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ALL QUIET IN CANTON.

SATISFACTORY NEWS FROM SWATOW.

TALK OF DEMONSTRATIONS.

FOREIGNERS ADVISED TO

LEAVE.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 2nd, 1927.

K.Ò.S.B. COMPANY TROOP MOVEMENTS. H.M.S. "PINAFORE.”

FOR CANTON..

SECTION OF 1ST PACK

BATTERY. R.A.

A company of the King's Own' Scottish Borderers and a section of the 1st (Hong Kong and Singapore) Pack Battery R.. are leaving for Shameen this morning.

They go simply as a precautier ary measure and to give confidence to the foreign residents that they

will not be molested by unruly mobe,

As stated, Canton City is quiet

The news from Canton is to the effect that everything is quist in the City. There is still much talk of demonstratens and, in order to

and Foreign Office ofcials have avoid being concerned in any announced that there is no caus? trouble, most foreigners have been for anxiety. Bat a mass meeting is advised to go to Shameen or Can-being organised for Sunday at which tca. This advice is being generally followed and the Fatshan yesterday brought in between twenty and thirty of the staf of the Canton Christian College. A mass meeting, is being organised for Sunday when) demands for the withdrawal of foreign troops from China will be "made.

he made and there is little doubt extravagant demands will, of course, that" paid agitators would like to work up something in the nature of a hostile demonstration.

THE SPLIT IN THE KUOMINTANG.

..

GENERAL CHIANG KAI SHEK'S DENIAL.

INTERVIEW WITH "NORTH"

CHINA' DAILY NEWS.”

There has been no development of the trouble on the Kinshan. As reported yesterday the Chinese drew walked out at a moment's notice

According to the Canton Gazette but all the other. Boals on the

General Chiang. Kai Shek, in an Canton-Hong Kong run are working interview with a representative of

✦ as usual.

the North China Daily News on Tuesday denied any split in the Kuomintang Party and remarked that there were on signs of pr spects of any serious dissension.

FANLING GOLF COURSE

BEING CLEARED,

KWANTI SITE MADE READY FOR THE RACE MEETING.

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S

Some Good Performances. To return to Finafore" Mrs. Watts as "Little Buttercup" sang) well and played well but it was an individual performance and, after all, hers was not a central role. Mr. A. J. J. Brock might hav GOES WELL ON FIRST NIGHT. made "Sir Joseph Forten" the

PRODUCTION.

central figure, but it would have There is an astonishing amount needed very great skill to do so. One platoon of the 3/2ad Punjabi of anntear talent in the Colony He gave, however, a faished and Regiment is leaving for Sha-to-kok and that there can be not only an delightful performance and his great | to relieve the Cameronians who Amateur Dramatic Company, but song "The Ruler of the King's

A second also have been on duty there.

Philharmonic Society of Navee" was delivered with just platoon of the Punjabis will go to sufficient strength to produce Gii. that air of whimsical self deprecia- bert and Sullivan, is a matter for tion which saves "Sir Joseph" from considerable congratulation.

pomposity.

Lowu

The rear party of the Middlesex Regiment have now left Fanling and the work of dismantling the camp commence

on the golf course will to-morrow.

The dismantling of the camp at Kwanti Race Course will commence site will be cleared by the evening on Monday and the whole of the of Friday, the 8th inst., to allow of the race meeting being held on the

9th inst.

MORË TROOPS FOR SHANGHAI ?

NO ORDERS AT PRESENT:

Reference is made in another report to the movements of the local garrisos, but with regard to the Cameronians and the Middlesex Regiment, forming part of the Shanghai Defence Force, no new

movements. is yet to hand regarding their future The suggestions that they will eventually go to Shanghai is as yet unconfirmed. At present, they are billeted in the Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon.

