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CHIANG KAI

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 8th, 1927.

SHEK AND HANKOW EXECUTIVE

REPORTED ARREST | "NO

OF MR. SUN FO,

CHIANG ORDERED TO LEAVE SHANGHAL

MILITARY COUNCIL'S "

ORDERS.

WILL C.-IN-C. OBEY?

A Shanghai message to the Can- ton Gazette dated April 3rd, says: With regard to the necessary steps to be taken in connection with the

DANGER" TO SALT BUREAU IN SHAMEEN.

CHEKIANG.

AN ILLEGAL SOCIETY?

BUT RISKS AVOIDED AT DISMISSAL OF FOREIGNERS.

CANTON.

AMERICANS LEAVING UP COUNTRY STATIONS.

A' PROPAGANDA ACCUSATION.

[FROM OUR CHINESS. CORRESPONDENT, ]

The Canton Press declares that there is no danger to the residents on Shameen and that the precau-

LOCAL: GUILD'S' CLAIM FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS.

THE

TJILEBOET."

QUESTION OF THE FOREIGN LEAVE TO APPEAL AGAINST leaving here with about 1,300

1

LOAN,

(Asiatic News Service.)

NAVY TO THE RESCUE. --

CHINESE PASSENGERS SAFELY BROUGHT BACK.

FULL OFFICIAL REPORT.

The J.C.J.L steamer Tilekoet which went aground at Ling Ting Island on Tuesday night after

RECENT JUDGMENT.

Chinese emigrants bound for the Straits Settlement, had up to last The recent case board in the night not been refloated. Her pas Summary Court, before the acting peana, were brought back to Hong "sangers, who included threo Euro- Chief Justice (r. Justice J. Kong by HM.S. Stormcloud and Wood) in which the Kong Yee Tong the as. Tjibarang, another steamer (a Hong Kong Masons' Guild) was of the same line. hekl to be an illegal Society, was recalled at the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon when leave to appeal was applied for before Fu Court, comprising the acting far as is known, her forward holds Chief Justice (Mr. Justice J. R (Mr. P. Jacks).

It was learned at the local offices of the China-Java-Japan Lijn that divers had been sent out to ascer tain the extent of the damages. So.

military, political and diplomatic / tions now being taken by the British on Friday was the dismisat of all Wood) and the acting Paisne Judge this fact, it would be rather risky

administrations of Kiang province, Consular and military authorities Marshal Chiang Kai Shek has de arounnecessary. It is anderstood puted Generals Chang Chien and that the British and other authori Lin Two Haion as his representatives ties on Shameen completed their to proceed to Hankow for instruc-defence arrangements by March 5th tions on the above subjects from the and that there will be relaxation of their precautions vatil the situation takes a very definite turn for the better.

Central Executive Council and the Nationalist Government. The two delegates left Nanking on the 31st March.

This message sygosts, of course, Chiang's humble obedience to Han kow. Our Chinese correspondent informs us, however, that a report current in Canton among certain circles of the Kuomintang, but still unconfirmed, states that Mr. Sun

Fo has been detained in Shanghai | by order of General Chiang Kai Shek.

re-

are making water, and in view of

less same temporary repairs were to tow her back to Hong Kong un-

ma.do.

Shanghai, March 17th. (By mail), The first important action taken by the Central Administrative Council of Chekiang after its formal inauguration at Hangchow

foreign and native officials of the

The case took the form of six Salt Inspectorates at Ningpo and

Chinese sting on behalf of them- Hangchow. Mr. Chu Fu Chen, ex selves and all persons having all

· The master and crew are remain- Speaker of the Senate, has been interest in the Mason Workers

ing on board and the tag Heary appointed chief of the newly formed Guild for 1988, being money

ceived on their behalf.

Aerick is standing by. The jita- special Salt Bureau for Chekiang.

alternative they claimed the money tarday morning with the rest of the rung returned to Hong Kong yes- According to the oficial pro-as due to them in accordance with

passengers, She began loading clamation issued in the name of Mr. the rules and also their costa.

When the case was heard Mr. Falmost immediately and will prob Chang Ching Kiang, an old friend H. Loseby appeared for the phin-ably sail for Java this morning. of the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen, who tis, and Mr. D. McCallum for the Luhrsen, one of the European pas with Mr.

women and children au Shameen,trative Council of Chekiang, all the (instructed by Mr. F. H. Loseby) was told that the vicinity around to be approximately 900 foreign is now Chairman of the Adminix defendant.

