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DECLARATION OF WAR.

RED ATTACK ON FUKIEN.

OPINION IN CANTON,

EXECUTION OF NINE PIRATES.

EPROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. ↑

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6th, 1927.

ANOTHER BOMB OUTRAGE. FINDER OF DIAMOND

·ONE KILLED: EIGHT INJURED.

(FROM OUR CRINKIE CORRESPONDENT.}

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Another bomb outrags occurred in Canton yesterday afternoon, killing one and serionsly wounding right persons.

At about 1 p.m. a bomb, alleged -to-have-been-throwa from-the- upper storey of the Luk Yu Kai Tea House, exploded in the middle The conflicts between the Hankow of a crowd in Taiping Road, inflict and Nanking factions in Cantoning the casualties mentioned. Be- are completely demoralising local fore the patrons of the tea house affairs. There have been a number of fights in the streets and the victims have been mostly innocent 'third parties who are neither in- terested in Mr. Sun Fo nor General Chiang Kai Shek. The holding up of persons by the military and police in search of armas is also proving

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intolérable nuisance to the public. Passers-by are liable to be searched at any moment in the middle of the roadway and they quickly become, much" to their annoyance, the principal actors in a show which attracts considerable crowds. Several cases of resistance to search have been reported.

The decision of the Hapkow militarists to attack Fukien by way of Kwangtung is regard by the

RING.

ACCUSED OF LARCENY.

ACCUSED OF LARCENY.

A. diamond ring, valued at $200," Agured in a case which came before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yesterday morning.

A Chinese licensed hawker was charged with larceny by finding of the ring, which is the property of

BENNO MOISEI WITSCH.

WORLD TOUR EXPERI-

.ENCES.

.LOVE OF LONDON.

"Are there any golf coursen here,

MUTTON THAT BROUGHT BAD JOSS.

ASSAULT FOLLOWS A GIFT.

FRACAS IN WONGNEICHONG

MATSHED.

A piece of matton as a present 1," naked Benno Moiseiwitsch to a shter-in-law failed to bring I hope to get in a game on for instead of receiving thanks he of a friend at his hotel yesterday, good "joss" to a Hakka. Chinese,

Sunday."

had not much more than entered

That was a prosaic utterance for his matshed at Wongneichong a great musician, but it sounded a village that he was savagely attack- very human note, Genius, like theed, and the whole affair, ended in

were able to leave they found the Chinese merchant recently re-relaxation from work, even though place surrounded by the Police who detained several persons. Whether or not definite arrests will be made

had not been decided upon at the Lime of writing.

The bomb, from the damage caused to buildings in the neigh bourhood and to the tea house,. appears to have been one of at least 12 pounds.

During the last few days, several such outrages have occurred, and among those attacked were Gen- orals Li Tsai Hain and Feng Chu Wan, leading militarists supporting the Chiang Kai Shek regime.

The bon which was found near the Chinese Seamen's Union-two nights ago would bare killed most of the 40 persons who were then discussing the terms for the end ing of the boycott of British steam

turned from Panama. The wife of the hawker was charged with at tempting to pawn the ring at the San Yún pawnshop in Graham Street, Hong Kong.

lowliest of city clerks, muat seek a general fracas and after it was over he had to go to hospital with that work be the expression of a two fractures of the left arm. soul in divine melody..

Leaving the hospital, to which he Moiseiwitsch, the aesthete and had later to return, as his arm is still swollen nad in a plaster cast, master pianist, loves galf!

the complainant' related to Mr. R. E, Lindsell at the Central Magis

My pianos are not here," he told a Daily Press reporter rue fully. I shall have to play on a tracy yesterday morning bow he had The case had been part heard, baby grand, an instruments sb taken a piece of mutton to his and yesterday Mr. W. B. Hind apsolutely inadequate for a concert sister-in-law, and that as he was performanca But I will do my leaving the matshed, he was attack- ed, without reason,, by the defead- ant, also a Hakka, who used a stout stick..

peared for the defence.

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Whenever Moiseiwitsch travels abroad his three concert grands and 2 tuner are sent on before him. They are always ready for him, even when he visits the English provinces; but this time the date of the tour was fixed too late to allow the pianos to be shipped.

