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MONDAY, APRIL 18 1927,

THE CANTON COUP.

The big anti-red

coup which was brought off in Canton in the early hours of Good Friday morn ing makes it certain that a very vital cleavage has taken place between the two wings of the Kuomintang. The position would seem to be that, with the single exception of Hankow, the "mode, rates" of the party are now in the supremacy. At Shanghai, Marshal Chiang Kai-sheit's supporter has eleared up the situation by a raid Jon the non-military political or- ganisations and, by disarming the pickets and bands of civilian "sol diers," has succeeded in centring al executive authority in his own hands,

APRIL 18, 1927.

MONDAY,

DAY BY DAY.

hai, after its fall, was obviously going the yame way,

Let us repeat: Chiang is a soldier, and

THINGS-Epictetus,

"

PATRICK MANSON

MEMORIAL.

"FATHER OF TROPICAL MEDICINE."

The Very Idea!

"What sort of people have taken the patate for the sonson ?" aekod the family solicitor of the bead gamekeeper.

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he is naturally averse to armed WHAT TROUBLES MEN IS NOT BUT · OPINIONS ABOUT power, being in any other than raili-THINGS, tary hands. If the Labour Unions and the Communists and all such The Chief Justico has fixed

To the memory of Sir Patrick had been content to remain unarm- the holding of the next Criminal known as the "Father of Tropical reply. "They promised to send all Tuesday, the 19th day of April, for Manson, who for all time will be "Mon of their word, air," was the ed politicians there would possibly Sessions.

Medicine," and who was formerly they shot to the hospital, and two have been no split in the Kuomin

of Hongkong n tablot was, on boaters luvo been tang ranks. But there cannot be Thieves broke into the new March 15, unveiled by the Right already."

Admitted Diocesan School building at Kow- Hon. Neville Chamberlain, Minis- two armies--one uniformed and inson on Saturday and stola pro-ter of Health, at the Albert Dock. the field and the other not uniform-perty to the value of $38.

Hospital, where so much of Sir To celebritto the advance of the ed and in control of the seats of i

Patrick's work was done. He it Cantonese Army on Shanghai the Government and liable at any mo-

banknotes was who first studied tropical disocials of the Labour Union de came into the posacasion of the cases, for, on going to China to clarod General Strike. The ment

police during the week-end when take up an appointment, he was Chian Post Oflice at Shanghai they arrested a woman at Yauninti. appalled by the terrible ravages

cas closed for a week. With strik- wrought by malaria and other g simultaniety the hour fevers, and set himself the task arranged the men walked out on of solving the cause. Happily his trike, the clock striking labours were crowned with success to a degree he can hardly

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have dreamt of

to act contrary to the wishes and friendliness of the army in the field.

That is why Chiang) Kai-shek has acted.

A Chinese malo was sent to the Government Civil Hospital from the We do not imagine for one mo-Taikoo Dockyard as a result of in- ment that Chiang and his loyal jury to his hand from a craps whilst

in action. military oflcers and supporters are

Sir Arthur W..Clarke, chairman any less Nationalist or "anti-for-

of the committee of management A Chinese woman committel eign" than the majority of others suicide at her home in Shanghai of the Seamen's Hospital Society, in the party, Bat Chiang is intol-Street, by swallowing a large pill recalled that it was one of the ambitions of Sir Patrick Manson of opium. The remains were re- crunt of rule and dietation by arm-moved to the Kowloon Mortuary Empire, a post-graduate school for to set up, right in the heart of the

ed Labour, and he has taken fairly on Saturday

those who were interested in the effective means in Shanghai and

study of medicine as applied to Canton to make Labour as subjectdow in D'Aguilar Street on Satur-part that Mr. Joseph Chamberlain While looking into a shopwin the tropics, and he spoke of the to the general machinery of govern-day, Mrs, Wiltshire, the wife of a played in founding the School of be all the other warder, had her handbag stolen Tropient Medicine, and of the ser-

articles valued at $5.

frendered in raising the necessary

funds.

