1927-07-07 — Page 7

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, JULY 7th, 1927.

TSINGTAO NOT TO BE SURRENDERED.

JAPAN SENDING MORE TROOPS TO NORTH CHINA.

STRUGGLE TAKING PLACE MIDWAY BETWEEN TSINGTAO AND KIAOCHOW.

NORTH NOW MAKING A DETERMINED STAND,

NANKING POLICE ARREST A NUMBER OF "REDS

IN THEIR MIDST.

AN APPEAL TO EX-PRESIDENT LI YUAN HUNG.

An additional 2,000 troops have been ordered by the Japanese Government to proceed to Tsingtao from Dairen. They will take the place of the Japanese troops now guarding Japanese lives and in Shantung, particularly in the vicinity of Tsinaufu, the property capital.

now making an I would appear that the Northerners are

They are united effort to oppone the victorious Southerners. evidently ready to defend Tsingtao valiantly: Meanwhile, fighting is taking place at a point midway between Tsingtao and Kinochow. From Nunking it is reported that the police have discovered a -hot-bed of Communists in the midst of the sacred presence of the Nationalist Government. Naturally, there has been considerable perturbation in the ancient city of the Ming Dynasty and no fewer than thirty alleged Reda" are now under arrest.

Those who are able to recall the more varied than distin guished political career of General (or Marshal) Li Yuen Hung will read with more than a smile of the wily attempt that hus just been made to induce the veteran ex-President to drift back to Peking politics-this time in the role of so-called, mediator: at least three occasions Li Yuan Hung, who was the first of the Chinese military lenders actually to raise the standard of revolt at Wuchang against the moribund Manchus in 1911, assumed Peking's Presidential purple or its equivalent. His various tenures of office were of certain duration, and that is about all that can be said of them.

Evidently, ex-President Li, who is well-known as a big, simple- minded gentleman, is easily convinced that he is useful to the State.

It will be of much interest to note if he, after his long sojourn in the tranquillity of Tientsin's Concession, is quite so simple as Mr. Pan Fo-seems to think..

2,000

MORE JAPANESE TROOPS FOR TSINGTAO.

THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.)

TOKYO, July 6th.

U.S. NATIONAL

DEBT.

BRITISH BRIGADE RETURNING.

GRADUALLY BEING PAID-OFF.

REPORT OFFICIALL

CONFIRMED.

(THROUGH BOUTER'S 'AGENCY.]

LONDON, July 5th. The War Office has now officially announced that the strength of the Shanghai Defence Force is shortly to be reduced by the return to India of the infantry battalions of the 20th Indian Infantry Brigade, along with certain other units of the Indian contingent.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE] Gloucesters, Durhams, and Punjabis.

LONDON, July 5th. The strength of the Shanghai Defence Force will shortly be re- duced by the return to India of the infantry battalions of the Twentieth Indian Infantry Brigade, together with certain other units of the Indian contingen.t This Brigade includes the Second Battalion of the Gloucesters, the Second Dur- ham Light Infantry, and the 4/1 and 3/14 Punjabis.

Altogether the Defence Force will be reduced by about 3,000 men.

The troops being withdrawn were the first to go to Shanghai, where they have been stationed for the past six months.

NATIONALISTS AND SOVIET.

SHANGHAI, July 6th. Prior to the departure of the Soviet Consul-General, M. Linde for Russia, the Nationalist Foreign Minister, Mr C. C. Wu, verbally

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

WASHINGTON, July 5th. The uited States Treasury offi einls are congratulating themselves. un the probability that by the end of the current fiscal year, which began on July 1st, one-third of the huge National Debt, which reached the highwater mark in August, 1919, will have been paid off. The in August, 1919, was debt G. $90,596,000,000, but it has been steadily reduced in the last seven years, thanks to the surpluses a the American Treasury.

MISSISSIPPI'S FLOOD.

PROBLEM FOR RELIEF AGENCIES.

·

[REUTER'S AMELICAN SERVICE.]

WASHINGTON, July 5th.

SACCO AND VAN- BIG FIRE IN ATLAN-

ZETTI.

TIC CITY.

WEALTHY AMERICANS.

"RED" MEXICAN SYMPATHIS SIX BEACH HOTELS BURNED | ENORMOUS INVESTMENTS IN

ERS DISPERSED BY POLICE.

SURROUND ́Ù.S." CON SULATE.

[KETTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

Mexico City, July 6th. A body of motor-cycle police, armed with rifles surrounded the United States Consulate-General, and dispersed 2,000 members of the Labour Unions, so-called "Red" who were attempting to hold a demonstration in sympathy with Sacco and Vanzetti.

