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STATE OF AFFAIRS

HANKOW.

MR. EUGENE CHEN'S

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, JANUARY 11th, 1927.

AT TROOPS FOR KIUKIANG.

“EXPLANATION' TO A LONDON JOURNAL.

CONCESSION NOW A PIECE OF ** UNREDEEMED

CHINA."

BUSINESS STILL AT A STANDSTILL.

The state of affairs at Hankow British Concession appeara to remain-practically the same since the mob efected a crisis. The Chinese are still in authority and business is at a stand- still. The Kuomintang Special Commission, with Mr. Eugene Oken as Chairman, has taken ovar control with the avowed Intention of protecting the lives and property of foreigners.

It would appear that the Chinese have cooled, of a bit, and that the leaders are taking a more reasonable view of the situation.

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Chinese troops have been withdrawn and only “pickets "*-* are on guard, presumably in addition to the Police.

Mr. Chen has, in answer to a request from the Liberal London"Daily News," sent a cablegram "explanatory " of the situation, in the course of which" it will be noted that ha makes a signifcant referance to the British Concession at Kankow having become a ́piece of "Unredeemed China,” - The "explanation?” has not a little of the characteristic flavour o similar arrogant Chinese statements, and, happily, is act being misunderstood in England,

"A Tokyo journal sagety observes that " John Bull wor’t „be bullied,” and warns the Chinèse not to delude themselves that the capture of the Hankow Concession masas Britain's subjection.

[THEOCON REUTZE'S AGENCY.)

BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE ].

EUGENE CHEN "EXPLAINS."THE CANTONESE GOVERN.

TELLS A LONDON LIBERAL

PAPER OF NATIONALIST ·

AIMS IN HANKOW.

UNREDEEMED · CHINA,"

LONDON, Jan 10th. la response to the Daily News invitation to explain the attitude of the Cantonese Government, towards the foreign population of Hankow, Mr. Eugene Chen cabled:

"The extension of the Nationalist .control to the British Concession at Hankow is itself the amplest gar antee that the lives and property

MENTON TRIAL."

ARE THEY

PLAYING INTO THE HANDS OF THE COMMUNISTS!

Since the withdrawal of the British Marines from Kiukiang British Concession and the occupa tion of the Municipal Police Head quartera by the Chinese, General Ching Chiem (formerly stationed in Canton) has dispatched troops to ofer protection --Wah Tre Fat Pa

[EARLIER TELEGRAMS.]

(THROUGH" LIUTER'S 4QENCY.]

SHANGHAI, January 10th.

A message from Hankow dated

ELECTIONS IN

FRANCE.

M. MILLERAND DEFEATED.

M. RAOUL PERET ELECTED,

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

...PARIS, January 8th. Among the notable results of the slections for 108 seats, being one- third of the membership of the Senate, are the defeat of the ex-. President of the Republic, M. Millerand, and the President of the Senate, M. Deselves. The newly-elected members include M. vacate the Presidency of the Cham- Raoul Peret, who will therefore

reveal any startling changes.

SHANGHAI MUNI- CIPAL COUNCIL WATCHFUL.

PROCLAMATION ISSUED.

DETERMINED TO PROTECT THE SETTLEMENT.

·A· POINTED WARNING,

(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENOV.]

SHANGHAI, December 10th. In view of the anxiety of for

THE FLIGHT TO DELHI

IMPORTANT STANDARDS SET UP.

CINEMA TRAGEDY IN MONTREAL.

DISTRESSING FATE OF BOYS AND GIRES.

RELIABILITY-PUNCTUALITY, 77 CHILDREN DEAD: 3 PER

DISPATCH:"

[BRITISH WIRKLISS BARVICE.)

Recay, January 10th. Commenting on Air Minister's flight to Delhi, in which for the

January 9th, states that the Council ber. The elections generally do not eigners in Shanghai as to whether, first time a long distance flight has

for the Provisional Administration of the British Concession, mention. cd earlier, has undertaken to pre serve law and order. The local

Gains and Losses, · ́

LATER.

been conducted to a time table calculated in muinates, the news papers remark that this first official

SONS IN HOSPITAL.

