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BRITISH REPLY
REPLY TO CANTON. HUNAN WAR NEWS.
EMPHATIC DENIAL OF
RESPONSIBILITY.
A POINT-FOR-POINT ANSWER.
The British reply to the statement of the Chinese case
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presented at the second sitting of the Canton Boycott Conference, Northern Expeditionary Army's partially asphyxlated and is now indiscreet the Chief Justice, Sir that in order to encourage Peak
on July 16, has now been released by the Hongkong Government for publication
The statement, after dealing with the British aspects of the Shanghai and Henkow incidents, goes on to refer to the Shameen affair of June, last year, and conterids that the shooting, began on the Chinese side and that the responsibility, for the loss of liyes' rests with those who wantonly began the attack and with the Chinese authorities.
Dealing with the boycott, the reply states that this is not a voluntary movement but was imposed on unwilling people by a mall but powerful organisation. The economic blockade of Canton by Hongkong's emergency regulations is denied and the statement of the Chinese Delegation on this point is described as "a desperate attempt to find an exénse and explanation for the institution and maintenance of the boycott"
An indignant protest is entered against the attempt, by means of unscrupulous propaganda Lu throw the blame on Hongkong and the British Ration."
in hospital.
Says the Telegraph: "Molte Most automatic cigarette-light- silk is very much liked for the ers don't work, says a popular. now evening gowns that show the magazine. That's true; most of bustle effect.".. Moire silk was them sit with their feet on their de-certainly required for one we saw desks.
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Clare Dux, the opera singer," s 0:0
to marry a millionaire, Preving There is no truth in the rumour that Chicago has some smart Dux.
DD residents to carry bottles of water. The worst thing about Charles victory in Hunan" reads:
William Murison, last week in It appears that one of the men
home, the Water Authority, is ar- ton dancers is that you don't "Advices from General Tang
engaged in cleaning up the Singapore awarded $4,000 dam-ranging for the free distribution know whether they're knock-kneed Seng-chi at the front dated the street after the damage caused by ages to Lu Shih Zee, principal of of finska of whisky to deserving or not. 18th state that our Northern Ex the flood descended a mun-hole the Oversea Chinese High School cases.
with a rope tied round his body in the action in which he calmed peditionary Army have been re- to remove sand and debris. This cently pursuing the enemy" north-was abount 8.58 a.m. Shortly $10,000 damages for libel from the ward. Our centre is now beseig after, his fellow workers above, editor and the proprietors of the ing Yochow while our left flank steing that there was something Lat-Puy Press.
wrong, hauled the man to the road. has already crossed Yiyanghsien. The enemy brigade leader, Liu Shich-hsien, has been executed. General Tang Sanng-chi arrived
at Changsha to-day and peace and
There was a strong smell of gas, and he was immediately taken to hospital, where he was found to be suffering from asphyxiation, but
is still alive.
When Telegraph representa- order in Changsha city, have al-tive visited the atreet this morning, about an hour after the occur ready been restored,"
rence, there was still a strong
the
ORDERS TO RIANGSI. General Chang Kai-shek, Commander-in-chief of the Kuo- mintang Army, is to make his headquarters at Shiukwan in order
to direct operations against King
BOYCOTT COMMUNIQUE,
The following communiqu regarding the Canton confer- ence was issued by the Hong- kong Government this morn-
ink:
"The Hongking delegation. at the Canton Conference have requested that detailed state mente, of the proceedings should not be jaued before the. end of the Conference and bad particularly requested that if the statements of the Can- Lon ense were published the re- ply by the Hongkong delc- gation should be published at
The text of the British reply is t The resulting casualties must be as follows:
deplored by all, but unless In The Chinese delegation, in put-spector Everson was to adicate ting forward their statement on the his functions as a police officer aud origin of the anti-British boycott in make a criminal surrender to the
· the Liang-kuang, have asked for,nob of the interests to his charge our views on their presentation of which, be it remembered were this fasue before proceeding further mainly Chinese, it is difficult to see with the business of the conferens, what else he could have done in
We should have preferred to have the circumstances, and his per si as well as Hinan. It has now" heard the Chinese delegation's sonal conduct in the matter was definitely become known thut Mar- whole case, including their propos- vindicated in the fullest manner. jals for a settlement, before by all three judges in the internashal Wy. Pol-fa has already issued to his subordinates at being called on for a reply, for we tional judelil enquiry which was orders feel that the sentiments they have held subsequently. It merely Kinngsi to proceed at once to the now expressed and the answer clouds the issue to compare this Kwangtung-Kian-si border to cut which must inevitably, be evoked affair with what occurred on its off the Kuomintang troops" who from our side have already been set anniversary in 1926, when distar have already entered, Hunan...... out in despatches 'exchanged be bances, were definitely ́ ́expected, { Since the withdrawal of the anti- tween British and Chinese officials, and a large snow of force was pre- Rods from "Changsha, they have and have been fully discussed in pared as a result of previous exean concentrating at a distance the press of both nations, and that perience, to deal with any troublesome 60 7 northward, and a re- to continue the discussion in this "which might arise.
