LATE GENERAL LUI.
OBSEQUIES AT SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY,
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1930.
HONAN SITUATION. GOVERNMENT AND
NOW CRITICAL.
NATIONALIST FORCES FALL BACK.
MUKDEN ELDER STATESMEN KEEPING RING CLEAR.
grave. The Nationalist forces have fallen back, while their adversaries, the Kuomiuchun troops, are strik- ing down. In view of the teusc situation in Hunan, the Nanking troops on this line voluntarily re- tired and will remain on the defen-
CANTON, June 17. The high officials of the. Canton
Once again, the military situation Government, from General Chen Ming Shu downward, are to-day in Honan, along the Peping-Han- “amourning" the death of General Luikow Railway line, has become
Woon Im, who was assassinated ear ly last Sunday morning at the New Asia Hotel. They are proceeding. one by one, to the College of Medicine of the Sun Yat Sen University, where the remains of the Kwangs General, and Gover nor are temporarily reposing, to perform their obsequica, which, consist of three bows before the remains and aù observance of three minutes of "silence.
A big matshed has been built for the purpose of housing the re- mains and the principal mourners. The walls of the temporary strue- ture are literally covered with Chinese scrolls, epitaphs, and cou- plets, and wreaths and other floral expressions of sympathy govered the stand on which the body lies. These are the tributes from the
deceased.
The body has been embalmed at the College of Medicine and will be shipped back to Kwangsi to be interred at his native village, but as yet no date has been selected for the shipment. It is now" repusing
in
a foreign-style coffin, resting
SALARIES.
INTERESTING MOTIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THREE SEPARATE VIEWS.
At to-morrow's meeting of the Legislative Council the Colonial Secretary will move that the recom- mendations of the Salaries Com mission be approved, and accord ingly a sum of $1.628,917 be charged upon the revenue of the Colony,
As against this proposal, the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotowall, CM.G., will move that the recommendations at
the Salaries Commission, as modi
HONG KONG TO WAIT THEFT AT BATHING
ON CHINA..
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INTERIM REPORT ISSUED ON CURRENCY.
COMMITTEE FROWNS ON STABILISATION.
It is now possible to give some very brief indication of the nature of the replies which the Currency Committee intends to give to its terms of reference.
The Committee agrees that the present currency is the most advan- tageous for the purposes of the trade of the Colony so long as China uses a currency based on silver. The Committee remarks that the
MATSHED.
A SCHOOLBOY'S CLEVER TRICK WHICH FAÏLED.
BOUND OVER BY THE COURT..
Yuen Ye Kong (18) a pupil of Sainam School, Bonham Road,
Court yesterday to the theft of a pleaded guilty in Mr. Lindsell's
gold wrist watch from a school
mate.
Detective Sergeant Goodwin, pro- *men went to the Chinese Civil secuting stated that the two young. Servants" Bathing Club and the defendant suggested to his friend
would perhaps be recently, it prudent to conceal the watch in a shoe, a suggestion with which the other youth readily complied.
sive until the campaign against the cepted but that the temporary high scope of its enquiry in this respect that in view of the many thefts!
now in
alliance in
Kwangsi." Ironside " Hunan is liquidated. 11
The combined forces of the Kwangsi" Ironside coalition are an unfavourable position and the Nationalist forces pressing on them from all direc tiens. As to the situation in Shan- tung, Tsinas is peaceful, the Shaasi troops having been repulsed.
re
The following enble advices fromi Shanghai give details of the general
situation:--
The Nationalists on the Peping Hankow Railway line have abar- doned Linying and withdrawn to Kokshan in accordance with the
sector he rushed to Hunan to assist in the campaign against the rebels there. The Kominchun troops have captured Chumation
Effect of a Mutiny
fied by the Government, be net ne- cost of living allowance approved by the Finance Committes in April he "continued. Dr. Kotewall will also
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was confined by the terms of refer- ence to trade.
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The Committee finds that the plead for an allowance to the dollar-present currency system suffers from paid employee.
blemishes because of the facts that The Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes a premium exists on the bank note will move that A committee be over the silver dollar exchange appointed to investigate the report and that the silver dollar is a most of the Commissioners and make inconvenient medium, being diffi- report thereon for further considera cult to carry, handle and store, tion.
which disadvantages tend to put it at a discount. Some dissatisfaction was also expressed to the Committee regarding the methods of note issue prevaleht in the present system.
The full text of these three mo- tions is given below:-
The Colonial Secretary to move resolution:-That the following this Council approves the recom mendations of the Salaries Com- mission published in Sessional
Proposed Panacea.
The Committee is disposed to ad.
