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In the "Red" and "anti-Red" foud in Canton, since August 1st, when the two factions of the labour movement in the Vegetable Guild started a skirmish, with the result that three workers were killed and

a number wounded, street warfare

among the workers has been fre- quent.

Not a day pumed last week with out bloodshed among the rival unions representing two distinct political camps--the Workers Dele- gate Conference, directeď, by the Kuomintang. and the Central Labour Union, composed of oppon ents to the Communist Party.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

POUNDED 1091

No. 21,832

一拜禮·號九月八英港香

ACT OF MUTINY.

PIRACY NIPPED IN BUD?

REVOLVERS FOUND ON

"SUIYANG."

LASCAR FIREMEN GIVE TROUBLE.

THE MAXIMUM PENALTY. Discontent anongat Lagear firemen

on the 5.6. City of Corinth, beginning in the North

Atlantic with a complaint that

MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1926. 一日二初月七

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CHINESE WAR.

CHANG KAI-SHEK IN COMMAND.

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MANILA STRIKE:

THE CIGAR FACTORY STOPPAGE.

FIVE" ARRESTS MADE.

WHAMPOA CADETS LEAVE. "TRANCE NOT. FOR SALE.”

CLUB'S FALSE ALARM. It is believed that a scheme to

With regard to the Hunan war,

WAGE CUT ESSENTIAL. pirate the China Navigation Com-

Paris, August 6.. pany's steamer Saiyang, after she

General Chang Kai-shek has re- Fire Station this morning, after Whilst returning to the Central

had left Hongkong on Sunday for they were being unnecessarily to President Coolidge on the his arrival at Pun Ohow on the 3rd on a false alarma, No. 6 Are appli- to a decreased wage scale, we shall

In the course of his open letter ported to the Canton Government being called to the Hongkong Club

"Unless our cigar makore, agres Shanghai, has been frustrated by pushed, ind culminating in subject of war debts, M.inst, and has ordered the Lightance, which is an ordinary fire- be forced to install machines in the arrest of Ave Chinese who serious trouble in Manila, led to Clemenceau says that he is con- Artillery and Machine Gun Corps skidded and collided with a pillar

engine quipped with an escape, order to continue production,” wont aboard as passengers, and Marine Court this morning, of

the appearance in the dock, at the fident the eyes of the man in the of the Cadets at Whampão to pre on the south side of Union Build said Mr. Antonio Rosales, manager toned revolvers cleverly hidden tinted wilful disobedience of the comprehensive outlook. To-day left Canton on the 5th firstant by curing at p.53, resulted in in factory, in a statement. to the the discovery of a number of fully-nine firemen, charged with con- atreet will soon be opening to the ceed to the front at once. These ing, at the corner of Pedder Street of La Flor de la Isabela cigar

and Chater Road. The mishap, oc- in three pairs of boets,

lawful commands of the master. most of France's anxiety is train for Shiukwan.

Mr. L. R. Andrews appeared for centred in Amurien. If nations Chiang has now assumed supreme was removed to the Government statement of Mr. Rosales is in- General | juries to one of the firemen, who Manila Bulletin last week. The the prosecution, and he applied become merely commercial Chang

Civil Hospital, and in considerable. dicative of the general feeling for permission to add two further houses

then banking accounts command of all the forces in the damage to the appliance, which was charges to that already against would govern the fate of the field and is directing the move the accused. The Bank Line had world. You demand payment of ments of the various units. suffered considerable inconveni

our debt, yet you. Know as well as ence, and wished to press the case. we that our purse is empty. You, The Company were pressing in the are asking us to sign promligory that the strictest censorship is probably caused by his being reduced wages. Five factories em- hope that the men would be nude notes, but the secret of the comedy being imposed on all news relating thrown forward by the impact ploying 4,000 workers an example of. The charges he is that it is a question of fictitiousAll that can be said is that the vehicle After the mishap, the to the movements of the troops ngainst, a, structural part of the An extensive search of the ves-wished to add were (a) wilful dis- dates, and the promissory notes whole of the Revolutionary Army motor ambulance was dispatched

present idle. sel was made, during the course

obedience of the master's orders will end in alloan with a mortgage is on the move. The battlefront is from, the Central Fire Station, and of which the police found three

and (o) combining to disobey.

