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No 71,539
五拜禮、 七月五英港香
FRIDAY,
MAY
1926.
日六十二月三
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MORE STRIKE ROWDYISM. CANTON & HUNAN PHILIPPINES RAILWAY
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CONFLICTS IN LONDON AND
EDINBURGH.
HEATED COMMONS DEBATE,
Nows from Home to-day regarding the general strike is practically confined to details connected with its progress.
London taxi-cab drivers have in purt joined tho strikora, but there is no indication of its further spread.
There have been a number of unfortunate incidente, one of the most serious being at Edinburgh. There are official accusations of Interference with food distribution by pickets, but this is denied by the Trade Union leaders. Many more newspapers are being published and fuller train services are being run.
The meeting of the House of Commons to pass further emer gency regulations was marked by heated speeches and shoutings by the Labour mombors.
London, May 6. Blue summer skies on the third morning of the strike, fond vast crowds going to business, in Lon-
M.. P. SENTENCED.
TWO MONTHS FOR COMMUNIST.
London, May t
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" DECISION TO SUPPLY AMMUNITION.
THE BANDIT EVIL.
According to a report from Can- ton, an important Military Connell meeting was held on the 4th in- stant, at which the two most vital questions-banditry in the North River districts and military nagia- tance to Tong Sang-cht-were dis- cussed at length. As to the
SMASH.
TRAIN RUNS INTO TRUCK
TWO KILLED.
..
4
WU HON-MAN.
WHAT HE LEARNED IN
::: RUSSIA.
CANTON SPEECH.
It has for some time been a
habit of the Canton Nationalist
1
Government to hold a "weekly memorial day of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen," and, addressing gathering of that nature on Mon- day, Mr. Wu Hon-man, who hae eight
WASTED FINERGY,
THE DRABON MOTOR CAR CO. LTD.
3) WINE NI CHUNG NO. HARRY VALLEY
ACCOUNT BOOKS FORGED?
PROSECUTION'S SUGGESTIONS
DENIED.
WING ON CASE CLOSING.
The closing stages of the case in which Au Kim-lui and Lam Fook-chu aro charged with conspiracy to defraud the Wing On Company of $50,000, were reached this morning, the thirteenth day of the bearing, when the case for tuo defence closed.
Counsels final speeches will begin on Monday, At the close of this morning's hearing, Mr. e. C. Jonkin, for the pro- secution, sought to recall certain witnesses for the purpose of re- butting suggestions thrown out by the defence. Permission was refused.
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Two persons, including a young lady of 27, are dead, and two more. are in the Philippine Gederal Hos pital in a serious condition as a result of a railroad train's striking truck early last Monday morn- ing at the San Antonio crossing in first Los Banos township, Laguna. The Just returned from an issue, a unanimous decision was train pushed the truck nearly a months' sojourn in Russia, char- reached ga to the necessity of,, ex-quarter of a mile before it could facterised it as the most Import- terminating banditry at all costs,
be brought to a stop.
ant accomplishment during his Juanita Lapining, the dead girl,
The threo account books of Lam] before the Police Magistrate "he in priority to all other matters.
was a native of Bayog, Laguna, absence.
Fook-chu's photo-engraving and was sub-poenaed by the prosecu Regarding the question of ren-She died in the hospital two hours
printing shop, which were brought tion. after the accident. Another per-
He declared that he did dering military assistance to Hu-
Mr. Wu Hon-man said 'inter down to Hongkong during the son, is believed to have bean kllied
course of the case, at the instanec not know Lam Fouk-chu, nan, a prolonged discussion took instantly.
