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RED RESISTANCE COLLAPSING.

CANTON MILITARY DISARM-

ING EXTREMISTS.

THE SUN FAMILY DEFECTING 1

EVERYONE PRO-CHIANG KAI

SHEK.

[YROM OUR CHINENS CORRESPONDENT.)

There is a report that the "Reds" who have been driven out of Canton are concentrating at Fabyaen and

FORMER OFFICIAL TO BE

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY,

GOVERNMENT TO MOVE

TO NANKING.

K

RAPID DRIVE ON PEKING AND TIENTSIN.

According to a telegram from Hankow to the Canton Gazette is was announced on April 9th that the Nationalist Government and the Nationalist Party would move to Nanking to direct military opera- tions in the drive towards Tientsin via the Tientsin-Pukow Railway line.

A special court of three judges is being set up to try MF. Li Shing Yi, formerly Chief of the Kuomintang Opium Sale Bureau and deputy for the Minister of Finnace (Mr. T. V. Soong) during the latter's absence. Mr. Li is now being held by the Canton Police on two charges-of being a "Red" and of being guilty of certain malpractices "while in office. A good many Chinese think that Mr. Li is being made a scape-Becided upon, it is said, owing to Koat for Mr. Soong, while others hold that Mr. Li has been the "evil induence" behind Mr. Soong. The arrest of Mr. Soong is also being demanded.

The move to Nanking was also the desire to deal with the Foreign Powers regarding the Nanking in- cident expeditiously and on the

spot,"

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FIGHTING AROUND

SWATOW.

FARMERS' UNION CUT OFF

WATER SUPPLY.

RAILWAY TRACK TORN UP.

HEATT SKIRMISHING WITH

THE MILITARY.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

APRIL 20th, 1927.

A DAYLIGHT. ROBBERY.

WOMAN THREATENED WITH REVOLVER.

TWO MEN GET THREE YEARS! HARD LABOUR.

On March 19th, in broad daylight, three Chinese entered No., lt Bridges Street, in which there were three women, and, after threaten- ing them at the revolver point de camped with bangles and rings.

SWATOW, April 18th

The sequel was heard at the Rounding up of the Reds still con-

Supreme Court yesterday, when at tinues and the movement of Chinese the Criminal Sessions, before the about and around the City is re-acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice stricted to the hours of daylight and J. E. Wood, two Chineas were charged with complicity in this certain strictly defned limits.

robbery, together with a third män Since this action against the unknown

Continuing, the cable says, the move is in line with the present need for the consolidation of the Revolutionary forces after the re- cent victories and to direct the Labour Unious began some 200 reorganization of National Finance arrests have been made and these The Military have been sifted until 36 of the lead. from close range.

Mr. H. K. Holmes (Crown Soli- citor) prosecuted, and prisoners, who were not legally, represented, pleaded not guilty."

Outlining the circumstances, Mr. Holmes said the affair occurred about a quarter of an hour after midday. The husband left the house at midday to buy medicine for his wife who was sick, and about

some fighting with pro-Chiang Kai Shek troops has taken place. There has also been trouble at Hoihow.

None of the "Reds" arrested in Apart from this no serious opposi Canton since April 13th have been tion to the work of suppressing the allowed out on bail and the score "Reds" in Canton and district it or so of women and girl "com. now being encountered. The pro-rades" found in the headquarters cess goes on steadily and even the for the Women's Suffrage Associa campaign is to be pushed along the ing agitators and Communists re-

tion are still under arrest, The extremist Peasant Corps in the more notorious "Reds" are being Whampoa, where Interior are quietly allowing their detained at arms, certificates and badges to be confiscated, the latter being destroy. ed. The extremist tide is strongly on the ebb and many defections to the moderates are expected. Quite significant is the fact that the several hundreds of labour unions" and student organizations still re- maining in Canton have been busy during the last few days preparing circalars supporting General Chiang Kai Shek and the Kuomintang lae. Chich, a brother of Mr. Wang Chin, welcomes the decision of General Swatow with the result that the city daughter. He was followed by two

tion which is arranging to meet at Nänking.

.

Tientsin-Pakow line in a rapid march to Tiantain and Peking.

The forces of Generals Feng Yu Hsiang, Chin Yun Ao and Tang several former Kuomintang-ites are Seng Chi are protecting the Heran also imprisoned for "counter-front. The Nationalist position is revolutionary" offences.

stated to be impregnable there and some of the best troops have been withdrawn and sent down river to aid the Tientsin drive northward.

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A later message states that a few minor offenders have been released and a court of common people " is to be set up to try the prisoners.

