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STRIKE ISSUES.

CANTON GOVERNMENT OPINION.

The

Hongkong Telegraph

FOUNDED 1001

Ko. 71,850

二拜望

IN THE SOUTH.

號八月二十英港香

WAR CLOUDS.

TUESDAY,

DECEMBER

ANISEED OIL,

CLAIM AND COUNTER-CLAIM

GENERAL TÀNG NÓ LONGER FACTOR,

RUSSIA'S MILITARY PREPARATIONS.

FAIL.

In the Summary Court this morn- ing, Mr. Justice Wood gave judg-

TROOPS MOVING.

London, Dec. 7. The Daily Telegraph correspon-

8, 1925,日三十二月十

SPY SCARE.

WOMAN ARRESTED IN PRANCE.

Press

Paris, Dec. 7.

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Thỏ PURCHASER of a Backward Four recently complained that hie DEALER (?) had held up his hands

in horror at the thought of SERVICE explaining that he simply sold care and had NO PARTS and NO

SERVICE STATION.

4

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

Tol. C. 1246 or 1247.

33, Wong Nol Chung Rd. Happy Valloy

ROBBED FOSTER-

MOTHER

GIRL WHO STOLE FOR LOVER.

A patheile story concerning the thoughtlessness of a young girl in

KIDNAPPED.

JUDGE AND BOYCOTT OFFICIAL.

BANDITS BUSY.

Reports are to baud from Can

In connection with the previous report of the defeat of Tang Poon- OFFICIAL'S VIEWS. yan's foreus and the fall of Kao

meat on a claim and counter-claim ENGLISHMEN HELD. abusing the trust of one to whom she owed everything, was told at for alleged breaches of contract for Since the announcement of the Chow, a further report comes to

delivery of goods. The plaintiffs Grent Interest is being taken in the Central Magistracy this mornton to the effect that bandits have names of the four Hongkong dele-hand stating that the situation in gates for the strike settlement the extreme south-west of Kwang dent at Rign says information has were a firm of Chinese merchants, the case of a young woman named ing when a young girl, 18 years of been busy in Kwangtung, with the age, was charged with the theft of result that, on different occasions. the been received from Moscow with the Kang Shan Chechg, whilst Mr. Marcelle Monsell,

$1,500 from her foster-mother. negotiations, the delay on the part tung is very precarious for

the Fuisne Judge of Canton and of Canton in announcing its anti-Government armies, owing to regard to serious military prepara-W. A. Hannibal, trading as W. A. Marthe

'The prosecuting police officer, one of the chiefs of the picket This Hannibal and Co., a British mer-the

Detective Sergeant O'Donovan, told nominees has caused some comment so many of the units which composons by the Soviet Union.

Both Hari." She has been arrost- of Tang Paon-yan

a sad story of how the girl had heen corps have been kidnapped. scows that the Government has chant, was the defendant. both here and in Canton, but of the forces according to current reports the having conditionally surrendered adopted a plan for the mobilisation the claim and the counter-claimed on a charge of being a spy in induced to commit the act by a

were dismissed with costs. dis of industry in the event of war,

lover whose name age address she This young situation is due to the four Mer-to the Canton Army. The

man had disappeared, after secur- chants' Unions not being able to tricts of Yam Chow and Lim Chow this plan having been drawn up by original contract between the par aviation services of France.

ing the money from her. A Mobilisation Commission.

The pair used to meet at a ten- agree, to "eleet one delegate to re-have already holsted the flag of

The powder works at Schlussel was signed by both parties and Monseil. interrogated by the house in Fung Wong Terrace, and ter session, and whilst on his way present all four unions, as advised the Government of Canton, which,

Apractically means that Sun'

Pabury, Ochta and Kazan have begun complied with section 4 of the Sale examining magistrate, admitted this had been going on for a long from Shek Fan and Ching Seng, the by the Canton Government,

work intensively, whilst the

plaintiffs were the sellers and the that she had been engaged in time before the money was missed launch was pirated and the Judge from a box where it was kept by was taken captive by bandits. Re suggestion has now been made that fan and Lum Ching-ting have sur- each of the four Unions should elect rendered. There are left to Tang Fula and Perm rifle factories are defendant the purchaser of aniseed espionage work since March last the foster-mother. Questioned on

Poon-yan only the peninsula dis-working day and night,

foil. According to the terms of the on behalf of certain English mer- the matter, the girl burst into tears poris state that even thousand dol Several divisions of troops have within sixty days, which period es chans, stated to be dealers in wire-and admitted that she had stolen lars have been deriandal by the the money in small amounts from bandits as ransom. It is believed tricis, and the island of Hainan,

been moved from West Siberia into pired on October 4th. On the less apparatus. She stated she time to time and given these to her that this incident will impress on maritime territory and to the date of the contract, the goods had had been investigating the number, lover until there was nothing more.

not arrived, but were expected by

one of its members and the names

of the four candidates be submitted to the Government. Apparently no! common understanding has yet been! reached, as the Municipal Mer- chan Union and the Merchants' Allied Union are said to have sent, to the Government a joint petition! setting forth the views of the two

It is stated that the foreas in the peninsula districts are under the

the service of a foreign Power, for The judgment stated that an the purpose of enquiring into the

ties was dnted August 5th, 1925. It

of Goods Ordinance 1896. The

contract, delivery was to be given

did not even know.