Dient

as

nust

parties in a community. Hitherto by snatcher. In the bag were vice Sir Austen Chamberlain

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twp.

n the General Labour Strike When the postinen did th

"hike"

The situation wasn't to our

liking For.

a sympathisers do The bleated clock struck toot

But though the men are back · The clock's still striking!

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It is only fair to say that the men ramo out by order of the Union Dictators, but this cortainly does not apply to the "prominent proclaimer of the March of Time in the time of March 1927. Honco in Gilbertian phrase.

They struck as their lenders told

them to do

And in striking sympathy the

clock struck tool But though now back, having

worked their will,

The Bally Clock keeps striking

sull!

at least in Canton-Labour has been inw and force unto itself. Two Chinese women were knock- Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in Obviously, Chiang could not coun-ed down and one of them serious-unveiling the tablet-a portrait in

ly injured by a tram car, in Des relief with the familiar inscrip tenance ascontinuance of that. And Voeux Road West on Saturday, tion, "Father of Tropical Medi- we shall possibly see an attempt They were admitted into the Goy" feine"-told how the discovery that malaria Wag conveyed by the made to bring about the fall of the rnment Civil Hospital.

mosquito stimulated the imagina- Hankow clique-Labour and Com-

Six revolvers, twelve magazines, tion of investigators and led to munist extremists. There will and 700 cartridges were seized by the acquisition of other know doubtless be an aftermath of "in-the police on a local trading junk ledge. Not only had Sir Patrick

Six men by his work saved innumerable George Sealon, a Seattle, Wash- cidents" both in Shanghai and Can- during the week-end.

and women, who were on the boat, lives, but whole countries had ington, hairdresser, who finds that coloured races alike. "I do not their belief thas too much hair is think it is too much to say," added being cut in the bobbing process, Mr. Chamberlain, that the health has invented In apron for his and wealth of the whole world customers with a continuous pocket has been advanced and multiplied round the neck to catch the falling

locks of hair.

ton, but Chiang will have perform-have been put under arrest. been made habitable by white and BO Hу Wonen harass barbers over

ed a useful service to the genuine Nationalist movement of China if

he succeeds in depriving the "Red" and Labour extremists of their very dangero3s powers, witnessing a really big test and a

very important movement.

Disarmament.

We are

Mr. T. Arnhold has reported to the Police that whilst travelling in his car, No. 1114, a Chinese coolic walked across the road and was knocked down. The coolie substain- l injuries to his leg and was taken to the Government Civil Hospital.

by the

patient, unobtrusive labours of Sir Patrick and a few

devoted and skilful workers." Hu doubted whether the cutting of the Panama Canal would ever

There is littlo complaint now over the amount cut off, he states, be- case the amount is unseen by the customer.

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sir.

A man's overcoat valued at $50, was stolen on Saturday from the have been carried through had it wet been for these discoveries. residence of Mr. Bell, at High-As indicating the character of Sir

Registrar Friend, at Clerkenwell is with us, and this time there is fr. 1. Dixon also lost from his ed that on returning from China ancha fool as to have forgotton all The annual talk of disarmament bargh Terrace, Kowloon Docks. Patrick, Mr. Chamberlain mention-County Court: Do you think I am an actual effort to bring something room at Mo, 1 Moreton Terrace, after many years' work there he about the receipts you have mention- ont of the basket in the way of an clothing and meney to the value offered all his knowledge to Sir The Registrar: You mena "No," I agreement. There is a meeting of

el three tinica 7--Man: Yell, of $230.

Ronald Ross, who was engaged on League of Nations committee

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similar investigations, and there hope. specially detailed for the task of

The 11th annual athletic meet- ensued a correspondence extend- arranging the question of naval limitations, to which the three ing of the St. Joseph's College, ing over, four years that was a

Creditor, of a dobtor, at Bow Powers that count in a naval sense, Kennedy Road, will take place at monument to their complete devo-County Comst: Ha Ha! It takes Britain, the United States of the Hongkong Football Club's tion to public service, and showed America and Japan, are partially ground at Happy Valley on Thurs- an entire absence of jealousy. committed. France has taken day next. The first race will com.

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a different line in the matter, mence promptly at noon, and a as she did when other disarmament series of interesting events is pre- ideas were mooted, and this is in mised. accordance with her detached at- titude in the case of the Washing-

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Said to be a prominent.Canton

THE QUEEN'S.

