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CANTON BREATHES

AGAIN,

KWANGSI'S "FLASH IN" THE PAN."

"BUSINESS AS USUAL.”

(FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT,]

Canroy, May 19. The situation in Onton con- tinues to improve. All the stores in the city have now reopened for business, and street trafic appears to be going on as usual. Also soldiers who were on picket duty have all been withdrawn.

WARNING TO

SHIPPING..

BRITISH GUNBOATS AS

ESCORTS..

CANTON RIVER CONVOYS,

Information received from the Cantonese Authorities states they

can accept no responsibility for safety of ships above Samahui,

British gunboats, will escort con- voy of British ship leaving First Chiffs for Wüchow, and return con" voy will leave Wuchow on Thurs day.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY,

MACAO'S WATER

SUPPLY.

CITY SUFFERING FROM DROUGHT.

NEW SEWERAGE IMPROVE. MENTS.

KOWLOON COURT · CASES.

TRESPASSING ON CROWN LAND

Four

"FINES IMPOSED

Chinese, three of them

residing within the city of Macno T. S. Whyte Smith at Kowloon The supply of water for the people women, were charged before Mr.

has been a problem that has oc❘ Magistraey on Saturday with tres- cupied the attention of the Govern- pasting on Crown land at Sham ment for many years. Macao is devoid of high hills and such of the hills as may be found in the penin- sula are generally built over to such an extent as to render impossible any scheme of works to gather pot

able water.

Shui Po without a permit.

Mr. A. C. Barford of the P.W.D. prosecuted.

Defendants pleaded not guilty.

The prosecution intimated to the Magistrate that complaints had made to the Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga of the bad smells coming from the plot of ground where the defen- The dants were found working.

MAY 13, 1929.

CORRESPONDENCE.

ALLEGED WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY.

[TO THE EDITOS OF THE "HONG KONG DAILY PRESS."]

SIR,-In a leader, you say "IÊ more money has to be raised-and there is no alternative if the Colony Yes, Sir, there is an alternative is" to be properly administered."

more economical administration.

How many times was that 100" up and laid down again, while for foot road at Quarry Bay" picked " hours at a time the motor roller was idly blowing kerosene into the air ?

At the present moment a furloug of solid stone wall is being rebuilt after being thrown down at great Government bungled the road level. trouble and expense, because the

yesterday in the Provincial Kuomin-ports except to pick up British the city requirements, but with the ground was used to cultivate vege- weeks continuously (not 12 hours,

There will be no further up-river During the day there are very few convoy till Thursday 10. restrictions upon movements, but

Owners should inform the Com after 10 p.m. the principal thorough.modore as early as possible of in- fares and all the strategic points of tentions to sail in convoy. Ships the city are guarded.

wil sail entirely at their own risk A great demonstration was held and will not call at intermediate tang Building to wish saccess to the refugees, under the direction of the soldiers departing for the front. It escorting gunboats. was presided over by Mr. Lam Tick Further programme of conroys Chung, a member of the Executive will be published in due course. Committee of the Provincial Kuo- Chinese "gunboats have now left mintang, and among those in nt- | anchorage of Shameen."" Feiring tendence were General Chen Tsai has proceeded to Macao Forts. The Tong, Commander-in-Chief of the | remainder have proceeded to Frost Kwangtung Armies; Mr. Lau Yau Rench.

Kong, head of the Municipal Burenu

of Education; and Mr. Po Liang

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L

Chu, a high military officer of LATEST NEWS FROM General Chen Taai Tong's staff, Fer-

veqt speeches denouncing Kwang-

"ai were delivered by General Cheat

CANTON.

In the early days, the water derived from natural springs supple Dented by well-water was ample for gradual increase of the Chinese population the supply fell short of the demand and Mneno had to cura to other sources, Lappa Island, cross the Inner Harbour of Macao, possess an "abundant supply of auch furnished an added queta to Macao's water, and for many years has

needs.

tables and manure was used.

In reply to the Magistrate, Mr. Burfeed said that although a gen- cral warning was given he could not say whether these people had been warned or not,

With my own eyes I have seen a gang of P.W.D. men sitting loafing every day including Sundays for 12 Mr. Editor, or 12 days, but 19 weeks) and during all that time no overseer once came near them.

