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SECRET TREATY.

FOR PARTITION OF CHINA.

The

Hongkong Telegraph

FOONDEN 11

No. 21,045

TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1926. 二拜禮 號四廿月入英港香

CANTON'S REPLY TO CANTON UNEASY.

THE GOVERNOR.

"GROSSLY PROVOCATIVE „

CHARGE."

BIG PARADE ARRANGED.

The Canton Government has

It states that the

FACTORS IN PRESENT

SITUATION..

1.

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日七十月七

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LUKONG'S TRIAL. SNATCHING ON BOWEN COAL STRIKE.

CONCLUDING STAGES REACHED,

ROAD.

HOSPITAL MATRON'S

·LOSS.

TALK OF PEACE MOVE

COLLIERY SHARES FIRMER.

London, Aug. 23. An offeinl return at noon to-day

ARMS TRAFFIC QUESTIONS.

SISTER ALSO ATTACKED. The concluding stages of the

Reports received by the police. manslaughter trial at the Criminal

last night gave prominence to the doings of an unknown prowler on Sessions, before Mr. Justice Wood, in which a Chinese police con- stable is charged with the mans- the Peak, who, in one instance, stated, that 4,619 miners had ro laughter of a Chinese on a junk, successfully robbed Miss Mackay,sumed in Derbyshire, and that 481 by shooting him with his revolver, matron of the Military Hospital of more men were working in War- were entered upon this morning. her handbag and later, during the wickshire than on Saturday. Thero The Sergt. Interpreter at No. 7 same evening, made a similar, but was no change in the position Police Station anid he interpreted unsuccessful attempt, on Miss in Northumberland or Scotland. the prisoner's report. Prisoner

Levay, Sister of the same Hos- said he fired five rounds of

NAVAL DISSATISFACTION.

"STOP THAT MAN.” FENG'S WORK AT MOSCOW.'

Both military and the elvilian

Mra. R. Weill, of Messrs. Sennett The partition of China into five issued a reply to the speech re- circles in Canton are, much per- districts, each of which is to be cently delivered by His Excellency turbed at present on account of Freres, and Mr. C. P. Marcal, a governed by Communist Commit- the Governor (Sir Cecil Clementi, the uncertainty of the situation local business man, appeared tees organized on the lines of the K.C.M.G.), at the opening of the and the inability of the Kuomin before Major Willson this morn- tang Board of Ceasors to preventing as complainants in a trafic Government of Soviet Russia, is now premises of Messrs. Lane, the entrance of information not summons against Mr. O. L. do provided for in a secret treaty Crawford, Ltd. signed at Moscow on August 3 by Governor's remarks have created always favourable to the ruling Leur, a Dutch resident, who was charged with reckless driving at Gen. Feng Yu-hsiang, the "Chri- great indignation in Kwangtung Party in the Southern capital.

Stubby Road. The factors rendering the Can- stian General," according to wires and .Kwangsi, and that a big ton situation, doubtful are the The incident occurred on a from Peking to the Chinese press parade has been arranged to prove failure

Kuomintang Sunday, August 15th, and defend ammunition at the sampan which pital.

Conference in Shanghai.

that the Chinese people support Workers' "Delegate Details of this secret agree the strike and boycott. The Can- Reda") to overcome the Central ant said he ld not recall it, he saw loading some bags, which

Labour Union ("anti-Reds" dis- although he remembered having ment leaked out," it seems, when M. Karakhan at Feking and Mton Government statement. which cord between the military sup- passed several .cars that day on Borodin at Canton were noticed is issued by the Canton Inforina-porters of General Chang Kai- the road. of the signing, and when des- tion Bureau, is in the following shek, the Kuomintang Chief, and patches addressed to. Mr. George Hau Chien were intercepted. The latter is now on his way from Pe- king to Canton to deliver despat- ches and credentials to Borodin,

FENG IN CHARGE.

