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FOUNDRAN 1801

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BRITAIN'S SHOW OF FORCE.

TROOPS AND MARINES FOR CHINA.

DEFENCE OF YANGTSZE RIGHTS

AT

ALL COSTS.

SOME PLAIN SPEAKING,

=#D_WA+A-✯✯ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1927. HABIT

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That Britain is determined to protect her rights in China is further indicated by the fact that in addition to the despatch of the lat Cruiser, Squadron, two Union Castle liners are shortly to leave Home with troops whilst a thousand marines have been warned to be in readiness to proceed East.

FRENCH BOAT SPRINGS GRAVE WARNING:

LEAK.

"SONGBO'S" ·RÁCE AGAINST TIME.

HAS TO BE BEACHED.

With water rushing into her

CABINET MINISTER ON CHINA.

BRITAIN PREPARED TO FACE ALTERNATIVE:

KWANGTUNG CITY SEIZED.

RIVAL LOCAL FORCES CLASH.

PEOPLE BADLY TREATED.

Recently, there has been a great

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THE SUNNING PIRACY TRIAL.

CAPTAIN PRINGLE RECOUNTS THE HAPPENINGS.

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through a leak sprung in the hold, “A PARAMOUNT DUTY" deal of trouble between the IDENTIFICATION QUERIES.

the French coaster Songbo, welk known In Hongkong and other | South China ports, has just made a thrilling dash for safety over a distance of many kilometers, and has been beached at Fort Bayard (Kwang-Chow-Wan).

This latest episode of the sen was revealed in a wireless recely- ed in Hongkong over the week-end, and incidentally the message clear. ed up the mystery of an "S.O.S." which had been broadcast without the exact directions being given.

London, Jan. 18.

Farmers' Associations and the People's Defence Guards in Kwangtung province, due to the rivalry between these two bodies,

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The trial at the Criminal Sessions of ten Chinese in connection with the Sunning Piracy was continued before Mr. Justice Wood and a jury this morning.

Capt. Pringle, the Master of the pirated ship, gavo evidence as to the actual piracy and the aubsequent Are aboard the vessel. He was cross-examined by Mr. Alabaster (for the defence) on the. point of identification of certain of the prisoners.

The hearing is being continued this afternoon.

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Sir Douglas Hogg, the Attorney General, in a speech in London, sald that the British Government's Mem-

Matters appear to have reached orandum regarding China showed

a critical stage at Ching Yuen, that they intended to go as far as where for some time there has possible to meet the legitimate as been no inagistrate, the former pirations of the Chinese people incumbent finding it impossible to That was a liberal and generous settle the differences between the policy towards the Chinese nation

In the course of this morning's arranged that his goods should not but, unfortunately, the proposals: There have been several

two organisations.

evidence, Captain Pringle said he be stolon, witness went to his cabin under escort, and then proceeded to The Songbo is one of a trio of did not seem to have been received tempts by the Farmers' Associa- had under his command two deck the navigatlas bildge. On ariving steamers, operated by the Com- by, some Chinese in the spirit in tion there to take possession officers, Chief Officer Beatty, and there, he found that the sup's some demonstration is due in the East to show that Britain e pagnie Indochinoise de Naviga which they were intended, for, the headquarters of the Defence Second Oficer Hurst, whilst the dangerous course, and after a lot

tion of Haiphong, the two other units being the Tonkin and Hanoi. within a few days of publication, Guards, and matters came to a engine room officers were Mr. of explaining and trouble, he, auc

According to advices received there had occurred that most un-head a few days ago when, with Second) and Mr. Duncan (Third).th

Cormack (Chief), Mr.. Oir ceeded in getting her on a safe by the Compagnie des Messageries happy incident at Hankow-un at the co-operation of a number of When the boat left the buoy on the Maritimes, who are her Hongkong

On the bridge he found the Chief agents, the Sungbo (500 tons nett) tack by a Chinese mob upon the troops, an attempt on

Officer, Second Officer and about a mur eventful voyage at 9.30a.m. onave pirates. Of theso he identi left Haiphong just a week ago. British Concession. A grave res- larger scale was made. Chinese November 16th, there were a num-

first-class, accond-class дай

4.

The point is stressed that these forces are merely coming Bant

as a precautionary measure, but a leading newspaper states that

ready to defend British nationals 'and British rights, if need be by force of arms,

A weighty pronouncement by the British Attorney General (Sir Douglas Hogg) on British policy in this regard warns, the Chinese not to misinterpret British forbearance at Hankow.

course had been altered on to a

and also said he thought either No.5t

Chinese reports that Mr. Eugene Chen demands the complete being scheduled to call at Kwang-ponsibility was thrown upon the reports state that the city gates ber of Chinese passengers in the /fied in the dock Nos. 8, 4 and 20, Chow-Wan on her way to Hong British authorities on the spot and boing, closed against the attack, steerage, and there were also two or 7 was there, but he could not bo

recognition of the Nationalist Government and the withdrawal of all British warships from 'Inland waters are officially declared to be untrue.