(THROUGH REFTER'S AGENUY.].

MONTREAL, Jan. 9th. One hundred people are reported to have been killed in a fire at the Laurier Theatre.

LATELL

The death roll in the Laurier Palace Cinematograph Theatre fre

girls, apart from: à large number is still uncertain, but it is now ba-- lieved to be 60, mostly boyɛ and

of injured, due to a wild stampede dards in reliability, punctuality for the exits when the alarm was

In the event of attack, the Inter national Settlement will be defend. Chinese authorities easily dispersed the Left Republicans haze sustained International Settlement to-night flight over a new Empire airway The Senatorial results show that ed, the Municipal Council of the one meeting to-day.

Qutwardly, things are quiet, but right net losses, the Radicals and there is a general expectancy of Radical Socialists six while the issued the following reacuring has established remarkable stan future events, though a rabidly Socialists have gained eight. The statement:- anti-British feeling prevails in the Socialist-Communists and the Be Native city at Hankow and also at publican-Socialists each obtained Wachang and Shani.

two seats.

THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY.]

Further Detalla,

PARIS, January 10th. The Senatorial Elections, for 108

The British Consul at Ichang has officially denied a local report that there were 65 Chinese casualties at Hankow caused by British sailors) firing. A similar report prevaili at Sbasi, excepting that the figure scats or one-third of the Senate, is placed at 100, and this resulted were held yesterday, in 33 Depart in a big anti-British demonstration. All posters in the British Conces sion at Hankow have been removed. The banks are not opening to morrow and only a small amount of trading is taking place

Mr. Eugene Chen's Assurances. HANKOW, January 10th. At two separate conferences held to-day with groups representative of American and British business men, Mr. Eugene Chen vigorously assured his hearers that business in terests here would be conserved He said; inter alia:-"I have the authority of my Government to say that you will have complete protec tion in safeguarding your interests You have nothing to fear."

ments.

There were elected 3 Con- servatives gaining one sent, 19 Re publicans gaining 2; 10 Left Re- publicans losing ; Independent! radicals losing 144 Radical Socialists losing 6; 9 Republican Socialista gaining 2; 10 Socialists gaining 8; 2 Socialist-Commun ista gaining 2.

Amongst the re-elected or elected are MM Cailan, Steeg, Barthou and Peret, President of the Cham ber. Amanget the defeated, MM. Millerand, Berthelot and Deselves. President of the Senate."

The newspapers agree that the re- aults, while showing a slight trend to the Left, leave unaffected the Senatorial majority favourable to the Poincare Cabinet.

Mr. Eugene. Chen stated that Nationalist intervention in the British Concession was the result of British Cenotaph and the Muni- a series of circumstances which cipal Buildings in the British made it vitally necessary to inter Concession at Hankow. The first vene so as to prevent the British picture is the Soviet flag, with the Concession from, becoming a dere hammer and sickle prominently dis played: Then come pictures of Hct area.

Marx, Sun Yat Sen and Lenia. Next is a representation of Russia extending the hand of friendship to Young China.

NAVAL WIRELESS.] British, "Waiting On Events."

HANKOW, January 9th. The atmosphere is generally the In contrast with this is the same, the British residents merely picture of a bloated: John Bull waiting on events Practically no standing on the necks of two pro- trade is being done. The banks strate Chinese. The next illustra- will not open to-morrow (Monday). tion shows the same Chinese waking the Concesion and there are a few while the final picture shows "the Chinese are still walking about up and hall upsetting Jolin Bull,

Rucer, January 10th. No appreciable change in the situation in the Yangtare Valley has been reported.

