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THE HONGKONG` ́DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY," OCTOBER 23RD 1926

ALL EMPLOYEES RETURN TO WORK A POLICE ORDER.

AT SWATOW.

INTIMIDATION CONTINUES BUT BELIEVED IT WILL

SOON CEASE.

DEFINITE INSTRUCTIONS FROM CANTON.

A DISCLAIMER BY MR. EUGENE CHEN,

There has been a decided change for the better in Swatow. Thursday our correspondent reported that the staff of the British Consulate and a number of the employees of the Asiatic Petroleum Company had returned to work. He also stated that the employees of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Messrs. Butterfeld & Swire and Messrs. Bradley & Co. were holding meetings to consider their policy.

Yesterday he wired:

Employees of all British firms returned this morning. Boycott is strong and unofficial intimidation, still continues, but the Com missioner of Foreign Affairs has now received defnite Instructions from Canton and it is believed this may produce an improvement. In the last mail advices it was stated that the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs had received no instructions from Canton regarding the boycott. Now these have came to hand it may be confidently expected that the agitators who are still endeavouring to foment trouble will be a little more careful in the measures they adopt to coerce others to fall in with their wishes, and it is hoped that intimidation will soon cease altogether.

In our Thursday's issue, we referred to the reports appearing in the vernacular papers that Mr. Eugene Chen had been heckled" by number of the extremists in the strikers" organisation regarding the part he had taken in bringing about the termination of the boycott. Yesterday we received the following telegram from Canton:

"Daily Press, Hongkong: I am directed by Mr. Eugéne Chen to contradict the report reproduced in your issue of October 21st from the Chinese Press to the effect that a number of agitators gathered round Mr. Chen in his office and made them- selves extremely objectionable. There has been no such incident. -Y. K. Lam."

The Daily Press was not responsible for the report and we are glad to know there was no truth in it.

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THE ANTI-REDS."

AWAITING RESULTS OF NORTHERN FIGHTING.

Kuomintang Casualties.

[NO PICKETS TO CARRY `ARMS.

CELEBRATION FEAST COSTING $30,000.

[rom OOK CHINESE CORREAPONDENT.]

The Canton Chief of Police is issuing orders forbidding labour union picket to carry arms. This step is taken. to prevent further street feuds among the rival union workers.

INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS

OF HONGKONG.

THE HISTORY OF THE SHIP.

PAPER READ BY MR. J. S GILLINGHAM.

That the policy #dopted by the Institu- tion of Engineers and Shipbuilders ol Hongkong in obtaining well-known authorities to read. papers on subjects

general interest is thoroughly appre rated was demonstrated by the large

attendance at the Institution last avane

This was the Arst meeting of its kind that has been held for some time, but it will be followed now by & similar meeting each month during the winter A paper entitled "The Ship" was read by Mr. J. S.Gillingham, MIN.A., M.B.E., a member of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors. It was not

As stated yesterday it is the intention- of the Kuomintang to utilise some of the former pickets to prevent smuggling. Now it appears that the Kuomintang Ministry of Finance is organising the Kuomintang Preventive Service. ventive Officers will be stationed at Can ton, Taichan, Shumchun and other im- portant points and most of these officers will be recruited from" the piekęta.

Pre-

According to Police figures, there are within the Canton municipal police area altogether. 143,831 households with a total of 79,616 inhabitants, and 19,487 river craft, with a population of 63,733. There are within Canton 183 foreign households with a population of 453 foreigners Since the resumption of Hongkong-Cap ton-Shameen traffic, however, a number of foreigners have returned to their former offices iz Shameen. The number of foreigners in Canton as given by the Police report is, it is said," the number during the strike period.

The Kuomintang tax collectors are sparing no efforts to collect their dues and the collectors of sugar likin have just discovered that druggists and phar- macists often use sugar in their mixtures.

A Chinese press report says that at a The Kuomintang officials now say that recent memorial service for the Kuosnin-these men must pay the same rates as tang dead, held in Changsha, Hunan, sugar dealers and that the druggist an official is said to have stated that "up license will not give them exemption. to the time of service, more than 20,000-The Sauce Workers' Union in Canton, CANTON POLICE BUSY SEARCHING Kuomintang-ites had been sacrificed for affiliated with the Central Labour Union

FOR SUSPECTS.

[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]

The conflict between General Sun Chuan Fang and Governor Hoa Chao, of Hadgehow, is being watched with con siderable interest by the various factions troops in South Chica. The "anti-Red " in Fukien are delaying their offensive against the Reds" in Swatow pending the outcome of the Kinagsu-Chekiang issue between Sun and Hsia. Since the lull on the Kwangtung-Fukien front, the "anti-Reds" in Eastern Kwangtung have not dared to make any move, and until their associates in the Eastern Districts move, the "anti-Reds" Southern Kwangtung have to wait

There has not been any serious fight ing in Kiangs for some time, according to reports from neutral circles.

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Celebrations.

season.

technical paper en ship-building, but a most interesting historical review of the development of ships from the dawn of bistory until the present day. It was followed with close attention throughout and the ladies present of whom there werd

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considerable number appeared to enjoy it as much as the members of the.. lastitute.

