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MONDAY JUNED 19,

1922.

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CANTON BOMBARDED

Bombardment Begins.

INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST GATHERING.

Soviet Methods of Trial Condemned.

Brater's Semine..

London, Juna 15. The first post was conference of the Second loternational opaned in London under the presidency of the Right Hon. A. Henderson. M. P. All the principal European countries were respresented.

The conference discussed the European economic situation, reparations, and the Genoa and The Hague conferences, and passed a resolution condemning the Soviet Government's methods of trial of political prisoners.

The Second International is a pre-war Socialist federation; the First laded out a number of years ago. The Third International, is Communist conception originating at Moscow. Attempts to fuse the Sacond and Third have not succeeded: the tendency bas rather been to grow-farther apart, owing to Sovietist excesses)

GERMANY'S LARGEST NEW LINER.

Naval Boats Demonstrate Against Troops,

Effective Protest By Foreign Consuls.

Took Coat off Victim's Back.

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North German Lloyd Bremen-New York service, stock fast while at their anchorage. A. Chinese wore the uniform of a captain 7/with a number of Europeans residents. The picket was quickly | the bill some ten minutes or a

CAPSIZING OF GERMAN SHIP.

Nearly Forty Lives Lost.

Hamburg, June 18. The capsicing of the Avare (yee earlier telegrams) seems to have beh due to the vessel being not properly ballasted. In addition to many dock bands, a hundred of the crew were aboard, of whom 23 are missing, also thirseen workmen. Divers rescued several persons who were below when the ship capsized. The authentic list of casualties is tot yet available.

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URUGUAYAN ARCHBISHOP FIRED AT.

Anarchist Outrage în Cathedral.

There was no fighting yesterday, he said. Neither was there any this morning up to the time the train left. He thought that Sun's

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returned from upstream and had THOROUGH THIEVES. To-day (Saturday) the scene of resumed its bombardment of the the operations shifted near to the central bund

The Second Bombardments | Shameen, where the foreign res-

idents had a good view of what As to this second bombarïment, was taking place. Sun Yat-sen I subsequently leaned that after upstream, the has always declared that the their venture

Not content with taking the Navy was loyal to him, and any warships bad stopped for a few

from ber cars, the doubts on that point were drama-minutes opposite the Shameen earrings tically dispersed this afternoon.and bad there re-formed before bangles from off her wrists and The four warships forming the proceeding down again. Og reach- the pin from her hair, two men Squadron had been moving up ing the easternmost point of the who held up an amal and down the river since day. Shameen, the fant of the craisers Worgueishong Gap Road on May break, a procedure which greatly tried a shot at that section of the 25th. robbed bar of even the mat annoyed Chan's troops lined up bond between the Customs House on her back. along the

It appears that about a quarter waterfront. The and Wing On wharf. At this Cement Works had been carried point there was stationed a group past one in the afternoon the at 11 o'clock in the morning, and of soldiers, and the shot was mah left Wanobai, where the

Living. to visit it is said that firing by the doubtless directed at them. The was pickets provoked the usval bom troops were soon lying prone and friend who lived at Wanchai She went up the bardment which began at 1.30 taking what shelter they could.] Gap. P.m. Appeals had previously been meanwhile returning the fire with steps leading to Kennedy Road was near Wanchai Branch Post Office Special Story to the "

A sergeant Telegraph." de by the Seventy-Five small arms.

Merchants' Guilds to both sides wounded by some splinters, but the and as she neared the top she There are no fresh develop endeavour to get into contact with to spare the city, but, nape the ball spent its force on a house saw two men sitting down. Not ments of importance in connection General Yip, who is now the leas, the naval forces decided to some distance away, which was being quite sure of the way, the Unpropitious Launching Ceremony.

with the Canton situation to day, predomiosting military figure and this they did without partially demolished. At the same amab loquired the direction.

(much discrimination.

spot in the earlier bombardment The man showed her the way sha the latest information reaching here, I found his soldiers streng.) Berlin, June 15.

I was seated in the dining room civilian was killed. This inci-should go and she went up the The 32000-ton liner Columbus, the largest vessel in the Germanus being that fighting has, for the thening the communications they mercantile marine, built at the Schichau Works, Danzig, for the time being at any rate, ceased. had secured to the city by a chain of the Ama Hotel at 1.30 this dant of shelling the picket could road which intersect Bowen the naval forces remaining of pickets. From a man bo (Saturday) afternoon in company be clearly seen by the Shameen Road. She had been walking up bein, launched in the presence of a large crowd.

men from whom she hadascer- this anti-climax was the more disappointing as the daughter of Passenger who arrived here by secured confirmation of the report when we were suddenly aware of reinforced, a motor car being used quarter of an hour when the two The warships continued their flained the direction.overtook her. Here Carlson, the proprietor of the Works, in christening the vessel. train from Canton this morning that after an all-morning skirmish Doise which resembled the firto bring up the new forces.

with Sun Tat-son'a garrisons, 10g of long strings of firecrackers concluded a patriotic speech with the words: "Go now and bring told one of our reporters that the

Yip had

coming from the direction of way dawn stream and they en One man got in front of her and soldiers in Canton are holding up Genera!