AMERICANS AND PARIS.

WHY THEY PREFER IT TO

LONDON.

A ROTARIAN'S OPINION,

Mr. Hoover has returned from a

Why do American profer Paris visit to the Mississippi flond arra, to London! No American visiting and in a statement says it is estiEurope thinks his journey worth mated that out.of 3,300.000 acres of while until he has seen the "Gay

City." farm fand in the Mississippi basin 1,300,000 were inundated and are probably, unfit for crop production this year.

This is a most serious problem for the relief agencies, as the po putation have to be fed and clothed for many months to come.

U.S. TRAIN DISASTER.

FOUR KILLED: TWENTY

INJURED.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE.]

DOWN.

HOW THE SPECTATORS WERE DISPERSED.

[HEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

ATLANTIC CITY, July 6th..

TOREIGN STOCK.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

WASHINGTON, July 6th.

The Department of Commerce vali- mates that Americans have invested abroad altogether 6.812,300,000,000- of which 2780,000,000 were, invest.

Six wooden beach tels haveed in the Brst six months of 1927.

This is what remains after allow- The hotels were crowded with

ing for repayments and the matur- been burned down,

It includes loans guests, who escaped to the famous ing of debts.

during the second three months of Bourd Walk along the waterfront.

A large section of the Board Walk | 1927 of a total nur value of caught fire and was consurned.

The large crowd of bathe a gathered to watch the conflagration but were dispersed like magic when the fire reached a huilding belong- ing to the arms factory, and the bullets began to fly.

A LONDON HOUSE WITH 36 DOGS.

"AN AGREEARLE BREED IF THEY DON'T BARK AT THE BAKER."

NEIGHBOUR - COMPLAINS.

$111,000,000.

These figures only include private investments of Amerieans in foreigu investments publicly offered,

THE NAVAL CON- FERENCE.

NO DECISIONS.

THROUGH REUTEU'S AGENCY.]

GENEVA, July 5th.

A boarding establishment for- cats and dogs at Mill Hill, Hen- A brief communiqué by thờ don, was the subject of a motion technical committee states that on which came before Mr. Justice agreement has been reached on the Clauson, in the King's Dench Divi- outstanding submarine question, sion.

Mr. James W. Archibald and his which the British proposal for two classes, within defined limits wife, of Roma, Wood-lane, Mill was originally opposed." Hill asked for an injunction to restrain Mr. Sidney Graham Hayes and his wife, of Albano-the ad- joining semi-detached house from keeping. animals so as to occasion

a nuisance,

They do prefer Paris (writes & representative of the Daily News). I was told this by Mr. Walter D. Cline, of Texas, the chairman, of the Rotary International Conven- tion Committee, who is in London making arrangements for the great Convention to be held at Ostend.

And the reason? Well," said Mr. Cline, the explanation may be found in the cinema representa- tions we seo of Paris; of the life and gaiety of the French capital, its spacious boulevards, and ita free architecture. Why doesn't

According to Mr. Archibald's London do a little more publicity? If it did, it would increase the affidavit, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes carried on the Mill Hill Board- visitors from the States by the shiping Kennel," and the number of load."

dogs they kept had increased, until "And speaking of shiploads,"

at Easter last they had no fewer six steamers have than 36. The majority of the dogs he continued,

were kept in the house, many of been chartered to bring over 3,000 the Retarians from U.S.A. to

them in the drawing-room, and Ostend Convention, which is to be others were all over the house.

There was almost incessant bark- opened by the King of the Bel-. ganisation.

The Prince of Wales occupants of his house were pre is an honorary member, but, at the vented from sleeping owing to the cannot say whether wo howling and whining. When Mr. moment, I shall have the pleasure of his at- Archibald complained Mr. Hayes tendance. We have rore than said the business was worth £500 2,000 Rotary clubs in America, and

a year to him, and he intended to: there, are 280 clubs in the United have 100 togs on his premises dur- Kingdom.

ing the summer.

A brief discussion on cruisers

followed, with a view to examining the ways of adjusting the Powers cruiser requirements, and was ad journed to enable the delegations to study the question in detail.

Americans Interviewed.

LATER.

:

Contrasting with the communique carlier, Admiral Jines cabled. (America) man interview said that neither the tonnage nor the elassification of submarines had yet been settled.

