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KUOMINTANG

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, APRIL 26th, 1927 GENERALS' SUPPORT NANKING NATIONALISTS.

"WHITE" RUSSIANS AND SHANTUNG

TROOPS: DISARMED AT

PUKOW.

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NORTHERN RESISTANCE SUCCUMBING TO

NEW

SOUTHERN "PRESSURE.

BRITISH

THE COUNCIL. FOR TIENTSIN CONCESSION.

Four Kuomintang Generala-Yuong Shú Chong, Ho Ying Yam, Pei Chung Hai and Ching Cham-having thrown in their lot with the Nanking Nationalists, have issued a circular telegram in which they support their new masters and call upon all loyal leadera of the Kuomintang at Hankow or elsewhere to go to Nanking. and attend to their dutiin.

The major portion of the "White" Russians and Shantung troops fighting for the North at Pukow have been disarmed and the rest of the opposition is stated to be weakening, “

Messrs. Butterfeld and Swire's halk, which ay for so long cog spicuously in the Yangtze off Chinking, has been destroyed by fir, apparently by coolies actuated by a spirit of revenge,

According to a Shanghai contemporary the Hankow "Reds" have offered & reward for Chiang Kai Shek, dead or alive. Alive,. they value him at Tis. 250,000: dead, at Tla. 100,000.

(Wah Tu Fat Pao).

SUANGHAI, April 25th.

A circular telegram, signed by Generala Yueng Shu Chong, Ho Ying Yan, Pei Chung Hoi and Ching Cham, has been issued sup- porting the Nationalist Government to be established at Nanking, which, the it says, is based legally on resolutions paid by the Plenary Session of the Central Executive Committee and the "Court of Im- peachmen. Al mandates of the Hankow Government, prostituted by the Reds," are to be discredited. The hope is expressed that all loyal Kuomintang members at Hankow or elsewhere will go to Nanking to attend to their duties.

NORTHERNERS WEAKENING AT PUKOW.

(Wah Tu Yat Pas).

...

SHANGHAI, April 25th. It is reported that the major part of the "White" Russians and the Shantung troops at Fukow have beca disarmed by the Southerners A Shantung General, and tha: Ching Hak Yiu, is reported to have gone over to the Kuomintang side. From all indications, the Northern en are not likely to offer resistance much longer. The situation in Chinkiang has been greatly relieved.

TIENTSIN CONCESSION

AGREEMENT.

(Wal The Fat Pau). www.www.

TROOP MOVEMENTS INCREASING.

[NAVAL WIRELESS.")

KIUXIANG. April 24th The military are organising for a

SENATOR BORAH AND THE BRITISH.

REPLIES TO LORD DERBY'S INVITATION.

CHINA "THE ACID TEST."

[THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

JAPAN'S FINANCIAL - MOSCOW'S LITTLE

CRISIS.

MORATORIUM EXTENDED.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Toxro, April Sath, " The Cabinet have decided to ex- tend the moratorium to all the Japanese colonies except Formosa. The members of the banks of Tokyo LONDON, April 5th.

Clearing House, in 12 statement, The Manchester Evening News have agreed to co-operate in every has received a cable from Senator way possible towards rendering Borah in reply to a speech at the mutual assistance.

The Bank of Japan has stated Manchester Chamber of Commerce that it intends to extend help to luncheon, in which Lord Derby reall banks including those which had marked that "there is a prominent transactions with the Dank of

Ispao. politician in America who always

LATEL seems to think that we are ogres," and added that if Senator Borah would honour him with being hia guest,

be would conduct him through industrial Lancashire, where he would see what peace meant in industry.

Good Effect Of Bank Of Japan's Action.

The Bank of Japan's statement with regard to its preparedness to make advances to any bank has had a good effect in restoring confidence. The Yokohama Raw Silk Ex- change has decided to remain closed

the end of the month.

Keeping Up The Yen Rate.

Toxyo, April 25th.

Senator Borah retorts that he never said the British were ogres. Ele appreciates Lard Derby's mis

For the purpose it keeping up sionary spirit, but does not feel the the rate of the yen, the, Govern need for his gospel of enlightenment have decided to ship 10,000,000 ment. He trusts that millions of yen in silver bullion to Shanghai

la the immediate future. British are anxious for world peace and will exert this influence on their Government in the Chinese affair.

Senator Borah says that China

big engagement in the near future.will be the acid, test as to whether There has been a considerable in the nations preaching peace and ertase in troop movement for three international justice want peace and justice and whether the industrial days.

peace we covet for our people will be extended to other peoples."

