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ANOTHER CHANCE. THE NEW

THE HONG KONG DALY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27th, 1927.

CAPITAL.

MERCHANT VOLUNTEERS. GOVERNMENT AT NANKING.

THEIR INCREASING PRESTIGE | INAUGURATION CEREMONIES,

IN CANTON.

ATTACK ON THE "REDS

CONTINUES.

THE EVIL CONSPIRATORS " AT HANKOW.

A telegram to the Canton Gazette [FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.] gives an account of the inaugura- tion ceremony of the Nationalist Government at Nanking which took place on April 15th.

The People's and the Marchants Volunteer mogement is Canton, a force supplementary to the Police

Mr. Tsai Yuen Pei conferred the

JAPAN'S POLICY.

STATEMENT BY NEW PREMIER

COMMUNISTS ACTIVITIES IN

CHINA,"

A HINT TO RUSSIA.

Baron Tanaka, the new Premier statement on of Japan, made a April and, in which, according to the cable received by the Japanese Consulate General in Hong Kong

fairs as follows:

THE BIBLE SOCIETY.

YEAR OF FINE WORK REVIEWED

NEW TESTAMENT IN

CANTONESE..

YESTERDAY'S ANNUAL

MEETING.

♫

"Despite great difficulties, the work of the Society is only fraction behind that of the record year," said the Rev. G. W. Shep-

COLONY'S HEALTH.

LAST WEEK'S DISEASES.

19 CASES: 13 DEATHS,

Last week's return of nosifable disease in the Colony, as reporteil to the Medical Officer of Health. was as follows:---

Small-pax: 8 cases (from city, from Kowloon), all Chinese (one imported)-3 deaths.

Diphtheria: 4 cases (3 from city. from Kowloon), one being an Indian, one a Portuguese and the cther two Chinese-deaths.

and Military for local defence which different seals of office and Mr. Huf he referred to Japan's foreign pard, agent in China of the British(6 from city, 2 from Kowloon), ü was condemned by the late Dr. Suntan Min accepted them. Then the

Yat Sen several years ago, is regain ing prestige in South China In the 'present persecution, of political op ponents, or anti-Red" campaign, the militarista dominating Canton are calling on the people generally for support, and the volunteers are being empowered to hunt down af

the Reds."

In 1921, when the merchants and the people's self-defence movement was most popular and when even the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen himself sought its favour by presenting the volunteers with the colours of the Allied foreca, the strength of this Southern Chinese militia was 130,000 scattered in towns and cities of

Commissioners of the Nationalist

Government assumed their posts and commenced to perform their

duties.

At 10 TO 3 masa meeting in cebration of the removal of the capital and "the restoration of Party influence" was held at the It is Public Recreation Ground.

said that 100,000 people attended this, meeting, Mr. Tung Ksang Fu presided and in the course of a speech stated that the Capital had een removed to Nanking in com pliance with the wishes of the late Director, Dr. Sun Yat den," and

that Party power had been restored

by wiping out the double-party elements and abandoning the "Wu- han Government now controlled by evil conspirators."

After

Chang Kai Shek spoke of the other speeches General

he said, were;

"The most important question at present, urgently and directly affect ing Japan and the Far East, 15 the unsettled condition in China Having sincere sympathy with the justifiable desire of the Chinese people, we have no hesitation in giving adequate and necessary assistances to them for attaining their desired end. But in helping China, we have to consider, first of all, the method and manner, in another words, sequences. Negligence by foreign Powers in, this respect may cause further unrest in China, "which, we believe, under no circumstances, is desired by the Chinese thematives, able desires of Caina are being at Se jong as the rational and reuson-

means DAY

and Foreign Bible Society, at the Society's annual meeting yesterday. The meeting was held in the Helena May Institute and H. Major- General C. C. Luard, C,B, C.M.G., presided.

had presented the report, Dr. J. H. Alter the Rev. Dr. T. W. Pearce

Sanders

called upon Mr. J. O. MacPherson, in the absence of the Treasurer, to present the statement of accounts for the past year,

Mr. MacPherson said:-It would

from appear

report that

the

Enteric fever (typhoid): 8 cases

being Chinese, Japanese and Y British- dontha

Cerebrospinal fever: 1 Chinese case from the city-1 denth

Revised Edition Of New Testament | In Cantonese,

In this South China district per- haps the principal feature is the isle of the revised Cantonese New Mr. Jenkins and Mr. T. N. Waag Testament-the work upon which

have been engaged for several years. It was completed the year before last. The first edition was the receipts were smaller last year and 1 am glad to say that this first a tentative edition of 5,000 copies,

than in former years. The reason edition has practically sold out, and as that last your they changed the that we are about to put in hand second edition: The version closing of the financial year to has on the whole given very great December 31st instead of March 1st | satisfaction to the Canton Church. the following year, so that the re- One interesting feature about this

scarcely a fault in any of the char done so accurately that there is

acters throughout this edition of the New Testament.

