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PRISONERS REACH CANTON.

IN CANTON FROM DAY TO DAY.

TWO SHIPLOADS FROM NORTH.

PREPARING A MODEL PROVINCE.

ALL SUSPECTS RELEASED,·

Canton, Oct. 5:

だ

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

THE

THE BATTLE NEAR WOOSUNG.

NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SHIPS ENGAGED,

NORTHERNERS FLEE,

THURSDAY,

OCTOBER 6,

WUHU CHAMBER HAS TRIAL OF EUROPEANS

TO PAY.

MILLION DOLLARS TO KEEP TROOPS QUIET.

MENACING ARMIES.

IN SHANGHAI.

AN AMERICAN PROTEST.

The question whether the Coneu- lar deputy of a third natlon, in cases where foreign interests aro involved, is entitled to try the suita jointly with the Judge, or only watch the proceedings, came up for argument at the Special Frovi- alonal Court at Shanghai on Satur- day morning, when Deputy Stevens, official representative of America, objected to the decision of Judge Li in sentencing a Rusalan woman, to five day's imprisonment or a fine of $5, on a charge of larceny.

The Deputy vigorously objected

(A Special Correspondent.)

Wuhu, Sept. 23. Canton, Oct. 5. Late on Friday afternoon, five As previously reported, the During the last two weeks Southern warships, headed by the Since I wrote you there has Canton Political Counell will hear that many hundreds of cruiser Hat Chou, were reported been no material change in the continue to function as the highest prisoners, soldiers captured dur pursuing the cruiser Hai Cht and situation locally. official organ in Canton. Several ing the recent battles against two other Northern war vessels.The Chamber of Commerce, are of its members have left for Nan- Sun Chuan-fang in the North, of the Tsingtao Fleeth Waters off said to have paid over to the 36th king, such as Messrs. Lam Wen-have arrived in the city and are to WoosungThe flight of the Army $500,000, in silver and are for $500,000, koi, Li Man-fan, Koo Ying-fun, be incorporated with the Nation Northern vessels and the pursuit preparing notes and Chan Fu-mook, and it is not alist forces. Many of these by the Southern craft followed a paper currency which will be used likely that they will return to prisoners arrived on the China battle between the opposing by the Military for the purchase Canton. For this reason, the re- Merchant steamer Hsin Wah about vessels late on Thursday. Reports of their requirements in Wuhu to the finding of the Court, and it maining members of the Council ten days ago, and many more filtering into Shanghai last night only. This. note issue" is to be is understood, a written protest will) arrived on the Kuang Tah, also a indicated that the Northern ships turned over to the Military imme- diately and is the $500,000, which

have, it is stated, solected Generals Chang Fat-kwai, Wong

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They were closely guarded all the way from Shanghai, being kept in the cargo holds, and were only allowed up on deck in pairs during the voyage.

There was yesterday some fight- ing in the city which caused con- siderable alarm. There are

ed at Ningkwofu:

In the present case two Russian be entered on the record.. women, Sanik and Rosenbarn, were from Boyes, Bassott, a jewellery store at 35 Nanking Read.

The complainant, a British mer- chant, was represented by Isaac Cohen, his shop assistant, who in formed the Judge that the two ac- cused came to Boyes, Bassett's at noun yesterday when he was in charge of the salesroom. The ae- cused pretended to buy jewellery been shown a tray full of chains of

and gold chains; and after having

different kinds, they examined them carefully. It transpired that when the witness was fetch- ing something else for the custom- ers, the first accused slipped a gold chain into her hands, and put away the tray. Witness noticed

Koe-cheung, Chue Fai-yat and ME China Merchant vessel on Sun- were outdistancing their pursuers it was arranged should be handed accused of stealing a gold chain Chen Kung-pok to replace those day last. It is said that these and were out of range of the guns over in two months' time, troops are decidedly anti-Nation-of the Nationalist vessels. who have departed.