THE

"RED" GENERAL'S RESIGNATION.

Osaka Banks Be-open.

PLANS.

"A VERY ILLUMINATING

DOCUMENT."

WHAT CHANG TSO LIN'S RAID REVEALED.

PIRING, April 19th. The headquarters of the Ankuo- chun this evening gave out a trans- lation of what is described as “a

very illuminating document" seized in the recent raid on the Soviet Embassy.

The document read:- "Strictly Confidential. "Herewith, enclosed, are instruc. ticns based en a resolution relative to China adopted by the Assembly of the Executive Committee of the International "Communist Party.

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1.-Devote all your energy to back up the revolutionaries China. For that purpose the Ruo mintang should be boosted. Make use of the Enkow incident as showing the progress made by the Kuomintang and the weakness of the Powers in the struggle against

Chinese revolutionaries, "2-Push onward the anti-Euro- pean movement in the territories how occupied by Chang Tao Lin.

"3.--Destroy Chang Teo' Lin's credit and brand him as a tool in the hands of international capita lists and Imperialists and an ab- The banks are using their disure-stacle in the way of the Kuomintang tion with regards the moratorium, revolutionaries. and are allowing customers to draw money required for ordinary pur

OSAKA, April 5th. The banks have re-opened anil deposits are flowing in, with no sign of a further rar..

poses.

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT'S

INTENTIONS.

ment.

Europeans in general and the "Stir up mob violence against

British in particular.

"-Back up the masses by all means in their anti-foreign move- In order to provoke inter. intervention in China methods of whatever nature may be resorted to. Even the looting and HANKOW, Apr 24th.

murdering of foreigners are justi General Tang Seng Chi, the

ble. Whenever Chinese come into "Red" military chief, has handed in unique for

attribute which prevails rather Consulate-General from Tokyo, the conflict with foreign troops it is a

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his resignation to the Hankow Government. It is understood that his resignation followed the failure of his attempt to obtain a vote of confidence.

The Government has now com- menced absorbing labour pickets into the army.

"

PRICE ON THE HEAD OF GEN. CHIANG KAI SHEK.

Telegrams from Hankow rester day indicated that the Nationalist Guvernment there had offered reward of Ts. 250,000 to the man who can capture General Chiang Kai Shek or a likh of taels te the one who assassinates him, says last Wednesday's North-China Daily News.

He hopes to visit England, "not to hunt for ogres but to see and know better the people, whose highest encomium is, that they are always loyal to their own dag-an

I think is worth preserving."

SHANGHAI TRAGEDY.

BRITISH SOLDIER ACCIDENT.

· ALLY SHOT BY A COMRADE,

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, April 25th. Private J. Doyle, of the Durhamis, was accidentally, shot on Saturday by

comrade. The latter was cleaning an officer's revolver inside a tent, when it went off, the bullet penetrating Doyle's heart. He was buried yesterday with military honanra.

AMERICAN SUBMARINES

ARRIVE.

The local Japanese Consulate Genral have sent us the following statement

According to the latest cablegram received by the local Japanese

national

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communistic

to take thorough-going measures to

Britain The Objective. settle the present disquietude in the "B.At present financial circles of Japan, and, for principles should not be applied to that purpose, will call the Dict in China all at once, because if we do extra session for five days from May so it would help to atraighten the 3rd, to enact a special law.

position of Chang Tso Lia and The moratorium in Japan, pro- hasten the split in the Kuomintang. claimed by the Urgent Ordinance We have instructed Borodin to on April 22nd, is a provisional step suspend radical measures against to cope with the financial situation the capitalists for the time being caused by the recent suspension of Pending the defeat of Chang business by the Bank of Taiwan.

DISARMAMENT.

FUNDAMENTAL DIVER. GENCIES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S, AGENCY.]

GENEVA April 24th."

In view of the fundamental diver- gancies between the large majority of the "Preparatory Committee for Disarmament and the Italian and The U.S.S. Carnopus, an American United States Delegations with re- It is said that the Hankow Cen submarine tender not unlike H.M.S. gard to the question of the applica tion and upervision of the pro- tral Executive Committee of the Ambrose, arrived án port yester- posed Disarmament Convention, it Kuomintang ts expelled General day, accompanied by an American has been decided to postpone the SHANGHAI, April 25th.