At Hankow, where all was quiet yesterday, par- ties of English residents who, on an injunction of the British autho- rities, are being quartered in the Asiatic Petroleum Company's build on the waterfront, strolled through of the British and other nationals the Concession unmolested British in the Concession shall and must be protected by

Government. Whilst the Concession remained under purely British control it was present conditions, to resume trade not the duty of my Government to relations as requested by Mr. Chen, attend to the protection of foreign-Cantonese Government's Acting T. V. Soong have formed a council Messrs. Eugene Chen, Sun Fo and ers there, but now the Concession ceases to be a piece of unredeemed Foreign Minister. They prefer not for the provisional administration China, my Government regards the to re-open their premises until the of the Concession, and have guar effective protection of Englishmen and other foreigners at Hankow as clearest understanding of the pre-anteed law and order.

ICHANG, January 9th. All British women and children have been evacuated from Ichang. The situation is quiet.

my

In view of recent occurences in other ports, the Council decais and dispatch. Throughout the raised... it expedient to make the follow fight, the Air Ministry was inform- The fire broke out in the flooring ing statement for the informationed by wireless of the position of the balcony at two o'clock in

of all concerned:-

Firstly: The Council is not of the machine and arrangements the afternoon, when the audience concerned with- and takes no

are proceeding for strenthening the numbered 1,200. It was discovered wireless links on the route untii by a small boy whose shrieka start- eleven stations are operating be

ed & panic.

The fire brigade promptly extin

which is situated in guisbed the fire and the theatre, working class quarter of the City, is com paratively undamaged. The victims were mostly French-Canadians.

official interest in Party politics.

Secondly-For this reason the Council has prohibited political meetings, demonstrations, speeches or political propaganda of ary description within the Settlement or upon the Municipal roads.

Thirdly: In the interests of vice started on Friday and the first peace and order, the Council will eastbound machine leaves Egypt on continue to operate as heretofore

tween Egypt and India.

The West bound commercial ser

with whatever Chinese Adminis Wednesday next and is due on the tration controls the territory ad following afternoon at Basra, joining the boundaries of its own which is the terminus during the jurisdiction

Fourthly:The Council will first three months."

direct all its energies and re-

sources towards maintaining or Average Speed 100 Miles an Hour. of ensuring the safety of tile and property within the aren under its control, and to that

end has endeavoured to make all the necessary protective arrange-

ments.

Rugsy, January 9th. With the arrival at Delhi-yester day of the Air Minister, Sir Samuel

Haare, and his wife by air liner a

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Heavy Death Roll.

MONTREAL, Jan. 10th. The latest reports state that m children are dead and 30 persons are in hospital

Harrowing Details,""

MONTREALS, January 10th. and had four exits, two of which The building was of two stories led from a balcony. When the the lower floor fled out very order- alarm was given the audience on

children on the balony who, rush- ing to the exits, became jammed and piled up a shrieking, suffocat ing maas. Most of the deaths 60-- curred on the thirty-foot spiri stairwas leading to the street, which was a solid mass of children unables to move.

Fifthly: The Council will notable achievement in civil avia- ly, but panic broke out among the rigorously suppress all forms of violence and disorder, and to as tien has been accomplished. In complish this purpose will not hesitate to use all means at its just 63 flying hours they have down disposal...

8,300 miles. They left Croydon Sixthly Finally, the Council aerodrome (at" dawa "on December warns all persons against the activities of professional agitators 7th, and twelve days after descend- who, taking advantage of the dis-ed at Delhi at the scheduled minute. turbed conditions of the country,

They could have arrived earlier are preaching the doctrines of force and class hatred at a time but spent some time sight seeing when toleration and moderation and testing the machine's flight with are more than ever necessary."

one engine running, The King and

The crash was so tight that twenty with a rope tied around, ons body men tugged vainly for a long time

businessmen are disclined, in the agitators. An attempt was made at same Chinese on top of John Bull THE WAR IN THE NORTH many others have sent congratuls too late for many, who were still

of vital interest to Nationalist sent and future position and the China

fullest safeguards has been received, The Morning Post says that their decision has reacted to the detri

a demonstration in the course of and bayonetting him through the the day, but the Chiness authorities heart. There is, of course, suitable quickly dispersed the mob.

letterpress in Chinese."