alia:
of the accused's solicitors, still and that - when Chen Sam place, and eventually the decision Francisca Lapinig, about twenty Our Party has been undertak-formed the subject of cross-visited him on the first floor. Mr. S. Saklatvala, Communist was reached that supplies of am-years old, is in a serious conditioning revolutionary work in China examination in regard to the hard- of the Bank of East Asia, Lam was Chan Sam asked don in gay mood. The vehicles M. P. for Battersen, re-appeared at
in the Philippine General Hospital for some 40 years. But as most me forward this morning to give him for $3,000 to lend to Au Kim-
writing thereon, as other witnesses not with him. were more numerous than ever, but Bow Street this morning, having munition should be sent. forward and Ildefonso. Farsom, of 73 Bea-
rofused to find two sureties for without delay, and that, unless the terio, Intramuros, was unconscious of our energy Was wasted on evidence on behalf of the defence.ui. Previously Chan Sam had traffic jams were fewer, partly due his good behaviour.
present forces operating against from the time he was brought to military affairs during the last They were fokis of the shop, and written im a letter in connection to drivers following buck He was sentenced to two
the hospital and early. Tuesday several decades, hardly any atten- the second at these, whose cross-with the matter. Tong Sang-che are relaforced by
morning. He is not expected to tion was paid to organizing the examination was resumed by pro- Mr Jenkin (cross-examining):' streets hitherto unexplored. month's imprisonment.
His Counsel told the Magistrate Wu Pei-fp, the question of a de- live. At least one other person party and training our members. secuting counsel, Mr. F. C. Jenkin,What did you do with that Reuter
Therefore our relationship with returned a
Sam that the accused had decided claration of war should be left to
to letter?-Chan negative answer conduet his own defence.
the Party is loose. We cab say counsel's suggestion
that the January 30th or 31st and took it the final decision of the Central
that the former revolutionary whole of the contents of one of the back, works were only carried out by account books stated above iras in Was, that another visit to the Excentive Committee to be alerted at, the convention of the Centr
the members who were conscious the handwriting of Chan Chau, the Bank of East Asia building -No. of the necessity. Party Committee to be held on May
man who brought them down from Hence the foremost work of our Canton.. 15th. On the following day, re-
Party at present is to pay atten- tion to the means of unifying the served cars of the Canton-Hankow
actions of the Party members and Chan Kau was questioned by Railway were ordered for service.
as to how the opinions of the Mr. Jonkin in regard to certain Party members are exchanged, and entries in the cash book indicating to reform the former mistake of that now typed been purchased": allowing members to do their own and admitted to knowing only two the Bank of East Asit. wark disregarding the party. The kinds of type, Nos. 2 and 4, which! weekly memorial ceremony of our by the way, he said' were also the late President Sun is one of the only kinds of type used when the methods of training" the members printing concern of the Man' Sang of various party branches with was amalgamated with Lam Fook- regard to the Party principles, chu's photo-engraving business. This is the most important com-, Witness was next questioned in plishment which has impressed me regard to the number of fokis, deaply, since my return to China. counsel having in view his denial previous statement. He said that that Tam Lay, (a chief witness Ah Hung was an office boy at the There is a big mistake in the for the proaccution who alleges firm of Mason on the first floor of Chinese political
forged printing) was evor con- party. They
temporaneously employed with know only the Party constitutions and think that ff the constitutions
ROWDY INCIDENTS.
Mr. Saklatvala admitted the fairness and accuracy of the polic, [report of his speech and said his trial was intended for the public A conflict occurred late last good and he did not regard it as night at Edinburgh between a big a personal prosecution.
A CONFLICT AT EDINBURGH.
London May 6.
He con
rowd and the police in which bot-sidered that in view of the present hes and stones were thrown and politien! outlook he should not be shop windows smashed. The con-bound over any more than the tents of two shops were looted. Premier, for the Premier's speech and great activity is to be seen in Five constables and a number of was against a section of the com- the transportation of war ma- elvillans were. sent to hospital,mupity,
The Magistrate declared that One police sergeant was alashed in the back with a razor. A mount-no reasonable man could doubt ed constable's horse took fright and that Saklatvala's speech was most bolted and collided with a railing. seditious.-Reuter.
The horse was killed and the rider. Beverely injured. Five arrests
vere made.
