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A POLITICAL

MUDDLE.

CURIOUS SITUATION IN KWANGTUNG.

WHICH IS THE DOMINANT PARTY,

AMBITIOUS EDUCATIONAL

SCHEME.

ANTI-JAPANESE

BOYCOTT.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 26th, 1927.

THE TYPHOON PASSES BY WAGLAN.

SHANGHAI JAPANESE CHAM- BER'S RESOLUTION,

CHANGE OF POLICY DEMANDED.

SHANGHAI, July 19th. The local Japanese Chamber of Commerce, as a result of a meeting FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.] of officers of the Chamber held this

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Tanaka, the Premier, as well as to the Federation of the Chambers of Commerce and the Nikka Jitsugyo Kyckai, an association of business men interested in China trade.

alternoon in connection with the anti-Japanese movements being con- Chinese themselves and it difficult ducted in Shanghai and elsewhere, to understand the political situs passed a resolution, which was sub dion just now. Both the Hankowsequently telegraphed to Baron and "Nanking parties are divided into cliques and factions and there are many signs of a constant under ground struggle.

How the in-") trigues will fish no one can say but in Canton certainly, the general impression is that all is not well.

"General Chiang Kai Shek, ac- cording to opinion in certain circles, is not showing the fullest confidence in General Li Taxi Hain, his official Chief of Staff and personal repre- sentative in Canton General Chiang has asked

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the present anti-Japanese move ments are of a political nature with commupistic colouring, although they claim that the movements are popular ones.

KIDNAPPING.

RASCAL WHO TOLD THE TRUTH?

MARRIED COUPLE SECURE ACQUITTAL"

"Yes, "I alone am to blame. I kidnapped the child and the other twa persons who stand in the dock. with me have nothing to do with the crime," said Ma Yick" Wan, at the Central Magistracy yesterday.

He and a married couple were charged before Mr.. R. E. Lindsell with kidnapping a child of five years of age. Mr. F. H. Loseby watched the case on behalf of the mother of the child, and Mr. L. D. Turner represented the married couple.

Ma, who was an odd job man. confessed to the crime at the com-

A literal translation of the re-mencement of the proceedings and solution is as follows:-

was sentenced to nine months" im- Towards the anti-Japanese move prisonment and twenty strokes of ments which have been set on foot the birch. He was later called as in various districts in South China a witness for the Crown when he with Shanghai as the centre since said that he once used to live with last month, on the pretext of pro-the parents of the child. When he testing against the despatch of left he used to visit them and oc- mercenary Japanese troops to Shantung, we casionally take the youngster out troop commander, General Fan have been taking a very generous to tea

On July 17th, he took the 3bck Shang, to occupy part of attitude and waiting for voluntary child out at about 1 p.m. and treat- Kwangtung, and his 8,500 men who reflection by the Chinese people. ed him to some cakes and a cup arrived in Canton City several

"But, judging from the existing of China tea After this, Ma days ago are being sent to Lien-ituation, it is quite evident that trotted the little fellow to the house bsica, Yungyun, and other Northern

of one Lo On, where he told his Districts Part of the expense of

friend that as he had no use for maintaining this corps will be paid

the child, he would make him a by Kwangsi Province. This corps,

present and asked Lo to adopt the it is said, will watch the movements

kid. This, Lo was only toe willing of General Li. It must be remem-

to do and had agreed to make a bered, however, that General Li has command over the mercenary force ganizations of the Nanking Govern present of $200 to Ma. hired from Yunnan from Generalment, such as the Fublicity DepartThe arrangement was hurriedly. ment of the Central Executive Com-arrived at and in the space of an mittee of the Kuomintang, the local hour or so, Lc, Ma and the child Branch of the Kuomintang, the Political Department of the Gen- were across the barbour and on the eral Headquarters of the Nation-train for Canton. Ma returned to alist Forces, the Political Depart the child's house at about 4 p.m. ment of the Nationalist Navy, and and told the waiting mother that

Public Pencs Preservation the Bureau, taking the leading part of he had left the boy playing near the movements, have organized the stairway, and some had big" League to break off economic relations with Japan embracing stolen the youngster. The mother a large number of bodies by threats naturally refused to believe this

of Chinese merchants in part not participate in politics and ap-generai.