On Thursday afternoon it was From certain important officials; list, and it is only because they

to Nationalist head- a Military absolutely refused to join the reported it is learned that Council will soon he established Nationalist armies after capture quarters here that the Hai Chi and to take charge of all army matters in the North, that they are being two other Northern vessels were number of the 21st Division in Wuhu which the 36th army to Kwangtung, cruising off Woosung and had

attempted to disarm and fighting Thus, important affairs of the brought down province will be decided by several

been seen arriving at a place call-resulted. Everything is peaceful officials instead of one individual.

cd Chwansha. It was immediate again to-day but pickets of the The Council has just severed

ly believed that the vessels were 36th are out everywhere. The 6th connexion with the same body in

planning another attack on the Division are expected back here at Woosung forts. Nanking, and will be independent

Shu-chang, any time and they are now situat Admiral Yang in Canton. Its members demand

. Gen. Chang, Pat-kwai was the Chief of the Admiralty of the Na- the autonomy of Kwangtung and Kwangsi. This means that all&st of honour at a large ban- tionalist Navy, promptly ordered quet given by General Li Chai-five. Southern war vessels, then the revenues of these two pro- sum on the evening of the 2nd of moored in the Whangpoo River, vinces will be used for the October. Most of the prominent to sail immediately for Woosung development of industries and Government heads of departments commerce instead of spending them in maintaining troops out-attended, and it is said that at the end of the party, all were side Kwangtung..

more than satisfied at the apparent This independent movement is friendly attitude of Gen. Chang

ground gaining further

when towards the local government. It Generals Li Chai-sum and Chang is reported that General Chang Fat-kwal are united to reconstruct addressed, his fellow guests for a model province out of Kwang-over an hour, pointing out where tung. Certain able officials have the Government has erred in its been welcomed back to Canton, policy in past years, and advocat- sela continued to fire and the while General Tang Seng-chi ising a new regime. He spoke also Northern ships left to himself in Hankow. Chang on the recent financial crisis and course and steamed away with the neither junks nor coolies are free sent out to call the police in the Fat-kwai has made it known, it is the means to be adopted in the stated, that he will not recognize the Nanking committees, and will oppose all Kuomintang members who rebelled a few years age in Sal Shan, Peking, and are now known as the Sai Shan clique.

Cleaning-Up Canton.

of

the

waters and to conduct a careful scouting cruise in search of the enemy ships.

Shortly before midnight the five. Nationalist vessels sighted the three Northern warships cruising along Pai. Hao Kong, and opened fire on them. The Northern ships replied with a volley of five shots, it is reported.. The Southern ves

changed their

Clashes Momentarily Expected.

The population are very nervous and I think they have good reason to be. It will be surprising to me If the 36th Army are got away from Wuhu without trouble. In

her action in the mirror just op Chekao, Chaohsien and Luchowfu posite the couriter, and came back On being districts frhting is expected to ask for the chain. break out between the. 33rd and told that they did not take any chain, witness walked to the gate 35th Army.

and reported the matter to the manager, who asked him to tele- phone to the police station. In the meantime the cashier was also

Also

From each point in this area I receive news that heavy contri- butlons are being levied by the Military and Hankow notes have been circulated freely. from being pressed into service so that it is very difficult to move any cargo, consequently business is at

Hai Chou and the four other Southern ships in close pursuit.

According to reports published in the local vernacular newspapers a stand still.

This year's rice harvest has not yesterday, the three Northern war been brought to the market, con- vessels appeared off Tsing Loong Kiang, Peotung, about 4 pm. onsequently rice milis everywhere Thursday and opened fire on the are idle, C. C. Post Correspondent, city, firing two shola.

MARINE COURT CASES.

future to avert similar disaster. Gens. Ho Lung and Yip Ting, of the enemy forces, have to be crushed, and no stone is to be left unturned in the endeavour to carry out this aim. General Chang mentioned As well the policies adopted by the parties at The "Iron Soldiers," according Nanking and Hankow, and intimat

Unconfirmed reports renching to a certain source, returned toed that it was to Hankow that the here yesterday had it that one of assist General Li Chai-sum to im- people had to look for possible the shots struck a sauce shop. prove the administration, so that salvation

country. He partly demolishing the place and Canton can claim to be the birth- asserted that Hankow was, and is, wounding a coolie.who was loung place of the Kuomintang..

the only real Nationalist Governing in the place. Corrupt officials will be dismiss-ment of China, the only govern ed, and replaced by efficient and ment working on true Kuomintang honest ones. All reactionaries principles. are to be suppressed, so that the

Speeches were also given by Three Peoples Principle" of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen will be other prominent Government mem- carried out in letter and in spirit. bers, amongst them Li Chai-sum. An important declaration of policy The General' speech was very concerning these reforms and short and endorsed all that had the Government's attitude towards been stated by Chang. Nanking and Hankow, will be issued in a few days.

About two hundred persons who were arrested last April as re- now been set free by order of the Garrison Commander. They were arrested on suspicion, and more than five hundred innocent persons were thrown into jail.. Among those who have been re- leased are many women and chil dren who were locked up merely because their relatives were sus- pected of being seditionists.

actionaries and seditionists, have

COXSWAIN TO BE EXAMINED

AGAIN.

