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THE CANTON "NAVY,
FEIYING" SHELLS
WHAMPOA.
MILITARY PREPARATIONS
UNION PICKETS ALLOWED
TO CARRY ARMS,
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
The Chinese as. Feiying, the flagship of the local flotilla, is said to have deaerted from the Kwang tung faction of the Kuomintang militarists in order to retain.her alliance with the Kwangsi group.
It appears that the Feiving shelled the Military Academy at Whampoa before steaming off. One shot which fall near the magazine did comiderable damage. The Cheungchow and the Boca Tigris forts tried to stop the Feiging from clearing out, but failed to do
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WEST RIVER
TRAFFIC.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26th, 1927.
SERIOUSLY INTERRUPTED.
NO TOW BOAT FROM CANTON
FOR TWO DAYS..
GETTING READY.
ALL AVAILABLE CASH SEIZED.
CORRESPONDENCE. WHEN WOMEN FIGHT.
BRITISH DOMINIONS AND MEN DARE NOT, INTERFERES
THE LEAGUE.
PROVINCIAL BANK IN KONG [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG
MOON SUFFERS.
(FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. HANKOW GENERALS ON THE
WAY TO KWANGTUNG...
DAILY PRINS."]
TWO MERELY LOOK ON.
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On November 16th at Wing Wah Terrace, two men came upon a S18-In stressing, during the fight between four women. Three course of the disarmament debate of the women were alleged to be
**Icsson in the House of Commons, the engaged in giving a necessity for the whole Empire the other.
"What shall we do," said one [FROM A CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.] acting together, Sir Auston Cham-
berlain has brought forward "oace man, and his companion replied again the question of the relations "We cannot do anything, they are Nations in so far as their position fore merely looked on until the of the Dominions to the League of of the opposite-sex." They there-
as members of the British Common-odds told, and the woman, who had wealth of Nations is concerned. bean fighting against three, had to The situation is obviously animal be removed to hospital!
Troops under Chan Cheung Fo are making preparations in Shiu hing and Kongmoon for the coming struggle. To have money ready for necessary military expenditure they seized all the cash and banknotes. from the branches of the Ceaton Provincial Bank in Kongmoon and Heungshan.
Water traße on the West River in Kwangtung is still interrupted, and no important tow-boat has sailed during the last two days. It is feared in Canton that there will soon be encounters between the Kwangtung and the Kwangsi troops. There has been a rumour that, as soon as operations in the East River districts of Kwungtung begin, the Kwangsi troops will pour down
Shivhing is under. into Canton from the Wuchow and Shinhing sector of the West River. martial law and all boats on that Kwangsi troops are now active part of the river are subject to around Swatow and are concentrat, search. Many launches have been ing at Chaochow, but there is no commandeered for transporting saying when they will march Canton- ! troops. wards.
As. Chan Cheung Po could not be persuaded to join with the present regime in Canton, General Wong Kie Cheung bas decided to deal with him first, and then all forces will be concentrated on the. East
While there has been very little Canton-Wuchow steamship trafic since the coup of November 17th at Canton; the service of the Hong Kong-Wuchow steamers has not been affected.
River for a decisive battle with
The Felying was not alone in her muting against the prescas Kwang tung military administration. She was joined by others, or forced other smaller war craft to join herf
Chinese stevedores and lighter | Chan Chai Tong. in her desertion. The gunboats men in Swatow are still boycotting which have left the Kwangtung faction include the Fukan, Hai "ming, Min Shang, Leung Sheung, Kong Koo, Cruiser No. 3. and others.
According to the latest reports some of these vessels have gone to
Swabue, while a few have gone to Wuchow by way of Shiuhing ports,
Japanese vessels, and the Japanese Consulate there has been taking up the subject with the local Bureau of Foreign Affairs.