Chiang, Mr. Hu Hap Ming, General submarino Botilla

Second Roading until about the end of the year for further considera- The Sino-British Agreement for Ho Ying Yin, Dr. C. c. Wu,

tion. the modification of the Municipal General Pei Chung Hsi, Dr. Tsai Council in the British Concession Yuan Pai and Mr. Wu Ta Hai from at Tientsin, a previously re- the party, as well as others who ported, has been completed. The attended the Nanking plenary ses sion and who support General new Council will comprise five Chiang Kai Shek. Chinese, four British American, while a Chinese member will preside. The Chinese and foreign stals will not be changed. "The Agreement will be signed short-

ly by both parties.

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FOREIGN POWERS' POLICY TOWARDS CHINA.

(Fak Te Yat Pao),

SHANGHAI, April 25th. From foreign sources it is report ed that Great Britain, France and "America intend to adopt a commón,

policy towards China.

DR. C. C WU'S POST. (Wah Tez Yat Pas).

SHANGHAI, April zath. Although Dr. C. C. Wu has been offered the Ministry of Foreign Afairs, he still hesitates to accept

ACTIVITY IN THE YANGTSZE FORTS.

- OUTRAGE AT WUHU.

"B. & S.'a HULK DESTROYED

BY FIRES.

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NEW ZEALAND AND THE 'SINGAPORE BASE,

LABOUR LEADER'S

OPPOSITION.

....

(THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY. }-

WELLINGTON, April 25th.

MEXICO AND THE CATHOLICS.

OTHER CHURCH DIGNITARIES

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.

Mexico CITY, April 24th. In addition to the Catholic pre lates mentioned, it is learned that Mr. Holland, the Parliamentary the Archbishop of Puebla and the Labour Leader, promises the strong-Bishop of Huejutta were also placed est resistance to the Government's on a train for Laredo. It is report- West; April 24th.

Defence Programme, especially as ed that other prelates remaining in Apparently in reprisal for Satur- to the offer to contribute £1,000,000 the country will be deported when day's incident, when a naval armed towards the Singapore Base in seven found. guard prevented a mob of coolies or eight annual instalments. from attacking a British river steamer alongside Messrs. Butter- feld & Swire's hußc, and as the result of which several coolies TA- ceived minor bayonet wounds, the hulk was set on fire to-day and destroyed.

The hulk waa

a large wooden foating landing-stage and godown and it was burned out before effet- tive fire resistance could be put up. Troops have now taken posses sion of the International Export Company's premises. Considerable Jooting has taken place.

Passing ships were not subjected to gunfire to-day.

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COMBING OUT THE COMMUNISTS.

(TUROVON REUTER'S IDENCY.]

PAR18, April 24th, A statement from the European Committee of the Kuomintang, which appears in severnl news- papere, emphasizes the determing-

DISTRESSED JAPANESE

VESSEL SAFE. ·

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.

Toxyo, April 25th The Japanese vessel mentioned yesterday as being in distreatis safe, though her propellor has been badly damaged.

(This vessel was stated to have on board "300 crab fishers" She had been caught in a severe storm, apparently off the coast of Sagha

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JAPANESE COTTON SPIN- NERS' ASSOCIATION.

IMPORTANT DECISION.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) «

TOKYO, April 25th.

LIQUOR FOR U.S.A.

A NEW BASE OF SUPPLY.

[RAUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

WELLINGTON, N.Z., April 24th. News from Papeete suggests that Tahiti is likely to become a new base for the shipment of liquor to It is stated that a America. steamer bound for Australia recent- ly called at Papeete and landed into bond 31,000 CRACs of assorted liquors, mostly whiskey, after which a Canadian steamer Tonded 10,000| cases, presumably for Vancouver.

PAN-AMERICAN JURISTS.

ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SZEVICE]

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 24th, One of the Sub-Committees of the [NAVAL WIRELESS:]

Pan-American Jurista Congress has CHINXIANG, April 24th.

drafted an agenda which includes The Committee of the Japan an arrangement for a scheme of Signs of activity in the Yangtaze forts are, increasing steadily Guns tion of the Party leaders to comb Cotton Spinners' Association hayo Pan-American Union with head. of a large calibre are now stationed dat the Communists and warmly decided to curtail production by quarters at Washington, also an at the Hsiang Shan Eluff; and a praises Chiang Kai Shek for making 1 per cent for six months, begin organisation which the Committee umber of large guns have been sentit clear that while breaking with ning in May. This decision will be has styled General Convention to Gold Intard Hill where a battery | Moscow Chiang intends to fight submitted to the general meeting of International Private Law" to

Chang Tso Lan

draft a convention. is being arranged.

to-morrow,

NANKING VERSUS HANKOW.

