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五拜禮 號六月五英港香 FRIDAY.

MAY

6, 1927.

NO. 22,16

日六初月四

HANKOW EXPECTED TO FALL.

COMMUNIST CLIQUE ON LAST

LEGS.

BANDIT EVIL.

SUPPRESSION SCHEME FOR KWANGTUNG.

A TYPICAL DOCUMENT..

General Hsu Ching-tang, Pre- cautionary Commander of the five!

SWATOW MENACE 'ALARMING THE districts of Kwangtung has out-

POPULACE.

FURTHER RIOTING IN CHINA & POWERS.

INDIA.

TEMPLE DISPUTE LEADS TO] BIG CLASH.

ARMOURED CARS HELD READY.

SENT FROM AMOY.Provincial Government has turned in the temple.

This is a not altogether unexpected development of the Na- tionalist split by which Hanltow was cut off from Shanghai and Canton and left almost surrounded by unfriendly forecs.

Part One.

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MAIN PRINCIPLES OUTLINED.

656 TER ANNUM

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LABOUR OUTVOTED.

IN COMMONS.

THADES UNION BILL PASSES 2ND READING.

WORKERS WILL FIGHT.

present.

London, May 6.

CHANG TSO-LIN.

A MILD AND SUAVE WAR-LORD.

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day as the last military barrier between Moscow and complete pos- session of the richest prize a fùina- tic ever gazed upon.

NEW CHARACTER SKETCH. NEED FOR CONSULTATION.

The welter of elvil war in China We hope that there is to be no

hns again brought into the lime- serving from the moderation of

The last day of the debate in the light one of the strangest figures Bombay, May 6.

the British Government's policy House of Commons un, the Trades in history-the half-comic and The Evening News of India rein China.comments the latest Union Bill opened with a speech wholly terrible little War Lord of

a serious fracna in the London Observer to lined a scheme for bandit suppres-ports

hand. To by Mr. Lloyd George, who criticis-Manchuria, Marshal Chang Two- temple, ut sion, says the Canton Gazette.. The famous Kesarinath

that, above all, we owe

theed the ambiguities of the Bill, and lin, writes Mr. G. C. Dixon in the scheme has been submitted to the Rikhabdec. Udaipur, between sects strengthening of our whole diplo ¡Provincial Government for appro- of Jains, regarding the right to matic position within the last opposed it on the grounds that it Empire Review.

and inexpedient at] Just as the Great Wall beat back for a thousand years the bation. It is learned that the perform the flag-hoisting ceremony few months. Patience will justify was unwise

itself. At Hankow it went to un- asual lengths. It has been ridi TROOPS

He accused the Government of hordes that swept down from the the matter over to the Department Five Jains were killed and 160 ruled by the school of action-at-threwing discord into industry arid Gobi and the steppes of any-price. The Bolsheviats are just when trade was beginning to Siberin, so does Chang stond to better judges. They knew its recover. The outstanding feature of the news to-day is that the Com- of Military Affairs for examina injured. Reuter.

14 Dead In Street Fights.

wisdom, and were disappointed." munist clique at Iankow is on its last legs and that the Hankowtion and approval. The salient

A Vigorous Attack in Commander Hau'

Lahore, May 6.

There are firm and certain condi Government is expected to fall shortly, mainly through lack of points

bandit-suppression scheme are as The casualties in the fighting tions which our Chinese "policy

The debate on the Opposition funds..

between Hindus and Muhamme must not transgress. It must be side was wound up by hir. J. H. He is a fantastic and fascinat Thomas, whose vigorous attack on Lord, who broods, from his strong- ing figure, this Manchurinn War follows:

dans, mentioned last night, now conducted under the utmost of

the Bill pleased the Labourites. amount to 14 dead and 100 wound-restraint and it must move in step ed. Half the latter are Hindus, with the policies of other Powers.

