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*LBARE SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1920.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE POLISH SITUATION,
FRANCO-BRITISH MISSION APPROACHED,
HAS DRITAIN DESERTED POLAND?
OUR PEKING LETTER- and returned to Mukden. It was
From Our Dex Correspondent)
Fekipe. July 22.
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Division, realised its mistake and parmitted the Fifteenth Division to retire. They seized a train and next morning five thousand men were outside the gates of Peking but were denied admission,
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SHIPPING NOTES,
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now war to the knife. Marshal Tuen permitted General Han Shu-chen to assame his former command, but he went further. He forged the President to issue a mandate practiezus putlawing China is indeed the land cf: General Tako Kud adi Genera Warsaw, August 3, topsy turvydom. When three Wa Pei-fu and had himself ap The Palish Government has requested the leaders of the Franco-rears ago Chang Hsun restored pointed commander-in-chief of the Dragon the Ting Kno-chna (the army of the British Mission to return and explain to their respective Govern-the Manchus to
Was a brief period of pacification, which ments the actual position in Poland and also to advise their Govern- Throne for
twelve days and Marshal Tuan Frontier Defence Aring under a ments regarding the assistance necessary.
Chi-jui organised the army which new name.) crushed the King Maker and his London, August 3 horde of Pigtailed warriors Tuan the saviour While it appears that the British Note gives the Soviet to un-was acclaimed as
the Republic. but the the Allies will help Poland unless the Bolshevist of derstand that the form which British assistance will take is at radicals of the South declined to admit that he had saved present unknown.
According to Le Matin, the London and Paris Cabinets have the republic and went to war discussed the question of sending troops to Paland, but it is doubtful against the North in order to prove it. Then followed the whether Britain will undertake to send military aid.
M. Paderewski declares that Poland is abandoned by all except disastrous intersecine strife of France. He says Mr. Lloyd George at Spa gave the Poles a written nearly a year which was ended agrance that Britain would employ all her strength to safeguard by President Hsu Shih-chang" an armistice the existence of Poland within the frontiers fixed. On the contrary, proclamation of the Petit Parisien declares that Britain has completely dissipated all pending a peace settlement which provincial capital. Banks bad Peitsang and was within striking ||passed away for the time being,inine o'clock at night and even uncertainty and will not hesitate to consider the steps which the has not been reached. Efforts to situstion demands.
ON THE GERMAN FRONTIER.
دمیر
-Berlin. August 3.
A semi- Fugitives from Warsaw ate arriving in East Prussia. official communique has been published simultaneously, announcing the German intention to close the frontier, the reason given being- the prevalence of dysentery amongst the refugees.
The Italian Ambassador has requested the German Govern- ment to ensure the withdrawal of ltalian troops from the East Prussia plebiscite area by August 9.
FRENCH TROOPS NEAR AT HAND.
-Paris, August 5.
that in any case urgent steps are being taken to despatch war material and money to Poland.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
JAPANESE IN AMERICA.
London, Aug. 4
negotiate a settlement bare so far produced the disintegration of the Canton Military Gover mnant and have produced civil war in North China.
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OVER 1,600 BAGS OF MAIL
Arg the oysan liners of the
The staff of the Hongkong Post near future to be large, amall or Office had a busy day yesterday The only real fighting of medium? Before the war there in all conscience. After a short
this front. but after three amongst British and Continental vity, owing to the non-arrival of real civil war pecurred on used to be a regular seramble period of something like inacti days of strenuous warfare on hipowners for the largest and any mails it was plunged into empty stomachs the Aufuite fastest vessel suitable for Atlantic one of the busiest use it bas soldiers decided they had had trade, and at last, and at ever experienced. Msils arrived enough and they broke and prodigious expense, we reached from practically all paris-from retreated Pekingwards, where the floating palace." It was) America Kurope, Austrālja......... "Then the Tuanite armies moved they are now being collected. The found by experience that the India, Japan, the Philippines, etc. outwards from Peting one ou commissariat arrangements broke public had sot inclins Something of the magnitude of the Peking-Hsakow Railway down completely. Tons of parishion to travel caly by the tast thrown upon the Post under General Tuan Cal-kwel to able booked food lay at the the largest, fastest and most Office staff can be guaged by the check the advance of Genaral]:
|cost of running these leviathans received, of which no fewer thai Wu Pei-fu and the other on the ions or on sidings and never palatial boats available. The fact that a total of 1,693 bags w
[was truly enormous and out of 500 bags were for delivery in the Peking-Tientsin Bailway under: the command of General Sung
all proportion to the cost of Colony. The landing of the mails On the western front the Anfoworking slightly smaller vessels. took from early morning until Tsu-yang to advance on Tiantain, cutting off General Tsao Kan army advanced from Langfang. The competition of the Continent well into the afternoon, and the from his base at Paotingfu, the took Yangtamm, pushed on to for record-breaking steamers has sorting staff was kept going until been drained of ready cash, and distance of Tientsin, when the and this is reflected in the orders then had to leave over until this the Ministry of Communications arrival of some of Chang Tso-lin's for twelve new vessels placed by morning the sorting of the news- was denuded of every cent, even men from Mukden deterred them the Cunard Steamship Company papers and also the English parcel monies earmarked for sinking attempting further progress. It Not one of these twelve boats mail which came by the 33. funds being seized, this in order seems inexplicable why they will rival the Mauretania and the Rhesus. In connection with this their stopped when they did, as they Acquitania. All these now ships rail it is interesting to note that the pay
troops
op to march smears of wages and induce simply bad
will occupy, an intermediate it bas caught up the letter mail to them
fight: also Tientsin to take it.
