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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20TH,

REPORTS FROM HUNAN. AMAZING OCCURRENCE

CHIANG KAI SHEK DIRECTING OPERATIONS.

CONFLICTING STATEMENTS,

THE MERCHANT VOLUNTEERS.

(FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]

IN SWATOW.

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OUTRAGE ON CHINESE BRITISH SUBJECT.

HOUSE LOOTED BY ROBBERS.

CANTON RIVER PIRACIES.

-STANDARD OIL COMPANY. VICTIMISED.

OIL CONFISCATED.

On Saturday last one of the cargo boats of the Standard Oil Company was pirated in the vicinity of Ta Lany, in the Canton FOLICE IMPRISON AND CHAIN UP delta and between two and three thou

THE VICTIM.

[TROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

We have received the following letter from our correspondent at Swator in which, as will be seen, he describes a a Chinese British jub- gross outrage.

The Kuomintang hears that several battles between its troops in Kunan and the anti-red forces have taken place during the past few days, but that an account of the naval support given to the Northern army, the Kuomintang has so far failed to take Yochow. The Kuomin-jectent that Port. Although the details are related in breezy language, it does tang claims, however, that it has ad not fuller that the British residents re- vanced on all fronts and it is stated that purd the incident in any light-hearted General Chiang Kai Shek is personally way. As a matter of fact the action of the Police has aroused the greatest in- directing operations on the east line. dignation among the foreign community. The fighting is generally Eelieved to have Our correspondent writes - been very severd.

The following communiqué was issued by the Canton Information Bureau on August 18th:---

SWATOW, August 13th.

sand cases of oil were conscated. The pirates came up to the boat in a launch and discharged the cargo into waiting junks. None of the crew wore molested. A report was made in Chaton and troops. vers sent to the vicinity at once.

EMPLOYEE KILLED AT CUSTOMS SETTLEMENT.

ABERDEEN MURDER TRIAL.

STORY OF QUARRELS,

FURTHER EVIDENCE.

The trial of the Chinese carpenter from Aberdeen, who is charged with having mardsted his wife by stabbing her in the neck with a chisel, was continued before, Sir Henry Gollan (the Chief Justice) at the Criminal Sessions yester day. "

The Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp. (the Attorney-General) conducted the case for the Crown, and Mr. Hing Shing Lo (instructed by Mr. Nath) dofended.

Cheng Kau, prisoner's son gave further evidence.

eam on June 21st on

HIS MOTHER'S ORY. Taicham Island, which lies between

He said that he was awakened at about Hongkong and Canton, beyond Deep

hearing his mother Bay, was also visited by pirites during this week. The island is used as a Cus-cry out ail gah. He then saw his mother toms Station for clearing vessels pro- raising herself from her bed, and he noticed that her neck, was bleeding. His 'ceeding up the river,

father was then standing near the bed-

Late last Saturday night the private The station itself was not interfered house of a Chinese British subject, Mr. with, the pirates confining their attention side. Witness did not see anything in Teo Yeu Swee, was attacked and looted to the houses of the Chinese employees his mother's hands, neither did he notice The Nationalist Government is in by about twenty armed and masked men on the adjoining island. One of the Cus his father holding anything. receipt of advices from the North re- The robbers battered their way through tom's employees, a Chinese clerk, was Continuing, witness said that when his porting the decisive defeat of the anti- Nationalist forces of Wu Pei Fu and the main gate of the compound and rush-killed whilst resisting the pirates' at-mother raised herself she walked out to Chang Teo Lin by the Kuominchun after ad the house through the front door. In tempts

News the passage, but on reaching the last to ransact his house. a seven days' battle at Nankow. The enemy suffered heavy casualties, total the ensuing scramble Mr. Yeo Swe reached the Europeans at the station that bed space, she seemed unable to proceed. ling upwards of ten thousand killed

a pirate raid was in progress, and a volley further. Seeing her swaying he rushed' and wounded. In consequence of this

was fred. This scared the pirates, and to be aid and held her up. He then defeat changes of far-reaching import

they left.

aaw his father hurrying down the stair. ance is imminent in Peking.

Other advices from the North report the capture of Dolonor on August 5th by the Kuominchun who completely de- feated the Fengtion army operating on that front. The latter has been seat tered and is unable to re-organise.

