1927-08-11 — Page 7

BETTER CONDITIONS AT FOOCHOW.

PEACE AND ORDER BEING

MAINTAINED.

GOOD FOREIGN TRADE.

(Our Own Correspondent.)

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

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CANTON FROM DAY TO DAY.

OLD FASHIONED MARRIAGE BANNED.

ANOTHER PARTY SPLIT..

(Our Own Correspondent.)

Canton, Aug. 10. Mr. Li Man-fan, Commissioner of Civil Affairs, has proclaimed that the old forms of marriage are

SACCO-VANZETTI.

LAST EFFORTS FOR REPRIEVE.

POSTPONEMENT OBTAINED.

to be abolished. Even at the pre-red at a meeting of 5,000 people sent time, marriages in certain circles are mere bargains and sales. Mr. Li believes that such ideas of marriage amount to virtual slavery, and should be done away with a

Foochow, Aug. 7. For quite a long time now there has been nothing of great interest to report from this centre. The permanent Government took office carly in July, and appears to be gradually getting power into its hands. At least two of the de- partmental heads. the Commis- sioner for Education and for construction,. are either once. Christians

well

in- tentioned towards Christian Insti- tutions. The former has made it known that he has orders from Nanking to do all in his power to

or very

protect Christian schools and pre- vent them from being molested by such agitations as took place last term. He hopes that all schools, whether registered with the Goy- ernment or not, will open as usual in the autumn term.

Tea Trade Good.

Foreign merchants still seem to be kept busy, and I am informed that the tea trade is at least as

good as it was last year. Banditry

The matter of ceremony ought also to be changed, according to this official. Most people still adopt the old ceremony, handed

down.

broken up by the police after a half-hour running fight.-Reuter's

American Service,

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11; 1927.

CANTON DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.

BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DELIBERATE.

POLICE PRECAUTIONS.

killed.

JI

INTERVIEW WITH MR. H. O. TONG.

HANKOW PURGED OF “RED” ELEMENTS.

WHY M BORODIN LEFT.

New York, Aug, 10.

That the Wuhan Government The police state that yesterday's

has completely renounced Bol- (Our Own Correspondent.)

shevism and has gone to the extent Sacco-Vanzetti demonstrations in

of doing without the services of "Canton, August 10. New York passed off more, penc

its former Soviet and Communistic Communists are again blamed collaborators was averred by Mr. ably than had been expected.. for the explosion of dynamite H. O. Tong, Chinese Director of The most serious treable occur-powder near the No. 1 Cartridge the No. 3 Special Administration Factory, when two persons were Area (formerly the British Conces- sion) at Hankow, who was to-day In Union Square, which was One version says that Com-interviewed by a Telegraph. repre

munists laid explosives in the sentative.

Mr. Tong stated that M. Borodin factory, and set them off in order to dispose of certalu leaders

was not expelled from Hankow- among the workers,

was that the former From other information gather-Soviet envoy received a cordial in-

rather it ed, it appears that several cooliesvitation to take a holiday at home were ordered to convey large boxes for the time being. He was not of explosives from the Cartridge being held by Feng Ya-halang, Factory to another military depot, who had given a strong promise of Apparently on account of the rain, protection, but was now most like the coolies unlended their burden ly in Shansi, on his way back to on the ground just outside some Moscow, via Manchuria and Mon- barracks. The boxes touched the golia. He had with him moreover, ground with a thud, whereby the Percy Chen, the son of Mr. Eugene contents exploded.

Chon, who was also going to One of the barracks immediate- | Russia. ly caught fire, and a soldier was burnt seriously wounded. The others be one of a number of neuro escaped. Several of the machine-cnicuated guns inside the barracks were des-Government

Bolshevistic" troyed by the fire.

The police have a suspicion bring the party nearer & com- that this was no accident, promise with Nanking, which Mr.

Heavy Insurance.