PROSPECTS AND SITUATION ANALYSED,

CHIANG RAI SHEK'S DECLARATION OF WAR ON

COMMUNISTS.

NORTHERN ATTACK FROM HONAN.

The following article from the " North China Daily News?" admirably sums up the present position with regard to the rival Kuomintang Governments at Hankow and Nanding:

[Yesterday we published the news from China and British Naval wireless sources that Tang had sent his resignation to the Hankow ·

The reorganisation of the new who have sold out to the im- Government in Nanking has been perialist. All slogans are therefore duly celebrated in Nanking and to be revised on the basis of the new Shanghai and probably in other orientation, as the Russians will places in Kiangsu and Chakiang. undoubtedly tell them in "Hanka”. no, now From a financial standpoint, the Theoretically, there is Government. Theoretically and by pluma are with the Nanking Gov- resolutions passed in Hankow, the crament..

They have the Central Executive Committee of the wealthy, revenue-producing "pro Kuomintang has 'moved its head- Į vinces of Kiangsu and Ewangting quarters from Nanchang to Nan to draw upon. Ultimately, if any king, but these devious fictions are Kuomintang group can engender of remote importance Resolutions any foreigh suspension of judg have been passed requesting General į ment, they will have it. The middle Tan Yen Kai and Mr. Wang Ching class of China is behind them, and Hai to leave Hankow and to come they have quelled but not killed immediately to Nanking, but it is C.P. labour activity in the indus- very doubtful whether they can per-trial centres under their control. form this act as shipping, among To that extent, they have strength. other factors, is very scarce. "Other members of the Central Executive dominates the balk of the Nation- Hankow, on the other hand, still

Committee that is, that committed alist army. Generals Tang Sengchi which existed before the Plenary and Chu Fri Teh are for the Session recently held in Hankow, moment with them. It is possible have been requested to come. Many that both will eventually become of them are in Nanking. Some have Tuchuns and leave the Communists stayed away. It is not a matter of helpless very great importance, as the Nan- king' Government is General Chiang probably manage it as he sees it "Government."]· Kai Shek's Government and he will

with or without the support of the It is also not beyond possibility civilian Government which is osten- that the news that the Fengtien tatiously being created in Nanking. army has reached Wusankuan is true. Hankow, then, faced by War Declared On Hankow.

frightful international complica- The purpose of the Nanking tions, by menacing Chinese armies Government to purge the Kuo- and by a broken leadership may mintang of the C.P. elements and fall--but it is too early to be too to drive out of the Nationalist sure, for the Communista bave Government all Communista. As fallen" before, only to and some the whole Hankow Governments little trick which prolongs their

Communist organization, this is life.

of tantamount to a declaration war against it. Hankow has responded by a warlike net: it has declared tary men of the Nationalist Army a moratorium, sealed all the sales who were expected to join General and vaults, forbidden the banks to Chiang Kai Shek have gone over to pay out any silver and ordered the Hankow raises doubt as to the populace to accept the benknotes of status of the Nanking Government.

And

at the ame time, there" are the Hankow branches of the Banks of China and Communications and constant, authoritative reports of the Central Bank. As the Central Marshal Sun Chuan Fang's revival shooting from Pukow and of Bank reserves are in Canton under of an effort to capture Chinking. the control of the military there, If these reports be true, they mean the Hankow people are in a very that General Chiang Kai Shek hes bad way. But the Hankow Covers-been unable to make any arrange- ment will by this method achieve

The fact that so many of the mili

everal millions. which they will un-ments with the Northern Militarists doubtedly utilize to start another to protect himself from their mili- war, this time against General targ efforts while he is engaged with Chiang Kai Shek's Government in 1. Nanking. Thus, is the Nationalist Even The Pinks, Excluded. Government broken in twain with

Hankow.

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Tao Lin preserve all class distinc tiens among Kuomintang members.

