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-SWATOW AFFAIRS.

WARS AND RUMOURS OF WAR.

RECREATION CLUB STILL FLOURISHING,

NEWS FROM CANTON.

THE

ALL FORMS OF TRANSPORT

PARALYSED.

.FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. ]· The military operations in Kwangtung are paralyzing all kinds of traffic and. Canton is being cut off from many in- land parts and towns owing to inter-

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD 1925

STILL MY DEAR BROTHER. CHRISTIAN GENERAL'S TELEGRAM"

TO CHANG TSO LIN.

PROSPECTS OF WAR IN THE NORTH. „[The Ariatic News Service,]

SIR PERCIVAL PHILLIPS. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF ***DAILY, MAIL” HERE. From time to time Hongkong has enter. tained an angel unawares. At the pro sent moment the Colony has a distinguish ed visitor in the person of Sir Percival'] Phillips, K. BE. Special: Correspondent

[FROM OUR OWN CORDESPONDENT, ]

Swatow, October 29th. This rumour-ridden place is all "het up" with the yarns that are flying about. terence with the railways and the cop Sun Chuan Fang proposing to act as afof the London DailyMail, who arrived.

PEKING," October 3rd Marshal Feng Yu Hilang bas wired to both Marshal Chang Tso Lia and Genera!

0

Yesterday there was ruild consternation mandeering of junks and small steamers

mediator between the two opposing on board the 'ss. Sunthia on Spaday. in politico-military quarters; the "Reds"

by Red troops for war transportation.

armies in the interest of domestic peace. Sir, Percival, who was attending the were advancing relentlessly eastward,

Tow-boats and freight junks plying.

In his telegram, Marshal Feng still Empire Press Conference in Australia, almost the enemy was at the gates

around Kongmoon,, Shiuhing, Heung- addresses Marshal Chang as "my dear received instruction, before the comple Hung Chao Lin was going to make a shan, Kankong and.. Canton have

elder brother" while he refers to General

tion of the programme, to proceed to valiant stand. at some unpronouncable

been taken over for the transportaan as my dear comrade." Marshsi| place 30 miles away. The Strikers' Caption of troops, and from October 27th Chang has accepted the proposal of

Chian and " cover the situation" for the mitter were going to send out armed trains of the Canton-Kowloon Railway Marshal Feng for a peaceful settlement Daily Mail.

have been running irregularly to the of the Chekiang Kiangsu crisis by friendly Sir Percival is po stranger to the Far great inconvenience of the travelling

conversations; but owing to the rising of East, but, in conversation with a Daily public. The Canton Samshui Railway, Marshal Wu Fai Fu at Hankow, the Press representative yesterday, he ac west of Canton, has been used for troop Child leaders have rejected the offer ef knowledged that the task before him was transportation exclusively.

the Christian" Marshal. Hence, evil war along the Tientsin-Pukow and Peking- Hankow Railways will be expected in a few days because roobilisation orders have been issued by Marshal Chang at Mukden.

pickers a tremendous to-do l

This morning all is peace and the aun of righteousness shines once more.

"

The Reds" are retreating to Canton because a Mr. Tam, something-or-other, a Yunnanese, has declared his independence and upset all their plans-the situation is casior,

one of the most complicated yët set him..

Strike pickets preventing free traffic

In order to cover the ground thoroughly. between Canton and Hongkong are still

Sir Percival hopes to visit Canton from active in Canton Harbour, but those in

here, after which he will go to Shanghai. Touching the question of settlement of

Hoi-an it Toyshan were ousted last week,

Thenca he proposes taking train to Nan- the British xtrike and boycott movement

king, where he will join a steamer for PAKING. October 24th. in Swatow I was recently asked What aud. the five vessels plying between Toy- shan and Macao were able to resume