Boston, Aug. 10. It is estimated that G.$100,000, from one dynasty to another. Such 000 explosion, strike, and riot in customs are repugnant to the Kuo-surance was underwritten yester mintang idea of a democratic gov-day, covering property in Boston ernment, and are similarly banned. in connexion with the Sicco-Van- fears.-Router's agilution zetti The Commissioner has organized

American Service. a publicity bureau to broadcast all the important affairs of his depart nient. Mr. Li has planned many civic and social reforms, and ap- pears anxious that the public should know about them. Several gentle men from Nanking have returned to take charge of this new bureau.

does not seem to be quite so pre-

The Pirate Menace. valent, and communication with up-country districts is now unin- The frequent piracies on passen- terrupted. Quite a large number ger vessels on the West River, and of American missionaries are re-the laying of mines on their track, maining in their stations during have prompted the shipowners to the summer, and a few British seek # remedy from the missionaries have been able to re- Government. Such dangers turn up-country. It is generally hoped that in the autumn things will be approximately normal, and lives and property will be relative-} ly secure.

Happy Kullang.

Judge Scorns Guards,

Worcester, Mass., Aug. 10... To the astonishment of armed policemer guarding his house, Judge Thuyer, who originally tried Sacco and Vanzetti and has now refused to revoke the sentence, calmly left his home last night

bulldog.

to death. TWO were

The departure of M. Borodin was indicated by Mr. Tong but to

the

to

purge at Hankow of

influence,

and

common threat from the

and went for a stroll with a pet but a plot to wipe out the Tong believed would eventually be "The police all day long had fol-barracks and the soldiers as well. effected. Lir. Tong believed there lowed Judge Thayer wherever he Gendarmes have been ordered to could be no other way, in view of went, and when earlier in the patrol the streets, to preserve the

order as well as see that other North. evening he motored out with his soldiers and officers are not in- have considerably decreased wife he was escorted by police fluenced by the Communists, who passenger traffic, causing grant motor-cyclists.--Reuter's American are showing much activity in the losses to these owners, More over, communication between Canton and other towns' is greatly handicapped.

Service.

Sacco Indifferent.

Boston, Aug. 10. Sacco refused to sign a petition The merchants believe that un- less the Government takes strong for a writ of habeas corpus which action in clearing out the pirates, was submitted to him in prison to- their trade will be a standstill. Bet-day by the Sacco-Vanzetti Defence ter protection of these vessels is Committee attorney, Reuters also desired.

American Service.

No Funds for "Red" Students.

Financial remittances to the

Swedish Sympathy,

Stockholm, Aug. 10.,

"Red" students in Sun Yat-sen The Swedish Sacco-Vanzetti University in Moscow are to be Defence Committee has urgently stopped, according to instructions appealed to all organised workers from Nanking to the Canton Gov-in Sweden to strike immediately at present for at least a day, if Sacco and Vanzetti are executed, and also boycott all American firms, ships, and goods for a week.

ernment.

There are

Kuliang is not quite as lively as usual, but nearly sixty cottages are occupied by about 170 foreign and Chinese summer residents, that is, rather more than half the usual number in former years. The usual activities are being engaged in: the tennis courts are almost as crowded as ever, and a tourna ment is now in full swing, while the annual match against the Fo- chow Recreation Club is fixed for the 13th inst; the bathing pool has its patrons as usual; picnics to over a thousand Cantonese students various points of interest take studying in Moscow, most of whom place every day; evening gather-were sent and supported by the ings take place at the Club to

then Nationalist Government in enjoy concerts and readings, & Canton. the Cantata Committee has enlisti ed the help of a number of ladies and gentlemen for a performance to take place shortly; and there are also the customary group meet- ings for study and consultation on all kinds of subjects, varying from Butterflies to the Principles of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. In short, despite reduced numbers, those who are here are determined to keep things going as best they can, and those who were deterred from coming to Kuliang by rumours of labour or other trouble are the objects of universal commiseration,

Those interested in Education.

Nanking has ordered that funds to these "Red" students shall no longer be remitted. Those students supported on their own account are to be expelled from the Kuomin tang if they have adopted Bolshe- vism.

The student group in Russia in- cludes many girls who went there to ampire the "new learning."

their leader.

The committee has telegraphed urging the similar committees in Paris, Oslo and Berlin to do the same.-Reuter.

