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IN CANTON FROM DAY TO DAY.

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COMMUNISTS STILL SCHEME AND, DREAM.

CHIANG TO COME SOUTH.

(Our Own Correspondent,).

Canton, Aug. 25. The Anti-Counter-Revolutionary Society, which was formed with the object of capturing Canton,

GROWTH OF POLICE RESERVE.

FLYING SQUAD A WELCOME

+ ADDITION.

MANY MEN QUALIFY.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

The announcement that the original Police Flying Squad has been disbanded and formed inte the anator-cycle section of the Hongkong Police Reserve, will have created little or no surprise, because such a move was sure to coria sooner or later in the effort

AID OF CHINESE.

HOW SHANGHAI CAN BENEFIT.

CO-OPERATION WELCOMED.

FRIDAY,

CANTON" OFFICIALS

- CAUTIOUS.

ARRESTS ON BOARD THE

S.S. TUNG ON.

DEFEATING THE "REDS."

"(A Special Correspondent,)

AUGUST 26, 1927.

PERIL IN SHANGHAI OUTSKIRTS.

BANDITS HOLD UP TWO FOREIGNERS.

A LADY INVOLVED.

Another Great Western Road tragedy was nearly efiäcted on Tuesday night when two foreign- orsa lady and gentleman-were held up by Chinese bandits, shot at, and robbed of what they nos Bessed, says a Shanghai paper. Bullets struck the steering wheel

Many years ago, just after the establishment of the glorious Re- public, the writer of these lines was travelling in a remote mountain

Canton. Aug. 25. prefecture of a remote province in which a stalwart old man, & general

The recent order from the local who had come up in Manchus days Government, urging the police because of great physical prowess and personal courage, enjoyed dic-authorities to be more vigilant and safety of people and property Almost course of conversation the qualities

has gone to pieces on account. of to provide the Colony with a tatorial power and wielded it with give their undivided attention tu of the motor car they were using,

have refused to have any con-of efficiency.. nexion with it. At, first, the

Society was composed of Com munists and radical Kuomintang members, but now the latter have withdrawn because of the fall of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek.

administration.

.

a few

ot the new Republic came Originally the Flying Squad was up for discussion and, separate from the Reserve, and after smiling thoughtfully for came under the designation of the

minutes, he told the Special Constabulary. As is xen-story of an experiment which erally known, members of the he had made in his little realm, Special Constabulary are not

China Daily News. trained, and do not wear uniform, states a leader writer in the North but an exception was made in the case of the motor-cycle section.

However, the Communists are determined to carry on their schemes despite the exit of Messrs.

By bringing this section under Sun Fo and Chen Shiu-yan from their fold. Only yesterday, their the Police Reserve, a inuch better agents distributed handbills on the standing will be attained, and the Bund and other crowded places cloac co-operation which will now with a view to stirring up be possible between these two animosity against the present groups of trained men will make much higher degree of As was pointed out by the Hon. konders on the ground that Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, when the Fly- was first formed, a they do not adhere to the "Three ing Squad

is about the only Policies" of the late Dr. Sun Yat-motor cycle

Alliance víz.:-(1)

with vehicle that can get to any given Russin, (2) Fusion between the spot in a given time, owing to the Communists and the Kuomintang, geographical lay-out of the Colony, and (3) Support the Farmers and and for that reason the wisdom of

the change cannot be doubted. Workers.

These Communists want to over- throw both the Nanking and Han-

sen

A Military Threat.

for A efficiency.

has had good effect.

ward the occupants, but fortun- nightly a few marauders are arately missing them. The gentle- rested for disturbing the peace man and lady both were greatly and in most cases these dolin- frightened and, it is reported that quents are proved to be tools of the lady, who is an American, the "Reda," Cordons of police is suffering from nervous trouble

main as a result. are posted in all the

From accounts available, it subjected to search.

seems that the two were driving thoroughfares and passers-by-are

On the arrival of the sis. Tung in the outlying district and had On from Hongkong yesterday reached Great Western Road. By afternoon soldiers and polico a coincidence they stopped the boarded the vessel and, keeping car within 200 yards of the scene the passengers from dis-embark of a former tragedy the place two well dressed where Mme. Frelova's body was Chinese. One, in foreign dress, found. Barely had they brought and with mach luggage bedecked the car to a stop when a band with evidence that he had travel- of armed robbers approached led far, is said to be a Singaporean them. The gentleman had open- and a well-known "Red" agent at led the door and was alighting, that port. I gathered that the when they approached, two on one police were acting on advice from side of the tonneau and six on the

The No. 2 Pilot of Hongkong that those Bolshevists other. were aboard. the Tung On was also arrested, but whether he is known to be a "Red" or not has not been ascertained. The Captain of the vessel paid a visit to Police Headquarters with a view to effecting the release of the man. The Captain's mission, however, was not fruitful, and the pilot remains in prison.