If it is true that the blinking beacon cost upwards of $700, then such waste is damnable, and it is time the public.showed the Govern ment in no uncertain manner that viced by the gardener on the plot waste and extravagance,

The than said he had been init will not stand for such reckless to cure him of ringworm! He had had no connection with growing the

The authorities have embarked upon a series of tests, including ex-vegetables. tensive drilling in various parts of

the peninsula and the construction of a catchwater system at Guin Hill, as well as the building of a reser voir and filter beds and the instal Intion of pumps in deep wells. Many new sources were thus reach

less than demand,

Tsai Tong. Mr. Lam Tick. Chung THE MILITARY SITUATION. ed, but the supply was still much and others. General Chen said in the course of speech: "In order

According to the Nám Chung Pao to keep China unified, the Kwangsi the Cantos troops have recaptured Clique must be cleaned up.

I hope Ho How in Samshui. Latest re- thas all the people of Kwangtong ports, show that the Kwangsi troops will help the Government. Owing have also evacuated Shiuhing and to internal dissension, the Kwangsi Takhing which are now garrisoned faction is falling. This is indicated in their precipitate. evacuation from

of whom in the present circum- We ordinary working folks, many stances can see nothing before us in our old days but the workhouse had been employed by the gardener of energy we possess against well- The three women said that theyif the home workhouses will accept us-must protest with every ounce who said that he had a permit. paid, bonused and pensioned Gov The Magistrate imposed a nominal ernment inefficiency.Yours, etc., MERE EXISTENCE. labour. fine of 82 or four days' hard

Hong Kong: May 11 [The allegations made in the TRESPASSING AT BARRACKS. above letter are sufficiently serious and specie as to demand very care- ful investigation. The F.W.D. is frequently-and perhaps unfairly. criticised by people who have only a very vague idea of the alleged facts on which their comments are

Three Chinese were summoned Barracks at Sham Shuo Pa, with trespassing in the Hankow

defendants said that they did not know their way in the dark and

The

the West River back to Wuchow. Samshui Railway service has been three thousand feet, at an early took the wrong road on their way knowledge-for example, a gang of

We are positively sure that we can'

year a number of applications for The Government received last the concession of the franchise for the supply of potable water through- was referred to the Macao Mani out the peninsula, and the matter cipal Council. Sealed tenders were invited by that body. It is report. by Canton troops under Coigreed that work is likely to begin on Heung Hon Ping. The "Canton-

drilling to depths of even two or

resumed since Saturday.

date. The tenderer has formed a From the East River region, it Company and has invited capital, clean up the Kwangsi rebels and is reported that Li Mo Tse's so Islands and San Francisco, for the principally from the Hawaiian close the campaiga in a short time."

diers are still quartered at Shek exploitation of this business. After the speech General Chen

lung while the Cantonese troops.

late, Macao has, of are below Shektan.

suffered Tsai Tong was presented with a With regard to the North River greatly from the shortage of potable Jarge silken flag bearing the four region, there has been rapid deve water due to the recent prolonged Chinese characters, Tong Kuo Karments of military activities. Refaced with the prospect of ruined inforcement on the part of the Cantonese troops is required as crops. This stands out in "sharp troops in Shaukwan are outnum contrast with conditions up-country, where it is reported that there have bered by an army under Worg Ying Yu. It is feared that Shiu been beavy rains that the rivers are kwan will soon fall into the hands in flood. of the Kwangsi hordes. A regiment has been despatched to Shiukwan. Railway, service on the Carton Hankow Railway is still cancelled.

Shing-meaning the symbol of a tower of strength of the Country and Party. The flag was given by Mr. Liang Long Tsiu, one of the delegates of the Demonstration.

CANTON "INVADED.”

to Lai Chi Kok.

In reply to the Magistrate, In- spector Hdare told his Worship that the road leading to the Hankow Barracks was not ciufed and it was possible for the defendants to walk right into the Barracks" without However, a number of pesty thefts had been reported and the Military authorities were taking precautions.

knowing. drought. Farmers are, in places,

Sewerage Improvements.

based. Our present correspondent, however, speaks of things which he sagy are within his own personal P.W.D. men loafing about for twelve weeks continuously. will be interested to learn from the The thing seems incredible, and our readers

other side what there is to be said in reply to our correspondent's allegations. ED.]

YOKE OF FOREIGN DOMINATION,

The Magistrate imposed a fine of [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG 84 or seven days' hard labour.

STABBING CASE.