NYACK, N.Y., July 5th. Four persons were killed and 20 THE STRUGGLE IN explained that the movement for injured in a collision between a the purification of the Kuomintang passenger train and a goods train, SHANTUNG.

was necessitated by the fact that at Jones Point, on the Hudson the Chinese Communist Party was } River, on the New York, Ontario Bians. He is a member of our oring, and Mr. Archibald and other rienns. had made a new proposal hindering the progress, and threat-and. Western Fine, ening the very existence of the Nationalist revolution.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. ]

PERINO, July 6th. Two thousand more troops have

Negotiations for the peaceful sur- been ordered to Tsingtao from Dairen-to-replace those already render of Taingtap to the Nation- there, who have been ordered toalists have evidently fallen through, proceed to Tainan and important as despatches sent off from there points along the Shantung Railway (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

The Eighth Brigade.

this morning report that an engage ment, is progressing at Chengyang, SHANGHAI, Tuly oth midway between Tsingtao and Kino. It is reported that the Japanese

chow, between General Shang General Staff has ordered the

the commanding the Sui Yuan Eighth Brigade, of approximately 4,000 men, from Dairen to Tsingtao, area, and Garrison Commander where the garrison at present is Chu, who evidently is determined

.2,000.

Less than 1,000 are proceeding to to keep the Northern flag flying. Tainanfu, when the railway is re It is expected that the Nation- stored, which it is expected to bojalist drive against Thingtao will | immediately.

synchronise with a fresh thrust northward up the Tientsin-Pakow Railway,

Japanese engineers who were re- cently investigating this railway (which is heavily, mortgaged in Japanese) report that communica- tious can easily be restored. Nationalist troops. now Knomi, 50 miles from Tsingtao.

(Wa Tez Yat Pun.)

hold

Surprise For Nanking Police.

SHANGHAI, July 6th, The Nanking police have discover

ed a

Chang Tsung Chang, who is re- uning in charge of the situation at Tsinanfu, has despatched a force to Knomi.

As a result the Nationalist Gov- ernment had finally been forced to suppress the Communists.

SOVIET ESPIONAGE.

MORE ALLEGED SPYING.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

RIGA, July 5th;

Affidavit In Reply.

He denied reports that the Ame-

regarding cruisers, and expressed the opinion that the problem of destroyers and submarines would be easier to solve than that of eruisers.

Mr. Hugh Gibson, head of the U.S. delegation, at the same inter view added that the discussion of aulanarines was continuing; and he' was hopeful of satisfactory result. ́ ́[REUTER'S "AMERICAN "BERVICE;}

"We have clubs established in forty countries," Mr. Cline ex-Mr. Hayes, in his-afidavit-in-re plained, "No, we haven't manag-ply, said this was open country... Wants Full Equality.

BAR HARBOUR, MAINE,

July 5th.

Mr. Wu further drew the atten- -tion-of-M.-Linde to the fact that the Nationalist Government realises that Soviet Russia and China are in a similar position among the

Eight arrests have been made ined Russia yet, but we are not giv He had on his premises a certain

ing up hope. It would be interest- family of nations, being under

accommodation was amply provid and connection with the discovery of ing to see the attitude of that big number of dogs and cats, but their uppression by imperialism,

ed for, and they were well cared

In an adds to the Maine. there is always the possibility of a an alleged big Soviet espionage nation towards our movement,"

There will be no international for in every respect.

branch of the American Legion, Precautions were taken to Sino-Soviet entente.

language employed at the commo-

Senator Hale, the Chairman of the Mr. Wu declared that the anti-organisation,

politan gathering at Ostend. The that they were not a nuisance to Senate Naval Affairs Committee, de- Communist movement was not ain

chief addresses will be delivered in

the neighbours. ed against Soviet Russia, and the Nationalist Government was

English and French but some will be in Spanish and Italian.. than willing to resume the tradi tional friendly relationship with the Soviet Government.

more

YANGTSZE CONCESSIONS.

A NEW ADMINISTRATION

SYSTEM.'

HOUNDSDITCH'S LAMENT.

TRADERS WANT NEW NAME FOR FAMOUS STREET.

un-

HUNTING MAN SHOT AT,

SMÅLLHOLDER'S "LOST TEMPER."

The name of Houndsditch has

The fallen into disrepute. pleasant reputation associated with [THRODÓN REUTER'S AGENCY.]

the medieval habit of depositing

Charged with shooting at a hunt dead dogs and other objectionable HANKOW, July 5th. refuse in the ditch which once laying man, Mr. Samuel Thomas Mr. Eugene Chen is reported to under the site of this ancient Lon. Greenaway, Leslie Woodall, 36, be leaving for Kiukiang in connec- don thoroughfare is eaid to be hay smallholder, of Whitstone, appear tion with a new system of Conces-ing a bad effect on trade. sion administration.

ed at Cornwall Assizes.

set

Mr. Justice Clauson-Is it sngclared that Congross would never gested that if you have 36 dogs in one to any agreement at Geneva that should subordinate the a small semi-detached house they United States Navy to the navy of won't bark at night.

