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- ƑHALF MONDAY, MAY 20, 1929.

RENEWED ATTACK BURGLARY. IN CITY CONSTERNATION

ON CANTON.

CITY EXPECTED TO FALL TO-DAY,

SAMSHUI NOW IN HANDS OF

KWANGSI ARMY.

ADVANCE ON ARSENAL.

The Kwangsi offensive against Canton has been renewed with marked energy, and reports to hand this morning would appear to indicate that the city will fall Into the hands of the invaders very shortly, if it has not already dorie No.

LAST NIGHT.

IN SWATOW.

FOUNTAIN PENS & ELECTRIC FANS STOLEN.

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ONLY SMALL HAUL.

Last night a burglary of a mosl Lunusual character was perpetrat- ed at the alore of Messra. Der A. Wing and Co. (1923) Ltd., general stationers, at 60, Des Voeux Road

INVASION BY FUKIEN TROOPS BEGUN.

EARLY FALL OF THE CITY IS EXPECTED.

CRIME QUTBREAK IN SHANGHAI,

TWO ASSASSINATIONS WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS,

DARING MURDERERS.

Shanghal, May 20, Criminal activitiek "fny, the ». In- ternational Settlement are grow. ing daily more serious," and the police are greatly perturbed.

ed robberies and other crimes 'of violence in the past week, but things have been brought to a head by two carefully-planned accessinations within perfod

Central, property to the value of SOME OFFICIALS FLEE. There have been numerous $100 being stolen. The most amazing feature of the burglary is the fact that the burglar, after riffing a case of valuable fountain penu, selected only half-a-dozen or so and left the remainder, many of which were gold-encased, and then carried off two electric table fans.

Latest advises from Swatow show that there are fears that the new pro-Kwangel administration formed there under the control of General Hsu King-long is likely to be broken up, owing to the pro- jected invasion of the city hy troops which were being sent down South by Chiang Kai-shek to help in the defence of Canton. and they have already reached a The invaders are Fullen troops store, had dis-point not far from Chaochow-fu. Some of the minor officials have already left Swatow for Hong- kong, dearing the early capture of tile efty.

When the manager opened his store this morning, he discovered that a matchwood board under- News from a reliable soureeneath his shop window, in the shows that Samshui is now held

entrance to the by a number of Kwangai troops, appeared, and it was through this having been recaptured from the Canton forces, whilst the main aperture that the thief gained body of the Kwangsi Army in reported to be making for the arsenal at Shekehang, which is in the outlying suburbs of Canton,

Gunfire Heard,

access to the store,

The opening was very small and would be hidden from the casual passer-by at night, and it is the surmise of the manager that the burgly made a pretence of sleep gradually removed the board. Ing in the doorway while he

Once inside, the burglar remov ed the back of a locked glass case

The fact that the Kwangsi troops were nearing Cantop wal indiented by passengers who came down from Cunton last night, These reported that at Wongsha, containing the fountain pens and a Canton suburb not far from made a selection, and then and Shameen, gun-firing could be took two small fans. heard. It was then rumoured that more valuable property which was the Kwangst troops were within easily portable he left untouched. fifteen or twenty miles of Canton, Detectives from Central Police the fall of which was expected to Station enquired into the matter take place this morning.

this morning, but there is little It is now clear that the pressure hope of anything in the nature of on Cantos is being made by incelminatory, finger prints being Kwangsi troops under the com- discovered becase the glass-caso is mand of General Pei Chung-hsi literally covered with hundreds of from north-west Kwangtung. prints. These forces have seized several places, including Kam Yuen, Tsing

Yuen and Tze Wel, the last-named

being situate not far from Sam- shul.

On Saturday, those forces were

BIG GERMAN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

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caused by the virtual declaration Whether the new development of war between, Chiang and Feng will affect the situation, remains

to be seon.

Consternation Caused,

The Telegraph correspondent at Swatow, writing under date of Saturday, describes the situation

I follows:

日二十月四 la corrumix

BRITISH

PRISON WARDER

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MURDERED.

SUDDEN ATTACK BY CONVICT.

DISTRESSING TRAGEDY IN SINGAPORE GAOL.

