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COL. LAWRENCE'S

RETURN,

TAXICAB CHASE IN LONDON.

LANDED AT PLYMOUTH IN

SPECIAL LAUNCH.

With the utmost secrecy, under bis latest pseudonym of "Mr. Smith," Aireraftsman Shaw, of

the R.A.F., whose real name is Col.

"WHITE TERROR" (THE MOHAMMEDAN RISING extent this has been, we do not

IN CHINATM

LABOUR JOURNAL'S STARTLING ALLEGATION.

HOW THE GOVERNMENT DEALS WITH "REDS."

PEPINO (U.P.)-More than 100,000 Chinese workers and peasants have been killed during the past year in

tbo

"white terror " ·

instituted

IN KANSU.

TERRIBLE MASSACRES.

SUFFERINGS OF THE

POPULATION.

The North China Daily News contains the following, graphic a count from an eye witness of the re- cent Mohammedan rising in Kansu. Writing from Siuing a missionary correspondent says:

During the past ten daya, Sining

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know defnitely apart from the city of Taugar, which was taken by the brigands three days ago There was only a smail number of the Kuchmingchain there at the time. It is said that these bave

Parallel to Mr. Baldwin's action in all been killed. The number given Great Britain in 1995, the Federal as killed is 3,000, but this has not Premier, Mr. S. M. Bruce, an-

nounced in the House of Repre yet been verified.

When the Mohammedan brigands ment of a Royal Commission to in sentatives the forthcoming appoint- entered the city they killed all on quire into the position of the whom they could lay hands, Many Australian coal industry.

suffered men, thousands have

He stated that coal exparts had wonten, and children alike. Word came through from a fellow mis declined 600,000 tons in three years,

and sionary that he could not cope with i

production had dropped the wounded, and requested that we | 2,000,000 tona,

Mr. Bruce said it was imperative road is blocked, and it has been to reduce the selling price of coal impossible to get through. It was by 38. per ton. rumoured that, before the brigands left the city they set fire to the place. This has been contradicted since, but it is a fact that many thousands of the people have been

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T. E. Lawrence, famous for his against radical movements in this has been ip a state of turmoil would send help immediately. The

war-time exploits in Arabia, ar-

anys the Noral and Military Re

card.

Aircraftsman Shaw, who has been transferred, it has has been stated, from his station on

the

country, according to the annual

To-morrow,"

killed.

Very

What

Meanwhile, representatives of the Federal and New South Wales Governments, will meet the owners and miners to seek a working solu- tion of the dispute.

rived in London from Plyinouth, ort of, Lo Chao Lung, repre- and disorder. Mohammedans have sentative of the All-China Labour risea up all around. Brigands Federation, translated in China is the term used for them, but they

none a weekly magazine | Bro

other than the late published in the English language Mohammedan army, known as the by a group of Chinese editors. Nioghaichüla. They now number

Further labour troubles are fore shadowed as a result of the action Of these, the report states, or, many tens of thousands, for they

A Nightmare. North-West Frontier" owing to were executed by formal processes Mohammedan people, farmers, mer- Maopehshen and district have auf missal notices directly affecting have been joined by the ordinary To-day word' comes through that New South Wales in issuing dis- of Northern colliery owners in rumours" concerning his movements] of the Kuomintang Government. chants, and such-like. At the pre- fered in like manner. This we do 10,000 workers following the break-

alt of which have been anchorita- "At present, 17,200 are in pri-sent time, they are to the south, not know for certain yet.

down of negotiations on the basis. west, and north of Sining, and it few people know what a Mop of the recommendation of the Pre- tively denied landed at Plymonth son," the report adds.

is rumoured that in the east they medan rising really means. from the liner Rajputana, and his the factories, if one worker is are also advancing on Sining. We i ena extend to is indeed like a

mier, Mr. Bavin, for rehabilitating arrival at Paddington was planned caught in connection with our 'red' are literally surrounded by them: nightmare to think of. Their one Union refuses to endorse the recom

the goal industry. The Mivers' = so that he could leave the station trade union work, then five or ten to those who are still in the aim is to kill and loot, the former mendation."