He accused the Government of hold in Mukden, over all China of the Yangtze-klang, The reasons for the existence of the others being Sikhs and Mos- Above all things. It must refuse using the majority to try and north

the rule for which. Moscow has cripple the workers only bargain-Looking for the swash-buckler of banditry,

Funeral parties attending the cast it. There rast be no sorting power. The Labour Party tradition, you find a tiny man, 50 ons why we have so many banditsj in Kwangting, the chief of which burials of those killed have been of pretext for the charge that would fight the Bill because it years old, about five feet high and are as follows:

limited to 100 each, accompanied Britain is the special enemy of showed class bias. If the Minis-six stone in weight, as smooth as 1.There are too many unby armed escorts.

the national movement in China. terialists believed the Bill would bishop, as sauva as a diplomat,- There has been no further riot-The very contrary is the truth deter a man from striking, they mild-eyed, self-effacing, self-spoken. About Chang, who began life as Further news to hand regarding the routing of the "Reds" in employed vagrants in Kwangtung.

As the prices of commodities have ing, but six armoured cars are We have as little to lose and ns

were living in a fool's paradise. to gain as any country Shiukwan and district states that the Hunanese troops have now soared up, the cost of living, has stationed at the police station to much

The Labourites stood four-square a leader of Hunghutzes (iterally evacuated, leaving the police and Merchant Volunteers in control correspondingly increased. Fur meet any emergency, and armed trading, with China in meeting against the Bill, and the agitation red-beards, or bandits), so many of China that he is fast becom- Most of the Labour pickets and Peasant Corps have been disarm-thermore, the incessant fighting of military pickets have been posted Chinese endeavours for unity, in- would continue if the Bill were things are told in the clubrooms

the soldiers has materially added at the city gates. Business is at dependence, and self-respect with passed.

ing a legend. It is perfectly true to the devastation and ruin, so a standstill-Reuter.

practical sympathy at every turn. ed and taken prisonere.

that he began his career as a lead- In fact, trade, on terms mutually

er of bandita, served with his band that in many places 9 houses of

Other Precautions Taken. vacant. are dilapidated or

beneficial, is the main basis of

Sir T. W. H. Inskip, replying on the side of the Russians in the relations. Anglo-Chinese Added to these we still have

The Delhi, May 5.

for the Government, said the Russo-Japanese War, transferred, re-basis of trade is order, and good-single question which emerged was with the true Chinese astuteness, frightful droughts and famines,

showing disinterested sympathy unions or the interests of the com-ead of the war, found himself at and every reason, in the long run. munity were greater. Meanwhile all is quité-Reuter. for being belleved. The truth No community could long sur-trained force of two thousand. will prevail. What Britain desires vive which suffered a stronger is not merely to compromise with power than itself within its bor- the inconveniences of revolution. ders.

The menace to Swatow is increasing owing to the advance of "Jed" forces on the City. The populace has become much alarmed, and reinforcements are urgently needed. Troops have already been sent from Amoy and Fukien.

There is a conference at present taking place in Canton be- tween military commanders regarding the coming expedition against Hunan-which is part of the drive on Hankow planned by Marshal

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There are many rea-lems.

The authorities, fearing a

Community's Rights.

Chiang Kai-shek. Operations are expected, to begin so soon as the which have destroyed and laldercussion of the riot trouble, will. We have every reason for whether the interests of the trades te the winning side, and, at the

North River campaign is at an end.

CLEAN-UP OF "REDS" CONTINUES.

waste much arable land. The rich have become poor; the poor have as a precaution posted mount have become poorer. The indus- cd police at various danger points.

tries have not been prosperous, and the people have found it very

cult to make a decent living.

They are hard-pressed by such a TJILEBOET STRANDING. The root of British policy should kind of environment; and they! therefore resort to the dangerous path of banditry.

2. There are too many dis-) heartened soldiers. When the

allied forces swooped down from

ENQUIRY AT BATAVIA. We learn that the official en-

the head of a well-armed and well-

Pointing the Moral,

Of the many stories about him He emphasised that the Bill had be an active wish to see China been drawn so that there must be which happen to be both pictures brought under 3 progressive no doubt about the legality of an que and true is that of the colone! system of prder and governmens ordinary industrial strike. by her own effort and in her own way and to help her to that end

the East, the military authoritica quiry into the stranding of the s.8. by every means legitimately open

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Second Reading Passed.

