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New Lounge and Bar still open to the pubtle for rafreshment. Arrangements are in hand for more spacious public accommodation, Highest degres of comfort and good taste. Entrance by public bar; also privateexit All the other accommodation is at present used by the Military Authoritize.) “

Renovations and Javish desora.

tians Just complotads avory modern convenienda ontering do luxe bost food and liquors,

Manager, J. H. Witchell......

Each room has hat and cold water private phone, box moitross Elc. spacious public facilities; attention and sarvion,

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

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CHINA.

KWANGTUNG UNREST.

SATURDAY.

APRIL 2, 1927.

Canton Government's Warning,

(Continued from Page 1)

Owing to Consular anxiety re- garding the safety of foreigners in FIRE RETURNED.

the Canton district, following on American Destroyer's Action.king and along the Yangtze Valley, the reports of disorders in Nan-

the Executive Committee of the Kwangtung Provincial Government decided at a meeting held yesterday (anys the Canton Gazette of Fri- day) to repeat the proclamation is- sued some time ago warning the people against molesting peaceful. foreign nationale or interfering with their residence or business, na the Government is determined to repress any disorderly attempts on- dangering the life and property of foreigners in this region.

and

London, April 1. . A United States' destroyer yesterday was fired on by rifles above Klangyin, between Shang hal and Chinking. The Ameri cans replied with

güns machine guns.-British Wireless.

NAVAL REPORTS.

Chungking Residents Leave.

Ichang, Mar. 31. The situation is qufet to-day- Naval Wireless.

Changsha, Mar. 31. There are now very few soldiers left in the vicinity of Changsha. H. M. S. Woodcock, with the British Consul on board, remalns.--Naval Wircleaa.

Hankow, Mar. 31. Large numbers of Chinese troops are still proceeding down the river. The foreign Labour delegation, composed of Messrs. Doriot and Earl Browder left here yesterday evening.-Naval Wireless.

Chungking, Mar. 31. The British gunboats Widgeon, Mantis and Teal, with the British Consul and community on board the river steamers Shantung and Fling (?), left down river this morning.-Naval Wireless.

MR. T. V. 80ONG'S VIEWS.

Reference to World War.

Shanghal, March 80. Interviewed here to-day Mr. T. V. Soong, Minister of Finance of the Nationalist Government, who ar- rived in Shanghai from Hankow on the 28th, said:

I

have come to Shanghai to take general charge of tho finances of the newly recovered provinces for the Nationalist Government. will carry out the same impersonal methods in the centralization of Finance here as elsewhere in Na- tionalist territory."

Questioned concerning the 'gen- ernal situation with special regard to foreign relations, he Baid:- BETTER FOOCHOW NEWS. "The foreign policy of the National- 1st Government can only be an- Warning to Trouble-Makers.

nounced by the Minister of Foreign Writing under date of Tuesday Affairs, As a returned student last, the Telegraph's Foochow cor-have been in the United States dur- from America, who happened to. respondent says:

4 Cón-

I think it may be said that the ing the World War, I can see that last few days have seen

the propaganda in America to bring siderable improvement in the her into the world war la being situation. I was misinformed as exactly duplicated by the propa- to the number of schools that are ganda now directed against the on holiday. It seems that only a

Nationalist Government. A policy few have stopped work for a week for the isolation of Nationalist or so, and only one has ceased to China is being ruthlessly pursued: function for the time being. The and before long we shall again "moderate party" among students hear of atrocities such and teachers has begun to assert charged by both Germany and the Onc itself, and it is amusing, thoug Allies against each other. not exactly edifying, to see the wonders whether world intelligence streets plastered with poster has advanced since those world war diametrically opposite in meaning, days," he concluded.

A further show of violence took. place on Sunday. (27th March) when a number of boys went into

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Dr. G. Roche Lynch is to succeed

a Methodist Church during service the late Mr. John Webster as Se- and seized and beat the preacher. Inior Official Analyst to the Hcme The naval unit that was sent for,|Office. arrived too late to take any action; but probably as a result of this

Well known to tourists, the Sta- further breach of the peace, one tion Hotel at Mallaig, Inverness-

of the shortest and strongest pro-shire, has been destroyed by fire. clamations that has yet appeared

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has been posted on the walls in, CORONADONSKIZUNANJUNARK Three minutes from Kowloon Whart, Forry and Railway Station. Nantai-only eight large charac- Entirely under English Managemont. Electric Light and Fans throughoutters to the effect that "Disturbera Every Room with Private Bath. Lounge, Bar and Billard-Rooms. Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress. of the peace will be summarily

shot." This is Terme moderate. Speelal terma to families on application to:

undoubtedly Mrs. J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietresa. having a soothing effect on the

hot-heads.

To-day the anniversary of the death of the 72 "martyrs" in Can- DURING THE PRESENT CRISIS, ton in 1910, and meetings an1 MANY LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE processions had been arranged. INSTRUCTED US ΤΟ MAIL A But almost continuous heavy rain DAILY COPY OF "THE HONG. since early morning has spoilt the KONG TELEGRAPH" TO FRIENDS celebrations to some extent,

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TIC ACCOUNTS OF EVENTS DAY So far, there has been no re-BY DAY, BEND US INSTRUCTIONS action whatever to the Nanking AND WE WILL DO THE REST. affair. An Americun gunboat has heen sent for, and I hear some Americans are being evacuated, but so far the British subjects are continuing at their poste, both in Foochow and up-country. Tha arrival of HM.S. Foxglove was quite unexpected, and has nothing! to do with any new feature in thei local situation.

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