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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, JULY 11th, 1927.
CHINA IN THE GRIP OF THE REDS.
A FORMER SOVIET AGENT TELLS HOW THINGS ARE DONE IN HANKOW.
RED METHODS REVEALED FROM WITHIN.
PLOT TO POISON CHIANG KAI SHEK.
We give the following from the first of a series of articles on Russian Communist activities in China which are appearing in the North China Daily Newes
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ANOTHER “JIM THE PENMAN."
PUBLIC SCHOOL BOY WHO BECAME A FORGER..
MAYFAIR GANG WHO MADE £3,500 IN THREE MONTHS.
Davis is the son of a respectable
working-class family, of Hereford. His parents, by hard work and thrift, were able to give him a public school education.
A well-dressed young man in the dock at the Old Bailey heard him- self described as the cleverest forger of signatures in England. Ho was William George Davis, aged 9, the ringleader of the notorious O'Dar The author was until recently aTi San, the labour leader and com- gang, and he has been taken to ammist agitator, a certain Chen Dartmoor under a sentence of 12 trusted member of the fargo body and others whom I do not remein-years penal servitude. of Soviet officers and agitators ber. It was made clear, however, It is dangerous for the commu which acts in an advisory capacity that the meeting was very secret nity for you to be at large," the
and that Eugene Chen, Teng
Recorder told Davis, who bowed to the Hankow. Red régime under Ta, Tang Seng Chi and others must ironically and walked to the cells explicit directions from Moscow. know nothing about it, so the meet, beneath the dock. He served in the Red Army and ing was to be explained as then, when military operations be affair, lasting an hour or so, at Borodin's house, if there were in gan in China under Soviet tute- quiries. lage, was detached for service in China and had experience in Red tactics in this country in Harbin, Peking and Hankow. In Hankow he had many differences of opinion with his chiefs and colleagues and was an openly opposed to much that was either done or planned that he was finally suspected of being a counter-revolutionary and had the narrowest possible escape from a trap in which it was plan ned to do away with him and from which he escaped with a number of serious wounds,
The text of his revelations is in Russian and no liberties with it have been taken in translation apart from some rearrangement of the material, His narrative is as follows:
Conference With General Galen,
His Reminiscences. He met Josephine O'Dare when she was a girl of 18, selling flags Davis has been convicted three for the local hospital.
his last sentence being three years' penal servitude for larceny
The first meeting opened with the reading of a telegram from Voitinsky in Shanghai, asking Borodin for funds from his account in the Dal Bank with which to buy the press. After reading the mes- sage Borodin explained that all the times, Chinese papers upon which they had counted for support, such as and forgery.
When he was released from prisun the Min Kuo Jih Pan (Republican Daily News), had conspired in 1925 he wrote reminiscences in among themselves to start, an anti- various newspapers for which he re-
"Al of ceived £150. Bolshevist, campaign of them," said Borodin.
When the gang that has now been working together. They have for- broken up worked together in May.
the British and
Captain the fair, Davis passed as Robten Japanese, and have started a cam Helier, Lord St. Helier and Captain Danvers, D.5.0. Then a schemo paign against us."
devised for the systematic Borodin then went on to say that was he had exhausted his special credit awindling of banks in and around, with the, Dal Bank financing the London.
Letters containing cheques were labour unions and bribing generals and officers at the arsenal during stolen by Nonan, another member the occupation of Shanghai by the of the gang His method was to Nationalists. He therefore, want place a sheet of paper beneath the ed Hau Chien to get Eugene Chen door of an office, and when a letter and T. V. Sung, Finance Minister had been dropped through to ex- (or Finance Communissar," 6 tract the sheet and a letter or two the Russian text has it), to raise with it. funds immediately in Shanghai.
I am not going to tell of any iris was about as far as the con-
adventures and observations Hankow in chronological order as I might do if I were going to pro- duce a literary effort to be publish- ed months hence, but am trying
to arrange my data and anecdotes
the order of their
ference went on the 10th, apart from general discussion Chiang Kai Shek's defection.
a
of
£3,500 in Three Months.
Then Davis brought his expert skill to work upon the cheque, and his penmanship was so clever that
The following day I learned that the most experienced bank cashiers,
a certain Tsirkins, an Austrian were deceived. By this means the
months.
Scotland Yard's opinion of Davis ! can be realised from the significant fact that in criminal records he is the cleverest criminal classed as of this type since the days of "Jim the Penman."
value, since it is elative news Jew, well known internationally as gang secured £3 500 within three
any object to put રા criminal agent, an expert in facts before the public rather than murder, theft of documents and entertainment. With this idea in the like, was to attend the con- mind, I have decided that the forenee that night; so in spite of story of two conferences that I at an effort that Petroff made to pre vent my coming, I got to the meet tended with General Galen and at which plans for the murder of ing with Galen, who asked me Chiang Kai-shek were discussed in particularly not to leave him. The some detail will be of immediate ensuing conversations, were of such interest to both the foreigners and
a character that I have the clearest
recollection of what to testify that he had died of heart the Chinese of this community- possible. not to mention the Nanking Gov-transpired. Borodin arrived at 10 failure.
