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TO EXTERMINATE

·THE “REDS.""

KWANGTUNG, KIANGSI ÄND HUNAN CO-OPERATE.

MOUNTAINS TO BE COMBED OUT.

CAPTAIN'S FATAL

FALL.

MORE DETAILS OF DOCK

YARD ACCIDENT.

"

A.D.C. TO THE KING.

Further details are to hand coa 7.000 ARMED DESPERADOES. cerning the accident which resulted

[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT: į

CANTON, Jan. 97th. The Governments of Kwangtung, Kings and Hunan are co-operat ing, under a military agreement, in an intensive campaign against the Communist-bandits on the mountain borderland between these three pro-

vinces. It has taken a great deal of negotiating and arrangement to launch the campaign and previous discussions on the subject have fallen through, because of the pre occupation of one or other Govern meat in afairs requiring more im- mediate attention.

The Communist force numbers about 7,000 men, who are said to be fairly well equipped and or The leaders are, the ginised. notorious "General" Ching Chien, Ho Lung and Ip Ting, who were

in the death of Captain Maxwell Barcham Sayer, R.N.R., an aide- de-camp to the King and Captain Súperintendent of the famous train-

THE HONG KONG. DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 28th, 1929.

'SERVICE FOR LADIES."

EXCELLENT FILM AT THE QUEEN'S.

ADOLPHE MENJOU AS A WAITER-GENERALISSIMO.

THIS WEEK'S FILM PRO- GRAMME.

[ET OUR FILM CRITIC.]

ing-ship Worcester. Captain Sayer Service for Ladies" is in every Adolphe Menjou's latest picture was descending a ladder between the dockside and a pontoon in South-way delightful, and I strongly ad vise a visit to the Queen's to-day ampton Dockyard when the ladder

The story slipped.

is amusing, perfectly credible, and offers an opportunity Menjou is at his best and he is for humour and interesting settings

wife Kathryn very pleasant at and acts

Here is the story, Albert (Adol- phe Menjou) is head waiter at a famous Paris restaurant. He is s most important and impressive

Faced with a drop of Afteen feet and the possibility of drowning tween the dockside and the pontoon, the Captain made an upward grab at a projection. He avoided the fall but gashed his right leg on a rusty hook. He hung suspended until assistance arrived to release him.

Stock And Heart Strain. affected his nervous strength so The accident appeared to have Mrs. Sayer took her husband to

a holiday home at Deal in the plete rest would assist him to re hopes that a change of air and com- enperate. He was being assisted to bed a few days ago when he com

supported by his Carver, who is o young lady to look quite well.

gure, the friend of kings and potentates and as terrible to his staff as the most important Major General who ever inspected the troops.

To 520 him enter the

KOWLOON GANGS BUSY.

LONELY WOMAN LOSES 1910 AND SIX POUND 'NOTES.

CHINESE EASTERN

RAILWAY.

RUSSIA TO SELL OUT TO JAPANT

At 8 p.m. en-Saturday, a gang of

That the Soviet Government is 6 men, two of whom were armed with a revolver and a dagger respec. considering the possibility of sell- tively, entered the ground flour of ing out its interests in the Chinese- No. 7, Kwang Wah Road, where Eastern Railway, the system which the owner of a timber yard lives dominates North Manchuria, to with his wife, concubine, four Japan, is an intimation which has children and seven other inmates been received by several of the Three of the party were at the Legations here, says the United time in the sitting room while the Press correspondent at Peping. other were talking in the passage-Moscow is reported to be certain way. As the robbers burst into the that if she does not sell out to house those in the sitting room Japan, she will lose her interest in shouted what is the matter." the railway to the Chinese, with no The robbers blunt, rèply, emphasized compensation whatever. The only by the pistol, was: "Don't make alternative is for Moscow to Sight trussed up and gagged with strip to be unwilling to do. any noise." The inmates were then the Chinese, and this she is believed of curtain The robbers ransacked the house for about an hour and lait with jewellery and clothing to a total value of $80.

An inmate of the house named Choi Hung was arrested by the police, on suspicion of complicity it the affair.

