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COMMUNIQUE.

PROMISING ACTION.

With regard to the steps now being taken for a settlement of the strike and hoycott, the following! communique has been issued by

The

Hongkong Telegraph

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No. 21,HUL

BRITISH POLICY IN CHINA.

DENIAL OF MALICIOUS

REPORTS.

·五拜赻·號一十月六英港香

HUNAN BATTLES.

REPORTED REVERSE

FOR NORTH.

REGIMENT OF PRISONERS.

According to reports on the situation In Hunan, where forsi-

FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1926.

GERMAN ROYALISTS'

PROPERTY.

THORNY PROBLEM RAISED IN REICHSTAG, -

COMPENSATION QUESTION.

Berlin, June 10.

In the Reichstag in submitting

日二月伍

RUSSIAN MONEY.

HELPING BRITISH

STRIKERS.

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LEAGUE OF NATIONS. COUNCIL.

-BRAZIL'S RESIGNATION

LODGED.

1

PRAISE FOR SPAIN.

Geneva, June 10.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTAS

HAPPY VALLEY,

BOYCOTT LOSS.

DOUGLAS STEAMERS BADLY HIT.

THIS MORNING'S MEETING.

The closing of Swatow, Amoy and Foochow, the regular ports of

NO FINANCIAL AID,

AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.

London, June 10. London, June 10.

In the House of Commons, in That the British Chamber of

derable fighting has been taking a Compromise Bill on the question answer to questions, Sir William The Brazilian delegate, M. Mello call of the Douglas steamers, dur Commerce at lankow had discuss-place, the Northern troops have of the property of the ex-rulers, Joynaon Hicks said that the For-Franco, has lodged Brazil's re-ing the greater part of the last the Foreign Office of the Cantoned the question of granting a loan suffered a considerable reverse, Chancellor Mer declared that tht eign Office was satisfied that the signation from the League Council. sixth months of 1925, involved the to Wu Pei-fu, was suggested by having, suffered many losses at compensation was against the Russian Government had sent This does not imply that Brazil Douglas Steamship Company in a Mr. C. P. Trevelyan in the House the hands of the opposing troops, principles of the legal state and money to Britain for the purpose ecases her membership of the loss on running the steamers of

who are said to have taken many ring, on al citizens equal rights.

against the Constitution confer of the general strike-(Minis-League." prisoners and much ammunition.

$66,000 and a total loss of $108,000 The Spanish delegate has de-it was announced at this morning's clared that Spain will not parti-

"Government:

"The Acting Minister for" Foreign Affairs has written to the Governor of Hongkong; expressing the readiness of his Government to enter into negotiation with the Govern- ment of Hongkong regarding the Hongkong-Canton Strike and Intimating that his Government is prepared to appoint three Delegates with plenipotentiary powers. The suggestion is added that the Government of Hearkeng would doubtless appoint the same number of Delegates with like powers to conduct the negotiation on ils behalf."""

TWO GOOD SIGNS."

of Commons.

... SEVERE ENGAGEMENT..

Marx the

was

The prospects for the present year are brighter.

Mr. H. P. White occupied the chair and there were also present" the Hon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard,

Clarke, (Consulting Committee), Mr. C. L. Farmer (Secretary),

Mr. Locker Lampson is reply,

He added-that if the plebiscite re-terial: cheers). aaid that no such report had been

sulted in a negative the Govern-Mr. Ramsay MacDonald pointed cipate in any Council elections un-meeting of shareholders. received in connection with the

ment would do its utmost to reach out that the strike leaders had re-til she obtains a permanent seat. Hankow Chamber of Commerce or

A previous report stated that a settlement in the spirit of the

Reuter. 1 any other British body or firm the forces of General Yip Hoi-kum Compromise Bill. He would not fused that money.

hesitate to take the consequences | Sir W. Joynson Hicks 'con- SPAIN'S HELPFUL ACTION. He was glad to take that oppor were investing Hengehow, and if it was impossible for the tinued that the money

Later, June 20 tunity of reminding Mr. Trevelyan that Tong Sang-che was shorten-Reichstag to reach an agreement, sent to the Miners Federation At a meeting of the League

Council, the Spanish represents Government in Ching was one of in touch with the Kwangs unit, the Government Parties, approved

bodies in Russia comprising the ratify, the amendment to Article non-intervention, and "notwith-

The latter has now reported that of the Bill.