According to the terms of the Yu-hsiang treaty General Feng will head the Communist Commit- -tee which will govern Kirin, Feng- tien, Heilungkinang and Jehol; the present Canton leaders

will go- vern Kwangtung, Kwangsi and Yunnan; Gen. Tsiang, Chia-zah -will-govern_Hunan, Hupeh, Kiang- su and Chekiang; Mr. Van Tsun- seu will have control of Honan, Shensi and Anhwei, and Gen. Lu Hsung-lin will head the committee which will govern Chihli, Shan-

har.

of

. The

military difficulties gaining control of all of these districts are to be disposed of by Russin doubling her present ship- ments of guns and. munitions,, and opening her coffers to finance the Chinese Communists to continue civil war.

SOVIET HELP.

The campaign designed to crush Marshal Wu Pei-fu will be under... taken under the joint leadership" of Tsiang, Van and Lu. Gen. Feng himself will attend to the ousting

of Marshal Chang Tso-lin, and for this enterprise will have not only Russian money and munitions, but also the actual military assistance of a large detachment "of Russian Soviet troops.

terms:

of the

It was stated that at 6.30 p.m.

The miners of Yorkshire are strongly against resuming on the basis of district settlements and a notice posted at Ashby de la Zouche saya-that relief will be withdrawn from the children of men who re sume cool-getting.

Trade Union eircles are eagerly discussing the possibility of fresh negotiations being opened. Pressure is being.

he suspected were contraband. Miss Murkay was on her way from The Eampan pushed off when he reached the spot. He called on the Lower Peak Tram station to them to stop but they did not do the Military Hospital, when, at Mrs. R. Well in evidence, said 80. those of General Li Tsai-hain, next that last Sunday week she was

Bowen Road, she felt a tug at her In reply to Mr. Jenkin, witness handbag. A Chinese had come up in command; dissatisfaction Canton, Aug, 23.among naval officials because of going down the Peak towards said he also interpreted the state-

an from behind, and, having snatched In lately opening the new pre-military supervision by replacing Repulse Bay in a car. There were ments of two boat women, mises of a firm of drapers and naval men with Army officers as two cars. approaching from the accountant, two fokis, and two the article he ran past her and brought on the Government on be grocers at Hongkong the Go-commanders of gunboats; and the opposite direction with defend- men off a junk.

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half of Ironmasters and bankers. vernor referred to the futility threatening invasion of Kwang- ant's cycle bringing up, the rear. FIRING INSTRUCTIONS.

At 9.30 the same evening, a man The names of the archbishop of of the attempts being made by tung by "anti-Reds" from Fukien Suddenly her chauffeur pulled up a band of organised banditti and Yunnan.

the car dead, and on looking out

calling Before

Divisional answering to the description given and pirates miscalled the Can-

witness saw that defendant had Inspector Grant, Mr. Dyer Ball, by Miss Mackay, and for that rea- Canterbury, Sir Herbert Samuel tón Strike Committee to do in-

passed the cars which preceded prosecuting for the Crown, refer- son believed to be the same Chin- and Mr. Lloyd George are mention- his motor cycle and, at the moment red to certain orders given to the ese who had got away with Missed as possible peace intermediaries. jury to this Colony. The Go-

when, to avoid a collision, her own police with regard to firing ins-Mackay's handbag, appeared on

FATE OF GEN. FANGALOS UNCERTAIN.

to

OFFICERS DIE AT FRONT.

On account of

the serve with

ference...

by

the road.

women.

escaped down the hillside.

NO NEWS OF HER WHEREABOUTS.

THE FLOW BACK..

Rugby, Aug. 28! Many of the pits in the Notting- hamshire and Derbyshire coalfields-

May 1st.

to-morrow and Wednesday. They state that the full effect of the Imovement will not be felt until.

