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SWATOW CAPTURED BY THE REDS..

JAPANESE LAND TROOPS ARMED WITH MACHINE GUNS.

JAPANESE DESTROYER PREVENTS DEPARTURE OF CANTON GUNBOATS.

ALL CHINESE OFFICIALS AND POLICE DISAPPEAR.

Swatow has changed hands once more. The Red ating under Generals Ho Lang and Yeh Theng reached Chaochow fu on Friday train, mended the crening. They immediately commandeered a line which had been cut in several places, and were in Swatow by o'clock the following morning.

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All the etheials and troops in Swatow had left the day previously. The police force continued to function a few hours longer but when one of their number, doing sentry duty at Police Headquarters, was shot they disappeared also,

Members of labour unions, all armed, are much in evidence, but . except for the looting of two hitses and one general store, there' has been no great disorder. This may be due to, the influence of the Japanese. Partes armed with machine guni have been landed from their destroyers and are now gunding the Kialat Road from the Customs House to the Japanese Consulate."

Curiously enough the Canton gunboats in harbour did not Attempt to move until mid-day on Saturday, when the Reds bad been in possession of the Porr for several hours. Then they tried fo clear out but were promptly brought up by shots fired across their tows by a Japanese destroy er.

The variens, lerters from our Swntow correspondeat, which are "given below, show clearly the progress of events. [FROM OUR SWATOW.CORRESPONDENT.

- SWATOW, September 22nd. It a holiday to-day in honour of the birthday of Confucius. banks are all "closed.

The

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th, 1927,

consolidated before putting in an appearance. What is the political significance of the movement it is impossible to say. There is a re port that there has been a liaison between the new arrivals and The new Commander, Wang Chun, General Li Tsai Hsia of Canton has been up to Chan-chowie and On the other hand a rumour is on bis return stated that he was spreading in Swatow that General quit unable to hold this district Li Tsai Hsin will have to make way against the Reds if they attempted for Genera! Chang Fat Kwai who to come down, The story goes that intends to take command of Canton. he has given orders for the officials and military to be ready to clear JAPANESE WITH MACHINE- out at short notice. Some of the) Chiarne seem.convinced that the Beds will get here cventually. BANKS AND SHOPS CLOSED.

GUNS.

LATER

THE THREAT TO LI TSAI HSIN.

HANKOW'S NOMINEES BID FOR POWER.

KEEPING CANTON IN THE FOLD."

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE NEW DEAN.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG DAILY PRESS."]

Sia. The announetment of the appointment of the Rev. Allred Swaan ay "Dean of Hong Kong

I do not, of

FAST AND FURIOUS"

AT THE QUEEN'S.

LINDBERGH, PRIZE FIGHTING, AND REGINALD DENNY.

THE WEEK'S PROGRAMMES.

[BY OUS PILM CRITIC.]

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"Fast and Furious" is the antus- (FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. Cathedral and Archdeacon for the English work of the Diocese of

ing story of a young man who was Victoria, Hong Kong, will, no somewhat addicted to furious driv- Another radical change in the doubt, come as a surprise to manying. He is involved in an accident political situation in Canton is ex-of your readers.

which breaks inost of his bones, and pected. The arrival of Chang Fast course, refer to the appointee who, affects his heart, for here enters Kwei's troops (known as the Iron according to all accounts, is a "live the heroine. Fit again he goes in sides!) is regarded as a serious wire," but to the, nature, of the search of the lady, and is for her menace to the regime of General Liappointment.

sake obliged to pose as a great That this diocese should be placed racing driver, and although his Tsai Hain. According to a reliable report these troops have entered upon a proper footing scarcely calls Canton with the sole purpose of for comment. It memory serves me accident has left him with a nervous“ reuniting Canton with the Central correctly, there was some talk of horror of motors he wins a specta such a move in 1990, shortly after cuir race in order to had favour Executive Committee of the Nation Dr. Duppuy's arrival here, and therd alist Government, whose chairman were many who anticipated seeing in her sight.