The recent seizure of the tele- phone system installed by the Chinese-Eastern Railway in Harbin six years ago, at a cost of a million gold dollars, has perhaps affected Moscow's 'point of view, This GANG IN KOWLOON TONG. seizure, following similar seizure by A few hours after this incident the Chinese of the railway's fleet three men armed with a revolver of river steamers, of the railway extered an unnumbered hut lo Kowloon Tong. They woke up the schools and clubs, and of areas of mistress of the house, threatened land acquired by the railway, leada her with the revolver and stole to a general belief that the Chinese $910 in Hong Kong bank notes and six one-pound notes. The gallant intend to take over the entire rail- where a married woman named Ip may be complete inside a year or woke her, hitting her on the face Yan was still sound asleep. They

with a blow that drew blood. ·

officially driven out of Kwantung plained of faintness and suddenly restaurant in the morning passing gang then entered the next cubicle way, bit by bit, and that the work)

eighteen months ago. The force Consista more of pirates, brigands and other criminals than of dis-

collapsed. A doctor was sudmoued, but Captain Bayer died within ten or afteen minutes.

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Message From The Queen. The cause of death was attributed strain on the heart and severe shock caused by the accident. Queen in which Her Majesty's Private secretary said:---

ciples of Karl Marx A large porto tion of them probably took part it the Canton holocaust, of December 11th, 1927, and in the terrorism that characterised the doings of the Soviet Government in Swatow and the East River District.

Following severe defeata and con-

through the dining room and kit chens into his own sanctum, whose wala are lined with autographed photographs of the great whom he has advised on all important gas. tronomical matters, is to realise (Save Life) but the gang fired two Ip Kan shouted: au Mang indeed the humble position which shots to show they meant business

two

Chinese Aggression. Several "official statements have been issued recently in Moscow, ne-

A message was received from the mere patrons occupy in such places and then bound and gagged her.cusing the Japanese of instigating i

But like other great men Albert A quarter of an hour's search re the Chinese to aggressive acts in re

On behalf of the King, the Quren desires me to assure you with what regret his Majesty will learn of the Reserve aide-de-camp, Capt. Sayer, fatal accident to his Royal Naval

family the heartfelt sympathy of his Majesty and herself in your

meets his Waterloo when he

con.

and loves. Elizabeth, the fair Ameri-vealed $10 in Hong Kong notes and gard to the railway, in order to

He at once demands & holi five one-pound notes. day and follows her and her father

The parties concerned lost no stir up trouble between the Soviet Americans are duly impressed with to furren "incognito and

time in reporting to the police but Government and the Chinese. These the no arrests have been made. The statements, which have been openly

men of both gangs were dressed as

dialect.

dign purishment at the hands of and to convey to you and your the subservience of every waiter labourers and spoke the Hakkamade, are not taken seriously in

Serrow.

Captain Sayer was fifty-four last April. He served in the mercantile marine and Colonial Office services; joined the Royal Naval Reserve as a sub-lieutenant in 1903, was made lieutenant in 1908, lieutenant-com mander 1914, commander 1918, and captain in 1071...

Maraha) Li, Tani Hsig and Generals Vong Shiu Hung and Chen Ming Shu, the Communist "Army " dis“ persed into inaccessible mountain retreats, from which they emerge, according to plan, mobilise at agreed rendezvous and carry out extensive raids on the defenceless towns and villages. They captured Captain Sayer was also respon- not long ago the fairly large town sible for the cross-channel train ferry and barge services. He was of Ping Shek as well as a number appointed to command the Thames of smaller places. The bigger auc Nautical Training College Wor- cester in July, 1919, and made cess nearly proved their complete... aide-de-camp to the King in

A part of the rebel

April last. **Army" was surrounded and cap. tured after a sharp fight but the majority again escaped to

undoing,

mountains.

ACTIVITIES IN PROGRESS.

General Mon Chi, Vice-Divisional Commander of the 3rd Division, has been placed in command of the

Kwangtung troops on the border and Brigadier General Lui Fung Im, one of his subordinates, is in Cao to arranging for the despatch of stores and ammunition to the forces.

The troops are divided into three strong bodies, large enough to guard every mountain path. They are sweeping northward, contact being maintained with the Hunan forces under General Ho Chien who arr advancing southward with Wing Tae and Kwei Tung as their prin cipal bases.

PRINCE VISITS TOKYO SLUMS.

SECRET EARLY MORNING TOUR.

Tokyo, January 18th (U.P.):- Prince Higashi Kuni played the part of Harun Al-Rashid several days ago by making a trip in cognite through the slums of Tokyo, This was the first occasion in more than 60 years on which a Prince of the Blood has visited the poorer quarters of the capital.

With the greatest secrecy the

Prince left the Imperial Palace at daylight, accompanied by five officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs, At six o'clock the party renched a municipal employment office in Hongo, one of the slum It is expected that it will take sections. From their they went to about a month to smoke out" the a co-operative apartment hou?. -rebel strongholds and about six which actually is a tenement in months to hunt down the scattered which 180 families live, and closed +remnants The three Governments the expedition by visiting the

Nagaya, hope to stamp cut the last embers. Tonneru

A group ef of the Red Terrorism by the end of barrack-like structures which house Joly,

1,000 of the city's most poverty ridden families.