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fered from a shyness which neither Mrs. Marcel as "Josephine," suf-

form of opera which Britain has Gilbert and Sullivan, the only

produced, or that Britons as

allowed her to use her voice to full whole care for, is always the goal advantage, nor to take on the far of amateurs. lishmen who can fare singing high of the east, though she held her There are few Eng-harder task of supporting the rest

before an audience whose members charming che too. ly, romantic and emotional songs place as leading lady and very they will meet next morning on the links That is the appeal of what has become our National Operait

. Captaia Cororan and Sir Joseph Perter may not be true pictures of Englishmen but at least, they are not heroes of romance.

difficult

"Pinafore is a difficult Opera, for professionals, and almost impossible for amateurs in-

at least ensures that no man who less there are one or two members takes part need feel secretly of the society with quite excep ashamed of having made an as

tional talent. There is very little of himself."

nction and the solo songs are long and far from easy to sing. Despite this the Philharmonic Society have managed to give an enjoyable per. formance though not one which will be remembered among their shows they stage, the dressing in triumphs. As is usual with all the

excellent, and the stage management shows proof of a skill and drilling The team work was good, every unusual in amateur productions.

member doing his or her best to play their own past, and back up the others; but there is no really M. Richards who took the part of outstanding performance, Mr. D

Ralph Rackstraw the hero "top mast Inan deserves a apecial mention. His 60453 rather-high for the average amateur are pitched tenor, and the role of romantic and somewhat bombastic here does not offer the same opportunities as that of the first lord or the manly

Captain of the Pinafore.

And so all over the world English Philharmonic Societies walk into the trap. The music is not hard. Anyone can sing patter songs, and at all events you have the chorus to back you up." But the trouble is that the music is hard, perhaps in "Pinafore" hardest of all. It is one thing to stand beside the piano |and sing "I'm the captain of the The s.s. Herminiu arrived in l'inafure," but a very different fte said that the shelling of Nan

port yesterday morning from Shang-thing to make both your voice and king by foreign gunboats had hai with Indian mules and transport the words audible all over a theatre caused serious misunderstanding vehicles unsuitable for Shanghai, and at the same time put in a bit among Chinese who were particu-and unnecessary now and kept her schedule. The fat-larly unhappy toge American gunn.AS.C. have arrived there with however, was able to do it very. that the of neting. Mr. R M Keown, shan was expected to leave as usual boats participating in such action. lorries. in the early hours of this morning. He believed this might "casi

The Lungshan yesterday had a particularly heavy cargo. When leaving Canton she went aground through some accident but it was a "triding matter and she was floated hgain within a quarter of an hour

The Canton

Commissioner of Police has definitely declared that he will prevent as far as possible, any demonstrations which are likely to bring the mob into conflict with the foreigner.

Swatow.

"From Swatow.comes the newe that business is moving freely. The official sent from Çanton to main- | tain order in the Swatow district bas admittedly done excellent work In Swatow City itself, and in all

the neighbouring towns, the extrem- ists are at the moment in a very secondary position. The "moder- ates"

as represented by the ocial element are in control,

Kongmoon.

It is understood that foreigners residing in the Eongmoon area bave been advised to leave.

[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. ] Among the desolutions being pre- pared for the mass meeting of "anti-Imperialists to be held in Canton on April 3rd is one demand- ing the immediate withdrawal of foreign troops from China."

doubt on America's attitude to

wards" the Revolutionary Move-

ment."

With regard to the actual Nan: king incidents, he continued

"I wish to point out that, or arrival, the Nationalist forces at Nanking on March 92nd found a state of confusion with some

Northern forces "at large as well as numerous bad characters. I also wish to point out that the enemies of the Nationalist Move- ment wished to upset our progress Northward and were seeking by every means to alienate, the sym pathy and goodwill of Foreign Powers towards China. I hope all foreign citizens in China will bear this important fact in mind"

WAITING FOR THE FOG;

TO LIFT.

reditably Songs that depend on the words and on the manner of their delivery, call for a degree of

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MAKING THE MEN AT HOME

Writing in the current issue of the ted Triangle, the Secretary of skill to which the amateur verymiralty, A J. J. Brock; Captain

the European Y.M.C.A., Kowloon,

states:

"When the news came through that Hong Kong was hundreds of troops, many of us immediately wondered what were they to do here. Visions of the men. wandering about the streets with nothing to "do and thinking the Colony was a poor sort of place

seldom attains.