Mr. J. Ormiston, the President of the Institute, occupied the chair and alter introducing the lecturer, he welcomed the hope that they would attend in as the ladies to the meeting and expressed large, or even larger numbers in future,

At the conclusion of the paper time was given for discussion and then a very hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Gillingham. brought the proceedings to a close.

The emancipation of the white peoples, especially Britain, said Mr. Gillingham, was clearly due to the evolution of the ship. In fact, në factor had been mOTE potent in the progress of civilization.

It was probable that some sort of sailing ship existed a considerable time before the Phoenician era for there was in the British Museum, an Egyptian vasE of the presumed date of 3,000 to 8,000 B.C., upon which could be traced the outline of a primitive but recognizable sail driven vessel.

The first real shipbuilder was the man who conceived the idea of building some sort of skeleton framework-and covering it with a water-excluding substance. In what elementary vessel these principles

the cause

of saving China from mili-("anti-Reds"), surrounded the Kuomin-were first embodied was not known, but tariam.

tang Workers' Delegate Conference the idea probably germinated from obser- Marshal Wu Pel Fu.

Headquarters last Wednesday and at- vation of the ease with which a seagull or duck rode on the water and by later The latest Chinese press reports from tempted to capture a "Red" labour examination of the carcase. Alternative- Hankow indicate that Marshal Wu Pei leader, Mr. Liu Yi Haun, Mr. Lin isly it may have sprung up from an inspec Fu, one-time war-lord at Hankow, re- being accused of having attempted to tion of the carcase of a stranded whale. fuses to be

counted out," and last force the sauce workers to become a part Symington, Miller and Taylor in 1788 It was through the joint effects of night's Shanghai telegrams regarding the of the "Red" organization." "

that the steam engine was first success- civil war also tend to support the view

ly applied to ships, leading up to the Charlotte Dundas in 1801, which how- that Marshal Wu is still on the field,

ever, was used solely for the purpose of although not playing a very important

towing barges on the Forth and Clyde part just now.

Canal. A model of the Charlotte Dundas was on view in that room. This early effort was followed by Fulton. in America with the Claremont in 1807, and Bell, with the Comet in 1812 on the Clyde..

As a result of these developments, it realised that steam navigation was practical proposition and the wooden ship Savannah crossed the Atlantic from America to England. sail power however, as well as her en- which was the first vessel to earn the gines, and it was the Royal William distinction of crossing the Atlantic en- tirely under her steam, about the year

All fokia or shop assistants not now belonging to any labour union in Canton will be, organized into a General Shop The Situation at Hangchow. Assistants' Union under the auspices of A Shanghai report, dated October the Labour Division of the Provincial 22nd, to the Hongkong Industrial and Kuomintang Headquarters, of which Mr. Commercial Daily News says that Magis- Liu Yi Hsun is the Chief. The Union will have a membership of more than trate Tao Yung of Hangthow, Chekiang 100,000, it is hoped, and its formal open Province, on the morning of that daying will be on October 20th, when most wired to Dr. V. K. Ting, Director of of the shops of the Southern Capital will be deserted by their jakie who have Woosung Port, and Shanghai and

decided to declare that day as a holiday Brigade-General Soong Mei Chin and Li for themselves. Pao Chang, to the effect that Governor "Anti-Red" uprisings are reported in Hsia Chao had fled, but that the situa the Loting and Sunhing districts along tion in Hangchow was quiet. He added the West River in Kwangtung. They that the merchants and gentry of Hang- cannot, however, be serious, as the dis- chow had requested one Soong Huag Po trict agencies of the Kuomintang are still and Magistrate Tao to take a special train for Shanghai to consult with Dr. able to telegraph from there as usual.

The Canton Police are searching vigor-Ting and others. In the meantime, it ously all Canton hotels and other public is suggested that the military advance

and other against Hangchow be suspended. places where acti-Reds" politico-military agents may congregate.

In a hotel at Wah Lig Lane last week HONGKONG STUDENTS' UNION. Kuomintang Labour Division and acting three alleged agents of Tuchun Tang

Chi Yao, of Yunnan, were arrested on a charge of espionage,

LATEE

"CHINA EXPECTS --"

PROPOSED PROPAGAI

PROPAGANDA.

1831.

1819; she used

The Canton Restaurant Workers Union, one of the largest unions in the city, celebrated their reorganization last

In conclusion Mr. Gillingham said: Thursday and Friday with a mass meet- ing and demonstration and a big feast Whatever may happen in the future us for all members. While all restaurant regards the evolution of other methods workers, numbering several thousand, of transport, it is difficult to conceive were at the feast, which cost $60,000 to 47 work of man which will render the provide, the public had to wait. For two ship no longer necessary. From the day days, many eating houses in Canton could when Jason first boarded the celebrated not cater for their customers as usual. 4rgus in his quest for the Golden. Fleece, All cooks, waiters, buyers, and all em right down to the time when H.M.S. ployees connected with the restaurants our carried the Prince of Ambass

dors to the uttermost parts of the globe.. joined in the celebration. The guest of honour was Mr. Chen Shih Jen, Chief of the ship has been a most vital factor in the dissemination of knowledge and the consequent spread of civilization, in Commissioner of Civil Affairs in Kwang fact it has been the greatest, civilizing influence in the world's history, without Carton Ballways.

