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CANTON FROM "DAY TO DAY.

GEN. LI CHAT-SUM STILL ABSENT.

RAILWAY STRIKE THREAT.

AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19. 1927.

ALLEGED PICK-POCKET

DISCHARGED.

At the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, a young Chinese was charged before Mr. W. Schofield

SOLDIERS SEIZE A'

JUNK.

HONGKONG COMPANY AGAIN VICTIMISED.

DEMAND FOR $4,000.

with attempting to steal, from the The Shekki junk that sailed person of a travelling trader, the from Hongkong on Wednesday sum of $16. Mr. A. E. Hall appear-morning in connexion with the ed for the defendant.

ferry service to the Heungshan port, has been detained on arrival by a detachment of Chinese troops.

Canton, Aug. 18. General Li Chul-sum is reported to have advocated that the post of Commander-in-Chios, formerly held by Marshal Chiang Kai-shek

According to the evidence of the should be abolished. The General believes that to vest supreme complainant, he was walking in military power in the hands of one Reclamation Street, yesterday, single individual is sure to evoke when suddenly he felt a tug at his jealousy among military comman-breast pocket, and at the same ders and he further proposes that time a hand. touched his shoulder, mil military affairs should be en- Witness grabbed the hand tugging trusted to a Military Committee. f at his pocket, and then saw a General Li is believed to have bundle of notes drop. to the gone to Wuchow to attend to the ground. illness and subsequent death of his mother. General Wong Shiu- hung is in charge of the military

affairs here.

The defendant, when seized, picked up the notes and handed them beck tu the complainant. At the time of the incident, the defendant was behind him and

used his left hand to extract the

Military Protection. The Chekiang troops of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek are no longer amokey. menace in the province. General Ho Chup-ng has no more then 1,200 men and is anxious to re- Chin Ta-kwan's sign. General forces left Northern Kwangtung for Kiahgsi immediately upon the resignation of the Marshal and they expect to reach Chekiang by the overland route,

The Hangcheong, which is the junk in question. left Hongkong at 4 a.m., and on arrival on the evening of the same day at Shek- kl, was immediately boarded by a party of soldiers. Six of these were in the uniform of the Chin-

THE PREMIER'S RETURN.

ON WAY HOME FROM CANADA.

London, Aug. 18. The Prime Minister, who was accompanied by Mrs. Baldwin and a party, left Canada to-day for England, and will on his return fulfil one or two public engage ments before leaving for Aix-les- Bains, where he will stay for about three weeks.-British Wire- Less.

A Message,

Sydney, Nova Scotia, Aug. 18. Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin have left for home on the Empress of Scotland.

SHANGHAI FASCISTI

FORMED

FULL STÁTEMENT OF ITS AIM AND OBJECTS.

A WIDE SCOPE.

Our spécial correspondent in Shanghai, writing under Jast Saturday's date says that anum- ber of spirited British "business men of Shanghal bave launched a local Fascist organisation from which a good deal is expected in the month to come. The rea- ponse to the call for recruits has bcen most enthusiastic, for ment of its aims, a steady stream the day following the announce-

on

In a statement in saying fare-of residents poured into head- ese regular soldiery, while the re-well to Canada, Mr. Baldwin em-of nationalities, including Britons, quarters, representative of a score mainder were in ordinary attire.phasises that his visit is the first

Belgians, These latter appeared to

Americans, French, be that any British Prime Minister officers, as they took charge of the in office has paid to a self-govern-Germans, Danes, Dutch, Norwe bout, and ordered the troops to ing Dominion, and he hopes that glans, Swedes, Swiss, Latvians, prevent the crew from leaving. it will not be the last..

Czecho-Slovakians and Portuguese, thus indicating that membership. He says, he has seen enough of the spirit animating the Canais in no sense confined to British dians to enable him to carry a subjects, despite the fact that the message to the Mother Country prime movers in the formation of of "faith, hope, and affection," the Fasciati are two well-known Renter's American Service.

Britons in the persons of Mr. H. P. King and Mr. B. Firth.