Wu Pei Fu's strength in Honan bas been shattered by the uprising now in progress in the Province.

escaped into the garden and tried to dia- guise himself as a clump of bamboos, Meanwhile one of his servants nipped over the back wall and went to inform the police at the nearest station. Before the police could be persuaded to take action the robbers had ransacked the haust, stolen a great deal of valuable property and decamped.

Mr. Yee Swee then returned to his The Nationalist advance into Hurch house and was met by a posse of police, has begun. With the early occupation of Wuchang and Hankow by the armies ho in the approved Swatow fashion had of the Nationalist Government coa rolled up when the show was over. Then bined with the impending re-occupation began one of the most Gilbertian farces, of Peking by the Kuominchun à деп era is about to dawn and reconstruc except for the unfortunate victim, that tive forces will be set free destined to ever has been staged, even in this comie bring about the real unification of China and her eventual transformation oath of Swatow. into a modern State.

POSITION IN KWANGTUNG. Hearing that the districts of Hoifung

This is the first attempt by pirates raid tuin place.

to

way.

CARGO DISCHARGED AT BIAS BAY. The Fah Kiu Yat Po, & local vernaeu

0

HOW CHINESE STOP BLEEDING.

The other inmates of the house then came into the room, and one of them

lar paper, states that the stearner Hossuid that they must immediately-get Nam was pirated on Tuesday, while on her way from Shanmei to Canton.

The usual ruse of travelling as passen. gers was adopted by the pirates before they proceeded to held up the vessel and rob the passengers and eres. There were no foreign passengers on board.

The Hoi Nam was taken to a pirate

The police arrested Mr. Yee Swee, haunt at Bias Bay where the cargo was bound him hand and foot, searched his discharged, and then allowed to proceed house, broke open bis trunks, atole anto Canton which was reached on Wednes-

some yellow dog hair" to stop the bleeding. Witness did not know whether it was found, since he hurried after his father when the neighbours arrived. He saw his father in the custody of a Chinese

sea front. constable in one of the streets on the

HEATED ARGUMENTS. Replying to defending Counsel, witness

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WITHOUT PURE BLOOD HEALTH IS IMPOSSIBLE.

BLOOD

said that his father and mother had VETARZO HEDICINE

quarrelled occasionally. A week of so

"

end Lükfung in Eastern Kwangtung have odd gold watch or so that the robbers day. No passengers were detained by the prior to the tragedy he heard them havak Never before was there anything like it, nor are its marvellous properties likely ever to

pirates

CAFE WISEMAN PREMISES.

bad overlooked and seized several re- volvers, a couple of sporting guns and ammunition. They then dragged him off to the police station and fung him, still bound, into one of their 5lthy cells. A REMOVAL OF VARIOUS BUSINESS few hours later he was brought up before! the local superintendent of police and charged with:--

(a) creating a disturbance in his own

house.

(b) being in possession of arms and

ammunition.

ESTABLISHMENTS.-

a very heated argument, but what they be equalled in diseases arising from impare blood. It searches out and expels from the

said to each other and why they quar-vital current every lurking trace of poisonous matter, suring blood and bikin diseases, relled he did not know.

scrofulons and glandular wallings, bad legs, abscesses, ulcers, eczema, gout, thauma tiem, goitre of Darbyshire, Neck, etc. It improves the general health and

too often, the precursor of co. sumption.

quickly

LIFE WITHOUT HEALTH IS LIVING DEATH.

moves-long-standing bronchitis, asthma and hacking, staining, spasmodic cough,

Earlier this week we mentioned that angry a few days before the tragedy. He VETARZO BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD.

was being

the late "Cafe Wiseman "

with some

-For Narrons Breakdown & Chronie Weskuses. VETARZO REGULATORS. Safe and Bellable- Englah Price 3. (either remedy). The VETARZO REMEDIES CO, Gospel Oak, N.WA, London, Erg. Unprinsipled Dealers may try to sell you something else for VETARZO REMEDIES" on Government Stamp Sold by LEADING CALCHEMISTS.

converted into the future home of other why his mother was ang lived in the profit-do not accept it. Insist on having VETARZO. The genuine kna wards

local businesses and that the interior was. being reconstructed for this purpose.

been visited by organized "anti-Red forces, said to be directed by former

Witness agreed that he had done odd adversaries of the Kuomintang, the 18th- Kuomintang Army Division has been

B chisel, he said that he had never used charged with the duty of attacking them.

jobs for an uncle of his. On being shown such an instrument.