Cast, Oficials and Orchestra. The cast was as follows:- The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., First Lord of the Ad

Corcoran, Commanding, H.M.S. It is quite clear that the Philhar-Pinafore, R. M. Keown Ralph monie Society miss Mrs. Bowes Rackstraw, Able Seaman, D. M. Richards; Dick Deadeye, Able Sea- Smith. She has not only a lovely man, C. P. Marcel; Bill to receive

voice, but also that confident in Boniswain's Mate ; Bobste her own powers which serves to Bob Becke. Carpenter's Mate, R.

Dormer;

Tom Tucker, Midship- hold together and encourage the mite, Teddy Bullock; Josephine, re uncertain of her supporters. The Captain's Daughter, Mrs. C. In nearly every amateur society. Marcel Hebe, Sir Joseph's First Cousin, Mr. J. Hollidge; holds the caste together and sets you find one man or woman, who Mra Cripps (Little Buttercup), Portsmouth Bumboat Woman, the standard. This is a very dif- Mrs. G. Wett. Chorus of First After detailing the measures that

ferent matter from what is, per- Aunts, Sailors and Marines Mes Lord's Cousine, His Sisters, His were taken in response to the need, haps, the curse of stage and screen and the "indication of appreciation like; the stay who swamps all the way, Hayward, Head, Hooper, dames Cornaby, Fleming, Green- that those responsible have received rest of the characters and makes hurst, Shinn and Strange.

Hurst, Mcleod, Nowers, Pank- from the members of the Services then look "amateurish" in com- in the Colony, the Secretary con-parison. Mrs. Anderson Morshead Gillingham,

Mitses Cola. Dunn Fielding. MeClay, Murphy, cludes:

pivot of," Mrs. Cheyne" Spanton and Stuart.

came alse to our minds."

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A thick fog outside Lyeemun was reported yesterday and several steamers were held up:

The s.s. Macedonia (P. & O.) which was due yesterday at noon

Penzance." (Continued on next Column},

the expression of genuine altruism,did Mrs. Bowes-Smith's presenta Provan, Ramsay, Ridyard, Sim- and we are grateful for the help tion of Mabel" in the Pirates mias, Simpson, Stone, E. C. already given. Such work as this was undertaken with enthusiasm in war time, but it must be remem bered that the present need is very great even if the special urge of wartime is absent. These men are

Thomas, R. D. Thomas, Thomson, Westlake, Whelan and Winfield.

The following were the officials, etc.:

with passengers from Japan and away from home, and we must do Koär A.D.C., the Philharmonic Manager and Producer, Mr. W. E.

Two B.I. Line steamers were also

held up. They were the Takado, due yesterday from Amey, and the Tilavu, from the Straits.

our utmost to make them feel that this is a British Colony and we are anxious that their stay should be na happy as possible."

ENTERTAINMENT SUB- COMMITTEE.

The following letter has been cir- culated in the Colony:-

Mr. Wei Yuk, head of the Canton Shanghai was one of the vessels Information Bureau and officer in delayed. From enquiries made at charge of the Foreign Office is Can- the F. O. offices, it was learned ton, visited Shameen the other day that the Macedonia will probably to assure the Consulates that there come in this morning. is no reason for anxiety in the City. General Chiang Kai Shek, accord- ing to reports in Canton, has as sured Mr. Sun Fo, son of the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen, that the comrades in Shanghai bave no objection to Mr. Sun's visit to Shanghai,

tions arranged without their pre- vious consent. It has been the Cadets in the Whampoa Military practice of the "Reds" to associate Academy have just issued 4. mani. the name of the General Chamber feato supporting General Chiang, in all demonstrations, thus causing saying that all counter-revolution- no little embarrassment to the ists" found among them will be

officials of the organization who, in expelled as soon as they

are detect.

most cases, are conservatives stil at heart.. Sometimes the General The power of a labour union to Chamber had to contribute towards seize property of non-anion men is the expenses. The General Chan now receiving a check. The rice ber of Commerce has been asked to transportation coolies who com-hand the organizations which are to manduered several junks fall of rice hold anti-Imperialist parades onably a concert on a larger scale occe mear Siulaam, as an act of retalia- April 3rd.

ed.

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We are in touch with the Hong Mr. H. R. Davies; Assistant Stage Stage Manager and Producer,

Society, the Taikoo Recreation Crab Price: Property Master, Mr. G. W. and many other similar Associations R. Griggs: Wardrobe Mistress, which are contributing help."

