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HOTELS.

THE

HONGKONG

HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL: PEAK HOTEL Telegraphic Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG.

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL; PALACE HOTEL; MAJESTIC HOTEL.

Telegraphic Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAL.”

HOTELS.

LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel

Des Wagons Lits, Peking.

KING EDWARD HOTEL

ROOMS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC. Highest degree of comfort and taste,

Renovations

and lavish dacora-

Lions just completed; avery modern convenience; catering de luxo basi food and liquors.

Each room has hot and cold water private phono, box mattress Eta, spacious public facilities; attention and service,

Manager, J. H. Witchell.... Phono C. 373. Gablen "Victoria," Hongkong,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY, APRIL

19,

1927.

WINNERS OF THE BOAT RACE,

Entertainments.

QUEEN'S

TO-DAY AND TO-MORORW

at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

Begone! Dull Care

Those two gloom dispellers Edward Everett Horton and Laura La Plante are in town! There are more laughs to be had out of this rollicking comedy than anything you've ever seen.

EDWARD EVERETT

HORTON

LAURA

LA PLANTE

HOTEL SAVOY

When in doubt, make it The Savoy!

KOWLOON HOTEL

PREMIER HOTEL IN KOWLOON Modern Toilet System.

Elovator and Telephones to each floor. Smoking Room and Saloon Bar. First Class Billiard Tablo

Recently renovated throughout.

Manager's Personal Attention

Tols. K. 609-600.

Cables KOWLOTEL. HONOKONG

WM. HAROLD PERRY

Manager

HOTEL.

Above is shown a very fine action study of the Cambridge crew, which was taken just before they won the boat race, when they were in trading on the river between Richmand and Putney. The style of this year's winning crew was very highly a poken of

STERNER NOTE BY POWERS.

(Continued from Page 1)

old anti-foreignism which was ex- pressed in its extreme form in Lhei Boxer rising, and which had been exploited by the Russian Bol- shovists for their own purposes, i It has now been decided to Many oi the more farseeing evacuate the entire commerels! Chinose, however, had realised for community, to Shanghai-New some time past that the Bol- Wireless,

SWATOW EXECUTIONS.

Anti-Red Raids Continue.

shevists' efforts might lead to the ruin of the country. The military leaders of the Kuomintang now perceived that the agitation of the extremist labour unions had completely undermined discipline.

Swatow, April 18.

Sir Francis continued, "It will Martial law still prevals in thej town and surrounding districts. be created again if an examination and arrests are still being made, of Bolshevist influence is brought writes a Telegraph correspondent, about by the Chinese themselves. The four principal "Red" leaders. It might then be possible to pre- however, appear to have escaped, vent those acts of violence which PALACE

or at least have not yet been dis-are instigated by the extremists. Tol Address "PALACE." envered. Up to date, ten have and which make it necessary for Tel. Kowloon No. 8

Powers Lo Lake Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station, heen exerut, but their names foreign Entirely under English Management. Electric Light and Fans throughout. have not yet been divulged, and ceptional measures to protect

Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooma, although the executions Eve Room with Private Bath.

were their nationals. With the removal Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress.puble the victims all had their of the extremist from power, the Terme moderate. Special terms to families on application to:

way would be clear for Mra. J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietress. beads covered.

Communication with steamer, establishment

EUROPE

After-dinner dancing every

Tuesday, Thursday

and Saturday..

Cables:

"EUROPE"

Singapore.

HOTEL

SINGAPORE.

Grill

THE EUROPE HOTEL. LTD.

Arthur E. Odell, Managing-Director.

Established 1912. THE

ROYAL

SHOE STORE. Ladies' Dancing and Walking Shoes. also Lizard Skin Shoes

MADE TO ORDER Expert Fit and Good Workmanship.

No. 1, D'Aguilar Stroot. Opposite Yoo Sang Fat Co, Telephone Central 3237.

A LARGE SELECTION

of Basins and other bathroom fittings always io Stook.

Estimates on roquest for Sanitary Engineering or Building Matorials. GAY KEB

09, Des Voeux Road, Central, TELEPHONE C. 5503.

