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HONGKONG DAILY

THE PROPOSED BLOCKADE OF CANTON.

VIEWS FROM PEKING, SHANGHAI AND THE

KUOMINTANG

The Peking correspondent of the Porta China Daily News, yriting under date of August 20th, says

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The resolutions passed by a recent mass mecting at Hongkong in favour of a blockade of Canton, have excited a good deal of discedasion in offrial circles in Peking.

The Chinese do not consider that the

British Government will entertain the suggestions for a moment and, if any such action were taken, it is pointed out that it would most emphatically be re garded as an affront to the nation as a whole. There could be no question but that isolated action against Canton woukt involve the rest of China

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PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1925

POISONED BY GAS

ENQUIRY INTO DEATH OF E.W.D. COOLIE

At the Kowloon Magistracy yester. day, with Mr. E. W. Hamilton sitting

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INTIMIDATION CHARGES.

COOLIE BRAWL LEADS TO CASE IN COURT.

They were first charged with intimida: tion with respect to a coplie working at the Fo On godown on August gond,

Angethe, Central Magistsney-yester- day, Li Yin and Li Wai, were charged as Coroner, an enquiry was held into the on remand from Tuesday on two counta Canton may not be recognized by Peking, but there is no doubt that if the case of the death of Chan Chung, who of intimidation British take drastle action against Candied at the Kwong Wah Hospital on July ton the whole country would be amused and would take the side of Canton. The Hongkong policy would simply remit in driving the Chinese into the arms of Russia. Now that matters are settling down, it would be suicidal to start the

whole thing again.

I am sure that the merchants in Shang bai have had enough, and would be only too willing to tell Hongkong straight that they would not support Hongkong in this matter."

"HONGKONG WARRIORS."

The Canton Gazette, his, of course, something characteristic to say on the The resolutions, it is also pointed out, subject. In its issue of August 31st it come at a time when the struggle bewrite- tween Communists and non-Communists

The struggle is awaited with much

interest in government circles and recent developments have caused a suspension

The medical evidence of Dr. Fehily and Lai Hung Nghan, was to the effect that deceased died from sewer gas poison- ing.

Mr. D. S. Edward, Assistant Engineer of the Drainage Branch, E.W.D., sub- mitted 'n plan showing the drainage item at Kowloon, Hy stated in evid- once that the manholes which had to be cleaned periodically were limbis to be Alled with an accumulation of gas and it was therefore necsesary to open not less than two at the time, and five minutes should elapse before, a cleaner entered the manhole. Copies of instruc tions were issued to the coolies employed in such work, and these instructions were fully explained. If the instructions were not carried out an accident would be highly probably. Before a coolic descend

A similar charge was preferred against" then in respect of another coolie who was working on August 1st at the Kowloon Godowns at West Point.

Mr. R. E. A Webster appeared for the defence.

The first case was heard before Mr. Me

Elderry the second by Mr. HR Butters A report of the case for the prosecution in connection with the first charga ap peared in the Daily Press of Wednesday.

Yesterday the case for the defence was heard.

Mr. Webster said that certain infor

of the recent negotiations for diplomat morality but that which wells up from tho after it was pulled up: The manhole if he did he would beat him

consciousdest of an oppressed and down trodden people: This is a sufficient justification for that relentlessness with which the great objective will be purmed."

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mation had come to his knowledge since the last bearing, when he made appli cation, that the police might help him to. "Intervention by the Hongkong war-

and three witnesses, who, however, had in Canton has almost reached a decisiveriora, who only know how to use the Cat

since disappeared. He could not bring on unarmed coolies, will not scare us into

ed into the manhole, it was necessary primary evidence, but he had been in stage. The arrest of Hu Han Ming, if an

submission or an unequal bargain." The. true, is considered to mean that the Cam- munists are making desperate efforts to futile discussions of the merits or det lower a fighted lamp. If the lamp formed, that in or about the precincts retain a bold on affairs in the southeritierits of Communisin, when the Kuomin-hen drawn up was still alight it was of the court on the occasion of the last city, which is fast slipping from their tang is absorbed in the task of putting considered safe for the coolie to go down hearing, Ho Han, the complainant in Szo: Sun, coolic foreman, P.W.D., said the case, had threatened Lam Ngau, one the province in order, will not for a mo- that on July 23th he took a party of of the men he (Mr. Webster) had wished hands.

