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THE ATTACK ON SHAMEEN.

DANISH CONSUL'S OFFICIAL REPORT TO HIS GOVERNMENT.

NO SHADOW OF DOUBT THAT THE AFFAIR

WAS PRE-ARRANGED.”

The Danish Consul at Canton, Mr. Wallace J. Hanson, was an eye- witness of the attack on Shameen on June 3rd. His official report of the occurrence, which has been forwarded to us by the Colonial Secre- tary," is published below. It will be seen that the report bears out-in every detail the account of the shooting given by the British Consul- General, Sir James Jamieson. There is, in the Danish Consul's opinion, “noʻshadow of doubt that the attack on. Shameen was pre- sirranged.

The publication of this assailable evidence comes at an opportune time, for as will be seen from our cables, M. Kharakan is now engaged in Peking in circulating the findings of the Kuomin tang Investigation Committee who are supposed to have made an exhaustive enquiry into the affait.]

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The full text of the Danish Consul's report is as follows:- "By the present I have the honour to Up to this time the procession was report on what took place here on the perfectly orderly and just resembled any afternoon of Tuesday, June 3rd," when ordinary similar political demonstration the Chinese held n'procession demonstrat in Europe, in fact so much so that I ing against the foreigners for the abolition remarked to a bystander, on the orderly of the existing treaties and extrater behaviour of the crowd. But at this point the aspect changed. After the Christian

ritorial rights.

To start with it is as well to mention

the events leading up to the unfortunate

affair.

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On the 6th June a battle started he tween the Canton Government troops and the Yunnanese, who had occapied Canton city in an endeavour to overthrow the

THE RIVER STEAMERS.

* SUI TAI TAKES 200 PEOPLE TO MACAO.

As mentioned in yesterday's issue, communication has now been cut off be- tween Macao and Canton, Macao and Kongmoon, Mauno and Shekki and Macao and Chinshan, and the only communica

with tion which Macas, now bas" is Hongkong...

This Seerus to be part of the plan of those | in authority in Canton and the strike leaders there to carry out their threat of isolating Hongkong.

The service between Hongkong and Macao is just at present dependent upon the one steamer being run on this trip by the Hongkong, Canton, and Maçao Steamboat Company, namely the Sui Tas, which is manned by a Russian crew.

This steamer left Hongkong yesterday morning for Macno with

about 700

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THE EXCITEMENT IN DOUGLAS STREET.

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION.

In yesterday's issue of the Daily Press appeared an account of an explo sion in Douglas Street. late on Tuesday night.

A representative of the paper happen→ ed to be on the spot at the time of the occurrence. A farge number of police were hurried to the scene and for a time- everyone, the police included, imagined that the explosion had been caused by some substance, exactly, similar to gun- powder, which was found in and around un old stove which had been discarded, probably by some hawker, and left elining against the wall of the To To Sin restaurant. A big crack was noticed in the wall of the restaurant, and as loose stones and bricks were lying amund it was naturally concluded that the

For a while there was considerable con damage had been done that evening..

fusion and everyone in the neighbour-

passengers and a big cargo, and was to return yesterday afternoon, provided the tide allowed of her leaving Macao.

Rumours have been current that in-hood was searched. The Police believ timidators have persuaded all Chinese ing agitators had been at work crows on the vessels employed on the spared no pains to find a trace of the

to leave their culprit or his accomplices... Hongkong-Macao ran

Subsequent investigations have shown, vessels. Whether this is true or not,

College students had passed there was a gap in the procession of about a hun dred yards, and then came a unit flying a huge red flag and a red dag with a laid up. The real reason for this can only course, could not bave caused an exple- be surmised, but their present orders presion and therefore, some other explana- yellow star and scythe (said to be the to remain laid up until further instructions Lion has to be found for the noise respon- Soviet banner). This unit consisting ap-are issued. The crews of some of them sible for the disturbance in the first

at least are still on board.

place, The supposition now is that it parently of labourers gesticulated more

Those laid up at Hongkong yesterday

The Chuen ('how is

could not be definitely ascertained yester. however; that the substance which wak day. It is true, however, that all the though: to be gunpowder, was nothing vessels engaged on this run, with the ex- more than emery powder. This, of ception of the Sui Tai, are for the present

existing Red Government headed by Civil threateningly towards Shameen and yelled | were the Sai On, the Charles Hardouin aust have been caused by the back fring

Governor Ha Han Min. The Funnanese

laid up at Macao, the crew having de- cided, it is stated, to lie up for a few days in accordance with representations from the Seamen's Union at Canton.

