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LIGHTNING

STRIKE

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STEAMERS NOW RUNNING

AS USUAL."

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY,

young man joined in with a bamboo to which a beatwoman replied with a large dar. Both began to beat the roofs of the sampats, with the ides presumably of getting order. The police on the Bund joined in the general merriment of the onlookers but made no move to stop the fight. Whether this disturbance had any. thing to do with the strike on the CANTON SAFE FROM OUTSIDE Faishan I do not know. The strike

THROUGH RAILWAY TRAFFIC SUSPENDED.

ATTACK.

As reported in the Daily Press on Saturday the lightning strike attempted by the Seamen's Caios, as & protest against the Govern ment's suppression of the extrem- ist labour organisation proved a dasco. Within two hears of the men leaving the ships the city was being scoured to End them and to bring them back to work The

resumed immediately

taken

was certainly not popular and pos sibly one of the boatwomen express- ed her views on Canton politics and came into opposition with a female

"Red"

You know how the strike was ended through the intervention of the Government Yesterday some few Reda were shot. I heard that a dozen had been killed. This may have romo effect on the situation

but, generally speaking, everything in the City is quiet. Strong forces

the Red element is still strong. The

Government threatened that unless of armed men are to be seen here.

work WIS drastic action would be. against Union leaders in custody..

There was no question about the men being unwilling to return to

work. They only left the boats nader protest and because they were intimidated into leaving. Several of the Fatihan crew, it is reported, cried like children, when

they were forced to go ashore. Once in the City, however, and scattered in their homes it took some time to collect them together again. This was the sole reason why the Fatalion was brought down tp Hong Kong by volunteer workers.

and there and some Chinese say authorities, however, appear ta have matters well in hand up to The Chinese mer the present. chants are much easier in their mind and shop-keepers are wearing broad smiles because they have no pickets at their doors making all kinds of impossible de mands.

now

There are plenty of runours and one is to the effect that the Yun- nanese Communist, General Chu Pa in Kiangsi, wil Ti, who is

Shareen is invade Kwangtung. quite quiet and hundrum.

TOW

INSINCERITY AND INTRIGUE.

[Fox QUE CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. "The whole crew were on the wharf

There is so much insincerity and an hour or so after the vessel sail-intrigue in the present political ed. They came down in the Tar military muddle in Canton that not shan on Saturday and rejoined the even those in the inner circles can ship on arrival here. The Fatthan say what will happen next.

therefore, was announced to sail as usual this (Monday) morning

4.m.

at

All the other honts, delayed for a few hours on Friday because of the strike, secured their crews again in Canton and are now running according to their schedule.

Ballway Service,

Word has reached Canton that Mr. Hu Han Mia, the ex-Governor of Keangtung, has undertaken to clear the Kuomintang of all extrem- ist members. It is general under. stood that Mr. Sun Fo, the son of the late Dr. Sun Yat Sea, and Mr. T. V. Soong and Dr. H. H. Kung the doctor's brothers-in-law, will It a join the moderate section.

"FATHER DIS- OWNED."

DECLARATION OF CHIANG KAI SHEK'S SON.

MOSCOW'S INFLUENCE.

[THROUGH RETKE'S ADENCY.]

6.A-

LONDON, April 24th. A message from Moscow nounces that among the first and loudest to raise his voice against Chiang Kai Shek's recent attitude towards the Communists is Chiang's son who is a student at the Sur Yat Sen University in Moscow for training Chineas revolutionaries.

He has contributed an article to

a newspaper breathing fierce fal rebellion and launching the slogan

IN THE SWATOW

DISTRICT.

TIP AND RUN GUERILLA WARFARE.

UNARMED MILITARY CADETS SHOT.

REDS IN CONSIDERABLE

STRENGTH.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRISPONDENT.}

SWATOW, April 22nd. Since I last wrote you there has been no change in the local situa- tion.

Upcountry, however, the Moderates are by no means having it all their own way, '-

APRIL 25th, 1927

THE RA.OB.

FELLOWSHIP AND BROTHER-

HOOD OF LOVE.

MEMBERS ATTEND CHURCH PARADE.

Over 900 members of various Lodges of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes assembled last evening the occasion of Church parade at St John's Cathedral

on

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The lodges represented were: The Provincial Grand Lodge of China; Oriental Lodge; Sir James Oxberry Lodge; St. Ambrose Lodge: Durban Lodge: Frobisher Lodge; Wellenley Lodge and the Sir Roger Keys Lodge.

Grand Lodge officers present in- cluded:-W. Saunders, P.G.P.; W. J. Bagley, D.P.G.P.; F. H. Rob A V. Frost, P.G.Ch.

P.G.Ty.; E. Newman, P.G.A.B.; J. P.G. Coa.; M. W. Brockway, Colthorpe, P.G.G.W.; F. Lonsdale, P.G.A.J. E. Goldenberg, P.O. Sec., and F. W. Mallett, I.P.P.G.P.

