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TRADE LOANŇ.

TO BE CHARGED ON COLONY,

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DRAFT OF NEW BILL.

The Gazette.contains, the draft of an Ordinance to charge a cer- tain loan upon the general revenue and 'assets of the Colony of Hongkong, which is shortly to be introducedin the Legislative Council. Ito text is as follows:

The

Hongkong Telegraph

FOUNDED 1881

No 21.04

六拜禮,號一廿月八英港香

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1926. AL

CANTON "SUCCESSES" UNLUCKY LAUNCH, AMERICA & EUROPEAN EDITOR'S DEATH.

DENIED.

PREMATURE CELEBRATIONS

DISCREDITED.

KUOMINCHUN RETREAT.

Information from "anti-Red" sources denies Canton's claim that the whole province of Hunan has already fallen into their hands. Yochow, an important city in Hunan, the capture of which the Kuomintang in Canton celebratëd several days ago, is said to be still in the hands of pro-Northern

PIRATE AND PICKET TROUBLES.

conse

QUESTIONS.

DEBT SETTLEMENTS MAY BE MODIFIED.

NEW ARMS PARLEY?

PEKING EXECUTION

RESENTED.

REPRIEVE TOO LATE. Writing under date of the 8th Inat, the Peking correspondent of the Shangha Timea says:

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haming public acceptance confirms by actual sales supremacy the alatanding leadership of ESSEX value, Navor was that position so clear, And so rightly deserved an to-day,

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Including complete special equipment,

$2146

136 PER ANNUM-

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THE DRAGON MOTOR

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12 WOKE NO! CHUAWEI PER

HAPPY VALLEY.

Bulls and Inners

From the Office Butts.

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Daily Preus hondling: Sudden "American golf courses are the Death of an Aramadillo on the Shek finest in the world states a news- O Road." -Luckily, his amah paper. No doubt many golfers wasn't with him otherwise it swear by them. might have been an amah ditto.

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A German. professor states that

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DETAINED IN CANTON,

The Launch Fee Din, which was

New York, August 20. formerly registered here as the

The World's Washington corres- No. 1 of steam tugs and launches,

One of our magistrates reported shingling hair will in time cause and has been running between pondent declares that the chief

to the police the loss of the handle women to grow beards. This won't and passengers, has had a number Hongkong and Nantao with cargo reason for the reported return of

A wave of intense indignation from the main door of the Central be so bad if it teaches them that is agitating journalistic circles Magistracy. It is believed that an razors are not intended for corne, of misfortunes since, in

Mr. Houghton to American is to

bere, both Chineas and foreign, absent-minded gentleman mistook went discuss the debt situation with a

it for an umbrella. quence of the boycott, she on the Canton-Nantao ruR. view to obtaining modification of following the arrest and summary.

the debt agreements in order to execution early on Friday morn" Interest in Test Matches seems to American land salesmen. pacify the growing opposition of ing of Mr. Lin Pal-shui, editor of to be just about played out. European nations to

the Haien Hut Jih Pao, and the question is raised as to how much longer the present military dieta-

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Whereas the Governor on behalf of the Government of the Colony of Hongkong has recently borrow ed certain moneys for the purpose of making loans on security ap- proved by him or under his troops. authority to merchants and others. in the Colony during a certain period of financial stringency:

And whereas although the de- mand for such loans has now. practically ceased it is possible that the Governor on behalf of the Government of the Celony of retreat of the Kuominchun Army. passenger complained that there but feel that they have bean trent. / Papers and their editors,

launch left Nantao. on

Three weeks ago, when the her last voyage, there were 18 piratea con-

It is added that while Mr. Hough- cealed amongst the number of pas

not

make ton does not favour an immediate The Kuomintang celebration of sengers. They did the defent of the forces of Chang much trouble for the first couple of yielding to the clamour by debtors, Tso-lin and Wu Pei-fu at Nankow hours, but later one of themap.he is convinced that the time is not,tors of Peking are to be permitted Changsha.

proached the compradore of the distant when the debts settlement

Hongkong may desire to borrow certain other moneys for the purpose:

And whereas it is desirable that any principal moneys so borrowed or to be borrowed and the interest thereon shall be charged upon the general revenue and assets of the

·Colony:

early this week is also. termed by the "anti-Reds" as a political move. The "anti-Reds" say that the fall of Nankow Pass and the

are established facts, notwith- standing all Kuomintang denials.