3.

Regarding the Puisne Judge, it appears that he was aboard launch proceeding from Canton to the Ching Seng Circult for the win-

command of Chan Fung-ho, one of horders of Manchuria and Mongolia- the sellers to arrive before the final make and capacity of aeroplanes at left to steal. The young man said the Government the fact that the

the best generals of Tang Poun yan, but on account of the morale of the troops having become demoralized by the surrender of

-Reuter.

"CANTON LIKE MOSCOW."

London, Dec: 7. The Daily Telegraph correspon-

Unions, with a request for a final so many units, they have not onlyident at Riga says M. Zinovieff, in dertook to deliver six days in Englishmen, for whom

decision by the Government,

he wanted the money to pay cer people in the interior are living im tain medical fees, and that was all

and that the explanation he gave. He did state of insecurity

:.

date fixed under the contract. As the bases at St. Nazaire, Bordeaux, the result of a conference, a new Hyeres, and Straphack, and the contract was substituted for the

not even disclose his name or ad-drastic measures, which have been original one, which was rescinded, organisation of aerodromes. and in that contract the sellers un- Three other persona, stated to be dress, excepting that he lived some-under contemplation for some time, where in Caine Road and was em-will be undertaken to suppress Monseil played as a clerk in the Tramway

banditry by a properly-conducted lost their fighting spirit, but they a. speech referring to events in advance of the final date fixed in

the original contract. "They fur worked, were subsequently brought Company.

Dressed in a pretty silk coat the campaign. are reported to have said that on The vernacular papers publish an the approach of the Canton Army China, declared that the move-ther undertook to deliver in time before the magistrate and examin-

girl to-day presented a striking

The other incident concern, interview with Tam Ping-shan, a the white flag will be hoisted. In ment in the East had transformed for, and ready for shipment by the ed secretly; after which all four contrast in comparison with the

intimation, the commencement of the revolu- purchaser, on that day.

dispirited and shabby looking old Fung Kwan-chang, described as the member of the Committee of Politi- consequence of this

On September 28th, shortly after were taken to prison.

woman who pleaded with the Court chief of the 15th Section of the 3rd Chan Fung-ho, with his staff has

It is stated that Monseil nearly for the return of her daughter. cal Affairs of the Canton Govern- quickly left for Kwong Chow Wan, tion in Europe into the beginning 9 o'clock, the gooda had not arrived, Already and the sellers told the purchaser ment, which states that in the leaving the command of the forces of a world revolution.

they could note some successes in that delivery could certainly be eluded the police, as she read in course of a conversation regarding to a brigade commander.

As to the Hainan districts,

China. Canton was at present which was the fingi, date of the man who was alleged to be also She was willing to take her back made on or before October 4th, the papers news of the arrest of a the attitude of the Government on previous report stated that the

en very much like Moscow and un-original contract, he purchaser the question Mr. Tam said the pre- People's Army was actively gent strike was entirely of a politi-gaged in the attempt to drive Tang doubtedly other centres would join then immediatalough star engaged in espionage, whereupon in spite of all that had occurred.

Poon-yan's men out of the island..

goods to fulfil a contract which he the immediately destroyed docu- cal nature, and, was thus in every and is now stated that. Tang!

had made for re-sale. At twelve, ments she was carrying hidden in

her clothing-Reuter. way different from the usual himself, having arrived at Hoihow, "We shall have in the near) noon, the same day, a ship arrived economic strike. Therefore, the has demanded from the merchants future." said M. Zinovicfi, "notable with the goods consigned to the

The reference is to the dancer sellers, which were intended by Government, being concerned inhousand dollars for payment of the

a contribution of three hundred successes in Japan, a country which them for their contract with the "Mata Hari," who was involved in and through a very thoughtless nethis family has now received

The sellers at once this matter, would appoint thres monthly expenses of the cruisers is, so to speak, pregnant with purchaser.

a big espionage plot against the The work called upon the purchaser to take representatives to take part in the belonging to the Pei Yang Squa- bourgeois revolution. negotiations the success of which merchant is willing to contribute

dron. Under the circumstances, no men's movement will surely start delivery, and the goods arrived at Allies, during the war, and was the sellers' premises ut 3 p.m. The subsequently tried, found guilty, would depend on the extent to anything, and it is said that Tan there and no repressions will be woods consisted of a consignment and executed by a firing squad.]

of aniseed oil in kerosene tins. which the parties were prepared to as a factor in the political situation able to stop it."-Reuter.

