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-ĦO X+ATAN MONDAY, OCTOBER 10,

1927.

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HAS SHANSI BEEN BETRAYED? CANTON POLITICAL

FENG FAILS TO HONOUR HIS

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INTERVENTION NOW OR WAR.

U. S. SENATOR'S IMPORTANT VIEWS ON CHINA.

SOVIET'S SINISTER THREAT.

ET'S

Senator Guy D. Goff, of West Virginia, it will be remembered, visited China this year, and some three months ago met many people in Shanghai. On leaving China he proceeded to Australia, and while in Wellington, New Zealand, he gave an interview on the Senator

so-called

REPUBLIC'S BIRTH.

THE LEAGUE'S APPEAL. OFFICIAL TO BE SHOT.

To-day sees the celebration by Events in Canton the last few

Geneva, Oct. 9. ** The report of the advisory com.. and instability, as it is called, being the national mittue of the League of Nations on tion of unrest FENGTIEN ARMY CLAIMS SMASHING days continue to indicate a pos- the Chinese of the Double Tenth,

Changes in the official personnel day set aside for commemoration the opium trafic, has been adopted are still occurring.

A somewhat amusing account is of the outbreak of the Revolution, at the final meeting, and will be

submitted to the Council. to hand regarding the departure sixteen years ago, which over- It emphasians the necessity for the of the late head of the Provincial threw the Manchu regime, and immediate ratification and rigid Treasury, Fung Chuk-man. It is eventually set China up as a Re-enforcement of the Geneva conven- said that when he went for the public.

tion of 1925, as the most valuable SURROUNDED.

last time to office, he found his

impressions he received during his tour of investigation. It was noteworthy to-day, as one single step which can be taken at staff assembled, they having heard walked through the town, that the present to combat the illicit drug Golf's investigations were made with the utmost care, as he was

traffor The most startling news to-day, following on the defeat of that he was to be displaced. They most conspicuous flag in evidence I

immediately demanded their

It records with much satisfaction

especially interested in presenting the true facts of the situation in among the many decorating the Shansi troops by the defenders of Peking, is that Marshal Feng salaries, before they would let him Chinese emporiums and private ho considerable progress already China to the coming session of Congress, and his conclusions are of so great importance that we take the opportunity of publishing Yu-hslang has betrayed Shansi, Inasmuch ne his promised military go away, and the matter was houses, was the Kuomintang ban made towards this eminently de settled by one of the department

them more fully. A summary it will be recalled, was given by us" assistance has not been forthcoming and that the Shansi troops have heads lending $17,500, with which her, a white sun in a red quarter, sirable end, and adds that unfor- оп a blue field, the five-barred tunntely only three nations ropre- the men were paid. Mr. Fung then Republican flag, which used to be sented on the Council, out of the

in a cable message last week, been left to face the whole weight of the Mukden forces.

Shansi complains that, according to arrangement, certain of departed, and later harried out of the main decoration in past years, necessary soon to secure enforce-

the city with his family, coming being in the distinct minority. ment of the convention, have hither- While the news from China is this widespread misrule of the

These not reassuring, said Senator Goff, warlords. Feng's forces were to liye advanced through Shansi, but actually over to Hongkong.

As regards the relation existing Though the celebrations take to ratified it.

The hope in earnestly expressed it is not unexpected when one con- patriats confiscate property; loot they have not left Chungte and Honan,

between Tang Seng-chi and Chang place on October 10, the exact date Fat-kwai, the military command of the Wuchang outbreak was that the gravity of the positionsiders the logical flow of events in the homes and the business houses ers who are now in dual control October 11, 1911. On that day the will be realised, and that the that very disturbed section of the of their constituents starve and

Viceroy fled from

States will take steps to enable the world. As everyone knows, there terrorize the multitude and make of Canton, there are reports that Manchu they are bitter enemies. On the Wuchang and the city was taken Longue to cope with the traffic, is a so-called Nationalist Party human life the cheapest commo- occasion of a banquet three days over by the revolutionary troops which admittedly is a reproach to operating in China and it is com dity in all the world. In fact, pletely under the influence of during the past 16 years, since ago, Tang had much to say again under the leadership of Li Yuan- our civilisation.