-

DAILY PRESS."]

SIR,-To-day we are witnessing the attempts of the peoples of China, India, and other countries to be self-governing, and to throw off foreign domination. The yoke of foreign domination, whether it be hurd to bear, or easy to bear, is always more or less galling for a proud and independent people to endure; though the virtues of pru dence, patience, and fortitude should answer to the charge, said that on enable them to bear such a yoke the night in question he was sud until they show themselves fully deals attacked from behind. Notable to govern themselves. knowing who his aggressors were, he struck at the man with a bunch of keys. He did not know that he was a detective,

One of the Chinese who had gone to the assistance of the detective

At the northern band of Praia KWANGSI IN RETREAT.

Grande Bay work has commenced with the extension of the nullah The Kwangsi troops are in retreat

that empties itself into this parti

Two Chinese were before Mr. towards Wuchow, "although not a

cular spot. Owing to continuous Whyte Smith in connection with Jet hard pressed by the Cantonese

silting and the position of the the stabbing of a Chinese detec nullah, the area close to the place tive on April . On the applica "forces. Latest reports to hand

has been troubled for some timesion of Detective Inspector Falion (Nam Cheung Pao). state that there are no more

past, at low tides, by the" un. "one defendant was discharged. Kwangsi troops in Shiuhing. Dosing On Friday last, a part of the pleasant odours emenating from the The remaining defendant, in and other towns and cites on the mutineers under Li Mo Tze, in accumulated mud.

Sheklung, marched eastward to.

The Macao authorities have, in West River. These places are wards Canton. As nearly all troops consequence, undertaken to extend rapidly being filled with troops of have been dispatched to resist the the nullah many hundreds of feet Colonel Heung Hon Ping, a subangsi troops, only a very small out into the old harbour channel detachment was left in the City, where the prevailing tides will at ordinate of General Chen Tsai Tong. A squad of troops, however, tried all times be able to sweep away the The once tense situation on the to check the advance of the in-discharge of the sewer. West River has now relixed, and vaders" but failed. being greatly outnumbered by their opponents. zo more anxiety is now felt in this The mutineere then attempted to part of Kwangtung, at least for the burn the aeroplanes at Taishatau time being. With the disappear but were eventually driven away. ance of the Kwangsi troops from the West River, the loal author- ities see no use in keeping a large number of troops up there. Accord- ingly, the Second Independent

SHANGHAI, May 19. Regiment under the command of Brisk fighting has takes place Colonel Tsoi Ting Kai, ada regi under Fan She Sheng and the between the pro-Nanking troops ment under the direct control of Kwangui soldiers at Lunglukwan, General Chen Tsai Teng have been which was captured by the former ordered to return to Canton, and on Friday

Kwangsi suffered heavy losses,

KWANGSI'S LOSSES.

(Wah Te Fat Pao.)

then to proceed to the East River and retreated. districts, where trouble is expect

ed.

Motor Car Business,

Now that the new Nationalistic Government of China has been es tablished, something of a problem

has arisen as to the status of for

cigners in "China. In this connec tion it must not be overlooked that A feature of business at Macao in arresting the defendant was the Chinese people constitute a dis- sion of the motor-car trade. With at the present time is the expan-stabbed through the arm.

tinct race of people whose physical, The hearing was adjourned until teristics. language, outlook on life, mental, and temperamental charac- the steady advance of the Macao- Wednesday. Shekki Highway there is a growing need for cars. There is a noticeable improvement is the establishment of and more business-like garages service atations.

WEDDING IN ROSARY CHURCH.

ANDREWS MURRAY.

A pretty wedding was celebrated on Saturday in the Rosary Church, Kowloon, the contracting partici being Miss E. M. Murray of 4, Cambay Buildings, Kowloon, young, est daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Murray, and Mr. Charles Frederick Andrews of West Ken- sington, London,

A 81,350 FINE I

A Chinese woman was arrested on the Canton train coming into Kowloon with 45 taels of raw opium tied around her waist in a girdle She was fined $1,350 with the alter- native of six months' imprisonment.

STOLEN ELECTRICAL

FITTINGS.