Round Chaoyang there seems to bins, be a kind of tip and run guerills warfare going on all the time and Down with Chiang Kai Shek" the farmers and peasants are able whom he declares "was my father to take up reinforcements from the friend in the resolution but now he South coast "istrict (Haihong re- has passed to the camp of thegion) it will require quite a sub- enemy he is my foe."

stantial military force

them.

SEDITIOUS HANDBILLS.

CANTON'S METHOD OF DEAL. ING WITH THE MATTER.·

FIVE EXECUTIONS ON SATURDAY.

همه

[FROM OUR CHINESE CORASSPONDENT.] The Canton Garrison Commis. sioner, General Chica Ta Chun, had Eve alleged "Reds" executed on Saturday. They were caught a day or two ago circulating, handbills of a seditions character in violation of Southern Capital and were judged the present martial law in the guilty of inciting people to rise against the present regime. Some of those shot were merely boys The oldest one of the five was 24 years of age; one was 22, ac 20, one 18, and the youngest only 18 years old.

to crush

The railway line to Chaochowiu is working only as far as Chai Tong Chi, about half way. Yesterday the farmers in that district committed a particularly brutal outrage on an unarmed party of military cadets who had been sent up to exhort the villages of the plain to repentance.

A small section of nine cadets began to hatangue the populace and to explain the wickedness of the villagers in upsetting the military plans by persistently running away front rank of the farmers rose and with pieces of railway line when the

amote them. Four of the lads were shot to bits on the spot, the other five wounded and dragged off as hostages against the time when the troops should make an attack on

Mr. Ly Usang, who was appoint the place. Later in the day about up from ed Mayor of Canton by the Hankow 100 soldiers were sent authorities, has so far failed to take Swatów with two aged and decrepit up his duties in Canton, and it is

said, he will be replaced by a locally field guns, scarcely worthy of the said that Mr. Hu Han Min has given appointed official

General Tang Dame. They pushed a few shells

Mr. Sun Fo and his relatives. one

THE ADDRESS.

The address was delivered by the Rev. G. F. Stopford, C.F., who took for his text Corinthians: Chapter 13, verse 13: "And now abideth faith, hope, charity. These three, but the greatest of these is charity.”

Dealing with the word charity, the speaker expressed the view that a better version of the word charity Love in ita would be love" biggest and fullest sens. The prea- cher went on to refer to the mean- ing of this word in connection with the brotherhood between God and man, sad said it was a mote which struck a new conception with re- gard to the Divine Power and itș. relation towards men,

Referring to the RAO.B., the speaker said it was no secret that brothers together with a link of comradeship and fellowship.. Apart the work of this Society bound its

from the social side, the Order existed as a brotherhood to support those in distress and anxiety, and

to succour those whom death or poverty had afflicted. The speaker said that be first came into touch with this side of the Order's activi ties when the distress of a dead soldier's family was generously re- lieved.

Love was the essence of God It was love we wanted, and love was Yin Hus, the present Chief of Can. over into a village which had been the only solution to our problems.

On Saturday morning there was week in which publicly to decounceton Police, has been mentioned as evacuated an hour.carlier, smashed to-day. If we wanted to be like

no through express train to Can-Bolshevism." "tan, as it was reported shortly be

fore the express was due to start A.00 that from Kowloon at 8.05

some houses and killed two old Послед Theoretically they should then have returned to Swatow to celebrate their sweeping victory and to receive the acclamations of an They prob-

"

district the Reds are entrenched on

God we must have overwhelming love in our hearts

A likely candidate for the mayoralty. A number of pro-Chiang Kai

Mr. Lung Man Chuck, a teacher

Mr. Stopford went on to pay 1 Shek militarists and politicians are in the Canton Industrial School, was arrested yesterday by the Folice

tribute to the convalescent homes,

Shanghai in order to consult their

14 A "Red" leader, In view of

orphanages and other institutions, engine drivers at Sumchun had leaving for Nanking by way of

which the RA.Q.B. support, and suddenly driven off with two locomochiel regarding the present situr the renewed activity of the "Reds"

said this was keeping green the tives belonging to the Chinese sec-

spirit of love and fellowship of tion of the line. Presumably this tion and also to invite Mr. Hu Hanin Canton, following the attempt of admiring commander.

Min to return to his formes place some of the seamen to bring aboutably did is part of the plan of reprisal of power and influence in Canton. another general strike, strict vigil-At Tang Leng in the Teng Hai God.

He concluded by hoping that this against the Canton Authorities, but Mr Koo Yin Fang, the new Kinisance is being exercised.

a hill and have so far resisted "all Order and other Societies, would judging from reports, generally the

ter of Kuomintang finance, is ex-

Since the evening of April 21st,

It annually attend Church as a body Government will have no

abould not be a difficult matter to and render acknowledgement to posted to be among those who will military censors have been station attempts to dislodge them.

Grod. starve them out. disturbance than they did in the mate this trip. Mr. Hu Han Mini ed in all newspaper offices.