The report expresses disappoint-Soviet Russia. It is not necessary the formation of the Chinese Chang, but the latter has since hung. Immediately following the

to state when it so became or what Republic, the attempt to engraft Wuchang

localment at the steps proposed to he issued a notice to the press to

coup several publish a declaration of the governments of other provinces taken by the Persian Government so influenced it; it is suficient the principles of democratic to state the fact. This all came government on this helpless and "brotherliness" of the two Gen declared their sympathy with the against the illicit opium traffic,

as an aftermath of the so-called hopeless people, schooled, environ- erals, who are said to be work revolutionary movement. The tot-Generally this traffic is declining, noting together for a common cause." tering throne of the Manchu altch it is still on an enormous Republic, which was established ed and indoctrinated for 6,000 In 1911. Surprising and ns years with every degree of super- The public is presumably drawing Dynasty collapsed and at Nanking scale. its own conclusions..

on December 30th, 1911, Sun Yat- Co-operation between the Govern- anomalous as it may seem, there stition and dependency, has meant Meanwhile, reorganisation plans sen was elected Provisional Presi-ments is unquestionably better than is no government in that country; and will mean for some time to it was only a short time ago. The no one to-day stands out as a come. death, slavery, and the are afoot, for, the thorough re-dent of the Chinese Republic.

car stop the patriot worthy and competent to visible pursuit of annihilation. shuffling of Governmental posta in Wu Tae-hui, a noted Chinese Governments alone.

lead. There is a gradual and Kwangtung, presumably with a social reformer, lecturer and traffic-Reuter.

almost perceptible absorption and view to efficiency. The resigna-writer, now one of the central

usurpation of the rights of the

Russia, the malicious and the tion of the head of the Labour and figures in the Kuomintang, coined

people by the warlords Peasants Department has been ac- the term "Double Tenth."

or malignant, Russia, the sinister and Tuchuns. Each is devoid of the perfidious, Russia, always the cepted, and the appointments to

Local Celebrations.

love of country or a policy except growling, snarling, undomesticat the Financial and Civil Affairs

as dictated by self-interest and ed Bear, is the cause of it all. bureaux.

personal aggrandizement.

So far as actual fighting is concerned, late reports state that the Fengtien forces have poen everywhere successful, have pierced the Shansi front, inflicting numerous casualties and taking large number of prisoners. Four Shansi regiments have been surrounded and disarmed, and the Shansi army is in flight towards Chentingfu.

The latest news from Swatow is that the armed guard of British naval ratings has been withdrawn from the English Presbyterian Mission hospital, owing to the Chinese military having agreed to interfere further with the working of the institution.

THE SWATOW INCIDENT SETTLED.

Peking, Oct. 9. tien force pierced the Shanti Shansi prisoners taken on both front, inflicting numerous casual- fronts are reported to have com ties and taking many prisoners, plained bitterly that Marshal including four Shansi regiments Feng Yu-hsiang has betrayed which were surrounded and. dis Shansi, and persuaded or bribed armed.

The Fengtien side declare thas Shansi to go to war, promising as- sistance, yet they allege that his the Shansi forces are retreating to troops have not advanced north Chengtingfu.-Reuter.

ward beyond Changte and Honan, while on the Suiyuan front the promised divisions which were to have advanced through Shansi have failed to make an appearance, hence Shansi is left to face the whole weight of the Mukden forces alone, which they declare is be- yond their power to accomplish.

Attack Repulsed.

SWATOW OUTRAGE,

A High Handed General.

Swatow, Oct. 9. The invasion of the English Presbyterian Mission was carried" out under the orders of General Hsieh Yueh, who commands the Cantonese forces now in occupa- tion of Swatow, according to in- An official communique states, formation now available.