The bonour once more to the German black-white-and-red flag.”

Attempts to float the vessel were unsuccessful, and it is expected persons carrying boxes or established himself with thres the Eastern Bund, this being gaged in fierce firing for over an the other walked behind.

troops and baggage and searching them regiments of

bad punotnated by the booming of hour at Tai Sha Tau. where the man bebind seized the amah by | the`hair, the man in front tamed that the floating will be a lengthy and troublesome task.

Ostensibly for arms bot in turned the White Cloud Mountain beasier explosions. In less than Cement Works are situated.

The Paul Doomer Hospita), the round and they then proceeded to reality for footing purposes into his headquarters. His side, minute, the first ship of the That explained why, he said, so General Wong, in command of quadron, the Wing Fung. Canton Hospital and another rab her. They took off her black many of the passengers were only the 2nd. Division, directed the think, came into view, steaming hospital on the Bund have been silk jacket, her ear rings, bangles, carrying bedding and strictly strack on the Presidential yigen long the stretch immediately turned into Red Cross institutions, hair pin, and $1,60 in money. A personal effects. There were not and later at the Arsenal and in front of the hotel at high the distinctive sign being placed fish seller happened to pass along many passengers, the majority of Cement Works, both of which speed. As she and two other over the doorways in such the road. This disturbed the the people in Canton being afraid were later destined to pasa into units of the squadros passed position as to be plainly visible robbers and they made off. A along in single file they kept up from the river. A brick wall has little later the amah mat a paintar to make the journey to the Rail- his possession.

* regular fire, aimed at Chan's been bastily run up to protect ag and he accompanied her to No. way Station...

The First Fighting." pickets stationed along the band exposed part of the French Police Station, which ther The skirmish in the vicinity of sad on the Honam side. These hospital, whilst at the Canton reached at about 2 o'clock

Within two hours & Chillumes. yamon was troops, lying prons, returned the Hospital the American medical

mania * the Presidential unexpectedly severe, in view of are with machine guns. So close missionaries are working under cocsiable saw a forces on the river and elsewhere the small number of defenders were the cruisers that from the conditions of considerable risk in pawnshop in Praya East pawning were awaiting the arrival of re- there. The assailing,ces windows of the hotel the men at attending to the wounded being pair of bangles. The man bad e pawn ticket for a jacket in Leko vrima povlak ke saglie seen at brought in..... infore meats, froth the North. bat (clambered ·

It to wld that both Son Yat-bis possessico. added that allthe trains from Shak. of

surrounding hopes,

san and Dr. Wu Ting-fangare The constable arrested this lung to Canton were comman. and from... these varlige

Building Wrecked.

aboard one of the cruisers and man, the woman identified him deered by Chan's military forces, points they directed an A number of snipers on the one report has it that they were and this morning be appeared in many men and much ammunition irregular fire which decreased in roof of a two-storey building on etually present at the operations, the dock as the Criminal Sessions. being transported. He thought intensity to the point of mere the Honam waterfront directly Sun's standard being displayed before Mr. Justice Wood, obarged there would be much more sniping as the morning wore an opposite the Steamboat Com- by one of the vessels.

with being concerned in the fighting when both sides had pre. However, early in the afternoon pany's wharf, fired a volley at the "All the officials of San's regime robbery. He was also' charged paced for it.

Sun Yat-sen's bodyguard sur- [passing ships, but they ba› short have disappeared and their with receiving the property, "Who is the most popular man rendered after forty had bean shrift when the rearroost of the offices BIB abut. The Boces knowing it to have been stolen. among the Cantonese? Chan or killed. Sun Yat-sen himself had, vessels, the Cho Yue, discharged Tigris forts are in possession of The Jurg were Mesure. C. G. Sun ?" asked our representative. however, gone. He had secured a ball at fifty yards' range. The Chan's forces and it is predicted Anderson (foreman), Yeung In- ** The people think "that | so inkling of the projected assault building was squarely bit im in some quarters that before longai, D. L. W. Williams, W. L. WE both of them have done wrong to some hour or so before it was mediately below the roof and the big guns will be used to pat Weaser. A. R. Abbas, F. A. fight They were both very launched and secretly left, when the yellow smoke had be an end to the Daval venture. Xavier and V. 4. Ivanovich. NEW BRITISH RECORD FOR THE HUNDRED YARDS. popular before, but they are dam sccompanied by Dr. Wa Ting-core dispersed it was seen that Sun Yat-sen seems now to ba de- Mr. H. K. Holmes conducted fools to fight in Canton and upset fang, to go aboard one of the the building had been completely pending on co-operation from the case for the Crown. Prisoner all the people." And there our cruisers.

