaiser says: "Reconfirmation of thes THREE HUNDRED AFFECTED BY his superior officer. They got my gun those women or children who were al insult to the Crown and my person, which specchi being an insistence upon seeing were my worst attackers' he said, "but November statement is quite out of the I know that if I had fred and hit onequcation, and would be a fresh grave LEAD POISONING,
he added. Inspector Dee summoned a riesha and placed Gavan, almost on the ways in the line of fire, I would have I am not for moment willing to suffer verge of another collapse, inside. Bever been playing right into the hands of The Government, the nation, and the al of the squad of police brought from the vernacular press and the crowd Press were in November entangled in a Harbin Road Station were left on duty who are attacking the foreigners at grave, fateful error, which unfortunaty as the spot, while Geven was escorted the present time. That is perhaps the Prince failed to lens tion back to the Station. The blood from principal reason why I did not use my to do so has failed to clear up and r his wounds bad drenched the sent gun. What they did to me-never mind move." With Dr. Bethmann-Hallweg's cushion by the time, the party arrived as long as it can be demonstrated what refusal to publish the denial demanded
happens when the Police withold from by Prince Bülow, the documents on this firing at moh.
matter find their conclusion.
#TENNIS AT HOME.
WIMBLEDON TOURNAMENT Is
STARTED.
LONDON, June 22nd.
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TETRAMETHYL GAS.
preparing a starting place once the At Wimbledon today, the weather was | cool and cloudy. A North-east wind The explorers do not expect to see
NEW YORK, June 2nd. again the goods and instruments left affected play on the dusty courts. There
The New York Times asserts that 300 thout one of the rope North, the tate was a large attendance for the opening person have been affected by lead poison that at the highest point they saw
cals, penguins and geese, thus dispelling day. Most spectators concentrated on ing in 18 months, of whom 8 have died, at mon Verberon same. No the centre court. Only men's singles wore a tetramethyl gas factory at Deepwater, unibla to exist degrees North
played today..
New Jersey.
Matitude.
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