A CLEVER FILM.

a thief to catch a thief, and how I have caught hor. Judgo Snaggo: That is not an original "quotation, and not very complimentary to your. Jacif

A Yarmouth woman who has lost At Canton, General Liton naval limitation agreement of "Red," a Chinese was arrested by There were full houses at the an oye complained to the magis- a few years ago. Under that ar- the police as he landed at the Queen's Theatre at all the screen-tratos of being nanoyed by her rangement, Britain abondoned de-Canton Wharf last night from the yesterday of the film Montenuighbours continually calling her

"Nelson." finitely the three-power standard, afternoon bout. A quantity of in-Carlo," in which, a clever cast and the famous ratio was adopted fammatory Sterature was found portrays a clever story. with America and Japan. It is on him and he is being held by, It tells of the adventures of Mr. W.B. Loko, Willesden magis being pointed out by others that we the police for further investiga-three girls from "way back" in thetrato: Sometimes a too choorful have not come off so badly as was tions.

United States, who, winning a dementour is almost provocative.

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newspaper popularity contest, are niven free trips to Monte Carlo. There one of them has adventure

Willesden man: Whatever I am

American youth who has reached | keeping. the "stony" stage. The first

at one time expected, and our fleets can still muster the most powerful sea weapon that the world knows, Yet there is much talk of further TROUBLE AT SOOCHOW. Įgalore, meeting principally anfined will come out of the house- limits, chiefly because of the need Joy economy.

So far as the Bri-

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to the fore

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The question of allowing mixed.

Chai-sum has brought off a similar coup. The armed forces of the portiens have been routed, and all Cominunist and "Red" Labour or ganisations have been disarmed. Power is now centred in the hands of the military, which is stend- fastly loyal ta Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. And the last-named is reported to be at Nanking, hav-

tish Navy is concerned, it is doubt JAPANESE CONSUL LEAVES, acquaintance is extremely ing been formally "dismissed" by ful whether there can be any fur

Jamusing in its setting, Lew Cody Mansfield wife: My husband tried the Hankow elique, who possibly ther "cuts" without sacrificing the

to make a reconciliation with moby ду the precious margin of safety.

At one o'clock yesterday morning, impecunious one. He has some blacking both my eyes. now find themselves exercising Empire requires a hig navy owing Tuesday) the Japanese Consul in in borrowed clothes, and later an tsays the N. C. Daily News of critical, intensely comic, situations dwindling authority. The question to its extent and richness, its help, Soochow and a party of Japanese adventure with the girl he had bathing in the Corporation Baths at of supreme interest at the moment

lessness insofar As an Imperial from that city arrived in Shanghai riet. The others of the trio also Paisley recently came befero a meet- is "What will Marshal Chiang Kai-secondary consideration, but. pri-consulate and silk filatures there by Iment, and the close of the filming of the Town Council. The Butha

refugees from an attack on their come in for a fair share of excite- shek do at Nanking?" Will he at-marily, owing to its scattered na-hands of labourers:

Committee had considered the tempt to establish a new Nationalist ture, bordering the sens of the en-

aes nothing in interest. The exact cause of the trouble Live globe. A sharp retort to criin Sonchow is difficult to determine also excellent.

The rest of the programme is that the scheme be given a trial on matter and agreed to recommend Government, and thus complete the lies, though veiled in. suave rout of the Communista?

ene afternoon and night each week. phrases, was administered by the but it appears that the labourers determined that the Japanese

The moral aspect of such a course The history of the Nationalist official reply to the recent Budget should not evacuate Soochow, as

was raised by Councillor Brown. It split is absorbingly interesting, for the course of the Budget's introduc-first besieged the building of the

debate, as well as brought out in had been planned. They therefore EASTER SERVICES. was most unbecoming, ho said, for it centres almost whelly around tion and subsequent discussion consulate and the silk filatures and

young men and women to be bathing LARGE ATTENDANCES AT in the one pond no matter how they Marshal Chiang. He is a soldier, Just a smaller navy than Britain

CHURCHES.