London, Jan. 18. Reuter learns that no telegrams have been receiver announcing any fresh incidents anywhere in China. Mr. O'Malley is still ex- ploring the ground at Hahkow.

kong. Before the intermediate

BRITAIN'S INVITATION,.

re-

port was reached, however, she they faced that responsibility with the Farmers' Association employ saloon passengers, one of them ship, back on to a safe course, ho sure. After he had brought the spring a leak and this gave rise courage and discretion.-(Cheers)ed both bombs and rifle fire to being a Russian lady and the other remained on the bridge until dinner to grave. feura regarding her AUMIRAL-BOYLE ́S CAREER... ¿ safety. Being fitted with wireless,

force an entrance through the South

Mr. Lupaley....

time, except when he descended to At 3 pm on November 15th, the the lower bridge for the purpose of the "S.O.S." signal was broad East, Rear Admiral William Henry and a dash at full speed was made

We withdrew our forces and the Gate. The Defence Guards

ship was about twenty-six miles taking bearings. All the time he C.B., who is Dudley Boyle,

to reach

Coneession was

· Kwang-Chow-Wan.

over-run by the treated through the North Gate, to the north-east of the Lamocks, was guarded. command in

of the "First

From the brief message received mob That created a dificult situa- and their opponents following up and half an hour later witness · At about half-past four, another Cruiser Squadron, was educated in Hongkong by the naval authorition. It would have been open to military or air movements are for the Navy as a cadet in 1887. lle was a race against time, but the hold communication with the Chin place in which the Farmers' Asso- cup of tea and started to read a ness was unable to dip his flag It la pointed out that any naval, on H.M.S. Britannia and enteredes, it would appear that there us to say that we would decline to the pursuit, an engagement to, was in his cabin when he was call-of the Company's ships passed less.

ed by the cabin boy. He drank a than half a mile away, and wit the purpose of carrying out the was promoted Lieutenant in 1895, Songbo at length reached Forte authorities, unless the Conces-ciation got the worst of it. How-book and a quarter of an hour as was usually done. policy of the British Government Commander in 1900, Captain in Bayard where she was benched. for the protection of life and pro-

According to information from Government, while clalming that ever, the regular troops came up should be sighting the Lamocks. to dinner, an armed man escorting perly and must not be interfireted

e served in China in the Messageries Maritimes, the the position at Hankow must be and defeated the Defence Guards. as in any way an aggressive ac- 1900, was in the Naval Intellig-cargo from Haiphong is being un regularised, had entered into nego Then the Farmers' Association 1911, was Naval Attache, as Rame loaded at the French port, and in tiations with the Chinese authori: took possession of the city, and

arrangement can be reached on the

tion.

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The declsions at yesterday's

-Cabinet were in complete conform-

1913 and Rear 1923:

Admiral in

ence Department from 1909 to

sion were restored, but the British

later he thought it was time they

At seven o'clock he went down

so he went to the chart room and him. In the saloon were the picked up the Lamocks. He had Second Officer, Second and Third noticed some nolge but, did not Engineers wireless operator, the attich much importance to it as lady passenger and Mr. Lapsley.

from 1913 to 1915 and was senior 411 likelihood it will be forwarded ties to see whether a satisfactory meted out stern treatment to those was very common when carry-while they were eating an armed ity with the known policy of the 1ofeer in the Red Sea Patrol dur-/3 the next steamer of the Com-hasis of the Memorandum. He in the Denefeo Guards. It is ing Chinese passengers, but as pirate stood outside the door, and

pany's feet to Hongkong. "It is Government towards China, which the war, being mentioned in further learned that the Songbo, (Sir Douglas Hogg) hoped that the stated that the inhabitants of the continued he was going out to see when they had finished witness re The new British despatches, commanding H.M.Swhich la somewhat badly damaged, that we might regard the incident city protested against the action what was the matter, when the turned to the navigation bridge,

Repulse. In 1922 and 1923 he was

Second Officer entered the chart still under escort. room and made a report to him.

Pepys,

is unchanged. Minister to China, before he left

will return to Haiphong when London, stated there were two as- Naval A.D.C. to H.M. the King. initial repairs enable her to do so pects of British polley; the first was born in 1870, buing the son with safety peing an endeavour by negotia-the late Lady, Theroan

of Colonel Gerard E. Boyle and tion on a liberal basis to meet daughter of the 1st Earl of Cot legitimate Chinese antional as pirations, and secondly, deter-tenham He married in 1902 mination to do our utmost to pro-; Lady Florence. Cecilia, Keppel, teat, if necessary, the lives and youngest daughter of the 7th Earl

of Albermarle. interests of Britishers should they be threatened.