Kwangtung with Mr. Chan Lim Pak, advantages of the removal These, tained in her relation with foreceipts in 1998 were paid in earlier work is that the proof reading was

recalled, was Dr. Sun's suppression

of the movement and the destr

the

The revolution may be con- tinued.

Real manifestation of popu lar opin.ou may be had.

Freedom and independence

ü.

POLITICAL POLICY.

Powers, it is by no means advisable

for the Chinese people to bring Chiza into jeopardy.

than March ist. The date of the ching of the financial year had now been fixed at December 31st.

Chinese Passengers' Trafic. The Rey G. W. Sheppard, mov- ing the adoption of the report and

secretaries and the

twu

We

a past president of the Carton General. Chanber of Commerce, us. chief commandant. When, however,

"From the attitude taken by the on the invitation of Dr. Sun, the

foreign Powers toward China, "I am Bolshevists joined the Kuomintang

armly convinced that they have also

Now that 1927 is over, the first in Cantor. J. Borodin, the Soviet

may be secured without oppres-no hesitation in acceding, to the

three or four months of this year adviser, and others found the armed

son from without.

justifiable demands of China. in

have brought ine greater obstacles organization of merchants., a detri-

He further urged all comrades these circumstances, we believe that

and something more disastrous than anent to Bed" propaganda anonsuntedly and strenuously to support it is not a diicult task for the accounts, said: must congratulate occurred in the whole of 126. You the workers and farmers over whom the Government and the Party Chinese to had a way by which they fur

are well aware that the greater- the merchants had no little indirect Power, and to swear a life-or- can attain their desired end, not surer, although he is not here, part of the provinces of China are influence." The result, as may be death adhesion to Nanking. jeopardizing the relations between for their sustained interest in the now bereft of missionaries.

tween Hong Kung auxiliary of the British have this consolation that even if foreign Powers and China.

Society, and the missionaries are withdrawn, our earnest desire, to see the Chi and Foreign Bible nese se prudent self-retlechon in

particularly for the success of the even though it might be under con- the work" done locally in the mainten- |ditions view of the above. ·

or persecution-that ne of the Bible and tract, depot. Christian religion will not be eradi- Communists I should like, I ain sure on benalfcated from China. The book will activities in China, as Japan is in of althere, to express my appre- survive in the homes of the people, 1. To follow up the bona fide Three People Principles of and seriously and has great respan who has been in charge of the Bible is remarkable numbers during the a position to be affected directly ciation of the work of the lady and that book has been produced Sun and to effect a Democraticability in maintaining peace and and truct depot- at Wyndham past few years.

To push on the revolution, order in the Far East, she may be Street-Mrs. Bailey.

unable keep standing aloof, il consolidate the military sad poli- there is any serious result frotn It has been my pleasure in tital administrations, and to ac

From the. view Shanghai to hear from men in the point of promoting peace through Atay and Mary of the cordiali wel- out the world, as well as the welcome they received when they visit fare of humanity, the Communists d the Bible depot in Hong Kong. activities in China

I would also speak a word of may be deemed

political policies, of the Nationalist Government are report-

as follows:

tion of part of Canton City in ber, 1924, when the first babe The tween the people and the Red

Since then, until lasted occurred. Good Friday, the volunteers have been under a cload. Now they have their opportunity again and the "Reds run before them.

To demonstrate that lawlessness and criminal acts will not be teler. ated by whomsoever committed, the second in command of a battalion which searched the offices of the Yuch-Ban Railway Company for! "Red" followers" and documents was shot early on Sunday morning by army authorities. He was ac cused of having appropriated more than $30,000 worth of property and cash belonging to the Company while temporarily occupying the buildings.

The National Labour Federation of China. Canton Office, have issued a statement denying that they were responsible for the recent circula- tion of pamphlets accusing the pre- Bent Canton military leaders of un- faithfulness towards their former Soviet comrades." by whose arms and financial subsidy the early suc- cess of the party reorganization was due.

Motor 'bus drivers in Canton have declared themselves in support of the anti-Reds," explaining that their suspension of service on April

Administration.

complish the Northern Expedition Campaign.

5. Overthrow the militarists, reactionaries, communists, trai tors, plotters and men, of double- allegiance.

Support the Three People's Principles of the Kuomintang, the Northern Expeditionary Forces and their leaders.