Thursday or Friday,

A number of leading Kuomia vernor went on to criticise the tang officers have died the past chauffeur had to pull up suddenly, tructions. The attitude the Crown the bridge at Bowen Road over. Reuter, Canton Government. "The Ca few days on account of the bent he was coming in between her car took with regard to them was looking the Peak Tram Station and ton Government even now has and cholera near the Kwangtang and another car in the centre. not realised that the first duty Hunan border..

that they were not strictly re-made a similar attempt on Miss of a government is to maintain this, it has been extremely hard Witness stated that the was so levant to the case, and would not Levay, a Sister of the same Hos- law and order, adding it con- for the Canton police to further shocked that she did not notice the avail the prisoner. He was quite pital. Miss Levay kept a tight hold nives at organised piracy and impress war transportation coolies defendant's number which was, prepared for the papers to go in, of her handbag and successfully were re-opened to-day for the first- brigandage in the Provincial for the "front" many declining however, noted by another man but he would like to make some resisted the man's attempt to dis-time since the stoppage began on

her of the article: capital itself."

Northern and the offence duly reported to remarks about them later as to possess

Frightened by Miss Levay's' cries This statement has aroused Expedition Army. Among the the police, At the time of the their value.

for assistance, the footped

It is reported that altogether. tung, Kansu, Szechwan and Chargreat national indignation-in-the-Kuomintang officers reported-dead incident, she heard someone shout- Mr. Jenkin-replied that any

Liangkuang. Numerous meet- are the Chief Officer of the Coming from his. car:-"Have, that reference to the use of arms by abandoned the attempt and made about 6,000 men presented them selves for work in Nottinghamshire man up! Have that man up He inga were immediately summon missariat at. Shiukwan, Colonel

for the first shift and the owners Reports of the two cases were state that large numbers are avail- ed in order to deal with this Feng Pro-sun; the Chief Staff has no right to be driving so fast." the police should be put in by his escape. grossly provocative charge made Officer of the 2nd Division of the In reply to a query from the the Crown, so that they might

received by the police. In the re-able for the later shifts. The.com- His Lordship-No doubt the port from Miss Mackay it was plete figures are not yet available. at a moment when the negotia- Kuomintang Army in Hengchow, Magistrate, Mrs. Well said that know where they were.

stated that the handbag contained tions between the Canton and Colonel Hu Shih-hain; the Pro-he, could identify Mr. Leur as

In response to efforts of pickets Inspector Grant said he saw the Miss Mackay's card case, a pure and speeches of the miners' leaders, Hongkong Government are only paganda Director of the 4th Corps, being the offender. She had seen Crown will do their best.

a handkerchief; the total adjourned and not ended..

dead body in the aampan, and and AMr. Hung Kim-hung; and many him once after that incident on big parado is announced for others less known.

did not notice anything else up-value, including that of the bag, including Mr. A. J. Cook, who urged the men to stand out for d this week in order to prove that The beginning of the Kuomin- Mr C. P. Marcal said that on

No arrests have been made, and national as opposed to local settle- the Chineet people in the Langtang policy to minimise the in-that particular day he was driv- usual about either the sampan being given as $10.

ment, a considerable proportion of down Stubbs Road or the junk. He saw two boat kuang support the strike and fluence of the "anti-Red" labouring his car

the police are continuing their in- those who had signed on were dis boycott movement-Canton. In movement commenced last week from Wongnelchong Gap when he

In reply to his Lordship, wit-vestigations.

Bunded from fulfilling their con- with the dissolution of the Canton formation Bureau.

boats · had was suddenly passed by the motor

tracts, but on the other hand, it is Ricsha-men's Union. This Union cycle No: 823, with, defendants said unless

reported that the colliery offices are special permits, with the excep- will be disbanded and another to driving. Witness conservatively, THE GREEK REVOLT.be controlled Kuomintang estimated the defendant's speed tion of conservancy junks, they THE PIRATED LAUNCH. stiil registering men for work for

members will be organised and at 35 miles an hour. Defendant were not allowed to moor against chartered as a part of the Kuo-passed and proceeded in front of the Praya Wall after nine o'clock. Replying to Mr. Dyer Ball, wit- mintang. Workers' Delegate Con- him, and at that moment Mrs. hess said the prisoner was not Weill's car was coming towards