The Socialist, Herr Muellen, at Soviet Government, the third In- 4 of the Covenant of the League a severe engagement took place on standing malicious and irresponsi- the 1st and 2nd lastant at Heng tacked President Hindenburg re-ternational and other organisa- relating to the re-election and ro- bie reports, to the contrary, no Shan, against which Yip Hoi-kumgarding his recent letter opposing tions, though he had not yet estab- of the Council.

tation of non-permanent members Messrs. Ho Leung, S. T. William- Anancial or other support had made the strongest attack. The expropriation without compensa-

Sir Austen Chamberlain con- keu and H. P. White.

son, E. Abraham, Chan Wing- been extended to any Chinese party result was that the attackers were tion, saying that Hindenburg hadished that the Sovlat Government for individual leader. I have no repulsed with heavy losses, and, been guilty of unconstitutional itself had directly sent money-gratulated the Spanish Govern- reason to believe that any British having received reinforcements

ment and said. the announcement The Secretary read the notice Reuter. firms have entered into transac- from the Kwangsi unit, made a

would be received with great sat-convening the meeting. Chancellor. Marx did not admit tions conflicting with this policy." counter-attack and Yip Hoi-kum that President Hindenburg had

RUSSIA'S PUBLIC DECLARATIONS...isfaction and appreciation.

The Chairman said: Gentle- --Reuter

retreated

Spain's action completes the re- in disorder towards violated his constitutional poai- Siangtan..

Rugby, Jung 10. A report has hear received

quired ratifications and the amendmen:-I very much regret to have tion, but this attitude was not

to lay such an uneatisfactory from Canton saying that Mr.

The Home Secretary was asked ment is thus operative.-Router.

statement before you, the loss on Eugene Chen has made a sugges-

le was the capture of over one parties, including the Centrists, of in the House of Commons what

working being attributable to the tion to Mr. Chan Kung-pok to the In the House of Commons, Mr. regiment of prisoners, thousands which Dr. Marx is the Chairman. was the attitude of the Govern

conditions which arose as far back effect that the powers of the Locker-Lampson replied negative of rifles and a few pieces of field The Compromise Bill was Final

45 last June. Strike Committee should be curly to a question as to whether His artillery, whilst General Tong's ly referred to a Judicial Comment towards the contributions tailed before the official negotia Majesty's Government was enteroses amounted to over 200 killed mitteo.-Reuter. tions take place. This proposal ing into diplomaic relations with and wounded..

that the policy of His Majesty'sing his battle front in order to be. Centre Deputy on behalf of by some very closely 'co-related tive announced that. Spain would the Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang, Mr. W. E.

"

IGNORING RIVAL FACTIONS.

London, June 10.

partizanship,

The result of the two days' bat-shared by all the Government

is said to have resulted in con-Chang "Tso-lin. siderable discussion, the matter heads of the rival factions in Pe

"or any other GENERAL TONG'S REPORT, being eventually left over to be king on the ground that they re: further discussed with Mr. T. present the de factà Government.* Soong, who is the third, of the

-Reuter... Canton Government's delegates to the proposed conference.

PUBLIC ANXIETY.

SNATCHER CAUGHT.

SANITARY INSPECTOR'S GOOD WORK.

General Tong Sang-che reported to Under date of the 2nd Instant,

the Canton Government as fol- lows:

and Tse

PIRACY SEQUEL.

TWO ARRESTS IN MACAO.

ment:

The earning of this Company were particularly affected, as. the ports at which its steamers usual-

the last six months of the year and only occasional and spasmo- dic sailings to the port of Foo ehow could be attempted by one/ or two of the steamers, the remain- der being laid up during the half. year.