It is well to tell you at the out set that concerts start at 8 o'clock and finish about 10 pm. This is not a convenient hour for many, but if you are willing to assist, you will net object to a little inconvenience

in

good cause.

panist, Mrs. C. E. Millard, B.A.;. Mrs. H. Harrison; Hon. Accom-.} Frompter, Mr. E. P. Lenfestes.

Spenery and programme cover designed by Lieut. B. I. O'Donnell, RM, and scenery painted by Chan Siu Fong. Stage lighting by Messrs. Coles, Derrick and Stopani- Thomson. Men's Costumes by Ab Men and Hing Cheong. Ladies' dresses by Ah Chung.

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Through the kindness of the Church Body, the Cathedral Hail Dear Sir,-You will have seen has been allocated to us for prac from the Press of the 28th inst. un tice purposes and those singing will outline of the work which a special be able to arrange with their accom The Committee of the Hong Kong Committee of the Y.M.C.A. propose paoists to run over their songs Philharmonic Society desire to ex- to carry out in connection with the there. While it is impossible at the press their "thanks to:-Mesdames entertainment of Service men. It present stage of organization to Allman-Ward and Jenner, and to is necessary for me to remind you make any definite atatement as to Messrs. Hurst, Cuck and Nicholson

bere who in completely strange sur-that it may not be more than two, loan of iced lights, etc. considerable time, thousands of men upon your services, still it is hoped tion of the opera, to the A.D.C.

and roundings must be kept entertained ar possibly three, times each month. Mr. W. H. Fitz-Earle, A.R.C.M., and amused during their leisure

Mr. T. V. Harmon in Hon. Secre for orchestrating the overture, With this idea the Y.M.C.A. tary of this Committee, a list of

THE ORCHESTRA:-Violins: Miss have formed a representative Com- mittes drawn from the Services and gether with the personnel of the G. W. R. Griggs, Mr. H. C. Leong, whose names I attach hereto, to-E. I. Box, Miss R. Judah, Mrs. Hong Kong residents.

General Committee. I shall be glad Mr. J. L. Alves, Mr. C. A. P. YMCA to cater for and the gen-me

There are several Depots of the if you will kindly return, either to Xavier, Mr. G. E. Longyear;}

or to Mr. Harmon,

Cello: Mr. N. U. Botelho; Basa: cral outline of the scheme is that Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, the enclosed. Mr. P. N Sequeira;

Flute: Bands- small concerts once or twice a week form duty filled in. Care should be man A. McKenna*; Oboe. Bands at each should be arranged, prob- taken to indicate clearly how you man W. Robinson; Clarionet: a month at one of the bigger depots are prepared to help, as this will Band Sergt. G. Ware Baasoo effort will be made to reduce the sible will be given you with regard bone: or possibly at the City Hall. Every grammes.

assist in the prepartion of the pro- Bandsman W. Needham Trum As long patice as pas pet: Corpl. H. Latimer; Trom-

Bandaman G. work of those who assist, and it may to details of concerta.

Wharfe":

it connection with Kowloon, con ahead and I trust you will make an

French Hora: Carpl. C, Perkins* be possible to arrange, particularly

The Colony has some hard work Timpani: Bandaman T. Sergeant certs, for artistes to sing at per-

At the Piano: Mrs. C. E, Millard, "haps two or more. Depots at differ. effort to help in every way possible. 3.A.; Hon. Conductor: Mr. W. R. I am,

Fleming. [ent times during the same evening,

Yours faithfully,

By kind permission of Lieut.. and so minimize the number of

R. SUTHERLAND,

Colonel L. J. Comyn, C.M.G., occasipat our helpers will have to

Chairman.

D. 8. O., "Commoding. 2ad "Entertainment Sub-Committee. Batin. The King's Own Scot- March 31st, 1927.

tish Borderers.

tion against the owners who had em Employees of the Kwangtury Sec ployed nou-union labour, have been tion of the Canton-Hankow Railway, forced by the Canton Folice to re- who have to deposit security before turn the goods seized.

being given positions where funds The General Chamber of Comare concerned are now making the merce in Canton issued a public Kuomintang to abolish this,jale. statement the other day declining Those who have given security are to subsidise political demonstra- asking for the return of their docu- | attend.

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