"}

Mr. Lockwood (for Mr. and Mrs. any other nation in the world.

He hoped the American dele- Hayes). Of course they do.

The judge said he observed from gation at Geneva would be able to Another affidavit that when the bring about an agreement that Baker came to deliver bread at Alwould result in the application of bano the dogs, never yelped or bark- the 5-5-3 ratio to other vessels than seemed to be a very capital ships and aeroplane car ed. They

(Laugh riers, and that eventually Francs agreeable-breed of dogs. ter.) It was singular thing, and and Italy would join such an agree not in accordance with one's own experience from keeping one dog. (Laughter.)

and

The Fengtien command, is making Shanghai or the Yangtze ports, decided to petition the City Cor- other hunting men, was riding pasta natural on Dark-and that was

careful curvey of the defence line

secret Communistic organ on the Chihli-Shantung border.

within the city and havo arrested

more than 30 Communistic agita

tors,

Mr. Pan Fu, Premier of the

Peking Cabinet, has gone to Tion-

[NAVAL WIRELESS.] Northerners Moving Southwards.

HANKOW, July 5th.

The Fengtien forces are reported

tsin. His mission is reported to to have crossed the Yellow River

bo to attempt to convince Li Yuan

Hung to reappear in the political and to have cut the railway line

arena.

iz

"In the present political between Chengchow and Loyang. impasse, Mr. Pan said when inter- Up to the present no fighting is viewing General Li" You are the

Mr. Lockwood read a statement It was stated that Woodall ob- by a R.S.P.C.A. inspector. that he was at Mr. Hayes's premises for That is the opinion of many

jected to hunts going through the

Mr. three-quarters of an hour Little to Report.

wholesale and retail firms with pre-

wood near his bungalow.

with mises in Houndeditch, and a mect-

or three heard only one Greenaway,

two SHANGBAI, July 5th. There is little to report from ing has been held at which it was

Woodall, it was said, was seen though it is reported that the Fengporation for power to change the the bungalow towards the wood. tien troops are moving against name of the street.

Mr. Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang on the

James Farquharson, of to put a gun to his shoulder and James Farquharson and Sons, ex fre at Mr. Greenaway, who was Mr. Green- Honan front.

Morning about 30 yards away. port eerchants, told Post representative that the pro- away's horse was hit, but he was posal was made before the war, but not. had fallen through owing to op. position by members of the City Corporation

U.S. RUM-RUNNING.

REVENUE OFFICER'S

EXPLOIT.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

NEW YORK, July 5th. Ensign Charles Duke of the Coastguard Service, aged 27, has

E

Was

to

Cross-examined by Woodall, who conducted his own defence, Mr. Greenaway said that for 20 years he had been accustomed to pass on this bridle way.

Wor

ment.

MORNING EXERCISES.

HARMFUL TO ALL EXCEPT

THE ROBUST.

The Judge. A natural bark. Ap- Thousands of London business parently he did not tread on the

men and city clerks who regularly dog's tail. (Laughter.)

perform physical exorcises before The injunction asked for was hurried breakfast and a dash to the granted until the trial of the ac-office will be surprised to learn that tion.

they are physiologically unsound. « Dr. Adolphe Abrahams, brother of LAWYER DIES AT TYPIST'S the Olympic sprinting champion,

FEET.

declared in a

lecture at the Caxtor Hall, Westminster, that violent exercise should not be taken till at least two hours after waking.

BORED WITH LIFE AT FORTY-THREE.

indispensable man in the capacity reported, but Marshal Feng Y, Performed a feat hailed as one of the site of the old clothing market ter of the hounds pointing out that that her employer, without paus-

of taking the role of mediator. It Hsiang has withdrawn his forces to

is simply any hope of an early Loyang.. realisation of nation-wide pence

One brigade of Feng Yu Hsiang's

Large numbers of Wu-lan troops

war

cargo

;

She remarked suddenly a strange

Other doctors who discussed the question agreed that in some cases this practice did more harm than good. One said;

For young men with a robust constitution there is much to be said for it. Everyone in a seden- tary position needs plenty of exercise, and if they cannot get games they must make up

with the

morning drill.