The discussions which are ex-1 pected to continue al Hankow re- garding the British Concession there will be on this basis, and it

is believed that satisfaction can be

PREPARING TROOPSHI'S.

UNION CASTLE LINERS' TO, SAIL

THIS MONTH...

Lundon, Jan. 18.

HIGHWAY ROBBERS.

invitation would be accepted and

at Hankow as unauthorised, and un- of the Farmers' Association, bit desired by the responsible authori-that they were allenced at the tíes.

point of the bayonet.

THE ALTERNATIVE.

* 4*

FIGHT ON BRIDGE,

SHE'S ARMS TAKEN.

At ten o'clock another ship, was Witness looked. round

4 sighted which signalled to them through the port window of the but they were unable to reply. If the invitation is accepted, NATIONALIST CAPITAL. nourishing automatic pistols. He pirates on the bridge, usually one lower bridge he saw some Chinese Up to midnight there were always

INVITATION FROM WUHAN CITIES.

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given to many of the desires of the fauns Castle and Kildonan Castle,tress and dispossessed her ofwell be able to re-arrange by no-kow and Wuchang, was held on to his tabin where tie showed thom became visible, there were on the

-Reuter,

the Chinese will not find us either ungenerous or unreasonable in our

walked towards the port door, on each side, and as midnight was. A KOWLOON INCIDENT.

demands, but one, had to face the

which was open, and said to the approaching the No. 1 pirate came other alternative. If, unhappily,

men "What do you want?" There in and warned him, as he had been" Highway robbers appeared in the the Chinese should be encouraged

were three men there who spoke warned before through Mr. Leps, Kowloon residential district last by our forbearance at Hankow to

In Chinese, and witness could not ley. The pirates appeared to be night, when they carried out what believe that the events there' could According to a Chinese telegram understand what they were any anxious about Chilang Light, and appeared to be a pre-arranged, al- be repeated throughout China, if received at "noon to-day, a large ing. They pointed to their pistols, at times their demeanour showed The Union Castle liners Kin-tack on a Chinese teahouse waithey should attempt forcibly to re-mass meeting, representative of and witness, understanding that that they were excited. At half Cantonese, but there can be no which have been laid up for seve

guin Concessions which they might many public organisations in Han- they wanted his arms, took then past twelve, when the light just surrender to threats or violence.ral months at Southampton, are be gold wrist-watch and chain valued gobiatlon, and if they should prove Monday, at which it was unani- the locker containing the arms. bridge, in addition to witness, twe

ing fitted out for immediate use at $30.

themselves unable or unwilling tmously decided to ask the Nationa-The locker contained a rifle with pirates, the Chief Officer, and the for the conveyance of troops to It appears that the girl's screams protect the lives and property list Government to make Wahan fifty rounds of ammunition, and a Second Officer. Witness was China." PURELY DEFENSIVE PURPOSE.

"It is understood that the Kirst two in a

British citizens, then, in the Gov- the capital at once, and not to rovolver with twenty-five rounds, atunding in the centre of the brought three other men to join the ernment's view, it was a paramount make Nanchang the temporary which the men took away. bridge, and after he had observed London, Jan. 18.

donan Castle sails on Jan. 26 and

concerted attack. duty to see that the liberties of capital as has been suggested. His Lordship Have these arms the light he walked round to the One thousand marines at Cha-the Kinfauas Castle on January 20. This happened after 11 o'clock, in our people who were, lawfully The meeting passed a resolution, been recovered?

port side. Hearing a noise he tham, Plymouth and Portsmouth

-Router..

á dark Inne situated at the rear of carrying on their, avocations in assuring the Kuomintang of a Mr. Nihili:-No, my Lord. turned round" and say one pirate have been warned to be in readi-

Ashley Road. In making their es- country in which they were legally warm welcome if it decided to Continuing, witness said after lying flat, and the Chief and Second noss to proceed to the Far East

cupe, the gang scattered in all dir-

installed, were protected.make Wuhan its headquarters.

that, they motioned him into the Officers with another man Wit (Cheers).

Later in the day, the Commia- chart room where they spoke withness rushed to get tlh ship's lead, ections, but one of them was

sioners held a special meating to reference to the chart. As witness found it gone, and on returning he followed by the waitress. Then,

consider the matter but no could not understand, the pirates searched the prostrate pirate for

nine car announcement was made regard brought the wireless operator, firearms, and found

who was Chinese, but he could tridges."

as he not understand them,

MARINES COMING.

"Later. The Marines will probably sail next week, but it is officially em-

CHEN'S "DEMANDS."

OFFICIALLY DENIED,

Peking, Jan. 18.

