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FOUNDED BA†)-+XX WEDNESDAY,

NOVEMBER 16, 1927. HAT COPT 10 GENTE

IN PEN ATHUM

GENERAL LI PASSES THROUGH.

GOING TO SHANGHAI WITH WANG CHING-WEI.

ARRIVAL AT KOWLOON ON A

SPECIAL TRAIN.

AN INTERVIEW

GRANTED.

Two very interesting visitors to Hongkong this morning were Mr. Wang Ching-wel the well-known Kuomintang leader, and General Li Chal-sum, the head of the military administration at Canton, both of whom are on their way to Shanghai; where they intend to meet Marshal Chlang Kai-shek..

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NON-STOP FLIGHT TO INDIAN PROBLEM. DEATH OF DR. W. W. AN OMINOUS LULL AT HANKOW.

INDIA.

CAPTAIN MCINTOSH MAKES BIG ATTEMPT.

AIR MINISTRY INTEREST.

London, Nov. 15. .

Captain McIntosh and Mr. Bert Hinkler have left Wiltshire on a non-stop flight to India, starting at 1.10,

Meintosh and Hinkler are flying a Fokker monoplane, the "Princess Xenia," which is fitted with a Bris-

tol-Jupiter, engine, and carries 800 gallons of petrol. The airmen are carrying sandwiches and biscuits, ment extraels, hot coffee, tea and cold water.

The flight is a private venture,

The purpose of this visit is the completion of the recent reconhat the Air Ministry is sympathe

to elliation movement, whereby Mr. Wang and Marshal Chiang are.

tically interested.--Renter.

BRITAIN'S ATTEMPT AT SOLUTION.

COMMISSION APPROVED.

London, Nov. 15. The House of Lords, has passed

the second reading of the Indian Statutory Commission Bill, Lord Olivier on behalf of the Labour Party, and Lord Reading for the Liberals, heartily supporting it. Renter.

London, Nov. 15.

The Earl of Birkenhead in the House of Lords moved the second reading of the Bill setting up the India Statutory Commission.

PEARSE.

·FORMER MEDICAL OFFICER

NANKING IN, HONGKONG.

. 26 YEARS IN COLONY.

Many residents of the Colony

TROOPS FAIL TO APPEAR.

will leara with deep regret of the ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS

death of Dr. W. W. Pearse, who was for so many years Medical Officer of Health in Hongkong. The news of his demise, which took place on November 11th, was received from Home by the Colonial Secretary this morning, but there is no intimation of the

cause of death or of where it occurred.

He reminded the House that it was originally contemplated that at a period of ten years there should be appointed a commission to examine the progress which had been made, and to report to Parlia- ment upon the existing situation. patch up their differences, "and the preliminary steps will be taken It will be recalled that he at-There was no special magic in the for reunification of the Kuomintang.

tempted a trans-Atlantic flight period of ten years. They might Mr. Wang and General Li arrived in the early hours of this from east to west, a few months assume it was adopted as a con- morning on a special train from Canton, and were met at the Kowloonago, but had to return owing to RICHUKA TIGERRICHARDTAI COLLANE ENVIRqonumusan | first came to Hongkong in the

atation by local followers, Police officiuls, and a few newspaperamen A representative of this paper luter had an interview with Mr. Wang on board the Empress of Asia, by which the party sailed for Shanghai at'six o'clock.

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In the interview, Mr. Wang Ching-wei reaffirmed his intention of making peace with Chiang Kai-shek, and disclosed the plan for a preliminary Kuomintang conference prior to the main one at Nanking. He still thought there would be nothing in the way of eventually holding a conference at Canton.

TO MAKE PEACE WITH CHIANG.

bad weather:]

Favourable Weather.

London, Nov. 15. Captain McIntosh and Mr. Bart Hinkler left Upavon Aérodrome, Wiltshire, this afternoon, on non-stop flight to India..

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The attempt is being made by to wrest from the two airmen America the world record for a non-stop flight.

