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FOUNDRED 1451 四拜道· 號三十月一英港香 THURSDAY,

No. 22,065

HANKOW TENSION LESSENS. HEAVY FIGHTING.

2-HOUR ANGLO-CHINESE

CONFERENCE.

EVACUATION OF MANY

FOREIGNERS.

UP-RIVER

ANOTHER REVERSE FOR SOUTH.

FALL OF SHAOHING. "

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Chinese telegrams to hand state, that General Mang Chao-yuot, stbordinate of Marshal Sun Chuan-fang, who has his headquar-

PER ANNUM

JANUARY 13, 1927. BTACT SINGLE COFT 10 ORNIA,

STRIKERS' RATIONS NOW STOPPED.

CANTON STATION SHUT

OWN.

LEAKAGES ALLEGED.

.

EWO MILL RIOT.

UGLY AFFAIR AT SHANGHALA

MOB ATTACKS POLICE.

41.

Shanghal, Jan. 18.

A mill riot, believed to have

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DUTCH EAST INDIES ILLEGAL AWARD?

COMMUNISTS.

CAVALRY ROUND UP REBELS.

MANY ARRESTS MADE.

ARCHITECT'S “LEGAL MISCONDUCT.”

TO-DAY'S COURT CASE.

The sequel to an arbitration"

The Dutch East Indies cavalry between Chinese parties to a build-

the Strike Committee has decided been engineered by extremelata detachment last week returned to ing contract was, heard in the

It is reported from 'Cauton that

to close the station which is in and agitators, broke out last night

Batavia in completion of a route

ters at Shaoshan, west of Hang- charge of the dally rations dealt at two Ewo Cotton Mills, at Yang. march, via Serang, Djàsings and before the Chief Justice,· Sir:

unknown!

at

one week.

Supreme Court, this morning,

out to those strikers who are tsepoo. The cause is at present

Bultonzorg. The detachment rested

Henry Gollan, when it was alleged chow, has launched an attack on.

one day In Buitenzorg, having that Mr. Colbourne Little, of Shaching, engaging in acrious still out of employment, and that

On the arrival of the police, who completed the whole distance in Masers. Little Adams and Wood, SERIOUS CHANGSHA NEWS. battles with General Yu Hin-mah, a formal notice has been issued to

who arbitrated, misconducted him- a Southern commander, along the this effect, whilst the Strike Union were rushed up in special ears,

In an interview with a répresen-self, in "legal language, by the strikers were rushing abouttative of one of the local papers, Chao-nger River. The latter is also to be wound up.

It appears that for some time, the bullding, dismantling the ma- Capt. Benjamins, the officer in depriving the parties of the right" offered stubborn resistance and

chinery. nghting continued on Tuesday and 2,000 catsies of rice and $40 worth

The mob attacked the command, stated that in south to havo, points of law decided by police, using ten-pound steel hob-d into three platoons, the first

Bantam, the detachment was divide the Court. bine.

Mr. Eldon 'Potter, K.C., instruct- platoon marched to Tji Teureup ened by Mr. R. A. Wadeson seting: odds route to Labocan, the second for Mr. F. C. Jenkin, moved

platoon through Pagelaran to motion for the setting aside of the Mencs and the third platoon award made by Mr. Colbourne through Bojong to Menes.

To-day's news regarding the developments at Hankow is to the effect that Mr. O'Malley has had a two-hour conference with Mr.

Eugene Chen in which the whole situation was thoroughly discussed. No disclosure as to the nature of the conversations has been made.

A midnight report from Hankow states that the tension has undoubtedly lessened and Britishers are now able to move freely round the Concession..

No statement has been issued, but, according to a nationalist

"

Wednesday.

COMPLETE SURRENDER."

of

other cereals und salted vegetables were supplied as daily

*

The object of this was to round up all those Communists who ea capod to the south of Bantam not overpower the troops stationed when they found that they could in Bantam at the time of revolt in November last.