Under the contract it had to be transferred to drums before deli very. The purchaser refused to tako delivery; and the purchaser counter-claimed for damages for failure to deliver.

accept the terms and conditions. If

in the South, is finished.

FROM EAST TO WEST.

FOREIGN UNDER SECRETARY.

MR. LOCKER-LAMPSON APPOINTED.

London, Dec. 7.

BIG RAILWAY SCHEME.

Moscow, Dec. 7.

The plaintiffs' solicitor had argu- ed that the new arrangement be- tween the parties constituted no An International Railway Con- rescission of the earlier contract, ference has opened here to discuss but merely a variation of its terms.

REPUBLICAN MAJORITY.

L.S. DEMOCRATS OVERWHELMED.

Washington, Dec. 7.

The preponderance of regular.

The foster-mother naked that the Detachment of the Picket Corps. young girl should not be sent to He was stationed at Siulam and prison. but he returned to her home, was returning to Canton or official business by the s.s. Leung Kwang, r-Rinckell; before:Weert when the vessel was pirated and ing to this request, gave the girl Fung was kidnapped, together with some fitting words of advice, in others. For some time there wa3 which he pointed out that the old woman had to make a hard living, no news of his whereabouts, but

she had been deprived of her say- ings, scraped together by hard toll. letter from him saying he was kid- that she should be returned to her sand dollars is demanded by the Her mother having made a request napped and a ransom of ten thou- home, the girl would not be sent bandits for his release. The mate to prison, but would be bound over

ค

for six months to come up for judg-ter has been reported to the, au- ment when called upon.

thorities by the Strike Union.

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ANGLO-RUSSIAN DIFFERENCES.

NO QUESTION OF CONFERENCE.

London, Dec. 7.

FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO U. S.

NEW APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED.

Paris, Dec. 7.

The appointment of M. Henri

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ail questions of a political nature! were satisfactorily solved, matters affecting compensation, restitution! of former employment, wages, etc., would be of minor importance." In the closing of the conversation Mr. Tam said:"If a speedy solution

the problem of through traffic from in the alternative, their claim rest- of this strike is desired, it is my!

In the House of Commons, Com- firm convicton that direct negotin- Mr. Godfrey Locker-Lampson has the Far East to Western Europe ed on the contract made on Septem- Republicans in the House of Re-

via Soviet Russia. The conference ber 17th. He found that the claim presentatives was demonstrated, by mander Kenworthy asked whether, appointed tions between responsible represen- been

Parliamentary is attended by representatives of on these grounds failed. To have tatives of the two Governments con- Under Secretary at the Foreign the Soviet Government, Franen, the goods ready for shipment on the election of Mr. Longworth as in view of M. Chicherin's presence Berenger, as Ambassador to Wash~ (Commenting on the probable ap- cerned will be the easiest way to a Office in succession to Mr. Ronald Germany, Japan, Latvia, Esthonia, that day, delivery in the forenson Speaker, also the adoption of rules in Paris and the recent conferences ington. is confirmed.-Reuter.

Despite the com-with M. Briand, the Government, The pro-was necessary, so that the sellers in the House. McNeill, who

month Lithuania and Poland. last Was

viewpointment of M. Berenger, a writer satisfactory solution."

posed through route will cover were in breach of the contract., Abined opposition of democrats and would take opportunity to The Canton Gazette states that appointed Financial Secretary to about 8,750 miles and be the longest crucial question was whether the Republican insurgents, the vote for similar conferences with a

ed that Henri Berenger has never at a joint meeting of the four the Treasury-Reuter

in the world. The journey from second contract complied with adoption of the rules was 208 to to the settlement of outstanding in an American paper recently sta

Mr. McNeill replied that, the Chambers of Commerce held a few [Mr. Godfrey Locker-Lampson, Tokyo to Paris will take a fortnight. Section 4 of the Sale of Goods Ox-196-Reuter's American Service.