The Condemned Men.

Boston, Aug. 10. The three weeks' hunger strike is plainly telling on Sacco, who atares dully at the ceiling of his narrow cell. The warders are of the opinion that a premature death from starvation is his only hope of "cheating the chair."

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Wuban had also proved its si cerity in other ways, he said. It had driven the two revolting Bol- shevist generals-Yeh Ting and Ho Lung from Nanchang, and on the 8th, according to a cable which Mr. Tong had just received decapitated a number of Chin- ese communistic leaders. The path having been cleared for a resumption of negotiations, the The .. Pres." Jackson of the day may not be long deferred American Mail Line will sail from when a reconciliation will be Manila on Friday, August 12, 1927, effected and both armies again at 5 p.m. and will arrive in Hang- take the field against the north. kong on Sunday, August 14th, Mr. Tong stated that a com- This steamer will promise with Chang Tso-lin was 1927, at 8 a.m. sail for San Francisco via Shang-impossible in view of the diame hai, Kobe,, Yokohama and Ionctrically opposed views which lulu at 10 p.m. Monday, August Chang Teo-lin and Chiang Kai- 15th, 1927.

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Kuomintang Sub-Division.

Vanzetti, whose fast has not Several Kuomintang members been so rigid, paces his cell fever- who cannot get along either with

ishly. His only interest recently Nanking or Hankow, have formed has been correspondence, especial- are looking forward to a visit from ioning Madame Sun Yat-sen as Like Sacco, he has abandoned on Monday, August 15th, 1927, mises of the Commercial Press and a "fourth group," and are cham-ly welcome letters from Italy.Shanghai will arrive in longkong Mr. Huang Wang, the Commission- ers for Education, who has promis-.

These gentlemen re hope. "I die for anarchy" has She is scheduled to sail for Manila ed to speak at the meeting of the cently issued a manifesto declar been the burden of his missives on Tuesday, August 16th, 1927 at Educational Conference at Ku-ing they were the "genuine" Tolto friends and relativas.-Itenter's 6. p.m.

lowers of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen. American Service. Jiang on the 23rd inst.

According to these members, the first group is that supporting the Wu-han Government before the

The Hague, Aug. 10. split. The second group is headed

Threatening letters in connexion by Marshal Chiang Kai-shek in Nanking. The third group is with the Sacco-Vanzetti case have General Tang Bang-chia govern- been received by the American FIRST APPEARANCE OF OLD workers and ment in Hankow. The fourth Minister and also the police.

The latter group comprises these "genuine."

are guarding the Kuomintang members, who pin American Legation and the Minis- their faith on General Yip Ting inter's residence.--Reuter's American

Service.

IN THE WEE SMA' HOURS.

A WEST POINT INCIDENT.

a motor

Southern Kiangsi.

Arising from an early morning incident in which a fashionably-Kai-shek and General Tang Sang- They declare that Marshal Chiang dresse Chinese woman was stop-chi are but militarists. Chiang o ped by a custable while driving longer fights for principles hence he

car in the restaurant suffers defeats in Shantung. quarter at West Point, and ques dame. Sun

Yat-sen shares the tioned as to her capability as a driver, the owner of the car, No. be the leader of this new group.

same view, and is now requested to 1,000, Yip Ping Kuen,was charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell this Attempt to Settle Strikes. morning with allowing the woman

In Holland Too.

Prison Well Guarded.

Boston, Aug. 10. Great searchlights and a battery Ma of machine-guns are mounted out- side the prison walls in the event of sympathisers who are holding "death watches" attempting rescue of Sacco and Vanzetti.

A triple line of guards patrols In view of the frequent strikes in the walls of the penitentiary, and

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SHIP,

the

The report states that the in- vestigation includes an enquiry into the living conditions of the the rent of their lodgings, and in a few days' time. will be extended to the conditions One of the entries this morning of the labour unions in Kowloon

well as was of interest, in that, although and Hongkong, as she is an old ship, she is making earning capacity and standard of her first appearance in Hongkong. living of their members. This is the s.s. Baron Inchcape, arriving from Samarang with 9,800 sugar for local discharge.