But for those not

physically strong it is a severe strain to go through a stiff course, before the circulation has had time

to get. thoroughly

They tire hemselves out, and personally,

I should advise them to find time for their exercises at some other

The suggestion then change the name to Bishop's Way

Woodall, who ware two or Bishop's avenue.

A girl typist to Herr Julius Another suggestion is that the medals, said he was a Londoner. Halasz, a Budapest lawyer, was name of the new automatic tele The woods were in his private oc- taking down letters of instructions phone exchange to be erected on cupation, and he wrote to the mas when she was struck by the fact in Houndeditch should be given to they were not available for the ing, continued his dictation for a the most remarkable exploits by the whole street.

hunt,

number of hours, clearing up out- individual in the course of the Gov-

cóm- The change does not and o

He had no objection to hunting standing matters. ernment's anti-rum war

as such, but thought his living Duke almost single-handed cap-ditch firms are both for sentimental should come before other people's alteration in his voice, and looked

cao-plete approval. Several Hounds- tured an alleged British rum-rull and business reasons, opposed to short. He put up his gun to stop up from her pad to find that he The telegraph line to Shanghai ner, the Economy, with a

was holding a revolver, to his worth half a million dollars, and it. One member of a big firm con- that prompts me to take up the is interrupted.

siders the old name is a valuable the riders, but the leader ran down

on him and he lost his temper. He mouth..

he It can't be helped now," its crew of 23 men.

he could deter the others thought premiership."

Duke, commanding a 30-foot re- trade asset. venue cutter with a crew number. Houndsditch, which lies along

put a bullet in my brain." He or- continuo His children had been endanger-dered the terrified girl to troops is advancing from Tsochow are now concentrated at Hankoying three, sighted the Econumy the site of the wall of Landon, is by firing at Mr. Greenaway. He said, laughing. "I simply must

including three divisions of Feng near quarantine, and despite a one of the oldest streets in the site.took aim to ensure his enfety.

point in the day. The charge volver in his mouth. Suddenly, his bungalow door. with the intention of uniting with tic forces, who turned over to the fierce gale he gave chuse and quick- The name dates from Anglo-Saxoned by hunting men riding past her work while he kept the re- was a conspiracy against him be the middle of a sentence, he pulled South when Chongchow fell into ly overhauled the suspect. As the and even from Roman times. John the Kuomintang forces there,

cutter went alongside, Duke, armed Stow, the London Chronicler, re-

Canes he dared to interfere with the trigger. There was a loud re- pört and he fell out of his chair these General Li Chung. Jan returned the hands of the Wu-han armies with a rifle, leapt aboard und felled fers to it as being full of dend

people's sport. Mr. Justice Avory said that dead at the feet of the typist.

Halasz was a noted racehorse to Nanking from Hsuchow on the It is rumoured that Hankow has sailor who tried to bar his way. dogs," by which he probably meant

machine-gun if the

Woodall should have applied for Economy for refuss. 3rd inst. for the purpose of making ordered an advance down river to He yelled to his men to fire their that it was a general repository Immediately after the street was

an injunction to restrain hunting owner, and his wife was a celebrat- meet the punitive expedition" did not stop. This was bluff, as the

She fell unconscious ed beauty. arrangeinents for the coming ex

but it formed it became the resort of old men from using the wood.

At succeeded,

lue

Woodall, who was found Not when she heard the news in a suggested that as soon as Tainan Chiang Kai Shick. They are report have to; whereupon Duke sat with the present day, although there are Guilty of shooting with intent to Budapost fashionable promenade. am forty-three. It is long is taken by the Southerners, the ed to be approaching Hwangchow his rifle on liis knees for three still many small retail clothing do grievous bodily harm and of Her husband's farewell letter said:

hours, guarding his captives, until shops, the street is mainly taken maliciously wounding the horse, I expedition towards Hankow will whore General Hano Tao Yin leads other patrol boats arrived and took up with wholesale and expert was fined £20 and costs for common enough to live. Bored stiff with.

dealers in hardware and toys. immediately begin.

the Nanking forces.

the prize to port.

to Tining, worth-west of Yenchow,

pedition against Hankow. It is sout against Hankow "by Marshal cutter had no machine-gumy clothes dealers and usurers.

and

aceault.

life.'

in

The head of a physical culture school in the West End said:

For the anemic clerk the prin ciple is all wrong, He takes too! much out of himself and feels the result for the rest of the day. I advise that the exorcises be done in the evening, followed by a spongo down, and then bed. The good effects of this will soon be noticed Mid-day is also quite good time.