They are flying in the Fokker monoplane "Princess Xenia," in which Captain McIntosh began his flight to America, but was pelled to turn back by bad weather off the west coast of Ireland...

Weather conditions were good

com-

The well-known Kuomintang European and Chinese police of when to-day's flight started. The political and military members, ficers and others.

nuc

The Arrival.

sun was shining, there was a fresh westerly wind, and the "Princess Xenia" took off perfectly.--British Wireiras,

.

No News Aftor, 15 Hours,

Later. Fifteen hours after the start of

the

the McIntosh flight no reports have been received, but machine does not 'carry any wire- Iosa, set.

The greatest public interest is being evinced in the effort to wrest the long-distance record of 3,900

SHANGHAI UNREST.

Chinese Workers Grow More Restive

Shanghai, Nov. 16. Labour here is restive, and 25,000 workers are out, the leading cotton mills and the British American Tobacco Company's factorles affected.

being

The latter is a victim of Chinese, German, and Russian rivals exploiting agitation and bolstering up strikes, being themselves ready to invade the markets.

Д

The radical labour faction are threatening to form "Pootung proletariat organian- tion, and the outlook is dis- turbing.-Our Our Correspond-

*ent.

INCASTRECHADANCE

Mr. Wang Ching-wel and General LI Chai-sum, who are on their way to Shanghai to patch up the

The train arrived at Kowloon at Kuomintang differences to half-past three in the morning, settle their long disputes with Both Mr. Wang Ching-wei and Nanking and Marshat Chiang Kai- General, Li Chai-sum were on shak, arrived rather suddenly in board, a previous report that Gen- the Colony at half-past three this ral i had postponed his trip to morning, by a special train of the Shanghai being thus proved incor- Canton-Kowloon railway.

reet. Wang and Li were both in The arrival of Mr. Wang and European dress. General Li by, train, and at that There were also among the party, hour, surprised even their follow- Mr. Chan Shiu-yan, the Provincial ers in Hongkong, for according to Commissioner of Reconstruc- wireless messages received from tion, Mr. Chan Yui-tso, the Muni miles which is held by the Ameri-VIR Canton yesterday, Wang and Li cipal Commissioner of Public can trans-Atlantic fliers, Chamber- were due here this morning by the Works, (a brother-in-law to Mr.lin and Levine, especially after the venient period, affording sufficient Chinese cruiser Feiying.

Lino Mang-sing bad luck attending Flight Lieut. time for the instruction of those whose duty, it might be to re- After the receipt of the later (daughter of the late Mr. Lino Carr's three attempts.

Capt. McIntosh and his friends examine the whole situation. information, the followers of Ching-kal), and secretarial staffs

have contributed every penny of Wang had been waiting eagerly to the two Canton leaders.

the capital necessary for the throughout last night for the ar- Immediately on the arrival of rival of the party and the police the train, the party went on board

came from two Midland business officers who were detailed by the the Empress of Asia, which was

men.--Reuter. Government for the protection of berthed alongside the Kowloon these important Canton visitors, wharf, and by the time everything had been likewise kept busy. was properly arranged on board Another wireless message re- by the oficial party it was four ceived yesterday evening indicated o'clock in the morning.

Wang) Miss

flight, except the last £500 which

ALLEGED MEXICAN

INTRIGUE.

Since his accession to the office

had been greatly pressed. in many of Secretary of State for India, he quarters to accelerate the appoint- ment of the commission. It had not seemed to him, and his respon- sible advisera in India, that the at- mosphere at the moment when those appeals he might almost say demands were put forward, was such as to afford much_en-

vited to make the change.

that the Canton leaders were like Our representative asked Mr. ly to come down by the night boat, Wang and General Li to grant the s.s. Taishan, but they were not him an found on board on the arrival of Li was busy writing letters AN OFFICIAL DENIAL ISSUED.couragement to those who were in- the night boats.

interview.