LOCAL SPORT.

BASEBALL.

more fiercely than their predecessors, and and Paul Benu. were defeated and drive out on the 19th the next I saw was that a fully armed June, and, the Canton Government pro military force with arms at the slope and laimed that peace and order would "nored by mounted officers followed in their be restored for the benefit of the people. rear. When these had reached up to the However, towards the end of the follow-corner of the lane leading into the city ing weck it was clear that student from Messrs. Li and Fung's I suddenly saw agitators were busy famenting a strike the Chinese crowd of spectators stampede against the foreigners under the pretext in wild panic, as if being warned of of sympathising with those killed in the Shanghai affair of soth May, and on Saturday the 20th the usual British river steamer from Hongkong iniled to put in an appearance, the crew having gone out on strike in. Hongkong.

A League match between the Japanese danger, and simultaneously the soldiers Baseball Club and the Filipino Club

p.m. to-day. got their arms from the slope, cocked will take place at Happy Valley at 5.30 rifes and the first shots rang out. Bullets were flying all over where I was standing, and I leaped for safety in through the hotel window where I had to take cover bebind pillara against the rain of bullets aimed at the hotel.

The fire was immediately returned by the British and French naval machine-gun

At the same time rumours got about that all Chinese servants employed by foreigners on Shameen would cease work the following day, and on Sunday morning the 21st at 9 am, all servants left their units posted along Shameen followed by employ. On Monday all crews employed the Shameen Foliec force in the Police og foreign owned motorboats and launches Station and Hotel, and was aimed entire- walked out so that by this time they at the attacking military forces across Island was entirely deserted of Chinese the creek, which were said to be the and the foreigners practically cut off from communication with the outside world. On-Monday it was further known that the Chinese students and others intended holding a procession the following day as a demonstration against the foreigners,

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The fact that

of a near-by motor car. thus report was clearly heard at the top of the Peak shows that it was an ceedingly loud one,

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SITUATION IN CANTON.

FORMATION OF ADDITIONAL LABOUR. AND

FARMERS' CORPS.

RAISING FUNDS BY * SQUEEZING THE PAWN SHOPS.

[By our Chinese Correspondent.]

There has been a good deal of talk about a possible combination of militarists in Canton for the purpose of outing "the political clique popularly known as the Kuomintang Bolshevists. Those well-posted in Cantonese affairs, however, state that nothing definite has yet been at- tempted in this direction.

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And it leaked out that at a meeting held bridge and was kept up by the Shamern to change colour easily. Kuomintang gulations, will comprise three regiments

Whampoa cadets under their Russian leaders. The procession proper had, when firing started, reached the English bridge, and was therefore out of the

Bolshevistä cpatrolling affairs' in forth will be a "chun" or corps to ha The actual fring took place danger zone. between the French and the English Canton are not allowing local militarists composed of three divisions each. A division, according to Kuomintang re-

defenders for about 10 minutes, while the militarists guarding the principal rail-A regiment will have three battalions, at the Kwangtung University the agitators

troops on Shakee kept up intermittent roads in Kwangtung Province and in and a battalion will have four companies,

und 17. men will make one company. enter Shamcen were determined to

aniping from the house tops for about an Fatshan, Shinhing, Kangmoon and other and/or word create an incident for pro- paganda purposes. H.B.M. Consul-Gen-hour and a half after Shamcen had ceased leading towns and cities in the Canton the Red army, political as well as mili- eral on hearing this immediately warned firing. The French gunboat stationed of Delta districts are being watched by tary science will be taught: and attacked the Secretary for Foreign Affairs that anthe French concession participated with Red terrorists trained and despatched will also be a squad for political pro- attenrpt made on Shameen would be met about a shots from their heavy artillery, from Whampoa. Up to the spring of but these I was later told were blank 1925, most of the cadets in the Military rounds The casualties on the Shameen Academy at Whampoa were recruited aide numbered one French civilian killed

by armed forces.

Preparations to meet any emergency

have been heavy, up Volunteers for Special. Police

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KONGMOON DISTRICT-

In the training of cadets and men in.

to every company of Bed troops, there paganda purposes.