The sympathy of the local that the Fengtien-Eleventh Divi- sion has repulsed one regiment of population is stated to be with the cavalry and two regiments of in- hospital authorities, and that Gen. Hsieh Yueh has "lost face" badly fantry attempting a flanking move, ment in the direction of the West- in consequence of his high-handed The armed patrol landed by The Fengtien troops captured 11. M. S. Wild Swan has now been the pass at Tzechingkuan, and the withdrawn, and the Commissoner Shansi forces fed, leaving a quan- for Foreign Affairs advised by the

British Consul to this effect. tity of arms and ammunition.

ern Tombs.

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The Brigadier General in con- trol at Tamingiu has wired deny ing its capture, and declaring that all is peaceful there..

Wounded Reach Peking.

action.

The Consul has also informed the Commissoner that any further attempt at Interference will be followed by the closing of the hospital to military cases.

It seems that Gen. Hsieh Yuch A hundred and fifty wounded is neting entirely on his

at

men from Saiyuan arrived Peking, this morning.

Yang Yu-ting is reported to have wired to Wu Pei-fu's chief-of-staff inviting him to Peking to discuss measures for crushing Fong Yu- hsiang.

Heavy Fighting.

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initiative in Swatow, and it is frared his presence may be cause of yet further trouble.

The situation otherwise normal-Naval Wireless.

ICHANG SURPRISE.'

Temporary Martial Law.

Ichung, Oct. 9.

on

SIR A. CHAMBERLAIN RETURNS.

The Peking Government dous not function outside the walls of that historic city.

Two Major Movements.

Sinister and Perfidious Russia.

At the Chinese Chamber of It is reported that at a meeting Commerce, in Connaught Road

Russia is the parish and the Saturday

venomous outcast of civilization. of the

CORDIAL MEETING WITH Canton Central, to-day at 3.30 a tea-party

Russia destroyed her own civiliza- Political Council, the decision was will be held, at which Chinese

M. BRIAND.

tion, and history will indelibly taken to have the late director of merchants will deliver speeches.

record that she can never" remove London, Oct. 9. the second bureau of the Kwang-

A celebration has been arranged

this blot from her escutcheon. tung, Finance Department, Hau

Sir Austen Chamberlain left Shao-yim, executed on a charge of by the members of the Chinese Paris for London this evening. It is sufficient to say that there To-day she is exploiting and bribery, and he will be shot. He Club, also at 3.30.

Yesterday M. Briand gave are two major movements taking using China, hoping that her dis- is alleged to have made a "for- At noon there will be a meet-luncheon in his honour. Refer-place in China to-day, one the integration will affect other coun- tune" of $1,000,000 during his ing of the members of the Chinese ring in a press interview to the struggle of the Chinese people to tries, and so hasten the World term of office.

Athletic Association at Happy previous evening's conversation free themselves from the tyranny Revolution which she feels will Valley, where a tea party will be with M. Briand, the British of the militarists; the other an destroy the British Empire and given, and in the evening a dinner Foreign Secretary said. "As usual, party will be held at the Yee Wao we found ourselves in confident restaurant, Weat Point, by agreement on all pending ques the same Association."

tions."-British Wirless.. A concert will be given at the

London, Oet. 9. Chinese Y.M.C.A. at 8 o'clock Sir Austen Chamberlain has when, besides speeches by noted arrived in London. He declined to Chinese speakers, there will be a grant an interview-Reuter.

¡tainment...

foreign and Chinese musical enter-

NEW SERIAL STORY.

COMMENCING ON MONDAY

NEXT.

In view of the many. cxpressions of appreciation which we have re-

The Chinese Y.W.C.A. will hold ceived in connexion with our decision to print a serial story meeting, at Caine: Road this and because of the undoubted afternoon, when there will be popularity of "My Lady" by Edgar Chinese music and a boxing dis- Wallace, the final instalment of play. Mr. Andrew Ling will de- which appears to-morrow, we have liver a speech. decided to run a new serial, com- mencing on Monday next,

The members of the Chinese boxing club, Ching' Woo, in This new story, entitled "The Arbuthnot Road, will give a con- Mernfield Mystery," is by Mr. R. cert to-night at 8.30, and displays A. J. Walling, one of the best by the members of the Club,

MERE MAN AGAIN SURPASSED.