General

instructions to be taken back to Mr. Io Chuk-yin, representing Canton immediately by his followers General Chu Fai-yi, the Canton who had accompanied him down to Police Chief, arrived by the Tai- Hongkong, but were returning by shan, to attend to the luggage, etc. this morning's express train. Mr. of the two chiefs, but as far as Wang was also busy in conferring Mr. Ho knew, Wang and Li were with Mr. Chan Shiu-yan and others to travel on board the Feiying or (who were not going with the party one of the Canton gunboats. The First Intimation.

Mr... Wang Interviewed.

to

The late Dr. Wilfred William Pearse, who was 67 years of age, took his M.B. degree at Aberdeen University in 1893, taking the D.P.H., and M.D. degrees at the His first same University later. official appointment was as Assist- ant Medical Officer to the Shore- ditch Infirmary, in 1894, and it was in June. 1901, that Dr. Pearse:

capacity of Assistant Medical Officer of Health. On several occasions in the years following, he acted as Medical Officer of Health, and it was in November, 1915, that he received the substan- tive appointment and became the head of the Colony's health succession to Dr. service, in

Dr. Pearse Francis Clark. retired en pension in October last year, after 25 years spent in the sorvice, of the Colony..

From 1917 until 1919, Dr. Pearse was seconded for military! service and saw active war ser- vice in France.

AT YEUNGKONG.

NEW PEKING

IMPOSTS.

Considerable tension exists at Hankow being partly due to the non-appearance of the Nanking troops which were expected to enter the city yesterday, and partly to fears of what may occur when these forces arrive. All foreigners have been advised to remain in their Concessions as the quietness of the native city may prove to be but a lull before the storm.;

Four Nanking gunboats are lying off Wuchang, but the main body of Nationalist troops are still some 30 miles down the river. On the advice of the Consul-General the movement of British ships between Hankow and Chenglin has been suspended for the time being. Anti-foreign demonstrations have broken out at Yeungkong, which is mid-way between Hongkong and -Kwong-chow-wan, work- men and students threatening the American Mission and its, Inmates,

A report in another column shows that the labour element in Shanghai is very restive, there being 25,000 workers on strike from cotton mills and the. B. A T. factory. Radicals in the Poo- tung district are threatening to form a Proletariat organisation.

SHIPPING RISKS ON YANGTSZE.

Hankow, Nov. 15.

As was only to be expected

A curious situation exists in throughout so long a period, Dr.

considerable tension Pearse was identified with many Hankow, important health improvements in among the Chinese population be- Hongkong and proved himself to

NEW PEKING TAXES.

Merchants In-Opposition.

Peking, Nov. 15. Chinese business, men protest

be a proficient and painstaking ing evident, possibly accentuated officer. As head of the health by the failure of the Nanking fac against the new luxury Imposts of Finance service he was well-liked and tion to show their hand although which the Ministry popular among all members of the

ber 1.

to

staff and at all times showed a the evacuation of Wuhan troops is seeks to impose as from Decem- The tax ranges from 10 to 30. keen concern in the welfare of the complete. No one appears Colony.

know what to expect when the per cent, on leather, clocks, toilet Of a genial and charming per- Nationalist troops occupy the city, requisites, sugar, tea, kerosene,

other things. gasolene, and medicine,

Bonality, Dr. Pearse enjoyed a very wide friendship. He was for but there is considerable appre- many years a prominent member hension.

of the Civil Service Recreation The foreigners have been advis Club, and among his many other activities he was mainly instrued to reminia in the Concessions mental in founding the Book Club and Special Administrative Die- the Rationalist Press Association, tricts, and adequate defence ar of which he was at one time rangements appear to have been

and also the Hongkong Branch of

President.

He leaves a widow and one

daughter.

WORLD'S ALTITUDE

RECORD.

A POSTHUMOUS HONOUR.

made.

The city is quiet, but foreign observers are under the "impres- sion that it may be a lull before a storm.