position, ranging in length from which left England at about the expedition. the finance
520 to 600 feet It is feared that same time. The letter mail- wwa to On this occasion there has been
The debacle of the Tuanites abipbuilding is being overdone.dated July 1st, and the parcel real fighting-none of the comic | Automobiles, carts, wod other
which brought vehicles were ruthlessly comis remarkable. They had the If it is so, it will be good for mail June 30th, the usual differ- opera wartare Chang Hsun's midsummer mad-mandered, while coolies were advantage of position, holding freight and passages, as it may ence of about a fortnight having ness of 1917 to a close. With the impressed by the thousand and interior lines, with a single base serve to bring them down.
been made up by the Blue Funnel exception of some good artillery forced to assist in the transport-a Paking, sufficient rolling
boat. practice, the battle of Peking wasation word.
stock. aeroplanes, field wireless The passage difficulty is not As told yesterday, the long telephone sets, ample guns and confined to Hongkong only, ship-delayed mail from Canada came It had been freely asserted that ammunition. Yat they It is believed that French troops are actually in the neighbour-conducted by warriors who be
were jing companies baving had urgent by the Toyobasi Maru, the hood of the theatre of operation in Poland and are only awaitinglieved in firing high les: the men orders to co-operate in the defence of the country. It is understood on the other side should get hurt the Toanite soldiers would not (outgeneralled and outmanoeuvred. } requests from the Straits Settle-Kashirna Maru brought 350 bags-
True. B fez did meet with
fight, but fight they did until they Their field staff work was of the ments and India. Shortage of from America, the Tenyo Maru accidents. but most of the
were sickened by the rotten worst description On the other accommodation is, of course, due brought mails also, the Taiyuan casualties were old women and leadership under which they hand General Wa Pei-fu was sup-to the losses by enemy action came in from Australis, the Nam- beyond the ring line suffered. First honours went to ported by man whom he had tried which has effected all lines and sang brought the English latter who were killed with dropping Wu Pei-fu. On Saturday Joly and proved while bis strategy was | which will take a considerabismail, the Rhesus brought the bullets. But General Wa Pei-fu. 11. his men cleverly ambushed clover and successful.
time to replace, and also to the parcel mail, and other small local the brains of the movement enemy outposts as they ware
employment of many of the boats helped to swell the consigo directed against Marshal Tuso taking up positions, and mored
larger vesnais *S troopships, ment. Chi-jul, the notorious General them down with rile and machine
At midnight on July 18 Marshal
Of the -letters arriving, FIs Sha-chen, and the corrupt
Tuan Chi-jni probably for the first hospital ships, etc. The latter
wore registered, gun fire. Anfu Club party, introduced real
time learned of the true state ofte now being returned by the usarty 8,000 affairs when General Chin Yun-authorities. Lord Jaohcape, writ-necessitating the making out of Meanwhile there had been
ing to a friend in the East, says receipts. The parcels mail, too, peng insisting on being beard that the P. and O. Company are will mean a lot of work in this The "Daily Mail" correspondent at New York states that public andern warfare, and is being interest in the Japanese question has been renewed by the statements accused of treachery by his
question. which is with a very strenuous day to-day. of Mr. Albert Johnson, member for the State of Washington in the friends on the defeated side, who herce epistolary warfare waged Tuan House of Representatives and chairman of the House sub-committee complain that he has not conduct between the contending leaders. he immediately tendered his realive to the urgency of the direction and the staff is faced on Immigration and Naturalisation. Mr. Jonasen in a speech ated the fighting according to the On July 13 martial law was signation, admitting that he had passage Tacoma, Washington, spoke of the "Japanese underground system, approved rates of the game as it declared 10 Peking and Marshal been at fault, and according to engaging his constant persons! But this big arrival does not car
is played in China.