The scramble for the post of Commissioner of Justice in Carton, left vacant by the fight of Mr. Hau Chun Pa, was won by Mr. Chen Yang, a brother-in-law of ex-Gover nor Hu Han Min. Mr. Wang Chung

Wei, was an unsuccessful competi- tos. The missing commissioner is a brother of Mr. Hsu Chien. THE FAMILY PARTY! During the "Red" hunt in Can- There is a report, from a moderton on April 16th, one of the sol

"Ata"

source, that the Sun Yat Sen family party, headed by Madame Sun Yat Sen, is going to join Gen- eral Chiang Kai Shek's supporters ia Nanking. The belief is that Madame Sun will take with her the prince" (Mt Sun Fo), her brother, Mr. T. V. Soong, and her brother-in-law, Dr. Kung Hsiang

Esi. Before the recent action *aguinst the "Reds" every leading member of the family of the late Dr. Sna was a Kuomintang Minister of sorts. They held four out of rine Nationalist Ministries, and three out of five Canton Ministries. Mr. San Fe was Maister of Com- munications; Mr. T V Soong Minister of Finance; and Dr. Kung Haiang Hei, Minister of Industries. To-day none of them holds office in Canton, although still recognized by the Hankow Executive. Efforts are. beng made to induce Mr. Sun to become a moderate and revert to Christianity.

WHERE IS BORODIN? As to the leader of the broken party, it is reported in the Chinese Press that the actual whereabouts of M. Borodin, who is supposed to be still in Hankow, are very uncer tain. The general opinion is that

diers stopped an alleged "Red," Mr. Lee Chung Shan, as he was coming out of the Yuch-Han Rail- way office. On him was found more than $5,000. Mr. Lee was relieved of his burden of banknotes by the moderate" soldier who found it more profitable to pocket the money than to take Mr. Lee into custody.

On April 16th the Canton Authori- ties, acting under special struc tions from the Foreign Office at Hankow, reiterated their orders for- bidding anti-foreign acts. All Mis- sioa and Christian Church' proper- ties are to be protected

The Kuomintang in Canton are in future" to limit their propaganda expenses to $40,000 a month.

The military authorities in Can on have advised Russians there that they need not leave. On April 15th and 18th some 50 of them left the city to avoid arreat. These in- claded all

* CHIANG KAI 'SHEK AND

main in the hands of the military. What they intend to do with these to know people nobody seems though Chinese are of opinion that at least a dozen, having swallowed more Bolshevism than the others,

will be shot.:

Farmers Union Betalate,

WANG CHING WEI.

On Saturday the Farmers' and CO-OPERATION APPROVED IN Peasants Unica, a most vermilion

CANTON.

A circular telegram issued by General Li Tsai Hsin in Canton Chiang Kai Shek and Mr. Wang Ching Wei to work together. The telegram reads:

During forty years of wark, our late director, Dr. Sun Yat Sem, was able to organise the Kuomintang, 10 that comrades who follow his uncompleted work may persevere 14 the struggle. By sacrifice and strug gle we have been able to extend our indueace over more than half of China. Just at this time when rejoicing that success has at last been attained, China will surely not entangle itself in

A telegram has been eived from General Chiang Kai Shek saying that since Mr. Wang Ching Wei's return they have had many talks together and plans of National and Party importance have beca made by General Chiang and Mr. Wang, General Chiang Kai Shek and Mr. Wang Ching Wei having obviously shown themselves in the past to be great leaders of the Kuomintang, my opinion is that they should act together to accomplish the unfinished pur- pose of the late Dr. Sun Yat Sea, and to save the nation (Sd) LI TAI ESIK."

A telegram has been received in Canton announcing that Mr.ved in Ching Wei has left Shanghai for

Hankow.

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concern, retaliated by cutting the main water conduit from Âmpou to

was without water until late last night when a military breakdown gang repaired the damage.

This particular Union also cut the railway line outside Ampou by the simple expedient of removing a few sections of rails; thus stopping com- munication between. Chaochowiu and Swatow.

The success which has attended the anti-Communist measures Swatow city itself was expected to continue and extend to outlying cities and towns but in the cases of Chaoyang and Tenghai the military were disappointed and defeated.

In Chaoyang, where the Farmers' and Peasants' Union is very strong, all the local troops were overpower ed and disarmed; the magistrate was chased for his life and the military commander bolted. The news reached Swatow and a forco

"RUMOURS ABROAD." of 100 soldiers was seat up from the more important As order has again been sent by Swatow. They were ambushed and Reds," and the authorities are the Provincial Government to dis said to be indifferent as to whether trict magistrates reiterating the the rest leave or stay. The departing duty of officials to give due proter tion to foreigners in Kwangtung ifty not fading themselves wanted The order reads as follows: in Hong Kong have gone to Foz.

TOBA.

Service on the railway lines be- tween Canton and Northern and Western towns is still being tre quently interrupted by minor "Red" disturbances.