- SCISSORS BLADE STAB,

Singapore, May 11.

X European warder was mur.

of twenty-four hours, which have dered by a Chinese long-sentence forced the Settlement Police to prisoner in the Singapore gaol this consider the adoption of special morning, measures to deal with the situa-

The alarm whistle was heard at tion.

of the police have been in con- It is understood that the heads

deliberations is likely to be ahown ference and the result of their

in Shanghai in the course of a day or two,

The first assassination took place in broad daylight in one of

the most congested centres in

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Delivered prices from $890,00.to G$9,375,00

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AVIATORS

MISSING.

GRAVE FEARS FELT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN FLIERS.

OVERDUE AT DARWIN.

Sydney, May 19, The Australian, afrmon, Flight Lieutenant Molz and Flying Officer [Owen, who have been engaged on flight from England to Australia

since March 18th, are missing.

FENG & CHIANG AT GRIPS.

· REARGUARD ACTIONS BY KUOMINCHUN.

FENG ISSUES WARNING TO YEN HSL-SHAN

DESPERATE POSITION.

They were due at Darwin on

Shanghai, May 19. Saturday evealing from Bime but Yu-hsiang which has paralysed The daring coup d'etat by Feng have not been sigliter since pass-communications on the Lugd ing over Koepang at 1145 nm. on Railway, puts an end to doubts of Saturday,

hostilities between Feng and Chiang Kai-shek, and it is learned from Nanking that the ceremonial: burial of the remains of Sun Yat- sen may be postponed on account of the threatened turmoil..

According to Chinese sources, the vicinity of Wushingkwan, fighting has already broken out in

which has fallen into the hands of the Nanking foreca after a Brief engagement with Feng's

Bima is in the Sunda Islands, about 7.30 a.m., when the officers part of the Malay Archipelago, on rounds were in the halls above and the trip should not liave been

to the old prison, which is now the the work yard. They went down a long one.

Captain Grosvenor, in a Moth largest workshop and in which aeroplane, flow out to sew from just over 140, long-sentence. men Darwin and searched the const are employed as printers, book-line, but after covering over four

hundred miles, he returned report-roarguard. binders, tailors and shoemakers.

There they discovered a con- ing that he could find no trace siderable disturbance, and the of the Allers. Sikh guard had coine. in from the main gate and were distributed round the work yard.

Nanking Wounded.

must have been dozens of people Shanghai, Burkill Road. There

in the street, yet two gunmen were allowed to shoot down and ki!!

A number of wounded troops are. The gravest fears for their a Chinese Government agent and The crime is believed to

anfely in felt, though it is possible low from the Honna region, and reported to have arrived. at Ižan- eaerpe. be the aftermath of attempted extortion....

they have landed at Atamboewa. mare so expected as rearguard. haps even

The second aasassination, por-

The airmen have been experiene- actions have been fought by Gen- eral, Sun Liang-sing against the commission, occurred yesterdayported that Wardor R. G. Dixon flight. They set out from Folkes-Hau: Yuen-yan. Large are

more daring in its

The European officer in charge ing misfortune throughout their Nanking forces under General

when five men entered a bath

Assailant Shot Down.

concéntrated nearby, however, and no important advance by Nan- King is expected at the moment.

It is becoming Increasingly cer- tain that the whole of China, will

house, emptied their revolvers had been severely wounded by a tone with the object of of the Kuominchun forces are into their intended victim, who prisoner and that it had been

standing quite nudo, and necessary to shoot down the lying to Australla in twelve days, was

and to beat Hinkler's record of 15% escaped--Our Own Correspondent, assailant..

-Warder Dixon, was examined by daya. They have already been.en. the prison medical officer and gaged on the flight for two months, found to have three stab wounds, two in the chest and, one in the owing to engine trouble and accl-be. involved in the new war. stomach. He was removed to the dents at different points on the General Hosiptal, and. It was stat- | journey. ed shortly afterwards. that blood

A good deal of consternation has been caused in Swatow by the news that the Fukian Army order ed by Marshal Chiang Kai-shek to go to the help of Canton, has Pu not very far from Chnochow- K.O.S.B. already captured the town of Tal-

soldiers loft in the district, it is fu. As there are practically no

expected that the latter city will be taken either to-day or to- morrow, and after that, the STOLE MONEY FROM CHINESE capture of Swatow itself seems

CIGARETTE SHOP. only a matter of hours,

Recruiting of soldiers has been carried on bustly here for the

attacking Samshul from Lapa. The attacking troops are believed IMPORTANT SUCCESSES BY past two days, and, to assist in

to have been reinforced by some of the forces which recently with-- drew from Samshui under pressuro of the Canton Army.