Tuan exercised despotic sery Chinese custom, submitting him attention. The Company's agents stitute a record, for about two beginning in Yokohama, leading to Honolulu and extending to
over the city for five days during self to punishment. Afterwards in the East and Far East are months ago the local office re Guaymas, Mexico, whereby Japanese are brought surreptitiously to
When General Wa Pei-fn more down, opponents
which newspapers were closed he tried to take bis life but an Kiving every possible attention, ceived just over two thousand arrested, orderly caught his band with the so far as in their power lies, to bags of mail in one day. That the United States." Mr. Johnson alleged that Japanese were smuggled from Gasymas into California, the Mexican frontier guards being than a month ago started to with military censorship established in result that the revolver which he granting priority to those pro-was the heaviest day known given a bribe of 2 per head, and then taken by compatriots to the draw his troops from Huna. the telegraph administration, and bad placed at his ear was dis- ceeding Home on account of ill here. for, as yesterday, boats came country districts where they were hidden for five years, whereafter where they had before the telephones kapt under close obser charged and the ballet wounded the P. and O. Company have not number of bags received in one health, urgeat business, etc, but in from all parts. The average they emerged into the open with residental qualifications established than two years and where theyvation. Little wonder that the one of his staff.
had proved their mettle in the seople went in fear and trembling
bad complete control of the mail is about 200, and, and so it berthing arrangements. The can be seen what a heavy me fighting against the Southern lest they fall under suspicion. armies, it was realised by op Marshal Tuan in declaring martial With Marshal Tuan's resigna-vessels that have been returned these last two days has been for lookers that there was more in law explained its necessity by tion and the issue of the Presid-by the Government are being the staff. The week-end should the movement than the mere re- virtue of the Chihli and Fengtienential mandate prohibiting further reconditioned, and it is expected be welcomed. tording of troops to their head- Mrs. Charlie Chaplin is reported to have petitioned for divorce on quarters in Chili. A struzzle had troops marching on the captial fighting the civil war came to an shortly to have a programme of units of the Frontier Defence of what the Company have the ground of cruelty. The lady was besieged by reporters and been in progress between the with a view to re-establishing the end. The remaining organised sailings considerably in advance vouchsafed the vague reply. "We are both temperamental." Mr. Chili party and the Anfu Clubmonarchy. This of course was
mere Anfu propaganda and had Force have signified their willing-recently been able to arrange. which comprises the Anhui party
Tao Kun and ness to submit to the Ministry of For lack of accommodation on Chaplin said, "Such is life in the great West."
and the Fakien party. For two no basis in fact.
Wa Pei-fo issued a counter blast War and will decline to recognise the P. and O. liners many a years the Anfaites bad domins-in which they declared their in- the "authority of General Hau resident in this part of the world ed the Government.
is obliged to travel, Home vis For tention of purging the administra-Shu-chen who is now a fugitive.
America or Canada. the Ministry years
tion from the corruption which Communications had practically bad overtaken it, while Chang
No farther fighting, except
Even in the case of the N.Y.K.
COLOURED COSTUMES AT skirmishes is prhaps local
FUNERAL. It is reported from Mexcala (Lower California) that General been the treasury of the Anfu Tso-lin announced to the Presid
The Chihli party in ent bis intention of armel media expected. All that remains now linere all available cabins on out Flores, representing the Huerta Government, conferred with Cantu Club.
ward ships on the European line At Richmond faneral recently proceeding.
factions to agree upon the terms of occupation of Lower California. Flores is now oceeding to Losa cause which appealed to the of students and to the intelligent
which they will force the Aafuties until the end of the year. The wish of the deceased, dressed in Angeles to telegraph a confidential report of the progress
section of the nation. It was a While there had been desultory to accept, and to make sure that second class cabins we booked light-coloured costumes, and the negotiations to the Mexican President.
fight against organlied corrup- tion. Admittedly some of the cannonading during July 12 and these terms will be accepted their until the end of next month. males in black.
decisive battle on armies will remain in the vicinity The heavy booking for the first men associated with the Chihli 13, the
Western front did not of the capital, not entering the class accommodation is presum- ably due to many delegates of party do not stand very high in the popular esteem. They are self-begin till July 15, in spite of the city unless compelled to do so.
the Sunday Sebral Convention is in port has been raised in Los Angeles, Aug. 4.
seeking ambitions. Still they are fact that the day before the
from the United States, who Glasgow Sheriff Court. In an It is certain that the punish-plan returning home by way of action brought by John Doyle the Details of the death of Lt. Locklear show that he was performing associated with the cause which President had issued a mandate
cessation of ment of prominent Anfoites like
Suez.
Valentine the sum of £56 55, was at night amid concentrated beams of searchlights. Locklear dropped aims at destroying caucus control ordering
Altbough General constitutional bostilities.
