1930-01-28 — Page 7

THE PROFESSORS' PLAINT.

POLITICS AND EDUCATION

IN CANTON,

LOSS OF EFFICIENT PRESIDENT REGRETTED,

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

CANTON, January 27. Twenty-two out of the twenty-six members of the teaching staff ol the Kwangtung Technical College in Cantin resigned today as a protest against "what they termesi the unwise action of Mr. Hau Chung Ching, Commissioner of Education, in dismissing Mr. Yeh Chia Chun," President of the College, in the middle of an acade mic year. The present Government wanted to place the College in charge of a man of its choice and appointed Mr. Yau Chung, The

LEAVING IT TO LUI

WOON IM?· -"!

CANTON TROOPS

· EVACUATE KWANGSI.

CHEN TSAI TONG EXPLAINS HIS POLICY.

According to the vernacular Press, the military situation in Kwangsi is developing rapidly. Li Tsung Jen's Kwangsi troops "and" Chang Fat Fui's Ironsides

are pressing

apon Tenghsien, about 20 miles west of Wuchow, their primary objective, Their main body is massed on the upper reaches of the West River, and over 5,000 men are advancing

in Another direction to attack Luting, on the castern border of Kwangtung.

In view of the new menace, Chea Tai Tong instructed his troops to withdraw to the Kwangtung border [ shorten their defence lines. Accordingly, the three Canton

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1930.

HAICHING OFFICERS TELL THEIR STORY.

CAPTAIN TELLS WHAT HAPPENED ON THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 8.

GRIM BATTLE BETWEEN OFFICERS

AND PIRATES..

At the resumed hearing of the charges of piracy and murder against three Chinese at the Central Magistracy before Mr. E. W. Hamilton yesterday, the Captain of the s.s. Haiching and Mr. A. A. de Mello, third engineer, told their version of what took place when the ship was attacked by pirates on December 8.

In the course of the Captain's evidence he stated that the last worda of Mr. Woodward, -third officer of the ship, who died As a result of injuries werò: They have got me." Mr. Wood- ward died in one of the ship's lifeboats, the Chief Officer wis nessing his death.

THE CAPTAIN'S STORY,

Captain. O. E. Farrar, master mariner, relating his story of what happened on the night of the piracy, said that the ship left Swatow on December 7. at 4.20 p.m. wita 1

THIRD ENGINEER'S EXPERIENCES.

$10 FOR A BLACK- EYE!

STAR THEATRE EMPLOYEE ASSAULTED.

CHINESE CLERK REFUSED ADMITTANCE.

Sin Iu Tak, who described him- self as a clerk, was given a com plimentary ticket for the Yee Wan Girls' School performance at the Star Theatre on Sunday. He duly went to the theatre but, to his annoyance, he was refused admit- tance, in spite of the fact that he presented a ticket.

According to his story the ticket- collector pushed him out. Ho re- sented this, of course, so he gave the ticket-collector a push in re- turn.

This was again resented, with the inevitable result that a fight ensued.

His Worship said that since he did "not pay for his ticket, Sin

outgoing College President was dp Division under Yu Bon Mow, steerage passengers. The first-class all armed with revolvers, coming should have left quietly when he i

pointed by Mr. Wong Chit, former

Heung Commissioner of Education, and

Hon Ping, and Li Yang King has therefore had to go.

are withdrawing towards Takhing, while the two Canton Considerable dissatisfaction is Divisions under Chiang Kwong Leing felt in educational circles be-Nai and Troi Ting Kai are retreat- cause of the Government action.uchow. Meanwhile, the two Nar

ing towards Doing, to the east of It will be remembered that the Aing Divisions under Tan Tao Yuen teachers of the Technical College and Mno Ping Wen have withdrawn addressed a petition to the Comnis from Pingio to Waichan, on the Bioner of Education asking him to eastern border of Kwangsi and will reconsider his decision in the infall back on Kwongning, in western terest of education. The petition Kwangtung. set forth, inter alia, that Mr. Yeh was a good president, having at heart the welfare of the College. Moreover, he had introduced many improvements. The members of the staff failed to see why the Govern ment wanted to dismiss him in the middle of an academic year.