The next day, the nephew of the pear to be unable to unite in any "They have also created a TO

gistry office of Japanese goods and child went up to Canton to look promulgated ordinances concerning for the married couple where luck the sale of Japanese commodities by auction and punishment of persons favoured him-and-after hunting who may set against the move-Canton for a day, he ran across

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Fan also.

Kuomintang Press agencies are inclined to give credence to the rumour that the Reds" will start

troable in Shinkwan, where they are easily in touch with their com- rades over the border in Hunan and Kinugai.

The incEectiveness of the mer

A Government Affair, "In other words, · various of

SQUALL VELOCITY OF 70 - MILES.

VERY LITTLE DAMAGE, BUT TWO SKIPS COLLIDE.

PREPARATIONS MADE IN GOOD TIME.

Except for a good blow in the early hours of yesterday morning, a dowapour of rain for several hours, and heavy showers at fre quent intervals throughout the whole of yesterday, there have been few other offects locally of the typhoon.

The typhoon was a small one in extent, and passed a few miles to the north of Waglan at about 3 a.m., the squall velocity attaining 70 miles an hour.

With plenty of warning from the Royal Observatory during the week-end all shipping was made sale. Sea-going vessels, river steamers, and the small harbour craft took every possible. 'pre- cauțion and there were no serious mishaps apart from a collision between two Dutch vessels. The Gestkerk broke from her moorings..... – and drifted down on to the Tjisarbea which was at a neighbour.. ing buoy. The only damage was to the bridge of one ship and the bulwark railing of the other. The only other shipping casualty was the sinking of a juck in a typhoon shelter, but this did not entail loss of life. Ships were delayed in reaching port and the river steamer service slightly disorganised through steamers having to shelter.

There was damage to windows, and to matsheds, etci, but nothing of serious import, or that cannot be quickly repaired. One victim of the typhoon was a man who was swept from an upper floor of the Fire Station Building, and killed.

THE GALE STARTS.

UNSETTLED WEATHER

STILL."

THE HAIN.

At the Observatory the lowest point to which the barometer fell was 25.946 at 3,15 am. The wind varied betwien_N.N.E. and N.W until eight o'clock on Sunday night, It then freshened slightly from the From midnight onwards the wind North and backed to N.W. by 2} increased in violence, and its fullm, It was 8.W. at 5 am, S. force was feit in the Colony from by u.a.m., and S. E. at 8 am "about three o'clock until nearly six a'clock. Then came the rain, which fell in a steady downpour until

Up to 9.30 am, yesterday, a'rsin' after nine o'clock, when it eased fall of 3.23. inches was recorded, to off, to be followed by heavy showers, which must be added the showere The afternoon was Ane, but towards of the rest of the day. The total evening it again turned showery, and weather indications are that we shall have dull weather and rain for a day or two to come. The Royal Observatory report of yes terday morning, stated that the typhoon passed a few miles N.W. a N.W.

The principal incident reported track, and that it will probably from the Harbour was that at of Waglan at 3 a.m.

9.43 .m. the Orstkerk (J.C.JL)

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rainfall for the year is now over 80 inches.

HOW SHIPPING FARED.

DUTCH VESSELS IN

COLLISION.

chant class in Canton is creating in spite of the unwillingness on the nonsense and he was taken to the romain for some days as a depres-broke away from her moorings at

a feeling of pessimism. They do

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to make their influence felt. They should be able to procure dignised interview with the mili- tarists and politicians of the Ko mintang now controlling affairs in

Police Station.

sion over 8.W. China. The reports buoy A6 and drifted down on the of the Observatory were extra-roet, of the same line. The ordinarily close both as regards former veasel is of 5,002 tona and direction and duration of the storm.

the latter 4,384 tob:

With the gale at its height, the "cable snapped despite steam being put on the winch, and scraping the catberk carried away the wing of this ship's bridge, and ripped off many feet of her bulwark rail.

the City, but instead of this it' i ments. Their actions are not con- them in a junk bound, with the Bary precautions as regards doors alongside the Tjimroca, at buoy AS, said that they have decided to fol fined merely to an anti-Japanese low the cxcxaple set by factory boycott; they have laid dowe penal child, for their native village. The Central district was almost de- girls of camping out in front of oficial buildings in order that the officials may be forced to listen to their grievances. According to present arrangements Canton mer. chants will camp in front of the Canton Governmont House with the

idea

of

persuading the Kuomintang Administration to re-consider then order to lax pecessities as luxuries. The Kuomintang have now de finitely decided to close all the free boarding and lodging houses for unemployed workers of the 1895 anti-Kritish strike and boycott in Canton City. Those who still insist upon being maintained by public funds will be asked to go to Wham- poa, where labour camps will be

erected for them.