LADY AVIATOR'S WORLD RECORD.

organized attempt of Russia to move the centre of capitalistic involve China in her programme influence to Moscow. Under her of world revolution and world tutelage, Young China, as express- destruction. It is permissible, ed in the Student Movement, is and therefore helpful; to sum destroying the, mental balance of marize these aims, and purposes the people. Think of an un- sophisticated and student class as follows:

The warlords are fighting solely assuming to confiscate the savings. to maintain their respective mili- and control and direct its elders, tary dictatorships, always, how- and if allowed to achieve its pur- ever, with the settled purpose of poses, destroy not only the people, selling out at any time to the but the very stability of law and highest bidder., General Chiang order, without which no Govern- Kai-shek purposes to abolish the ment can either be constructed or ao-called "unequal treaties" and exist.

Russia to-day is behind every extraterritoriality, and establish,

if

possible, મ constitutional labour dispute in China and it is government based essentially upon due directly to her superintending the principles of Dr. Sun Yat-sen:-and-blighting fuence, and her mil- and Russia aims to drive all lions of pounds sterling, not always Mrs. Eliott Lynn, woman the air foreigners out of China and con- logically spent even from the view- vert the Chinese to Bolshevism, point of her endeavour, that trade

London, Oct.

known contemporary writers of Chinese music and songs will be pilot, at Manchester yesterday light fiction. He is the author of included in the entertainment created an officially-observed new with Russia of course paramount. and industry are each being gradu-

land. several books, two of the most There is also a concert and dance world's height record for light This means that China becomes ally eliminated and driven. from thr outstanding being "The Third De to be given at the Hongkong aeroplanes, by piloting an Avro a Russian province. gree" and "Fatal Glove.”

University to-night.

Schools and Local Firms.

Avian two-seater machine, with a 90 horsepower. Alpha engine, to u Mr. Walling's stories are mostly is concerning crime myateries and

height of 19,000 feet, or nearly suchlike themes, and in "The Practically all the local Chinese four miles above the ground, She Merafield Mystery" he has writ-shops will close their doors and carried a man passenger.

The previous record, of 17,283 ten an intriguing yarn in an have a day's holiday to-day and extremely readable and enter-will celebrate by giving dinner feot, was also held by an English Lady Bailey-British taining manner. The story

is parties. The common feature in woman, complete in 26 instalments.

the Chinese schools will be tea- Wireless. Watch out for the commence, parties, concerts and speeches. ment in next Monday's Telegraph.

The boys of St. George's English

Later.

A sudden order that martial law Five hundred prisoners from

issued the Saiyaan front arrived today. would be imposed was

Heavy fighting, with fluctuating yesterday, and no Chinese were fortunes, is reported unofficially allowed in the streets. The order

Russia wants the white man out of the Orient that it may dominate Abject Subjection.

the yellow races, and compel Japan These unfortunate people (the to become communistic and do the Chinese) and I use this term Tartar's bidding. It knows that advisedly are reduced to-day to there is no government in China ex- a state of abject subjection, where cept a government of organized misery and red-handed anarchy bandits, treacherous political lead rule supreme. The overwhelming ers, and traitorous military majority of them are helpless, warlords. It knows that the only fatuous and hopeless. They are a order existing to-day in that wide nation of 400,000,000 people, and domain is the order which the fear

College will hold a meeting at Lee THE MEXICAN REVOLT. 98 per cent. of them are illiterate. of the military dictator instils and

Gardens from 8 nm. to 6 p.m. There will be a good number of

to be continuing around Suanhwa applied only temporarily and it THE U.S. LEGIONARIES entertainments, which will include

.fu.

was reputed to be for the purpose of rounding up bandits-Naval

There is no news from the Wireless. Pehan front. Reuter.

SHANSI SET-BACK.

The Fengtien Recovery.

London, Oct. 9. The Northern Chinese claim a victory over the Shansi troops, who recently began a surprise offensive towards Peking.