A detective arrested a Chinese with a bag full of electrical fittings and sockets at the laae behind the Baak of East Asia, Youmati.

ways, manners, etc., are different from those of the other races of the world (with the exception of the Japanese race).

these Due to differences that mark the Chinese

What was the real cause of this EAST RIVER CAMPAIGN. sudden evacuation of the Kwangsi

General Chen Ming Shu has troops from the West River is not cabled to Chiang Kai Shek can known. Various explanations are celling his request for the three offered. Some believe that General General said since the revolt of the Res. Father G. A Spada before

gunboats for Canton waters.

The ceremony was performed by Wa Ting Yang, & aubordinate of the Canton gunboats has been a large gathering of friends and conviction in 1927 for stealing, and nations of men for to dwell on all

successfully put down and all the relatives.

The

from other peoples, and on account it is likely that the Chiness will of the large population of China, always be a bomogeneous people, and that they will not intermarry or mix with other peoples.

While all this be true, it is also true that the world has a different aspect from what it had only a few years ago. Fast steamships, railroad telephone, the radio, have contract trains, airplanes, and telegraph, the ed the word to such a degree that what was before a world is now 24 hardly more than one large coun- any explanation as to how he came

The defendant would not give try.

Since this is true, and since above by them.

all the differences of "race God "hath made of one blood all the face of the earth," it behoves a country like China never to dis- miss all foreigners from her ter ritory. The foreign settlements, in China serve to link China with the rest of the world. Through these foreign settlements, China is inter- preted to the world, and the world These is interpreted to China. settlements in China serve symbol of unity of the whole human race, and of the bonds that unite. all peoples in one great fellowship ments did not exist, China would become detached, isolated, self- centred, and cut off from free-com- munication and fellowship with the rest of the world. Despite what Kipling said to the contrary, East and West can and do meet when they have proper mediators!

His accord showed a previous the Magistrate imposed a sentence med-of-war are now under the con- Mr. W. H. Noonan was best of one month's imprisonment with trol of the Government, there is no man."

hard labour. need for more gunboats.

VOLUNTEERS' PROMOTIONS.

General Wong Shiu Hung, has declar ed independence, and refused to take orders in the war with Kwangtung Others contend that the sudden

The bride who looked very charm- withdrawal was due to the rapid It now appears that Canton ising in her dress of white brocaded and unexpected approach of General fairly safe from an invasion from georgette, was given away by fier Ho Chien's forces in the vicinity Kwangai. The greatest danger was unclo Mr. A. J. Reed. She wore a of Tsoon Chow, near Kalin. The the naval revolt, which has been long veil of embroidered silk tulle fall of Thoon Chow would mean settled. The Kwangsi troops on the and carried a bouquet of Easter

His Excellency the Governor has complete severance of communica- North River are also reported to be lilies and maiden hair fern.

been pleased to make the following tion between Wuchow and Kweilin, | retreating en masse towards Kwong: The bridesmaids, the Mirscs promotions in the Hong Kong which is £ vital matter. The Ning and Wai Tsap.

Gladys, Helen and Florence Grim-Volunteer Defence Corps: soldiers on the West River must The Canton Government is now mitt, wore frocks of embroidered. Lieut. Alistair Mackenzie to be and brotherhood. If these bottle- now return to Wuchow to strengthen concentrating troops in the East teru ergandie, and carried baskets Captain, to date from 20 April.

the line of attack against the Hunanese forces. Another plausible explanation lies in the possibility of the setting up of a mare, so as elude the Kwangtung tropa far up the river, while the Kwangsi troops would swiftly march northward and swoop down upon Canto from the North River.

(Continued on next Odumn)

River districts where two regintents of carnations. Mrs. A. W. Grim under Colonels Li Ma Taz and Wanmitt was matron of honour.

Second Lieut. Henry Russell Yin Kin have gone over to the side A reception was held after the Forsyth to be Lieutenant, to date

from 20 April

of Kwangsi. These rebels are con ceremony at 4, Cambay Buildings, centrating around Sheklung, hoping Kowloon, and when Mr. and Mrs.

Second Lieut. Robert Keith Val-

to strike at Canton when the time Andrews left later for their honey.entine to be Lieutenant, to date

is opportune.. They have blown up moon, which is to be spent at from 21 April

the steel bridge in Sheklung, and Repulse Bay, the bride was WEAT

Second Lieut. Maurice Alfred therefore traffic will not be resumeding a dress of saxe blue crêpe de Johnson, M.M., to be Lieutenant, for quite a while.

chine with a hat to match..

to date from 29 April.

CHARLES HOOPER. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S.A.,

April 9, 1929.

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