· [EXITISH WIRELESS SERVICE). Uncertainty;

RUGBY, January ̈9th/

?

the pile of dead and dying. street wall to enable the victims Holes had to be broken in the

to be handed to the doctors and- rescuers, awaiting outside to help,

ANOTHER NORTHERN tory messages on the safe accom-† living when extricated. Three More Mob Insults.

VICTORY. REPORTED..

plishment of the inaugural trip of young bors, gasping and crushed, were pulled ont, gave their names SHANGHAI, January 10th.

the service. Stories told by missionary re

SHANGHAI, January 10th.

and died.-Pricsta rushed to the fugees from Kiukiang show that the Yu, the subordinate of General

Troops commanded by Han Kang During the journey the Minister rites to those beyond help, tele

scene and administered the last British Naval landing parties there San Chuan Fang, has occupied and Lady Maud Hoare few through. had to face a similar position to Fanahui, about 40 miles North-West all kinds of climates, over, most of

Tragl-Comedy," that, of their comrades at Hankow. of Tunglo. They are about to

An attendant, describing the For nearly two hours, in attempt advance to gamehow, south of the great capitals of the old world, scene, said that a fat woman block ing to prevent the mob from tearing Tunglo. In consequence, General over most of its great rivers, over window and threw out children as ed the stairway. He smashed a down the barbed wire barricade, Chow Fung Chi, the pro-Kuomin mountains 3,000 feet high, over a fast as possible. The scenes were very the naval men stood all kinds of tang General, has suffered cona- insulta, the crowds pelting them derable loses in number of soldies volcano,, over many thousands of distressing, as parents sought out with brickbate. Three were slightly and aminunition. It is further re-milee of desert and over thousands recognised the bodies of their child-- injured.

ported that the 6th brigade, under of miles, of sea. Once they few at seven to fifteen.

ren, who were mostly aged from his direction, has broken up...

Wu Pei Fu is determined to a height of 9,000 feet to get above subsidies Ngai Ying Sam his loyal supporter, to the extent of $300,000 for an expedition to re attack Hupei.Wah Tee Yat Po.

RIVER GUNBOATS FOR THE CHINA STATION,

APHIS AND LADY

Foreign comment on this "mes- aage is that it is net only clever but significant of a situation that may be unpleasant but has got to be faced. The reference to unrement of the Chinese themselves and deemed China" is clearly an appeal adde:. "The suspension of all busi- The latest news from Hankow last to the sympathy of all nationalists ness in the Concessions has thrown night state that the situation is and irredentists of the world. out of gear the whole business or calm although there is an atmos- In a leader the paper describes ganisation of the Chinese traders phere of some uncertainty. The the message.

somewhat and merchants. The banks and Chinese authorities urge that cynical document," and recalls that business houses being shut, credit business can now safely be resumed THE the Cantonese Government pre-operations and bill discounting are but the foreign commercial com viously merely shilly-shallied regard at a standstill Hence the desire munity are apparently disposed to ing their responsibility to protect of the Chiness authorities to per-await developments and further the foreigner from Cantonese suade the Concession to open up evidence that order can be main- tained. Mr. O'Malley, «Counsellor excesses

immediately."

The Times says the British Gov. at the British Legation, Peking, ernment desires to use reason and expected to reach Hankow to in not force in dealing with the Testigate the situation early this Nationalists. The inflammability of week.

At the smaller British Concession

The paper condamos Mr. Chen for handing over the task of expro priating the Concession to a howing mob, says the act was merely one

BIRD COMING FROM MALTA.

ON THE HANGCHOW FRONT.

FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS.

of barbarism and that Mr. Chen's has already been demonstrated at Kiukiang where menacing condi- British flotilla on the Danube, are troop commander bat now a corpa

LONDON, Jan. 10th. It has been decided to send to China the river gunboats 4phis and Ladybird, which hitherto have been

Shanghai, January 10th. maintained at Malta. These gun- Reports are current that General note, which were formerly with the Tang Seng Chi, one time a Hunan similiar to the "Insect class, commander in the Kuomintang tions existed in the middle of last which were prominent in recent Army, has now sent a personal effected to avoid bloodshed and to week a temporary evacuation events on the Yangtze

delegate with power to act to Nanking The delegate, one Mr. give the Chinese authorities SITUATION WORSE IN THE Liu, is said to have already arrived chance to establish order.

at his destination-Wah Tic Fat INTERIOR. United States residents also with-

Po.

the illiterate working population. placid acceptance of it as an accom Chinese Nationalism is a product plished fact and as a just tribute to of education and this organisation a high moral purpose of Nationalist policy las in it a certain air of im- of the masses, who know nothing pudence not unworthy of Mussolini of political issues, causes foreigners

The and his methods.

to suspect that the interests of Nationalism are being subordinated drew to a river gunboat. The Bri- The real significance of the mer to those of the Communists.” The tish Consal is flying his flag in a ange rests in the implied intention, 7 imes adds "The Cantonese Gov to recover as soon as it can in erament are on trial and tire veraval vessel standing by the Conces sion. He has received a written whatever manner presents itself-dict will depend on their ability to guarantee from the Chinese that no control of all foreign concessione in maintain, order in Hankow, and further looting shall take place in China.

upon the manifestation of their in the Concession. tention to respect the rights of. others as they would have others respect theirs

CHINESE ACTING PREMIER

AND HANKOW.

PEKING, January 10th.

Dr. Wellington V. K. Koo, acting. Premier of the Central Government at Peking, is paying special atten- tion to the development of affairs at Haakow. He has had frequent conferences with Marshal Chang Tso Lin in order to meet the situation, Earlier reports state that the British Legation has lodged a pro- test with the Waichizopu-fab Tse Tat Po....

WHY CHINESE TROOPS ARE IN THE CONCESSION,

Mr. Eugene Cher convoked the Fordigi Convals at the office of the Foreign minister on the 7th, and declared that the control of the British Concession by Chinese troops was to safeguard foreign lives and property --Wah Tre Tai Po

FOREIGN CEMETERY

DESECRATED,

Pesa, Jan. 10th..

MADY

{THROUGH REUTER'E AGENCY.]

** OBITUARY.

storm and another time as low as fifteen feet to get under a storm

The travellers received an official reception on reaching Delhi. The Air Minister expressed his belief that as the service developed the journey could be done in a week and eventually by including night flights in five days.

PORTUGAL MEETS HER LIABILITIES.

One policeman aummoned to the fire found his three children dead,

At the Morgue the Coroner nared each borceved parent if the child had permission to go to the cinema unaccompanied by an adult, and three-quarters of them answered

"No."

Proprietor and Assistants Taken

to Detective Bureau, S

Ameen Lawand, the cinema pro prietor, Michael Laris assistant. manager, Camil Bazzy, cafef attend ant, Alex. Bazzy, ticket-taker, all Syrians, were taken to the Detec tive Bureau as witnesses at the inquest." Lawand was allowed baili but the others were detained all

were d

Kugay, January th The Portugueso Government yes terday paid the British Government the first instalment of £125,000 in night. respect of the year 1928 due under the war debt agreement signed on December 31s

The situation in the interior and MR. HOUSTON CHAMBERLAIN WM. POWELL'S ROBBED BY of South-Western China is steadily getting worse. Home Newspapers' Comment.

BERLIN, Jan. 10th In addition to British English newspapers commenting Americans are leaving the interior Houston Chamberlain, son-in-law of The death is announced of Mr. on the situation in Yangtaze Valley towns. All American women and Richard Wagner, the celebrated regard it as a testing time for the children are evacuating Ichang. Cantonese National Government by

Barbarous Action,

NATIONALISTS SPECIAL

COMMISSION.

SHANGHAI, Jan. 10th,

the result of which their policy car

EMPLOYEE.

ATTEMPT TO BRIBE

DETECTIVE

MAN WHO DIDN'T MIND TAXES.

AMUSING HANKOW STORY.