THE PROTEST. „ The Commissioner of Education maintaining that what was dans

0

In connection with the with-

with the Haiching for two years, Mr. de Mello said he had been

And spoke Cantonese Ruently. On general cargo and 23,200 in silver December 7, at 1 am. while on dollars. There were six Europeans watch in the engine room, he heard firing on deck. He asked the on board when the ship left Swatow.second officer what it was all about, The ship carried on this voyage 10 first-clasa, 26 second-cines and co and he then saw four or five mer, from the stoke-hold to the engine passengers were accommodated in

They ordered him, at the the poop, the second-class below room. the first, and the third were placed point of the gun, to stop the main in the forward and aft 'tween decks.engines, and at the same time de-

manded kerosene. The ship was fitted with piracy

Witness played for time and in- grilles, and the only way of heeeBS by steerage passengers to the maindicated the engine-room tunnel, but deck was by means of a companion the pirates becoming angry at the deck. The Captain then went on way situated

shoot him, on the after spar delay, threatened to

whereupon the greaser showed them the kerosene tank. The pirates to describe the various grilles on board the ship.

then broke open the tap and get fire to the kerosene which trickled out.

Captain Farrar stated that the ship carried eight Winchester rifles, li revolvers, and one shot gun. There were, said the witness, two chart-room, two in the guard-room, rifles on the bridge, two in the

and two in the the officers' mėsa. As to the revolvers, there' were one

on the bridge. six in the officers' cabin, two in the chart-room, and the guards on duty had one ench (twe altogether). The ahot-gun was in the chart-room. The ship car- ried the usual complement of Indian

could not be undone! The new of dealing with the remnants of the guards, who did duty six hours on

One

President came to the College to-day to take up the post and numbers of the old staff walked, out. professor said to be the writer that if they had not done this, they would have been dismissed anyhow i The staff then issued a manifeste telling the public why they had left, and the following is a free translation:—.

and six hours off. Their cabin was situated amidships.

**Pirates! "!

any

*,

י

they did that?

Mr. Hamilton: Do you know why

They thought that if the fire start- Mr. de Mello: They tried to set fire to the ship by that means.

ed amidships, it would drive the defenders from the bridge.

Blazing Korosone.

Mr. L. R. Andrewes (Assistant Crown Solicitor): Do you think they were trying to find out whe- ther it was kerosene dr not

Witness: No. They were des- perate.

Continuing. Mr. de Mello and he stopped the engines and the pirates then ordered him to take them to the bridge, intending to use him, as a shield. He went up to the spar deck and when they were opposite the Chief Officer's cabin, one of the pirates behind him flashed a torch on the door and revealed a man whom he recognised the first defendant. In the

|

found there was no room in the theatre. In reply, the cleck said some people were being admitted while others were turned away.

The Magistrate said that even so he had no business to create a dis- turbance. The Star Theatre man- agement were not allowed to let people in if the house was already full.

Detective-Sergeant Humphreys, who conducted the case, stated that the management telephoned the police that they expected an attack on the premises by a gang of hooligans. When he arrived he

the Hong Kong Amusements, ill-

found that all was quiet.

Mr. C. S. Roaslet, Becretary of

the formed his Worship that Theatre staff were definitely in- structed "to avoid overcrowding. Whenever the use of the theatre was loaned to schools, the author. itics were informed of the capacity of the premises. As regards the that it was not till 12.30 p.m. that present incident, Mr. Rosselet said he was informed about it. Sin was apparently a member of a gang of hooligans.

His Worship said he could not accept that, as it might not be

Continuing, Mr. Rosselet said that at any rate this belief explained why the employers of the Theatre

drawal of these troops. General Chen Tini Tung has issued n circular in which he explains that the aim of his expeditionary forces is to relieve the suffering of the Kwangsi people without interfering with the civil administration of Kwangs. Now that the rebels " under i Tsung Jen and Wong Shiu Hung have been appressed, the ex- une to return and leave the task peditionary troops deem it oppor

rebela "to" Lui Woon Im

WEST RIVER DEFENCES.