Four Nanking gunboats have arrived at Hankow, and are lying at anchor off Wuchang, but the main body of the Nationalist troops is reported to be still some thirty miles down river from Han- kow.

among

The Chinese Chamber of Com- merce is meeting to discuss mea- sures to oppose the levy.

It is understood that the method

which the local merchants are re- of collection will be the same as for the cigarette surtax, under quired to buy revenue stamps and affix them on their goods,

The Dictator's sanction for the new tax has not yet been ob- tained by the Ministry-Reuter.

RETURN OF RESERVISTS. All Leaving Before Chrismas.

London, Nov. 16.

He was not sure whether those

England before Christmas. Reuter.

BOLSHEVIK AGENTS.

Arrived in Shanghal.

Shanghai, Nov. 11.

In the House of Commons, re- plying to questions, Sir Laming Washington, Nov. 15.

It is not quite clear what exact- Worthington-Evans said that all The president of the National Aeronautic. Association has an-ly is happening to Tang Seng-ch's the section A reservists," except Encouraging Tendencies,

nounced the new balloon altitude, defeated, troops. They appear to those detained through sickness Washington, Nov, 15. The Mexican Embassy describes

But there was never any strong record credited to Captain Haw-be concentrating at Chenglin, the or other unforeseen causes, would States rearguard being somewhere in the have left China before Christmas. the alleged facsimiles of Mexican view that the period, so fixed had thorne Gray, the United documenta, mentioned yesterday, as necessarily to receive pendantic army airman, who died on Novem-vicinity of Kingkan, where steam-

heavy rifle fire from the shore. "forgeries which are unworthy of adherence. "I do not wish," said ber 6, after ascending to a height ers on the river are subjected to Balling on the last ship would reach

Lord Birkenhead, to under-rate of 42,470 feet. comment.".

This height was marked on his The danger to shipping between The New York American in the such encouraging tendencies as to Shanghai), as the steamer was to meantime is publishing further have manifested themselves in barograph when the balloon des Hankow and Chenglin is such leave at six o'clock. Despite this, facsimiles alleged

have India in the course of the last two cended. The acronaut was found that, on the advice of, the British Mr. Wang granted our representa- been issued by President or three years. Such tendencies dead, with the pipe to his oxygen Consul-General, the movement of

Calles or his subordinates, It was not until about one o'clock tive a ten minutes interview.

showing the trend of Mexican there have been. There has been apparatus severed, apparently cut British ships between the two growing "realisation, in my accidentally while he was trying ports has been entirely suspended this morning that definite news of

policy with regard to Nicaragua. judgment, that the policy of non- to slash free another sandbag with for the time being.-Naval Wire- the manner in which the two Can-

Replying to a question of our re- Reuter's American Service. ton leaders would travel was, ob-

A cable dated Nov. 14 stated: co-operation was not in itself very the intention of rising still higher. less.

Captain Gray's balloon has ex- tainable. An urgent. telegram, presentative whether Mr. Wang and Issued at Canton about 11.30, was General Li intend to call a regular The New York American repro-happily conceived, nor likely to received, stating that Mr. Wang session of the Kuomintang Confer- duces the facsimile of a document create in this country a general ceeded all previous records by and. Goneral, together with once immediately after their arrival purporting to be an order signed impression that those who were yn nearly a mille.-Reuter's American several officials and ladies, were on in Shanghai, Mr. Wang aaid "No," by the President Calles of Mexico, willing to co-operate in the work-Service." their way down to Hongkong by He explained that he and the Cen- authorising the payment of 100,000 ing of the existing constitution special train,

tral Kuomintang Commissioners in pesos to Zepeda, for the purchase had fully established their case revolutionary Army in when that constitution was to be

or two, anti-foreign demonstra- taken by the Nationalist military mintang Conference in Canton, and Liberal.

re-examined. There has been un-

tions being directed mainly to authorities in Soochow, Wush and

Changchow. questionally in the last two or

wards the Americans. three years, a change of tone and

students

RETURN OF CHIANG. temper in India, and the changes TO LAST UNTIL FEBRUARY. Workmen and

truculent and have threatened che have nearly all ben in the direc

American Mission and its in-

In Better Spirits. tien de improved relationship."