Reginald Derny as the hero is is Mr. Wang Ching Wei-or in a be-gaitered Mr. Moyle peram-

oulating the streets of our city excellent; he is always amusing in cther words with Hankow. General But the rumour did not materialise

a quiet way peculiarly his own, and Chang Himself has not yet ap-and Mr. Möyle, after, I think, some peared in Canton and his where fifteen years valuable work in the his look of comic despair never fails aboats are still unknown. His two Colony, has announced his intention to raise a smile. "Fast and Furi- cf retiring at the end of the present subordinates Wang Chi Hsiang and year not, one is tempted to hope, ous" is a quickly moving and really! Chu Fa Yat. are supposed to be to the seclusion of some English enjoyable film. The great race already in control in the Southern country rectory for there is room which is the climax of the story is for men of his type among the most exciting, and in it Denny in capital. They have issued an order larger communities at Home.

To come to the real point. at issue. seen driving against some well- to the effect that all loyal citizens

Does this appointment mean the known racers. We feel sure you should rally to the support of Mr. rreation of a Chapter for the Wang Ching Wei as head of the Anglican Cathedral here A Chap will enjoy "Fast and Furious," Nationalist Government. Anyone ter, of course, besides being in there is plenty of amusing incident. charge of the fabric of the Cathe is it, a very charming heroine play- making any counter demonstration dral, is nominally entitled on the ed by Barbara Wirth, and an ex- decease or retirement of a bishop to will be liable to be executed, On the positive side their slogans are: (1) elect a successor, although prac-cellently photographed race. Down with Yeh Ting and Ho Lang tically they are bound to elect the person named in the letters missive

The welcome given to Lindbergh by New York forms the subject of who lead the "Reds"; (2) Elimin-which accompany the enige d'elire'

Another question arises, that of the news reel. It is an amazing Excommunicate, Kuomintang mem-

Home leave. By the Ecclesiastical ate all corrupt influences; and (3) or licence to elect. bera who make Government posi. Commissioners Act, 1840, every picture, streets and parks are cover- in residence for at least right sheets of paper fill the air. Riding tions and personal ambition their Dean of a Cathedral must remained with confetti, streamers and

months in every year,"

aim.

Their fanctions are in-

Lindbergh,

Achdeacons are also interesting through the streets below, surround- folk. They are appointed by their ed by mounted police, is Lindbergh, Bishops and are required to have Civic honours are showered on, bim, been at least six years in Holy a vast crowd rushes and scrambles Orders. dicated in the designation of these to get a view of him. One feels

It is their eyes of the Bishop.' dignatories as oculi Episcop the not a little sorry for the bewildered duty to inspect the churches and young man in whose honour New

In The Ring. to hold annual visitations of the York has gone mad. their privilege to present candidates The prize fight between Harry clergy and churchwardens Intes for ordination after having duly

The general belief is that Tang Seng Chi, who is virtually dictatos of Hankow, is behind this move by The Japanese have now landed which he hopes to eliminate Li Tsai some more parties and they have Hsin and bring Kwangtung under more or less a line along Kialat his own control. Chang Faat Kwei Road from the Customs to the has bad the advantage over, Li Taai Japanese Consulate. (This is a dis-Hsin in being a Cantonese, and his tance of about a mile.). Each party numerous friends in the city have has a machine-gun. The populace rallied to him against the present The troops left for Kitynng, to the are very interested in the group military governor. Many officers of examined them, to induct the clergyWills and Paulino. Uzendun takes

guarding the Customs.

Swarow, September 23rd.

All the troops and officials, civil "and military, cleared out last night.

West of Swatow, from where there is a road going right down to Canton. The officials are on board Chinese various commandeered ships and Canton gun-boats."

The Headquarters office and yamen are being looted this morn ing by beggars and others of that type. The police, however, continue to function,

JAPANESE DESTROYER.

drop-

the garrison are said to have turned against their present chief,

NEWS FROM THE CITY AND

DISTRICTS.

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into the temporalities of their bene- the place of a comic in to-day's fices and they are, at Home at any programme. It is a very clear pic- rate, z officio members of Convo-

cation.

ture from which one can follow each Bishop Duppuy, apparently, has movement of a four-round fight, and not been idle whilst at Home-and all interesting in boxing will enjoy one hopes, that this indicates a

Excessive rain in a number of salt return

to normal bealth-and, it."

step forward in regard to a long- maybe, this move marks the frat

ACOLYTE. needed reform-Youra, etc.,

Hong Kong, Sept. 94th, 1927.

