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THE ANKUOCHUN ARMY,

AN EFFECTIVE FIGHTING FORCE.

8th.

POWERFUL # WHITE" RUSSLAN AID.

of war

and the

RUSSIAN PRINCESS'S

DIVORCE.

HEARING AT SHANGHAI,

CURIOUS CHARGES AND --COUNTER-CHARGES.

PIRATES ACTIVE NEAR HONG KONG.

USE LAUNCH TO ATTACK JUNES

AN EIGHT THOUSAND-DOLLAR JUNK SEIZED.

The ravages

Tha case in which Elizabeth aufferings caused to the country Kouaminsky (née Princess Mescher people of China are, vividly, illos aky of Russia) petitioned for a Hong Kong, a mysterious steam Hoyering in waters, adjacent to trated by a very interesting sories divores from her husband, Michael launch is stated to have been enn. of war pictures published in the Kousminsky, a local Russia lawyer, cerned in a series of piratical North-China Daily News of January came up for hearing on January attacks against small junks. The Adult refugees are huddledth before Judge Hsu Mo in launch, when last seen, was speed- miserably by the roadside, and in Special Provisional Court of ing towards Shek Wan,; in Chinese there is a group of children, home- Shanghai.. less, pareatless, living in an arch- way under a railway bridge, ex for the petitioner and the respon-

Mr. William S. Hong, appeared captured junka in tow.

territory, with no fewer than three poacd to the elements and not know deat conducted his own case, ing where their next meal is to

A member of the crow of a fish- come from. Observers comment on

In answer to her lawyer's quesing jusk, who escaped from the tions Mrs. Kusaminsky said that pirates, brought back the news that she was married to respondent-on April 10th, 1917, at Petrograd, a steam launch, on which the name where they lived for a number of of Hai Shing could be plainly seen Revolution, they moved to Harbin, across the bow, overtook the junk years. As a result of the Russian and later came to Shanghai, where which he was on, and, when within they had been living for the last few years. She had a daughter, 500 yards, rifle fire was opened. Marina, who was now five years and seven months old.

the with

the remarkable way in which the White Russian soldiers in Northern

Army fraternise eir Chinese colleagues. They are probably the most loyal troops in China, and they have good reason for their loyalty. For one thing they are well paid and well treat ed. They are outcast from their own lead, and, so they are told, doomed to death if captured by the Cantonese troops.

A prize crew was put aboard the Husband Out of Work.

junk which was then taken in, tow The line of trenches shown in

Petitioner mentioned numerous

with two other prizes, to Shekwan the pictures is the line of defenes occasions when her husband il Bay. During the night, he jumped which halted the Cantonese advance treated her and insulted her. She overboard and reached the shore. northward, and kept the Southern informed the Bench that responden: He later made-his-way-to-Namtau forces around Hankow in a state had been unemployed for a year and village, where he embarked on a of comparative inactivity, leaving had no means of supporting her or ferry and returned to Hong Kong. them to concentrate their attention their daughter. A settlement. had on the more difficult problem pre practically been reached out of

Chinese Merchant's Adventures. sented by the hills of Chekiang and court. Her petition was for a dis Fukien.

Another report was made to the solution of the marriage and the Police by a Chinese merchant living custody of their daughter.

at West Foint, that he and another man had engaged a cargo junk of four men, to take a cargo of salt 200 piculs capacity, with a crew of and sundries from Faumati to Tam Chow on the Canton River. The

Russians the Back Bone of the Army.

The Court Oleared,

To military men interest lies in Respondent was then called and the pictures of the Stokes trench in the course of examination by the mortars, which have largely taken Judge, said that he had something the place of field artillery owing to to tell the Court but he would ask

The boat left and when sailing between Kiau and Lintin Islands. a fishing boat, having on board eight men, armed with rifles and revolvers, held up the craft and commenced firing at her. After one of the crew of the cargo bent had bad his thumb shot off, the pirates boarded the vessel. They stole $10 from one of the men and then took.

their cheapness and their greater for the exclusion of the publicargo we value at 8650. mobility by coolie labour. Several This was granted. Russian experts are included in Chang Chung Chang's army, and

-treatment by Wife Alleged. these men state that they find their

In answer to further questions pupils apt and very willing to learn put to him by Judge Hsu, respon The part played by the White deat alleged that his wife had treat Russian troops in the Ankuchined him cruelly on numerous oc forces cannot be over-estimated.casions and went on to tell a very They are generally said to be long story which the Judge stopped the backbone and the basis of and said was irrelevant. He was the whole army. They provide the then asked whether he was willing the beat to Lam Shan Island, near instructors in all branches of milto dissolve the marriage and said Linoin, where they put ashore, tary work, the aviators for the aero that, though he was not willing, he forcing the merchant now making planes, and their infantry are the would be compelled to do so bat he shock troops with which attacks are demanded custody of the child. He made, and a fine defensive arm in thoughs the suit had been instigated case of retreat,

by a third party and demanded to know who this was

Aeroplanes, Artillery and

Art of War...

The equipment of the Norther troops is both complete and up-to date. They have their aeroplanes, their armoured cars, trench mortars, feld artillery and howitzers. Their generals have a wide knowledge at the arts of war, gained from long experience and the instruction of their White Russian advisers. There are probably no better exponents of trench warfare as applicable to China than those troops to-day Provided they remain loyal to their trust, and their morale is not under zined by insidious propaganda such as has stood the Cantonese enuse in such good stead up-to-date, the Southern forces may yet have a surprise in store and the tables may

yet be turned.

THE SILENT THEATRE.

THE QUEEN'S MANAGEMENT AND MUSIC.

