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INFLUENCE OF THE "YOUNG MARSHAL?”.

CHINESE COMPLAINTS AGAINST RUSSIAN VIOLATION OF AGREEMENT,

[United Press.]

HARIN, August 18 All reports to the contrary, not withstanding, the "Young Marshal" of Mukden, Chang Hsach Liang, is still the real power in Manchuria. Recent events have proved beyond a doubt that the son of Chang Tso Lin is a chip off the old block.

dominated by the Russians, but he gives a very different impression to an American observer. He has the facts concerning the railway at his tongue's end, and submitted will ingly to a barrage of questions.

"No one can say the Chinese did not try to obtain their rights in the railway by peaceful means be fore they were compelled to take more drastic action," declared Mr. Lu.We have tried for five years to persuade the Russians to give us our fair share in management of the railway, based on the Mukden

It has been whispered in Chinese circles in Peping and Shanghai for several months past that Marshal Chang was losing his power, and that he was a mere figure-head, with stronger men pulling the wires Agreement, but matters have which determined the direction steadily grown worse. Manchuria is taking. But these whispers can be safely ignored.

CROWN LAND SALES.

TWO PRINCE EDWARD

ROAD SITES.

At the Crown Land Office jester- day afternoon four lots of land were sold by public auction. The first lot, Kowloon Island Lot No. ago, situated in Prince Edward Road between. Tung Chot Street and Fa Yuen Street, was sold to Mr. Tam Churk Fan of 799, Nathan Road, 'for '930,200. The upsct price was $21,938. 'The land has an area of about 9,750 sq. feet and its annual rental is $112.

The second lot known as Kow. loon Inland Lot No. 2210 with an area of about 20,537. sq. "Yect was sold to Messrs. Chung Yuk Hing, Chiu Shan and Ho Sin Woon of 17, Mow Lum Street, at the upset price of $41,134. The land is situated in Prince Edward Road be- tween Tong Mi Road and Canton Road and has an annual rental of 8538

Inland Lot No. 2913 situated at

Abortive Negotiations, "At first, we tried negotiations The United Press has learned. from a reliable source that Marshal between the Governments of China Chang was not responsible for the and Russie, but we gat nowhere. methods used in reducing the Then we tried negotiations between Wong Kei Chong was purchased. Russian infuence in the Chinese the Russian and Chinese high by Mr. Wing Su Hing and Mrs. Eastern Railway. While he was consuccess. Finally, the Soviet general for 39,400. The upset price was officials of the railway, with no Wong Siew San of 3, Village Road, ferring with General Chiang Kai

of about Shek in Peping, a group in North

$7,020. It has an area 1,980 sq. feet and its annual rental Manchuria decided to take more

is $19.

drustic action than he had approved,

and moved without consulting him."

Not a Figure-head.

manager of the railway, H. Enusa noff, declared openly that he would not even discuss the matter with us

any more. Then we knew that some drastic action was imperative."

The raid on the Soviet Consulate

Kowloon Inland Lot No. 211 which was the last lot offered was sold to Mr. Les He of 313; Laichi.

FORMER RIVER PATROL

VESSEL SOLD.

But if they had believed then Harbin was the result, Mr. Lukok Road, for $7,500. The upset Young Marshal would submit tamely declared, and the documents obtain price was $6,455. It is situated at to such action, they had a rude ed proved beyond a doubt that Nathan Road, Mong Kok Tsui, and shock After "General Chang bad Soviet officials in the railway and has an area of about 2,832 nq, feet. returned to Mukden, he looked over the Consulate were deliberately The annual rental is $4. the situation carefully. for several plotting not only to dominate the days. He got all the facts into his railway, but to conspire against the hands. Then he sent accredited re- Chinese State. These documents, presentatives to Harbin, with in- Mr. Lu said, will be presented be- structions to liscipline the unruly fore an international commision, if group, and hegotiate directly with desired. Russia. This was quickly done, with very perceptible results. The Harbin group had continued to pro roke Russia, ignoring the Moscow ultimatum. Chang's representatives ordered all such actions stopped, and the atmosphere in Harbin changed overnight.

One man in Harbin has emerged triumphantly from the recent, in- cident. He is Tsai Yung Chung, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs. He protested against the summary action of the Harbin group, and warned them that they would incur the wrath of the Young Marshal, of Moscow, and of the world. Every thing he predicted came to pass.

by

The Real Power,

The Mukden Agreement is nat....at fault, Mr. Lu averred, as the rail- war could be operated very efficient- ly under this agreement if the Soviet officials would forget politics and a purely regard the railway as economic venture, which is provided in the 1024 Agreement.