Marshal Wu Pel-ft, the Yang- ze War Lord, has wired that he is returning to Hankow from North Chinn in order to direct "operations in Hunan.

divided.

Neutral reports from Hunan Be it therefore enacted by the state that fighting has occurred Governor of Hongkong-with-the-in five different places, and, up advice and consent of the Legisla- to latest dispatch, the advantages tive Council thereof, as follows appear to have been equally

1. This Ordinance may be citel as the Trade Loan Ordinance, 1925. General Sun Chuan-fang, Tupan 2. In this Ordinance," "Trade of Chekiang and Kiangau, who has loan" means the aggregate for the cast his lot with the "anti-Reds," time being of any hitherto borrow is giving orders to rush re-inforce- ed, or hereafter to be borrowed, ments of arms and men to Kiang- by the Governor on behalf of the s in order to prevent invasion of Government of the Colony of "Reds" from Hunan and Kwang- Hongkong for the purpose re- lung. In the meantime, he is ferred to in the first recital of the sending detectives along the preamble of this Ordinance, to-Tientsin-Pukow and Shanghai- gether with any interest of the Nanking Railways to watch close- .said principal moneys due or toly the movements of known Bol- become due under the terms of the shevists travelling on the line or agreements under which the res at the stations. pective principal moneys were or shall be borrowed: Provided that auch principal moneys, whether mintang Chief, dismissed, from already borrowed or hereafter to the Punyu Magistracy, is denying be borrowed, shall have boon an "anti-Red" report that he has the present Garrison acknowledged by the Secretary of accused State on behalf of the Government Commissioner of Canton of trying of Hongkong; in a letter or some to dominate Canton city and wil other document addressed or de- fully disobeying General Chang. livered to the respective lenders, The "anti-Rads" state that the as coming within the provisions of Garrison Commissioner, how a sort of military governor of Can- ton District under martial law, lins been recruiting lately so as to strengthen his position.

this Ordinance.

MONEY LIMIT."

The aggregate for the time being of the principal moneyà out- standing and included in the trade

Mr. Mow. Ping-li, an uncle of General Chang Kai-shek the Kuo-

loan shall not exceed the sum of THE "H.29" DISASTER.

three million pounds sterling.

4 The trade loan is hereby charged

upon and shall he payable out of the general re- venues and assets of the Colony! of Hongkong.".

DUE TO MISINTERPRETED

ORDER.

At the inquest at Devonport on 5. The Governor shall appro- the victims of the H.29 disaster, priate out of the general revenue two officers gave evidence of or and assets of the Colony such dering water to be taken in to sums as may be necessary to trim the vessel and said the chief provide for all payments of in- stoker misinterpreted the order terest and repayment of principal and flooded the tanks, The jury moneys required by the terms of found that the men died from suf- the agreements under which the focation, due to the foundering of respective principal moneys were or the Butanarine which was the re- shall be borrowed.

suit of misconception of the order given.

· EXEMPT FROM DEFENCE” CONTRIBUTION.

The Coroner said it was impos- sible to blame anyone for the mis- Lake-Reuter

THE AIR DISASTER.

ADJOURNMENT OF THE. INQUEST.

Rugby, Aug. 20.

ship on some pretext or another in-must-be-revised, especially the to carry on their reign of terror order, it seems, to start a quarrel. British; who, he says, may be rolloy touching Chinese news It is stated that the supposed willing to adhere to the agreement

KUOMINCHUN RETREAT.