SITUATION NOW BETTER

BRAZIL'S REAL DESIRE

Buenos Aires, June 10. M. Alvarez, the new Brazilian Ambassador, interviewed ор

The earnings of the steamers made to the funds of the Miners' arrival, has denied the assertion up to the beginning of that month Federation by the Russian Govern- that Brazil wished to assume con- were fairly satisfactory, but the tinental supremity. Her move to anti-British feeling and conge- Sir William Joynson-Hicks, re-obtain a seat on the League Counquent boycott in Canton added to plying, said that members of theil was solely due to her ambition the general unrest in China, effec- some South Amerentually destroyed any prospect of Russian Soviet Government had, to see during the last two years, made Power represented there.-Reuter's profitable working. "Wu'Pel-fu has recently appoint-

repeated public declarations in: American Service/ Another good sign is to bo

ed Ma Chi and Tse Min-ping as

Police reports show that there timating their desire and inten- noticed in the report that the Can-

Commander-in-chiefs of the (anti-) are being brought back to the tion to interfere with the economic ton Government has ordered the

They CONSTABLE DESERTS. ly call, were practically closed for Kwangsi and Kwangtung Armies Colony two men who, with others, affairs of Great Britain. Naval Bureau to take back all the

respectively. The enemy's plan

are said to have escaped from the had made known their intention to armed launches and gunboats

is to have a Chi attack Kwangsi scene of a serious crime commit- take sides, both in the general which were loaned to the boycott

within British territorial strike and in the stoppage of the Min-ping to invade ted

GETS SIX MONTHS' TERM. pickets, it being contended that as

Kwangtung with the aid of Yeh waters.

coal mines. i

He had been inform- there is a prospect of an early

A considerable hubbub raised Kai-chin and

Desertion from the Police Force settlement of the strike and boy outside the Sanitary Offices at Northern troops..

One of these men was arrested ed in a despatch from Russia of Chiang Tse-no's

sums of money was the charge brought against a on Wednesday in Macao by a de- considerable cott, there is no necessity for the Beaconsfield Arcade followed by pickets to retain possession of the sounding of police whistles, on troops re-attacked us from several the purpose and word has

"On the 30th ult., the enemy tective who had been sent up for amounting to some hundreds of Shantung. constable before Mr. now thousands of pounds being sent, J. H. B. Nihili, at the Kowloon these vessels.

the 1st instant, caused Inspector directions.

Our Kwangsi forees been received that he has effected arstly, for the purposes of the Magistracy this morning.. Mr. D. R. C. Witchell to come out from under Chung Tso-pes at Hanglon the arrest also of another member general strike and, secondly, for Burlingham, D.S.P. for Kowloon, As far as the present year is his room in an enquiring state of mlao co-operated with out 1st of the same gang.

the purposes of the Miners' prosecuted.

concerned the situation is

pex- According to Chinese reports, mind. He saw the spectacle of his division ander Ho Chien

men will be Federation. The whole question

The defendant pleaded guilty. hapa slightly better. and The arrested considerable uneasiness is pre messenger-coolic engaged in a launched a general attack on the brought back to the Colony to was one of much importance" and

In applying for the imposition: The port of Foochow has been vailing in Canton at the moment, stern chase after a thief, who, it enemy at Yungfengsze. At noon await trial of charges arising it was now being considered by of a term of imprisonment without working satisfactorily, and the reports being in circulation to the appears, had snatched a sum of on the 1st instant, we utterly de- from the recent commission of promised a statement on the sub-ham said the police regarded the share of the trade to and from

the British Government. He the option of a fine, Mr. Burling- Company still controls effect that Generals Ma Chai and money from an old woman whilst feated the Northern troops and piracy, the facts of which are Sum Hung-ying are approaching she had it clutched in her hand. drove them to Chefutow..