Galen Spoils Debate. crament.
o'clock in his own car and opened telling the conÙ-
It must first of all be understood the meeting, whereupon Petroff im
"HE'S A PRINCE"
but he's also
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Galen bere interrupted the dis- OUTWITTING THE CENSORS.
BOME
that plans are often made and -mediately, beg agitation that cussion rather dramatically. He
RECOGNISING THE CLAIMS OF CHILDREN.
Several hundred members of the
unions.
our
adopted in Hankow in secret company with no
Both Church and State in Italy, ferences to which many of the Chi- drastic measures were essential to had been listening and watching nese best known to foreigners, who the consolidation of the revolution, the company quietly, intensely in-
respective Press-organg think themselves in authority, are and that all the supporters of terested but contributing nothing encourage a vigorous campaign in
he suddenly jumped not invited and to which only those Chiang Kai Shek must be done to the debates At this juncture, their
Ast, skirts and sleeveless blouses of England at Church House, lie who have been accepted by Borodin away with and should be left to pounded the table with beat, against the modern fashion of short missionary accieties of the Church
him
and Chen Ma Tze ("pock and addressed Borodin directly Varona is at present lending the tened to an appeal for recognition and other senior agents who are
be genuine communists marked Chen"). The conference I am aware, of course," said he,way; a committee has been formed of the claims of children born of known
that Comrade Petroff is devoted to study the whole question, and mixed marriages between English- sidence which General Yang Ben but thought that the delinquente to the revolution and so forth. As they have issued a proclamation men, and Indians, are admitted. The luxurious re did not approve unconditionally,
It was made by Sir Anton Ber- built for himself beyond the Race should be tested as Communists and
common cause than any of us, but "We want the art of woman's tram, a former Chief Justice of Course, now commandeered by the if they refused to submit, they a Communist he does more in the announcing their taste in dress
I want to ask him something: Has attire to return to our own sug- Ceylon. He was speaking on the Hankow Government, has been should be handed over to the court.
Murder Urged.
he the sanction for the undertaking gestive art which rendered Beat- found a convenient place for such
of the Church Assembly. secret conclaves and it was there,
At this suggestion Petroff jump that he suggests of the Chinese rice even more beautiful in her report of the Missionary Council Sir Anton apoke of the problem on the nights of April 10th and
of the party in the women of the Risorgimento 11th of this year, that the meetings od up nervously and said that such Central Committee or of the Cen-purity, and gave sinuous grace to
their dig presented by the Anglo-Indians, which I attended were held. The trial would be a trump card intral Co want also to ask Com-without diminishing
whose numbers, he declared, were nity." occasion for these gatherings was Chiang Kai Shek's hands, insisted Moscow?
But will these meritorious reffec-estimated at from 10,000 to 73,000.
he asked, "Are these," Chiang Kai She's treachery, his that they should be done away with rade Petroff whether or not he can revolt against the authority of the at once without a hearing, and ask guarantee that the seven persons
be tions guide the harassed dress people? Most assuredly they are, Hankow Government and its Soviet ed the meeting to sanotion such dis- who are still military advisers on
I want maker in Fascist Italy ? An en-
though we have not, hitherto, adviserate, and they developed into position of a number of persons Chiang Kai Shek's staff will not conferences upon the surest and whom he had listed and was pre- tortured and executed.
thepared to name to the assembled Comrade Patroff to make sure of terprising journalist of Verona realised it. They are of mixed has joined in the crusade and has blood, but let it no longer be said of easiest ways
He produced the list this, if he goes on with his plan, received telegrams of encourage killing
company "traitor," his colleagues and im
there were on it, besides by sending the agents from his own mediate sub-ordinates.
other prominently, the off-spring of irregular Gasparri and Chiang Kai Shek's followers, a staff who simply yawn and drinkment and approval from Cardinal that they are wholly, or even main-
Hsu here in Hankow for lack of some Uhiang and Borodin.
number of wealthy people.
persona. The Minister of Indus
*This is an illusion, Buch. The Communiste Li Ti Ban and Chien raised objections but was thing to do, I am opposed, in fact try and Commerce sees in the
ignored by Borodin, who signed the to the execution of his plan and Cheng Wu Po had just arrived ign from Nanking, where they had been resolution, affixed the Chinese seal believe that the Comrades here will movement a possibility of saving unions have no doubt existed, but marriages in the days of the East living and collecting information of the party and passed it on to support me. Comrade Djougelli, the traditional correct Italian cos substantially they claim to be re- when it was India Company I have said to the Chinese Com-industry. and plans to this operations Hsu Chien for his signature, which I request that you translate what tume and of safeguarding national garded as the offspring of mixed about Chiang Kai Shek's
knowledge was duly attached.