3. To abrogate the unequal treaties and to reclaim the foreign concessions by peaceful negotia

tions.

.

CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S MESSAGE. General Chiang Kai Stick issued

Regarding the

these activities.

a serious matter. It is quite cer-appreciation for the steady and tain, therefore, that we will keep general support which the Hong unity with foreign Powers when cir Kong churches give to the British

cumstances.

•

Bible Read More than Ever la Bigland.

the

Last year the scriptures sold by Society in England alone amounted to 1,250,000, and during the past five years there has been

a steady increase of per cent. per nonuc The demand for the

Bible is such that as compared with

in anether words, and Foreign Bible Society. Their 1920 double the number of English the methods taken by the Com-collections year by year are gene- Bibles were sold last year. munists necessitate Japan to do so. rous.

We have reason to doubt whether Fam safe in saying that such is fully I should like to express my ap-the Bible is read to-day as in the understood by our neighbouring preciation also for the ladies who, last generation-whether it has a friend, Soviet Russia.

on behalf of the Society, gather place in the homes or in the lives! "Turning to Japan's relations private donations and thus help to of even Christian people. With the with

To all these increasing sales of the Bible, we foreign Powers, generally swell the amount. speaking, we have no doubt that friends, and particularly to the are encouraged to believe that it our economic activities carried on Secretary who has organised, and will come to have a deeper and

fair methods will be welcomed directed the work as a whole, we wider place in the national life. by foreign Powers. The new Cabi. are extremely grateful. net are firmly determined and pre- pared to do their best, hand in hand with foreign Powers, to promote the peace and order of the whole

race."

Prime Minister To Speak At -

Society's London Meeting.

It will be news to some when I

Prime Minister of Britain.

the

will be Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the It has now become almost an established practice for the Society to have a Cabinet Minister as one of the speakers. In the same way, it is the custom for the President of the Society to be a member of the Royal Family. To-day the Pre- SEVERAL ARRESTS BY DIOCEidert is H.ILH. the Duke of Con-

SAN SCHOOL PUPILS.

naught....

SMART SCHOOL BOYS.

Pupils of the Diocesan Boys'. School have effected several arrests

N

Supported By Rich And Poor

I

The

I understand that the New Testa- ment is provided as part of the equipment in the Army and Navy, though it often happens that the original copy is left behind. Y.M.C.A. has requested our So- ciety to send out 1,000 copies. to Hong Kong and 6,000 to Shanghai.

friends for their support and con- must conclude by thanking

tinued interest. These are hard days for people living in China, and therefore 3 am proud to think that Hong Kong not only cherishes its British traditions, but also ita abare of the work of the British und För- cign Bible Society. (Applause.).

All Mambers Of The Christian Church Can Support,

the following circular message.—'

I have been fighting through acven provinces and a pleascú South East has been that the settled.

"Unfortunately, bowever, the world and the welfare of humance that at the annual meet- g the British and Foreiga Bible to be held in Society, which is recent Party complications were Concerning Japan's internal peli- 3rd was due to a misunderstand extended and the future of the

ties. Baron Tanaka emphasised the London next Wednesday at earlier in the day asking them to thereby. Under such circumstances, settled financial conditions prompt ing. They had received a notice National Revolution was affected need of restoring the present un-Queen's Hall, the principal speaker stop work in order to join a sup- felt very anxious and perturbed

anti-Red victory parade, and I was at a loss to know what and bringing economic prosperity posed but it was found later that the order de to. To my delight, the State to the nation. was, in effect, one calling for a Control Committee have exposed general strike. The Printers' Union the evil plots of the rebels who have in Canton has been dissolved" be- been uprooted in consequence. Fol- cause of its alleged Red " ten- Inwing the. wishes of the late. Direc dencies.

tor (Dr. Sun Yat Sea) the capital The proscription of the Printers' has been established at Naaking Union in Canton for its alleged according to the decision of the "Red" tendencies may lead to function of the Nationalist Govern- serious trouble. While on the sar.ment means the reconstruction of face the printers are submissive, the the axis of the National Revolution. proposed general strike of printing Henceforth, I shall respectfully staffs in the larger printing houses chey the central orders with all and newspaper offices may not be sincerity. I shall lead my troops impossible.

to support the Central Government, to wipe out all reactionaries and The possession of Bolshevik litera rebels, and to put the Three A man who was caught last week careful to avoid saying anything nation on earth in its own tongae, ture is dangerous and the burning People's Principles into effect. was sentenced to a term of im- that might suggest that the Society la, many places missionary enter- of waste paper" has become a (S) CHIANG RAI SHEK."