The Fall of Kalgan."

Peking, Aug. 21. Latest reports indicate that the Kuominchun forces evacu- ated Kalgam on the 16th. inst- aat while the forces at Nan- -kow and Huallai had previously been reduced to two and one brigades respectively, which had been instructed to hold on as long as possible.

Fengtien aeroplanes found Kalgan undefended on the 17th instant, and the Fengtien ad- vanced cavalry and artillery reached Kalgan on the morning of the 18th. The Kuominekun forces had successfully re- moved all important military stores.

According to semi-official reports Marshal Feng Yu- hsiang, ordered a general re- treat which the majority of the Kuominchun's lenders deemed unwise but did not dare. to oppose.-Reuter.

were no beds provided for coolic passengers, and he eventually got the compradore so angry that the

litter threw him out of his room:

PIRATES RISE..

ed, unfairly since greater conces- gions, have been made to others. Reuter's American Service.

HOLIDAY TIME. Washington, August 20. State Department officials are not aware that Mr. Houghton, whu is holidaying in Scotland, is re- turning to America," but they re- mark that it is the vacation season.

-Reuter's American Service.........“

NAVAL LIMITATIONS,

New York, August 20, "The United States to cult its own parley on arms if Geneva fails ia the headline in the New York, World to a dispatch from its specil correspondent. at President Coolidge's camp.

successful for unsuccessful. Ho

ON THE BLACK LIST.

the Latest developments in military campaign of intimidation are the arrest yesterday of Cheng She-wo, editor of the Shih' Chich

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Looks as if the Kuomintang were the people who put the Chang in

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"We know a Hongkong man who always called a spade a spade until He took up amateur gardening.

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A severe shock recently restored a man's speech. Divorce does the same...

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Wan Poo and the Shih Chich If Mussolini' isn't careful, his life Jih Pap evening and morning history will read "Pose, posed, papers of wide circulation--and deposed."

the suppression of the Ming Li

paper to publish what purported in England. That'll put up the Wan Pao, said to be the first Eggs may soon be sold by weight to be the text of a circular tele- cost of electioneering: gram from Sun Chuan-fang ad- vocating peace. The editor of the latter publication was out when the military raided the office, and is now believed to be hiding in the Legation Quarter,

0.0 Scotsmen are usually better at identifying colours than English-

According to Amundsen, land

does not exist at the North Pole, This must be frightfully annoying

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Two leading film. stars recent- route to the ly married are en Orient. We understand that Hong- kong has been deleted from the itinerary on account of the absence of divorce facilities.

A cheery individual named Highett told a Morning Post re- porter that quite a big slice of the world will shortly be swallowed by yawning abysses, etc. An Ameri can newspaper would have headed. the interview "Highett predicts Hiatus."

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We know a bridge player who at tributes his success. in bidding to his long legs.

Women may java less sense than mien, but they don't wear stiff col lars in summer.

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There's a fortune awaiting the

men, says a textile expert. Espect man who can find an insomnia cure ally black and white.

DT

for mosquitoes.

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Revised Maxims: When Rome, do as Mussolini' says

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Cheng She-wa is still in the

We understand that a well-known Twould be hard lines on some hands of the military and his The correspondent claims that friends and fellow newspapermen local cricketer who has orally re- people if they had to wait as long President Coolidge intends to pro-are-petitioning the authorities for presented the English team in for a doctor to come as he has for ceed further with naval limitations his release.

What the charges Hongkong during the final test his money, whether the League of Nations is against him are is not known, and match, is to be presented by admir states that Mr. Kellogg hinted this his arrest-came as a surprise in ers with a souvenir bat, to place

among the others in his belfry. view of the fact that his two. in his Plattsburg speech.