THE NEW ARCHDEACON.

As announced in a Reuter cable Rev. Alfred Saturday, the

THE WEEK'S PROGRAMMES.

Queen's.

SWATOW, September, 24th,

1.30 p.m.. We were just about to begin tiffin when the Friyang (the Chinese four funnel boat) and a big Canton river gun-boat started to move out producing districts in Awangtung of the harbour. They had just The Reds are near about reathed abreast of the A.P.C. recently has been responsible for

To-day "Fast and Furious." Chaochowiu on the ene side and when a Japanese destroyer, put a the present high cost of salt in Jinopheng on the other. I expect shot across the bows of each of Canto, and salt coming from the

To-morrow and Wednesday: "Lord Jim adapted from Joseph Coa- it will take them a few days to them. Naturally they both

rad's novel Thursday to Saturday: get here as the cutgoing people ped their books like, one man. island of Hainan now commands

Charlie Chaplin in "A Dog's Life" have cut the railway in several The destroyer then moved into nearly nine dollars a bag. In Can position ahead of them and there

World. places.

The City is quiet but nervous, stayed. There is much speculation to the stock is now less than 00,000

The Kuomintang's luxury tax on

Today: "The King in Main being chially afraid of looting and as to why this procedure has been bags. burning by local Reds and bad followed. If there is any political All the trouble no one has heard anything characters generally.

Hong Kong Cathedral and Arch-day: "Viola Dana in "A Noise in banks and shops are shut tight. about it. If it is financial, one can in Canton while postponed will not Swann, Vicar of Liversedge, York-

Jackie Coogan in "Old Clothes." Star. Everything is peaceful at the mo- only surmise that the departing in be abandoned. This was the deshire, has been appointed Dean of Street." To-morrow and Wednes ment but how long this condition tumbent owed one of the Japanese cision of the 59th meeting of the deacon for English work in the Newboro." Thursday to Saturday: banks some money. It is obvious, Political Council in Canton the diocese of oria, Hong Kong.

It is learned on enquiry that the will continue I cannot say.

however, that the Japanese are in. some way mixed up with affairs. other day. Only the regulations for Rev. Alfred Swann is taking the Hence their armed posts from the the enforcement of the tax will be plate of the Rev. H. Copies Moyle, Chaplain of St. John's Cathedral. Customs to the Japanese Cangulate..

changed.

who is leaving for England at the

"Hotel Potemkin. SWATOW, September 24th.

[NAVAL WIRELESS.]

Canton judiciary is still under end of this year, his period of ser. The Reus took Chaochowiu last

Swarow, Sept. 24th. nght, grabbed a train, mended the

The Rev. A Swann, who is a Thursday to Saturday: Situation is very unsettled, but political domination, and Mr. Chen vice here having expired by then. line and arrived at Swatow at 8 o'clock this morning. Last night so far ná anti-foreign trouble ha Yung, Chief Justice of the Canton

Deacon in 1921, and Priest in 1922, every official had gone, including been experienced. Some of Ho High Court, is still absent from his Cambridge MA, was ordained Book" all the police, leaving Swatow en-Long's troops have arrived, and

Then some of tirely undefended. the Farmers and Peasants Corns the Farmers' and Peasants' Union post which he left when General and became Vicar of Liversedge, NO TICKET AND STOLEN turned up and took over the Head seized the opportunity. of inter Chiang Kai Shek's resignation be Yorkshire, diocese of Wakefield, in

regnum between the late and new- quarters and the Police Station. comers control to loot a number of came known the South. Mr. 1023 living worth £415, the

ARRIVAL OF REDS.

(One policeman doing sentry duty Chinese houses and seize, police Chen is a brother-in-law of Mr. Fu/Population of the parish being

at the Police Station was shot.)

A little later the Labour Unions appeared on the scene, all armed. Curiously enough, however, the Can- ton gunboats cad armed launches and also the four fannel boat Fo yang are still bere. It is difficult to understand this unless the new comers are working in some way or another with the gun-boats.