"ANTI-RED" ACTIVITY,

them from the opposite direction. A good shot with a revolver, and most bad shots invariably fired Witness, on seeing this, turned high. He said the present orders Athens, Aug. 23. Canton officials state that the

to the friend beside him to re- had been in force since August, porting to give information as to intervention, were imminent, but are. trying to The overthrow of General Fan- "anti-Reds"

the supposed whereabouts of the this statement was probably based His Lordship So that they launch Wingshing, there is no in- on a misunderstanding, for the galos and his dictatorial regime has encourage the bandits in Heung-mark that the defendant's driv- 1922.

shan, the district where the late ing would lead to an accident,

general situation has undergone no favourably affected the Bourse Dr. Sun Yat-sen was born, to make and witness was almost sure that were in force when the prisoner formation of a reliable character where exchange has risen in favour things hot for the Bolshevists in this was inevitable when he was in the Police School? Yes, to show where the pirated craft has change and there is no prospect of

been taken to..

a move by Government until it is that community. The "anti-Reds" caught sight of Mrs. Weill's car. ny Lord.

A description of the missing ves-evident that the action would ba Pangales and the officers arrest- are said to have commissioned Witness told the Court that he

sel has been circulated in shipping fruitful of results.... ed with him are detained at the Yuan Tai and Tai Weng-chang, himself was ready to pull up in the event of the untoward happen-

Questioned by Mr. Jenkin, wit- circles, and this, together with cer A Hankow message dated the military hoapital at Athens. His two notorious bandit chiefs, as

neas said he had been in the tain measures taken by the local! 17th Instant says:-Marshal Wu attempt to escape aboard a warship agents to undermine the positioning.

police authorities, is all that can pickets in some localities to-day, In reply to this evidence, de police for twenty years... Pei-fu's troops stationed in the and to corrupt the officers-and-men of the Kuomintang in Heungahan. region of Yochow having been thereof has not improved the case The Canton Municipal Authori- fendant again stated that he did I put it to you that, from the be done at the moment. It it in but no serious disorder occurred.

tles are being requested by the not remember anything. It was police point of view, the most seri- dicuted as being probable that by British Wireless greatly encouraged by the report against him.

EARLY TERMINATION POSSIBLE. of the fall of the Nankow front, M. Kondylis, who was the rival Commissioner of Finance to not possible, he said, to have ous menace to public security at this time the Wingshing has been

London, Aug. 23. General Li Chi-chen, Commander- Republican lender of General Pan-undertake the sale of war bonds driven along Stubbs Road at the the present day is trafficking in taken to a more or less isolated arms, or unlawful possession of locality amongst the maze of water-

ways of the Canton Delta. in any! Anticipation in South Wales of in-Chief of the Northern troops, la galos at the time of the deposition to the amount of $850,000 in the speed named.

Hia Worship found the charge arms? That is so. roported-to-have-given-orders to of King Constantine, is still unde- second issue of $10,000,000.

That trafficking has increased case it would seem that there is the early termination of the coal- his troops to launch a general at-elded what to do with General Pan-The Kwangchow-Wuchow Trans-proved and imposed a-line of

beyond all measure during your very little ground for the hope of stoppage was reflected on the Car

un early restoration of the com- dift Stock Exchange to-day. tack upon the Canton Revolution- galos, but the latter will probably portation Syndicate, a Kuomin- $20.

service in the police?That Is so. be tried by a National Tribunal, tang chartered express company ary forces.

And the offence of trafficking or mandeered launch to its Hongkong Colliery shares were most firm with Reuter.

A strong demand. All the leading being in unlawful possession, both, owners. is one which is very smartly dealt Enquiring amongst various shares showed an upward tendency, Chinese companies that have to do At least 6,000 minors have re with 7Yes.

with the hiring of launches for pub-aumed in Nottinghamshire and lic parties, we were informed that Derbyshire and 740 more men are. following the previous instance of working-in. Warwickshire than on a launch being taken out to sea by Saturday, Four hundred more pseudo-passengers, two years ago, men are at work at Cannock Chase, still fresh in their memory, the Reuter. companies have been very careful to the point of making the most

Russia's gain from this agree ment, which, if carried out, will be very costly for her, will be the in-. auguration of an interlocking sys- tem of Communist-Committee. governments, in China, and a free hand at propaganda work among the Chinese people.