At about 1.15 am. on the morning Lui is reported to have left of December 8, witness said he was

correct. His awakened by the report of a shot, angsi for Hong Kong. troops at Nanning have telegraphed and he heard the quartermaster

Wit to Li Tsung Jen asking him to re-

in Chinese. pirates turn there to look after the civilness jumped out of bed and as he came out be heard the sound of

were afraid to return to their duties, The reasons for the Department affairs of the Province. of Education's recent dismissal of West River have been taken by the He was in pajamaa all the time. Drastic measures of defence on the shots on the right-hand side of him.

ortlered him to pay $10 to the ticket- His Worship cautioned Sin and the President of our College are Canton troops, and the Canton

When he heard the sound of scuf-engine-room, he saw the third de-collector, who received a black eye deep-rooted and far-reaching, but

fing, and heard two more shots fendant, who was bleeding from a and his spectades broken. we are not in a position to know troops, and the Canton Aotila has

wound. them. We have been connected with check the advance of the combined the bridge, picked up a rifle from board alleyway he shouted to Mr. heen dispatched to Tenghsien, ta fired. Witness then rushed on to

Upon their arrival at the star- the College for years and know Kwangsi and." Ironsides Forces. that a change of president in the The Kwangtung troops are appar-

one of the racks on the bridge. He Johnson, the Second Officer, not to BANKRUPTCY COURT saw figures emerging from the star- #middle of an academic years is not ently in financial distress, Since board alleyway, and at these figures fire and also told him to guard hia

wise The essential for educational the opening of the campaign, the work is continuity and persever Provincial Treasury has to set aside ance. When president has a fixed

à sum of over 35,000,000 monthly for and approved policy, he must be

On account of the war "expenses. given a chance to carry it out. Constant changes will lead no-

continual fighting since last year, where. The reason why the poli- the Treasury has become so depleted tical situation in China is so bad that it can no longer raise sufficient to-day in because

Funds to meet the present enormous tinuity and preseverance. If this military expenses. Chen has dis

Marshal is true in the field of politics, how patched telegrams much more so is it with education: Chiang Kai Shek and Mr. T. V. If the teaching staff is of the right Soong the Finance Minister in kind and it making progress, it

Nanking, asking that $5,000,000 be should be encouraged and support.

remitted to the Kwangtung troops ed. But obviously the Government at once.". takes no cognizance of such prin.. ciples as shown by this unnecessary change of the head of the College.

THE PRESIDENT'S VIRTUE

the lack of con-

to

AN EXPERT VIEW OF THE

SITUATION.

rear.

THE BILLS OF LADING FRAUD.

he fired. The second officer, the guard, and himself kept up a

A Lucky Escape, continuous fire, and the figures dis- "At the same time," continued appeared.The Chief Officer said Mr. de Mello, "I either pushed, be was wounded, and xbartly after kicked

pirate or punched the the ring had started the third directly behind me; I can't remen- ber quite what I did, but I sent officer (Mr. Woodward) arrived on the bridge and collapsed. The next him lying, and then I ran away person to arrive on the bridge was up the latter and on the bridge, the chief engineer, and after him where I helped in the defence of chants, of No. 8, Des Vaux Road came the third and the second en- the ship. Aa approached the Central, and Kwok Sai Loy, Kwan' gineer,

bridge, an Indian guard shot at me

Yi Suen, and Tsui Keng Poh, part- on sight, thinking I was a pirate, ners therein, were adjudicated bank- but he did not hit me.".

More Ammunition... Alter the arrival of the third engineer witness went down to the

Later, said Mr. de Mello, those on the bridge retreated to the boat deck, and as they were doing this, the Second Engineer shouted out to him that there was a pirate near-

by......

and saw the pirate in the act of Witness peeped round the side

the chest.

A DOUBLE PETITION.

Messrs. S. L. Kwok & Co., mër

rupt on order of the Chief Justice Sir Henry Gelian) in the Supreme Court yesterday.