Yesterday, Mr. Eldon Potter, KC. sengers on board the Tjichoer when including British, German, 49 foreign and native oficials of the appeared to apply for leave to ap Ling Ting Island is very rocky but she went ashore, our representative French, is Japanese, 91 Americans, Salt Inspectatores will be paid up peal and Mr. D. McCallum again the grounding of the vessel was not accompanied by any noise. There was a heavy swell at the time and the noise of the wayce Was

Before March 1st there were said

have left."

represented the defendant.

In the

in

interview AA

enough to drown any sound.

A Lawful Object, plication for leave to appeal from Mr. Potter said this was an ap a decision which the Chief Justice

Mr. and Mrs. Luhrsen came to i made in a case tried before him in Hong Kong from Java on a plea action brought by the Kwong Yee on the fated vessel. They were the Summary Court It was an sure trip and were returning home Tong, or certain persons represent brought back to Hong Kong by the ing the Kong Yee Tong a local Stormcloud and will catch the first from a certain Masons' Guild, and they claimed available boat to Java,

man subscriptions

Italians. During the last few to the end of March while all days 38 British, 10 Germans, officials and officers appointed by French, 19 Japanese, 13 Americans, the Poking Government or Marshal and all. Italian women and children Sun Chuan Fang must resign at once. The proclamation further de- According to the Kuo Wah Paoefares that the question concerning the American Consulat Shameen the observation of China's foreign has given orders for American obligations which have been secured nationals living in or near Carton on the salt revenues will be decided

Shameen in after a special conference of the Ad-alleged to be dua from him under

ministrative Council.

to concentrate at readiness to evacuate to Hong Kong the situation necessitates this. The American Consulate has been transferred to the "Industrial of Commercial Bank" buildings.

The same unconfirmed re- port says that. Dr. Kung, acting Commissioner of Finance in Canton, is going to Shanghai to see General "Chiang regarding Mr. Sun. Ап earlier report says that. Mr. Chen Kie Woon, formerly a close col- league of Mr. Sun, has been executed at Hankow for seditious action by order of General Chiang.

The evacuation of foreigners from "A Shanghai' report also says that Kengmoon has begun and the the Hankow Executive Council has foreign staffs in the Custom House dismissed General Li Lieb Chim have left for Hong Kong bringing from his chairmanship of the King with them as much of their per a Provincial Administrative Coun-sonal property as possible. At cil at Nanchang but that General Wuchow all foreigners are prepar- Chiang Kai Shek has informed ing to leave and the staffs of the General Li that he is not to take A.P.C. and Standard Oil Company

have already left:***

orders from Hankow.

It is also reported that the Con tral Executive Committee at Han- kow has crdered. General Chiang Kai Shek to proceed to Nanking at ence to take charge of the situation there, and not to remain in Shang

hai or make any statement or com-

the Rules of the. Guild.

the

Lordship found that there was no When the case was heard, His dispute no regarded this subscrip: tion, and that there was in fact a certain sum due, but he gave judg Lment for the defendant on

ground that the Association was ac Regal Association by reason at the was likely to cause improper re- fact that Rule was invalid and traint of trade, and that the asse

ciation was therefore unlawful

It is stated that the newly formed Financial Commission at Nanchang going to expel all foreign and native oficials of the Salt Inspec- torates in Kiangsi and consequent ly, the system of the existing Salt Laspectorate in the Yangtsze Valley of a new system to be adopted by will be entirely destroyed in favour the Kuomintang authorities. of the Salt Inspectorate system in In connection with the abrogation Cheklang

Mr. Potter said that he would and other provinces under Kuomintang administration, important points on which His point out that there were two very the Nationalist leaders declare that Lordship found in favour of the loan of £25,000,000 was negotiated by of all the doven rules, there was as the so-called big reorganisation, plaintiff Guild. He had found that the late Yuan Shih Kai with foreign only one which could be challenged What would have been a seasa. capitalists in 1913 for the suppres as being illegal. His Lordship had tion, had not propaganda and wild sion of the second "rebellion" of iso found that the fundamental the Kuomintang organised by the accusation have made fabrication late Dr. Sun Yat Seay it will be purpose for which the Guild was

established was perfectly lawful the general order of things in Kuo-repudiated by the Nationalist GoT mintang circles, was published by ernment as illegal. Consequently, several Chinese newspapers during there is no obligation on the part of the last few days. It was alleged the victors to observe the loan stipus that Mrs. Liso Chung Hoi, a mem-lations. Also there is no necessity Executive Committee, had accused torates whose function, they claim, ber of the Kuomintang Central for the existence of the Salt Iaspec Mr. C. Y. Chen Kie Woon, a minor can be performed by the officials of Kuomintang leader, of complicity in the Ministry of Finance.

bus- the assassination of her late band, Mr. Lino, the leading com

munist in South China, Mr. Chen

OFFICIAL REPORT.