Despatches from Mukden indicate that Hankow. From the latter port, he will hope is there? What course shall wo

mcbilisation orders have been issued by travel by train to Peking. Provided they pursue if we cannot rely upon the anti-traffic without further interference. Reds!" Briefly, my considered replies Late arrivals from Kwong Chow Wan Marshal Chang Tso Lin, who is sending War Lords of China do not intervene, the state that the Freach authorities there que-half of the Manchurian army, 100,000 return journey will probably be by train are taking every precaution against the offers and men, to Chihli and Shantung i Mukden and possibly other seats of introduction of Bolshevism into the immediately. Further, General Sutton, China's rulers. port. Persons arriving there must have chief engineer in charge of the manufac-

A DISTINGUISHED CAREER. credentials for inspection, and unless turing of trench mortars in the Mukden Sir Percival Phillips, who was born at there are two responsible fims of the Arsenal, has been ordered to manufacture Brownsville, P.A., U.S.A, on July. Zad, port willing to vouch for the good chan-arms by day and night while the officers 1577, is the eldest son of Dr. Hibbard S. acter of a new comer he will find trouble of the military reorganisation depart. Phillips. in landing.

are these:

1. Our only hope is firstly, in the efforts of the Chinese merchant com munity to do away with the obstructions that are strangling its business life and secondly, in the possibility of any estab lished authority in Canton, Red, anti- Red or other colour, putting down the activities of the guilds and ordons We believe that if this latter hope were brought to fruition there would be apeady collapse in Swatow also,

troubles

2. What course shall we pursue The only course open to us is to wait on eventa: there je literally nothing else we can do to hasten the end of our

October 20th. News market wenker this morning but Ready at the fall A certain buoyancy is noticeable on account of further reports of anti-Red victories (wic) and it is con-

NEWSPAPER SUSPENDED, The Industrial and Commercial News, :a, vernacular newspaper at Wuchow, wangi, has been ordered by the Kuo- mintang authorities there, to suspend publication for two weeks for having published the manifesto of General Chan Kwing Ming against Chiang Rai Shek. "A. FAIR LOAD,

ment of the north-eastern army re From 1805-1001 he was associated with working extra hours in the performance daily newspapers in America.

He was with the Greek Army in the of their duties The attitude of Marshal Chang is reported to be very quiet and war against Turkey (1897) and covered the reficent on the Chinese political situation, Spanish-American War the following year. From 1901-1899, he was on the staff of notwithstanding the disturbing conditions

in Kiangsu and Anhui provinces. With the Daily Exprius and acted as that the exception of a slight fall in the value paper's special corresponden: in the of the Fengtien bank notes, on the monty Russo-Japanese War (1904); Jamaion markets, there is no other indication that Earthquake (1907); war in the Balkans

fidently expected that the pre-tifin gia | Copper coins may now be imported in a big civil war is facing the Fengtien (1909) and the revolution in Catalonia.

d bitters will induce 1efore, the close.

B firmaer toue

LTINY.

43

PELING, October 24th. The Chinese political situation is, chúng

Swalow, but no person may carry in more than. 5,00 pieces at any one time. I uni erodibly informed that a number

Swatow, like Canton, has begun to taxing rapidly. According to latest informa of wounded soldiers (not Russians-ask / any railway porter 1914-18) passed through travellers, and visitors to Swatow re-tion, the terms for a peaceful settlement From the Eastern Front last night-themaining as guests at hotels are subject to of the general situation are as follows:- ∙a, tax of 99 per cent. on their hotel bills.

the same year. He was Portugai during the revolution in (1910); the Cham- Pague riots, Northern France (1911) and with the Italian expedition in Tripoli (1911).

Then followed a period amid peaceful

price perhaps of the viutarios recently The tax will be collected by hotel-keepers Jui, the provisional Chief Executive, to scencs, during the Coronation Durbar nt

reported. Some are now under the care of Dr. Lyall of the EP. Mission Hospital

HWATOW RECREATION OLDE

on behalf of the authorities when the hotel bills are paid, and a hotel-keeper is liable to fine of five times the tax

payable for any irregularly in the asse95– ment and collection of the accounts.