ment divert is, from ita real object. The coolics to clean the manholes in Pak Hoi Kuomintang has the interests of the Street. He was aware of the regulations to call és a witness. It appeared that province at beart, and it knows no other and had two maabolcs open. A lighted Ho Hap had toki Lam Ngau not to say lump was lowered and it was alight anything" against him, threatening the had been open for a quarter of an hour when Chun Chung (deceased) was lower- and see that be rever got another job as a ed. He took with him, two rods for clean-coolie. Apparently having taken fright at ing the sewer. After a short time ha this threat, Lan Ngau had disappeared, asked to be drawn up. This was done as had the two other witnesses. He could and deceased lit a cigarette and smoked call a woman who would give secondary it. Deceased was to go down a little evidence regarding the threat. -NEWS FROM HONGKONG. Later, and be (witness) went to open

His Worship recalled Ho Han, the com another manhole. He did not see him plainant, who denied that he spoke to The following items of news from go down the second time, but he was later Lam Ngau or anyone else cutside the Hongkong which are taken from the hailed by one of the coolies who shouted court at the previous hearing. He also

to him that Chun Chung was lying un-denied that he knew Lam Ngau, letter written by the Labour Correspon-conscious in the manhole. When be ur-

The woman was called and said that dont of the Canton Gazette, dro, amus, rived he found deceased lying on his she was in the court during the last back. The coolie had tried to pull him hearing. She saw the complainant becken ing:-

up but the rope had become undone. to man in the court, whom she knew Replying to the Coroner witness said by the name of Lam Ngan, to come out. he left the lamp at the top of the men side the court. Outside the court she hole and told deceased and the other heard the complainant threaten Lam coolies that it would have to be loweredging and fell him not to give evidence again.

against hizi,**; The Coroner muggested to witness that he broke the regulations and that he had no lamp. Witness replied that he had a lamp. It was given him by Shun Knu; the head foreman, who obtained it from Mr-Keyser at the store,

co-operation which were initiated by the Cantou delegates. A final step in these negotiations was to be the despatch of Government representatives to Canton, but the prospect of an early outcome of the struggle between the Reds and the Don-Reds may delay the departure of these delegates

They are due to leave Peking on Mon day,

but one of them told me last night that it was almost certain that the trip would be postponed until the situation in Canton became a little clearer, particu- larly until the truth about Hu Han Ming's

fate bad-bean ascertained,

The two delegates referred to above

The peace and order of Hongkong is greatly impaired. Robberies and thefts occur daily. Even the Hongkong Hotel is frequented by thieves,

Owing to the scarcity of police, and are Mr. Kiang Yung, former Minister of the frequency of robberies, the Hongkong Justice and Chinese Minister to Japan Government has ordered each shop to and Prof. Kung Hsiang Hsi, & descendealist one or two groups as volunteers, ant of China's sage, Confucius, and The volunteers have no arms and sticks brother-in-law of, the late Dr. Sun Yat are given them as weapons against the Sen. Mr. Kung is a returned student robbera” who is now Resident Director of Russian Affairs in Peking.].

AN OPINION FROM SHANGHAL

“Over a thousand persons have been arrested and imprisoned by the Hongkong Government. They are regarded as dan gorous criminals and are confined in dark A resident of Shanghai writing to the cells. Hand Labour is forced upon them paper on the same subject says.

and they are not allowed to mix up with the ordinary criminals."

DR. C. C. WU'S ADDRESS.

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CANTON'S WELCOME TO THE or spoken to each other. Becauan of this, the frichdehty between Chias and RUSSIAN'S

Russia at present now exists and grows stronger day by day. Dr. Sun Yat Sen is dead but his spirit and his principles The Kuomintang, the Nationalist and still remain. Our revolutionary strength Provincial Government and the Military has increased day by day. Though com- Council welcomed the Russian Trade plete victory is far from us, yet we are Union Delegates and the crew of the bearing the same responsibility with you Bussion steamer Lenin to a grandall, for both China and Russia are now banquet at the Provincial Assembly working in the same revolutionary path Hall, Canton, on August 28th.

You all are Revolutionary Soldiers who During the banquet Dr, We

After bearing the evidence of the first defendant, His Worship remarked that the case might be taken under the sum

Mr. Webster said it was not riotous. mary ordinance as one of misbehaviour. behaviour.. He submitted that it was just a coolis brawl.

Mr. Edward, intimated that he would not accept that statement. Mr. P. D.

After further discussion, the Court! Keyser, the Drainage Inspector, and one fined cach defendant of the overaners. Mr. W. J. Gorvin, would be prepared to give evidence in denial of the assertion.

THE SECOND CASE.

In the second case heard before Mr. When the Caroner informed witness of H. R. Butters, Lam Tak, the com- this, he stated that he had a lamp that plainant, said he was a coolia and day, and he could produce several coolics on August it was engaged by the who were with him at the time the man-hend coolie. Lam Yin, to unload hole was open.