Since the middle of June, more tha 30,000 striking students or workers have been enlisted into Red military service. were already made during the previous outright and two British civilians wound from Manchuria and other North-eastern according to a Chinese press report, but week's fighting by the Municipal Counciled. As to the casualties on the other side provinces, but since then, thousands of most of them are unarmed and equip of the British Concession of Shameen by the Sgures are very conflicting, but inust local young men have been enlisted; and ped only, with a cane or big stick.

lately many more recruits have been nh

RAISING FUNDS. Later in the afternoon when Bring had tained among labourers and students an calling

The pawn-shops in Canton and vicinity, duty, and the actual defence of the ceased I observed from the Shameen,

which in many cases function as naćiva banks, especially in small towns and Istand-an-in-the hands ut British and Police Station how, the Chinese collected strike.

j larger villages where regular native. off their clothes in a small side street just French naval forces, who had erected & large number of dead bodies stripped

The Sunwui District in Kwangtung, of banks do not always exist, are now being sand-bagged machine-gun posts at various opposite and brought a photographer points along the creek-facing the city along to photograph the scene. It is, of which Konginoon is the open port, the ordered by the Kugniintang Bolshevists home district of many Hongkong Chin-in Canton to renew their registration, a legal process only required of an in- During the morning of Tuesday the course, superfluous to calarge on the purese residents, is also turning Red, it rd it was noticed from Shahseen that pose for this action

In view of the fact that the Canton appears; and the first battalion of the stitution at the commencement of busi- motor-cara passing along Shakee Street

The purpose of the order, it appears, the street on the Canton side of the creek Government immediately after the in- Farmers Corps, known popularly as the mess. separating the island from the city-wer sident Raw fit to notify the Consular Red Army, has been organized. It is distributing circulars and lesfiets, which Body, and in particular the British and short of arms and ammunition, however, is to raise about $120,000 in fede. By French Consular Representatives, that and the Kuomintang Bolshevists in Can- law and custom, ouly some 310 pawn- later on proved to be inflammatory

other towns outside the city, and these pamphlets calling upon all and sundry to the firing had started from Shameen and ton are being asked for a supply of 100 shows are allowed in Canton and 13 Labour and Farmers' Corps in Kwang enjoy more or less monopoly. The rise against the foreigners and drive them that therefore the foreign authorities were rifles to strengthen the force.

responsible for the affair, I have availed myself of this opportunity to bring hetuag are being trained by graduates of present pawn-shop keepers have protest- The proccasion commenced shortly after fore His Danish Majesty's Government the Military Academy at Whampoa and ed against the new order, but the o'clock and I personally watched the the actual facts as seen by myself. There in order to secure more officers for these Bolshevists are threatening the substitu- demonstration from the verandah of the is not show of doubt in my mind that newly organized forces. Division Com- tion of new ones in place of those un- "Victoria Hotel," facing Shakee, from the afat ne pre-arranged; and the fact mander Li Chai Hsin of Wuchow, con- willing to register anew.

In addition to the new registration the beginning and was therefore an that fullfarmed troops in great numbers currently dean of the Academy, is call eyewitness of all that happened. The took part in an otherwise peaceful demon-ing for 500 new cadets. He has recruit-ordered, the Bolshevist commissary of procession was headed by mounted and stration precludes any doubt as to the ing offices at Canton, Shiuhing, and finance in Canton is also asking for the dismounted police, and then eagle on in intentions of the organisers, for which the Wuchow and is desirous of having as 1920 and 1927 annual trade license fees sections consisting of various mite com Chiness Government must be held respon-many. Cantonese as possible. He wants to be paid in advance, offering a dia prising students of different schools, sible the more so as they were previously 200 applicants from Canton, and 100 each count of 20 per cent. reduction to those labourers, boy-scouts, and a sprinkling of warned against the consequences of such from Bhithing and Wüchow. girl students, all waving flags and banners an action. and shouting towards Sharmeen. One of the last units was headed by a brass- hand of small boys, this being said to be the Canton Christian College students.

out of Shameen.

(98.)WALLACE J. HANSEN,

Consul

Royal Danish Consulate at Canton,

25th, June, 1925.

paying for 1920 and 40 per cent. for 1027. It is suggested that the pawa- ' RED ARMY REGULATIONS.

shops may have to suspend business na According to the Kuomintang commia protest against these exactiona. The sary of military affairs new army re-registration fees range from $200 to $500- gulations, the largest army unit bepce each nerording to grade.

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