pairs of boots, all of which con-

The Suiyang left yesterday for Shanghai, but prior to her depar- ture Sergeant Barnicle and a party of detectives, acting on in formation received, went aboard and carried out a search under the Piracy Prevention Ordinance.

concealed, in false soles.

-MANY CASUALTIES, For the time being, the two gen- eral or federated organisations-tained a fully-loaded revolver, the Conference and the Central Union are only engaged in verbal warfare, each bringing charges against the other in petitions to the Government and in newspaper statements; but some of the mem-these men bers, such as the restaurant work-brought before Mr. J. H. B. Nihill ers, have come to blows.

The Government has so far made no arrosta, despite the large casu- alty list to date. Nearly 60 have been killed and scores of wounded among the workers of rival Unions. The authorities have, however, ordered the pollee and the Army to disarm all gun- men and boxers of the Unions, and has also instructed the Chief of the Labour Union to form a special Commission to, include three re- presentatives from" ench of the two federated labour organisations.

NO NEWSPAPERS. Printers of a number of Kuomin; tang propaganda agencies, na well

Following further Investiga tions, the police look into custody five Chinese passengers who had booked through to Shanghai, and were this morning

at the Kowloon Magistracy.

NOT NECESSARY. Lieut. Commdr. G. F. Hole, the Marine Magistrate, said that he

onth in Manila and did not think had read the evidence taken on it was necessary to add further charges. Even if the charges were added and he found them guilty on all three counts, be would be disposed to make the sentences run concurrently.

Mr. Andrewa-How can you say It was intimated that the charge

before you have heard the, against these men would be heard evidence? by two Magistrates sitting to- gether, and the case was accord- ingly adjourned until Friday after-

noon for this purpose,

LOCAL CRIME.

LIGHT LIST AT POLICE COURT.

Several minor cases of larceny. and two in which charges of

NOT CRIMINAL,

The Marine Magistrate: don't think I would give any seaman more than three months for this olence. To my mind it is merely a technical offence. In civil life their action would not be regarded as a criminal offence, nor as an act against the moral code.

♫

The charge was read over to the accused and they pleaded not guilty.

A complaint that they were assault and battery were pretired, made when the vessel was ferred, constituted the Monday morning's criminal list before the Gibraltar on June 23rd, was the

within

a day's steaming, of: Magistrates at the Central Police first sign of discontent, said Cap- | Courts to-day.

tar of the s.s. City of Corinth, tain Gerald J.D. Burton, the mas-

giving evidence to-day.

For the theft of a quantity of as of the two Kuomintang news-tin-solder, the, value of which was papers in Canton, also walked out trifling, an apprentice at the on Sunday, and there will thus be Taikoo Docks was sentenced to no newspapers publishing in Can- four weeks. ton from that date. The Govern-

meat, in explanation, says the printers merely wished to have a hollday for agitating against the resumption of the Tarif Confer- ence at Peking and no political algnificance is to be attached to this action, but in other quarters it is believed that demands for higher

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Another boy was 'order to receive

PUSHED AT TOP SPEED.

The men sent a deputation to night strokes with the birch on fail- him, and they urged that as the ing to give a satisfactory explann-vessel was not a passenger boat, tion of how he came into posses-and was not carrying pulls, there sion of a quantity of metal, of an,

was no reason why the steamer should be pushed at top speed. equally trifling value.

in

sion.