At the Marine Court this mor- It is reported that most of the ning, before the assistant Harbour "Reds", incarcerated in prison Master, Com. Newell, the coxswain during the recent clean up of of the steam launch Taikon Dock Bolshevists in the city have since been released. It is thought that nearly 250 Communists re living in the city districts..

UNEMPLOYMENT

HONGKONG.

was summoned for using his steam whistle for purposes other than now navigation at eight o'clock on the morning of Oct. 1. He admitted

the summons.

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BEBE DANIELS.

"THE SPLENDID CRIME"

AT WORLD.

IN

street.

It was alleged by Isaac Cohen that the first accused threw the chain underneath the counter when he was using the telephone. This was noticed by the office boy..

In response to the telephone message, Inspector Hall came to the store and placed the two ac- eased under custody. Nothing was found on their persons at the time..

Examined by the Court, the first accused stated that she is a dressmaker, residing at 10 Muir- head Road. She accompanied Rosenbarn, the second accused, to the complainant's store yesterday, Bebe Daniels as a quaint, self- for the latter wished to purchase reliant girl who decides to give a chain. She denied that sho stole up the life of a crook, not because any property, nor did she throw she wants to be good, but because the chain underneath the counter. sebreaking is too hard for a She stated that Cohen produced lady has a role after her own ja pistol and demanded the chain, heart in "The Splendid Crime," which was not in her poscssion. the chief picture in the new pro- gramme beginning at the World Theatre to-day.

After some deliberation, the Judge tendered the above-mention-

ed

sentence against the first accused, but released the second..

The Deputy, however, took ex-

ception to the decision of the Court, and intimated that it was not the finding of the Deputy. Ile contended that there was no con- clusive evidence against any of

The producer, William de Mille, wrete the story himself, and he unfolds it with action from the the climax. The first scene to home life of the girl crook is de- picted in a droll way, and there His Worship told the interpreter are some very exeiting moments, to ask the defendant what was the notably when she breaks into the the accused.. IN

meaning of two blasts, and after home of the society spendthrift much interrogation without a satis- for whom she commits "The factory answer forthcoming the Splendid Crime."

Neil Hamilton in the supporting Magistrate remarked that the de- fendant did not seem to know. cast makes an excellent leading

the millionaire. An After further questioning, the de- Aa innocent persons were also arrested in different towns and

fendant said that one blast meant Cornwall is charming. districts, an order has been issued

he was going straight, two that flapper sister. Anthony Jowett instructing the mayors of these We have to-day received the

was going who played in "The Coast of places to release them as soon as following letter from Mrs. Alabas- he was keeping clear of "vessels, the handsome young British actor

astern.

Folly," also gives a good ac- "possible. This is the first act of ter, Hon. Secretary of the Hong-and three that he grace of the new government since kong Benevolent Society?-

His Worship imposed a fine of count of himself. Chang Fat-kwai came into power.

of special appeal on behalf of the $5 and ordered that the defendant Hongkong Benevolent Society, writ- be re-examined for his certificate.

Lying Inshore. ten by Mrs. Southorn, which you

Kwangsi Reforms.

An elaborate

'AN APPEAL BY BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

"Sir. With reference to a letter

reconstruction so kindly published at the end of

Two

man

AS

us his

STAR THEATRE.

VIOLA DANA IN "THEY LIKE EM ROUGH."

"

system for Kwangsi Province has June, my Committes feels that you Tang Kam-shing and Lau Yuk- been mapped out, to be put into will be gratified to know how good tai, respectively masters of cargo effect shortly. That province has passed through the military phase response has been received. We boats, were summoned for mooring. of the revolution and has ushered are richer by just under $900 thus their boats inshore within 100 in a period of reconstruction and bringing our incume up to the yards of low water mark between training as prescribed by the average of some few years ago. 10 p.m. and 5 am. on Oct. 6. teachings of the late Dr. Sun Yat- We realise that, in these im-women, Ip Sze and Chan Shui-tau, Erst man I meet," said the pretty poverished days, this shows mistresses of cargo boats, were very generous feeling on the part similarly summoned.

All the defendants admitted the of the public.

But side by side with this wel. summonses and were each fined come rise in our fortunes is an $10 or ten days' hard labour. increasing demand for monetary

Ben.

The whole matter is under the charge of the Department of Reconstruction, which will hold at Nanning an important confer

5.

Excess Passengers..

..

