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SITUATION IN CANTON.

ABOUT 100 CHINESE EMPLOYEES RETURN TO

SHAMEEN.

MERCHANTS STILL WAITING UPON EVENTS.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19TH, 1926

We give in another column the official reports of the demonstration held at the Eastern Parade Ground, Cançon, on October 10th.

They do not add anything material to the information already published in the Daily Press. It is obvious from the declarations made by the Kuomintang and the Strike Committees that the so-called "struggie against `Imperialism is to be continued but no definite information is vouchsafed regarding-how-this nation-wide struggle is to be carried on in future.” And, of course, this is the crux of the whole problem.

The pickets have been removed. That is unquestionably sa improve- ment, but apart from this one fact it must be admitted that the demon- atration to end the boycott" has been something of a disappointment, and our latest advices from Canton are by no means re-assuring.

The following letter from a Shameen correspondent may be regarded as the most optimistic of various reports to hand.

Writing on Monday our correspondent says: "."

From what I can gather the demonstration yesterday was a fairly tame affair. Beyond letting off multitudes of firecrackers and shouting out the now familiar slogans everything went off quietly. The crowds would have been larger had it not rained. Matsheds which had been erected on the Eastern Parade Ground were blown down by a semi-gale on Saturday and Sunday,

Today is also very wet and very few Chinese have shown themselves. Everything is very peaceful on Shamcen-no excite- ment at all. About a hundred Chinese clerks and servants have come back bat the merchants show no great enthusiasm and say they will wait a few days more before making any definite move. The declaration made by the Kuomintang Central Executive which possibly you have seen (it is published "in today's paper) was, I understand, written by Mr. Wel Yuk who is believed to be the No. 1 in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The declaration of the Canton Strike Committee does cot made nice reading, especially the latter part of it. I understand that the bead of the Strikers' Union was very virulent in his speech yesterday. It may all be "blow hard to save face " but the next week will. I should think, show whether the boycott is going to continue.."

- The Sai On is expected to-morrow (Tuesday) and I hear that the Cantonese expect her to go to the wharf. At any rate the wharf, which has been occupied as a strikers examination place and is next to the Hongkong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Co.'s wharf, has been vacated so that the steamer may go alongside. It is rumoured that the crews of the Sai On and Tung On hare expressed a willingness to return to Hongkong to take up their jobs again and that they are going by the atthan to-morrow. As far as I gather there has been no demand for back pay. On the contrary the men are said to be very glad at the prospect of getting back to their work once more. I also hear that some of the coolies have gone back to the Butterfeld & Swire whärves. THE SURTAXES.

ANTI-RED CAMPAIGN IN KWANGTUNG.

ADVANCE AGAINST SWÀTOW PREDICTED.

[FROM ODA CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.] Some Chinese merchants are anxious

regarding future trade as the result of the imposition of the Canton surtaxes. They do not object particularly to the taxes but if pickets and "Reds are to be employed to inspect goods in order to see whether the money has been paid they think that there will be great delay and that the so-called "capitalists" will Buffer.

CYCLING THROUGH THE BATTLE AREA.

ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY. OF TWO

PARSEES.

ARRIVAL AT CANTON,

[VROM A CORRESPONDENT.],

Two Parsee cyclists have just arrived at Canton from Shanghai, overland.

SMUGGLING GOODS TO

HONGKONG

SEQUEL TO FIRING BY PICKETS BY NIGHT.

FROM SOLDIER TO FARMER.

MAN WHO COULD NOT MAKE A LIVING AT SOLDIERING.

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They travelled through the war zone The case in which the crew of a boat...... vić Nanchang and saw the Southern which they were loading in the dead of troops passing in bot haste. They were night at San Heung Po, Fo Op District, asked to show their passports and had with vegetables for the Hongkong mar. "to reply fe many questions, but, appar- | ket-were suddenly surprised by pickets, ently the military officers were satisfied who fired on them and seized the boat for they were allowed to continue their and its cargo, which they despatched to journey without further let or hindrance, Hongkong, because the vegetables would They came along the railway track from fetch a higher price here than if auction- Shiùkwan and arrived hers safe and welled by them, progressed a stage further on Saturday.

before Major C. Willson at the Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon.

These men started three years ago from Bombay and have almost encircled the It will be recalled, as reported last globe. They are now on their way home week, that, when the original owners of vid Hanoi, Indo-China, Siam and Bur- the boat arrived in Hongkong they were. mah. They are two modest, weather-just in time to inform the police of the beaten young men. A companion is sick seizure, and the latter opportunely tarn at Shanghai but he is expected to joined up at the Frayn and took charggraf. them again in a few days' time:

the boat, and its cargo, which was being unloaded for the market, close by.

CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

POLICE SEARCHES ON THE "WHARVES.