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immediately put out of commis- among the large manufacturers whose factories are closed because The Injuries received by the retas cigar makers will not accept, A Chinese news agency reportsman were, to the chest, and were

tat

three weeks ago, with orders

Lo Flor de la Iagbola shut down.......

on 'hand, after its employers had failed to agree to a reduced wage, wage reduction of 20 per cent. scale. The factory now seeks a

on our national property. France a long one, extending from Cheung in this the man was taken to Hos-practically nil and a large stock is not for sale, even to her friends. Teh, in the western part of Hunan,pital. She will remain Independent by a straight line to Ping Shing, in Would President Coolidge feel Klangsi, and it will

Considerable damage was caused otherwise if America, were the employment of from 150,000 which being put out of commis require to the radiator of the appliance, to 200,000 men, in order to aion, had to be towed back to the the chang and Nanchang. This Torce be available for some time, but secure the two. objectives--W- Firo Station. This vehicle will not General Chang Kai-shek has under repairs which have been com his command, but it remains to be menced on the escape ladder will aten whether his artillery and enable ladder to be put into ser machine guns will be superior to vice on some other machine as early the Northern equipment. As reas to-morrow, if needed:

volved?

France, threw their all into

“Bujtain - and America, like

we

SHANGHAI MAN WOUNDED.

Fired on by Robber Gang,

Shanghai, Aug. 9.

Mr. W. J. Elliott, one of the Clerks of Works in the Public Works Department, wite driving in Keswick Rond last evening when Ave robbers stopped his car, wounded him and robbed him of $60.

It is reported that Mr. Elliott was not ordered to stop, but that a shot, fired at him without warning, pierced his left arm and slightly. wounded him in the chest. "Mr. Elliott hog been admitted. to hospital. No members of the gang have been arrested-Reuter.

our

awaited America's

gards generalship, the Southern Army is believed to be superior,

INVASION OF KIÁNGSI,

General Chu Pui-tek reported his arrival at Changaba some days ago, and stated that he is proceed ing to Kinngsi to assume.command of his 3rd Army Corps.

The Party Organisation of the Kuomintang in Canton has tele! graphed to Shanghai to the effect that the order for the invasion of Kiangai has been given, and that

It is interesting to note that this is the second instance of a false alarm of fire from the Hongkong Club within the past few weeks. In both cases the call was sent through the accidental, operation of the electric fire-alarm device at the Club which is connected directly to the Fire Station,

A SERIOUS MISSION.

TO MEET.

all officers of the Kuomintang in EMPIRE PARLIAMENTARIANS Shanghai, Soochow and Nanking, are to assemble at Canton without. delay.

“From Whampoa, it is stated that lighters are again being comman deered for service in expectation of the arrival of the Soviet steam- er of the Volunteer Fleet, with a large consignment of arms ammunition.

TACTICS EXPLAINED.

and

SITUATION EXPLAINED.

The manufacturer's explanation or the situation in this:-In March of this year the 50 per cent. in- ternal revenue tax reduction on cigara, sold in the United States. went into effect, enabling Ameri can manufacturers, in conjunction "with a decreased cost of produc tion, to lower the price of their seven and eight cent cigars to five conts and to place them in com- petition with the five cent Philip pino cigar, which has had a clear market in the United States since the war. Not all American cigars of this grade have been lowered, but more are being added to the liat each week...

THE ONLY WAY.

to

The Philippine producer sells almost entirely through an Amer can importer. He does not market Rugby, Aug. 8. direct. His importer has written. The Colonial Secretary, Mr to him and said, "We cannot Amery, was present at Waterloo market your cigars on our present Station, London, yesterday, to bid margin of profit. We must have a farewell to the British delegates of greater. margin in order the Empire Parliamentary Associa-advertise and retain the hold that tion who sailed later in the day

the the Philippine cigar has, on abyss, but it was French territory

from Southampton to Canada, en which was scientifically ravaged.