The facts were that Sergt. Fitches best." found the woman the pawnshop" on the morning. of July 31st, and as she was unable to give a satis. factory explanation as to how she came into possession of the ring she was arrested. At three o'clock the same day her husband was arrested in Kowloon City and brought to the Central Station. He then claimed to have found the ring. At 10 p.m., that same night the owner of the

ers on the Canton Hong Kong run. ring went to the Central Station

"Yes, I like touring in the Far East," he said. The best does not affect me, for I became used to it in America. I am always hot

pieces.

Canton authorities as an indirect declaration of war against this Brovince.

The Hankow Reds" might reach Fukien by several routes. Why they should decide to march through Kwangtung seems in. explicable. Taking no chances, the

When the bearing resumed yes. Canton military authorities

Company were at the Union Head-terday morning, Mr. Hind submitted- guard quarters at the time. making arrangements to

secret closely the borders and orders, it is understood, have been issued to attack all

comers whether they call themselves "Red" or **** anti-Bed,"

Two representatives of the Comand identified the ring as his pro-after I have played two or three proderes' department of the Hong perty. Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat

are

TWO YEARS OLD CHARGE.

SMASH OUTSIDE SAILORS' HOME.

that the woman had no case to answer as she had acted under the coercion of her husband."

Mr. Lindsell said that he thought coercion ceased as soon as she left the house and was no longer in her husband's presence. There was no- thing to compel her to take the ring

pose of it.

Playing In à Eussian Shirt.

I should like to play out here in a Russian shirt. Have you ever seen a photograph of Tolstor in Russian shirt! It is a kind of I

loose-fitting student's blouse. were one of blue silk at my Lan don recitals for four seasons.

Some young musicians once told me that they thought the

The Party Purification Commis- sion of the Kuomintang, known as the "Ching Tang Hwei Yuan Hui" CHINESE DETECTIVE'S SMART across harbour and attempt to disordinary stiff shirt a. great handi-

-in Canton, are making a list of pro- -peity-belonging to alleged--Reds" ur counter-revolutionaries," really opponents to the Nanking régime, with a view to confiscation: This, they hope, will discourage further "opposite to the party in power in

the South Capital.

WORK.

Mr. Hind-gued that coercion The alertness of a Chinese detec-would resume when she returned tive has resulted in the re-arrest home.

The point was left over until the main issue had been considered

cap I asked Why not let us play in Russian shirts. But one of them had the courage to do it; they said they would follow suit if I started. I did start, but no one followed init.

of a man named Piu Piu Sang for manslaughter after two years at

"It was not sensationalism, for liberty. Piu was allowed bail in

I did not require sensation. My $3,000 after he bad been charged The complainant's son said they name was made. I do not wear a shirt out here because It is thought likely that the early in August, 1903. He has again lived in Kowloon City. On July Russian

Where I General Chamber of Commerce in been allowed bail in 83,000 Mr. 30th while he was flying a kite, the People would misunderstand me. am known, I do not AK, Lo appeared for defendant male accused came to him and mind." Canton will agree to the request of

when he was charged with mans-asked-him to get his father's receipt laughter yesterday at the Central for the purchase of a diamond ring, which he refused to do. He know Magistracy.

that his father had lost a diamond ring, so he communicated the con- versation to his father when he re- turned home. The father then made a report at the Kowloon City Police Station.

Mr. Joo Ying Fang, Kuomintang Minister of Finance, and endorse the measures of the Nanking Adminis tration for Customs Autonomy and the abolition of likin. Some mer- chants, however, are inclined to protest and they suggest that the first act should be the cancellation of the luxury tak. A certain amount of bitterness has been created "by the fact that the parade organised by the merchants a day or two ago should have been dispersed by water from the fire hoses.

Nine pirates, alleged to have been concerned in the recent mining of vessels on the West River, which rassed the death of more than 200 passengers, were executed by order of General Li Fuh Lin on Wednes- day at Honam, the headquarters of the 8th Kuomintang Army.