The Prince took a noticable in- THE SHIRALA INCIDENT. terest in each of the institutions he visited. At the employment agency NO PIRATES WOUNDED.

he asked questions about its system of operation; in the tenements he would frequently stop to ask a We have received a letter from ragged householder, about his work, Messrs. Mackinnon, Mackenzie & if he happened to be employed, or Co., agents for the British India about the amount of his wages Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., in re- Undoubtedly the alum dwellers to ference to alleged inaccuracies in whom he spoke suspected he was the report published in our last man of high station, but none of issue relating to the Shirala inci- them realized that their questioner dent.

was a Prince of the Blood.

who meets him and the kindly patronage of King Boris (of Bur tanis) who is also living incognito at the same hotel. Albert is, of course, a well-known Agure in the waiting world and to impress him favourably means a better chance of promotion

a waiter than any mere king could offer. Elizabeth quickly falls in love with the hand

Albert though her father waras her that his rank is probably higher than that to which she could

I

some

pire.

THE MANILA CARNIVAL.

Peping. Impartial observers do not, think that it is necessary to. "instigate the Chinese officiala in such acts, where they can make a OPENING OF POPULAR SHOW. quick profit without no expendi

ture. Chinese politicians, ns la gen- Manila, January 20th (U.P.)erally known, are no less corrupt Manila's far-famed annual carnival than those of other countries." threw open its gates to thousands of waiting visitors to-day and re-

The automatic telephone company vealed a

"City of Gold full of in Harbin, owned by the railway, was forcibly seized by the Chinese commercial, educational and enter-

military authorities, who sent sold-

tainment features."

structed

After a fortnight Albert becomes conscience stricken and leaves tell- ing the girl that there are insur mountable differences in their social positions. The father only just re. frains from saying "I told you so." Then comes the climax with Albert once more in his glory in the restaurant. Elizabeth and her father enter. For a moment he besitates, then goes forward to designed to show island life and way. has provided the Soviet Gov.

meet them and takes them to a table.

The ending is of course & happy one. Elizabeth refuses to give him up, and the old king, who it ap pears has a controlling interest in the restaurant, has Albert promoted to manager.

That is the bare outline of the story. It is filled in with any num- ber of amusing incidents and some excellent scenes of the winter sporte at Murren, and is a picture of its order, beyond criticism.

FILM PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK.

Queen's, To-day: Service for Ladies." "To-morrow

and Wednesday: "Body and Soul," a thrilling story

·

Under supervision of Arsenio N. Luz, Director-General, the Philipers to occupy the exchanges, and pine Carnival Association has con ejected the Russian railway officials miniature town СП in charge. Protests locally and Manila's broad Luneta by the sea- front. All Philippine officials from

from Moscow have gone unheeded. Governor-General Stimson to the Constant Source Of Friction. humblest provincial authorities have While the Chinese-Eastern rail- co-operated in arranging exhibits

products.

This year's carnival will run for 16 days to February 10th, instead of nine days, as was the practice when the carnival was first started in 1909.

Educational and commerc.al ex- hibits have been sent from many leading countries in various parts

for these and for amusement con- cessiona

ernment with much ready cash nt a time when she peeded it badly,

the railway bas caused so much friction with the Chinese that many Moscow leaders have openly stated i does the Sovici, more harm than

good. Moscow. acted illogically in of the world, particularly Japan retaining her rights in the railway and China.

Luz made a special at the same time she was talking trip to the United States to arrange grandly of renouncing all "Tsarist Imperialist righty" in China. Un- Great interest has been created inder the agreements made in Peping Manila by the contest for choice of a Carnival Queen to reign over the and Mukden in 1924, the Russians festivities.

and Chinese have operated the line Attendance at the Manila Car jointly, but the Russians have af nival was only 87,000 in the opening year but it has steadily increased, ways dominated through superior averaging about 500,000 during re-experience.

cent years. Many American" and The Chinese-Eastern railway, like of the love of an Alpine peasant other foreign visitors are here for the South Manchuria Railway, maid, with Aileen Pringle, Lionel the event, and all the varied originally was part of Russia's Barrymore and Norman Kerry

peoples of the Philippines are re- grandiose railway scheme, designed presented among the visitors who to dominate the Far East. Through have arrived during the past few the Russo-Japanese. war, Japan days by train, inter-island steamer obtained control of the southern and native "vinta.".

section, which was rebuilt and re- named the South Manchuria Rail- way.

brow."