Little on the grounds that he mis- conducted himself in a legal senso, and in not stating his award in the form of aepccial case, and face of it, erroneous in a matter thirdly that the award was, on the

of law and in fact. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, together with Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, represented the other party.

Mr. Potter said the motion waS the result of certain arbitration

rations, but on a check being made. These overwhelming The final result was that Shao-last week, it was found that 4,000 against the police wore beginning Some 400 Britishers and 200 Americans from various parts ofhing was completely surrendered cattles of rice and $100 worth of to tell, when the Fire Brigade to General Mang's troops, and it is other cereals and salted vegetables rushed up with three appliances Szechuan were yesterday evacuated to Hankow, but the evacuation

said that General. Yu is

now had been given out nearly double and Inid several hopes and played of foreigners from the interior is proving most difficult owing to

negotiating terins for the evacua- the usual quantity. Upon inves on the crowd in the building. In the general boycott interrupting communications,

tion by the latter of the Chao-nger tigations being made, it is stated a melee, the Chief of the Fire Hankow, Jan. 12. Sir Austen Chamberlain, who River region.

that at the workmen's hospital Brigade, Mr. Dyson, was struck Mr. O SL. C. O'Malley has held a has received daily reports from the

In order to clear out all pro- orders had been signed without with a steel bobbin. He was sent two-hour conference at the For-Foreign Office at his home in eign Office with Mr. Eugene Chen Sussex, reported to his colleagues Kuomintang troops from north a check being made of the quanto hospital but is not seriously in- Capt. Benjamins reports that

all the facts so far as they are eastern Chekiang as early as pos- tities of food-stuffs" "ordered.. this afternoon.

they were successful in driving jured.

these Communists in the direction known in London.

Nothing has yet been heard from sible, General Mang's forces are Moreover, it was reported that at

The mob carried on the attack of north Bantam, where they were newsagency, the whole situation Mr. O'Malley, who it is pointed out advancing from the west, whilst Sai Kwar Yuen, a number of against the police from the first arrested by the infantry patrols proceedings which had reference shot Charge d'Affaires and does General Chow Yam-yan's troops booths had sprung up at which floor, but eventually the police, stationed there to await the re-

to a dispute arising out of a build- was thoroughly discussed.

not represent Great Britain directare moving from the south-east daily necessities, such as rice, with batons and wooden clubs, sults of the reconnoitres of the ing contract, and at the arbitra- General Chang Kai-shek 1729

tion proceedings the prosent appli- ly before the Cantonese, which with the object of converging at beans, salted vegetables, salt eggs, controlled the situation after a three platoons of cavalry. warmly welcomed, on his arrival might imply recognition.

A considerable number of incant was represented by Mr. F. The mill machinery was exten-veterate Communists were arreat C, Jenkin, who, he regretted to say. here at noon from Nanchang-O'Malley has gone to Hankow point which will enable an at- etc., were on sale, and it is thought desperate fight.

tack to be made on Ningpo. The that these foodstuffs came from merely for the purpose of report-altuation in the latter city is re- the workmens' hospital.",

sively damaged. The disturbance ed in the kampongs of Tjarodak, was out of the Colony at present ing the position to Bir Miles Lamp-ported as being most tense: ---

was purely local, as two other Ewo Ti1 Teureup. und Bodjong..... and he was taking Mr. Jenkin's. He regretted it because, son in Peking, and the latter will, As to conditions along the

mills adjacent worked all night. Native government officials in place. in due course, communicate to Tsintang River, since the advance

The raob was estimated to be 1,000 Bantam were of considerable as the meaning of language used by distance in directing the detach-Mr. Jenkin would be considered by of Marshal Sun's troops to Yam-

strong-Reuter.

ments to the right places in the His Lordship and it would be more chow and a little further south, no

course of their search and as a satisfactory if he were present. fighting has taken place.