Silver Removed.

FOREIGNERS.

this work, hand-bills were printed: and circulated yesterday announ- cing that Canton had fallen to the Kwangsi forces.

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Berlin, May 19. Foreigners have proved success."

In spite of these measures, how. ful in two of the premier com-ever, there are only about 704

MAN SENT TO PRISON.

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PREVIOUS OFFENCES.

Pie V. Ormiston, of "A" Com- pany, 2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, was charged before Mr. N.L. Smith, at the Central Police Court, this morn- ing with the theft of $7 from the

Praya East,

They were last heard of on May,

transfusion, might, ba, necessary, 8th, when they landed at Dumdum Apparently, they havo

in India.

Immediately nine. European members of the prison staff who were off duty volunteered and were been making steady progress since asked to hold themselves in read-then-Router.

ness. Unfortunately the Injuries were too severe for anything to be done, and Warder: Dixon died shortly after eleven o'clock.

Possible; Motike.

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A BIRTHDAY GIFT.

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GENEROSITY OF GRAMO.

Ten in a Dilemma.

· Mirahai Chiang Kai-shok has issued orders ta. Marshn} Yeni Hahan. bo mobilise his force for an attack on Honan and. Shemi fram Shanal Province, but up the the present there has been no indication of, a millitáry move!" by list. Yen may have been Influenced by a message from Fong Yi-hsiang to the effect that unless the Northern chief main- taina: strict neutrality 'in: the combat. between Feng and Chiang, the first Kusminchun attack will

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petitions at the Rotweiss Tennis soldiers in Swatow, and a furtherWo Kee Cigarette Shop at the the motive appears to have arisen PHONE COMPANY DIRECTOR. [be launched in the direction of

to reach it from the sen,

Traffic on the Canton-Samshui Club's annual tournament, which 200 stationed at "Double-Isiand" and the Canton-Hankow Rallways attracted a fairly big international to protect the town from altemps Is again suspended.

entry. Chinese reports state That In the final of the Women's General Chan Chai-tong, the chief Doublos, Mrs. Neave and Miss commander of the Canton Army Heine (South Africa) beat Frau bas removed a large quantity of Stephanus and Fraulein Feitz by silver to the gunbout fails, this 7-6, 7-5. conelgnment being said to include reserves from the Central Bank.

Martial Law Incident,

Canon, May 19, There has been a quiet weck- end in Canton. There is, still martial law in the city from dusk to dawn, and one incident occur red on Friday night which shows that it is being strictly enforced.

London, May 18,

So far as can be ascertained, from an incident, which occurred a little over a month ago. Warder

Tang Seng-ch!. Defendant pleaded guilty.

Dixon reported a man for con- Mr. Louis Sterling,.. Managing Inspector Macdonald

The Director of the Columbia Gramo Much military activity has Fear of Communists.

said cealing a pair of scissora. Ormiston went into the shop on officers had been checking up the phone Company, yesterday cele-taken place in (fankow, Tientain Under these circumstances it is Saturday and asked for a packet tools as usual at the end of the brated his 50th birthday by divid-and Peking, it is reported; but very unlikely that any fighting of Gold Flake cigarettes. He said day, and discovered that one pairing £100,000 araong his 1,000 bual doulits are expressed that all the will take place, but it is feared "Ten Dollars" and made a motion of scissors was missing. Warder ness associates and employees of troops concerned can be relied that in the interregnum between towards his breast pocket as if Dixon subsequently found them over five years standing Doubles, after a thrilling struggle, the evacuation of the present he was going to produce a note. concealed under the bench at "I would have loft that amount Jasques Brugnan

Honri Kwangsi troops and officials, (who The shopkeeper thereupon opened which this particular prisoner, to the same people in mtx, will," Mr Cochet (France) defeated Dr. all hold office under General Hsu his till, with the iden of giving worked..