SOVIET ANGERED.'

who, on the eve of battle in Chang's-last war with Wu Pei-fu, sent back his wife from the front to a safer spot, just in case the

Shanghai, May 5. ROUTING OF THE "REDS." The Communist clique at Han-

Hunanese Evacuate Shiukwan.

The closure was carried by 388 battle went the wrong way. In kow is believed to be on its last

enlisted any one they could get, Tilepoct on Lin Ting island, as to us. That must be made per to 168, after which Mr. J. R. due course, the news came to the legs, and the Hankow Government

Canton, May 5,

the no attempt being made at careful result of which the vessel had fectly clear. We shall defeat Clynes' motion for rejection of the Marshal's ears, as most news, does General Chien Ta-chun, is expected to fall shortly through

a result of this to be cut in two to be salved, has Communist misrepresentation by Bill was defeated by 386 to 171, in the Far East, and his officer shortage of funds.--Naval Wire anti-"Red" campaign Field-Mar-selection.

allah, telegraphed to Canton yester carelessness, all sorts of people been fixed to take place at Batavia, sticking to the policy in face and the Bill was read a second received a summons to the great

incidental discouragement. time.

man's tent. Softly and gently ther Jess.

day evening reporting that the were taken into the army bandit which is the Port of Registry of of

Through it alone we shall arrive The Liberal vote was split, seven Marshal pointed out that to tak Hankow has been facing a crisis vanguards of Government forces chiefs, rowdies, rufiana and what the vessel.

These pernicions elements. The Master of the vessel (Capt. at an international conclusion. Liberals voting for the Govern into consideration even the possi

The Conservatives and bility of defent was likely to shake for several weeks. The natural re- are expected to reach Shinkwan not.

usurped miltry authority and Timmermann), the Marine Super It is the one policy on which agreement. 10-day.

together fusal of foreigners to resume busi-

vagrant intendent of the J.C.JL, and ment and common action among Labourites voted strictly on party the confidence of the troops;unds According to General Chian's, gathered

lines. The final stages of the du-to point the moral he whipped out ness, the complete lack of control telegram, the "Red" Hunanese marauders, disbanded soldiers and those members of the ship's com- the Powers can be based,

The lack of an understanding bate were quite tranquil-Reuter.

a Fevolver and shot the offender", bad characters. These pany whose evidence is material

lead. amongst the labouring classes,, and treeps have evacuated Shiukwan, other

has been the

Unchallenged ruler over a vast the added threat of attack on six which is under the control of soldier-bandits have committed to the enquiry, have left Hongkong hitherto between the nations in-

pice and Merchant Volunteers. under the good name of the re- for Singapore to-day by the s.s. terested in China

main source of difficulties for all.

province, with over 20 million 'sub- sides, is gradually, working up to The Government Troops have volutionary army, all sorts of de Tilawa, en route to Batavia. «

None of them profits by it. It has

jects, Chang has a revenue. esti- Tenders for Vessel's Repair.

become clearer within recent weeks,

mated at £3,000,000 a year, and a climax aut ignominions failure rossed Washek, but owing to the predations. The heterodox of the interruption of railway trathe soldiers at that time had reached

does not hesitate to spend it. He zenith [1

On now stures the Government" in the their advance has been very slows, the

notoriety.

An advertisement appearing in and presently it will be clearer

has a well-trained army of about reach account of this our late Director. and will not be able tr face.

does China gain. The sole bene-

two hundred thousand men, well- The difficulties were not eased Shukwan till probably this after Dr. Sun Yat-sen, became very the local press calls for tenders still that all lose by it. Neither much worried over the situation for the repair of the p.8. Tilebeet, feiaries are the Russian agents

armed, garbed in the only trim using Chinese nationalism as the

Moscow, May, 5. uniforms in China, and advised by troops accorde then reorganized the Kuomin- as she now lies in Taikoo Dock.

tang and undertook to train ap An enquiry at the offices of the instrument of purely destructive