The son of a friend had come back from the coast saturated with the theories of representative gov ernment and had urged the old man to put them into effect. After much discussion he agreed to ex-ing, arrested periment with one hsien district. It was a poor country, and the ma- gistrate's post was usually sold for $20,000 a year, over and above which taxes and the like yielded little. The old general sent the en- thusiast to the town to explain the forms and rules of self-government and to offer the people autonomy in exchange for the usual price of the magistracy. The citizens were to elect their own magistrate and advisory board, who would collect the taxes, refund the $20,000 to the subscribers and spend the rest on schools, roads and other public ser- vices.

As is generally known a definite but not onerous period of train ing is required of a Reserve, and General Ho Chup-ng who is in this also now applies to the Fly Swatow has reported to the Mili-ing Squad in a modified form. At A Costly Experiment. tary Headquarters in Canton that present they will be called upon

The townsmen' were "enthusias the "Red" forces of Generals Yip to do one routine run every Ting and Ho Lung are fast Thursday, and members are ex-tic and the money was promptly Then came. the approaching Kwangtung territory pected to take part at least twice subscribed. via Fuklen and Swatów

month. They will be required election of the magistrate. Before Swalow and vicinity, according to do ordinary squad drill, and it was done it cost the successful to General Ho, is in danger. At must take n course of police candidate $80,000, and the posts present there are about 5.000 lectures. Practically all the men on the advisory board were also expensive. The rulers government troops stationed there, have already qualified in revolver rather but it is feared that this number shooting.

elect were all respectable members is not sufficient to meet the "Iron- The idea has in no way diminish of the local gentry. Within a sides" of General Yip Ting, whose led the enthusiasm that was shown month they had demolished the present object is to occupy Chiu when the Flying Squad was first yamen and two schools and sold Chow, Swatow, and Mui Yuen.

organised, practically every mem- the materials. General Li Chai-sam, who is ber. having re-joined in the Police very expensive and new taxes were

Justice became

thorities.

New Rent Tax.

An English-Speaking Chief. Threatening they pointed their pistols at the couple. One of the two on the driver's side, speaking good English, said, "We are here to rob, do not make any false Ac- moves, or we will shoat." cording to the story, whilst he was speaking one of the gang on the other side fired a round and struck the steering wheel, shat- tering it, the bullet dropping on the floor of the car. There other 'shots were fired, but none took effect.

A new Rent tax, ten cents in every dollar, is to be levied on all

The leader of the bandits landlords and such tax is to be col- lected and kept by the Police au-

It is said that this quietened the gang, and after money is needed for the purchase order had been restored, the men of new arms, those in present use went through the gentleman's removing jewellery and personal being old and practically unser-pockets and the lady's hand bag, viceable.

effects and cash, totaling in value The car was more than $200. made off towards Fahwah Vil then left by the bandits, who

vicious characters, and the couple returned to the Settlement.

officially reported to have returned Reserve. In addition the change. levied with "Nationalist" abandon. from now onward will refuse to re- lage, the notorious rendezvous, of

to Canton, is asked to despatch soldiers at once to the Eastern towns and districts. General Ho Chup-ng says that the 20,000 soldiers guarding the northern frontier should be withdrawn to the East River Valley, where the real danger lies.

has apparently found favour with others, not yet members, as there has been a big request for parti- culars since the change was an- nounced.