city, as the present time they are being foremost in their minds. other workers in the same factory, powerless to do anything but who Knives are the chief weapons used. picked at random, are also punish knows what attitude they will take Guns are used very little. They ed publicly, to terrify the whole should they get a better oppor- love the man-to-man fight at close they learn it, we wonder. body of workers and make them

tunity.

quarters.

people remember with horror what afraid of any contact with us.

happened in this very district dur- As far as the city of Siping it ing the last great Mohammedas re- It is said that there are 30,000telf is concerned, there is little bellion of 1895-8, when it seemed Nationalist soldiers here in Sining chance of the Mohammedans being that the dwellers of Endes itself at the present time and a very re- able to enter. It is well guarded, were let loose. At that time tens liable source declares there are as

and this fresh army which is about of thousands of people, Chinese to arrive will help matters very and many again on the way up to Sining from Lanchow, and they considerably. The Nationalista will literally hacked to pieces

Mohammedan alike, were ought to arrive in two days' time.

have their work cut out to put that time no disturbance of any Since The cities of Kuieteh, in the south, down this rising, and it may take material importance has taken faopehsheng and Lei-Ren-pu, in in the end they are sure to win. present uprising be speedily put Tangur, in the west, and

some time to do so, but of course place in this district. May the the north, are now in the hands of The Mohammedaus will have to be down, that there may not be a re the brigands. Looting and killing taught a big lesson this time. Will petition of those former dreadful has been very prevalent. To what (Continued on next Column), days.

without being observed,

In this he nearly succeeded. By coincidence, or design, there were two aircraftsmen on the train. One walked boldly out of the station and attracted the attention of those waiting to see Col. Lay-

Meanwhile the real Air riage at the rear of the train and hurried to another platform.

rence.

"craftsman Shaw" bad left his car-

In 2.4.7. Uniform.

Re was dressed in R.A.F. uniform, which bore one star on the shoulder, and he swung a re- gulation, cane as he walked down the platform. Then he sprang into a taxicab to escape the crowd of photographers and others who hurried forward.

There followed a taxicab chase lasting nearly an hour, and "Air craftsman Shaw" failed to elude his pursuers The leading taricab followed a winding route to Marble Arch, where it entered Hyde Park, and speed was increased until Hyde Park-corner was reached. It stopped outside & block of flats in Cromwell-road, Kensington.

Longer Hours of Labour, "In the territories ruled by Feng Yu Hsiang and Li Tsai sin, any worker suspected-proof is unneces- sary of connection with "trade unions is immediately killed. It is clear that under these conditions our work is quite difficult."

Mr. Lo asserts that all the advances gained by the workers during 1995-27, when the All-China Labour Federation led the great? strike and organization movement which brought 2,800,000 workers within our ranks, have now been abolished."

"In all factories the employers may discharge the workers at will," the report continues, without labour are longer than before, and giving any reasons. Sours of wages are lower. In Kwangtung, Huran, and Hupeb, wages are paid in the valueless local paper money. Shanghai apprentices commonly get

wage now of 20 coppers per month (a fraction over three cents gold) for a day's work of twelve hours,

Hiding his face behind his hands, "Aircraftsman Shaw" dashed into the building and; entering a dat on the ground foor, slammed the door. His friend said: "I am very sorry I can tell you nothing Funnar, more than 100,000 about what he intends doing and it will be absolutely impossible to

see him.".

at one

minera set no wages at all; they have been made literally slaves, and are kept prisoners in chains." Colonel Lawrence was

Blacks, Greys, and Reds. time known as the "Uncrowned Mr. Lo asserts that there are King of Arabia. He rallied the three classes of trade unions in Arabs to the Allied cause during

China at present-the black, the the war and has probably had more grey and the red. The black have adventures than any man alive. He and in Mr. Lo's opinion are "merely been organized by the Kuomintang, has always been attracted to the mercenary committees composed of East, and has said that he joined traitors and agents of the mili- the R.A.F.

Aircraftsman tarists." The grey are real or- Shaw" to seek obscurity.

ganizations of workers, but "main- tain formal relations with the Kuo. mintang to avoid suppression." The red, Mr. Lo declares, are "the

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