Ject next Thursday.

case as very serious in view of the that port, in spite of competition. the Kwangsi frontier; that Outside the premises of the

given as follows:- "During their retreat, one divi-

fact that there had been five de Amoy reopened in April last, for Generala Lum Foo and Lau Che- Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, the sion of our troops under Comman-day last month sailed on one of A Cheungchau fishing boat one

sertions from the Force during the the import and export of cargo loke are ready to attack Kwang-fugitive was caught, and, whener Liu pursued the enemy and its usual netting expeditions, and Ramsay MacDonald and by Lord a very bad record, and, with a Swatow, however, remains entire Questions were asked by Mr. last month. The defendant had and now is working normally. tung on the Kiangsi boundary; searched by Inspector Witchell, again crashed the enemy's Centre at Lapsapmi it fell in with a pirate Henry Cavendish Bentinck, (Con-view of stopping the habit of de-ly closed to all vessels salling: and that General Chow Yum-yan, sum of $19 which was the amount of Fukien, has received a large stolen from the woman, was taken at Tsaklang.......... consignment of arms and ammuni- from a pocket of his jacket.

"Large quantities of military exterminated by the pirates, with servative) as to what action the sertion, the police asked for a from Hongkong. tion, consisting of rifles, field Mr. Witchell gave evidence at

equipment were taken by

our the exception of one man, who, on Government proposed to take in heavy penalty. artillery, machine guris, shells, to-day's Police Court proceedings troops. At present fighting still escaping, made his way back to conversations between the miners Burlingham said that the defen- and we have been fortunate in ob The "Hai-Foong" has be、n sold view of the failure of Tuesday's| In reply to his Worship, Mr. since the closing of the Acounts, hand grenades, etc., which "have in connection with the ease, and continues at Hsuanchow and Chiu- the Colony and reported the oc- been landed at Amoy. Moreover, after the old woman had identified towpu."****

currence to the police.

dant had gone to Macao and was taining Charters for some of the there is much military activity in the defendant, the Magistraté

Investigations have since been The Premier replied that the arrested with the assistance of stehmers at rates which haye en- the city, and, the searching of (Major C. Willson) inflicted scn-

carried out, with the result, as task of making effective the recom- the Macao authorities.

abled them to pay their way. All pedestrians has become more rigid tence of six months' hard labour General Tong reported further, stated, that two men who are al- mendations of the Coal Commis His Worship passed sentence of the steamers of the Company, are than the last time when the city and twelve strokes of the birch."

on the 3rd instant, in the follow-leged to belong to the pirate gang sion must rest primarily and main-six months' hard labour, was under martial-law. The

ing despatch:

were arrested, with a part of the ly with the coal industry itself, present state of uneasiness is

"On the 1st and 2nd instant, our stolen property in their possession. but the Government, although attributed to rumour-mongers and

Left Flank" under Ho Chien and

their proposals had been rejected enemies of the Canton, Govern-

the Kwangsi troops under Regi-

by the owners and miners, were ment.

NEW MINISTERS.

"ANOTHER MEXICO

CASE..

BRITISH DOCTOR'S DEPORTATION ORDERED.

Mexico City, June 10. The Mexican authorities have

ENEMY PURSUED.

b.'

boat. The crew of seven were

mental Leader Chung Tao-pei at SOUTH AFRICA TRAIN tacked the enemy at Hunglohmiao and Chinlansze. The enemy re- treated to Slangalanghsien.

DISASTER.

DETAILS OF TERRIFYING SPECTACLE.

Cape Town, June 10.

DERATE ON TUESDAY.

and coalowners.

continuing the preparation of leg-

alative and administrative mea- sures indicated in those proposals. He was not in a position to make, a further statement at the mo- ment. Next Tuesday would be

,"

“SUICIDE" SEQUEL.

↓

TURK COLONEL CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE.

San Remo, June, 10.

It was

# Zull

at present, in commission.

"SICKNESS AMONGST OFFICERS.

There has been a great deal of sickness among the Officers of the Fleot, occasioning heavy expendi turo for hospital and other ex- At the lust meeting of the Cen-

penses which is responsible for tral Executive Committee of the

an increase of nearly $18,000, in "On the same day, our Centre Kuomintang, the election of the

under Division Commanders Liu

charges under the heading- "Leave and Pensions Account." Heads of the various Ministrice

and Chiu defeated the enemy at

set aside for a discussion on the Colonel Zeky Bey, Aide de Camp took place, and the following ordered the deportation of a Tsakiang and Lungehiau forcing!