THE SILK TRADE

Tho, 12 regular silk and 18 rice junks

1. The election of Marshal Taan Chi! the presidential chate.

2. The release of ex-President Tsai Кид

3. The re-convocation of the dissolved parliament for the election of the new President in Peking.

Delhi and the Imperial tour through India (1911-1919).

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In the first Halkan campaign (1812- 1913) he was with the Bulgaria General Staff

4. Marshal Chang Tso Lin to abandon At the time of the declaration of war Kiangsu nad Anhui, but both Generals by Germany, in 1914, Sir Percival,was in Li Ching Lin and Chang Tsung Chang will be permitted to remain in Chihi Belgium and he remained with the Belgian and Shantung provinces without alters field army until the fall of Antwerp. Ho tion.

was one of the irst accredited war por respondents with the British Armies on the Western Frost (May 1918) and served

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It cannot be said that no good thing Lever came out of the Swatów strike and boycott The continuous presence, since, naid June, of a British sloop in the port has brought about a pleasant rezival af "Elecreation Club activities. Never has sailing from Saae Chiu for Canton semi- there been so much cricket and football weekly have agreed on a convoy system in the history of the Club. During June, by which they will help one another in July and August we had the Buchell case of further Knonintang outrages. In and Fozglore alternately, September and addition to this, all the villages in and Cletober Margiore and Magnolia and the around Saas Chiu have decided to re-as mediator for the peaceful settlement in this capacity until the Armistice in Intter is still with us. So far honours are fairly easy with the Magnolia and The Club. They have two wins to their credit at cricket and one drawn "game and at football we have one win and one

organize their allied defence forces, despite Kuomintang objection.

MILITARY SITUATION, The Kuomintang Government in Canton appears to be folly, satisfied that the Ited

thesc

3. The withdrawal of the Fengtica troops to Manchuria, from China Proper It is stated that Marshal Feng is acting

the

of the Chihli-Fengtien conflict on basis of the above-mentioned conditious. It remains to be seen" vhether Marshal Chang will be satisfied with the terma

BIG BALANCE IN HAND.

1918, with the exception of the revolu tion in Ireland in 1916 when he was accredited by the War Office. Sir Per eival remained attached to the British Army of the Rhine until the conclusion of peace in 1919.

MORE PEACEFUL MISSIONS.

Sir Percival accompanied the Prince of

drawn game. Today we are playing Army has successfully regained control of them at funter again and they promise the districts of Wu-hua, Finging, Lico- your defence soçan heavy work. During hsien. Fah-yan, and Chi-kam, and are ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HONGWales on his Canadian tour in 1919, after

next week-end we hope to tear the covers despatching evil magistrates to of them at criekat-and so, we shall it only some members of our team will for-- Thear to cry off five minutes before stumpa pare pitched.

เ

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE SWATOW MUDDLE.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONCIONG DAILY PRESS."]

Sig-In connection with the kindly reference to myself which appeared in your leading article yesterday, I think it only right to tell you that, in the report which reached you, the gravity of the matter was-is in the famous

Case of! Blark Twain exaggerated." In fact, it never occurred to me that I was to be commiserated with at all!

As Mr. Curey is no longer in the East perhaps you will permit me to add that,

places.

KONG BOXING ASSOCIATION,

Up to Noventber 2nd, the anti-Reds The following report of the general wore still unable to confirm their claim committee of the Hongkong Boxing Asso to the capture of Kongmoon, Tate in-eiation and statement of accounts for the formation from anti-Bed. sources says that year ending June 30th, 1923, will be pro- in, the battle of Chik-hum in Hoiping sented at the annual meeting on Thursday. during the last few days, the Reds have The Toumament account shows a profit Buffered heavily.

"

READY FOR MOSCOW.

The Kuomintang Executive Commission in Canton has formally approved of the list of 150 Chinese students to be seas to Moscow for education. The 150 stid- ents will depart for Vladivostok on board a steamer of the Russian, Volunteer Fleet in the next few days.