PEKING & SURTAXES. result of which a considerable loss The other side was represented at of time was saved. These officials the arbitration by Mr. Elsey. also directed the platoons to the Zeitlyn. places where the Communists were supposed to have concealed their arms prior to their flight after be- ing routed by the troops.

Reuter."

LESSENED TENSION.

BRITISHERS MOVING, IN CONCESSION.

Shanghai, Jan. 13.

Whitehall,

Mr.

The position at Innkow is most A midnight message from Han-delicate, and every effort is being kow states that the tension has made to ensure that Mr. O'Malley undoubtedly lessened and that is not embarrassed in his difficult Britishers are now able to move task. So far as well-informed freely around the Concession. people in London are aware Mr. O'Malley has not been instructed Since yesterday Mr. O'Malley to preface his talks to the Can-

and Mr. Teishman, from the Lega

tonese with the demand that they

ADMIRAL TYRWHITT

FORCED LOANS.

The Strike-Committee, not de- afring to make this affair a public one called at a meeting in which it was decided to close the ration station.

OBITUARY.

CAPTAIN C. E. WEBB.

A report from the Kuomintang Headquarters at the front states that in view of the Chekiang condi tion being SO unfavourable," tion at Peking, have been staying hall immediately evacuate the mander of the Kuomintang 1st record

General Ho Ying-yam, the Com- It is with regret that we have to with the Consul-General at the

the death of Captain! British Concession.-Reuter. Consulate.

Army Corps, should hasten his Charles Ernest Webb, lately of the It is understood that they have been In touch with the

expedition to Chekiang. Financial Indo-China Steam Navigation Com- Nationalist authorities to-day

difficulties are to be overcome by pany's fleet, which took place yes ON HIS WAY TỰ HANKOW, though the nature of the conver-

issuing a great number of Tresterday at the Matilda Hospital, sations have not yet been made

notes-in other words after a long illness. The deceased Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, sury known.

Commander-in-Chief of the China forced loan on the Fukienese had been unwell for many months

past. News from up the river indi-Squadron, has left Shanghai for The commandeering of merchant cates that the evacuation of for-Hankow.

ships and canvassing of coolics for eighers from the interior is prov Sir Reginald embarked on board transportation purposes are ing most difficult owing to the gen-.M.S. Vority for Nanking, and he ported from Foochow eral hoycott, the result of which will proceed, to Hankow on board

is that no bouts, or other convey-ILM.S. Goat.

are

available.

ances or coolies Many are being compelled to walk.

Reuter.

NAVAL NEWS.

2

A NEWS SUMMARY.`-

TO HELP CHANG.

re-

According to a telegram from Shanghai, General Lu Yung-ting a former Kwangsi war lord, is negotiating with Marshal Chang Txo-in in Peking to plan an attack on the South.

NO DATE OF IMPOSITION MENTIONED.

Peking, Jan. 13. ' With reference to the Mandate is- sued yesterday with regard to the imposition of surtaxes, no date is mentioned, but it is believed that

com-

BIG DRUG RING.

His Lordship would notice, said Mr. Potter, that there were three grounds for the motion. One of the points he would not argue. because he found on looking through the affidavits filed by both sides that there were points raleed on which there was a conflict of evidence, and he did not think he

the formerly mentioned February LEADERS OF GANG ARRESTED could fairly ask His Lordship to 1st. is intended to be the mencement of the collection.- Reuter.