Little Hsu, Ting Shio-Yuan the
claimed from Mesira. Gow, Har- a rocket, which he followed with a nosedive so closely that the flaming Bod
Taso Chi-kwei was the com- director of the Peking-Hunkow
A useful little book, which will rison and Co, shipowners and projectile set fire to the aeroplane two hundred feet from the ground government.
mander-in-chief of the Anfa army and Feling Saiyuan Railway1, be found of particular interest to brokers. Glasgow, on one of on the Peking-Hankow line (the Tsang Ya-cheng, the minister of The Anfuites took the return of Western front), the order to open Communications, who is accused seagoing officers, is the revised whose vessels the plaintiff was the Chibli troops to Chibli a3 a
the attack was given by General of missppropriating no less than catechism of the Laws of Storms, fourth engineer. Sheriff Lyell threat directed against them, and
John found him not entitled to pay- DAY BY DAY.
Ha Sbo-chen. For the next twenty five milliqa dollars for accordingly prepared to counter day or two the city was flooded Auft purposes, Tsao Ju-Hin, La MacNab, R.R.R., well-known as ment for overtime in respect of it. Undoubtedly the dispositions with reports of Anfa victories:- The returns of the average
Chong Ya, and several others former chief examiner to the nights spent on board as officer Information on the growing made by the Tachuns opposed to amount of bank notes in circa-
will be demanded, but clemency Liverpool Local Marine Board in charge, when he did no actus) were clever, timely and lation and of specie in reserve in practice of morphia-injection was them
It was quite true that the Chibli will be extended to the fallan This little book imparts in simple work. In a "note" to his inter- Hongkong, during the month secured in a raid conducted by effective, and induced Marshal ended 31th July, 1920, EL.g the Police yesterday on No. 8. Than and Little Hsu to pause.army fell back from Liniho to its Marshal. It is also certain that language sufficient knowledge locutor the Sheriff stated that in s certified by the Managers of the Pokfolom Road, resulting in the This interval was utilised by third line, at Kaopallist, but Parliament will be dissolved, the of those dangerous storms, known sense it was true that once a man hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones but the evidence was, to the effect arrest of a Chinese and the seizure Chang Teo-lin to visit Peking in whether from necessibgor as part Anfu Club will be closed, and in various parts of the world ag) was on duty he was at his work of a quantity of morphia and the capacity of mediator. He soc of the strategy of General Wa is that an effort will be made to in the tropics, and as gales in that an officer in charge in port implements used for the injection ceeded in inducting the Anfuites not clear. What followed was reach an understanding with the temperate or polar regidua, to merely went to his bank. When of the drug. In evidence at the to sacrifice Little Hsu, who was much more significant General South,
enable mariners to combat these reasonable reading could be Police Court to-day it was accordingly relieved of his com Wa threw out out a brigade on
unwelcome visitors Storm given to the ship's articles it theories, tracks and seasons, of would certainly be out of the storms and all matters relating question to adopt the fantastic therefo are contained in the work, suggestion that the plaintiff was Messrs. George Phillip and Son, to be entitled to 29. 61. an hour of London are the publishers, and for sleeping on board. The case the price in 41, 64.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S DIVORCE.
New York, Aug. 4.
MEXICO.
New York, Aug. 4.
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The closing rate of the dollar, on demand, today was 4a/24d.
in an effort to cothpose the difference which resulted in the threat opposing the Anfuities establishedtion in the event of hostilities is for the Chibli and Fangtion have. I am told, been fall; booked the females relatives were, by the
STUNT FLYER'S DEATH.
BANK RETURNS.
Tespective Banks are:-
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Hongkong
Shanhai Bank-
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rcatie Bank
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of Indie, amitedê 1,551.3 2. $50,000
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The ease of s Thinese woma
coolies, who, it would appear, are Frontier Force, but when Chang Tasnite army, which found itself very partial to this drug, were in and bis associates demanded that exposed to a terrible enfilading the premises at the time in the the Anfu party should also give fire. Tao regiments of the 15th process of being operated upon up the lucrative post of Minister Division surrendered the recharged with attempting to com. mit salade by jumping from the with a number of syringes which of Communications, the Anfuites mainder retreated
PINYA-Wall at West Point was
hornind The Womsdisailli- tal-under-trestment for
3272, 22.550.000 --Comprised the implements seized. realised that their very existence (expi
posited A conviction was established was at stake and they resolved Frontle Division whis bad, ap-scaled before Mr.B.O. Hutchison D'Aginja valued at against - the arrested Chinese, not to give ways without a final parendyta not bee
sentenced by Mr. B.O. struggle. Go t
compiled by
Captain
The question of whether ships officers are entitled to drartime
was appealed to the Sheriff Prin cipal, who had adhere to the decision of the Lower Court and found the defendants entitled 'k the expenser ofthe's
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