The Canton Superintendent of

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regulations to imprison in wooden policeman was summoned and the cages those who may supply Japan party "were taken into custody and

with foodstuffs and other articles, to confiscate the goods of brought back to the Colony, such persone, or to impose unreason- ably heavy fines.

Persecuting the Japazase. "Their activities are becoming more and more determined as days pas They are endeavouring to prevent Japanese frem importing and exporting foreign gooda, not to speak of Japanese merchandise, They have more than once con- fiscated goods handled by Japanese

pose sur taxes

A Missing $200.

"Most people had taken all neces and windows before retiring to bed. serted on Sunday evening and travellers on the ferries were scarce. All ships in port were made fast to typhoon buoys during Sunday: and on Saturday evening and all Sunday there was a hurried scamper of junks and spans to typhoon shelters, launches being busily em- ployed in towing various harbour craft to safety. Bathing picnics were, of course, cancelled.

THE SIGNALS,

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In reply to Mr. Lindeell, the witness said that he had no wife, and the Magistrate naturally wanted to know how he accounted for the boy to Lo On and his wife. To this Ma said that he had told the couplé that his wife had died. Asked what he did with the $200 which he got The No. 8 typhoon signal was up for the child, he said that he had all day on Sunday, indicating a spent it all with the exception of gale from the North, but at 216 28. When pressed again by the a.m. yesterday this gave place to Court, Ma said that he had remitted the No. 8 signal (gale expected to increase). This in turn gave place

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Fortunately, the Gestkerk was brought under steering control very quickly and was anchored off Kow. leon. Wharves, where she lay yes terday. Both ships are to be re- paired immediately at Taikoo Dock,

Apart from this no reports bad

come to band yesterday of damage to other shipping. Vessels moored in Kowloon Bay, which included the C.N.C. ships successfully rode out the gate, and the Harbour Rescue Tug, hau Sing, which was, on duty throughout the night, was not called upon to render alatauce.

DELAYED ARRIVALS.

ONLY SIX VESSELS PUT IN,

apecial detention camps put up prohibiting exportation of silver motive could the witness possibly port states that the typhoon, The first vessel to enter port was

Hand cereals.

since the beginning of anti-Red' campaign. Among the prisoners who died last week was Chen Chuk Yen, as time labour igitator.

Plea for Actian.

"To make matters worse, they are cutting off the supply of foodstuffs to Japanese and forcing Chinese the money home. banks to refuse exchange of even

In answer to Mr. Turner, Maat 4.12 am to No.. signal (gale ordinary coins. Such conductas Schools now has a scheme under

set out above can be construed as said that the only right thing he from the West), this signal being consideration for teaching everyone

The effects of the typhoon were in Canton to read and write simple rejection of the right to live. had done in the matter was to go finally lowered, when danger bad into the witness-box and assume passed, at 7.0a.m. The weather re- Chinese within the next four years. They are treating us as if we were

full responsibility. He did not want port of last evaning stated that the clearly shown by the Harbour Office In that of @ The scheme involves the opening of people of a belligerent nation!

to see two innocent people suffer typhoon now existed as a contin- returns yesterday. 80 short course schools immediately "We now and it impossible to for a crime which he alone had comental depression in the vicinity of am. there were only two vessels but while these and adding to their number until tolerate surdnances which mitted. He also said that he had Wochody, with occasions to show as trigg

is with occasional rain.

reported."

weather, they 120 such schools are ia operation unlawful ordinances which entirely an accomplice, who had since dis

were not damaged. Up to late It is thought that by attending disregard international faith and appeared He declared that the these short term schools, one may humanity. What is worse, the other two defendants did not know TRACK OF THE TYPHOON. had made port, and these also ar- afternoon only four other vessels learn to read and write simple Nanking Government recently, dib that the child was kidnapped.-

rived unscathed. Several ships due characters in six months or less. regarding Treaties, began to im-

At this stage, Mr. Lindsell dis

yesterday, especially of the coasting- exports and од

THE SQUALL'S VELOCITY. The heat in Camon during the Pastries, coal excise taxes and ton charged the woman, and

class, are still contending with the last fortnight has caused consider-

The Government Turner, for the man, said there was

elements. able suffering among the "Red" nage surtaxes.