THE QUEEN'S THEATRE. CHAPLIN'S NEW DRAMATIC COMEDY,

Cinema-lovers, the world over,

have!

in my opinion, his optimism and his been looking forward to Charlie Chaplin's belief in the goodwill of responsible

The new film. partics here were well founded.

month," he mentioned has not yet elapsed. I am, etc,...

EA. MACDONALD,

which he spent some months on a journ- alistic mission in Italy, Egypt, Palestine, Constantinople and Greece,"

Sir Percival, accompanied the Prince of Wales in HMLS. Renown to India and the Far East in 1921-22, which was the last occasion on which he visited Hong-

of $152.89 and the general account a kong."

Sir Percival, who is staying at the profit of $126.13 and the amount now standing to the credit of the Association Hongkong Hotel, has probably seen more in the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking fighting than any living war correspon Corporation and in the hands of the Hondent, and should the war in the North Treasurer is 89,763.49.1

develop as some people expect, he will During the last season, CP.O. Cart-have the opportunity of" adding yet a life that has lidge "fought "Matty" Smith on two another experience to occasions for the Lightweight Champiofi- already been one of continued activity ship of the Colony and ven on each oceaand changing scones. sion, thus winning the Lightweight Cham-

Sir Percival, who was created a Knight pionship Belt outright Marine Belts of the British Empire in 100, is also a beat Pio, Pooley in the contest for the Chevalier of the Legion of longur. Welterweight Championship Belt

The following are the holders of the Association's Belts:

Heavyweight-Bdr. Barton, R.GA Middleweight.-A. H. Duncan.

Welterweight-Marios Betts.

Lightweight--C.P.0. Cartlidge Featherweight.-A.B. Chadwick

· DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENCE.

TWO CASES AT THE CENTRAL MAGISTRACY.

The "Gold Rush which began last night at the Queen's Theatre, is his own production, and the plot is cleverly woven.. Charlie, who is the hero, strikes a now

At the Centm Magistracy before Mr. Under the rules of the Association 48. B. B. McElderry yesterday, Cheung Swatow, October 31st.

note in this, the greatest of his pictures the officials (except the Fresident and Ting, an unemployed Chinese was fined [Ed. Note: As a matter of fict Mr. There is a mingling of the tragic and the Vice-Presidente) and the members of the 50 for driving a car without a licence. Carey did not mention a month, but coinic, but the tragedy, owing to Chaplin's general committee retire at this meeting:

Defendant had been before the Magis three weeks as the period within which inimitable acting, causes hilarious laugh. Mr. R. M. Dyer and Mr. J. Scott Harston trate on Saturday, and was ined 825 for normal trade walow. This was on tie and yet funny, was one man and Vice-Chairme Book and Mr. T pordal trade relations would be reter. It is a real love story, sweet, pathe offer themselves for re-election as Chair driving a car whilst his licence had been man and Vice-Chairman of the Association suspended. He was caught driving again October 15th.We ourselves added a Charlie Chaplin never was funnier,

On Sunday, work just for Jack and in order to give have his antics been more laughable than G. Bennett offer themselves for re-election

Cheng Hing, driver of a P.W.D. stent. Mr. Carey's opinion longer yun. How in this picture Laughter is the antidete as Manager and Hon. Secretary reaper lorry, was charged with driving without a licence It was stated that he was our correspondent and Mr. Caroy will be mortals will not be able to withhold it MEF Hardnu of Messrs. justified in their optimism Nothing while watching Chaplin in the Gold Bingham & Matthews has very kindly Tung Street, and he had no control over would please us better than to acknow Rub?

audited the accounts, Mr. John Fleming his vehicle. lodge that their reading of the situation. The picture will be shown until Batur the Honorary Auditor of the Association.

Ho vas fined $25. has been the correct pre 1.

day.

being on leaYO...

Over, wo very sincerely hope that both for inauy ills, and the most miserable, of tively. Lowe, driving in a dangerous manner in Lee

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