American public The reduced route to Australia. Southampton, During three mortal years,

where they were joined by the Irian scale of prices of the American while the

cigar already is making a big holi blood

Free State delegates, they were ac- and money flowed from all

The war in Hunan has now been ¦ corded a civic send off.

in our sales. Unless you can re-": pores in progress for over a month, and that she would come. Read the most part been concentrating on Henderson, who in the absence of place any more orders,”

Replying to a speech by the duce your price to us by 80 or 201 word

the Kwangtung forces have for the Mayor of Southampton, Mr. Arthur per cent. we shall be unable to unending lists of our killed and the frontiers of Kiangst and Hu- the Marquis of Sallbury who has compare if you like the strong man. In previous reports it has already left, is the senior member the master added.

As we were endeavourong to d

sap of our lost youth. Isn't that not been possible to give a correct of the Delegation, said the four was They asked to be paid off at ed a soparative peace with: Ger- Revolution ret censorship in the and at the Conference in Australia

So the Philippine manufacturer a banking account? Like Russia account of the disposition of the a serious mission. The delegation says, "The only way to reduce my at Breutilitovak, America conclud- Army, owing, firstly, was inclusive of all political parties Colombo, but as they had con- many, To-day there is talk of a field, and, secondly, to the detours many important questions would be February, he refused The men and Associated Powers. Wh-rive at certain designated strate thing they possibly could to apply tracted for 12 months from

money peace between the Alliedmade by the units in order to ar discussed. They must do every slacked off subsequently and steam didn't we, under shellfire, summon gic points. was constantly below boller power.a

the great resources of these young He charged a man whom he con- Profiteers to docide whether

Count of Administration of

It is now explained that the main nations not merely to prevent de As one of the means of raising of an alleged quarrel amongst sidered the ringleader at Colombo were allowed to defend ourselves? sions of the 4th Army, were but so. that the whole community for the United States market, and

We force of the 10th and 11th Divi- pression of the standards of life, Two scavenger cooliea who were using insolent abusive language,gathering all funds."

for refusal to obey orders and for The result is that America is supposed to be investing Changsha, might share in the developments unable to agree over the owner-and after ship of a broom, appeared in Court worked better until Manila was

but at a certain point, at which it which might take place. Secondly, that the men M. Clemenceau concludes:-"I was thought that they were attack-they wanted a more scientific redie as a result of an assault chargi reached.

have spoken freely to the honoured ing Lau Yeung and vicinity, these tribution of population throughout brought against the one by the

head of a great people which I two units, detoured eastward, and the Empire, as a whole, They other. The offender was fined $5,

thought was destined to carry the co-operated with the right flank of hoped by these meetings to make torch of ideal ever higher, and it Tang Sung-chi's army. They thus the Empire more solid and united behoves him to render judgment effected the capture of Ping Siang, British Wirelçes." on himself."-Reuter's American an important point on the frontier Service..

wages are involved.

As dema led by the Postmen's Union, the authorities in Canton have erected two triumphal arches to welcome the postmen on the res sumption of work to-day.

funds for the bonefit of the Northern expedition, the Govorn- ment is proposing to tax all opium monopoly. Smokers, according to their degree of habit, are to be divided into four classes. Those who are confirmed amokers are to be taxed annually $10; and othera $7, 4. and $1 respectively. All smokers have to wear a badge when. smoking.

caused

being questioned on a charge of Three women from Aberdeen, öd assaulting a fourth woman, sald latter, in the leg was that the wound received by the through her falling on the tip of an anchor. They were remanded for a week to enable the polied to. go more thoroughly into the "atory

these women.

COAL DISPUTE. MINERS ENDORSE CHURCH

PROPOSALS."

SHORE PASSES REFUSED. Here the men applied for shore passes, but in view of the severe U. S penalties regarding deserters, ho refused. The nine men beforu the Court stated that they would";

ACT OF MUTINY.

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t

of Klangal, which rendered critical

price is to reduce my cost of opera~ tion. The main item in my cost must cut wages. Otherwise I of operation la labour

thereforu

will make no Baics, be forced to diacontinue the making of cigars lose that market. I will cut

wages."