| wrecked, every man in it no inland, and report has it that ten į was undefended.. Applegarth Does Nine-Three.

informant was content to leave Until probibitory orders were) doubt being instantly killed. thousand of his troops from the Prisoner was sentenced to 5 the matter.

broadcasted the following morn- The naval ships kept up their Northern expedition are now on years' hard labour, and to receive Our Canton correspondent says 'ing, the troops indulged in a firing until_reaching a point op their way to Canton.

12 strokes of the " cat.” the cessation of operations by certain amount of looting. During posite the Steamboat Company's

A Protest. the naval boats is due to a protest the actual conflict, bouss-to-wharf, where the A. Kinsha

Writing under date of Sunday, delivered by the Consular Bodyhouse search for Arme was was lying. when orders were

the representative 8273 on the Shameen.

made in the region of the evidently given to cease, but the

bombardment is now ascribed in i Eun Yat-sen's wife did not fighting, and when it was found machine guns aboard were again: leave the gamen until the guards that the residence of one of the brought into use as the Maritime some quarters to the alleged" had surrendered. Her where officials of Son's regime contain-Castams building was passed, detention of Sun Yat-sen's wife,

ed a store of arms, the soldiers this being in response to the firing Sun and Wa Ting-fang are said The N. Y. K. advise consignees Sua Fo. (a son of Dr. Sun Yat-needed no other excuse to com- of pickets who were placed along to be aboard the flagship of the sen) who was Mayor of Canton, pletely divest it of every stick of the band to guard the public quadron. The American Consul that the Haruna Karu has arrived The s. 8. Van Overstraten bas Hongkong. travelling is believed to have come down to movable furoiture and everything buildings and the approaches to and the Commander of the US. from Europe.~Page 4.

destroyer 217 boarded a cruiser) sboard else that could be taken away. the Shameen.

Ising opposite the Shameen, on arrived from Singapore and the As might be imagined, people which Sun Yat-sen is said to be J.CL.give consignees the usual along the bund soon made them-

New white shoes are advertis- On Saturday morning, an visit-selves scarce when the firing taking refuge, and lodged a notice.-Page 4. ing Sun Yat-sen's yamen, I wit broke out, and this accounts for protest, especially in regard to nessed troops busily engaged in the fact that the civilian casualty the firing taking place so close ed by Lene, Crawford, Lid,-

Page 6. carrying away all the movable list was not large. The big stores, to the Shameen.

The Blue Fannel s.s. Myrmidon From a member of the staff of furniture. undeterred by the which hed previously,

Other News,

is uploading cargo at Holt's the Hongkong Triegraph who has sentries placed on duty at the partially shuttered their shope, Our Canton correspondent says Whert. Consignees see page 4, been sent to Canton to keep as gates. One man's basicess id. at once closed their doors and it is reported that Sun Yat sen isį The regular monthly meeting posted with developments there, stincts are worth recording. He the rest of the day very few aboard the cruiser Wing Fang of the local branch of the Marine we have received the following had secured from the interior of people ventured out of doors. My He adds that most of the houses Engineers Guild of China taken accounts of the dramatic hap the yamen a detached mirror own experiences will serve to in the eastern part of the city place on Wednesday -Page 4 penings occurring s a result of from a dresser and forthwith pro-show the conditions prevailing and also in eastern Houam auffer-

The programmes of the Coronet · the coup affected by General ceeded to hold an action on the Shortly after 4 o'clock I was pro-ed considerably from the bo- and Kowloon Theatres are given. Gban King-ming's forces:- spot. But a corporal of the guard ceeding in a ricksha along the bardment. The number of killed on page 12,

At two o'clock on Friday morn soon gave him a gentle reminder Yau Lan Moon maloo on my is unknown, bat la estimated at The last shows of "Somsone' ing, General Yip Kue, Com-that these things were not quite way to the Paul Daumer Hospital more than one hundred Chinese Must Pay" are at the World mander-in-Chief of General Chan in order and the self-appointed to ascertain some particulare of merabants

bave visited Theatre to-night-Page 4 W. S. Bailey and Co. King-ming's forces, acting under auctioneer instantly departed casualties when suddenly the Shameen and requested the Coo-