-While the anti-foreign move- ment is being carried on it is neces- sary to keep the Powers in discord. This is £ very pertinent point, Japan can despatch a large number of troops to China within a abort period. It is therefore particularly important to keep Japan aloof. Supervise all movements closely. its far-famed, Russian-trained army The rightness" of General Keep Japanese out of harm's way, fighting not imperialism" and Chiang Kai Shek's Government ean- It is difficult to make Japan an excapitalism as they were several not be questioned, as the leading. ception in the general anti-foreign weeks ago, but counter-revolution, spirit of the Nanking Conference movement but it is a comparatively for in the parlance of General 18 Mr. Hu Han Ming. This leader- easy task to make Great Britain. Chiang Kai Shek, Hankow is a skip closes the door to even pink the sole objective (details of dis Communistic counter-revolutionary Communists. Mr. Hu spent scape crimination may be made without body engaged in destroying the time in exile in Moscow, where he notice so long as there is a central fruits of the Kaimintang revolu learned all the methods of the Third tion, while Hankow accuses Nan International. Since his return to theme).

king of doing exactly the same China last May, he has been active thing, but this time, it is not the in creating, the split between the Communist who is the counter Kuomintang and the Communists revolutionist, but the militarists which has now eventuated.

"Send copies of these instructions to all movement directors."

The Ankuochun communiqué states that the original document, which was partly destroyed by fre, ia on view at Police Headquarters.

Reuter.

JAPAN'S 7 "DON'TS."

NEW PRESS LAW TO KEEP

OUT RED POISON.

TCxYp.

There are естеп the Japanese. Press cannot do, according to a re- vised Press Law now before the Diet for enactment, and the first of these is that nothing whatever must ap- pear in print "detrimental to the dignity of the Imperial Family," The full list of "Don'ts" for the editors is:

Do not publish (1) bews detri- mental to the dignity of the Im perial Family, (2) views propos- ing a change of the national organisation, (3) opinions propos- ing a change of the political system as fixed in the Imperial Constitution, or denying private of property, (4) matter detrimental to the interest of the Empire by disclosing military or diplomatic secrets, (5) matter in of criminal offence or stigatory encouraging criminal action, (6) false or exaggerated reports like ly to cause social disorder, (7) re- porta likely to destroy good man- ners, such se matters regarding home life, suggestive of irrega- larity, impurity, or cruelty. The revision of the Press Law now before the Diet is intended to strengthen the hands of the authori-" ties in their fight to keep Russian Communisma out of Japan.

GENERAL CHIANG'S

MANIFESTO.

BOLSHEVIKS CONSIDERED COUNTER REVOLU

TIONARIES.

to

the latter being the chairman of the French Concession Commercial Federation, have despatched an- other lengthy manifesto appealing *** to

risc the people

and ezadication fight for the

of Communion. They point out, in conclusion, that an opportunity should be given to the young people who have been misled by the Com- munist agitators and radicals to repent and to become good and use- ful citizens of China.

CHINESE ORGANISATIONS TAKE A HAND.. General Chiang Kai Shek has issued

A large number of Chinese public," a public statement, in the Chinese press announcing that a de organizations, said to number more cision has been reached by the Cen- than 200 in all, are strongly Anp- tral Executive Committee of the porting the movement initiated by Mesars. Wong, Chang and Doo.. Kuomintang and the Supervisory Committee that Communists and They have published manifestors. members of the Kuomintang who expressing their appreciation of the advocate Bolshevik principles at the lead taken by these gentlemen and expense of the Nationalist Party pledge their fall support in the "Communism.. The will hereafter be considered as coun- Kuomintang, they say, must be rid

fight against ter-revolutionaries and will bo treated as such to the full extent of of Communism if it is to exist. the law. It is necessary, says the and Communism, therefore, must commander-in-chief of the Nation- be nipped in the bud alist forces, that precautionary In the course of a statement tơ measures should be adopted at the the press, Mr. Doo, who was a Present time in order to terminate Taotai in the Manchu régime say's the Comunist menace in the pro- that he and his colleagues, realizing vinces ist

under the control of the that it was necemary that Cora- Government. Communism should be prierminated, if and Communist China was to be saved, considered action must be taken at once. pathizers will be tried and en- They decided that it would be use tenced by the Kuomintang plenary sessions, which hereafter will be less to sit by and allow others to held in Nanking, General Chiang, the merchante simply waited for the take the lead in the fight. I all therefore, has instructed all his subordinates to arrest Communists others to take the initiative, the

the residing in their respective districts country would go to the dogs and and to employ all possible measures

merchants could never do busi- to suppress rioting incited by the ness in peace, so they assumed the Communists, in order to ensure the responsibility and would give their preservation of peace and order.

entire time and fortunes to fight a The Merchauta Responsibilities. before been faced with. He hoped menace such as China, had never Messrs. Wong King Yung, Chang that all would join, foreigners and Biau Ling and Doo Yoch Bung, Chinees alike.

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