The firm was recently the victim of a series of frauda alleged to have beca perpetuated by a merchant in Europe who sent forged bills of which letters of credit had been lading for shipments of paper on opened. Details of these transac column tions have already appeared in our

chart-room and brought more arms and ammunition to the bridge. He went down three times in all. The ship was then in darkness, and the Replying to questions regarding cagines had stopped. She was then the military situation in Kwangsi about six miles of Chilang Point A few years ago conditions in by Canter Pressmen, General Lin to the south, and they were drift- our College were very bad. The Chen Hung, Dean of the Whampoa ing west. After about, a couple of drawing his revolver to shoot the Government tried repeatedly to find Military School, said: The mili- hours the pirates set fire to the able to change his rifle from one Second Engineer, and witness, un- someone to put matters right, but tary situation in Kwanger has be ship, when they realised that they hand to the other, fred point blank no one was willing, accept the come rather grave during the past could not take the bridge. In at the pirate from about eight feet responsibility! But since then, a few days. Tsoi Ting Kai's division

about ten minutes the amoks and range and shot him dedd through group of men has been found, will has been withdrawn to Wuchow flames compelled the officers to re- ing to labour for the welfare of to take precautionary and defen- tire, and they went to the port the Institution. In the hands of sive measures.

After that, the pirates mingled Commander-in-Chief side of the bridge just abait the these men the College was progress Chen Tai Tong has the situation funnel. ing, the students were obedient, well in hand. Lai Woon Im's and it was only a matter of time troops have declared for the re- before the College should have bebels, and Lui is missing. The come one of the best of its kind. rebels are planning to attack our But no sooner did matters proceed troops, boldened by their smoothly towards a fixed goal than alliance with the troops under Lui the Government appointed another Woon Im and Li Ming Shui, as President, thus upsetting our plane. well as the Hunan insurgents under We are afraid that there is not Tang Seng Ming, and the Yunnan much hope for, the College when insurgenta under Tang Chi Yu. changes are so frequent.

Tang is a brother of the late Yun- "According to the principles of nan Warlord, Tang Chi Yao, and When the fire looked dangerous the Kuomintang, education abould his troops have arrived at the for those on the bridge, the captain independent of and not subject to Kwangsi border to assist the re-ordered the lifebeats amidships to Incessant fluctuations of the polibels."

be lowered, and ordered the officers tical situation. All this sounds General Lin expressed confidence and crew to get in the boats and

new

Suspect Identified.

Here the afeera

B&W

A DOUBLE PETITION.

The affairs of Tseung Fu Kwong with the passengers on the poop and Tseung Ping Kwong (two part- deck and maintained a desultory ners in the King Edward Hotel) fire. About 2.30 a.m. on the Cap- also came before his Lordship. The three tain's orders, he, together with the former was concerned in two peti- pirates. One of them was shot, and Chief Officer, the Second Engineer tions, the first of which was by a was seen to fall overboard. An- and wireless operator, entered one creditor, the Wing On Co., Ltd., other was shot five minutes later, of the mid-ship lifeboats, and pick- for whom Mr. W. D. Owen appear. but the third disappeared and ined several half-drowned people out ed. Mr. F. C. E. Rendall was for

Their boat became the afternoon a Chinese was hauled of the sea.

man, said the witness, was the first some to a passing junk. Later Rendall, and his Lordship approving out from the lifeboat deck. That overloaded and they transferred the debtor. On an act of bank- ruptcy being admitted by Mr. defendant.

H.M.S. Stirling arrived on the

the form of notice of the petition scene, and witness boarded her.