Since, last Monday there have city on the Chinese Section of the been several raids at Sheklung, a Canton Kowloon Railway and more than 300 persons had been taken in order to offer support to Kwang-into custody altogetehr, although si troops new under orders to pro afterwards. As Sheklung is an im number of them were discharged ceed down the West River again
portant town in the Eastern Dis- towards Canton.
Kwangtung troops which have been stationed above Sheklung are returning daily to Canton, and it. is expected that warfare in the West River and North River dis- tricts will be renewed within a short time...
tricts the present Canton Autho rities cannot run the risk of leaving enemies there.
Qus,
The Dominions, Canada, Austra lia, South Africa and the Irish Free State are all members of the League of Nations in their own their own right of an organisation, right. They are also members in
The four women were in Court yesterday. Three were charged be fore Major C. Willson with assault- ing the other. The two spectators were called as witnesses.
defendants kicking, punching, and',
One man said that he saw the
terfere as he was a man and the contestants were women.
the British Commonwealth of scratching the complainant. He
told the Court that he could not in Nations, which is a political struc. ture new in bistory, but which is recognised in international law to be a single entity for purposes of peace or war. To which do the Dominions owe a prior duty! And are the obligations of the two contradictory and incompatible, as me hold, or compatible and rom
On Thursday the 19th and 26th divisions of the Ironsides were dis-plementary, as others thinki patched to attack Shishing and Kongmoon.
As a means of avoiding the pre-way to Kwangtung to give aaaist- sent labour difficulties in Canton ance to Wong Kie Cheung, City, sone knitting and weaving
factory owners are considering the
The same question was brought very much in the lime-light" by the correspondence which the Irish Free State and the British Government
His Worship asked witness if he could classify himself as a human being and allow such an uneven fight to go on.. To this witness re- plied that it was impossible for him to take part. If he had done so
he would have been accused of taking the complainant's part.
The second raan put forward a similar excuse for non-interference, The complainant when taken to was suffering alightly had about two years ago with the hospital Secretariat of the League of from internal hoemorrhage. Ac dorit, recall that the Irish Free might have been caused either by Nations. Your readers will, no cording to medical evidence, this
kick_or_by_the_complnianat's com dition of health
One of the defendants admitted
General Chan Ming Shu, who is coming from Fukien to Swatow" to
arrived at Cheung Chow. General help Chan Chai Tong, has already
Chan Chai Tong has left for the East River to direct operations. It is believed Chan Ming Shu will-State became a member of the
serious fighting will commence, arrive in a few days time when League in 1923. One of its earliest acte was to register at Geneva the General Li Pun Sin and other Anglo-Irish Treaty, which establish assaulting the complainant but ed the Irish Free State us exonerated har two friends, saying Generals under Tang Seng Chi, who Dominion, under Article XVIII. of that they were engaged in "separat were defeated by the Nanking the Covenant of the League, which ing then. The two other women troops, are reported to be on their
provides that no international agreed to this enthusiastically, one treaty shall be binding until it has ndding Why I was so kind that been so registered.
| I gave the complainant a cup of The Irish Free State took this tea after she had had enough." step, partly, no doubt, to give addi-
The case was adjourned until own freedom, Bus, it also did so this morning. 43 a natural gesture of indepen- national status in the world. After some delay the British Government made a declaration to the effect that it did not recognise the juris- diction of the League in the in- ternal affairs of the British Com monwealth, and that the Anglo. Irish Treaty was a domestic affair of the Commonwealth. The Irish Free State, if memory serves me correctly, replied by registering its dissent from this view, and there the matter ended.
passibility of moving their indus- A SUMMARY COURT CASE. oual sanctity to the charter of its
Most of the Kwangsi militarist "tries to Macao, where they hope to lenders, including General Wong find better conditions.