H.M.S. Frobisher, Hong Kong, April 7th. Your Excellency-The official re- port is as follows:

At 10.00 p.m. on April 5th ́ ́a wireless telegraphy message was received stating that the Dutch steamship Tjilebect was nahore on the northern side of Ling Ting Island with 1,400 passengers.

H.M.S. Dragon from Mira Bay and R.M.S. Stormcloud from Hong Kong were despatched to her assistance and proceeded at midnight and 1.0 m. respective- ly during the night' 5th-6th April. Dragon and Stormcloud wero joined by Frobisher at 8.0 p.m. and it was found that Dragon had already evacuated over 300 passengers.

The tag Henry Keswick had also been despatched by the Hong Kong Harbour Board and the s.8. Tjikarang had arrived on the

Mr. Potter went on to refer to certain portions of His Lordship's scene Stormcloud attempted to judgment, and said that one part of His Lordship's judgment read: I have do besitation in deciding Guild is to afford trade protection that the principal purpose of this, for its members. This object is law ful." ·

is a leading Chinese Christian in AT THE QUEEN'S CINEMA. that eren assuming

Canton and has many friends in the Missionary and foreign circles.

anunicate with any foreign rep sentative regarding Chinese foreign policy and foreign affairs. This "order is to test the authority of the recently created Military Council of the Kuomintaag in Hankow to see whether General Chiang would dig obey its order, as it is generally

The Canton City Kuomintang feared he will, both by-"Reds" Executive Committee, by refusing to and by the Moderates" who wish obay order of the Headquarters in. to avoid a crisis in the Party. The Hankow to declare the recent elec newly created Military Council istion void, has openly identified itself with the Moderates " against the largely to supercede the powers of Extremista." the Commander-in-Chief.

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Mr. Potter submitted that this fading of His Lordship was of the greatest importance. His submis

that one or more of the Rules was unlawful, which he (Mr. Potter) did not admit, the association had been founded for a perfectly lawful pur- pose, and this being so, the Court could not hold that it was unlaw. ful although it might reject the Rule in question If on the other hand

according to His Lordship could be substantially challenged, was No. 6:

Question of Separability.

Mr. Potter then proceeded to des] at length with the question of whether Bala No. 6 was inseparable from the other Rules, which Mr. McCallum, for the defendant at the previous hearing argued was the case.

go alongside but the sea was too heory and the tug Henry Keswick also was unable to do so, The steam launch sent by the agents was able to get close to the wrecked Tjileboet, however, and by the exertions of the boat'a crews of Dragon and Frobisher, the passengers were got out of the ship before dark,

The work was particularly onerons since the Chinese appear. ed absolutely incapable of helping themselves. There were a number of women among them with bound fest; some of them had children. It was necessary for the bise- jackets to carry all the latter from the Tjileboet into the boats, and out of the boats to the tug or on board Stormcloül. A large number of men also had to be helped in this way.

The Tikarang, of the same line, was standing by her wreck ed consort, sa after providing the former with a naval telegraphist rating, the men-o'-war returned to Hong Kong, the Tjuleboat having been instructed to report immediately if she feared attack by piratical junks. The weather. made her fairly safe from this, but "ons of HM destroyers, was kept ready to go to her assistance if necessary,

H.M.S. Frobüher, which was the last of E.M. ships to leave the scene of the wreck, reached Hong Kong at 2.0 p.m. on April eth-I have the Honour to be, Your Excellency's Obedient Ser- Tant,

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(Bd.) W, HL-D. Bortz, Rear-Admiral and Sénior Naval Officer at Hong Kong.