The Chinese reports that Mr. by dint of shouting and clinging on China purely to defend British life complete recognition of the Na- and property and that their des- tionalist Government, and

the ing considerable embarrassment to patch is in nowise a warlike net. withdrawal of all British warships the robber, A constable soon rush from inland waters are officially ed up to take the man into custody declared to be untrue.-Reuters

phasised that they are going to Eugene Chen has demanded the the man,,ahe succeeded in caus- 16,000 British subjects and manying the final decision."

TO PROTECT YANGTSZE RIGHTS, The cruisers which are going to China from Malta on Jan. 19, are the Frobisher, Delhi, Danae.and Dragon, and their duty is also the protection of British rights and property on the Yangtsze.

PLAIN SPEAKING.

FORCE IF NEEDS BE

WILL PROTECT SHANGHAL We had at Shanghai alone some

millions of British property and if

Marshal Chang Kai-shek-loft the Chinese authorities refuse to Hankow yesterday and has gone to safeguard thond lives and interests, Nanchang, where he has his field it

became a duty, which at all headquartera.. costs the Government would dis- charge, to protect those Interests themselves. (Choors). Obviously, JAPANESE POLITICS. that might conceivably involve grave consequences and it was on aècount of that, possibility-re- moto as he hoped it would be London, Jan. 18. that he thought it his duty Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, to- | speak' on the subject-Reuter. day opened the new Parliament Building at New Delhi

NEW DELHI,

HIS MAJESTY'S MESSAGE.

Es

BUDGET TO BE DISCUSSED.

Tokyo, Jan. 18. The Budget will be submitted to the Lower House for formal dis- cusalon next month, provided no

-Reuter.

London, Jan. 18.. The newspapers consider that The hospital ship, Maine, is ac- the last doubt has been removed companying the cruisers for the that the Government means to purpose of treating members of take its share in the defence of the crews who may be ill.

Shanghai, should it become neces- A message from Malta says that sary. H.M.S. Dauntless will not go to The Yorkshire Post, an authorl- China till mid-February-Renter, tattye Conservative newspaper, was read, in which His Majesty An earlier message from Malta says: "In the instructions sent to said: "Fifteen years ago in Delhi stated that the First Crulser Squa-the British representatives it will I gave public expression to a hope dron, except H.M.S. Dauntless, Is doubtless be made clear that we that the great changes then to be leaving for Shanghal under the have no desire to interfore in Chin- effected might bring increased command of Rear Admiral William ese affairs or to take sides for or happiness and prosperity to Indi..

London, Jan. 18. Boyle,

against any elements competing On this solemn occasion, I desire nounces that there were 820 deaths The Ministry of Health un- The hospital ship, Maine, which for the control of the country or to associate myself with the out from influenza during the week end is at present in dry dock, is stand-of its most important sources of ward completion of a great parting January 16, in London and 105 ing by in readiness to Bail to revenue, But, we are determin of the task then undertaken in the great towns of England and China-Reuter.

(Continued on Page 18). British Wireless."

Wales-Routér,

A message from H.M. the King INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. dissolution of the Diet intervenes,

OVER 100 DEATHS.

did not speak the same dialect. One of the pirates became

PIRATE SHOT

A pirate, who was guarding the angry with the wireless operator, other people in witness's cabin and struck him on the jaw, and came up the starboard ladder, and another, man, whom witness idonti-red twice at the mate, but neither fled an No. 3, pushed a gun into his shot took effect. The Chiet (witness's) stomach. At that mo- Officer returned the fire, and the ment another man pushed the man fell to the bottom of the threatening pirato away, and two ladder.

of them went away with the Second

His Lordship-Is be identified 7 Officer on to the bridge. A well-

Mr. Nihill replied that he was dressed Chinese, wearing horn rim- not, as he was believed to have ned spectacles, and apparently been killed. He was told - that without arms, then entered the the remains of a body were found chart room and spoke quietly to the near the bottom of the ladder. wireless operator. Witness heard The Second Engineer, Mr. Ofr) his say "Sal Mun" and then witheas hearing a noise, came up from [In November, the Japanese know what they wanted. The wire down below, and the Second Offer Cabinet decided that the Budget cas operator was able to understand gave witness a revolver, Witness for the coming financial year to No. 1 pirate, and acted as inter-then walked to the port side of would be-Revenue, Y1,569,000- proter. whereby there is a deficit of 000; Expenditure, Y-1,739,000,000, Y 160,000,000. The expenditure. Includes the following items Navy, Y,259,000,000; Y.212,000,000.3

the bridge to dofond the ladder COURSE ALTERED.

there, and Mosers. Beatty and Orr Amb was on the starboard side. No-one ates wanted to take the ship to side, so witness did not have to Witness understood that the pir- attempted to come up on the port Army, Ping Hol, and he agreed to do so. use his revolver, Mr, Beatty

A he understood that the No. I had (Continued On Pape 12.)