A six-cylinder Balck touring Secure Order.

secret instructions from his chief, with the mirror before he hid bad | sound of shote from small arms sular Body to persuade the car is being auctioned by Messrs. dealt a surprise blow which com- a chance of striking a bargain. rang out. My coolie instantly naval officials to refrain from Lammert Bros. on Monday, Juos The master of fishing boat,

pietely altered the political situe-In spite of the fact that an inter-dropped the shafts and took to his further

bombardments. It is 26th.-Page 4. Abis two soda and a daughter were From teaders submitted for the tion here. You have already been val of twenty-four hours had beels, with the result that I was said that, despite Sun Yat-

Sincere's are holding a sale.- Crowned resterday when their building of a single screw tug made acquainted with what intervened, the bodies of those throw violently on to the road. san's orders to the contrary, Page 3.2. #bo f expsized off West Point. beat for the Sanitary Board, the actually occurred that morning. killed in the fighting were still Though dazed by the fall. Admiral Tong Ting-zwoog before The s. 6. Rasocio has arrived ́ The supersman, who reported Government have accepted that Broadly speaking, the prinsipal lying outside the yemen walls in managed to pick myself up and the bombardment ordered the nave from New York, and consigoses the catastrophe, stated that at 10. of Messrs. W. S. Bailey & Co. printe upon which the effective-fall sight of passers-by. It was made a hurried dive into the door commanders to use cannon-balls ill find a notice on page 5. 3m, yesterday the boat. was pro. Ltd. for delivery of the vessel in ness of General Tip's movement a grim scene, the charred and way of the nearest shop, instead of explosive shells in the

woeeding froin Aberdeen 'to six months at $49,700.00,

mainly binged were the mountain damaged remsins of the ramen but just as I reached the bombardment. (Shaukiwan with a crew of aine The new Teasel will be of teak, of the Goddess of Mercy, the providing a striking background, spot, the collapsible iron gates Our correspondent adds that men and six women, when a 79 feet in length with compound White Cloud Mountain and the The fighting on Friday having were banged to and I could not General Fzai Bong-ping has sudden gust of wind capsized it. surface condensing engines, and Presidentis! Palace. Very few of ended in favour of Ganers! Yip gain entrance. My coolis soon complied with Sun Yat-sen's The whole personnel were thrown a trial speed of ten knots an Sun Yat-sen's adherents were Kus, he is for the moment in made reappearance and casual request sad gone aboard the Wing into the water. The master and hour. The vessel will be Etted stationed st tbenǝ pointe, complete control of the city.ly informed me that the firing Fang to hold important: negotia his children were carried away by with steel bulkheads, steel engine but, despite this fact, they put up Occasional saiping is still going bad heard was from the band. tions. It is reported line, Suo's the strong tide that was running and boiler casing, bridge deck a stubborn resistance which on, but if general the city was This proved to be the case for wife is missing and that Bon will *at the time, and were not seen and saloon, and be generally dragged on until well past mid-quies this (Saturday); morning, on reaching the Paul- Don mer be prepared to entne to say forma again. The ather members of the similar to the tug boat Yuet day before they finally yielded. Most of the fighting has so far Hospital, which has been con with General Yip if the latter Crew managed to cling to the Tung" recently completed by On the road to the White Cloud taken place in the western part of verted Inte s Bed Cross receiving can persuade, any of his troops overturned oraft until they were Messrs. Bailey for the Asiatic Mountain which I traversed on the city, principali H

fation for the wor

was who have captured her to Kirs gescand by passing jacks.

the following» morning in an i vicinity of the Arsenal,

Monte Video, June 18. Whilst the Archbishop of Monte Video was preaching at the Cathedral, the editor of the Anarchist journal Batalin fired five shost with a revolver. The Archbishop was slightly wounded. The congregation attempted to lynch the assailant.

London, June IS.

A new British record of 9315 secs. for the hundred yards was established by W. R. Applezarth at the Dundee Hibernians Football Club sports.

DAVIS CUP MATCH.

Close Win for France.

Copenhagen. June 18. In the first round of the Davis Cup doubles, France (Cochet and Borotra) beat Denmark (Tegnier and Worm) 3'6, 6'2, 2'6, 10'8, 6'2,

THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION,

"Quest" at Capetown.

Capetown, Jane 18. The Quest has arrived. All are well.

Other Barly and Special Telegram og Pages 4 and 3..

NEW TUG BOAT.

HONGKONG HARBOUR

TRAGEDY.

·Four Lives Løst.

Petroleum Co, Ltd.

abouts are not known.

Į steamer disguised as a coolie.

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A Grim Scene.

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