Royal Observatory re-

THE FIRST IN: prisoners now awaiting trial in the has also promulgated ordinances no evidence against him. "What The

have for altering his story." It was well-known that prisoners often which was generally expected to

strike Hong Kong some time on the President Madison from the imagine that if they assisted the "Should we allow the situation Police in securing a conviction, it Sunday night or early yesterday North, She berthed early yester she had rough buffetting coming ย prominent to take its own course, it is quite would tell in their favour. There morning, passed a few miles to the day morning, and it is learned that

North-East of Waglan at 3 am. clear that such illegal acts, will be can be no possible advantage to him yesterday. At Waglan the wind through the storm area, but with come-worse, and not only will the man of bad character and who rose to force 19 (60 miles per hour)ber captain on the bridge the whole miles of the time, and wich of the pas rigts of the various Powers acquir. had committed a horrible crime with probable squalls of ed by Treaties be trampled on, but in telling a straightforward story, an hour at 2 sm and 3 m. sengers who were up to it making Canton City was on holiday the lasting welfare of the Chinese which told against himself, except while at Hong Kong the wind reach. merry with song and dance in the yesterday, or at least the militarnation, will be impared.

that he wa genuinely unwillinged a maximum squally velocity of saloon, everything went off well, ista politicians, students, and work.

and the liner arrived in port mono We, therefore, earnestly desire bad as he was, to see two innocent miles an hour at 3.90 sm. ers took the day off to celebrate the success, to date of the North- the Japanese Government to cen- People suffer for something for

The typhoon formed on July 20th the worse for her encounter,

His the typhoon 1" said a men' in about Lat. 17 and Long. 131, ber of the crew. I'll say we did ern Expedition, which set out from sure the Nanking Government with which be alone was responsible. Canton a year ago-yesterday. At most strong and appropriate

and passed very neat Aparri on 11-zay we did the meetings held in the City, four methods against the anti-Japanese Mr. Loseby said that it struck the morning of the Zord. It was

The President Cleveland arrived resolutions were passed, denouncing movements and violent ordinances him as rather extraordinary that then moving N.W., beading in the from Manila yesterday morning. In turn the Bolshevists in Hankow, We consider it is necessary for the couple should have taken the direction of Amoy. On the evening she had not encountered any ab-

Westerly the Japanese Imperialists in Shan both the Government and the people child away to Canton so hurriedly to the 23rd it took a more tung and the Mukden Militarists-of-Japan to abandon the policy of and that the usual formalities had track and passed practically over normal weather conditions. of Manchuria. The usual endorse patience and long-suffering now not been gone throngh When a the Pratas at 7 pm on July 24th JUNKS DAMAGED.

In the typhoon shelters about ten ment of General Chiang Kai Shoka being pursued and to cope with the Chinese adopted a child be under-It then headed for Hong Kong and actions was made at the meeting. Nanking Government economically stood that certain red papers had passed several miles to the north for a dozen junks appeared to have and, with other retaliatory means. to be written out and a go-between east of Waglan, eleven miles from been damaged, but only one native TOM MANN..

The telegrame addressed to, the appointed to close the deal.

Hong Kong at three o'clock yes craft was actually sunk, fortunate- Federation of Chambers of Com The Magistrate said that. if the terday morning. ly, without loss of life. The craft Tom Mana has arrived in Moscow, meroe and the Nikka Jitsuryo prisoner had repeated the story he The lowest barometer reading at damaged were at Yaumati Shelter. says a Home paper, zad has given Kyokai add that they are requested had told the, Police, there would Wagian was 20.01 at two and three At Causeway Bay Shelter, which ap account of his activities at Can- to use their good ofices for the have been a case against the man. o'clock yesterday morning. The was also crowded, there were no ton and elsewhere on behalf of the realization of these ends, as a As it was, Mr. Lindsell said, no wind was steadily from N. until 11 casualties except minor mishaps to Communists. He stated that Chiang similar-resolution has been for evidence had been given to connect on Sunday night, hat it then one or two steam launches laid up Kai Shek's success had prevented warded to the Japanese Govern the man with the kidnapping. He, backed to W.N. W by 3 am 8.W there. him-visting - Shangkai.-

ment.Toha.

therefore, discharged him.

by-3-a.m., and S.8.E. by 4.am.

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