Three of the arrested persons:
the
FOOD SUPPLIES. INTERFERENCE CHARGES DENIED,
London, May 6.
terials.
WU TE-CHEN'S TROOPS.' A report from Shek Lung states that at all posts where the 17th Division, under General Wa Te- chen, has been assigned, troops of the 20th Super-Disciplined Division.. have taken up position in such a manner as to keep surveillance on
BANDIT PROBLEM.
OVERSEAS ARRIVALS.
Shipping Companies' {trike Arrangements.
London, May 6. Enquiries made of the P. and O. and British India Companies show that they are fully alive to the problem of conveying passengers ar riving at Tilbury and the Albert Docks from versos0 to their home destinations.
The Companies consider it' underairable to pubilah the nature of these arrangements, particularly in view of the fact that the area is in the heart of dockland and a cer tain amount of intimidation is possible. Persons returning Home may be assured that every thing possible is being. dono.-Reuter,
A BIG MISTAKE.
him.
number.
KINDS OF TYPE.
WHOSE WRITING.
came
he called at my shop, 232, Queen's.. Road West.
Do you go to Macao at all?—No, Never? I have been there. [ went in April or May last year. Do you know Ah Hùng?—Yes.
PAN OFFICE BOY,
Who is haAn office boy at
He is in your employ 1--No. Have you had occasion at any time to give him money?-No.
'Have you ever asked any other- 'person to give him money on your behalf? No, never.
Witness then corrected
a
the Bank of East Asia.
Mr. Jenkin: Do you know Lal Yuk-man?--Yes. ·
What is be?-Proprietor of Mason's:
It was at Mason's office you interviewed Chan Sam?-Yes, Lai
Yuk-man was out and while I wa
waiting, Chan Sam came in.
in last night's disturbances at The Government reports slate the former, forces. It is stated Edinburgh have been sent to pri-that, speaking generally, there is that this action is due to a report Bon for a month or fined.
no shortage of food. Apparently, of the new Superintendent of Police SOUTH, LONDON INCIDENT. there has been little effort to raise that irregularities in the accounts the A mob attacked buses near the prices. No diffeulty in obtaining of receipts and payments of
been found
Witness said there were five Elephant and Castle, South Lon-drivers for transport is anticipat- Department have
are appropriate, then that party and he included himself and the don, and fired on one manned by by the Civil Commissioner. In during the audit. It is further!
will be a good one. Therefore in Volunteer driver and conductor, one cases where there is dim-stated that the banks with which is believed to have been seriously the 2nd year of the Chinese Re two printer's hands who went who were forced to dismount and calty of moving supplies, the the Police Department has
had injured, while other passengers in public practically the constitutions, over with the fusion of the two roughly handled as they endeavour Trades Union Congress has per-dealings are also under investig. the truck suffered minor hurts.
recur that The crossing, about two miles alike. At present this theory can
or all political parties were nearly businesses, as being amongst the ed to get clear. The passengers mitted volunteer workers to re- tion. There is a
General Wu Te-chen will be re-from the town of Los Banos end not be held true, because although
Did you know he was coming? had been told to disembark before move the goods..
Bear where the line to San Pablo a party has well-worded constitu
No, he often visited Lai. hand. Police gallopad to
The Council of the Trades Union lieved of his command.
branches off, is at a bad angle. tions, yet it will be of no use, if from Canton by
The three books brought over
Mr. Jenkin then handed witness Ecane, and constables and specials Congress report to-day that the soon controlled the situation. The solidarity of the workers is main-
It is reported that General Loo to see from a distance as the
The warning signal cross is hard its members do not practise them witness Chan Chau, were agata closing a man's signature on a the previous an envelope with a cut in it dia- driver and conductor of another tained throughout the
country. Ten-ping, Vice Commanding Offer foliage is thick around it.
