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CHINA CHANGES.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MONDAY, JULY 25,

· 1927.

GRECIAN GRATITUDE.

MENIN MEMORIAL.

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CANTON STRIKE.

TEMPLE TO BE ERECTED IN

WASHINGTON. --

UNVEILING CEREMONY.

"THE WEEK-END NEWS.

Chinking, July 23.

It is reliably stated that the Southern forecs are rapidly with

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drawing from the north of Kinngau. It is believed that only a few romain north of Yangchow.

Two transports and three China Merchants Company vessels loft for Anking full of troopa.→→→ -Reyter.

Shanghal, July 24. General Ho Yuk-tso returned to Nanking from the Shantung front yesterday. General Ho's army is sent to take part in the expedition against Hankow.

General Ho Chien, who recently started an anti-Red coup In Hun- kow, has sent a representative to call on Marshal Chlang Kai-shek, according to a Nanking report, which adds that General Ho peli- tions for the immediate dismissal of Wang Ching-wei and Tang Sang-chi by the Nanking Nation alist Government.-Wah Kiu Yet Po.

Athens, July £3.

TOBACCO HAWKERS WANT À SPECIAL BONUS.

Canton, July 22.,

London, July 24. Seven hundred poor mothers

A strike has been called by the In gratitude for American bono-whose boys "did not come back"

This factions to Grecce, a number of from the war, were granted free Tobacco Hawkers' Union.

fistinguished Grociuna have organ passages to Ypres to swell the union has been accustomed to levy ised fund to croot a full sized enormous pilgrimage, for which a a tax against the companies whose reproduction of the column of the chain of special trains and steam- products they sell, or rather use Tomple of Jupiter at Athens to be ers is being run from England to this method of extorting the executed in Pantelican marble and day in connexion with the unvell-desired percentage of squeeze.

The strike movement was start- to be orected at Washington.ing of the memorial arch on the

famous Menin Road'.. to comed when the companies attempted Router

memorate the 58,000 British soldi- to reduce this squeeze and the ers who died in the grim Ypres local Government failed to uphold Though salient during the war without the hawkers' tactics. graves being left...

most of these companies havo n

PERSIAN MINISTER,

M. WILDEN TRANSFERRED FROM BANGKOK,

Paris, July 24.

The memoria! takes the form of Chinese manager, they are foreign owned. The hawkers aro.baking a dignified arch of stately pro-

for a special bonus in lieu of their portions crossing tho Menin

customary squeeze. Road. On the memorial is a

Union Curbed. lion vigilant" facing in the The local Government is show- direction from which the Germaning the Labourers' and Peasants". M. "Wildon, Minister Plenipoten-hosts were fruitlessly fung for Unlon alightly less consideration. tiary to Bangkok has been ap- several yours. The spot is also Instead of allowing the members the scene of the first gas attack to come and present, their cases pointed to Teheran-Havas.

in history.

against proprietors individually er An impressively simple incrip in a body as they have been accus- tiona with the Nanking Govern- tion heads the list of names ro- tomed to do, in future they must ment as it does all governmentssembling an edition of the Army appoint delegates, the number of Shanghai, July 24. Probably because of the break-wherewith it has business rela-List. Field Marshal Plumer, who which may not exceed two, who There have been more than a down of the peace parley, fight- tions and this is facilitated by directed the first defence, unveiled will be given a hearing. ing is reported to have broken out the fact that the Nanking Gov- the membrial, reciting a prayer on the Shibkachuas front be erament has hitherto "concen- specially written by the Archbi- hundred of these casce each day trated the task of struggling with shop of Canterbury, commending and the Union's method of pre- tween Fenglien and the Shangi imperialism," though the Soviet to Almighty God the souls of "our sentation has become a burden to troops. Military situation in uces not approve of the Nanking brothers who laid down their lives the commissioner having jurisdi Southern Chibli is again very polley of "suppressing the labour for their country but whose earth- tion. The union has also been critical and large Fengtien forces movement and wrecking the agrar-ly resting placo no man knoweth," cautioned against noisy behaviour in the office of the commissioner and enjoined to keep order.

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Fighting Resumed.

are rushing to the front from Panting.

The Shantung war is reported The to have been rerumed also. Shantung army started & counter- attack on the 22nd, since which date there has been severe fighting between them and the 10th, Na- tionalist army in Likuuyi--Wak Kin Yat Po.

SHANGHAI RATES. Chinese Determined to Resist

Increase.

ian revolution."-Reuter,

GERMAN LINERS HELD Nanking Government Givre No Explanation.

-Reuter.

The Ceremony.

Ypres, July 24, in glorious weather General Plumer unveiled and dedicated the Menin Gate Memorial in the pre- Shanghai, July 93. The Nanking Government refused sence of a vast concourse, includ- explanation for holding up at leasting the King of the Belgians, Sir three German liners, fuchiding the Worthington Evans and Mucastorland and Bertram Tick 4,000 relatives of the graveless nors, which they searched, possibly dead, largely parents and widows. under the belief that they were The aged mayor watched the cere- carrying munitions and war material möny from a window.