Regarding the amount appear- whole mining question in what to the late Mehmed the Sixth has Ministers reported to the Party Canadian doctor, named William them to retreat to Hwahshih and Committee their assumption of Cole, who has been practising at Hwahchlau.

The train involved in the rail-ever form. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald been arrested on a charge of the ing in the accounts as due from the compradore a large proportion While our Rightway disaster was an express from might dosire it should take.premedlated homicide of Rechadas since been paid and we hold office:

Torreon for 16 years. Cole ap Flank under Division Commander Cape Town to Claremont, convey-

British Wireless. ·

Pasha, the Sultan's physician, who ample security for the remaindor. General Chang Kai-shek, Minis- peared in the local Court and Lt also defeated the enemy ating citizens to suburban homes at

was found dead with a bullet in try of Organisation.

secured a stay of execution for 72 Hsuanchow and pursued them, to the close of the day's work, when

his brain in March, 1924.

I do not think that there is any of hours. The British Vice Consul Haiangkwan.

The Netherlands Trading So- then decided as a case of suicide, thing more that can be added, but the coupling of the train broke on claty has declared, a dividend at Torrcon has telegraphed to the "Our Loft Flank under Division tlie bridge at the entrance to Salt

of but since the death of the Sultan it is indeed difficult to forecast the Koo Mang-yue, Ministry of British Minister here, drawing at- Commander Ho Chien captured River. The rear part was derailed per cent. for the year 1925. revelations have been made by unfortunate tension that at pre- future of shipping, for when the tention to the case and assuring more than 1,000 rifles; our Centre and jolted its way into the station,

persona in the suite, and the sent extats between Canton and him that Cole is an honourable under Division. Commanders Liu presenting, a terrifying spectacle The weather forecast up to Turkish Consul at Genoa has in- Hongkong is relaxed, though the man, and declaring, that the depor Chiu solzed large quantities of as two coaches were caught by the noon to-morrow is:-Variable formed the Italian authorities

Company retains the confidence of tation order should be revoked military equipment and our Right pillars of the bridge and the com- winds, moderate; generally over

Reuter Router's American Service.

abippers, it must be borno in mind In order to dispel the much-

Flank under Division Commander Partments splintered. Many work- east, some raid..

SA DEBT INCUBUS,

that there is a large number of talked-of-rumour that most of the

Li disarmed one regiment of the men on the platform immediately

San Remo, Jund 10. steamers in this part of the world, rendured first-aid, amid scenes of Generals are dissatisfied with the of days ago in Canton, invited all enemy troops at Halonchi.

The dead body of a one-year-old The departure to Damascus of and that competition at first, at "After, this decisivo battle, the terror, pending the arrival of ex-child dumped overnight on a buoy the body of Sultan Mehmed fixed any rate, may be expected to be, appointment of General Chang the General Ofcera Commanding Northern troops were seriously port help. Splendid rescue work in the Kowloon naval camber, was for Juno 16 has been postponed, very keen. Kai-shek to the post of Comman Army Corps to a meeting with a and utterly crushed. Our Revo was done and the injured were picked up by a police launch yer- as the Sultan was indebted for I now beg to propose that the re der-in-Chief of the National view to passing a vote of confid- Revolutionary Army, General Holence in and pledging their loyal lutionary army are still pursuing sadly hurried to three hospitals. torday morning and removed to 200,000 lire. Seils have been af port and accounts as presented be

All except one, are doing well. the Public Mortuary. King-yum, having arrived a couple support to Genoral Chang.

the enemy Northward.”

Reuter

Kum Nai-kwong. Ministry

Labour and Agriculture..

Publicity.

Eugene Chen, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs.

(

CONFIDENCE IN CHANG.

fixed to the house-Reuter,

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