the same time.jpg newal of the struggle at Changsha manner by the exchange of state- This then is the incident, which, is possible. ments intended for publication will distorted out of all semblance to unly, exacerbate public opinion and the truth, was used to arouse anti-
General Tang Seng-chi, after render difficult the amicable adjust British feeling in all parts of having captured Changsha, pro- ment of points of difference, which Chinn. Outbreaks against small claimed the nullification of the it is the object of these negotiations and defenceless communities oc- Constitution of Hanan and declar to achieve.
curred in Chinkiang, Kiukland, ed the institution of the Kuomin- If, however, the Chinese delega. Chungking and a number of other tan regime." tion feel strongly that the docu- places, where mobs unrestrained ment read to us at the last sitting, by the local authorities destroyed full as it is of controversial points, the property and menaced the lives calls for a reply now, an answer, of British subjects.
can and must be made.
OMITTED, FACTS.
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"As the itement of the Cántoh ease has now been published this Government now published the reply of the Hongkong delegation
The reply will be found fully set out in this issue.]
plained of, which consisted of a After re-stating the libel com- manifesto by the students of the Committee, the Chief Justice said the actual allegations printed by defendants against the pantiff
School, and the finding of the
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Wives don't find so many hairs It is computed that the recent on their husbands' shoulders now and unprecedented popularity of they're too short to stick. hill climbing among the male species of the human race, resid- A writer says anyone who ca ing on the Penk, has decreased understand Einstein can unders point nine nine nine liquid pounds suppose."yea" is "no" and "no" weight per capita by umpteen stand women. Relativity, we
Is "yes," recurring.
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A correspondent says the ques- The trouble with the French, tion of the hour is: Should taxis ship of State is that too many stand in n Rowe or a Kew?" Rather politicians are rocking the bont.
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We suppose girls still wear bath- ing caps to keep their hair dry when it was long.
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The deerco forbidding Peak re- sidents to take baths must not be interpreted to mean that the water will be cut off on Saturday's only
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piece bathing sult. He probably. found it cheaper than a two-piece
Henry Ford has been made a chair. Doctor of Engineering. He's got a ready-made practice waiting for him.
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|could be-conveniently "reduced to seven heads:That the plaintiff owing to his many misconducts in Peking (having been in prison) had, boon attacked, by the com- munity there and therefore had absconded to the South; that there If pedestrains, and motorists We noticed one Ponk resident. was nu evil that he had not done; didn't trust each other so much, desconding citywards in a two- that plaintif misappropriated | there'd be fewer accidents. some $2,000 of the money belong- ing to the school; that there had always been a shortage of teachers the innuendo here being that the the plaintiff either was at fault or profited by the shortage), that he freely indulged in the vice of drinking: that he freely, indulged in the vice of lust, and that before his marringe he brought his fiancee to his bedroom and neglected school functions; that, his charnet- er was depraved, that he was disgrace to the pupils and that he was a man of fallen cimeter The defence, said his lordship, was that they were true and that
Kowloon's splendid example in offering hospitality to stricken Peak residents was second only to In-Algeria, there are more don the Government's generous mens- keys than human beings. We ures in providing them with water. sometimes think this is true of Hongkong.
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The Ching Mail, referring to rainfall" records, says Hongkong's
Cheer up! There's wonderful "best" for 24 hours is 27.44 inches.. consolation in striding past the We should hate, to experience its chap who-usually swanka pust
you worst. in the latest medel limousine.
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A man in a London court says We understand that the Hon. he hadn't spoken to his wife for Secretary of the P.R.A. his writ" two years. Perhaps he didn't ten to Mr. Ajax requesting a few wish to interrupt her.. hints on the subject of defying the lightning.
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A Hongkong angler says that... be caught a ten-pound fish, but
the words were published as fair comment-that is, comment with out malice--with a view to giving public information on a subject of public interest. Speaking as a jurymar his lordship said he was If the Peak Hotel held, a baby the line broke and it got away." not satisfied that there was enough show,"we imagine the prize for the He must have got the weight from evidence to justify a finding of happiest disposition would go to the scales. smell of gas in places. The gas malice; the demeanour of the edi- the gentleman with the Pathe A part of the staff under General had evidently escaped into the tion in the witness box weighing | Baby, Chang Kai-shek departed for nullah from a broken gas-pipe on a good deal with him in thla deci-
sion. At Hankow a crowd of roughs, Shiukwan on July 23rd by way of the higher slopes of the town.