The lafe Capt. C. E. Webb, who

TARIFF AUTONOMY IN 1929, was 63 years of age,, was well- known in the Colony. He first

Peking, Jan. 13. joined the Indo-China fleet in 1918. Three Mandates have been issued, on the ...Kumsang (predecessor and they impose a 2% per cent. of the boat at present bearing that Surtax on ordinary goods with a name) and during his service with further five per cent. on luxuries, AROUND THE TREATY PORTS,

the Company did duly on many of us from February 1st., 1927, de its Vessels. He was acting Mas-clare tariff autonomy us from Jan- Rugby, Jan. 127

ter of the s.s. Yuehsang when he uary 1st., 1929, and instruct the `The following is a summary of,

was invalided out of the service Foreign Office to urge the Powers the lafest news available from China:At Hunkow, the condi- General Lu has reported to Marat. the end of 1925.

to re-open the Tariff Conference. Capt. and Mrs. Webb resided in Apparently in order to regularise tions are at present quiet. The sha! Chang that his troops now The situation at Hankow re- British fing was resterday re-stationed at borders between Jordan Road, Kowloon, and, in ad- these taxes, the third Mandate de- mains the same. The residents;

hoisted over the Consulate and Kwangtung, Kwangsi and Hunan dition to the widow, there are clares that, the revenue from the are awaiting the result of the chinese officials state that the are ready for action if sufficient three children left to mourn their surtaxes will be used for the aboll: negotiations between Me St, C.Cantonese fing was only employed support in ammunition and finance loss.

tion of likin, the readjustment of O'Malley and Eugene Chen-there to ensure the immunity of can be secured. Chang Teo-lla Naval Wireless.

tive administrative ригроков, the buildings during the recent has not yet given his decision.

Reuter demonstrations. Mr. O'Malley,

GENERALS DISAGREE.

HANKOW AWAITING EVENTS,

Hankow, Jan. 12.

from the British Legation", in

STRIKE AND BOYCOTT STARTS.

Changsha, Jan. 12. Peking, is now examining the In view of developments in the The general strike and boycott, situation prior to reporting camp of the Nationalist armies, arranged for January 14, was sud-through the British Minister to which are sail to have resulted denly advanced and started today. London.

in considerable discord among the -Naval Wirelėsa.

At Changsha, where a boycott commanding officers, the opinion and general strike has been de- is expressed that unless General cleared, most of the foreign women Chang Kai-shek assumes a radical- and children: have been placed forly different attitude and polley; it

KULING REFUGEES.

Klaklang, Jan. 12, Arrangements are being made

IN BERLIN....

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Berlin, Jan. 12.

decide that conflict at that stage."

LEGAL MISCONDUCT.

Mr. Potter, continuing, ould his Ostensibly shaving soap, boot first point would raise the ques polish, varnish, etc., the goods tion of Arbitration Law. It was handled by a gang of international alleged that Mr. Colbourne Little dealers with excellent Bank re- was guilty of misconduct, and by ferences and working throughout that was meant misconduct in a Europe and the Far East, have strictly legal sense, and it did not been discovered to be narcotics. refer to "moral turpitude, by not

The efforts of the Berlin

stating his award in the form of criminal police for the past month special case, and ao prejudicing succeeded in rounding up the gang their enac. the twelve leaders of which have when he came to the authorities, been arrested including three that it was a clear rule of law that where it was desired to get pointa The cocaine was mostly being of law decided by the court, it was smuggled to China and Japan and the hounden duty of the Arbitrator

£50 per pound.-Reuter.

Russians.

He would submit,

The funerai takes place at Hip. Sino-Foreign Loans and 'construe brought the dealers a profit of not to deprive them of that right."

py Valley this afternoon.

DANGEROUS PUPPY.

BITES FOUR PEOPLE AND 'ESCAPES.

BANK PROFITS.

NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK,

TRANSPORT COOLIES.

His intentions might be of the best, but the Court would provent him from taking away their right. As cages showed, the Court jealously guarded that right, and It was the one rule the Court had over arbitration on matters of this kind.

RETURN TO CANTON FROM FRONT.

Mr. Potter went on to quote We are informed by the local Manager of the National City According to Canton reports, the extracts taken from shorthand A chow puppy, suspected of suf Bank of New York that he has re-transport coolles who accompanied notes at the arbitration, which ke safety aboard naval vessels on the will be most difficult to bring fering from rabies, has escaped ceived a telegram from his Hend the various units despatched to the contended, clearly showed that for the evacuation of seventy re- river. The local situation appears about a complete reconciliation. from custody after biting a number cived in ex. York advising that front, the total number being over they had, in fact been deprived of fugees from Kuling. The com-serious.