There has not been a great deal of disorder but two big houses in Kialat (the Swatow side of the harbour) and one of the general stores in the City have been loot-

to look alter the odd corners where

headquarters and arms.

Shanghai and all Yanglaze ports. Nothing to report.

“{THROUGH ABUTER'S AGENCY,]

SHANGHAI, Sept. 24th."

Han Min, a political ally of Generál Chiang, The Political Council at Canton, at its last meeting, refused to accept Mr. Yung's resignation.

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ed Kongmoon with many inland subordinate of General Chen Chiung was further charged with having in Defendant said that he had lost towns in the "big foar Szeyap Ming. He deserted his chief and his possesion 1 Es note, 1 $20 gold Districts, has decided to relinquish went over to the then "Red" fac piece and 2 gold pendants. his control and interest in the line. tion of the Kuomintang Party, at

he got the goods from this man, ed. The Japanese have landed one [FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.] His sons will take over his shares a time when his service was most his ticket, having given it to an- The list of recent executions of but did not know they were stolen Latest reports from Swatow in-in the Company which is now tem- needed in the struggle against Bol other Chinese on board, and that

General property. or two armed parties, presureably

The Police informed his Worship mintang Authorities who comman- Japanese are living. Proclamations, dicate that bands of the peasants porarily administered by the Kuo-shevist influence. the naual sort of course, signed by corps from the neighbouring din deered the road two years ago. Mr. traitors is a long onc

District. A aleward on board the Sentile Len Chieh Hua have been stuck tricts have arrived in advance of Chan was with the Northern Pacific Wang Tien Fui Arst murdered his

following to General Chiang Kai man he had spoken about, up all over the town saying that the Red Army," and that the port Line in America about twenty chief in order to go over with his that defendant failed to find the

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Several arrests were made recent Shek, but Wang himself was later the new-coriers are the true Nation-is now in their hands. ~The mair

Eventually it was found near a Jewellery in Shantung bunker, broken alist Revolutionary Army, There forces of the "Reds

орса. Northern enemy has been nothing sati-foreign yet in the city by new Both Shangly in Toyshap of alleged bogua shot by order of Chiang for his Maru spoke of the loss of a hai and Cantor are said to be rush emigration agents. One of them is failure to advance towards the passenger's trunk being reported. in any of the placards,

Chiu Un Lai is among the in- ing reinforcements to Swatow, but said to have succeeded in oiling General Liu Tso. Lung, who "sold" vaders and he will probably take they will be too late.

One-statement is to the effect that by representing himself as recruit General Wu Pei Fu and allowed the and other articles were missing. the position of Foreign Deputy

A number of employees of foreign three transports full of troops from ing agent for a Paris factory which Nationalist forces to take Hankaw, Defendant was later seen trying to firms were unable to get to business Shanghai arrived at Swatow on the for $30 to $60 a month, besides is now in prison in the city over bide himself in a dark corner of the His Worship imposed a fine of this morning owing to being held 24th inst. and these men have held free passage, but one must pay two which he at one time had fall com hold. On the third time of check- un by troops. No rickshas are up the "Red" advance.

A large portion of the "Red" dollars for application. More than mand. Geapral Chow Fung Chi and ing tickets, it was found defendant

Several such Sun Chuan Fang, have all been one branch alone. allowed:

I have no information yet whe- Army consists of mutinied troops 2,000 applications were taken in other officers who betrayed General had not got one,

other traitors had met similar treat-sentenced defendant to two months' ther the principal leaders of the fror Kiangai, and are said to be.

fraudulent.

ment at the bands of those who hard labour on the second charge, Red-Generals Ho Lung and Yay under the leadership of the notori agencies were opened at the dis deprived of power. Besides these $50 on the first charge, or one Theng-have come themselves to ous extremist Tang Yin Tat, cheftrict and they all turned out to be already mentioned, a number of month's hard labour in default, and (Continued on next Golumn.).

first promised them high rewards. I the sentences to run consecutively. Swatov. Probably not. Doubtless of the Kuomintang Political Depart they will wait until the position is ment in Hankow.

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