Subsequently

to debtor's solicitor, the petition for witness accom-

a receiving-order was granted. panied an armed guard from the Then s petition, also for a receiv Stirling to the Huiching, where being order, by the debtor himself assisted to get the fre under con trol and the ship under way.

was beard and dismissed." His Lordship said that in view of the

very well, but the fact remains that that the Kwangtung troops will to transfer those on board to nearby the saloon, he saw the third de-order in the previous case he might

ndoption

Tecung Ping Kwong, who was also represented by Mr. Rendall, appear-

it is not carried out! Education is successfully exterminate the rebels jenks. Witness described an at- still inextricably interwoven with without difficulty, as they lack militempt by the pirates to lower one fendant, wounded, and pointed him dismiss or stay the petition. Mr. politics. We have been urging thetary supplies, while the Canton

of the boats. They were seen,out to the officer in charge of the Rendall asked for it to be con- of the Kuomintang's troops not only greatly outnumber

whereupon the officers opened fire guard, as one of the pirtaes. He solidated with the first, but the stated principles concerning cduca them but also have efficient naval

on them and eventually the pirates recognised him by his stubble Official Receiver (Mr. E. L. Agassiz) tion and hate to see any contrary and air forces to nasist their opera

abandoned the attempt.

moustache, protruding cheeks and stated that the Ordinance did not action.

tions.

At about 5 am. the Captain re- peculiar shaped head. called the wirelen operator, who

At an identification parade at the permit petitions of this kind to be

consolidated. was asked to call up Hong Kong, Central police-station, where he re- which he did successfully. Mr. cognised the first defendant, he also Woodward had been lowered into identified the second défendant, of the last lifeboat, and his last words whom he had a strong suspicion.ed on his own petition. The receiv to the Captain, before he was lower-Ho recognised him by the manner. ed from the ship, was "They have in which his hair was cut, got me." Mr. Woodward died in The hearing was again adjourned, the ship's lifeboat, the chief officer the accused being remanded in witnessing his death. Before the custody. arrival of H.M.S. Sterling, witness went to the guard' room where he

"EVEN IF WE OFFEND." "The petition which we present- ed to the Department of Education asking for a reconsideration of its impending action was based on the above mentioned ideas.

thing to be said, since the Govern- meat had decided the matter. It is therefore plain that the Govern ment is alt powerful, and we or dinary citizens have no voice in its policy whatever. When we know a fault to be a fault, it becomes our dufty to speak out, even if we offend the Government in power. We felt dissatisfed and have resigned. In

We sent five representatives to explain the whole matter to the Commissioner of Education for fear that that the written petition had "failed to make our points clear.

saw Khail Singh dead, and where the abip. That man was the third The reply of the Commissioner of conclusion it must be understood he saw another man, Chinese ap- defendant. Witness added that at Education was that there was no- that our resignation has nothing toparently dead, in another part of least five of the pirates were shot (Oontinued de foot of next column), I do whatever with President Yeh." (Continued at foot of next column). dead..

ing order was made. Mr. Agassiz remarked that he had nothing to say then, but later he might be concerned as to whether there were substantial assets for division among the creditora.

The petition for a receiving order was granted to Mr. M. M. Watson who appeared for Tai Shung Cheong creditors in the case against Sing Wo Tong, Chinese medicine dealers, of 28, Ko Shing Street,

POWELL'S

WINTER

SALE

NOW ON.

Without

ELECT RECORDIN

RIC

Scratch

Columbia process RECORDS

New

Organ Solos by

· TERANCE CASEY

on the

TIVOLI THEATRE WURLITZER ORGAN Father's Favourites-Organ Medley. In Two Parts.

Introducing: Part 1-Daisy Bell: What is the Use of Loving & GiIP The Piccadilly Johnny with the little Glass Eye; At Trinity Church: Little Annie 5525 Rooney. She was One of the Early Birds; The Man

Who Broke the Bank. Part 2.The Honeysuckle and the Bes; Miner's Dream of Home; Comrades; The Blind Boy: Just Like the Ivy; Where Did You Get That Hai f

THE ANDERSON MUSIC CO.,

LTD.

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

LAST TWO DAYS

FOR

BARGAINS

CURTAINS,

IN

CRETONNES,

CARPETS,

LINOLEUMS. ETC.

EIDERDOWNS

BLANKETS,

SOFT

SHEETINGS

LINENS, ETC.

FURNISHING DEPT.

1ST FLOOR ·

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.