which, the bulk of the inhabitants of this Mr. Sun Fo, as Commissioner of Re-Earth would still be in the barbarian construction in the Kuomintang Adminis stage. Strange landa, customs, produc- "The Canton Gazette gives a namber tration in Canton, has control over all tions and speech have been unfolded to Governor Esta's Collapse.

of resolutions passed by what is describ- Canton railways, and it is reported that, Europe in proportion as the hardy mem- Upon hearing that the secession of ed as the Hongkong Students' Union. at the suggestion of M..Borodin, he is bers of the white race have steered their Governor Haia" Chao, of Chekiang, from There is a good deal about the aims agreeing to the appointment of a foreign frail craft East or West: Below the the Five-Province. Federation, under of the National Revolution, and these adviser or inspector of the Canton sec- Equator, beyond which lias men were students, trained in British Schools, have tions of the Canton-Kowloon, Cantor-supposed to turn black, round the Cape war-lord San Chuan- Fang of Kiangsu, the effrontery to introduce Nelson's Samshui, and Canton Hankow lines. of Storms, coasting along the Eastern had collapsed, the Kuomintang Commis-famous signal into their report, twisting Other reports say that foreign inspecters shore of Africa and then venturing fur- are being proposed for Canton railways ther East to the real India, adventurer sion, selected yesterday, to visit Hang. it to suit their own ends

They any China expects every man in order to contract a loan, the service after advanturer sailed his bark in the chow to carry greetings from Canton to this day will do his duty in extending of which necessitates foreign supervision insatiable thirst for knowledge. On his the newly enlisted comrades, will cancel the Boycott Movement against England in accordance with the proposed terms of return wondering nation learned more its departure until later. Reporte to be tions of this Union but the following is

It is unnecessary to give all the resolu: foreign bankers.

and more of the hitherto unknown lands. confirmed are to the effect that Governor significant:

The insular and parochial view of life gave place to the broad and inter- Hria will be unable to remain longer

national, The sea, proviously regarded as dividing country from country, was now looked upon as the connecting link between distant lands and the homeland. It was a wonderful instinct that prompted good Queen Bess to confer the accolade on Francia Drake immediately after ha historic voyage round the world. It was an equally wonderful instinct that prompted her to perform that cere mony in the most fitting of all places, on the deck of the little ship that had made his feat possible.

CHINESE RIVER STEAMERS COLLIDE.

DROWNED.

"Last year after the May 30th Mag sacre, a portion of the Hongkong students in Hangchow because of his recent change could not take the same course with us

"Reds."

and stand with us on the same "battle of colour in favour of the

Before hearing of the failure of the front. They were not thoroughly awak-

ened nor understood our anti-imperialist TWENTY PASSENGERS REPORTED Kuomintang attempt to control Che fight. We must induce them to volun- kiang, through other means than "a re-tarily join us in protesting against im" gular battle, the student body in Canton, perialism. They hold the fate of im claiming to represent four Students' perialism in Hongkong, and should carry out a more vehement anti-imperialism Unions, including the Hongkong Chinese aovement. Students' Union, made a demonstration against Sun Chuan Fang and welcomed the Chekiang Province into the Kuomin- tang fold.

General Chiang's Campaign. Mr. Tang Yia Tet, political director of the Kuomintang Army occupying Bankow, bas wired confidentially to Canton that for the time being military operations in Kinngai are to be suspend ed in order to reorganize, and General Chiang Kai Shek is to follow & change

of method of his campaign.

"In order to attain the above, we been drowned. should have close connection with the students now studying in Hongkong. We should also pay attention to the organize tion and propaganda work among the Hongkong students."

RIVER TRAFFIC.

The Fatahan came down from Canton yesterday with over 500 passengers and about the usual amount of produce. The Tung On brought over 600 passengers and 200 tons of cargo. The Langhan and Sai On both took up a large number of passengers to Canton yesterday morning.

As a result of a collision between two Chinese river steamers of the smaller type on the Canton-Wuchow run; some twenty passengers are reported to have According to reports, the collision oo curred about ten o'clock on Tuesday when

We of this generation have been born the steamers were about forty minutes in an age when every sea is charted. run from Shamaui on the West River. when full and accurate knowledge of our One of the vessels (the Leung Kwong) world is obtainable at qur own fireside. was badly holed near the boys and annk when after the long years of travail- in a few minutes. The upper deck pas-there is a genuine desire for peace and sengara were saved but the whole of the amity amongst the civilized Nations: but steerage passengers are reported to have let it not be forgotten in tall our musings gone down with the vessel.

and in all our self-congratulations, that The Tin Sing, the other vessel, was all these benefits and advantages have badly damaged but was able to keep boen rendered possible by the develop allont

ment of that wonderful product of the human brain, the ship, which has carried

...

Both vessels, which run under the

Chinese fag, were callers at Hongkong in pre-strike times, the Leung Kwong being once on the Hongkong-Canton run.

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