***

Even after the break with Russia, Mr. Lu said, there are 1,000 more

Russian employees of the railway than there are Chinese, although the Agreement stipulates an equal ham- Marcover, he said, ber of each. with only one exception all the high posts which have fallen vacant dur ing the past two years have been given to Russians. Despite Moscow's diplomatic break, Mr. Lu said the He has been promptly rewarded. railway still employes 12,000 Rus-

the Young Marshal, being | sinna, with Soviet passports. entrusted with all the preliminary |-

Alleged Russian Discrimination. negotiations with Russis, and is now the real "power behind the throne" in North Mancburia. It can be safely predicted that all of those responsible for drastic action taken without the Young Marshal's ap proval will be further disciplined as the weeks pass.

Like his father, General Chang does not forget such things.

The steam launch Dom Jodo was sold yesterday at the Lammert Auction Rooms. The upset price was $7,000 and the launch." was eventually. knocked down to Mr. Kwok Ho Tong of No. 32, Lee Yuen Street East, for $7.100."

The Dom Joao was at one time the H... Nessus, her length being 81.5 feet and breadth 19 feet Her gross tonnage is 93.88 and nett tonnage of 47.77, her speed being nine knots and draft seven feet.

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GRAVITY OF RECENT EVENTS EXAGGERATED.

IS INDIA OF VERY RELIGIOUS PERSUASION?

Government Unperturbed.

So far the Government is appar- ently unperturbed by the recent outbursts of violence, and refuses to adopt panic measures to deal with what after all is now new situation.

[Br H E. BAKET.)

[United Piezs.]

Calcatta, August While the political situation in India shows no signs of improving the recent reports of the spread of revolution- ary activity are apt to create the impression abroad that India is The terrorist movement with its or the verge of a rebellion. What frequent outburst of violence is are the materials on which such a merely a passing phase, and can theory is based

have little or no effect on the poli-

The new trouble started with the tical future of the country. India Mr. G. Komon of the well-known murder of a police official at is a new country in political ideals, firm of Komor & Komor, has re- Lahore, which was followed by the and is engaged in the struggle for ported an extraordinary story to the police which shows the ingenuity wholesale arrest of Communist political and economic freedom.

Throughout the length and which some people will expend in agents. Then came the bomb out- order to get a small sum.

man

in a hotel and had come to dik Mr.

One afternoon last week & Chinese rage in the Legislative Assembly, breadth of the land there is much and the subsequent discovery of discontent -largely due to the ap of respectable appearance. came into the shop and asked for several bomb faétories in various palling poverty of the people. The Soviet general manager of the Mr. Eomor. Mr. George Komor towns of Northern India.

Whether India is being wisely led In addition there, has been the in the fight for freedom history railway has openly encouraged the answered that his father was in Japan. The stranger then explain- Communist Labour Unions, Mr. Lued himself. He was, he said, a almost daily appearance of "Red" alone will show, but it is certain

acquaintance of said, and ignored Chinesa protests business

Mr. letters with threats to murder he will win no measure of self- against this. Moreover, Mr. Lu Komor, senior, his own father magistrates, officials, editors--in government by means of the ter

having a curio shop in Shanghai. said, "the Russians have bought It was clear from what he said that fact all and sundry, who stand in terist movements.. Russian oil exclusively for the fine, he at least knew Mr. Komor by the way of complete severance of discriminating against American and sight. He had, he said, been robbed the British connection. The Move British bidders, and have bought Komor to telegraph his own father ment has now taken a new turn, for several mysterious fires bavo It has also been definitely estabRussian cement, although the Chi in Shanghai.

Mr. G. Komor agreed to send the occurred in the State railway work lished by recent events that the nese make very good cement right in

wire, which the man wrote out in Harbin. Young Marshal has the full support

his presente, asking his father to shops at Lahore, of General Chang Tao Heiang, the Mr. Lu made it very clear that send $200 care of Komor & Remor. Military Governor of Kirin Pro- the former Soviet officials have so He would," he said, look in the next day for his money and refund, the vinse, and an old friend of Chang behaved that they will not be wel cost of the wire. Then, only, he Tro Lin. This general is the most comed back in China, although he asked for ready cash, the modest fire, and in one case a determined able militarist in Manchuria, and emphasized that the Chinese had sum of 83 to pay for a night's attempt was made to set fire to his support means much. He has never intended to seize Russian lodging. This be got and left the trais. A notice posted at the shop with many expressions of workshops and signed by One stood consistently behind the Young fights in the railway, which always gratitude. Marshal in recent events, and obser- have been beld open. Put if the vers here believe that he will con-railway is to be operated eficiently, tinue to do so.

he asserted that the Russians must farget politics and propaganda, and CHINESE DEFENCE OF conduct the line as a straight busi.