Canton Authorities have finally gazetted the proscription of two once infectial labour organizations

The detective who arrested the defendant outside the Queen's Theatre at 11 p.m. on July 24th was the man who made the arrest over two years ago.

witch and bolo, it is not sal The garment belongs to Moise fectation that makes him fond of wearing it in the privacy of his own rooms.

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Defendant on his part alleged that the complainant had previously stolen some of his property. that occasion he bad driven com- plainant out of the place and im pressed upon him the dire conse (quences of making a reappearance.

Complainant admitted that there had been some trouble between them on July 13th, but denied that he had stolen anything from the defendant. The accused had warn dự him to keep away from the mat shed, but he did not see why he should as bis-sister-in-law-was the principal tenant of the place. As long as he did not enter the de fendant's cubicle, the complainant Raid that he did not see how the defendant could object to his pre- sence in the matshed.

Addressing the defendant, Mr. Lindsell said: "You broke his arm. Even if he had been stealing you have no right to use violence.

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Defendant was ordered to pay complainant $10 as compensation or go to jail for 14 days. Both parties sum of $50 each to keep the peace were ordered to sign a band in the.. for 12 months.

Mr. Lindsell also ordered the com- plainant to keep away from the matshed altogether in future.

"My London audiences are not

so much audiences now as friends," he went on.

"I am always glad to get back glad to he away again. to England, glad to be there, and.

"I have the wander-spirit-I cannot stay in any place longer than a few months." The master M.. Moiseiwitsch has no set hours pianist blow out a cload of smoke. for practice. For the past ten There was a far-away look in his days I have not touched a piano," eyes "Except England," he add- If I am he said. "The ship's piane was ed after a moment.

ever exiled, I should like to bo call is musical, but when I unlock-exiled to England." a terrible. They were pleased to

ed it I found it was rusty. I said

He sat down and ran his long

it did not look as if it had been fingers abstractedly over the silent played lately, and then they told keyboard.. my that it had not been unlocked

The complainant said that he lost the ring on July 23rd. He did not inferm the police, but had made for four weeks

M. Moiseiwitsch practices on

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A PIANO IN JAVA.

The detective said in evidence that on July 1st, 1925, he was on daty at the jufiction of Pokfulam Road and Queen's Road West. He saw Ave injured men on the pave enquiries, and had visited all the dummy piano with keys strung M Maineiwitsch, who is to give ment and defendant'e small cat pawnshops in Kowloon City. He to about normal tension. It was recitals i the Theatre Royal to- standing in the road. Two of the did not report to the police until specially oude for him by Chday and Monday, had one or two tien were badly injured that they July 30th when he received infor had to be taken to the hospital,mation from his son. Then he was where one of them died five minutes referred to the Central Station, after "admission.

Dr. D. J. Valentine said that the

in the Southern Capital, the All dead man suffered from multiple China Labour Union and the Work- injuries which seemed to indicate ers' Revolutionary Ecciety. They that he had been run over by a wore alleged to be pro-Hackow and favourable to the "Prince" elique fairly heavy car. in Chinese politics."

where be recovered his ring.

Found and Køpt the Ring.

First defendant said he found

London's Praise.

pell. It had a silver plate with very humorous, experiences in Java he went on. But when i was he found the piano good. He re Avery high falutin inscription, While there he was asked whether travelling in America my tuner beplied "Well, not so bad, but I had cams jealous and took it off." There was the suspicion of a smile to hit it so Gard that I expected about his delicate lace-a face that every womans it would stand on smiles rarely.

its hind legs and hit me back."