Before news of the detention

was brought back to Hongkong, the ferry company's other boat, the Li Sing, sailed from Hongkong, In reply to Mr. Hall, witness yesterday, on her usual schedule, denied that the notes dropped with over a hundred passengers. from his pocket and the defendunt But on arrival at Ling Ting, en merely picked them up for him. route to her destination, she was Witness was unable to say whe-met by a large sampan which had Nankingther, in the positions described in snited post-hate from Shekki with the evidence, it was possible for a warning fo the Li Sing to aban- the defendant to use his left hand don the trip and turn back. and pick the complainant's pocket. Mr. Tall pointed out that if the two men were as the complainant Messrs. Koo Ying-fan, Commis- sioner of Finance, and Taeng Yan-had said, it was impossible for the po, Political Director of Army defendant to be walking behind Affairs and, concurrently, Com- and not kick the complainant in missioner of Reconstruction, have his attempt to pick his pocket. · left Canton.

After a demonstration in court, his Worship said that the case for the prosecution was not very strong, and the defendant was dis- charged.

Officials Leave.

The Li Sing's passengers were transferred to the sampan, which left with them for Shekki, while the Li Sing returned to the Co- lons.

A TENACIOUS EMBRACE.

TWO MEN BOUND OVER.

assault. General Tang Yin-

wah, the Police Chief, has not been scen since yesterday. These three officials are ardent supporters of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek.

Threatened Railway Strike.

KICKED TO DEATH.

AFTER A COMMUNIST

MERTING

The employees of the Canton- Kowloon Railway, Canton-Hankow Railway, and Canton-Samshui Railway threaten to strike in view: of the decision of the Government to change the terms of their agree- ment. Under the existing arrangement, the Government has promised an increase of wages, but now the Government desires to evade that. The workers held a meeting last Wednesday and de-

ided to petition the Governmented to death by to carry out its undertaking. The after radical elements present strongly urged the men to go on strike should the Government fail to meet the demands.

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WATCH BEHIND A LOOSE BRICK.

BRITISH GUNNER CHARGES ROOM BOY. Before Major C. Willson this morning, Gunner Milson, R.A., prosecuted in a case in which a foom-boy employed at the Military Hospital, Bowen Road,, was charg-. ed with the theft of a gold wrist- watch.

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The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.

London, July 27. John Hector, an official of the Seamen's Union, has been found dead in a Poplar street.

It is believed that he was kick

an angry crowd attending Communist

meeting.

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A man has been arrested. When Hector gave evidence at Bow-street Police Court against of- ficials of the rival union who were committed for, trial on a charge of libel last Tuesday, it was stated that witnesses had been threaten- ed with violence.

Hector attended a Communist street-corner meeting, and asked the speaker, "Whom do you represent? thereby arousing the spectators' anger. He walked

way, but the crowd, and was seen to fall, people rushing to his assistance.

was surrounded

by

He was found unconscious, and

the police were called. First aid was rendered at the local pest office.

His skull was battered, and bruises on his forehead suggested boot marks. Ho was hurried to hospital, and died without covering consciousness,

re-

Hector was aged 40, and leaves a wife and seven children.

Frederick Isley, 31, of Poplar, has been arrested, and will be

Gunner Milson explained to his Worship that he went off duty at o'clock from the guard-room. He left à gold watch on the table, of his room, and went to wash his hands. When he returned the watch had disappeared. The charged in court to-morrow with room-boy was the only other per-manslaughter.

Hector was a Seamen's Union de- legate át Poplar, and was a lovable man, with many friends. The in- quest will be held to-morrow.

son in the room at the time, "out Mr. Havelock Wilson, president denied all knowledge. of the of the Seamen's Union, says that whereabouts of the watch.

The matter was reported to the Quarter-Master Sergeant on duty, who questioned the boy, but the latter still denied the theft; so police assistance was sought.

A Chinese detective eventually. managed to find the hiding-place of the watch. The boy after

MARINE COURT CASE.

atealing it, took it to the base- JUNK MASTER GOES TO GAÖL

mont, where it was concealed be-

hind a loose brick in the wall.