Sterling states, but I decided Prenn and Modlenhauer by 4-6 King-tong), and the entrance of change. Ormiston quickly put As there was a suspicion that there was no use, waiting till I the Kuominchun. General Tang is 6-3, 10-8.-Reuter.

the Fukien Army, the town will his hand into a tin and snatched the incident pointed to a premed-was dead and it would do those be at the mercy of the Communista $7. He then ran out of the shop itated attack on some other concerned much more good now

and boarded a passing tram. The prisoner the: usust punishment than at some future data” shopkeeper followed, blowing a In these cases was inflicted whistle as he chased the tram.

In the final of the Men's

and.

CATHOLIC CHURCH CONVERT.

who are known to abound in large numbers.

The chauffeur of the Minister of Finance, Mr. Fan Kee-mo, was driving an empty car along the LADY BERTRAM BROOKE 'OF ing yesterday at which the chief

maloo near the Little East Gate at about 11.30 p.m. when he challenged by a sentry. He failed

WEB

SARAWAK.

In order to cope with this aspect of the situation, the Swatow Chamber of Commerce held a meet.

of Police was present..

Temporary Police Force.

an

The recipienta in eight countries received their cheques yesterday maring.-British Wlasces.

OBITUARIES.

PASS AWAY.

upon by Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. There is a strong rumour, not backed by any definite information at the moment, that Tang Seng chi

la. likely to throw in his lot with

now at Tongshan and be reviewed His troops, announcing during the review that he would be leaving for Nanking to confer with Chiang

the present eltuation.

Kaominchun Defence. Twenty-eight of F'ong's generals yesterday issued a manifesto de: nouncing Marshal Chiang Kai- shek, accusing him of misappro-

The prisoner was taken to the WO AMERICAN ACTRESSES priating large sums of money hospital and found to be auffering from serious injuries caused by a stomach wound, but it is can- sidered likely that they will not

•proste fatal.

The weapon used by the man LANCASHIRE COTTON. in his attack was one scissor blade,

SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTE WITH EMPLOYEES.

The offender was transferred to As the tram passed the Wanchai Police Station, the defendant was a lower grade for a month, and in. The stolen money was re- man: must have brooded over the arrested by a constable and taken. that: term expired yesterday. The covered on the defendant'

degradation, and that must have to this shocking Looking over the police records, prompted bim Paris, May. 19.

Mr. Smith said to Ormiston crime,. It was decided to raise a tem-see you were once before this. to reply and the sentry immediate-

With Madame Alphouse Daudet, ly levelled his rife and fired, the widow of the great French Porary Police Force which will be Court on two counts, of damaging killing the chuffeur outright, the writer as godmother, the Dayang- employed and paid by the Chamber plategiase window and of theft. car mounting the pavement and muda of Sarawak, Lady Bertram of Commerce to keep order in the Rather a hablf Two months' crashing into a telephone pole.

Brooke, has been received into the town in the event of its being left hard labour,

unguarded before the Fukien The car with the dead chauffeur Catholic Church.-Reuter.

troops arrive, or after they leave inside could be seen all yesterday

for Canton. morning at the same spot.

Already many of Swatow's: Most of the troops which arrived propared to evacuate the foreign wealthier citizens have left for the on Thursday from the North on residents if necessary; the U.S.S. healthier atmosphere of Hongkong, the s.8. Hoi Shan have left for Guam is also in Wechow for the including a number of junior Army

cffloors. The the West River district, but a few same purpose.

new ctitcials, of them are still in the city.

It is thought possible that if pointed last week by Hsu King Smart Troops.