After bathing. however, it was found that the watch was missing. and the defendant expressed sur prise. Inquiries were made at the otice where valuables are handed over for safe-keeping and it was found that a short time before the defendant had banded in a parcel wrapped up in a handkerchief. One of the articles in the parcel was the gold watch in question..
There have been numerous com- plaints of thefts at the shed," said Sergeant Goodwin, who also added
first offence.
Why did you do such a thing?" asked Mr. Lindsell of the defend- ant.
Yuen replied that he yielded to the temptation of the moment.
"Don't disgrace your parents; let this be a lesson to you," said his Worship as he bound defendant aver in two personal sureties of 8100 each.
order of Marshal Chiang Kai Shek Paper No. 7 of 1829 as modified by vise remedies by a core extended that the defendant came of respect.) of January 2, 1930, and approved discouraging the deposit of dead, Canton officials and Friends of the that a section of the, troops on this the Governor's despatch No. 37use of silver bullion and also by able parents and that this was his
by the Secretary of State for the weight currency in the Colony Colonies in his telegram of March through adjustment of the rate of 23, 1930, published in Sessional interest to suit the needs of the Paper No. 3 of 1930, and further
moment. Some suggestions may also modified by the exclusion of the be made for more control of note issue. A Government note issue is Various A Japanese report says that the high cost of living allowance re- mutiny of Yang Hu Shen's troops ferred to in paragraph 13 of the not, however, favoured. is responsible for the withdrawal Commissioners' report and the rent minor remedies will be mentioned.
Stabilisation could only be effect- The loyal allowance for dollar salaried officers of the Nanking forces.
of no less than 10 years' service ed on a gold basis and is not, there troops under Hsu Yuan Chuan are $2,000, the most exquisite and ex understood to have suffered heavy referred to 'in paragraph 180 of the fore, favoured, as it would divorce...
casualties at the hands of the muti-report which allowances shall not the Colony's currency from that of i
be without further specific HARBOUR PIPE-LINE. withdrawing, disorganized the rail-sanction of this Council, and accord-introduce a currenes on a gold basis, way tracks between Chumation and ingly resolves that a Kokshan and also interrupted the $1,628,917, be charged upon the re- venue and other funds of the Colony telegraph and telephone services. in addition to the sums already pro
vided in the estimates for 1930 for Over 400 wounded soldiers
the purpose of carrying into effect, taken to Hankow on Monday.
Tsinan is now peaceful, as usual;
as from January 1, 1930, the re- the Shausi troops having been with
commendations so modified. drawn. The loyal troops on the Tientsin-Pukew Railway line are now in a better position. The pre tection of the Kiaochow-Tsinan Railway has been entrusted to Li Chen Nien, who recently reafirmed his allegiance to the Central Gov. community as a whale and the large China should see ber way at some tests by the water engineers 'bave
pensive of its kind obtainable in
Canton. A military uniform cost ing $300 was purchased to clothe
the dead General.
Much old-fashioned religious ob servances were in evidence. Toaist and Buddist priests, auns, and others. Incense and red candles constantly burning to pro- pitiate the gods.
The assasein is still being tried in camera at the Military Head- quarters. The closest secrecy is being maintained. The trial is be- ing personally conducted by Gen. erai Chen Ming Shu.
It is learned that a number of arrests have been made, following the confessions of the assassin.
The death of General Lui Woon Im does not affect the present con ditions in Ewings in the least, according to official circles here. Wu Fan, General Lui's chief ad- viser, is going back to Kwangsi to take charge of the military affairs there in the course of the next day
or two.
PHOTOGRAPHIC
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TION.
were
the
Sim of
SATISFACTORY TESTS.
present holdings of silver must be sold for what they will obtain in the new currency and that stabili- sation cannot be effected at any arbitrary higher figure. The prescat
There is no leakage in the pipe- time would, therefore, be a most line which carries water from Kow«, inopportune one to introduce stabili-oon to the island, nor has there
Bation.
The Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes to move the following resolution:- Intelligent Anticipation. That in view of the far-reaching
The Committee is inclined to re- effect of, the Commissioners' report on employment generally and the commend, however, that in case expenditure of public money. in time suddenly to adopt a gold basis, ernment. erne Nanking report says that volved, His Excellency the Preai in order that Hong Kong should be dent of this Council be invited to ready to anticipate that event all troops and' Mohaminedat. people's militis in Kansu have appoint a committee consisting of available data should be put before risen against Feng Yu Hsiang, who Government nominees, representa-expert opinion and a feasible scheme tives of employers and employees worked out in detail whereby the has rushed some of his troops from and others having a broad know. transfer of the Colony's currency ledge of the conditions of employ from a silver to a gold basis may smoothly and with the front to deal with them.
