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CHINA CRISIS.
MORE QUESTIONS IN COMMONS.
BRITAIN & THE CUSTOMS.
London, Dec. 8.. There was a further batch of
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
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BOYCOTT EXTENSION GRAPHIC STORY.
CAMPAIGN.
CÂNTON INVESTIGATIONS.
UNSATISFACTORY.
ANOTHER MOVE PLANNED.
Reporting on the activities of Chinese questions in the House of the Anti-British Boycott Extension Commons to-day.
Committee, our Canton correspon
HOW “SUNNING” WAS RECAPTURED.
SECOND OFFICER'S COUP.
The Sunning piracy trial en- tered on its fifth day of hearing at the Central Magistracy to-day. when an interesting story was
E
Replying to. Mr. Foot Michall dent states that this organisation told by the Second Officer (Mr. J.
Mr. Locker Lampson said the Cue toms revenue was the only source
LONDON-SINGAPORE AIR ROUTE.
EARLY INSTITUTION OF
BIG EN
Rugby, Dec."
FOOCHOW FEARS.
"RED" OPPONENT'S SUICIDE.
Only exceptional per
formance and endurance qould establish the pres- rige this MAGNETO TYPE New Departure Ball
Bearing has attained. 58 different types and size in stock.
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FENGTIEN OFFENSIVE
EXPECTED,
CHECKMATE ON CHRIST
GENERAL
COAL DEBATE.
LABOURS VOTE OF CENSURE.
GOVERNMENT INDICTED.
TO SAFEGUARD PEKING. DISGRACEFUL SEQUEL. The Telegraph's correspondent There are a number of indica
Peking, Dec. 8.
London, Dee: 8. at Foochow gives some graphic tons pointing to the commence In the House of Commons Mr. news of the altuation there. This ment of the Fengtion general Ramsay Macdonald moved a vote shows that up to Saturday, prac offensive against the Southerners of censure on the Government for tically all the Northern troops had A Fenstien expedition has al
any attempt on the part of En said that, Mr. Baldwin's orncuated the city, but the Na ready started out to checkmate its conduct in the coal strike.
then
arrived Marshal Feng, Yu-hsiang to swoop policy had alienated the country tonalists had not and an air of nervousness was down on Peking while the opera- so that not a single Tory consti- overywhere apparent. Members tions against the Cantonese are tuency was safz-(Ministerial of the Student Cadet Corps. aur progressing-Router
loughter, and Opposition, cheers).
MR. COOK INCOMPETENT.
After referring to the offensive
An important pronouncement was made to-day by Sir Samuel Houre, Secretary for Air, or the immediate development of Imperial has published a statistical table Hirst) of the preparations he air routes with a view to ensure showing the number of printed made, in conjunction with other such mobility as will enable the forms which it has had returned, oficers, for the recapture of the British and Overseas Air Forces of which British, capital loaned to
duly filled up, by dealers in foreign ship after it had remained under to meet any attack on any part of China which was estimated at
the control of the pirates for the Empire goods.
twelve hours.