"I'll go out and marry the young minx played by Viola Duna in "They Like Em Rough, the principal picture in the new con tinuous programme at the Star Theatre to-day, Having breathed

The Judge: "According to the rendition terms, the Deputy of "a third nation in cases of foreign civil or criminal suit, is only to watch the case and not to try it. In this case the complainant is a Britisher, and the accused, 'are Russians. The American Deputy, judgment. The decision of the therefore, has no voice in giving

Court will stand."

Ultimately, the convicted woman was released on bail of $5.

The following ships were ex- pected to be in wireless communi- cation with Hongkong to-day:--- Atsuta Maru, Deli Maru Siberia Maru, Harunasan Maru Alasku Maru, President Jackson, Tilson Huichow, Hector, Alipore. Ara- dari, Maud, Newchang, Helikon, fura, City of Salford, Van Heutsz, Diomed and Tilawa

this defiance, to the aunts, and HOW MUCH DO YOU

uncle who had, planned to marry

ence on the 15th of this month.sistance. By this I do not mean All military and civil officials in that we spend our money solely on

Ip Mui, mistress of cargo boat, her off, to, an oligible young man- Kwangai are interested in the re-doles. On the contrary the dewas charged with carrying 12 pas of their own choice, she marched modelling of their province. Pro-mand is always for work and minent Kwangsi men in national politics are Generals Li Chai-sum, money is only given when it seems sengers in excess of the number out of the house, and meeting a pretty certain that no work is to allowed by her license, on October big, rough-bearded lumber man, promptly got married, paying him Pak Shung-hee, Lee Chung-yen, be found. The state of unemploy She said in her defence that the $100 for his services. However, and Wong Shiu-hung.

The Department of Education ment in the Colony is lamentable, excess number was composed of the lumberman was not content

and we think unprecedented.

children. She did not know the to leave it at that. He had mar has notified the public that during The days when a "Benevolent the first three years the middle Society Case" was often another number of passengers stipulated ried the lady and so he carried The outcome is an schools operated by the Govern-word for "waster" are long gone in her license as she could not her off, willy-nilly, to his camp in

the hills. read. mont shall admit children for freehy. We have on our books some

She was fined $12, with the amusing cave-man comedy, with a tuition. The idea is that rich as rending eases of families whose

usual alternative.

thrill in the shape of fierce fight well as poor children should be bodies and souls must somehow be

between two, strong men. "They given a proper education,, to pre kept together while the would be

Towing Offence.

Like 'Em Rough" will be screened pare them to earn a living. There bread-winner searches frantically

The master of Sai Kung launch at the Star Theatre until Saturday. are more than ton municipal for bread to win. schools which either are free to In this respect the Police De- was summoned for towing five all students or chargo a nominal partment is untiring in its efforts lighters abreast, of more than 500 fee. For higher education,

to help. "But no Government De-picula capacity, at the southerntion of goods from Shaukiwan to students can enter the Chung partment of a Colony, which pass entrance to the Yaumati shelter.

He pleaded guilty and was fined Shan University, or the Industrialed through the fire as Hongkong and Engineering College, both of has done, can afford to create work. $10 or ten days.. which are supported entirely by

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A quarrel over the transporta- Youmat led to two boatmen as- saulting the two fokls of a shrimp dealer, resulting in the latter men' The Eustaining alight injuries. boatmen were each fined $5 by Mr.

KNOW?

TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS.

The following.. general know- ledge paper has been taken from Answers, for those who need. the Daily Express. them, will be found on Page 14 of this issue.

1 What is gupsum?

2 What is the meaning of salt

"cellar"?

3. Why is an earwig so called?

What toere the grounds of Lady Jane Grey's claim to the throne of England!

What does "chiaroscuro" mean? 0 What is the meaning of putty? 7 For what purpose was the Piazza at Covent Garden formerly cale- bratedf

8 When was the name "John Bull".

firat used?

0 What were assignats?

What European monarch killed

the Government.

If any of your readers know of vacancies for clerks (of either

The Government also grants a sex), engineers, overseers, etc., we It is advertised that the Exchange W. Schofield this morning, and monthly subsidy of $7,000 to the shall be only too grateful to be Banks will be closed to the transac-ordered to pay the complainanta Chup Shun Memorial College, told of them..

tion of public business on Monday, $4. compensation each. All four which does not charge tuition fees

With many thanks for your kind-October 10, being the Anniversary were bound over to keep the to studcats in the first three years. ness, Yours, etc.

of the Republic of China.

10.

his son with his own hand?

11

What famous pirate became gou.

ernor of a British possession?

peace.

12 Who was Lord Bacon?.

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