His lordship also held that who had been worked up to a pitch the Canton section of the Canton-
the conduct of the plaintiff was of frenzy by student agitators, Hankow Railway and General
a matter of public interest.
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broke all records in circling the The married man who misses globe should syndicate their story the last ferry home, usually for exclusive sale to globe-trotters. catches it...
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The Chinese statement takes the ade à determined attuck on the Chang himself is to leave in a few MOTOR ROAD TO PEAK.
A COMMON SENSE VIEW.
As a bath resort, Kowloon is now causes of the boycott back to the foreign quarter. The small Bri- days. Before arranging his depar
30th in Lish defence ferce, in their desire ture General Chang consulted Mr. incident of May
Holding that, while there might far better than the Peak..
☐ ☐ Shanghai. It is not within the to avoid further bloodshed, re- Eugene Chen, the acting Minister
saying plaintiff was imprisoned, Some women who haven't any- province of this delegation to deal mained passive until the last pos- of Foreign Affairs, and was in- THE LATEST INFORMATION. be some slight justification for
sible moment, and it was only after formed that the Canton-Hongkong with affairs which have occurred the mob had already, in its blind Conference now in progress to set-those who wish to motor to the was attacked by the community or an hour.,
We are officially Informed that there was none for saying that he thing else to talk about, talk about in Central China, nor is it possible fury, murdered one of the foreign the the boycott had so far been a Peak may do ao on and after to- that he absconded to the South, to do so, adequately within the scope of a short statement, but the residents, and was in the act of in- satisfactory. as could be expected. [morrow by way of Repulse Bay his lordship said the common- !
vading the quarter, where the following are some material facts others had taken refuge, that shots which have been omitted from the document to which this is u reply, were fired to repel its advance.
The Shanghai trouble aporel.
ANTI-FOREIGN FEELING.
in its proper
appointed Director-General of the AMERICA AND FRANCE.
Kwangtung Arsenal, replacing Mr. Tang Sze-chang..
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In consequence of the subway strike, many New York, people are discovering that the city has sur- face streets.
A writer claims that the motor- ̈ car is a stimulant to crime. Show ing that the road to hell is paved with good inventions.
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Colonel Carmi Thompson says says he's hot interested in dry fizures, 'He should worry—he's in Manila.
partment.to supple every Peak re-. sidont with a free packet of water:
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Anglers are seldum bebind, in To enable Army to secure supplies from the
the Kuomintang jand Worlgnelchong Gap.
sense view of this seemed to be their correspondence, for they are The road hun been cleared that there was something corros-quite accustomed to "dropping a people of Hunan, Kwangsi, and sufficiently to permit of trafe but ponding to a University rag and few lines. Kiangsi, the Central Bank in motorists are asked to drive with that the plaintiff was awarded a Canton is issuing $2,000,000 worth great care.
more or less" nominal sentence. When President Coolidge re- It has been necessary briefly to fof military notes. out of labour disputes in
These notes The Stubbs Rond, between So far as the staterent went that cently visited a threatre, some There is no truth in the rumour.: Japanese cotton mills, with recall these events in order that will be circulated
where the Bowen Road and Morrison Hill he was imprisoned for "various plaster fell on him from the ceil- that the Government has instruct- which the British were not the subsequent tragedy at Cantor Kuomintang Army operates. Road, will not be opened until misconducts" it seemed to be very ing. Anyway, he brought the ed the Botanical and Forestry De- concerned. A demonstration was should be viewed
Mr Chu Chung-ho, recently re- Tuesday at the earliest.
barely true and likely to convey the house down. held by Chinese students in the setting. Anti-foreign feeling was turned from Boscow, has been
very wrong impression; while, busiest streets of the International running in this province by the
being attacked by the community eo far as it charged plaintiff with
Mr. Baldwin has received 8,000 melon seeds. Settlement la defiance of by-laws middle of June, 1925. It was de-
Bet his house- designed to secure the preserva finitely stated in Chinese circles
and absconding to the South, there pipes ne gifts.