Gloria Swanson used to be known the Court found that the Associa Quite a number of the members as the film actress who were won-tion had been founded for an unlaw of the junior and the outdoor staffs derful dresses, but she has been fal purpose, then the Court could of the Canton Christian College, proving herself to be something far not give it any relief, but ruch, 117.. Fotter claimed, was not the case. - who are now, on striks for higher bigger than a Mannequin. We saw wages, now regret their action, but her here last we believe as the

The only Rule of the Guild which they are powerless to return.

gypsy heroine in "The Wages of The German Consulate in Canton Virtue" a role which gave her has written to the Chinese Press vivacious personality and lovely of that city deaying that the "Ger- figure a chance, but which other film mans at home look upon China as stare could have played equally possible country for future well In The Coast of Folly" you colonization да some vernacular can see her to-day and Saturday at Press have reported.

the Queen's in a far more difficult Two Javanese visited Ovarsens part which proves her a really fins Division of the Kuomintang in Can-actress, and which probably gave

He did not admit that the Rule (Asiatic News Service.)

ton last Monday to report on the her the idea for the film progress of Ommunism in that which she is herself producing, in question was unlawful, but assum Gloria plays, two parts, that of a ing that it was, he would still say country. While the recent activities SHANGHAI, March 24th.

in Java were a diamal failure, the young and wealthy girl, who is the that the Hale was entirely separable ber social circle from the other Rules of the Asso Following the capture of Shang delegates urged that "farther action favourite of hai, Mr. Eugene Chen, Nationalist be taken to overthrow the Dutch on account of her charming boyish ciation, The rest of the Rules were character; and that of a woman, perfectly good, and this one would imperialists." Foreign Minister, wired to Mr.

Chinese students who left the rich, wx is fighting a loosing not make it an unlawful Associa.

tion. battle against, old

They could strike, a pen Alfred Sts, Minister to Washington Chinese-French Medical College co

It is an amazing feat for a young through Rule 6 and still have left and Mr. Chen La, Minister to March 29th because the French Paris, suggesting that they should aathorities refused to register under and lovely girl to have entered so perfectly coherent agreement the Kuomintang de were given a completely into the part of Nadine between the Guild and its mem-

She looks old-old in bers. Every other Rule would be To H.E. Bir Cro1L CLEMENTI, forsake the Peking Administration reception by fellow "Red" com-Gathaway. and serve the Nationalist Govern rades of the Party at Sun Yat Sen the pathetic fashion of the woman left intact, and that wes of the Governor of Hong Kong.

of fity skillfully made up and dress greatest importance. ment under the condition that the University last Tuesday afternoon.

ed to appear thirty. That is a Etaffs of the various legations, who

harder thing than to play a genuine was any difficulty about obeying contracts. What it did say was grandmother. As Joyce she bar Rules the Guild would bring the that we will not enter into a fresh. have not been paid for nearly Aftern

youthful spring and vigour while as matter before the Court. Therefore contract with ad employer who is months, will be paid regularly here.

Nadine she walks like an old this seemed to cover the matter of involved in a dispute with one of This meant that Rule 6. Apparently the only tri-our-membere after out of the Customs receipts.

The story is moving and emotion-bunal the Guild had was the Court. members were not to enter into a contract with any builder while he : ĐI U T. Wong, ex Foreign

al, and admirably acted throughout, There was no rule or regalation to Minister, is also endeavouring to News has been received in Hong it is one of the best dramatic films show that accumulated funds should had a dispute in progress with the induce Dr. Sze, Mr. Chen La and Kong that the port of Away has we have seen from the Paramount be used in commoction with Rule a guild. In conclusion, Mr. Potter Stutio, and is welworth seeing.

Is It Illegal

submitted that this was certainly a other Chinese Ministers accredited been re-opened,

ense which should go to the Appeal Some of the foreign firms concern An unusual and very effective fen

Mr. Potter asked whether in fact

Court A to foreign courts to co-operato with ed have been informed that the disture is the portrayal of the absorb Rule 8 was illegal. It was most

The Chief Justice replied that the Cantones leaders in the hope of pute with the boatmen hat been ing affection of this faded woman definitely laid down that it was not Court were prepared to grant leave past for the elderly French unlawful to induce another man to to appeal, as they considered there forcing Britain, America, France, settled and it is inferred therefrom with a

gristocrat to whom she is married, refuse to work or to strike, but was an arguable point and Japan to recognize the Nation that the trouble generally is over

The Commissioner of Custens and from whom she struggles to

was unlawful to induce a man to Mr. Potter applied for a stay of alist Administration.

closed the Port as a matter of pre- keep the knowledge of her earlier throw down his tools or break his execution in respect of costs, and It is believed that the fall of caution, believing it wiser that no life. The film industry is making contract. Rule did not say that mentioned that the case would very < Bhanghai will be followed by im- foreigner should be working in the the discovery that there is romance members of this Guild must throw soon come before the Court of

portaat diplomatie, developments harbour when the boatmen were on and interest in middle and old age down their tools and break their

Appeal is well as in youth. atrike in favour of the South.

(Continued on next column). Etay of execution was granted.

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