The cigar maker objects, and hence the present situation.

Local factories, together, with the American producers, saved $2. per 1,000 cigars when the now tax went into effect. The old tariff

was $1 per 1,000. Mr. Rosales of

the military situation of Nan- BALKAN WAR CLOUDS. chang. Again, one of the super-

La Flor de. In Isabela-points out that this saving, together with the

to have arrived at a certain place to await further orders from the Commander-in-Chief, but it turns

20, or 80 per cent, which could be

•

SOVIET PROTEST.

"A Soviet political advisor to the

Rugby, Aug. 8.ted to go ahore. He was notifled traint.

not work if they were not permit necessary, to put them under res-disciplined Divisions was supposed MODERATE COUNCILS WELL Kuomintang, M. Garokoff, is re- The majority of the mining dis the following morning that the men ported to have joined in a Chinese tricts have, it is believed, had declined to leave their quarters. potition praying the Army Gen- endorsed the proposals for the He had them before him at 9,30 oral Headquarters not to go far in settlement of the coal dispute a.m. on August 4th and asked their pressing the inhabitants in the in- which were drawn up by the grievance. They demanded pasace terior for subscriptions to war Church leaders and the Miners' which he refused. He made them charged plekoted the door, of the tau, and capture the city of Chang has been well received and hambra cigar and cigarette maru- bonds. In his opinion, some of the Federation Executive. The next an offer that if they resumed duty methods resorted to have no pre-move of the Executive, which will they would be paid on at Singapore cedent in Soviet Russia,

meet in London on Tuesday, is on the return trip, but the men re- uncertain, but the Minister of fused, declaring that they would Labour and the Secretary for prefer to go to jail. Mines will remain in London this. weck in case there should be any dovelopment.

The commander and six other officers of the Canton river gunboat Kwong Wah wore arrested the other day for irregular deals in coal purchases, but officera and mon of other gunboats have joined in a protest against the infliction of corporal punishment to exact con fessions.

The Prime Mininster will also return from Worcestershire towards the end of the week British Wireless,

General boarded the City of

H. M. Vice-Consul and Consul

the sorious nature of their offence, Corinth and informed the men of

and on their further refusal," he (the master) was instructed to take them to Hongkong, and, wif

RECEIVED.%

effected in wages, will go entiraly. to the importer and will be spent Rugby, Aug. 8.,

for propaganda to retain the Newspapers states that the odi The steamer was ready for sea

out that a part of the crack Divi-vice tendered in Sofia and Belgrado, upremacy of the five cent, Philip- afternion, but the nine men now make a complete defeat of Ho Yow bub by France and shortly after four o'clock that ston was rushed up just in time to not only by Great"

pine cigar in the United States.":" Britain

Italy, M. Timmerberg of the Al- stokehble, driving those below Teh, thus driving the Northern there is now less likelihood of the facturing company makes a slight- on deck and refusing to Hunan and establishing free com- Yugo-Slavia and Bulgaria over the to him, the importer is asking also Army out of the western part of dispute, which has arisen between ly different statement. According allow others to go below,

munication with Kweichow without Kriva Palanka incident developing for a better elgar. The money Llout. Commdr Hole-If what the fear of being intercopted in the unfavourably-Brittal Wireless, saved from the proposed wage cut an act of mutiny. you say is correct, it amounts to rear.

and the tax reduction will be spent Shanghai is still suffering from partly in improving, the quality of THE YANGTEZE FLOODS"

excessive hoat, for the Royal Obser- the Alhambra product for United Captain Burton-The ship has The opinion has been expressed vitory report shows that at 2 pm States export, but the greater part no fire-arma and I secured reJn Hankow that the floods on the yesterday the temperature stood at will go to the importer for adver volvers so that the loyal men could Yangtze River have impeded the 99-the highest in the list of retising

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