Autording to a fakedn report.
ment in this Colony, lo investigate be effected
as little trouble and expense as the Elder Statesmen's Party of the report of the Commissioners and Manchuria tenaciously oppose any make a report thereon to the Gov- Possible.
the warfare be intervention in tween Nanking and the Shangiernment for further consideration.
The Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, Kuominchun coalition. So far, the C.M.G., to move the following re- solution:-That the recommenda- attitude of Chang Hauch, Liang in
tions of the Salaries Commission as the matter is obscure,
modified by the Government be not
A pretty wedding took place at accepted, and that, as an alter- native, the temporary high cost of St. John's Cathedral yesterday living allowance approved by the when Sergeant John McClelland, of Finance "Committee on April 10, the Naval Yard Police, was maT- 1930, be continued until this Council ried to Mise Ethel Bold, formerly shall otherwise decide, and a similar of Messrs Lane, Crawford's. The allowance equivalent to ten per cont, Rev. H. F. Foley officiated. of their salaries be granted to the dollar-paid employees in the Civil Service of Hong Kong, with effect from January 1, 1930.
LOCAL WEDDING.
MOCLELLAND-BOLD.
been one.
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The reduction of pressure, to which reference was recently made, was the result of deliberate action, and cot accidental. A series of been in progress during the past week or two to ascertain whether the pipe-line was in order.
Those tests have been completed, and it is now authoritatively, an nounced that the pipe-line is and has been a perfect order. news will be received with great satisfaction, and the result of the exhaustive tests made is a tribute to the care taken by those in charge of the work of laying of the line across the harbour to see that the job was done in
& workmanlike
manner.
This
THE EXTRADITION CASE. FURTHER EVIDENCE HEARD. Further evidence was given by several witnesses for the defence yesterday, when extradition pro- The bride, who was given away by ceedings against Tang Ying for the Sergeant MaNay, was attired in alleged murder of Tang Sik Kwan long, uneven hem lemon georgette and Tse Sui Wong at the Yuet Tong dress, with a crinoline hat. She was attended by Miss Barbara village, Tung Koon district, on, Budden as bridesmaid, with Mrs. April 25, were continued before Mr. R E. Lindsell at the Central E. MeNay as matron of honour.
Magistracy. beat Mr. Erdest Tuck acted as
Tang Yuen Kong and Tang Kau, two coolies working at Wing Cheong Shing, 2, Tit Hong Lane, testified that on the day of the alleged murder, the defendant was in Hong Kong engaged in carrying cargoes to certain ships, and they declared that the defendant had been falsely accused.
IN CHASTENED MOOD.
First Things First. Marshal Chiang Kai Shek has de cided that the situation in Hunan should be settled. first, and has crdered a section of the troops on the Peping-Haskow Railway to re- PROHIBI-inforce the troops attacking the
Kwangsi." Ironside " rebels.
The Nacking authorities have re- ceived a wire from Admiral Chen (FROM OUR OWN COERESPONDENT.]
Shao Kwan to the effect that the CANTON, June 17. gual-oats under his command have few miles
Suggested Retrenchment, In compliance with instructions captured Siangyin, s
Hunan from Nanking, the Canton Gov- north of Changsha, the
Another resolution on the agenda, ernment issued to-day a circular capital.
to be moved by the Hon. Mr. J. notification concerning pictures Nine aeroplanes have been dis
After a reception at Lane, Craw. taking by foreigners in Kwang-patched to bombard the rebels at Owen Hughes, reads as follows:-
of this Colony that His Excellency ford's restaurant, the couple left tung Among other things the Changsha,, according to a Hankow That it is desirable in the intereste
the President of this Council be in for their honeymoon, which is to notification states that foreigners repert, which adds that 3,000 men
be spent at Swatow, Amoy and are absolutely forbidden from of the 8th National Division are photographing any part of strategic expected to arrive in Hankow from vited to appoint a Committee to points, forts, barracks, arsenals, Pakow in a few days. Or Monday, be called Retrenchment Com-Foochow
many wounded soldiers were rushed mittee" for the purpose of advising inagazines, naval dockyards, aero-
the Government where, and the plane factories, military supply to Wuchang from Hunan.
and the manner in which, economy in ex- The Kwangsi troops bouses, and all other objects which
"Ironsides" are now being press-penditure can, and should, be made, have to do with national defence. Should the authorities see fit, for- ed from all directions. In the in the personnel and administration cigners may not even be allowed north, the Nanking troops under of this Colony,
Ho Ying Ching are striking down to take pictures of such places as
In the west, the important thoroughfares of a city, from Yochow.