Continuing, Lord Birkenhead Sir George Hennessey stated In matea. Naval Wireless.

Shanghai, Nov. 11

TROUBLE AT YEUNGKONG. Demonstrations Against Americans. Youngkong, Nov. 15.

In view of the unsettled atmos phere, created by the threatening operations of the Bolshevik agents In Shanghai and the avowed Red propagandista, martial law was en- forced in Chinese territory yester day and to-day.

It is understood that precaution-

Several unpleasant Incidents-ary measures to ward off any Com

This change of schedule wak Canton originally planned a Kuo- of urms and ammunition for the for acceleration at the moment | MR. AMERY'S COLONIAL have occurred here in the last day munist uprising have also been

made suddenly by General Li, pro- he was quite sure that it would be Nicaragua. bably because he thought that this was a better way of travelling. ensy to obtain a quorum.In Canton, as there are twelve Commissioners

This train left the Taishantau sta in the southern capital already. tion at 11.20 Inst night, and was ex- the Kowloon Station pected in Bometime after three..

After the receipt of this news, all those who wore to meet the Canton official party went to the

"We do not like to break with Nanking, or any other factor of the Kuomintang, if possible," Mr. Wang remarked, "and for this reason we have slightly lately." bly changed our plane

"

FRANCO-AMERICAN TARIFFS.

DATE OF ENFORCEMENT.

1

TOUR..

London, Nov. 15.

are

Bald it was his duty very carefully, the House of Commons on behalf of Yeungkong is a fairly largot and without hent or resentment, the Dominions Office, that Mr. town in southern Kwangtung, on

After a well-earned trip to

but equally without any exaggera Amery, the Dominions Secretary, the coast about half-way between Japan, General Chiang Kai-shek

railway station to await them. Mr. Wang then pointed out that Among those present were Mr. Ho, Nanking recently insisted on hold- It is announced that the Foreign on which was entertained in In-lons. Recording to present plans Means of communication are few, on board an N.Y.K. liner, which of Police Headquarters, Mr. Ing the Kuomintang Conference, Minister has informed the United din in relation to the present pro-would leave Australia for New Zea-and up to the present it has been steamed into port at about... 1.80 Yeung Sal-ngam, a Hongkong me and with an aim to settle the Kuo-states Embassy that the now tariff posals of government, and to ap land on November 17, reaching New impossible to discover the origin o'clock In the afternoon. He was chant and fcham, the lociu mintang's internal strife, Canton rates, applicable to certain ameri praise their value and importance. Zealand on November 21 of the anti-foreign feeling ap met by the Consul General of Mr. Yun Hoi-cham, the Director of wave way. In a recent telegram can goods under the recent But to-day he wished merely to He would later sail for Canada.arently now existing. Hitherto Japan, some Japanese naval and? the Canton Telephone Administra Canton agreed to Nanking'a pro Franco-American arrangement justify the view held by the Coy, and be there from January 5 until Youngkong has been free of dis military officers here, as well as by tion, Dr. and Mrs. Yik To, repre- posal (to hold the Conference in will be enforced on November 21 ernment, that the moment had or February: 8 or 10,, and it might be turbances oven when anti-foreign representatives of local Chinese

Paris, Nov. 15tion to examine closely the opin- who is making a tour of the Domin- Hongkong and Kwangchowwan. came back 40 Shanghal yesterday

sentatives of the Telegraph, the Morning Post, the Wah Kiu Yat Po.. and the Nam Chung Pao,, some

Nanking), provided Nanking abol-

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-Reuter."

rived at which the appointment expected he would be back in Eng- agitation in China reached its papers.

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