Yet it has required The official news agency states white staff officers; he has a fleet the Shanghai banks, and, though in to General Chien's telera all the loyal and truc Party men J. C. J. I. his morning elicited the revolution. the Government thought to avert have retreated 16 Lakebony and

counter-revol information that there is no speci- the Nanking outrages to provoke that Government circles are indig-of at least 64 aeroplanes; and, disaster by placing an embargo on Pinhel and the bandits have bers. silver, geing to the lengths of hidden in the villages, but most utionary elements together with fie date for closing the tendering, concerted action, and that primari-pant over, the reports from the amongst the two or three hundred searching every pedestrian and de- of the Jabour pickets and Pe those false révolutionary soldiers but under the circumstances, it in ly for a negative, if necessary, pur Soviet delegation to the Economic thousand Russians in Harbin, the priving him or her of all silver sants Corps have been disarmed were one by one eliminated and anticipated that offers will be posc.

driven away.

were limited. coins, the financial panic was only and taken prisoners.

many equally bad characters who

A decision. will probably be increased.

had slipped out unnoticed and Coming Attacking on Hunan.

hidden themselves in the moun- reached on Monday General Chien returned

totains. These who stole forth to next, and an announcement will Canton this morning by a special the mountains had taken their then he made with regard to the train of the Yuch-llan railway, guns and ammunition with them. reconstruction of the severed liner. escorted by a battalion of bady- They associated themselves with Swatow, May 5. nards. The reason of General the bandits there and made their The "Red" forces are advanc- Chien's return is to confer with living on banditry. As time went ing slowly on Swatow, and there General Li Chai-sum on the pre-

by the recent severance of business noon. between the lankow

banks and The Hudanese

SWATOW MENACE GROWS.

"Reds" Slowly Advancing.

rive in time.

2.

is considerable menace to the city posed expedition against Hunan, unless sufficient reinforcements are which is shortly to begin, since the anti-"Red" operations on the A number of troops have already North River are hearing an end. arrived from Amoy, and more are The Army Headquarters. have given orders that the offices of expected from Fukien.

Commander of the 20th. Division, Garrison Commander of Kwang-

Populace Alarmed.

It is understood to be the set purpose of the "Reda" to set fire

Those

But there

on the number of mountain ban- dits increased, and their weapons. became sharp and penetrating. Their territory has also extended with their number of men. Be- ing thus entrenched, they became very powerful and defiant.

3. These bandits have been sheltered and protected by the

how districts, and Commander of greedy merchants and local ruffians. Martial Law in Canton, which

or Tuesday

TAXING DUTCH SUBJECTS.

RESIDENTS ABROAD

AFFECTED.

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to the elementary

RESENTS SWISS POLICE PRECAUTIONS.

Cool, Brave.

He is an extraordinarily, cool,.

If Britain, America, and Conference at Geneva with regard principal city of Northern Man- Japan can go thus far together.to their alleged treatment, parti-churia, are thousands of "White" gry, who would only be too glad can they not go further and more cularly the bampering effects due Russian soldiers, ragged and hun helpfully? It is nothing short of to police attentions.

A these to onlist as soldiers of fortune in condemns The Soviet

and any war that happens to be on.

of them fought with astonishing that there should have tween the three Governments humiliating restrictions" as evi-brigade been no thorough consultation beauprecedented chicaneries

has though their experience was by chiefly interested upon a problemence of the insincerity of the Chang in his campaign a year ago, common to all. Consultation im- League's invitation, and

accounts not particularly plies no sacrifice of alms, deals, instructed Ossinsky, the chairman all and interests. They can mect of the delegation, to demand the happy. Not only did they bear the round a table with no disguise of remedying of

the complaints, brunt of several heavy engage- 2 section of divergencies, and determine upon otherwise the delegation will leave ments, but they were shot down

from behind by what and how far they can agree. Geneva..

practice, Chinese America and Japan aro, like our-

usual The demands comprise a request Chang's troops, which, following selves, stirred to natural indigna- that the League shall agree with the tion with the treatment of their the Soviet chairman with regard changed sides in the midst of a