For instance, the Three Peoples put in. Counsel picked out cer- piece of paper and asked if that: bus, who were waylald and nearly it denied that food supplies are of the 2nd Army Corps, has arrived
Theory" is a well-thought system; crashed into the Elephant public held up and, on the contrary, the in Canton and reported to the Go- uniber and corpa to Mähild. The put them into practice.
The train was a freight, bringing and it needs but our comrades to tain items here and there, and was his signature.
asked witness to say whose hand- house, were also forced to fly to Council's orders as regard mik vernment that the
and foodstuffs have been generally against the bundits have been little and passengers to San Pablo,
operationstruck was taking fresh meat, fish wise they will only be theories. Writing it was.
PAYMENT, TO AR HUNG? pafety.
loyally obeyed.
Whilst witness was explicit in But how should we practice them? his answers where he agreed that
Taking out the chit, Mr. Jenkla or of no avail, as the brigands arg A Government statement says growing in strength," being rein was within ten meters of him be- Power of Party constitutions." I
engineer says that the truck This is a problem beyond the certain items
asked:-When did you write that," there has been strong intimidation forced from all quarters.
were in his own in the tenth 'moon-No, I thick in the eastern district preventing said that there are over ten thou-ing quite fast. The train was on one constitution before the other
It is fore he saw it and that it was g-can assure you that we must have of the accused, or in the hand it was about the fourth moon last
handwriting, or in the handwriting some movement of foodstuffs. sand bandits gathered at Wu Shek the down grade,
Between 70 and 80 London omni- and its vicinity. Notwithstanding
constitutions are useful. Because witness was not certain as to who
writing of the chief accountant, Mr. Jenkino-it says "I am go- buses had not returned to depots the fact that aeroplanes and heavy pushed it along the track for a society, and the various under-western him by counsel. On the authority of the one
The train struck the track and one party is the heart of that)
twent the writer of some police at the scheduled time last night artillery have
owing to damage of various parts,
been employed quarter of a mile. It was still takings which originate from that but fifty more General Omnibuses against them, the results have been across the rails, when the train party should penetrate into the
"It looks to me like Lam Fook. Please pay to Ah Hung $30 on my account. That will be all right.”. consequence,s disappointing. In disorderly scenes are operating to-day Lorries pro-
chu's writing. to a stop. public. For this reason the lower writing and Chan Chau's are What did you want to pay Ah Hung In the Old Kent Road district, ceeding to London from Southamp General Tan Yen-kai held a meet- Wheels and debris of all sorts branches of the Party and the
body of mounted ton were turned back by pickets, ing of the higher offers betong" were scattered the whole distance.members are similar to the line Pretty nearly alike," he explained. and asked Lai to give it to Ab
ASSAULTS ON POLICE.
Terms of imprisonment from One week to six months have been
mposed at Old Street Police Court,
arising from strike scenes at
Shoreditch and Bethnal Green, in-
cluding assaults
Reuter..
4:
ON
CAR SET ON FIRE. There were
and a strong
police and hundreds of foot police, Reuter.
were engaged in clearing the thoroughfares of dense crowds. Several were injured. A private car was set on fire, but two fire engines extinguished'the flames- Reuter.
MORE NEWSPAPERS.
MANY PROVINCIAL ISSUES.
London, May 6. Twenty-two of the provincial cvening papers have published
ing to the 2nd Army Corps. deliberation of this meeting resull-
brought
The
The truck was match-box.
ed in a decision to employ extreme measures to ensure a speedy tirpation of the bandits,
Collapsed like a of a sphier web.
HOW RUSSIA, GOVERNS.
Other-
The engineer of the train in Soviet Russia governs the coun- ex-sists that he blew his whistled
before he came
to the crossingy by means of a Party. Their success was not accomplished only and that he put on the automatic by issuing declarations and giving
brakes as soon
truck.
L
Lam Fook-chu's
A DENIAL.
Witness:Yes.
year.
ing to Macao to-morrow morning.