Indians and Chinese, Latest figures with regard to the unmounted companies show that Chiang Coming South?

the Chinese have nearly reached It is stated here that a Nation- the full strength of 100, and the Indiang 5D. The international alist battleship now lies at anchor near Ningpo with steam up in foot company is still in the process of formation, and it is not pro- constant readiness to convey Chiang South. From other in-posed to commence activities with cool this company until the formation gathered, it is believed

weather arives. that Chiang will soon proceed to

Half of the Chinese have pasted Hongkong where he will board a

We never hear the suggestion steamer for Europe. A large sum, ut of Part I, aquad drill and rifle it is stated, has been remitted to exercise, and are now taking Part for an autonomous Shanghai, free Paris for the travelling expenses, lettures on police duties. from inilitary control, made that Nearly all have passed out at re-we do not think of that pathetic

It is

Central Bank Notes.,- All the Tobacco Companies in the city have made a stand to-day and ceive Central Bank notes.

It will be recalled that Hung- possible that most of the larger firms, dealing in other goods, will their example. This follow

up about a week ago, when arni- places the Central Bank in a ser jao Road was the scene of a hold- small village ous predicament. If the mered men raided chants are successful in their at there and Chinese volunteer police titude it will mean the collapse of turned back the car of a foreign- Where the robbery took place on Tuesday night is within place on distance of the place where Mr. Mackenzie was murdered in, 1925.

Most of the

A current rumour on the water-

Murmurs of disapproval reached the old general from furtive little of merchants, farmers, groups scholars and the like, but he was deaf to them. At the end of three months the elected magistrate fled for his life and his council dis- solved itself by hasty unanimous vote. Soldiers had to be sent to the Bank, and the general opinioner who was proceeding westward. quell the riot, and a few days later is that the merchants will win the a very large deputation arrived fight Very little business is be asking for the appointment of aing done at the Bank, or with Cen- magistrate. It was estimated that tral Bank notes. the three months' experiment had money changers have closed their doors, the reasons given being cost a poor community $300,000, a yamen, two schools and more bad that, what with possible arrest feeling than could be lived down and the fact that people are deal in a generation..

ing direct with the bank, getting a better exchange thereby, it is not

Gen Li To Return. worth while carrying on.

Mr. Cheung Nam-sing, head of the Chinese communities chow to-day and on being inter- the Indian company, about twelve see On Tuesday evening last a fierce have qualified in Part I, and the around the foreign Settlements viewed, stated that Gen. Li Chai absolutely autonomous, sum is shortly returning to Can- battle was fought between bandits more advanced members are to miade

irresponsible to any outside ton, and that the news of the Gen- and police in a quiet residential shoot at the range to-morrow. district near Sai Kwan; which

It is hoped that all the Chinese authority, wholly at the mercy of cral being at Shanghai is fiction resulted in several deaths,' The and Indian members will have gentry and rich merchants, un- spread by the bandits, who were notorious in qualified as efficient within a accustomed to power but accus party.

tomed to vigilant official check, the North River district, recently month from now.

until they had grown up to it. We came to Canton to take advantage

could cite other instances in which the rapacity of the local gentry has exceed anything that Freedy but responsible official would risk displaying. It outdoes officialdom as the looting of the insatiable mob outdoes the "super- ficial looting of a party of soldier bandits.

front is to the effect that 3.5. Talthybius, the Blue Funnel line sailing from this port, was appre- hended at Seattle on a charge of smuggling Macao opium, and that inflicted by the United States Court.

of the former Nationalist comvolver shooting. With regard to experiment. We should not like to the Land Office, returned from Wu.fines amounting to G.$150,000 were.

mander,

of the troubles created by the "Red" agitators.

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The police got wind of their whereabouts and a large body of policemen and detectives were sent to raid the brigands' house. They resisted arrest and a re- volver battle was fought.

Two bandits were shot dead and four of them were captured alive. A police captain was killed and another was wounded. One pollee constable was also wounded.

SHEK-KI FERRY RELEASED.

A QUESTION OF THE

SURTAX:

It is learned that the Shek-ki ferry junk, which was recently de- Atained by the military at Shek-ki; woman, who happened to be closes been released and has return-eac municipality here was pro

Later, ed to the Colony, by, was hit in the breast. ambulances arrived to take away the injured to hospital.

A MAN'S FOUR VERSIONS.

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anti-Government

FLY NUISANCE.

TWO WOMEN FINED.

Mr. W. E. Hollands, land-balliff attached to the PW.D., charged two Chinese women before Mr. R E. Lindsell this morning with trespassing on Crown land, at Hospital Road.