FILMS AND THEIR ACCOM PANIMENTS.

the report to remain on the boat. Later on, leaving all the rest of the crew ashore, the pirates took the merchant with the boat to Sáng Yuet, when they put him on a small Petitioner Murders Her Child.

hahing boat. The pirates then sail- Petitioner, recalled, said that she the direction of Man King Sha, ed away in the seized cargo boat in respondent if he would not bother merchant get ashore.near Shekki was willing to leave the child with

hear Taiping. her any more. She wanted to use and returned to Hong Kong on Eventually the her maiden name as Kosminsky Tuesday. was bad...

THE SIEGE OF SIANFU..

much as the parties had both agreed The Judge then ruled that, inas- to dissolve the marriage, an agree ment should be drawn up by mutual consent and the parties would then be required to sign it. The child would be put in the custody of her father, and petitioner would be re- UNBELIEVABLE SUFFERINGS. quired to us the name Kousminsky while in China.

Judge Hsu then drew up an agree ment of divorce in open court and ordered the parties to affix their signatures. This was done.

DOG. CHEWS UP A WILL.

LADY MISSIONARY'S GRAPHIC STORY.

A review of some of the incidenta experienced during 150 days of siege in Sianfu was recently made before a Shanghai gathering by Mish K. M. Franklin, of the English Baptist Mission in that city, who arrived a few days ago in Shanghai Prior to leaving for a much de served Home furlough of one year.

Miss Franklin was in Sianfu on. High Court in London concerning Liu Chen Hna attacked the city.

In an application before the

the fateful April 17th when General the will, dated July 20th, 1920, of The decision of General Yang Hu the late Mrs. Hannah Worrall, of Willenhall, Staffordshire, Ar. Noel Cheng, defending general of Sian- Middleton said that a few days to hold the city at all costs was after her death a married daughter, responsible for the harrowing con-

ditions which followed. Mrs. Seager, while going through. The cinema has been called the her mother's papers in a tin box, "Silent Theatre," and, unless you dropped a document on the floor have seen a film presented without It was immediately seized by a dog an orchestral accompaniment, you who bit pieces out of it. The may accept it as a good description. document turned out to be the will In point of fact the film owes s Lord Merrivale granted probate great debt to music. It is true that of the vill, remarking: Unfor the incidental music often seems to tunately "you have no" redress have no relation to what is being against the dog." (Laughter.) shown on the screen, or is hammer-

ed out in a mechanical fashion, popular songs, foxtrots and solemn

For the first week of the siege, foreigners in Siantu were in the bursting about their ears and all position of having huge shells the hardships and streas of modern warfare, Every available précau- constant rain of bullets during this tion was taken to withstand the period. Holes were drilled in the connecting walls of foreigners re- sidences in order to eliminate the necessity of passing from room to room through a courtyard, and pic-every available cellar was used in

the effort to seek shelter.

music treading on one another's cent examples, was carefully select heels with no regard for sequence

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The Nightly Posiade, But to see a film in silence, is "Take it from me! showing st Most of the firing took place at quite another matter. However the Queen's to-day, Friday and night the speaker said, and a con- good the picture may be, it is almost Saturday-is a good picture of the spicuous part about the first weeks. impossible to keep your attention light comedy order. There is of the bombardment was that a lull. fixed, and the show seems more like genuine fun and clever neting to came in the firing between the hours the disjointed "animated pictures" hold together a story which could of noon and 4 or 5 p.m. while it of 20 years ago than a connected only be credible on the films Re- was supposed that the soldiers took į story.

ginald Denny and Blanche Mehaffey their sicits, a respite much appre Surely then aince the orchestra iect with, a charming naturalness cinted by the besieged city. After so intregal a part of the film indus-in fact you may take it from the first month no letters arrived. allowed to leave under the escorÉTES NEW TARNGA LEKBLY. try something more might be done me that it's a film to see and take By this time, also, the people in- to make it, part of a well construct your children to.

of the rescuing party, composed of ed whole. In many of the better

side the city, began to become a Dr. E. R. Wheeler, Dr. H. Wyatt Amony its best incidents are the customed to the inroads of bullets and Mt. J. Shields, those who had THERAPION NO. 1

THERAPIONA cinemas theatres efforts are made scenes with shopwalkers on roller After 200 days of the siege to been largely instrumental in effect THEBAPION No.

No. I

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this direction, and the music skates and assistants serving in planes appeared over the city and ing the release. played is chosen with an idea of evening dress, and one feels they dropped leaflets and propaganda conveying the same theme as the might have beeck given more pro-inviting the defending soldiers to tions and illness, mental anxiety,

Deaths from suicide, from starv picture--this is a step in the right minence. The dress parade too is desert to the besiegers who promised danger on every side from looting, direction but hardly more than that, original in conception, and far less them money and promotion, An. by the defending soldiers, prohibiwara, BAX PAAMOR When one considera the vast sumus dull than these shows generally are attempt to kill General Yang, tive prices of supplies, an example ef money spent and the vaster in fima If they are staged, as brought death to the two con of which was wheat which wen armies of people employed in the they must be to have justifiable spirators.- production of films it does not part in the picture, in, the back-

priced before the end of the siege at teem too much to ask that special, ground, the dresses cannot be seen, tions inside the city dwindled, the being 88 or $6 for this quantity, As the siege wore on and muni- 81,200 a picul, the normal price music should be written or at least but here it is not the dreasen which attacking army grow constantly were explained by Miss Franklin arranged to suit the needs of at all count but the amusing incidents for bolder. They built their, gun plat events the more important pictares, which they are the excuse.. forms almost touching the city felt had the besieging army held out Concluding, she raid that it was HONGKONG AND CHINA GAS Co., Ltd.

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