Says an advertisement: tton of order and the free circula- in Canton and Hongkong on June
The Kuomintang League of SENATOR REED SUGGESTS was no evidence of any such per keeper is mad. tion of trallie for residents of all the 22nd an altuck was to be made
Three casentials of happiness are sonal attack and no evidence to BOYCOTT.. nationalities. The Settlement on Shumeen on the following day, Workers, Farmers, Students and
connect. his eubsequent voyage to Many a man gets cold feet be- an" armchair, a good book and a Palice, who are employees of the and prominent Chinese actually Merchants, headed by Mr. Kan
New York, July 23. Japan with the diaturbance or the cause his bank account has felt pipe of tobacco. A comfortable International Council, endeavour took refuge in Hongkong and Kum-shek and the Rev. Wong
cushion is also useful, especially Senator Reed has declared his result of it. With regard to the draft. ed to do their duty and maintain made other dispositions to meet Yuk-shing, formerly of Yan Chai intention to recommend tourists second charge that "there is no
when stuffed in the horn of the respect for the law by arresting such an eventuality. Further Street Church in Canton, will sup to boycott France If anti-American evil that he has not done" his Smoking a pipe makes o man ̈
gramaphone. the ringleaders. This in turn led more, on the morning of June the port the Northern expedition by incidents were continued, adding lordship said he thought his pro- think that it's lit when it's out. to an attack on a police station 23rd, two motor cars were dis-making an extensive drive
If your gas meter makes a for that six month's boycott of Franice per course was to treat the charge
knocking sound...be not alarm- by a mob of between two and three tributing leaflets throughout the funds by the sale of Kuomintang would prove the folly of behaving as mere vulgar abuse which added
A Parisian fashion journal aaya od. It may be the thermes doing. thousand people, of whom a few. City signed by the Student's war bonds,
outrageously towards a nation nothing to the charges..
that frocks will be even shorter. the Charleston with their cubic which feels for her nothing" but
"DRUNKENNESS and Lust.””
A jolly sighti
feet! friendship and "goodwill-Router's
0:0 Mr. Sun Fo acting Chief Com-American Service!
With regard to the charge of
An Australian High Court has In the past, some,Peak residents, missioner of the Canton Munici-
drunkenness the Chief Justice enid just decided that sauanges are have found it hard to carry their pality, is not to leave Canton for
the evidence clearly proved that
part of a carcaso, Mincing mat- gin to the top; now they're expect the plaintiff was under the, in-
ed to take up water as well ters a bit fine, fluence of drink upon the night in question, but proof of that on one
Ben Turpin, the cinema star, has occasion only was far from being a justification of statement that ly destroyed by the storm. Water- just married. Which would seem of the stations gates, and Inspce their own safety, and to prepare lower of his father, Mr. Sun Fo. A message says that Alan Cob plaintiff freely indulged in the vice meloncholy spectacle.
to suggest that love is not only blind, but cross-cyed as well, tor Everson, the Officer in charge, for defence,
it may be recalled, was to have ham arrived at Calcutta thin af- of drinking. Although plaintiff's feared, that his men would be over In those circumstances the Can-left Canton with Dr. C. C. Wu Imternoon alighting on the river off life from 1912 to 1926 had been The Shanghailander who com
007 whelmed and the station and its ton authorities permitted on June mediately after the arrest of Pelur Ghats. Both sides of the brought into the lime-light there plained that Hongkong lacks "All water should be baled," armoury captured, as had occurred the 23rd, a very large demonstra-General Wu Te-chen became river,ivere crowded with specta- had not been the slightest suggos- | "Pace," didn't give a very convince says the China Mail. Looks as if once before, he ordered a volley to tion to be conducted on the Shakee know, but later, he attored his tors. He took five hours to dy tion that plaintiff was over under ing demonstration when climbing it were about time to take to the be fired.
(Continued on Page
from Patna.British Wircicio,
(Continued on Pags b) the Peak early in the week
of the leaders were students, but Union of the Military School of many wore loafers and bad charas the Kwangtung Army, inciting all tors from the less reputable quar, and sundry to rise and chase out tera of Shanghai. Tho.handful of the foreigners;
police on duty tried for some time The Shameen residents there
SUN FO ́KEMAINS,
COBHAM'S FLIGHT.
to disperse the crowd by porsunsion fore, having in mind these facts Shanghai when General Chang and then by baton charges, but and the events which had. just Kai-shek leaves. It is understood they were driven back by increas befallen their compatriots in that Mr. Sun will stand by Gene- HIS ARRIVAL AT. CALCUTTA,
ing numbers, and finally when the other parts of the country, had ral Wu Te-chen, his former poli Inflamed mob was within six feet every renson to Tear fortical lieutenant and a loyal fo
plans.
Rugby, July 23.
A field of water melons was total
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