Thursday to Saturday: "Hang- man's House." Victor McLaglan, who is cast as Citizen Hogan, has the distinction of being the best all-round athlete in motion pictures. He has been a soldier, boxer, wrestler, and man of al trades in nearly every civilized country in the clearly told and is interesting from world. At one time he was reputed start to finish. There are some very to be the best fighter in Canada good scenes of hard riding over and his list of opponents includes rough country, and an appealing the formidable Jack Johnson when heroine in the person of Joan Craw the latter was in his hey-day. ford, a strong silent hero, Tim While all his roles have been of McCoy, and bold and handsome The letter states that six sampans

the fighting type, they represent young villain, Rer Lease, make of No one outside the Palace except very different characters, Captain it a film which is excellent enter * appeared to be approaching the the men who accompanied him know Flagg in "What Price Giory, the tainment for all but the very high ship, and while they were still of Prince Kuni's intended expedi-ball fighter in " Loves of Carmen, three or four hundred yards away tion, but before the trip was con- the faithful Irish giant in "Mother the master of the Shirala as a pre-pleted someone, probably a police Machree" and the carefree sailor caution fired a few shots into the man, recognized him, and 80 plain- water. No shots, were fired at the clothes men were rushed to the dis- A Girl In Every Port," shew sampans (our report stated that trict to give the party special pro: shots were deliberately fred in the tection. The reason for the visit air), and in any case they were out apparently was nothing more than of range of a revolver. It is de a desire on the part of the Prince nied that anyone was wounded...

The Agents also state that the Educated in the Occident, he has Captain of the

Shirals informs always been interested in the study them that he has not been inter- of sociology: viewed by any representatives of In commenting on the tour, one

An added attraction at ali shows the Press, and complain of our of the officials who went with the during the week is the appearance statement to the contrary as being party said:" Although Princes of Cathryn," the American dan inaccurate. Perhaps the word "in and Princesses of the Blood have

a series of clamical, terview was not quite the correct visited social service institutions beeuse, word to use, but Captain Diamond fore, this is the first time that one Oriental, and interpretive dances. certainly was asked by our repre- of them actually has gone into the sentative for information, and said slums. In many places where we that he did not wish to discuss the went there were narrow passages matter. Had the captain of the through which we could walk, but Shirala been more communicative, the Prince did not hesitate and possibly our report would have been forged on ahead, saying Never even more accurate than it wOB

see how the lower classes live.

mind. Come on."

his versatility, and in the Hang of the star. man's House, Fox Films sereen version of Donn Byrne's four novel, McLaglen is said to have his

best role...

There is a strong cast supporting McLaglen including June Collyer, Hebert Bosworth, Larry Kept and Earle Foxe.

in

World. To-day: "The Law of the Range," starring Tim McCoy. This is an excellent film of the West era "variety full of thrills and ox- citement. The story is well and

(Continued on next Column),"

To-morrow and Wednesday: Lon Chaney in The Unholy Three," "horror film typical an exciting

Thursday and Friday: "New Lives for Old Betty Compton in a mystery story of the war, which takes place partly in a Parisian cafe where she is the star dancer, and partly in a farm in Normandy An interesting and well made pie ture, though the story is not very convincing

Japan Would Welcome Transter. Japan has immensely -improved the railway she thus obtained, and has developed South Manchuria be- youd recognition. She has sought earnestly to gain control of various Chinese railway lines built in Man- churia in recent years. There is no doubt but that Japan would wel come the opportunity to control the Chinese-Eastern Railway, which would form a natural part of the existing South Manchuria system.

By the agreement with Russia, the Chinese have the privilege of buying the Chinese-Eastern Railway

1937, but the amount of compen sation was apparently never fixed.

the railway in not purchased, it reverte to the Chinese Government in 1961, but the lease of the South and was renewed in one of the Manchuris Railway expired in 1982, Twenty-one Demands, which Na- tionalist China has declined to re- cognize.

Moscow agree to sell and Japan should decide to boy Russian rights in the Chinese-Eastern Rail- way, it is regarded as certain here that the Chinese attitude" would. change abruptly. The Chinese have never attempted to interfere on the Thursday and Friday: "Why conduct of the Japanese lines in Worry 1 Harold Lloyd's comedy Manchuria Japan is better able to of the Bouth American revolution. protect her interests than is Russia.

Star Theatre, To-day "High School Horo," a comedy of youth with Sally Phipps and Nick Stuart. At 0.25, The Coyne Musical Comedy Co. "Some thing Doing."

To-morrow and Wednesday: New Lives for Old.”

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