An amusing story is going aroună regarding a small store keeper me Hankow. Some little time ago, the Southern Government, notified hims that unless he paid $50. för a licenses

composer. Chamberlain, during the war, was notorious for his aggrer Tong Ching Hing, a salesman at his shop would be closed. The man be accurately gauged The British In anti-Foreign disturbances at sive attitude towards the British. communities and naval ratings are Chungking last week, the Cantonese [Chamberlain was a naturalised Wm. Povells, was arrested by a paid en on the sail Thinking he

would stand further milking, praised by all newspapers for their soldiers and mobs desecrated the German, and, both before and dar Chese plain-clothes detective on next month he was used the Cher Chun), who has been stationed ing use of hrearms in face of the the tomb stones.

The Kuomintang Commissar (Mr. extraordinary self-control in avoid teretery, smashing and overturning ing the Great War, was a perfervid Thursday night in Wellington license would cost him to the

admirer of everything Teutonic." As Street. The accused had on a at the Hankow British Concession extreme provocation to which they

stated, he married Wagner's daugh- lady's woollen sweater, and he was day before the end of the month the man paid up without demar; the since the riets of January dib, has were subjected. Newspapers cpn. JAPAN'S NEW ATTITUDE. ter he himself being an accomplish taken back to the shop; and her lack of argument as to the loss of withdrawn, taking all the Chinese sider their restraint has been a COMMENT IN TOKYO PRESS, the son of a British Admiral He In the defendant's room, more miss they had struck a good thing. Each ed musician. He was, we believe, to the native employees quarters. the license led the officials to believe troops who have been guarding the acute disappointment for the ex Concession with him. Only 100 pic-tremist elements which excited the

was addicted to making odious com- articles were found; these being month that went by the cost of kets still remain in the Concession. Chinese moba za

TOKYO, January 10th parisons between

three ladies' combs and a leather license was increased but regularly German and The Special Commission in charge THROUGH EEUTER'S AGENCY.]

John Bull won't allow himself British institutions, and was gener purse or

on the last day of the month the of the British Concession, compris

to be bullied is the verdict of ally regarded in England with con The accused was brought before shop keeper appeared at the tax the ahi, which warns the Chinese tempt.]

Mr. W. Schofield at the Central office and paid up ing Mesra Eugene Chen (Chair- men) and T. V. Soong and Sun Fo,

not-to-imagine that the capture

Magistracy, yesterday morning, on who assumed office on January 7th, A striking example of the type of formally assumed the administration"Red" propaganda in How of affairs on the 8th which helps one to understand how Information from non-Chinese Chinese mob anger is created, is

4a Red " Propaganda.

SHANGHAI, Tabuary 9th."

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Things went on in this way until

of the Concession at Hankow means (BRITISH WILLKAS SERVICE} a charge of theft, and bribery the cost of the monthly license Britain's objection, 74

ichi reflect what appears to be the

Pleading guilty, the accused was reached $15,000. The day before Both the dahi and the Nicht MR DOUGLAS PIELOU, M.P. fined $150, or twelve weeks, on the this, fell due the man appested

charger of larceny, and a further the tax office with a small counter- Mr. Douglas Bielou, Conservative charge of attempting to bribe the approached the collectors and saked growing upprehension that Japan's

Rugby, January 10th, $100, or two months, on a third feiting plant on a hand, cary he The air advocates that

day. He was severely wounded in Mr. Schofield ordered that the worked day and night for the whole M.P. for Stourbridge, died yester detective with two five-dollar bills them to take this as, even if he the Great War, and, in Parliament, prison sentences be served consecu- month, he could not turn out the displayed deep interest in the wel tively in the event of default of amount now demanded for

payment of the finer -

license-O, O Port

the

sources states that the Hankow shown here by one of the refugees turn may come next, situation has undergone no special from Hankow development and it is believed that It is one of the illustrated posters powers, co-operate, as this will be the Chinese authorities will be able containing a series of pictures the best mutual anfeguard, though to control the situation Business, which have been posted on the it does not intimate that form this however, is still suspended.","

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