"Witness also stated that his mother was -Secret-information has reached the" Kuomintang that the Sintong Train rob-

overheard her gosipping neighbours. He, however, had to idea bery on the Canton-Samehui Railway on August 13th was directed by anti-Red "

Two Chinese women, who headquarters, and the Kuomintang has

same house, spoke of hearing the waMAD ordered the military authorities to co-

cry out, the prisoner disappearing, and operate with the Police in tracing the

The superintendent bullied and brow The ground floor of St. George's Build-a few minutes later finding the deceased bandits whose loot amounted to more than $100,000. It is now reported that beat Mr. Yee Swee unmercifully and ing is therefore being rearranged and woman in a state of collapse and bleed the bandits took more than 250 passen finally forced him to sign what purport-Messra. Gande Price & Co. will move ing profusely from a wound in her neak

The first reports gers as for ransom.

ed to be a statement of the whole affair farther along. As mentioned previously, HUSBAND WOULD NOT RETURN. stated that 200 had been captured

The first witness said that she heard The Anti-Bed commander to invade and declined to allow the statement to the O.S.K., at present in Queen's, Build- Heungshan will probably be Yuan Tai, be read over first. The victim, 'a British ing, will be one of the occupiers of the the deceased woman cry out "save life." according to information reaching Can- ton. Heungshan, called by Kuomintang subject may I remind you, was returned late Cafe" premises. They will be at When she got to her, the prisoner was she added, "because I was afraid he Chungshins the district-in-which-the-to-bis dungeon-and-chained-up On the corner on the Prays. This office will going down the stairs. I followed him, late Dr. Sun Yat Sen was born.

Sunday morning he was informed that extend back so as to include Messrs. would run away. She asked him to provided Messrs. Hock Chiand and Hock Gande, Price's present shop and the return with her to help to stop the bleed. Replying to defending Counsel, witness Lim, two British shipping firm, west Swatow shop next door. Then will come,ing, but he refused to return. bail for him in considerable suma he in Ice House Street, Messra Gande, said that she distinctly heard the de- might be released. This was done and on Price Next to this, after a space suit cessed woman use the words "save life." witnesses had said the woman shouted Sunday afternoon Mr. Yee Swee, was able for a small shop, will come Ander- It was pointed out to her that other son's Music Store, moving from Queen's aik yah. She replied that she did not reluctantly set free.

Building on the opposite side of the road. hear that expression. At the Ice House Street corner will be Messrs. Komor & Komor, art and curia dealers, who" since removing from Alexan- floor of St. George's Building. Their new

in order to secure arus. Had the volun-

These are the bare facts of the story, now for the motives which actuated the players.

two streets.

of

Apart from the O.S.K. the entire floor will have mezzanine floors for use tenants as offices, etc.

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ARE YOU FIGHTING?? The other witness said that she lived in the same house, and was awakened early noise in another room. She called out "what are you doing; are you fighting?" She bad no reply, and on entering the room, she found the woman bleeding from a wound in her throat.

The case was adjourned until to-day.

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RENTS IN KOWLOON..

CIRCULAR.

The entrance to St. George's Building on the Praya has been in course of recon- struction for some time past. The stair- from this side of the building has been Sast leading to Shewan, Tomes & Co., done away with; while the windows on APATHY OF RESIDENTS TO K.R.A. ed. The O.S.K. offices will go from Cea- each side of the entrance are being widen

In order to guide the committee of the naught iload to the former Cafe Wiseman

General improvements with Kowloon Residents' Association in com- entrance. structing of archways so as to make a ernment should be asked to appoint a regard to lighting of these offices, con- ing to a decision as to whether the Gov- third of the ground floor into one large Fair Rents Board on the subject of rent office will be carried out,