The case was at this stage adjourned.

P.W.D. REGULATIONS.

The Public Works Department regula tions covering the repair, cleansing and

water inspection of sewers and storm drains are as follows:-

1.Before any workmen commence ope rations on any covered sewer or storm water drains, the manhole covers on that Rection must be lifted off for at least five minutes, after which a lighted lamp must be lowered into the manhole to ascertain the state of the atmosphere be fore any one descends into it

Should the light show signs of going out, it will be naine to decend until the section has been freely ventilat edit a

flour from a junk into the No. 6 Kow loon Godown, West Point. Half the flour had been, unloaded when two men came ap and threw stones at him and his fellow labourers and told them not to work o they would be killed. He identified the two men. He had never seen the men before. He ran away, after the stones were thrown, but did not report the matter to the police because he was afraid.

Tam Yin, the head coolie, said he was employed in Tak Chun Cheung four shop, Bonham Strand East. He heard a commotion and one of his coolies crying out at the time in question on August 21st. He asked what was the matter and was told that several men had thrown stones at the coolies and then run away.

In cross-examination by Mr. Webster, 3-No coolie must descend into a cover. Tam Yin denied that he knew, Ho Hau, the Russians The report of his speech national, revolutionary centre of China. coolie being stationed with a rope at the this case had been brought to bolster up. is given in the Conton Gazette and it is The success of our Chinese Nationa! Be top of the manhole to be repaired or at the case which Ho Haa had brought we hope will boot be achieved, the top of the manhole at each end of against the defendants. He did not know worth reproducing. Dr. Wu said-

volution

any section which is being cleansed or the defendants, Comrades of the Lenin crew, since the repaired, so as to be in constant com Mr. Webster caked His Worship to dis Shameen Shakee Massacre, shipping inmunication with him Approved Notice charge the two men on, the ground that Canton has been entirely tied up by the Boards marked" Danger" must also be there was insufficient evidence. Imperialists who have been attempting posted wherever a manhole cover has been His Worship bound both defendants

raised.

over in Buretics of $25 for a period of six months

My beloved Russian Commute, You all have come a long distance from Bussia to Canton. While our National Ilovelation is in progress, I am so glad

to

MOTOR TRUCK MISHAP

kill us by the weapon of starvation, Should any very heavy fall of rain to fare so rare an opportunity to say a We, because of our plans for the economic occur during the time a coolie is work- few words to my advanced revolutionary independence of Kwangtung, have to ing in a covered sewer or storm-water drain, he must be notified at once, so, comender Before my speech, I would coliat more ships to supply food for Can that if necessary he may have time to like, on behalf of the Nationalist Govern- ton. You all have come, to help us to escape to the surface, should the water "A LAMP POST LAID LOW, ment and all the people of Canton, to attain economic independence. You have be reaching a height sufficient to sweep

The police are investigating the cause him away Ropes must always be with offer our heartacet "welcome to you brought great gifts to the people of Can cleansing and repair gangs in case of of an accident which occurred in Ken- Bussina Comrades, Dr. Sun Yat Sen, ton which will never be forgotten by us accidenta medy Road on Wednesday, when, a totor the father of our Republic, and Lenin, China and Soviet Russia lie for trois each 5-Should an accident pocur and, any truck crashed into a lemp post and Imock- father of the Borist. Republic, had been other geographically," "Ond being in the one be seriously injured the foreman ed it off its base...

should at once notify the nearest Police The driver stated that when he was working for the Revolution in their res- Barth and the other in the south, and yet station so that the injured coolic may negotiating the corner between Garden pective lands for many years. The policy our comrades are able to gather together be taken immediately to the Hospital on Road And Kennedy Road, he tried to followed by Dr. Sun Yat Sen and that in Canton, the centre of China's Revoluan ambulance wagon

change to second gear and failing to do (RESPONSABLE 16The foreman in charge of each so, the truck raced backwards, knocked, of Lead, though different in method yet tion, and shake hands with each other cleansing gang hust take care, that all down the lamp post and was only their aim--the freedom and independence. From now on, we shall have stronger co- manhole covers ses properly fized down brought to a standstill when it came in tho: úszne. Both Dr. operation between us so as to battle before leaving work, and all tools placed contact with the wall of the Botanical Lonia bocanse of their against our nemy, the Imperialista, in a safe position so as not to emplanger Carden

the safety of the public, Special care to wall was slightly damaged and soms and views were friends al- This in the real meaning of our welcome to be taken streets traversed by coolingruman who was riding on the track

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