A. Chinese Municipality, We felt when Marshal Sun

A complaint was received from Chuan-fang's scheme for a Chin-

the doctors at the Government Civil Hospital in regard to these pounded that it provided the It appears that cargo worth safeguards essential to the edu- women drying cocoanut fibre in $40,000 had not been inspected for cation of the Chinese community the vicinity of the Hospital, which had caused a nuisance in the surtax by the Customs at the up to self-government, and en-

Defendants had' Chinese port, and the bent was dorged it. A check of some sort form of flies. detained, while a confiscation from above seems to us absolutely been repeatedly warned; but had

paid no attention. order was put into execution. essential; and we should. hate to However, as a result of the lisee Shanghai launched into self- Canton, Government being official-government without it. A disas ly petitioned in the matter, the trous experiment in our suburbs

A fine of $2 each was inflicted.

IN TROUBLE OVER WOMAN'S confiscation order was rescinded, would be very expensive to the with a kind of federal authority

CLOTHING,

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A Chinese was charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell this morning with being in unlawful possession of woman's clothing.

The man, in pleading not guilty, aaid he picked up the clothing in an alley-way.

being

THE WEATHER··

OUTLOOK.

FINE PERIOD PREDICTED

Announcement is made of the en- gagement of Basil William Herbert

Budden, 2nd Batt, the Gloucester- shire Regt., only son of the late Capt. H. A. Budden and Mrs. Bud-' den, of London, to Dorothy, only daughter of the late Mr. Francia Ellis and Mrs. Ellis, of Shanghai. HOW MUCH DO YOU 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 Fage 12 1 How many books are there in the of this fSRDE

Old Testament??

2 What famous American woman novelist sorote a violent attack on the pack Buron?

3 "Well, I have had a happy life!" What famous critis sald this on his deathbedr

* What modern

novelist and dramatist was once a surgeon at Thomas Hospital, London?

5 What author of a great master- piece of literature served in the galloys?

7

"Of what two brothers was it said that one wrote psychology like a novelist and the other novels like a paychologist?

Who was the creator of a charac- ter called Uncle Ponderevol

8. What novelist, afterwards, world- famed, wished to ilustrate "The Pickwick Papers," but was re- jected?

and the cargo was released on a Settlement it must be rememberel. over certain public. functions of satisfactory explanation

There are two ways in which the common interest to all, would at! given by the Company,

growth of autonomous institutions once sweep away innumerable: in the Chinese communities could problems without costing; the 4 single one of its be fostered and checked. One is Settlement through reasonably intelligent essential safeguards; and we and fair supervision from a same feel certain that something of the chief. in. Nanking, and the other sort must very shortly come. is through a foreign hegemony China's. continued decline fato We anarchy at the present rate will over the outlying districts. should not want to see the foreign inevitably.bring foreign control in Community support a declaration some degree, over the whole area of self-government in these disfrom. Woosung to Lunghun; while The Royal Observatory reported tricts until one or the other of a not impossible return to sanity under new masters, fi Nanking at 11.15 am. to-day that the antithese checks had been provided.

Granted that either system might easily bring an arrangement cyclone is now central to the north- east of Japan. Presure Is low Iwwere In force, however, we most satisfying to Chinese "nation-10

should most heartily endorse alistic" tendencles. We express The typhoon is about 200 miles much closer co-operation between no preference in this matter, for street, and now he had again al-E.S. of Nahn, moving NNE, S the Settlement and the purely the choice will be dictated by cir

The new typhoon is about 200 Chinese communities. A great cumstances beyond our control;|| miles NW of Guam, moving NW city is always handicapped by but we hope, as most of

The local weather forecast, up to having to grow in patches readers must, that the change noon to-morrow is: Light, variable under diverse. administrations. A whatever it is to be will come 18 Who was called "an ineffectual winds; fine.

federation of autonomous towns, quickly.

His Worship reminded him that it was his fourth story told in the case. When first arrested, he had. told the police that the clothing belonged to his sister. Then he told them that his mother gave the clothing to him. After that he said he picked it up from the

tered his story and said: that he found the property in an alley-

way.

A fine of $10, with the alterna- tive of two weeks hard labour, was imposed..

over Tonking.

our

What great literary figure was taken, as a child, to London to be touched for the King's Evil by Queen Annet

the lines occur.—

In what poem, and by whom, do Fear at my heart, as at a cup, My Kfo blood, seemed to sip. 11 Name a distinguished writer of

our time who was formerly Keeper of the Land Revenue Re- oordat

Angel and By whom?

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