Sir Samuel Hoare was presid-rounded the house of a promin A Chinese report states that ma £22,000,000---was secured. The
So far, only about 200. forms After stating, In reply to a ing at a Tecture given by Wingent Chinese who had been active from the activities on the Anbul British Government hoped to see the maintenance intuet of the have been returned and of these question from the Crown Solicit- Commander Fulford, who com in denouncing student agitations frontier, it judged that an at-
or, that Chinese and others were manded the flight of the Royal Air but before they entered he had tack on Ankhig and Wahu by theness of Mr Evan Williams and Maritime Customs Administration, 113 make mention of having Brit-moving freely between the ship Force muching from Cairo to hot himself. His body was later Southerners, is imminent. All the incompetence of Mr. Cook- whose excellent service he believed
and shore during the time the Cape town. Ay a result of the runter dragged through the streets on the southern bank of the Ministerial cheers and laughter) the Chinese nation as a whole these reports, the value of the Sunning was in port at Amoy. cent Imperial Conference, said Sir of the city. Writing in diary Yangtsze the 7th Army CorpsMr. MacDonald salt the Gov-
Mr. Hirst went to on to say that Samuel Hoare ve shall ace a grent form, our correspondent says:
under General Li Chung-yan, and ment tad allowed the country his first contact with the pirates er step made in the near future December 2nd All is still the Independent Division, under to lose £600,000,000 in order to was when he found himself seized both in developing the Imperial quiet, but it is reported that the General Tang Sun-che, is advan: give the owners time to gain a by the legs from behind, whilst Air Force and obtaining the marines are engaging Chang Yising northward past Anking, in great victory over the Miners the afternoon of the 15th Novem- ourselves and the Dominions, than 2,000 men have been disarmed movements of the Fengtion forces combined with Labour would re- he was on the bridge at 3.40 on necessary co-peration between forces down river, below Pagods order to cope with any contin- Federation which had been broken,
Anchorage, and that a further gencies that may arise from bar, Brought heavily down to the ever before. deckboards, he saw that his as sailants were two Chinese armed
fully appreciated.
THE TIENTSIN ARRESTS.
Replying to Mr. Trevelyan, Mr. Locker Lampson stated that the Government was investigating the protest from the Canton Govern ment against the arrest of cer tain Kuomintang members in the British Concession at Tientsin and their handing over to the Fengtien military authorities.
In reply to Rear Admiral Sueter, Mr. Bridgeman said it was consi- dored that the afr resources at the disposal of the Navy in China were adequate. Reuters
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BRITISH LOANS.
ish goods in stock. According to
a
hung up in a puble place and
stocks of British goods is $4,430, but it is known that this figure is far below the real value of British goods held by Chinese merchants. It is stated that the Committee intends to embark on another eam paign in the nature of a shop-to-with revolvers, and these, after shop investigation of the stocks of search of his person, escorted him British goods in the various busi- down to the main deck where they were joined by other pirates, and ness establishments
a search was made for arms in have arranged that next year aborted to have gone over to the tant sallents to sunrd against the the Captain's room.
Witness heard the pirates gay that they wanted to go to San- moon and Pinghoi. He identified amongst these men the No. 1 and No. 2 defendants now in Court.
"HAWKINS" ARREST.
ATTEMPTED THEFT OF
CASH BOX..
REVOLVERS SECURED.“.
P. AND O. MEETING.
POSSIBLE INCREASE IN PASSAGE RATES.
London, Dec. 8.
but which would reunite and,
INCOMPETENT LEADERSHIP.
M Baldwin replying, said be refused to be intimidated into go ing to the country by threats of industrial unrest.—- Ministerial cheera) What worried him was that the loyalty, courage, fortitude. and restraint of the miners had been exploited, and traded upon, by Incompetent lenderskip. The Labour Party should not have al- lowed false shepherds to lead the sheep into delectable land of bunkum. The choice which the Opposition would make between. industrial unrest or Industrial:
there. A student cadet corps, 200
stationed at Peng.Fow. During these discussions, we strong, is assisting the marines;
The Ankul unit under General, me power(Opposition cheers).