wero dressed. In reply, it was men- now has would be verging on the practically imprisoned those who and he has always been against the suicidal in foreign policy, so would were inside the buildings.

tioned that there had been a de There were special services at mand for mixed bathing, and that acres of armed power possessed by a smaller army; which already, theme of the Japanese were permit-

ted to leave.. The labourorg, de- all the churches in Hongkong and the practice existed in Dundee, the Labour organisations, strike experts tell us, is shrunk to an cording to the official report, did Kowloon yesterday, at which there where it was very auccessful.

alarming degree. We always have not use violence on the Japanese, were large attendances of wor- On a vote it was decided to allow pickets, peoples' armies and all the potential weapon of conscrip- but they carried off some of the shippers. Special hymns and ser-mixed bathing; the vote being 18-0. such-like forecs, He has never liked tion in case of national need, but furniture of the consulate and ocmons auited the occasion. It was Russians and he has displayed im-

Haval arm goes as a matter of

Appeal to Gen. Pei.

Luter

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gations,

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the late war taught the lesson of cupied the Consulate and the fila- noteworthy that the forces formed having sufficient trained forces

Viscount Knutsford, chairman of patience at the influence of Moscow. ready equipped for immediate use ture buildinga. They are now in a considerable part of the congre- the London Hospital, told an aus

possession. While there was territory south of in a crisis. On the whole, apart

At St. John's Cathedral thing story at a dinner in London, the Yangtze to be wrested from the day, the world has, as Mr. Churchilties were requested by the Japanese taxed, and the Peak Church was est's bonu, and his wife came to us from the Far Eastern position to- The Shanghai Japanese authori- seating accommodation was fully the leg of a man being joined by a Ho anid:-"There was the case of Chiang recently said, grown more peaceful. in Soochow to send troops to guard also filled for the main service. was content to go fighting, and it There have been angry words oc- the Japanese property in that city, The houses of worship of the other that he was Boratching hor.'

weak afterwards and complained

hands of the North,

must be acknowledged that his mili-casionally, but far less of the old but this has so far not been done. denominations had also constant Desire to come to blows. The re- It is understood that the authori-streams of members of the con-

of

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tary succcases have been one of the cent years of Armageddon have ties have communicated with Gongregation. The general tone was greatest modern-day surprises in worked something of a cure. With eral Pei Chung-hsi requesting pro-one

The return of Sir Horbert Samuel

China. But the political power of the need for preparedness, within sured that troops will be placed to through which this part of the are too few men in Parliament who solemn prayerfulness, to the political arena is welcome. less bellicosity, there still remaina tection and that they have been as actuated by the critical times for other than party reasons. There the party for whom he has done all limits. And while adequate, de-ruurd their property and that the world is passing. this fighting became even

can strike out a phrase like "lood- fence forces may be retained, there labourers will be ordered out of the more strongly held than before by Com-agreement against senseless AC-

is good reason for international building.

munists and Labour leaders who cumulations of armament. So we Five hundred Japanese refugees During a cricket match on Satur- were under the guidance of Mos- Welcome the present naval disarma-are expected to arrive in Shanghai day afternoon at the Indian Recrea ment discussion: at the very least in a few days from Hankow, tion Club's ground, botwear teame

CUW.

the Junior Division, opportunity was

ing Cerberus with bird-aced."

His Excelleney, the Governor

Canton has been ruled by it indicates a desire among the Changsha, Taych ́and Wahu. The picked from the Club's 1st and 2nd has boon pleased to appoint, under Labour; Hankow, since the the

the Factory (Accidents) Ordin- allsta have made it their headquar mutual distrust, and presages an with the Hanychping Company, the taken to say farewell to Mr. A. elance, 1927, Ordinance No. 3 of expectation of futuro friendship largest enterprise in the Yangtaze Arculli, captain of the 1st elevon, 1927, Mr. Francis Meade, A.R.S.I., tera, has been similarly in the grip and co-operation in the cause of Valley in which the Japanese have who will shortly, be proceeding to to be an inspector of factories in of political extremista; and Shang-world penco.

la hugo interest.

Europe on holiday.

addition to his other duties.