When Leung Kam Mui, a boat girl, was before Mr. R. E. Lindsell military training headquarters,Hunanese troops under General Ho places where troops are stationed, Chien are moving from, Langhelang
at the Central Magistracy on Satur military hospitals, gaols, military in the direction of Changahn. In
day, charged with the possession of grazing grounds, and the like. the east, the Kiangsi troops are
MR. A. H. SKELTON.
opium, she made a "spirited, out- barst when her mother was naked With these exceptions, the foreigner. reported to have arrived at Liling,
take is allowed to
some 70 east of Chuchow. "In the Any other
Mr. A. H. Skelton, for many to provide a bond on her account. south, the Cantonese troops are pictures.
attacking Siangtan, some 150 years a partner in the firm of The mother expressed difficulty in south of Changsha These four Lane, Crawford & Co, Hong Kong, signing the document, and the de columns of troops expect to con- died at his residence, South Lodge, fendant had then declared, that
A fireman employed at the Kai week's Canford Cliffs, Bournemouth, on she was prepared to go to gaol. verge at Changsha in 2 time:"
Sunday, May 18, from pneumoria The Magistrate, however, hesitated Tack Aerodrome was charged be after a brief illness.
to do so on account of defendant's fore Mr. T. 8. Whyte-Smith at Melting Away Process,
The remains were cremated at youth, and ordered the girl and her Kowloon Magistracy yesterday with It is understood, however, that
The chief mother to be taken to the S.C.A. stealing 36 coila of control cable (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
little can be done by the Hananese Woking on May 21,
hawker was also charged with re- and the Kiangsi troops, whose nam mourners at the service were Mrs. to see if any arrangement could from the Aerodrome. A marine CANTON, June 17. The Canton Municipal Govern- bera are limited, Ho Chien has Skelton and her son, and among he made for the girl.
The girl, who appeared to be ineeiving the stolen property. ment has to-day ordered that all
now less than 2,000 men under his those present were several old Hong factories under ita control must command, meat of his troops having Kong friends, including Mr. and a subdued state of mind, was to or been Mrs. A. E. Crapnell, Mr. W. King, brought before Mr. R. E. Lindsell hereafter use only native produced either turned over
The Mr. A. Ritchie, Mr. H. F. Car-again yesterday, and it was made coal, the sole purpose being to bought over by the rebels. stimulate native industries.
Kiangsi expeditionary troons under michael (Mayor of Worthing), Mr. known that the S.C.A. could not The Government states that the the command of Chang Fai Chan F. Crawford, Mr... W. Taylor, give any assistance in the matter..
and Mr. B.-A. Hale.
Replying to the Magistrate, the only way to promote native settan-divizian
In accordance with the deceased girl and her mother said that they duuffer is to competic blis totes the coups dictal in Ent
PROMOTION OF NATIVE INDUSTRIES.
"
DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT.
The accountant of Wing Cheong Shing stated that so far as he could recollect, the defendant had been in BOAT GIRL TONES DOWN AT the shop till April 30, but it was
MAGISTRACY.
possible that the man might have been absent for a few days without bis noticing it.
The case was again adjourned/
AERODROME THEÉFTS.
OUT OF POCKET: R.A.F. MEN WHO HAD TO BE
It was stated that the fireman was seen by Flying Officer Webb, R.A.F., handing out the cables hawker, who was on the outside. through the fence to the marine
The fireman had been employed for
21 years at the Aerodrome and bad
enterprises to use native products.chow, everything is now. quiet ingentiemans videmtoning twoxdvegi, KARLICA Home MAXistPat
By so doing private industries may the city. Pesce and order have was worn and no lowers sent, the to guarantee the defendant's con- Addressing the girl, his Worship follow the good example set by the been restored, and the merchants only floral tribute-being one from duct. Government and do likewise. The are confident that, the rebels will the widow and her two children." use of native produced coal in fac not be able to menace the city, at The sincere sympathy of many added: Remember that if you get torics owned by the Government is least for the time being. Troops friends still resident in Hong Kong into trouble again, you will be get just a starting point of the nation have been rushed to Tungkow to will be extended to Mrs. Skelton,ting your mother into trouble, too.
here again." wide movement for the promotion
and her son and daughter, in their So take care that you do not appear sad bereavement. of native industries.
deal with the insurgents and fight ing is in progress there.
825 each or three weeks' hard labour on both defendants.
It was also mentioned that in the past petrol oil and tools had been stolen in the same way and the men make good these losses. stationed at the Aerodrome had to
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