The writer claims that this papers have been rather friendly

Women consider blushing an art statement of-President' Coolidge's to the anti-Kuominchun cause. It intention is the first concrete is aald, however, that his name one of the applied arts, no doubt. information since the inception of was included in the black list pre-

Tell & woman that she has lost the League discussions, and says pared by the Allied chiefs when President Coolidge is merely hold they first entered Peking. This about fourteen pounds since you ing in abeyance his own disarms-list also contained the names of last saw her, and your popularity editor of the Ching Puo, who ment programme, which he is Lin Pai-shuif and Shao Ping-ping, is assured. ready to revive if the League

Chang Chung-chang last April. wavers-Reuter's American Ser was executed by order of Gen.

vice.

COMMENT STIFLED. Naturally, in view of the ruth less tactics employed to keep them

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0.0 "Enquirer."-No: the American corn belt is not a foot plaster.

Some women are so silent that they don't mind marrying a golfer.

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Some of these women who go in for reducing would appear to be striving for the title of the world's heavyweight fighter

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Dentists have held a convention in London. And it didn't hurt a bit!

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People who talk about perfecting radio might do worse than turn their attention to the telephone.

What with high wages and freak Insurances, hands seem to be higher

"friendly," the Chinese newspapera A scientist says America is pro- have refrained from commenting ducing a new race. And French than the heads in Australia. on the Lin case. Most of them, people say it's for the dollar. however, made it clear that Lin

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Queensland coust. We suppose the crew will indulge in coral singing

Thereupon, the pirate drew his NICARAGUA" REVOLT. revolver, held up the compradore and called the other, members of the pirate gang. The passengers

TROOP TRAIN DYNAMITEDN all lined up on one side, covered.

A naval ship has been sent to by four pirates, with their automa-

Managua, August 20. tics drawn. The other pirates!

rushed off and shot without The art of being a politician is survoy'submarine coral reefs off the The Revolutionaries have attack the semblance of a trial, by order then proceeded to the bridge and ed San Antonio and killed the of Chang Chung-chang, in spite of to call your enemies bad names in forced the captain and pilot to assistant superintendent and

ing the enemies know it, for the nearest several employers of one of the pleas for leniency made by mem- such a way that everybody except

'bers of Chang's own" staff. village inside British territory. largest suger estates in the dis-Certain of the foreign papers

trict. They also. dynamited a and agencies vigorously protested Canton is possibly afraid that if troop train between Managua and against the outrage. Members of she loses face, nobody will recog Corinto. No one was killed but a the Japanese, Fress Association niso her," few

were injured met and passed a resolution char- Reuter.

acterizing the execution as an, uh- WORK OF DESTRUCTION.

justified.act of military terrorism.

make Д courac

CUNBOAT APPEARS.

soldiers

Later

However, just about an hour Le fore they arrived at the village a Chinear gunboat appeared, and went to the aid of the Fee Din, but before the gunboat got alongside the pirates all jumped overboard The rebels have evacuated and attempted to swim to safety. Quezaigueque and have burned The gunboat fred some shots after part of the town including he them, and it is stated that four largest distillery in Nicaragua.

The Mayor and others are report were killed and six-wounded- Serious doubt is entertained as to ed killed. The rebels were seven whether the remainder reached the ly punished in other skirmishes.

Reuter's American Service... ahore in safety.

HELD BY FICKETS, This was by no means the end of the. Fee Din's trouble. She left' Canton for Nantao again, and reached the latter post without any thing untoward happening, but upon her return voyage, when she had about 20 piculs of salt fish

FRENCH ECONOMY:

POPULARISING STABLE

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According to some politicians' repudiations of interviews, they Bay nothing at all, and what they to say in misquoted.

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Half the time you can't tell

on Sunday."

It is not true that the two goats. found wandering in the vicinity of the Peak Club' were waiting for a quorum:

"Between the Wickets" is the title of a book written by J. B Hobbs. It should have a good run.