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WAGES INCREASED.

TWO SHILLINGS. PER WEEK MORE FOR ENGINEERS,

London, July 23. Peace has been secured in the engineering industry. By a two to one majority the men have accepted the offer made by the employers for The Ceremony opened with the au increase of two shillings per week. hymn "God our help in Ages Past"The increase alicuta abool 105,000

men.British Wireless.

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and would ise them against, Nanka Shanghai, July-23. At a meeting yesterday evening, king, but which since have not been presided over by eating Chair released by the Chinese, whilst and included the benediction by!

Han of the Chinese General Cham ber of Commerce, it was decided to resist do everything. Housible to payment of the rates increase, int

ot to call a grand strike.

Meanwide, the rates are coming

in well.

but

Many Chinese express a desire Lu IMV without trouble,'

fearful of intimidation,

ם!

"Reuter.

PEACE PARLEY. ·...

War Resumed Owing 10, Breakdown..

Shanghai, July 24. The Peace Parley is reaching

the" Deipe Rickmers, which brought a ten cargo from Hankow for Vladivostok, after transferring the rargo to the Soviet stemmer Ilon Li; Ws face Wp to Kangnan Arsenal abovo Shanghai Having no extra-territorial rights the Germans have no redress.

Thu Muensterland KA valuable consignment of rolling stock for delivery in Tientsin.

Heuter.

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TSINGTAO CLASI

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Japanese Intervention Resented. ̧

Tsingtao, July 2%. Japanese Marines and Chinese

The Marines subsequently smashod the J'olice sub-station..

a Roman Catholic bishop for the British army and air force and con cluded with the "Last Post by the A PRIVY COUNCILLOR, bugles of the 2nd Somerset Light

London, July 23. Infantry and the "Lament of the

Lord Beatty has been sworn in Pipers by the 1st Scots Guardi After one minute's silence came

as a Privy Councillor on the ocea the Belgian. the reveille and and British national anthemission of his retirement as First Sen Reuter.

NAVAL LIMITATION.

PROTRACTED CABINET

MEETING...

London, July 23. Yesterday's Cabinet meeting was so protracted that most of the members were unable to attend the Royal garden party.

It was the third Cabinet meeting in the course of the wock, in ad- dition to several unofficial meetings of Ministers as regards the Geneva conferenco on Naval limitation, which resumes next week.

a point of breaking down. Gen-Police clased on Wednesday, tho eral Yang Yu-ting, the Fengtien trouble arising out of the beating of Chief of Staff made a final attempt tiesha coolin to secure peace by entertaining the Shansi and Nanking represen-

A policeman was seriously injured tatives at a banquet last evening.

and is now in hospital. Peace arrangements were talked

Two other policemen, the ricsha over after the feasting but no recolic, and a servant boy were sult was reached and the Fengtien tightly injured. They were carried party declared that military force by the Marines to their barracks. is ready at any moment to settle The Chinese authorities demanded the issue if it cannot be settled that a joint investigation Committee by peace terms.

be forthwith formed. The inquiry

The mast that can be said of the Generals Pei Chung-si and ended at four o'clock yesterday

prospects of the conference is that Chau Feng-chi, the Shanghai Gar-morning. rison commander and vice-com- Only ono Japanese was slightly the British dolegation are most hopeful of a successful cutcome, al- mander, issued a joint notification seratched in the armo! to-day repudiating all rumours of The Japanese offered to release though the American attitude to the pence overtures with Feugtien-their prisoners, but the Chinese now plan evolved by the British Wan Kiy Yat Pav.

refased without an apology, compan-and Japanese exports has not been sation, and safeguards.

made clear.

Military Searches.

Shanghai, Saturday. Placards have been posted on

There has been much apoculation, especially in France, that a revival of the British-Japanese Alliance is possible, hut according to the Man- chester Guardian British official opinion is wholly unresponsive to troops, ELT) compensation such an idea and Japanese opinion wholeheartedly agrees with the Bri- tish.-Reuter.

The Japanese left their prisoners nutside the Chinese Police Station yesterday without a furthief word.

The Chinese community is highly the Indo-China S.N. Company's incensed and yeaterdiny inned Yangtze steamers intimating that leaflet demanding the withdrawal

Uhe Jhpancho henceforth they are unable to of guarantee that Chinese passengerà apology, and will not be removed from their Router.. ahipe by Chinese .military searchers-Reniter.

SOVIET AND NANKING.

Russia Prepared to Maintain

Relations,

Moscow, July 24.

LEAVE SHANGHAI

British Troops Going Back

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A French View.

Paris, July 23.

The Volonte declares that what-

Lord-Reuter.

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