QUESTIONS OF PRIVACY AND dence, to emphasise its new inter-
ETIQUETTE."-
Before Mr. Justice J. R. Wood at the Summary Court yesterday, Mr. J. M. Xavier, of B, Chi Wo Street, second floor, Yaumati, sued Dr. T. P. Woo, medical practi- tioner, of 34, Queen's Road Central, for $790, under an 1.0.U.
The plaintiff is conducting his own case. Dr. Woo was represent- ed. by Mr. C. A. S. Russ. The Judge fixed the heaving for
Wednesday, next.
DISHONEST ACCOUNTANT.
PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT.
CHINESE RESTAURANT
VICTIMISED.
Shiu Hung, who have, been taking Reports from Waichow point to refuge in Hong Kong since the the harvest there this season being enup" d'etat of November 17th, good, and consequently those having -have left during the past two days last season's produce in stock are Their destinations were Shanghai. selling at much lower prices than Swatow, and Wuchow. The usual. Best grade of rice may now supreme command will be directed be obtained at about 812 a picul. from Shanghai as far as the
The inhabitants of Toyshan City Kwangsi group is concerned, while are working to secure A- water campaigns will be pushed from works plant to replace the present
Pleading guilty to a charge of Swatow and Wachow
system of wells; and it is believed
The British Empire, of course, embezzling $8,338.69 and falsifying All labour unions and as many the project is a practicable one.
has an institution of its own for the books to the extent of $3,253.30, dealing with internal difficulties, peasant leagues as possible are Many Chinese overseas in America
namely the imperial Conference, a Chinese accountant of the Man being encouraged to assist the and also in Hong Kong are natives
consisting of all the Prime Minis- Kwok Restaurant was yesterday All union of this district and it is thought Kwangtung "faction
Mr. Russ said he understood that ters of the Empire. If any serious sentenced to four months' hard pickets, who were at one time or they will willingly subscribe to the there were other promissory notes members this body would almost Lindsell at the Central Magistracy. dispute arose between any of the labour on each count by Mr. R. E. dered to disarm themselves and scheme. Mr. Chen Lip Tung, outstanding' to an amount of some certainly be called upon to try and. A draft of 87,000 which the de- allowed to carry bamboo sticks engineer now in America, will be
was invoked. What would happen recovered, and his mother has also only, are being permitted to possess asked to return to Toyshan to take thing like 89,000. He would raise find a solution before the League fendant bought on Shanghai was the defence of "splitting"". (in if this tribunal of first instance fail-undertaken to refund the complain- *arms again. These pickets will the matter in hand.
A fire at Wongsha last Wednes-solving the right to recover in oneed to find a solution is another ant to the extent of 81,000. Tais supplement the Military and Police in Canton, if factional warfare be day night destroyed eight matsheds tween the Kwangtung and the used by the 4th Corps of the Army Kwangtung and the Kwangsi fac in Canton. All the property and
ammunition of the battalion station tions is renewed...
Some labou umons are on the ed there went into the fire. Several were missing and are Kwangs side, however, and on persons Thursday night, the Hong Kong thought to have lost their lives. Goldsmiths Union with its office in Canton was raided on a charge of being counter-revolutionary," and more than a hundred of the workers were arrested for holding meetings without previous permit from the
Police.
STRIKERS ACTS OF INCENDIARISM.
CANTON, Nov. 23th.
This afternoon between 4 and
TRADE MATTERS.
CONFERENCE OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
NO RESULT.
[FROM A CHINESE CORRESPONDENT]
According to a Chinese merchant,
claim).
Plaintiff suggested that the case might be taken in Chambers, but the Judge decided that the case should go into open. Court.
Mr. Russ commented upon the presence of the Press and ventured to hope that the case would not be reported as the defendant was professional gentleman.
His Honour; "There is no privacy in open Court."
Mr. Buss rejoined that there was no question of privacy, but there was one of etiquette,
ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY.