The "Reds" in the Eastern Dis- be finds it wise to lie low just at tricts of Kwangtung, while not now present Pro-Chiang Kai Shek mili-causing any trouble, show signs of tarists in Canton are calling for the resistance to being disarmed. Ou arrest of M. Borodin's closest col-account of this, regular junk services leagues including the "Prince," Mr.to these districts have been sus- George Bru Chien, Mr. Tang Yin pended. Tet, and Mr Chen Kie Woon

The proverbial straws are blow-

CAR THIEVES AT STAR ing very much in Chiang Kai Shek's

FERRY PIER. lavour and the Canton Postal Work- ers Union have declared for the

CHINESE SENTENCED. Commander-in-Chief against the "Reds." This means that the post- The very large numbers of thefts men and other outdoor Chiness of accessories from cars left at the

Post Office staffs will no longer re Star Ferry Pier, Kowicon, has cognize Mr. Sun Fo, the Hankow caused the Hong Kong Automobile Minister of Communications who is Association to address a letter af fatili ciniming jurisdiction over the complaint to the Police, with the result that a keen watch is now, Canton postal service.""

kept

"According to a report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a dispatch has been received from the German Consul in Canton asking the Government to pro tect his nationals, because rumours were abroad that the were people of this ⚫treating foreign

that both the enemies, and British and American Consule had evacuated their nationals from this province. Enclosed is a list of mission houses with their addresses; special protec tion must be given them

RUSSIAN DELEGATES.

The Canton Gazette announces

forced to return under a hot fire from the jelly old farmers. The latter then proceeded to loot the premises of all civil and military officials

To-day it is reported that Swatow is going to try its lack again with 200 braves. The result is doubtful as Chaoyang is approachable from the Swatow side only by a narrow defile in the hills or a long stretch! of narrow water ideally situated for an ambush.

At Tenghai (Chinghai) the Reds

that a delegation representing the put up considerable resistance and Soviet Trade Unions arrived in there was some quite heavy paddy- Canton on the 14th inst., in order

to participate in the Pan-Pacific field skirmishing in the Nam Jen Conference of Trade Unions which district.

is to commence its sessions in Can-

ton on May 1st..

There is no reliable nows about The delegation is composed of the situation at Chrochowia but it

Lozovsky, chairman, Comrades general secretary of the Red Inter is generally understood that the national of Trade Unions, member of the presidium of the Central military had an adequate force, there Council of Soviet Trade Unions; to cope with the local "tovaritechi" Andreitchik, secretary of the way Workers' Trade Union; Bad- hil, member of the presidium of the Central Comity of Metal Workers' Trade Unions Apletine, secretary

Dargo Held Up. Unfortunately, the declaration of

Röde" in Shiubing, Tsingyun,

A Chinese who pleaded guilty to Fatshan, and other interior towns

of the Educational Workers Trade martial law and its strict enforce Union of U.S.S.R. and member of of Hwangtung are hauling down the theft of a motor born was sen- their red colours but they are being tenced to two months' hard inbour the executive committee of the Paris ment along the waterfront has held allowed by the "moderate" mili- at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday. International Educationalists; Mar- up the working of cargo of all ships tile Trade Union, Koraleff, mem lying in the stream. The general tary authorities to retain the picture The police found the man crouched koff, chairman of the Moscow Tex- of Dr. Sun Yat Sen to which they between two cars with a spammer ia ber of the presidium of the Lezin- opinion is, however, that 24 hours may bow when assembling for moet the pocket of his overalls. When grad Council of the Trade Unions;

the man's house was searched and Ismailof, member of the Be more should see the end of the inga. All arms have to be surrea number of nuts and bolte were gional Soviet Council of Far Eastern

restrictions. found.

Trade Unions dered.

ten minutes after he had left the three women who remained in the house heard a knock at the door.

The daughter, asked who was there, and a man replied he had been seat to see someone who was sick. The daughter then opened the door, and the first prisoner entered, holding a revolver, with which he first threatened the

other men, who dragged the "women into a cubicle and proceeded to rob them of bangles and rings. The sick woman was not wearing any jewellery, and nothing was taken from her. The robbers lelt siter about ten minutes, and a report was made to the police.

Mr. Holmes emphasised that the case for the Crown rested largely on identification.

The first prisoner was arrested on board the Finahon sad when on the way to the Police Station he pull- ed out three $10 bills from his poc ket and threw them away, the constable who effected the arrest recovered the notes:

The second prisoner was arrest- ed at the Tung Yan Club, 8, Quéan's. Road Central, second floor. Mr. Holmes commented it was a strange circumstance that at the idéntifica-| tion parades, the two prisoners, who were picked out, both came from the same club.

When charged at the Police Station both prisoners denied that they took part in the robbery.

Giving evidence, the daughter of the house identified the first pri- soner, but said she could not re- cognise the second man

Another woman identified both men, stating that the second man took bangles from her wrist-and a She also ring from her finger. added she recognised No. 9 because of a mark on his upper lip. The mark war examined by the court.

The Chinese constable who ar- rested No. 1 also gave evidence and asserted the prisoner throw away #30 on the way to the Police Station which he (witness) recovered.

The prisoner denied that he threw

SWAY. any money

Both prisoners made statements from the dock which were mainly a reiteration of what they had said

to the police, and amounted to a denial of the charge.

They also called witacases to say they were not at Bridges Street at the vital time.

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In summing up his Lordship said it was for the jury to decide whether A robbery, or there had been whether the people concerned had entered into a conspiracy with the constable to get up a cast. thing which went to the acceptance of the women's story as a true "one was that they reported the affair to the police within 12 hours. His Lordship saw no reason to doubt the honesty of the women.

After retiring the jury, found both prisoners guilty.".

His Lordship sentenced each man to three years' imprisonment with hard labour,

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