The Baron Inchcape was built HOW MUCH DO YOU in 2017. by the Ayrshire Dockyard Company for Messrs. Ilogarth and Company and engined by Kincaid and Company of Greenock to 400 N.H.P. She is single screwed,

TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS, her dimensions being length, 425

The following general know- depth 33.3 feet, with a gross ton-ledge paper has been taken from nage of 7,006 and nett tannage the Daily Express. 5,201, registered at Ardrossan.

Answera, for those who need

to drive his car, knowing that she Canton, General Feng Cho-man, other officers guard. the adjacent feet, beam 66.2 feet and moulded had no license. The woman, Mrs. Commissioner of Finance, has prostreets and approaches to the Yee-han, who stated

The whole region is that she claimed important fegulations con- bridge.

came

men.

KNOW?

Her draft on entering was 25 feet them, will be found on Page 14

8 inches on an even keel.„.

The master of the new arrival

If a firm wishes to engage new employees, it must hire them from the labour unions. If the labour seven years, and I have nothing 16 Europeans and 50 unions are unable to supnly the

is Captain S. Will, with a crew of Asiatics. The local consignees are J.C.J.Line.

k

the

of this issue.

1. Where did the Indian Mutiny

first break out?

2. Name the Balearic Isles, J. Where did Amelia Sedley live 4. Who was the known as "The

White-Eyed Kaffir"?

8. In what paom do these lines ap-

pear:

"It was that fatal and per..

fidious bark,

Built in the eclipse, and rigged

with curece dark'?

from Canton, was also coming the relations between em-packed with guards and police charged with driving without a ployers and employees. license.

An Outburst. Both defendants pleaded guilty.

"They have crucified me for The police evidence was to the effect that the car was stopped workers, then the firm can employ exclaimed Sacco when he refused more to do with them," angrily at Hill Road at 4 o'clock this non-union men, who must be urged to sign the petition for habeas morning. The woman was then to join the labour: union. For in- driving the car while the owner stance, plumbers must join the corpu

When Andrew McEwan, Wil- and his chauffeur were occupying plumbers' onion.

On the contrary, Vanzetti scem-liam Connelly,, and John Blane If they do not other seats.

join, then the union can supplyed pleased, and signed readily.

appeared at Stirling Sheriff Court May Get Reprieve.

on June 30 charged with theft by His Worship held that the chau- their members to replace the non-

union men at any time.

The possibility of a postpone that they stole an iron safe and housebreaking, the Fiscal stated ffeur was not to be blamed for having been inactive in an affair When A strike arises out of a dis- ment of the executions is indicated also a barrow to carry it to a field announcement by Judge from a coal merchant's office. which was then under the direc-pute

7. Who was the youngest momber between

and in an ¡employer

στον olectod

the French au Sanderson, of the State Supreme But the irony about the safe was tion of his employer who was employees with regard to

Academy of Arta? with him.

increase of wages or reduc- Court, that he will give his deci-that it contained nothing and was 8. What to "calamandar" tion of working hours, the main sien to-morrow on a motion by de- unlocked. The sheriff, in putting 9. What is "hostaro"! The woman stated that she had tenance of the workers is to be fence counsel asking him to parmit McEwan on probation for six 10. Name the Seven Champlong" of a driver's license at Canton, but borne by the employer. Should a a bill of exception from his refusal months and sentencing Connelly Christendom. did not have it when she came strike occur as a result of disagree to grant writs of error and habcas and Blane to 21 days' and 30 days' 11, Where was Wordsworth borni

ment between workers themselves compus, to be submitted to the full imprisonment, respectively, said 12. What is a karat" regiont or between one union and another, bench of the Supreme Court he hoped they would realise what 13. What famous French author used Both defendants were fined $10 the strikers must provide for their Reuter'a American Service.

to work in a padded room? ... fools they had made of them each.

1. Who was Mre. Juriou own maintenance.

solvea.

bere.

(Continued on Page '8.)'

e. What is the capital of Madagas-

car?

to

15. What toas O. Henry's real name?

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