The intrepid journalist proposes natural for Englishmen settled in rades." After this unusual procedure, of their presence there, and they
Judgment. Postponed.
to inundate Italy with allegorical India to contract such alliances. had brought back word that Chiang Madame Sun Yat Sen came up for
discussion. It was mentioned that Galen had no sooner finished post-cards in order to bring the would not consider any compromise with Hankow while Borodin re she wanted to go to Shanghai thaa Petroff got up with a theatri matter home to the fair Sex" Let us remember that, for genera Among an endless variety there is tions past, the Anglo-Indians have rained there and that he was pre-The gathering opposed the idea. It cal air, excused himself in
one representing a woman strang been a Christian community with paring to defend himself against was argued that she might be cap elaborated fashion, saying that he
Need for Education, any hostile movement that Hankow tured by Chiang Kai Shek while had some work to day and of might contemplate. Cheng. Ou Pa en route and used to support his meeting with Tsirkins. Galen's fashions; and another depicting an I race and the Christian religion,"
that Chiang reported
was cause;
The British domiciled com. also that the morals and as remarks were then translated and, arch connecting the Cathedral of he had anticipated the meeting Milan with the Eiffel Tower, in gaining popularity among surance of the labour groups in
14 They masses, that Hu Xan Min's ad Hankew, would be bound to go decided to postpone judgment upon spired by the motto: "We intermunity and the Anglo-Indian exist of Verona cuts the arch in two. tend to intermarry and may be re herence, strengthened his position down when her departure became Fetroff's suggestions and to con- rupt the current "the committee side by side," he said.
that foreigners showed some kus
known. It was therefore determin- sider later other ways and means
At present it is a one-sided move- Bastion to favour him ased that she should be refused per- of getting rid of Chiang Kai Shek.
domiciled community. In this against Hankow. Li Ti San's re- mission to depart, on the ground This was the end of the session, ment, is the most enthusiastic garded as two sections of a single port stated that, under the circum that she could not be dispensed but I rode back to town in the crusaders are the bishops; but the matter they present, a common pro-
Chiang was likely to win with.
"If we are to preserve our young. stances
Borodin was then asked to tell same car with Galen and Djougelli resourceful journalist tactfully en-blame the
and they discussed the conference deavours to attract the fashion over
a number of army corps and
what his opinions were on the so heatedly that my presence was culprits by insinuating promises British boys and girls as worthy division commanders.
"The old prejudice that woman's
members of the Britiah race anil inion of this because I was counter-revolution, so without ris ignored. They condemned pron ons idea is to please man, should he Christian Church; if we are to pat noting tempo secretary and in Voloshin's
from his seat he said: ing
set aside," he says; in unmeasured terms, and Petroff
we will crown the Anglo-Indian community in place as
a position to preserve their reli- also guarding the house and hand. has been suggested by a number also, agreeing that these men were
of Comrades that we do away with wrecking the whole Boinet achieve-you,
gious faith, and to play their
part ling the distribution of pickets.
ution of makes Chiang Kai. Shek, and there are ment in China and that they were us the thak of teaching you h
all
to dress 2A QUARANT the quarrels
in the life of
of their coit is im Mussolini
country, in the It
In the persons who will undertake to
difficult dress
that
should establish perative. accompany Galen when he went execute such a commission Hau responsible for
were essential to the revolution and takes the matter of
in hand, fashions remain much as their educational Bystein on a outside Haakowity, and it was Chion interrupted to ask how it mongst the Chinees generals who
lied the propagation of Communism.
strictest in his company that I want to could be done. Borodin replied
aa
was the they Yang Sen's house. The reports of
that was ready to assume the Chinese from Nansing, 1 oh-full responsibility for the,sank and enthis, all discussion of Chiang gulations passed in Isciofies are sound basis. If we do not do this,
assassination but Boro Kai Shek's
administration of a big fat served, made a profound impres that he (Petrol) was certain of a
also
was also
my
the AUT
It'
4.A
of
an
O Woman,
but you must leave
how
the deterioration of both these sec
sion upon Borodin and it was he number of devoted Chinese Com-in's appeal for Chinese funds toed in hundred amusing tions of the domiciled community
Biri
akirts.
The
factory.
who called the meetings to discuss murists who would sacrifice them- buy the Chinese press in Shanghai factory in Piedmont decided notis inevitable.”
tory two good-looking girls with of discreetly short them. Those invited on both docu-selves to make sure of the job if bore fruits for when I was in to employ any girl who wore in- sions were Hsu Chion, Minister of it were necessary. Li T-Ban then Shanghai in the latter part
arranged their skirts on elas bobbed hair arrayed themselves in T Voitinsky informed Justice, Petroff, a neraber of the advanced the argument that snovi. April, Volte had got the funds to sio waist bands and pulled them large overalls, which swest the
be because were uncalled for, Cheka acting as adviser in Han ficca kow, Galen (alias Blucher), chief knew ways of gaining access to bribe the newspapers and mage up or down according as they wish ground, and were sleeves buttoned military adviser, Djougelli, a Chiang's headquarters, that he zines. He complained that it had ed to be early Victorian or modern round their wrists. They caused so Georgian who sometimes acted as could be easily phoned and that boen very expensive but said that When the grder was issued to re much mirth among the hands thit Chinese interpreter, Cheng Wa Po a doctor could then be produced the campaign was again anti-for-turn to long skirts in another fac- the administration gave orders
(Continued at foot of next column), to shorten their skirts and Li T San from Nanking, Li
(Continued on neat Column). eign rather than and Communist.
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