The-report of the coming. return of persona, amongst whom are four at the annual meeting held on 11th 3,500, are to be sent back to Cantoh: a legal right. mand of the district has been At Chungking, women and chil-of Messrs.

Sun Fo and] handed over by the 2nd Division dren have now left and many T. V. Soon to Canton seems Kum Tin, in the Autau district,sident of the Bank, reported to the and reported to the Strike Commit P. W. D. coolies, and a villager of January, Mr. C. E. Mitchell, Pre-. Already some 8,400 have returned to the 6th Army-Naval Wireless. British and United States. misto indicato that matters

have

# sionaries, on the advice of their reached a critical stage.

'BRITISHERS AND AMERICANS ̧···

.LEAVING.

Consular, officers, are arriving

from isolated posts in the interior.

FRENCH HONOURS.

New Territories.

Presented as a gift from a Chin- cse P. W. D. surveyor.at Autau, it was returned to the owner after biting a villager. It then bit four road coolies in the hands, as they ut tempted to secure it, and overnight remaining, although their FAR EASTERN RECIPIENTS.

it freed itself from its leash, and is movementa Are

apparently

now at large at Autau

All the injured men have been Paris, Jan. 12. M. Lecomte, the French. Consul-given anti-rables treatment.

Ichang, Jan. 12. At Kuling, a number of British Refugees from Szechuan, some and United States nationals, in- 400 Britishers and 200 Americana, cluding some women and children, are being evacuated to Hankow are to-day-Naval Wireless.

-restricted..

BRITISH CABINET MEETING.

MIL. O'MALLEY'S POSITION DEFINED.

At Kiukiang, the prenilses of a United Statea company aro report-

to have been looted by Chinese General at Hankow, has been London, Jan. 12. soldiers, who overpowered the olevated to the rank of an Officer Mr. Stanley Baldwin has return: guards posted from their own of the Legion d'Honneur, while M.

ed to London and presided at a division. It is stated that many Ribet, a merchant of Shanghai,

Cabinet meeting called primarily troops have been without pay for and M. Blondonu, of the Hankow

TO-DAY

1/11 9/16

5.58 p.m.

to consider, the situation at Han-la considorable time and that dis- Consulate, have been made Chova- Dollar on domand kow and in China' generally.

(Continued On Page 12.) liers of the same Order. Havas.

Lighting-up

shareholders that deposits now teo to have their services noted for amounted to a total of US$1,083,-future reward. The remainder is

99,000. The net profit for the still arriving in small batches." year amounted to US$15,000,000, of which US$8,000,000 was absorbed by dividend and the balance added to Contingencies, Reserve and Undivided Profits

ARBITRATION POINTE.

He quoted Mr. Jenkin as having told the Arbitrator that he had a right to set his award in the: Those who have returned from form of a special case, and if he the front report that there are plen- intended to take that course it ty of coolies to be engaged in the was one that could be easily interior, at one-half of their pay. agreed to. He could also, and Besides the mon in the interior are they could ask him to do it, before making the award, atate a special The shareholders approved the stronger and hardier.

case so that all the points of law- increase of US$25,000,000 capital,

might be argued, before he made making a total of US$75,000,000

News has been received in Kuala his award. Whichover award he and surplus of US$50,000,000, in addition to undivided profita. Lumpur of the death in England on Intended to make, he hoped the Mr. Mitchell in his report ex- the Brd inst. of Mr. W. L. Conlay, Arbitrator would give them notice, pressed the opinion that general Deputy Agent at the Malay States so that they would have the oppor business conditions justified the Information Agency, London, and tunity of asking him to state a view that prosperity would be formerly Commissioner of Police, special caso,

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