prisonment. Yesterday

Another is an organisation of imperialism prise had been steadily curtailed, regular pasiime in many Canton

Chinese arrested by one of the boys and of capitalism. The larger partit eeemed to him that the So

ciety's City homes and schools during the

work should be pushed on Sunday appeared at the Kow of the support obtained comes not last few days, when a number of

loor Magistracy. It was alleged from the large gifts of the wealthy more than ever. book shops have been carefully death blow to the Soviet Mission, that two brothers had stolen 19 but from the smaller amounts con- The Society was doing wonderful searched.

whose most effective work has been gonny bags belonging to the Kow-tributed by the artisan and the work in China, and he thought that An attack on the "Reds" in done in the name of Dr. Suni

loon Tong Development Company, common people of our land. The it should be encouraged and sup- Shinkwan and other Northern Troops under General Hsu Ching "Kwangtung towns has now been de Tong (pre-Chiang Kai Shek and Lion man being seen to take the bags Society is supported as loyally by ported to the utmost of our power.

and pass them on to his brother. the Salvation Army na by the Applause.) finitely decided upon, and General Tsai Hain) stationing i Sanhing. One of the defendants was caught Chien Ta Chun, the Canton Garu Wenfau, and other West River is by a pupil as he was passing the rison Commissioner, will personally tricts have been ordered to concen lead his troops against the followers trate at Canton City. They are school in his attempt to escape.

The first defendant was sentenced of M. Borodia in these places.

about to exchange stations with the

to three weeks' hard labour and the First Canton Emergency Regiment. Dr. H. H. Kung, Kuomintang

"Reds" in Canton are still hold-second to two weekz, Minister of Industries" by appoint ment from Hankow, is said to haveing secret meetings, and they are

being satisfied General Li Tsai Hain that encouraged by the news that comrades" in districts to

be is not a "Red." General Li has the North of Yingtak are holding consented to Dr. Kung's return to

"Reds in Hunan are their own. the Southern Capital. Dr. Kung is sending re-inforcements to Shiu- A brother-in-law of late Dr. Sun wan Railronds north of Ngan Yat Sen and following Dr. Kung's chanau along the Kwangtung Sec example it is expected that Mr. T. V. Soong, Mr. Sun Fo, and other tion of the Canton-Hankow Line are

under "Red" control.

members of late Dr. Sun's family In the Whampoa

Dr. J. H. Montgomery, of Amoy, Alike.

taid that here was a platform on None of you will infer from this which every section and every mem of Chinese loiterers on and about that the Society is a State estab- bor of the Christian Church could their premises since the removal of lished organisation, or is especially meet together; where all could sup the school to a temporary building supported by the aristocracy. One port and share in the splendid work in Prince Edward Road.

has in these times to be rather of providing the "Bible to every

highest dignitaries of the Church. Dr. Montgomery then proposed It is a fine thing that a repre- the following office bearers for the sentative of the people having high

ensuing year:- responsibilities in the State can

Rev. Dr. T. W. Pearce, LL.D., give expression to that which we realise is of great importance in and the Rev. F. Short (Hon. Secre taries) Dr. J. Herbert Sanders our national life.

Without favour to the party to (Hon. Treasurer.) The Committee TO BENEFIT MOTORISTS. which Mr. Baldwin, belongs, we re. was formed of the ladies and gentle- cognise that his personality, and his men whose names appear in the avoidance of the ostentatious and report.

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TREES TO BE CUT DOWN.

of the showy-the fact that he is The Rev. C. Lacy, Secretary in just a plain and practical man- China for the American Bible So The trees and greenery on the are responsible for the popularity cięty, said that he hoped the Socie-.. island at the junction of Lower he enjoys in Britain to-day.

ties would unitedly go forward with Our colporteura have lately had their work Albert Road and Garden Road are Military now being removed, as they ob. to face great dangers; some have The Chairman then moved a vote will turn against the Soviet. There Academy, about 300 cadets of struct the view of motorists. The drawn back and resigned, but the of thanks to the ladies who during are still thousands of Chinese who "Red" inclination are refusing to island is not without a certain majority of them have held on. The the past year had successfully re- worship Dr. Sun Yat Sen, and the be disarmed, and the cadets-sex attractiveness, but this is the motor result was that at the end of the withdrawal of members of his family eral thousands in number are oping age and the Aublic Works year, they were only a small fra from "Red" influence will be the

posing any drastic action against Department is entirely justified in tion below the record year. (Continued on next columm).. any section of the corps.

(Continued on next column). the sacrificing treen

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