A TRIFLE LATE.
matter. Most scher-minded people restitution mitigated sentence. will, I think, be inclined to think that it would not be likely to fail. The Imperial Conference consists of a number of exceedingly experi enced political leaders who would be as anxious to maintain absolute independence with the Empire of its individual nations as the Irish Free State could be, and as anxious to preserve the fundamental unity of the British Commonwealth of Natious as is Great Britain.
How Chinese expect the police to assist then in the recovery of stolen property when they make their first report a fortnight after the robbery is hard to imagine.
241,
There are frequent, instances of late reports. An example is one History will probably record that which has just reached the police the century which has passed was concerning a robbery at Yaumati. the age of extravagant nationalism, Chinese women living at No. Temple Street yesterday in which fations sa entirely lost the sense that they were brethren and thought fit to report that a robbery members of .one great human was committed at her house on family, that the World War was the November 12th (a fortnight ago result. It is obvious, that the era to-day) and that money and jewel- of nationalism is giving way to that lery to the value of 8551 were stalen of internationalism, the dis- from a bor in her room." coveries of natural science and the lessons of the past fifteen years every day bring home to all with
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o'clock strikers or pickets set fire nothing came out of the conference THIEVES IN THE GUISE OF increasing force that, unless the to their headquarters. They also set ablaze some 60 or 70 shops in between representatives of the Chi-
four different parts of the city.
Twenty-five of the miscreante
were arrested
niese General Chamber of Commerce
ELECTRICAL FITTERS.
OVERSEAS LEAGUE.
nations learn to co-operate and to think of humanity and not of them [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG salves alone, Western civilization is.
DAILY PRESS."']. and representative of the Hong Saying that they were fitters doomed. The League of Nations and the British Commonwealth of Kong General Chamber of Com from the Electric Light CompanyNations are manifestations of this Sta-May I crave the courtesy meres which was held on Thursday and had come to repair some process. They are both attempts to of your columns to address the very to gransider suggestions for local lights, three men gained admission bring national sentiment under the many members of the Overseas THE FORTHCOMING
trade" improvement..
into a house at No. 9, Shanghai discipline of a higher law than that League bere and ask their kindly of mere selfdetermination. They support to the appeal being made WEDDING.
Chinese exporters in Hong Kong Street yesterday at 1 p.m. As soon are both experimental. Their ulti-by our Chairman, Sir Ernest Birch, mate, form is uncertain. Whether for a fund with which to purchase According to the NC. Daily having shipments for American as they were inside, one of the men
ports have appointed a committee
they can exist side by side is not a new motor-car for Mr. Evelyn New General Chiang Kai Shek to look into the new Customs re- threatened the inmates with a
clear. But they are both of vital Wrench the Founder and inde. importance because they are trying fatigable Secretary of the League. and Mise Mayling Soong have gulations regarding invoices from dagger. The other two went into a
to work out the solution of one of Subscriptions of any amount, which agreed that all their wedding pre- Chinese or other ports of origin, cubicle and held up two women.
The servant, who was held outside the greatest problems of the age, I suggest be limited to 85.00, will The new regulations, or rather old sents should take the form of con regulations which have not been by the first robber, struggled fran-how the unity, of mankind is to be be gratefully received by we tributions towards the construction strictly adhered to, require the tically and succeeded in making reconciled with national freedom-and forwarded to Headquarters.--|
Yours, etc.
GEO. R. EDWARDS, of a hospital for invalided soldiers.names of manufacturers and cost, in lier way into the road. The alarm Yours, etc.;.;,
was then raised, and & Shantung
Hon. Corr. Bocy. The wedding will take place at Mies local currency of articles. The re-
gulations appear to be very incon- policeman came on the scene. He
(P.O. Box 333)!! Boong's home, 128, Seymour Boad, venient to exporters in Hong Kong succeeded in arresting one man, but
Hong Kong, Nov. 25th, 1927. who usually pack in Canton, the other two escaped. Shanghai,
L. E. HAYNES. Hong Kong, Nov. 25th, 1927.
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