Moiseiwitsch's tour of the Most Curiour Audience. Dusch Bar Indies was so success the ring on July 23rd on the path "The most curious audience I ful that he was asked to give a" leading up

to the Hau Wong have ever had was of the lowest double number of recitala next A coolic who was sleeping on the Temple. He wore it on his finger human type. I had to travel 300 year. He is not able to give more desert of Western Australia"in a of pressure of time. Before the -LUXURY, TAX TO STAND.Pavement outside the Sailors' Hone until July 31st, and did not make miles with my piano through the than two recitals here on account at the time of the accident, said any attempt to conceal the fact special saloon and whenever the cad of this year he has to visit The Kucwirtung Ministry of that the car ran up the pavement from bis friends that he had picked train stopped at a balt the Aberi Manila, Peking, Tientsin, Tokyo, Finance in Canton have decided to and over his legs then over four it up. When up to July 31st the ginica swarmed around with cries Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto and finally make no concession to the Canton other coolies who were sleeping

for scraps of food; white money: Shanghai. Chinese merchants who are agitat near him. It dove away, but the ring was not claimed, he decided they called it. ing against the Inxury tex. The police gave chase and brought it to pawn it as he was hárd up. One day the train stopped just

as I was finishing a piece, but the London Daily Express:

The following critique is from Police have been instructed that back.

He gave it to his wife to pawn, did not stop. I could not help the tax must be enforced from Another coolie stated that the ear and as he was coming to Hong feeling that something abnormal

pulfà ia môt possible to believe to-day (August 8th), and any per- went over his body and legs, in- son resisting the order is to be juring him so serious that he had Kong to collect pig wash, she took was happening, and when I look at man can achieve rich miracles in the production of sound, more arrested.

to be to hospital.

it to a pawnshop across the harboured out of the window I saw a bunch variable than the aver-changing Warnings of a possible shortage

of Aborigines with their mouths of rice are reaching Canton, and the accident, said that on July 31st,

An Indian sergeant who may and was arrested.

open and their eyes nearly falling colour of the sea, until ons har heard Moiseiwitach. it was not a local famins is probable, as 1825, he saw a car turn westward

from their heads. They were. so Iarge part of the expected harvest round the corner of Pakfulam Hond

terrified that they forgot to ask for large part of the audience adrano-

surprising that at the finish has been destroyed by insect pests at-a-very fast rate. It talled toasution did not prove that at the sean a piano before. That was the ball and compelled Moiseiwitsch-to- Mr. Lindsell found that the pro- their white money! They had nevered in a mass to the front of the

WEST RIVER OUTRAGES.

most remarkable experience I have opposite pavement and struck the time of finding the ring, the male ever had.

play extra selections.” pent Pirates along the West River in all of the Sailors' Home. It stop defendant knew the owner of the

PROGRAMME FOR TO-NIGHT. Canton, who have been demanding ped for a few seconds, then drove ring, or had any reason to think

The following is his programme money from the Hong Kong shouted and blow his whistle that the owner might be found. on again followed by witacss, who

for tonight: Wuchow and Canton Wuchow About 500 yards from the scene of Therefore, he could not convict him

Sonata Appasionats... Beethoven. Prelude in C Major

Bach. steamers for some time, kave now

the accident a European sergeant of larceny by finding.. started shooting at steamers pass- ing Star Ma Ling and Taiping She stood in the road and stopped the car When witness reached the ear

round the corner, "mounted the

Defendants Discharged,

Londok 1 I'm collecting experiences in the East, continued M Moisei, but I am always glad to get back witsch 1 have been everywhere, to London. 1 like to play, in Lơn- don because I consider it my home, In discharging both defendants; I have been living there on and off

man was held criminally respon-

I look forward to tripsi

there is always something new there now developments, new sudiences, new elements. I take a interest in observing how the people of different countries react repaused for a moment. •.

(Continued on next Column.)

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B. Tin Ting, onthe Canton he seized the defendant and took Mr. Lindsell said that while the for the past twenty Am Le Cathedrale Engloutie...Debussy.

Wacbow rum, had five passengers him to the Police Station. killed yesterday. There are now six-steamers on the rus, "including The sergeant added that an ex- the 5.8. Sun Fick, Wo was Wong pert driver could have rounded the Hung, Kong Ning, Kuong corner at 10 or 17 miles an hour

The Kwong Hung and the Son speed at which the car was travel ning, have also had, it has been reling when it hit the wall ported, several passengers wound:

The Magistrate (Mr. R. E. Lind sell) adjourned until Monday."

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sible; still, he bad done wrong in that be did not take the ring at once to the police.

The ring was ordered to be turned to the complainant.

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