Hankow Banknotes.

Hankow, Oct. 9. The date for the redemption of Chinese banknotes has again been deferred, this time until October 17th-Naval Wireless.

IN ENGLAND.

| A SPECIAL SUNDAY SERVICE.

London, Oct. 9. A special service for the mem bera of the American Legion visit. ing London was held at Saint Mar-

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in the лnon

Service..

Once they had, when it flourlah- enforces on those who are ins- ed in the infancy of human pired by the simple and the anelent thoughts, a great civilization. rule: That they should take, who Chinese music and Chinese INDIAN REBELS SURRENDER. The people never out-grew it, and dare, and that they who can, should theatricals....

it has ever failed to save them. keep all that they do steal.

At

Mongkok

It is a civilization that dates back Nogalese, Oct. 9:

Great Britain Singled Out. Theatre there will be a meeting of It is officially reported that 5,000 years. Its great thinkers

The Bolsheviks and the Chinese all the boys of the Peninsula Chief Matuz and 400 Yaquis have lived and recorded their thoughts Chinese School.

in singling out surrendered to the Federals at four centuries before the birth of have agreed. Critiz, whereby the possibility of Jesus Christ. Its great philoso England for attack. They ap the Yaquis joining the Revolu-phers were the contemporaries of preciate that it would be a mistake tionaries is believed to have been Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato. to attack all the Powers at once American The day of such things belongs to and in their Oriental astuteness, eliminated.--Router's

the sacred and the reverential they realize that in attacking one paat, and that it cannot serve man Power, they will receive a certain kind as, practical norm to-day is measure of benevolent neutrality proved in that answer to the ques- from certain of the other powers... tion: If the civilization of China Great Britain is singled out in is worthy to be copied, wor China because of the propon shipped, and followed in this busy derance of her trade as well as practical-yes altruistic period of her great influence as a colonizing the 20th century-what are its and elevating force in the East. benefleial effects upon the people The Chinese problem and Its who now inhabit the country of solution is of world-wide interest China; and judging them as its finished product, what has it done and, in my judgment, this solution is essential to world peace. The for them?

The great majority of the Intel- Etability of our present civilization, ligent Chinese to-day are pract morally, religiously, and commerci

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Macao Arrangements.

Macao, Oct. 7. garet'o, Westminster, this morn- The Chinese at Macao have Troops Pass Down River.. ing, the Bishop of London giving made very elaborate arrangements

the address.

for the celebrations in honour of Kiukiang, Oct. 9.

This afternoon, the visitors the anniversary of the establish- considerablo number of It is reported that 'Suanhuafu A

were entertained by Lord Beatty ment of the Chinese Republic. has been recaptured, five batta- troops, belonging to the 6th Army at his Surrey house.

The festivities will embrace a llons being taken prisoner, and have passed down river-Naval

To-morrow morning, they will period of three days and consider- that the Northerners are still ad- Wireless.

be received by the King and Queen able interest has been aroused vaneing.-British Wireless.'

at Buckingham Palace, and will among the Chiness of all classes. attend a luncheon given by the A grand lantern procession to Lord Mayor at the Guildhall. pass along all the principal streets Yesterday most of them "visited of the city has been arranged by not only some of the Oxford col-the school children and in the legea, but also Stratford-on Avon. Bchools there will be exhibitions of The Legionaries leave South-the work of the scholars, which ampton on Tuesday for New York. the public is invited to Inspect.

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ANOTHER BIG THRUST.

HEALTH OF OUR TROOPS.

British Official Statement. Fengtien Victory Claimed.

The War Office has issued the Peking, Oct. 10. following statement: "The latest The Fengtien troops officially reports from China show that the claim that yesterday's offensive on health of the troops continues very the Peking Hankow railway front satisfactory, in spite of the dif-British Wireless. was successful, and that the Feng-

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MORE QUAKES IN CALIFORNIA.

SLIGHT SHOCKS FELT.

New York, Oct. 9. Slight earthquake shocks have been felt at Los Angeles and Chattanooga-Reuter's American Service.