He concluded by declaring considered paticularly the two they are mostly youths who were srcat Imperial, a routes of the trained some years ago in the Feng Shao-mun, which has gone the Government should that country and receive its merited chow by Hsu Chung-chi General the instrumentality of General Niu
doom future: from Lengon to Capetown Military School founded in Foo-over to the Southerners through and from London to Australia. W Chow's forces at Yonping are re-Yung-chlen, has taken up Impor number of flight shall be made South, and Chow himself is on his advance of the Fungtien forces our machines from here to North way to Tientsin via Cheklang. from Pukow. A battle noni Wüht Africa. We shall establish an air
is now developing st SOLDIERS SHOT. route from here to Kenya and the South Africab Government have
Several soldiers convicted of undertaken to go operate with looting were shot to-day. The and to extend that route over the shops were closed in the after- most strategical, parts of Bouth noon, as a protection against loot. Rugby, Dec. 8. Replying to a question in the
Lam Sak, 17, was charged be
Although deprived of his rife Africa. That means that the Bri-Ing. Civil Governor Sah has can- House of Commons regarding the fore Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the Cen- and ship's revolver, witness onid tish Air Force wil link up with the celled a large number of Fukion amount of British capital loaned trai Magistracy this morning, with he had an automatic of his own, South Africa Air Force and that Bank notes, to China, Mr. Locker Lampson, the attempted theft of a cash-box, which escaped the attention of the we shall have a complete route December Srd-The Nationalist Under-Secretary for Foreign containing $185, from the cabin pirates, A ship which passed from London to Capetown and also Army is expected to enter Foo Lord Inchcape, presiding at the Afairs, said the outstanding of Paymaster Lieutenant V. R. them at 4.30 (it was the Com-from east to west in South Africa chow to-day. Some fighting has annual meeting of the P. and 0. amount, of Government loans Jordan, of H.M.S. Hawkina.
pany's other steamer Anhul) gave Secondly, we bave decided.to in taken place near Ing Tai, fifty Company said the Board was con- secured on the revenue of the Im- The defendant pleaded not witness an idea to practice a ruse stitute a long distance air route miles south of Feochow, betweet (sidering the question of treating peace would not merely affect the perial Maritime Customs and fidat- guilty.
on the pirate who was keeping as- from London to Singapore. This, the Nationalist forces and Chang the Insurance Fund ana a Reserve ed on the London market was
Marine Wats, in evidence, atat-aiduous guard outside his cabin. through the co-operation of the Yi's mon. It seems now to be un as they could insure outstanding happiness of the country but the £14,500,000. The total British ed that on Tuesday night, be- Mr. Hirst pointed out the ship to Australian Government will link derstood on all hands that Chang risks for a much lesser sum than happiness and fortunes of the holdings in all such loans it was tween 8.80 and 8.45, as he was the pirate, and. the man left his
up Australia.
Yi's hasty retreat before the the amount standing to its credit. Labour Party itselfReuter Impossible to determine, but they passing Lieutenant Jordan's cabin, post to go on the bridge to warn
Southern forces towards Foochow Unless running costs, which Mr. Lloyd George said that This may be a small beginnings with the intention of making were 76 per cent, higher than he Liberals were unable to vote for might be estimated at £20,000,000. he saw the shadow of someone the others. That left the coast Under present conditions, there moving about inside." He thought clear for witness to go into his but it will be the beginning of himself Tupan of Fukien, but it fore the war, diminished an in- the censure in its present form, were no other sources from which it was the Lieutenant's servant, cabin, where he retrieved his Chit very big development. When once would appear that he has now crease in passage rates might be although he agreed with the criti pament could be made except the and called out "Jack" but, receiv-revolver and Ammunition. As we have these regular flights bo- lost everything. General Li bas necessary. The condition ofcism of the Government's hand- Customs revenue.-British Wire- ing no reply, he became suspicious. soon as the opportunity presented tween London and Africa, and Lon evidently made his peace with the China had caused a serious lossling of the negotiations. Lesa.
doorway itself, he loaded this as well as don and Australla properly es- Nationalists, but it remains to be in traffic but passenger traffic con- The curtain over the
Sir "Alfred Mond suggested the then moved, ns if someone was another Colt which he found in tablished, with aerodromes and. peeping through, and witness pull the Second Engineer's room, and other accessories, we shall find not whether they will trust him tinued to expand remarkably formation of a League of Indust with any position of importance. The coal strike had cost the rial Peace with powers similar to The streets are hung to-day with Company over £200,000. Hebe- those of the League of Nations. ed it aside to find the defendant concealed it in the chart-table in only that we have a great asset for
chart room. The Chief civil and commercial purposes but the Sun Yat-sen moti; no doubt lieved that even if Empire airways In the cabin. Witness had seen the the defendant before, knowing him Officer, who had previously been that we have a great asset also by way of welcome to the income became a commercial proposition, to be the C.O.'s servant.
taken into his confidence, was a for military purposes, We shalling, forces from the South- the Peninsular and Oriental would
hold its own-Reuter, The defendant was sentenced to witness of both these operations. then begin to feel that the air three months' hard labour.