DRASTIC ACTION.

Five years of continuous violation.

ness venture..

by the Soviet Russians of the ALLEGED DEATH BLOW.

Classified List of Manufacturers Chinese Eastern Railway agreement

and Merchants in Japan, China, Straits, Etc.

Hong Kong Daily Press Office.

signed at Mukden and Peping in Thomas Walter Robinson, aged 1924 led up to the crisis which re-twenty-five, a labourer, of Andrew- sulted in Soviet officials being dis-street, Silvertown, was remanded on bail at West Ham Police Court charged summarily by the Chinese, accused of the manslaughter of his La Yung Hwang, President of the father. Railway, informed the United Press Detective-Inspector Mulholland in an interview in his offices in stated that on Sunday he sAW Harbin,

Robinson at North Woolwich Po lice Station and said I have seen the body of your father at Andrew. street. Witnesses say they saw you strike him a blow in the face with your fist. late last night. You will: be charged with manslaughter:" *Robinson replied "I have noth- ing to fear."

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Mr. Lu is a lawyer by profession, and he has been connected with the railway continuously for five years, three years as Director and two years as President. He has some- times been called a figure-head,

Offices Destroyed.. Offices have been destroyed by

attempts to destroy more railway

Far more serious for the Ruling Powers are the threats of civil dis- obedience and the anti-British boycott campaign sponsored by such responsible leaders as Gandhi. Non-co-operation and civil die obedience can be made very real dangers, and could certainly bu made more effective in any attempt to drive Britain out of India than any display of armed forces,

of Complete Indepen- no The following day Mr. G. Komar desirous received the following antice from deace" confesses to the commission the Great Northern Telegraph Co. of these acts, and hints at further

"Shanghai notifies the non-de- livers of your telegram of even date He did not receive a visit from. the address being insufficient." the business acquaintance," or a refund of either the $2.60 spent on the wire or the "loan of $3.

TRAGIC

WOMAN'S

DELUSION.

property.

Curiously, Bengal, usually the storm centre of any terrorist con spiracy, has so far been free from any serious trouble.

the

Stormy Leaders,

Certain Indian leaders are losing opportunity to inspire tho masses to a hatred of everything British and the effect of the anti

a detrimental effect in the British boycott campaign bas already bad and Continental pieco-goods trade. The Swaraj Party are consistently pursuing their policy of wrecking dyarchy, and in two Provinces Bengal and the Central Provinces -the Reforms have been rendered unworkable.

Under Buch conditions it is not surprising to bear the Anglo

During the coming months agita. Indian Press calling for a more tion and turmoil are likely to in

and resolute Government, European population demanding crease, and there will be thunder drastic action to stamp out the in the air" until India's aspira

tions for complete self-government FEAR OF PURSUIT BY THE Red" peril.

Judged in their true perspective are satisfied, which will not be in POLICE:

the recent events are not invested this decade.

Dominion Stalus, to which A verdict of "Suicide while of with any extraordinary signific unsquad mind" was returned at ance, and India is no more on the Britain is pledged, must come first, the inquest on Elsie May Westwood, verge of rebellion than any Euro-hut when it has been granted, there of Boho, Birmingham, aged thirty-pean country. Murder in India will still remain in India an ever- three who, it was stated, poured with its taeming population of growing party pledged to carry on

India's progress along this path, paraffin over herself and set fire nearly four hundred millions of the fight for complete independente. to it because she thought the policemany castes.and creeds is in normal

times mora common” than in is likely to be a long and painful were pursuing her.

Chicago, and crimes of violence one. Freedom will not be won with against persons and property are the sword, and it will he a bad uphappily regarded by públic day if it comes before the people- opinion in a less serious light than and leaders have demonstrated under Western civilization, “ thair fitness to govern..

A neighbour stated that, while still conscions, Mr. Westwood said to her

"I thought the police, were after

That's why I did it."

me.