It was only through close ques-

At the Marine Court this morn-

tioning that the Chinese detective ing, before Lieut. Commdr. G. F.

managed to induce the boy to confess his guilt.

A sentence of six weeks hard labour was imposed.

ARMY STAFF POST.

VISCOUNT GORT SELECTED.

London, Aug 18.

Hole, Chan Fuk, master of a junk of Tam Kok, was charged with, (a) falling to take out a licence for his craft as required by the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, and (b) failing to register the arrival of his junk at Tai 0. Sorgeant Wynne prosecuted.

The accused pleaded guilty, but stated that he had come from Chinese territory, to bring his master, to a doctor, he intending to register his arrival and take

It was anxious waiting for the ferry company officials during yes- terday, which was not allayed as the day wore on and the Hang- cheong had not returned.

The worst fears were realised

when word was received that the Hangcheong was still being hold by the military, who have demand- ed a sum of $4,000 as a condition of her release.

A Chinese appeared before Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the Central Poffee Court this morning, as the complainant in a summons for He had wounds on his head and left foot, which he alleged had been inflicted by six or seven men, including the de- fendant, who attacked him with stones.

According to his story, he had been engaged by the master of a No reason was given for the de-shop at Wanchai to carry articles tention of the junk, and it is to be to North Point, and the defendant feared that this is but another of told him to call for the money. those numerous exactions to which He did so, only to be put off. No this company in the past have been bargain was struck before the subjected either by the military or work, but he expected to receive at by bandits. Recently, it will be least 30 cents. recalled, pirates addressed very threatening letters to the officials of the company, pointing to the high value which they (the pirates) set on the privilege of trading in Chinese waters.

IN PACIFIC RACE.

Miss Mildred Doran, a pas- senger in the plane named after her in the Dole race from America to Hawall, which is missing and is being searched for by U. S. warships.

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Mr. Martin Jensen, who has won the second prize, G$10,~ 000, in the Dole race

! Hawaii.

to

Between five and six o'clock yes- terday evening,, six or seven men attacked him in Queen's Road East. They threw bricks at him, two of which were produced, one being marked with blood. One of these struck him on the head. In the ensuing struggle he "wrapped his arms" "round the defendant and after the others. had run away took him to the Police Station,

The defendant's story was that the complainant asked him for a loan of money, and when this was refused the complainant attempted to use his bamboo carrying-pole on him. This resulted in a fight, and the complainant sustained his injuries when they were rolling on the ground.

His Worship ordered the defen- dant to pay $2 compensation. and bound both men over.

WIRELESS BEACONS FOR SHIPS.

Chinese Welcomed.

A significant feature of the newly formed organisation is that responsible and law-abiding Chinese are particularly wel- comed, as they will unquestion- ably be an accesion of strength to Many the Shanghai Fascisti. Chinese already are manifesting tager interest in the movement inasmuch as they are not slow to appreciate that, in the final analy

is, there is a oneness of inter- est between, foreigners and Chin- ese, and that if the lawless forces at work at the present time are suffered to wreak further havoc,' they will mean a sinister menade to the laboriuosiy built up inter-. ests of foreigners and Chinese, fraught with possibilities of ul- timate disaster. Therefore, it is intended to weld property owners, rerchants, professional men and artisans, in fact, mon engaged in every walk of life, both in the International Settlement and int the French Concession, into Junified body that will present it- self as a powerful bulwark against those reactionary forces now at tempting to rob the most stable and hopeful elements in Shanghai of the fruits of years of unre- mitting toil and initiative, by which alone Shanghai has risen to greatness among the leading seaports of the world and enjoys the justly merited distinction of being the greatest trade emporium in the whole of the Far East.

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The Objects.