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15,000 BRITISHERS.
Rugby, Dec. 8. Asked in the House of Commons what was the number of British nationals residing in China, ex- clusive of Hongkong, Mr. Locker Lampson stated that in 1926 it was 16,247-British Wireless.
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IMPERIALIST RUSSA.
Washington, Dec. 8.
It is suggested in certain quarters that Britain purposely exaggerated the Bolshovist menaco in China, On the other hand a very responsible section of the press is fully alive to the implications of the policy of Soviet Russia in the Far East and regret that the Great Powers, owing to jealousies and dissensions inter
China by agents of Moscow.
BRITAIN AND SOVIET.
EVIDENCE OF ANTI-BRITISH PROPAGANDA,
Rugby, Dec. 8. Members of the House of Com- mons again raised the question of British relations, with Russia..
Mr. Locker Lampson related the
A MARKED MAN.
"
After nine o'clock, there came & forces of the Empire are really great change over the pirates mobile and can move across the December 4th-Things are mov- They became suspicious,, and face of the Empire with ease and ing apace. Last night some of waved their revolvers in a very concentrate in an incredibly short the Student Cadet Corps surround- threatening manner as if fearing time in any threatened pointed the house where Chang Kwo some unknown treachery, Before British Wingless.
this, the pirates had made another search for possibly concealed
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arms, and witness' own cabin ANOTHER RECRUIT FOR him, but not before he had shot
showed signs of considerable dis. order.
"FATAL BLOW.
SOUTH.
It was at 12.30 that the cry of NEGOTIATIONS WITH A "Chillang Light" was raised, and, in pursuance of a pre-arranged.plan,
to draw their attention
GENERAL
wa, who had arrived the previous day from the North, was staying, and succeeded in getting hold of
himself. He has for several years been a well-known figure in Foo- chow, teaching Mandarin in severat Mission Schools, and at
CENTRAL AMERICAN
TANGLE.
THE GUATEMALAN PRESIDENCY,
Managua, Dec. 8. The Guatemalan Government has
SOVIET'S DESIRE.
Mr. Winston Churchill reply ing in a speech which the Conservatives loudly cheat- ed, dwelt on the Russian help for the miners which he attribut- ed chiefly to the Soviet's desire to cause confusion in Britain. After emphasising the ill effects of the coal stoppage industrially, Mr. Churchill concluded by saying that out of evil might come some good Britain was stronger because she knew that neither a general strike nor a prolonged coal stoppage could
the same time helping the autho- privately communicated with M. breakdown her national organisa-
The Mexico-City Government has
-Reuter's American Service.
RESULT OF VOTE,
The House of Commons rejected
rities in suppressing student agi Espinosa, the Foreign Minister. tlon. We might also learn from tators For some time he was A
that, a higher comprehension of se have been out generalled previous 'statements made by. Switness had got the Chief OmeerIt is reported that General Sunmarked man and in daily peril of M. Sacasa, whom the Liberal reour common interests in the coun to this Hung-ying, who served in Canton assassination. He was merciless volutionaries elected as constitu- try, without which we could not The New York Times in an odi- Austen Chamberlain that the Bri-light while he edged nearer and under Mox Wing Sun's regime and in his efforts to bring to justice tional President in opposition to for long feed the teeming popula- torial emphasises that while the tish Government would require as a nearer the group with his naviga-who has been leading a predatory those who were inciting trouble in Diaz, offering to mediate on the tion of Great Britain. (Loud and Russians are encouraging China condition of any negotiations that tlon lead. The first of the two life for the last four years on the Foochow, and impervious to bribes conflicting claims to the Presidency prolonged Ministerial cheers). to throw off the yoke of the foreign the Soviet Government should re- pirates who were on the bridgo at frontiers of Hunan, Kweichow. offered with a view to getting the The Diaz Government regards the imperialists Russia, of all foreign spect their engagements to abstain this juncture, was laid nations in China, has interfored most
out clean Kwangsi and Kwangtung, has at culprits let off. It was rumour-communication as favouring Mexi- in the internal affairs of China' from anti-British propaganda and with the lead, but the other re- last consented to make overturns of fately that he had been assas can intervention and as a chal-
should recognise their financial feeived only a glancing blow and totationalist: Government, sinated in Shanghai; and no one lenge to the United States prestige the Labourites vote of conture by during the past few yonra, Reuter's American Service.