As a result, two Chinese, alleged to have been in the company of the pickets at the time of the seizure, and further who brought the boat with its cargo to Hongkong, were arrested.

They are now charged with having in | their possession, in the waters of the

THE PROTECTION OF SHIPPING. Colony, certain vegetables worth $125. the property of two Chinese. It is alleged the goods were stolen on or about September 25th.

The general committee of the Hongkong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce met at the offices of the Chamber, Con- naught Road, yesterday afternoon. Mr. Li Yau Tsun, chairman of the Chamber, presided and was supported by Mr. J. M. Wong, vice-chairman, and Mr. Ip Lan Chuan, general secretary.

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McCallum.

Gave Up Soldering for Farming. One of the complainants, who gave! evidence at the last hearing, was yester- day cross-examined at length by Mr. During the questioning, which was of much interest, he admitted The question of the better supervision that he was formerly a soldier, and of the searching of luggage and other added that he was a proper soldier, but According to General Euang Shac packages by the police en outgoing and gave it up and timed to farming, as he Hung, the military dictator in Kwangsi, incoming etcamera again came up for discould not make a living at endiering. that province is now free of “anti-Eeds.”

Witness did pot answer a question as to General Huang is now in Canton nomina-cussion. The problem before the Cham ly on sick leave but really in order to her was how to advise the Police Authori. whether he could not make a living by protest against the recent attempt to ties on this matter, as it could not re

looting. include Kwangs in the opium monopoly commend the abolition of the practice,

Witness said he had lived in the vil of the. Kuomintang.

and it was considered impractical to ask lage all his life. One of the defendants for higher officials to direct the searches had also spent, his life in the same village, but the other man was born in Hongkong. in all cases, but by E

Mr. McCallum: What occupation did the first defendant follow ?

[FROM A CHINESE CORRESPONDENT, }

After some discussion, the matter "was referred back to the Hotel Guild, which

A. visitor from Amcy arriving at Hong kong yesterday gave the information that the anti-Red" troops of Fakien have reached Chungkiang, Kwangting, in large numbers, that the Kuomintang troops from Swatcw are being concentrated at made the complaint with the suggestion Sam-ho-pa, where a confict, on a large that possibly a joint private meeting of scale is expected.

representatives of the Guild and the Chamber might be held.

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The Kuomintang are not taking the

offensive in this sector bat are concen-

The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, after having consulted the Navy, left Amoy a few days ago but her principal shipping interests among the destination was unknown. She was prob- Chinese, decided to advise the restora ably heading for one of the Euomintang tion of the armed convoy system for the controlled. ports, according to this inform-

protection of shipping by the Hongkong ant.

Government.

Borde

time ago

the Colonial Secretary's Oce asked the

THE "FATSHAN.”

"The Kuomintang, however, is entrust-trating their troops in one spot, it is ing the levying of the new taxes to indicated. officials who should know their business- The as Hai Fung, of the Chinese Mr. T. V. Soong, Kuomintang Minister of Finance, a Harvard University gradu- ate. and Dr. Ian Tze Fung, a physician at first and subsequently a lawyer, a man trained in one of the best known colleges in England. With Mr. Eugene Chen. acting Kuomintang Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Soong and Dr. Lin super- The Fatshan returned from Canton vising the collection of the new taxes, yesterday with a large number of passen. Chamber for advice on this subject. the organisation ought quickly to be Eers nearly 500. There was, of course, Before the removal of the picket nuisatice, developed on businesslike lines. Dr. no interference and passengers are now however, there was not much Hongkong Lin Tze Fung, as Director-General of able to travel without the official per shipping to inland waters. Beginning mits which were formerly necessary. Revenue for the Kuomintang, will be directly responsible for the collection of Passenger trafic, however, is no evidence yesterday, however, former services were

of the lifting of the trade boycott, The being restored.. the new, taxes.

Fatahan brought down only the usual amount of cargo-mainly produce.

Witness: He was formerly a farmer but latter kept company with the pickets.

Man of Little Consequence.

;

You are a man of extraordinary little consequence in your village, aren't you?- I am a farmer in a small way.

During the whole of the time the strike... and boycott has been in operation has your village suffered at all?—No.

Have there ever been aby pickets in your village at all No.

And throughout the strike you have been sending your produce to Hongkong because it offers the best market open to you-Yes.

And the surplus oyer and above what is necessary for the village all comes to Hongkong-Yea.

It has been your habit to sell produce to farmers who have formed themselves. The secretary read a number of com.into a group to bring it down to Hong- munications addressed to the 'Chamber, including one from the family of the late

The anti-Red" campaign against the Kuomintang in Kwangtung, directed from the Fukien section, commenced on Octo- ber stb. The anti-Reds" claim the capture of Mu-chi-chien, a place within the Yaoping District, and they are pre- PREPARING TO RESUME BUSINESS Mr. Ho Fook, thanking the Chamber for

dicting a successful advance towards Swatow The "anti-Reds" repudiate

THE A.P.C.