$30 for?--I wanted, the money, Mr. Jenkli: They are so very
He owes nearly alike, are they not, that lung to bring to me. they are almost indistinguishable? me several thousand dollars.
Does the firm of Mason owe you' Witness agreed.
that? No..
Are you a partner in the firm? NEW APPOINTMENTS-
Later, when witness sald by—At first I was going into partner-·· An official communique 14-
aaho saw the orders. No matter whpt policy way of explanation, that he very ship but I did not. their usual editions, und thirty ounces the appointment of Chow:
the party adopts, the members are seldom saw the bandwriting of Word you ever a partner?-Wa The accident happened at 8.25 the agents for its realisation. Lam Fook-chu and it looked to him were trying to float the company. have published emergency editions. Kin-ting as Commissioner of For- Eight exhibited news on notice aign Affairs, and Commissioner radio station brought the injured of society to exercise it. The re-manship, Bir. Jenkin asked:
jam. A truck from the US. naval They go into the different stratas very much like Chan Chau's pen- together. NO PANIC TENDENCY.
boards and at Glasgow the
of Finance of the Yum Lim Circuit.people to Manila, where the on sult was enormously successful.
Were you over a partner?-No,
London, May 6.
have issued joint editions.
Another communique announces girl died shortly after arriving.
The whole of that book is written | I lent money to Lal.
How much? At first $200, and This is another point which we by Chan Chau, the man who The market for insurance The principal centres of inter- the appointment of Chan Chang- against damage by rioters and est in the
The accident caused much delay should adopt No doubt Soviet brought these books down from then $3,400. London newspaper lok as Superintendent of Customs strikers remains steady, and the world have been the offices of the at Holhow, Kuingchew, Falchol, though the injured were removed such a remarkable result.
in the trains on the line.Al-Russia needs time to accomplish Canton No; not ao.
Is that atill on loan-He ow British Gazette states that, a con- Daily Mail and the Daily Herald, and Commissioner of Foreign almost immediately, it was fou
Another employee from the | me $200! sidérable amount of business is outside which crowds still gather, Affairs of Kuingchow,
They have spent a long time defendant's shop, Au Fal, in exam- All the rest has been doing at rates which do not show while outside the Morning Post
hours before the railway officials teaching its members to under nation by Mr. G. Alabaster, Yes, by instalments, could get permission to clear stand the duty, principles, policy, gave evidence similar to that given. away the wreckage.
KRIOT INSURANCE ...................3.
papers
pante tondancy, though they office, where the British Gazette is
are naturally higher than on may published a number of evident ed to-day by the Daily Telegraph, 3. At present they approximate strikers congregate. There has Daily Mail, Daily Exprean, Dally from 3/6 to 4/- per £100 for retail been no disorder, but the gatea are Mirror, Financial News, Financial
hope, According to the nature of shut and police are on duty,
Times and Evening News-Reuter
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
TO-DAY.
he trade, while those dealing ex- LONDON PAPERS.
Dollaron demand 25.3.1/16d, clusively in food stuffs and pro-
Lighting up In addition to the London news. An official communique issued Barometer.me alons are quoted at 4/- to 7/6-papers, already mentioned, enter this evening, Bay, the there isTemperature (m)
29.97
gency editions have also been issue
Humidl)e85
organisation and plans of their by those who had preceded him in party. By this means they enable the witness box-that Tam Lay their party to change society, and was never employed in the shop render it like a generator or that Tam Lay was known to tributing electricity throughout him
the whole country. In this way their effect is wide. From thi
6,52 am.
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of party members in the Party-
BEN WITNESS ON 'BUBPOENA,
A MILITARY OFFICER. Do you know. Lo Fook?—Yes, te. was a military officer.
In Canton at the end of the 12th year 7-Yes.
And he came to Hongkong about that mee
fact we can realise the great duty the defence, id in Enswer to Mr. fox gent in a
Ho Chunk-pang, sub-poenaed by: Did he ask you to lend
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