ALLIED.› ATTACK.

$200,000 AS BONUS.

A Peking messago.dated August 17th states:-Marshal Chang Tso- lin has distributed a

Bum of

$200,000 to reward the soldiers who captured Nankow, and has or- dered various armies to continue proceeding towards the northwest,

RUSSO-URUGUAY RELATIONS.

of Greece.

"ABOMINABLE TYRANNY.

Athens, Aug. 23. General Pangalos, with the ex- Ministers, M. Tavoularis and M. Tantalidis, will be tried at the High Court and charged with crimes against the common law. .

enjoying exclusive river traffic service on the West River by sharing part of the profits with Kuomintang leaders, is to be deprived of further protection from the Party leaders.

WOMEN'S FIGHT.

GAME TO THE END.

That perennial cause of trouble CHAN KWING-MING'S POST. In connection with the battle of the Money Loan Association- Liling, it is now reported that again figured in a case boforo Mr. At a great demonstration in Wu Pel-fu left Chang-Sin-Tien on Lindsell this morning in which Athons last night speeches were the 21st instant for. Hankow via made condemning General Panga-Nanking by the Pukow Rallway to three women were charged with los" "abominable tyranny." Renssume the supreme command of disorderly conduct. It was stated solutions were passed demanding the Allied forces, and that Sun that, failing to agree on matters "well-merited punishment of those Chuan-fang hàe given orders connected with a Money Loan As COMPLETELY RE- who have violated the people's to his forces to mobilise. The sortation, the women took to fight

ESTABLISHED,

sacred rights."-Router.

mobilization is to be completed ing. Two fell down a staircase, within ten days and Chan Kwing but resumed the Aght as soon as Moscow, Aug. 23.

ming has been appointed by Wu they had again scrambled on their It is announced that the Govorn- 4th Army Corps, respectively. In Pei-fu as the Commander-in-Chief legs, ment of Uruguay has recognized this connection, General Chan is of the Southern Army. In that Mr. Lindsoll Falling down the the Soviet Government.as de jure, oing assisted by the "anti-Red" capacity he has already assumed statrs did not quench their ardour, stating that it considers Russo-fiction of the Kuomintang and by office and appointed Lau Che-luk, A fine of $ as inflicted in Uruguayan diplomatic relations the Che Kung Tong, which is the Yeung Kwan-yu, Hung Lut and each case, the defendants being also have been completely re-establish- oldest and largest, Chinese Over- Sun Pao-fun as General Officers bound over in a sum of $5 to keep ed-Router.

seas Association.

Commanding the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and the peace for six paths.

THE ARMS MENACE.

Trafficking cases mostly concern or occur on or in conection with the water, the harbour?-Quite a num- her of them.

The majority of cases are con- cerned with water-going people?

That is ao..

STEADY-OFFICER.

During his week-end speeches In spite of a report appearing Mr. Cook hinted that fresh nego- in a Chinese paper yesterday pur- tiations, as a result of Government

stringent enquiries in regard to This constable is a lovel-beaded, tomers before a launch is hired out. the bona-fides and standing of cus- stendy officer 7-Yes..

That the unexpected has happened You have no information that at in this case is a matter which could any time he has in any shape or not be possibly guarded against, form, that is leaving out this case, not conducted himself as he is ex one concern added. pected to do? That le so.

There were demonstratione. by

FRENCH BORROW IN SWITZERLAND.

REDEEMABLE AT LATEST IN

· 26 YEARS.

Paris, Aug. 201 Since the day of this occurrence, Dr. J. C. Dalmahoy Allan, who

M. Poincare is issuing in Swit two months ago, he has been at has been a patient for some time

past at the French Hospital, has zerland a loan for 80,000,000 Swiss large? Yes,

When Mr. Jenkin questioned now been removed to the resident francs redeemable within the Inspector Grant about the boat of Dr. Strahan on the Peak, His period beginning April 1st, 1927, women, the Inspector said their many friends will regret to hear and ending at the latest on October

3(Continued on Page 12),

that he is still aoriously ill,

1st 1961-Reuter