Some unique specimens of lizards

RESENTED CRITICISM. While the official proclamation issued by the chief of the gendarmerie states that Lin was whether Canton is rising or up- have recently arrived at the London Zoo. We cannot say whether any executed for confirmed connection-rising with the enemy army," there is

of the Hongkong lounge specics little doubt that the direct 'cause

Sydney boxing novices are refus were included. was an editorial published in the ing to take part in public contests0 Hsieh Hui Jih Pao the day be unless the financial consideration is "Should golf be played on Sun- fore the editor's death, in which increased from a half-guinça. Sup days?" was the text of a London Chang Chung-chang, and his

pose they think they're worth sermon. financial advisor, Mr. Pan Fu, a guinen a box were criticized.

Some people think it shouldn't even he played on week- daya by some people!

week.

According to the "wets," Pro- hibition has made America the land of the spres and the home of the

6. All principal moneys acknow ledged by the Secretary of State as coming. within the provision of thig Ordinance, as provided in section 2, and all interest received""" by the Government of the Colony of Hongkong on loans made for the

BREAD. purposes referred to in the pre-1

Lin was arrested shortly after

An American anti-Prohibitionist 1 am and was shot at 4. During asserts that, New York consumes ceived the Order of the Bath this Many Peak residents have re- amble to this Ordinance, and äll

the interval he was permitted to principal moneys received by the

Decrees have been issued which pen a few lines declaring his more poisonous liquor than the rest Govornment of the Colony of

of the world put together. Majst De Lisle, the pilot of the French and 10 pleuls of mangoes on board Prescribe returns from all areas entire case of conscience, and urg be the pub of the Universe.. Hongkong upon the repayments or aeroplane which crashed at Rom- she was

under wheat giving an estimate of ing his two concubines to live encountered by strike as we well as control of cereal together in harmony and to care0 recovery of such loans by, the Go.. ernment, shall be, and shall be civil aviator, having flown across

ney Marsh, was

an experienced pickets. The No. 1 picket inform movements and existing stock of for bis 14-year-old daughter. After all this criticism about the deemed always to have been, the Channel no fewer than one doubtedly consisted of goin

od the master that the cargo u-grain.'

Shortly after the arrest Mr. Test Matches, we shall not be sur exempt from the defence contribu- hundred times.

The Cabinet has prepared a Heuch Ta-ko, editor of the Huang prised if the future accs. the end tion provided for by the Defence

brought from Hongkong, and that general plan of economy and Pao went to Gen. Chang's of them. Contribution Ordinance, 1901, and of the disaster, including De Lisle,

The inquest on the three victims he suspected the tug of having decided to control sales of com residence to plead for Lin's life all such principal. moneys and has been adjourned pending the called at that port. The boat was modities, improve the system of Interest hitherto received or ap Air Minister'e examination of the pieliels at Canton. As the fine provision markets.

therefore arrested by the strike supply and the working of public propriated by the said Government, engines of the wrecked plane or heronfter to be received or British Wireless.

levied on the steamer is said to be State broad must be popularis appropriated by the said Govern-

$3,000 it is said that the pickets ad and meals in restaurants will inalsted upon being paid in Hong- be limited to two courses, whilst Colonial revenues before the His Majesty's Government under kong money the ill-fortuned tug is profiteers will be prosecuted calculation of the sums payable to the said Ordinance.

still detained at Canton,

mont, ahall be deducted from the

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grave.

Candidly, Canton cán connive!

His plea was supplemented by Mr. From the China Mail Yester We understand that when the Che-taz, a member of Gen. Chang's a heavy thunderstorm in the night, ing up the bottomless pit between Pan Eu, and also, by Mr. Yong day, the wicket began: soft, after F. W. D. coolles have finished-fill-

staff. The Shantung chief refused easy. By the lunch Interval it be the Peak Hotel and Pokfulam ju to listen, saying that the execution came: the sun's influence on the revoir, they will be employed in order had been issued and could wicket became apparent. The baling out the harbour in order not be recalled. Finally, Chang sun's influence was not solely con- that the silting-up question be pro

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perly explored. fined to the wicket!!

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