Government had not received any held ministerial office, though he indication that M. Chicherin desired has been a political factor on com- days ago, the Central Chamber of who has been M.P. for

Green since 1918, is 50 years of

such a conference and the Govern-mittees of the Chamber of Deputies Commerce and the Merchants)

He was educated A age.

make ment was not prepared to

and Senate during the war on the Federation advocated that those Eton and Cambridge and

The defendant's solicitor had re-

those concrete proposals for the ferred him to several cases. In one SECOND READING DELAYED, settlement of outstanding questions Army and Foreign Affairs Com- present at the meeting would have was called to the Bar in 1906. He frat entered Parliament in 1910,

case the seller's name was printed

without which a further conference mittees and latterly as chairman of to cast votes for election of Dele

representing Salisbury. He was

on a bill of parcels and was held

London, Dec. 7. would not serve any useful pur- the Senate Finance Commission. gates, and this was opposed by Parliamentary Under Secretary to

to be a sufficient memorandum of

The Dail, after a heated discus-pose.-Reuter.

But his chief claim to fame has Chang Sow-shih of the Merchants the Home Office from 1923 to 1924.]

the contract within the Statute of sign, adjourned the debate on Mr. Frauds to charge the seller, but it Cosgrave's motion on the second

been as the curious Radical who Co-operative Association

aed

"Leong Pulkee of the City Mer-

-Reuter.

Wood

chants Association, who said that U. S. AND AUSTRALIA. the number of persons of their An-

sociations attending was too small. EDUCATION AND COMMERCE. Moreover the responsibility of the representatives was great and the

election of representatives should

Melbourne, Dec 7. The Rockefeller Foundation has

SHOTS ON STEAMER.

ATTEMPT ON CANTON GENERAL.

dinance, and was enforcible by or against elther party. The onus of proof was on the party desiring to enforce the contract.

IRISH AGREEMENT.

questions.

STRIKE.

hold

(Our Own Correspondent).

was an essential element in that reading of the Bill ratifying the WIRELESS OPERATORS was the author of a book entitled case that the seller had himself, in Irish agreement, although a motion Shanghai, Dec. 8, his own hand writing, adopted the by Mr. Cosgrave to suspend the When the s.s. President Pierce printed name as his signature. He standing orders so as to enable the quoted Lord Ellenborough on that second reading to be taken to-night was nearing Shanghai, a servant point. He was unable to find any was carried by 76 to 68 against the from the purger's department on-acknowledgment by either, party opposition of the Labour and tored a cabin occupied by Hong that the signature which completed Farmers parties. Router. Hung-sun, roputed to bo a Kuo the contract of August 6th was later to be accepted as written for

MANY BOATS WITHOUT. MEN.

"Intellectual Aristocrney," and therefore to be viewed. with distrust by professional politicians. He also wrote the novel, "The Prey," a powerful expose of intal- lectual parvenus,

of whum many have infested the ranks of In the House of Commons, Sir French Radicalisur. Ho has

London, Dec. 7,

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be made very carefully. They pro- offered to establish reciprocal rmintang General from Canton the purpose of exhibiting a re-

In Cunliffe Lister stated that reports vacilated in his philosophy all the posed that a representative be search scholarships between Amerland Bred on the latter, slightly cognition of the inter contract. In pended to the new contract. elected by each of the four Chain- can and Australian universities,

In all, three that case the burden seemed to he his opinion that burden bad not from the principal ports showed way from neo-Christanism to his wounding him. bers, making a total of four repro- Mr. Copland, who is Professor of

contained in the old document be- There was no reported case In 25 passenger and 124 cargo ships was been somewhat more faithful sentatives. They would then ro-Commerce at Melbourne University, shots were dred from the ser- to show that the new contract was been discharged by either party. that up till the evening of Dec. 4, present free-thinking phase. He

the United vant's pistol.

fore the Court and not in a verbal which the Court had been asked to had left without wireless operators, in his political affillations, but it quest the Political Council to ap-has been invited to polat one out of the four. As to States to acttle the details of the'

The servant then attempted to or partly verbal contract; and also, find as proved, that a algnature to The number of passengers affected is illustrative of the man that ho this proposal, it was disapproved scheme, which is somewhat similar

over 700 Briand, whom he was largely in- by the Chamber of Commerco and to the Rhodes scholarships. Can commit suicide by shooting him as a second or further step, to show one contract, which had been was not available. The Associa-receives his first large office from

contained in the document before quently to constitute a sufficient graphiste claims that the Merchants Federation. At the didates must be graduated in self in the head, and he was later that the signature of the parties abandoned, had been used subse-tion of Wireless and Cable Tele- Foreign Minister, Aristide

| Reuter.

Premier after the Cannes revoltE close of the meeting, no result had economies and commerce, Reu arrested. Hong Hung-sun has the Court had been ratifled by their signature of an entirely new con-operators have joined the strike-strumental in overthrowing as been attained.

beba admitted to hospital,

writing, and their signatures; ap-

tere American Service,

tract