Printed and Published for the Proprietor by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street, in the City of Victória, Hongkong.

ex-

re-

of normal and in the stream, and with Kakchinh friendly relations between

for-

on the other side of the harbour. Pigners and all sections of the

is impossible for Chinese, and Chinese people."-- Krifish Wireless, extremely difficult for foreigners.

On Saturday, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson's malor-gig was fired! on, but fortunately nobody was hit.

THE SOUTHERN SPLIT.

Widening of the Breach.

London, April 18. Reports from various Chinėse centres indicate a widening of the beach between Chiang Kai-shek and the extrémists.

While the military authorities appear to be able to handle the situation in Swatow itself, they do not seem to have matters so well in hand in the outlying districts, where the Farmers' and Peasants' Union have a considerable num- ber of armed frees at their dis-sieh, as well as in Shanghai, anti- posal.

Peasantry Resist.

At Hangehow, Ningpo, and Wu-

Communist raids have taken place, while at Changsha the extremists have dealt drastically with the more moderate Chinese elements. These forces are resisting the

At Canton, the walls are plaster- present anti-"Red" activities, and

the Com- it is doubtful if there are suficiented with "Down with

with soldiers in the district to control munists," and at Hankow them. On Saturday night the "Down with Chiang Kai-shek."- "Reds" cut the railway line British Wireless. between here and Chowchaofu, and, more disturbing still, cut the water supply line between here and Am Po, about six miles away, where the reservoirs are situated. The damage to the latter was re- paired last night, and I understand the water supply is now well guarded.

Troops have been despatched to Chaoyang, where the Farmers and Peasants Union are defying all authority and, being very well armed, are at present controlling

the town,

Business At Standstill. All business is of course at standstill, and with the exception of Messrs. Butterfield and Swires vessels no steamers are able to work cargo.

LL.P. INTERFERENCE.

To Impede British Policy."

London, April 18. The conference of the Interna- tional Labour Party at Leicester has passed a resolution protesting against the British military mea sures in China, and calling for the withdrawal of the armed forces, also an impartial enquiry into the occurrences at Nanking, besides protesting against the sending of Indian troops to China "against the wishes of the Indian people." and pledging that the conference will refuse all war services, in- cluding the transport of

event of war.

manufacture and munitions in the

Mensra. B. and S. were fortunate-| Mr. Shinwell described the last- able to take their steamers named proposal ns beating the air, alongside pontoons, and obtained and asked

ly

that the engineers,

POKER FACES

STAR

TO-DAY

AND TO-MORROW

2.30 to 11.15 Continuous

Jean Hersholt in

A

The OLD SOAK

-AT 9.15 p.m. ONLY.

BAND of 1st. Bn. CAMERONIANS

(By kind permission of

Lt. Col. E. B. Ferrars, D.S.O. and Officers).

WORLD

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW ORCHESTRA AT 5.15 & 9.15

ANTONIO MORENO

►

IN

STORY WITHOUT A NAME

Our $50 Prize Story. Come and see whether you

"Electro Mated," fills the bill. agree that

permission to work there. No dockers and railwaymen do what Mrs. J. CRAWFORD,

boats, however, are allowed to the trades unionists are at present leave the shore, and it is impos- not prepared to do.-Router. sible to obtain permission for them)

to do go.

BLIGHT OF EXTREMISM.

Sir F. Aglen's Views.

London, April 18.

MURDERED MISSIONARY.

·Canadian Government's Query.

Ottawa, April 19.

The Government has cabled the British Foreign Office asking for

Sir Francis Aglen, for many information as to the murder of a years Inspector-General of Chin Canadian missionary cae Maritime Customs, has arrived daughter in China.

in London.

and ha

:

It is understood the Foreign In a statement to the Times he Office will be requested to demand declared that what

now the arrest of the malefactory. called Nationalism was largely the Renter's American Service.

EXPERT MASSAGE.

14, Queen's Road C., 1st floor.

MRS. MOTONO

Hand and Electric MASSAGE

No, 813, Top Floor Wyndham St. Hougkong.

T. NAKAO

Japanese Shoo Export. TORTOISE SHELL BOXES AND CASES A SPECIALITY

Astor Houso Hotel Building, Quoon's Road Central,

W

WESTINGHOUSEY ELECTRIC

Reiss, Massey & Co., Ltd.

Distributora.

Queon's Bld.

Tel. 0.67