FATSHAN AND VOLUNTEERS. The City of Fatshan is unwilling to organize any more merchant volunteers to supplement the Police and the Military according to views of the leading busi- ness men there. During the last 18 months several volunteer corps have been organized and fully equipped at consider able coat, but in every case they were disarmed and had their property con- fiscated by the Kuomintang very soon Afterwards. It looked as if the Kuomia- It seems that Mr. Yee Swee, being a tang induced them to organize the forces British subject, had steadfastly refused dra Building have been on the second on the morning of June 21st by hearing teers not been discouraged in this way, to fall into line and obey the Strike they would have been able to render Committee's rules and regulations. He shop will have an entrance in each of the effective assistance in preventing rob beries on the railway. There have been had carried on communications with three since January and in the smallest British firms and individuals, met them, nearly one hundred passengers were cap-talked to them, helped them and gene. tured.

rally snapped his fingers at the thousand HOMES FOR THE BLIND..

and one probibitions of the local Soviet The Homes for the Blind, Aged, and Executive. Worst of all he had declined Ifirm, occupying large tracts of land

to submit to the taxation and extortion outside the East Gate of Canton City, are not to be sold by the Kuomintang for that is practised by every official in this war funding purposes as at first suggest benighted place. So you will readily ed. Representatives from the Homes were received by the private secretary appreciate that something had to be done to the Canton Mayor on August 17th, and to bring him to his senses; a bunch of they were not only assured of their abode robbers was engaged to wreck his home

control, the ERA issued a circular; also of two meals daily instead of one.and thousands of dollars' worth of pro- Under recent arrangements the inmates

OTHER CHANGES.

some days ago inviting Chinese and for- have had to provide one meal themselves perty. But what of the action of the

New tenants have not yet been fauna eiga residents,-whether members of the daily because of shortage of funds from police in this affair 1 What words can be the Kuomintang administration. A part

Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co. in the King taining to increases of rent by landlords (after June 30th). The response has been of the Homes will be temporarily used as used for a, police force which supposedly for the block of premises vacated by Association or not to send in facts per-

exists to prevent such outrages and, Edward Hotel building. a hospital for the insane."

When-s-reporter-of-the-Wah Kiu Yet NOTES AND BONDS CIRCULATING failing prevention, to bring the criminele Messrs. Inne, Crawford's jewellery de. very poor..

and Hotel property in Pedder Street "Treasury notes of the Kuomintage to book↑ It cannot, be merely gross in partment at the corner of the Hongkong Fo. called on Mr. JL. Parren (hon. Ministry of Finance in Canton fetch 60 competence. for the police themselves add-Quecu's Road is being taken over by secretary to the K.R.A) on Wednesday, per cent, and war boads 30 per cent of ad to the confusion and loss by rifling Messrs. Kwan Hing, jewellers of No. 38, he was informed that only ten replies For the benefit of Chinese living in their face value, according to latest the house and filling their pockets with Wellington Street, after refitting has been had been received!

carried out. - quotations in Canton. Notwithstanding

In the section next to the shop, and Kowloon, it was explained that people anti-Red" influence throughout Kwang articles which the robbers had overlook. tung, it is understood that the Enomined-or left as a sep to their friends in between Kwan Hing's and the Hongkong writing in were not bound to become tang was able on July last to dispose of the police. Was it collusion that has Hotel motor shop, the Swatow Lace Com- members nor to pay the fee. Replies been suggested and may not be far from pany will occupy, shifting from their site would be kept strictly confidential so nearly $14,000,000 worth of paper money.

that there was no fear of landlords mak- It is estimated that notes and other the truth. Or it may have been just on the east side of the show-room.

The premises of Messrs, Kelly & Walshing reprisals.

The Wah Riu Tat Po was also inform- issues now in circulation in Kwangtung spite, because Mr. Yee Swee is a British from the Kuomintang amount to Trea-subject: that anggestion receives some in Chater Hond are being reduced by Bury Notes,-$6,000,000; Premium Bonds, support because of the inexplicable action half, which is to be let when reconstruced by a member of the Residents' Pro tective Association committee that a $5,000,000, first issue; $10,000,000, second of the polics in dragging the gentleman tion is completed.

The work on the ground floor of: St. meeting will be held shortly to discuss issuo, for Whampoa development; and off to gaollike a common felon. Central Bank notes, 880,000,000. These collective comment of the Swatow British George's Building (Cafe Wiseman pre-the present rents position, but an an- figures are not oficial but are compiled Community is Abolish Extraterritor-mises, etc.) will take some time before nouncement as to procedure cannot be

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