Chiang Kai-shek and Feng Yutong, still remain in Swdtow.. hsfang

the to gripa In

Shanghai, May 10. They appear to be a remarkably North, it may give further energy Reports from South China state fine body of men and are thorough to the Kwangal Army, at the same that Falden troops have entered ly, well equipped and look smarttime relieving the pressure in the Kwangtung and are advancing in their green uniforms, They north of the Province where they upon, Swatow to oust the pro-special trade union delegate meet are said to be Chinese Mahomme-are hard pressed around Kweilin. dans from Kansu and are certainThis would perhaps give them the ly much smarter in all ways than oppertunity to renew their offen- the Cantonese troops..

nivo against Kwangtung. This is H.M.S. Moorhen, which arrived a hope which is expressed quite In port on Friday afternoon from openly amongst a large number Samshui, has about fifteen bullet of Chinese here who are really marks to show for the little eager to see the Kwangel troops in opisode when she was fred upon Canton. at the beginning of the week by the Cantonese troops when enter Ing Samshul From Wuchow.

Wuchow Concern.

Both ILMS. Moth and HMS. Cicals are standing by in Wuchow

come

There is still a great deal of activity at the aerodroma at Tal Sha Tau and planes are, making continual flights over the West Iver Districts from Canton, golog up as far as Wuchow. Our Own Correspondent.

Kwangsi administration-Reuter.

WARSHIPS IN PORT.

The following in the disposition of warships now in harbour:

Basin.-H.M.S. Tamar.. E. W. Basin--L 15

North ArmHMS Thracian W. W. Dock.HM.B, Cornwall. In Dock HM. ships Bruce, Somme, and Sirdar.

Foreign men o'war. Ying Swei and Hai Yung (Chinese, Mindanao (America), Tulsa (American),

London, May 18. The Lancashire cotton dispute has been settled following a joint conference.

The gettlement was due to a ing accepting the millownere pm posal to consider the men's case If they returned to work, and to revise the scale of pay with arrears due if it was found that the new rates were unfair-Reuter.

[A message dated: the 8rd in stant stated that over 200,000

operatives, employed, in 560 mille,

Warder Dixon's Cares";, Warder Dixon served in the war with considerable distinction and rose to the rank of captain. He joined the Straits Settlements Prisons Department after do- mobilisation, but subsequently he became an inspector in the Straits Poice. He was transferred to the F.MS, but later decided to rejoin the Prisons Department as warder.

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Lieut-Colonel Tyte, Governor of the Singapore Prison, describes him as one of the straightest and steadlest men in the whole prison staff.

Niw York, May 19 The death has occurred off the well-known American actress, Mary Shaw Reuter's American Service.

Mia Hilda Moore.

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Now York, May 19. The death has occurred of the well-known actress, Miss Hilda Moore Reuters Amexian Service,

· TRAGEDY FOLLOWS'

THUNDERSTORM.'

SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT NEW

** YORK BASEBALL GAME."

New York, May 19, Two persons were killed and

which should have gone to the: relief of famino to Shengi and Honan, and of opening war upon the Kwangsi Party for no cause whatsoever.

The Immediate resignation of the Nanking CIC. la demanded.. It is declared that Marshal Feng Yu-halang lo fn a position to put 500,000 troops into the field against Chang.

Chang Fat-Kwel To Attack. In well-informed circle it is stated that Chiang has been re- paring for combat with Feng for some time past and that his plans are gradually maturing. One of the nrincipal, points of attack will be from Northern Hupch, and the Nanking troops in this region will bo nlaced under the command of General Chang Fat-kwel, the lead. er of the "Ironsides."

Chang Fat-kwel has been rein- Warder Dixon was unmarried, over fifty Injured during a mad forced by large numbers of Hupeh but poignancy le added to the rush for shelter from a thunder troops and they are already advan would be affected by the decision tragedy by the fact that "It is storm on the part of spectatora atcing up the Beking-Hankow Rall of the Federation of Master Cotton only a fortnight since Lienta baseball game, at the Yankee way towards Honcu. Spinners Associations, to close colonel Tyte, made the arrange- Stadium.

the mills on May 18, till the unments necessary for the passage. A gate leading to a fifteen-foot official strike of the card-room from Home to Singapore of the pit collapsed under the pressure operatives at the Alma Mills, Old girl to whom Dizon was engaged, of the excited crowd, many of ham, came to an end.]

and the wedding was to have which fell pell-mell into the pit American Borgios,

taken place in Singapore in July. Reuter

Declaration of War,

Hankow, May 19. Nothing short of a declaration of Ho war was uttered by General (Continued on Part LL

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