WREATH LAID. At the conclusion of the service, of the R.A.0.B. the members assembled at the memorial cross outside the Cathedral where a wreath from the Order was laid at its base...

more

trouble in putting an end to this

case of the shipping.

"

Only the Chinese section of the line is affected. Upon enquiry at the Kowicen station yesterday it was learned that the train service

18 opposed to the Reds and is sup

posed to bave stayed away from the

Southern Capital simply because he INDIAN BROKER CHARGED, did not wish to be drawn under Bolshevik influence.

可

During the period of martial law

is run as usual to Lowa, but it was in Canton no labour strike will be not known whether there would be allowed, according to the latest connection from there to Canton order of the present Canton Garri Through traffic has therefore beco|ion Commissioner. suspended until further notice.

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The "Reds" taken into custody

Chaochowfu City is quiet and in the hands of the Moderates but it is reported that the farmers are

TENDERED FAKED NOTE FOR collecting a useful, force outside.

DRINKS!

CASE TO BE HEARD ON FRIDAY.

Bank Of Taiwan.

A notice on the gates of the Bank states that it has suspended pay- ment for a period of three weeks. Local newspapers seized the op- Aaraf Ali, an Indian who describ-portunity of utering a malediction on Good Friday are being graduallyed himself as a broker, was charged

on all foreign banką, drawing parti- QUIET AND HUMDRUM.

released, but none of the 10 seamen before Mr. B. E. Lindsell, at the cular attention to the fact that the (FROM A SHAMEEN CORRESPONDENT.] arrested has so far been given his Central Magistracy on Saturday Bank of Taiwan was a Government Like all Chi- liberty. The members of the Sea morning, with uttering a spurious subsidised concern CANTON, April 23rd.

$500.note."

nese nowadays they are very strong There was a certain mild excitemen's Union are stated to have de-

Det-Sergt. A v. Baker told the on the mete in their brother's eye, mert again on Friday when it was dared that they will continue to learned that the Chinese crew had stir up trouble until their comrades Court that the faked note was ten-conveniently forgetting the beam in

dored in payment for drinks at No. their own. refused to work the Fatshan and are freed from military control.

Militarists in Canton are rushing se, Hollywood Road, and that the bad walked ashore because the Government had arrested some of troops to the East River districte defendant had received $480 in

in order to prevent the Reds from exchange. their Union members.

I went to make enquiries and wit concentrating the strength of the nessed a beatiful little shindy Fenaants Corps. At the moment, it is said that there are 25,000 mem- near where the Fatihan was lying. The boat women were having high. Lers of these Corps around Canton words, and the Billingsgate version but they lack leaders of experience

Mr. Armstrong, of Messrs. Dea cons appeared for the defence and applied for a remaad, and bail.

Det.-Sergt. Baker suggested that bail should be granted in the sum

The broken link was formed, and after. the Rev. G. F. Stopford had. offered prayer the first veras of Eternal Father, Strong to Save”. was sung,

MAGICIAN AT THE LEE THEATRE.

PROF. PISLER TO HYPNOTISE AND READ THOUGHT.

The Colony will be visited during this week by another exponent of the semi-occult zciences, auto-sögges. tion, telepathy, etc., in the person appete at the Lée Theatre, Percival strect, next Friday and Saturday: of Professor Harry Pisler, who will

at 0.15 p.m.

Naval Movements. H.M.S. Hollyhock leaves us to-day lor Amoy, where we hope, for the pleasanter weather than she has sake of the mes, she will experience had here. In exchange we receive

His performance has been given and the programme includes trans- HM. Submarines Le7 and 153, old

voluntary anestesie, fascination of of the Chinese language was being and so far the appeal to Hankow of $1,000 remarking that the defen- friends at ours, who by now should in the leading cities of the world The for such leaders to command the dant is alleged to have received almost be able to smell their way mission of thought, mental reading,

about the harbour.

aute-suggestion, occult animals, let loose in all directions.

situation in the South has met with $450 on his false note. sharp

Rumour has it that the sub-petrification of the human body, commenced with

Mr. Armstrong: The defendant women

catalepsy, words; then there was abuse. Then no result.

Canton for the time being is well could only put up 8500, your Wor-marines will in their turn be re-uspension of life, telepathy and

Beved by that very fast destroyer

Lee Theatre is easily accesible by they came to close quarters and began pulling each other's hair. A guarded against all possible inva-ship.

Witherington. Personally I doubt tram, being only ten minutes from it but I know of at least one the Central district. Bookings can last one woman was knocked into sion from Reds in the district. Un- the river and the crowd on the leas, therefore, the Beds can work

Swatowite who will boot with be made at the Lee Theatre at the papalar prices of $2, $1 and 60 laughter if I am wrong.

canta. Bund seemed to find her struggles successfully from inside, the City in In the water highly diverting. A now safe.

His Worship: I will uplit up the difference and make it $750,

Defendant was remanded until Friday at 15 p.m.

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