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Even a cursory glance at the aims outlined in the preliminary statement just issued serves to reveal at once the wide scope the Shanghai Fascisti can cover in the life of the community at a time like this, when the dilatori- ness and paralysis of foreign Go- vernments when it comes to tak ing action are productive of no little vexation of soul on the part of those who are straining their eyes to discern some signs on the political horizon of tangible ac- tion by the Governments of the 'Occident, action which has be- come a vital and pressing neces- aity if foreign trade is to survive and foreign prestige to endure. The object of the Shanghai Fas- elati is, first of all, to uphold the character of the Settlements; It is to assist in maintainnig law and order, for which there has an Increasing contempt out been Their purpose is to send distinctive wireless signals at re-shown by the lawless, due the breakdown of gov- gular intervals, enabling vessels to fitted with wireless direction fin-ernment all over China; the Fas- ders to, take bearings on the bea- cisti are pledged to assist the nu con stations and accurately deter- mine their positions.

INSTALLATIONS ON THE ENGLISH COASTS.

London, Aug. 18. Wireless beacons for the assis- tance of navigation are now under construction by Trinity House, at various points around the English coasts.

These installatione form a valu- able addition to aids to naviga tion for ensuring safety of life at sea, and are expected to prove of the greatest assistance to marine navigation when ships are ap

thorities in establishing a Court of Justice in the Settlements which cannot be influenced by any party politics, since the Provisional Court has degenerated into a mere ap- (Continued on Page 12:)

proaching land, particularly dur- HOW MUCH DO YOU

ing darkness and in foggy weather. -British Wirelcia.·

A NEW ARRIVAL IN PORT.

COLLIER ON ADMIRALTY CHARTER,

A new arrival in the waters.of the Colony is the Berwick Law, which entered at noon today.with coal, on Admiralty charter.

KNOW?

TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS. The following general know ledge paper has been taken from the Daily Express.

Answers, for those who need them, will be found on Page 12 of this issue.

1. Who was called the "Cannon - King"?

2. Where are the graves of Daniol

Defoe and John Bunyan?

3. Why and when was the Marble

Arch buüt?

4. What in a "Crois de Guorro"? 6. Who was the author of "Frondes

Agroster"

Viscount Gort V.C., has been ap-out a licence as soon as this duty pointed General Staff Officer, First was completed. As he was ig Grade, of the Fourth Division, in norant of the law, he was going succession to Colonel B. B. Crozier, to enquire later as to the proper

proceedure. as from November 4.-Reuter..

His Worship, remarking that Lieut. Colonel Viscount Gort,

The Berwick Law was formerly V.C., D.S.O., M.V.O.. M.C., of the failure to register at Tai O was

the Roman Prince, and was built Grenadier Guards; is the Chief-of-an offence that showed signs of

at Sunderland in 1914 by Doxford. Staff to Major-General John Dun-increasing, inflicted a fine of $10,

and Company, and engined by the can, commander of the China De- with the alternative of 10 days*

same firm under Glasgow registry.. dence Force, and is the sixth of imprisonment on the first charge,

Her dimensions are, length 420 the title. Educated at. Harrow and $20, with the alternative of

feet, beam 54.1 feet, and moulded and Sandhurst, he entered the two weeks' imprisonment on the

depth 26.3 feet, with a gross ton- army in 1905, at the age of 19.second charge. In the event of The forthcoming wedding is nage of 5,291 and nett tonnage His very distinguished-servise the fines not being paid, sentences announced of Mr. H.H. Fantham, of 3,299. The ships is owned by during the late war was with the were to run consecutively. master mariner, of the s.s. Mau- the Law Shipping Company, and Grenadier Guards,, and it was The accused was unable to pay, sang, and Miss G.E., Mead, on the the local agents are the Wing when leading the First Battalion, and a commitment order was made way out on the ss. Kashmir, whose Kee Company. She is command- 10. in 1918, that he won the Victoria out for his removal to Victoria home address is at Leamington by Captain W. Wright. Her last. Cross.

port was Sabang.

Gaol.

Spa.

What does the word "violin"

mean.

7. What is a "Davy" lamp, · and

why is it so named?

8. Which was the first tubo railway

in the world?.

8. Whose kingdom was first called

the "Holy Roman Empire"?

What are "devil'e ongs"! What is pluss made off

12. Why are some religious de- nominations called "Methodiste"?

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