IN CANTON.

its sympathy in the family's recent bereavement, and one from the Chinese

Society in Cuba advising against further

the report that General Li Feng Hsiang, We have been informed by Mr. W. H. a Fukien commander, has turned "Red" Bell, the manager of the Asiatic Petro

Tho Kwangtung Branch of the "anti-lean Co. (South China), Ltd., that steps Chinese emigration to that country, Red" Association announced its formal have already been taken by the Company organization on October 8th and the to resume normal business relations in election of General Ngai Bong Ping as the head of the movement. General Ngai bas accepted the appointment. The beadquarters of the Association are at Shanghai.

The Diplomatic Association of Canton, & Kuomintang subsidiary organisation, bas passed a resolution on October 10th supporting the anti-imperialist boycott movement throughout Ching

Canton and the West River porta

Several of the staff left for Canton

yesterday and the day before, and it is hoped that a start to market their pro- ducts will be made almost at once

The British American Tobacco Co. (China), Ltd, also have made all pre parations to market in Canton, and stocks of cigarettes will be shipped as soon as normal conditions prevail.

POSITION IN - SWATOW.

INTIMIDATION INCREASING.

STRIKE COMMITTEE THREATEN VIOLENCE,

Our Correspondent in Swatow wired yesterdayıq.

All pickats left for Canton by the Taikwa Maru this morning. The situation is unchanged. The Strike Committee's intimidation is increasing and the Committee is threatening violence towards strike and boycott breakera" kama

As will have been noticed the messages from Swatow indicate that the -position appears to grow a little worse each day. On Sunday, October 10th, our correspondent wired that the Striko Committee refused to terminate the strike and boycott the following day. On Monday his message was that the situation showed absolutely no improvement and that the Strike Committes were urging a continuance of the boycott and were intimidating merchants. Now we have the news that the Strike. Committes have increased their intimidation and are threatening violence. The question to be answered in Swatow, as in Canton, is whether the Strike Committee, without the help of the pickets, can carry threats of viblence into effect.

JUNK SURVIVORS.

CAST ASHORE FROM WRECK

SEVERAL DROWNED.

After two days of fruitless effort, owing to dangerous scas, a police launch yester day morning rescued thirty-three Chinese who were cast ashore on Fu Toi Island late on Friday night after a junk had been wrecked nearby.

Although Hongkong scarcely felt the typhoon, the weather outside was rough, and he junk, which had on board a crew of nine and thirty-five passengers, was | wrecked in a sudden squall,

Eleven were drowned, four of the crew, and seven passengers, but the remainder were washed ashore, where their wants wore attended to by grocer in the village. He, apparently, found them lying in a state of exhaustion on the fore shore at the back of the island.

Pu Toi Island is very near to Stanley and a message: was sent to the Police Station there reporting the rescue,

The new police launch, No. 4, en deavoured on Sunday and Monday to take them off, but could not, get inshore without running serious risku. The launch stayed in Deep Water Bay on Monday night and early yesterday, when the weather had improved, took the sur. vivors on board. They all spoke the Hoklo dialect.

kong-Yes.

Who is Commander Wong Loki-He is in the country now.

Is there a magistrate called Luk Kwok Hang Yes.

And are you a soldier under Wong. Lok?--I am not a soldier now. I gave

returned to the village to do farming it up during the fifth moon this year and again.

A Proper Soldier, -:

You have made nothing but a nuisance of yourself ever since 1-You can inves tigate. I was a soldier' and a proper soldier too.

Why did you give up soldiering 1-Be- cause I couldn't make a living for my family.

Not even by looting---Witness did not reply to this question,

and demanding money -No.

Have you baing going round the village

Now, if there has never been any trouble with the pickets why should you load your boat at night Because it you load in daylight the pickets would take the taros.

Do you say that all the farmers in your district loaded boats at night to overcome the pickets --It all depends on circumstances.

Have the pickets ever attacked the vil- vilage and taken the cargoes!--I have never heard of such a case, ...

Trouble Over Ancestral Funds, The second complainant also gave evidence being out that of the previous witness. Relating the later detail of the case he said he came to Hongkong and while walking on the praya saw the first witness on a boat and had him arrested. Cross examined by Mr. MoCallum, witness denied that he had had trouble with the second defendant over ancestral funds. Be denied a suggestion that be new the defendants loaded a cargo in the village and that it was brought down safely to Hongkong while his was lost, and that he claimed the one in Hongkong as his own.

The case was adjourned.

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