Nanking and else- nationals at where. But demands for redress to reasonable methods of protect- battle. Amsterdam, May 5. are not a policy. Except for doing the delegation, and abolition of the humiliating police measures The Government has introduced mands and warnings, there can be which restrict the liberty of the

ordering 1.Peasants armies and peo- a Bill

non-resident no policy until the three Powers adlegation; and further, that the brave, and resolute little man, were held by General Chien Ta-ple's militia have been free to or Netherlanders to be assessed for will

conditions with the other lelega-ternational figure, but, like many with regard to its work very brave men, he is above all

The machine-... to the principal parts of the city, chun, shall be held by General ganize themselves, au restriction income property, death, and dewis descend discussing what they League assure the delegation equal this Hunghutze who is now an in-

Wang Wen-hang, the vice-com- being placed upon them whatever. fence taxes, similarly to resident can do in concert.

of this laxity they citizens.

Agreement among them would tions mander of the 20th. Division. On account

State officials are exempt, alas do everything to solve the Chin and communication rights, also things cautious.

stalled for the protection of his This is because General Chien has could easily be utilized by bandita

whose business compels ese problem peaceably and in full equal participation in the con-guns which he has now had In- to direct the anti-"Red" campaign for selfish and predatory purposes.

The Soviet adds that it intendaiyamen in Mukdeh, are only one of China and with the world's inter

the question of the many precautions necessary at the front, and will not be able under the pretence of protection.

their business is their principal est in the stability of that tremonto reconsider

in League con-in a land where nothing is quite as No Trouble Threatens.

to look after the garrison in the Much suffering has been inflicted their residence abroad, providing harmony both with nationalism in ference debates.

upon the people in this way.

dous fraction of the human race. participation rear for the present.

abound. He makes it a rule to goe 5.-Foreign imperialists' offer of source of income. Amoy, May 5.

According to Information obtaln-

The Bill provides a penalty for The British Empire is an associa ferences, especially in Switzer cheap as life and jealous rivals no visitors unleas they are per tion of communities scattered over had,-Renter.

Hia to him. Advices from British gunboats ed

sonally known from the Wongsha railway assistance and refuge has also ma

the length and breadth of the at Amoy indicate that the city is station, the through train service terially increased the number of the loss of nationality.—Reuter.

bandits. Thus Hongkong and

world. Peace and order are its

bodyguard, with loaded Mauser quiet, and that no trouble in ex- from Canton to Shiukwan will be Macno have become a safe refuge.

life. The United States are a moto the power and influence of rifles and automatic pistols, watch pected.-Naval Wireless.

resumed in a few days.-Neal

for bandits,"

compact society founded and pros Communism. By agreement they his residence night and day; and Chung Pan.

pering upon principles, in the best can foster the interests of China when he geea about the streets ho True travels in a motor-car specially scenes, conservative. Tho. herole and safeguard their own. qualities, which have given Japan as it is, it is hardly credible that built for him in America, at a cost her place in the modern world doubts of each other and fears for of £6000. The Interior of the car London, May 5.

centro about the semi-sacred syr-spacial interests should have been is decorated with gold plate. The The House of Lords has passed bol of the monarchy, Revolutionable for so long to prevent their exterior is covered with steel plate the third reading of the Colonial ary Communism is the extreme taiding the one obvious course open to keep the bullets out and the gold

(Continued on Page 14.) In these nations and protect themselves. Probates Bill, which has not yet antithesis of everything prized and to them if they are to help China been passed by the House of characteristic Commona-Reuter

They fail to agree, and they pro-

and the populace is said to be alarmed.-Naval Wireless.

AMOY REPORTED CALM.

QUIET ON THE YANGTSZE.

No Untoward Incidents...

Shanghai, May 6.

TAKES UP POST.

C. C. Wu for Narling

Shanghai, May 5.

Foreign

Shanghai is quiet, and no un- C. C. Wa has left for Nanking

toward incident has been report.

ed from the Yangtazo ports.- to take up his post as

Minister Routor. Naval Wireless.

Part Two,

The scheme of bandit-suppres vion. The reason for the audacity and effrontery of the Kwangtung bandits is as above: stated. His- torically considered these bandits are most firmly entrenched. It is! no easy task to uproot and eradi. (Continued on Page 14.)

those

COLONIAL PROBATES.

BILL PASSED BY LORDS.

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