obligations like other civilised whilst lying on the deck, he took and has empowered Tans, Sul-seams to know why he came back and interests in view of iter
abstained from voting-Reuter countries. He said that the So- aim and fired two shots with his ching to proceed to Canton to sign to Foochow, whence he wout with cognition by the United States. 6 votes. to 181 The Liberala vict Government had shown no in-revolver. These missed
his family a few weeks ago. Now a compact elination whatever to abstain from and the next instant the pirate: It is aaid that on this account he has paid with interest the recognized the Sacasa: Government.i anti-British propaganda. The Gov was laid out on the dock, uncos- General Tan Yen-kai did not leave penalty of afs former loyalty to ornment had plenty of evidence scious for the time being, with a with the first party of Governmert the powers that were. His body of such propagandu in this country second blow with the lead. This officers for Wuchang on the 7th. was hung in a public place in and the facts of it were being pre-man witness identified as the 201h inst, as arranged, but remained Nantai all the morning, and dur- EXCLUDED FROM U. S pared now-British Wireless.
defendunt; Witness reached behind-to- completo the negotin-ing the afternoon was dragged down for this man's revolver and tions with the representative of through the streets of the city, as while returning from the chart-Sun Hung-ying. If the opact a grim warning of the fate await- room with his own two Colts, he is concluded, the Nationalist Goying any one who dares to oppose heard shots, baing fired; and peered arnment will be relieved of the Red regime. Those who have down the ladder to see a ma source of anxiety and Kwangsi made enomles among the Bolshe lying doud at the bottom.
will welcome the move, whilst at vistically-minded students are the game time about 20,000 men feeling unsafe, as may be imagin PIRATES ATTACK, A
will be available for active servien ed A minute later, the pirates with the Southernera It is most counter-attacked, and the first likely that all expedition, against
SINGAPORE BASE.
SPENDING HONGKONG'S.
CONTRIBUTION."
London, Dec. 8.
In the House of Commons, re- plying to Major Hore-Belisha, Mr. WC. Davidson said
Bald that £185,000
out of the £250,000 subscribed by Hongkong to the cost of the Singa ppro base had hitherto been spent.
There were 988 men working on the Singapore Base in October
•Reuter.
ECONOMIC CONFERENCE.
THE DATE NOW FIXED,
Geneva, Dec, 8..
at
The League Council has decided to an Economic Conference Geneva on May 4th next.-Reuter.
MADAME KOLLONTAY'S
TAUNT
COAL OUTPUT.
STILL BELOW HALF PRE-STRIKE FIGURES",
London, Dec. 8.
The Orst official returus „, since "Vera Cruz, Dec. 8.
the general resumption of work Madame Kollontay has arrived,
In the conlunde show that the here
Referring to the refusal of the output of coal for the week ended. American authorities to permit November 27, was 2,124,000 tons DOVERNOR RETIRES.
her traverse the United States shey 455,000 men as compared with Yesterday Chen Ping-sah retir-hus declared that "Americans do rush up the ladder, with the Chief Yunnan will soon bo undertaken, ad from his position an Civil Gov not know the difference between a 5,097,000 tons before the stoppage. Engineer pushed along in front as after the necessary arrangements a shield for a file of pirates, was are made with Sun Hung-ying's ernor, and is now residing in his diplomatie and propaganda post for
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