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BANDIT OUTRAGE NEW TERRITORIES

AT KAYING.

REMARKABLE 'LETTER TO MISSION.

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OUTRAGE.

STORY OF MAN WHO INJURED

FIVE PEOPLE.

RESENTED CHARGE. Further detalls, communicated by the police to-day have thrown "an interesting light on the incident which occurred in the New Terri- PARLEY IN HONGKONG|tory village of longshow on Tuesday morning, when two men A most remarkable development and three women were seriously of the bandit outrage at Kaying-injured by another villager who chow six weeks ago, when Messrs. ran amok with choppers. Erget W. Fischle and G. Kilpper, German missionaries, and Walter, Swiss colleague, were carried off by à raiding party, is to-day reported by the Basel Mis. alon at Kaying.

MATALADE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1929.

938 PER ANNUM

PWDHA BINOZAS CÓFT: 39 CENTS

CHANG FAT-KWEI'S "TALKIE" FILMS FOR CANTON FERMENT

REBELLION.

CHAN CHAI-TONG SAID TO BE INVOLVED.

STARTLING REPORTS REACH NAVAL AUTHORITIES.

CHIANG'S ACTIVITIES.

Shanghai, Sept. 25. combination of generals who are The latest hints regarding the conspiring to bring about the Apparently, the inhabitants of downfall of the Chiang Kai-shek this village, which is in the Bing-regime at Nanking, are calculated over certain improper conduct by in South China. shan district, were much agitated to cause the greatest astonishment

set of idlers and n'er-do-wells. A villager, who considered that his women-folk had been insulted, roundly condemning the offenders, vant to his sentiments by which caused one of those whom he denounced to resent the accusa.

gave

It is reported, in usually, well- informed circles, that General Chang Fat-kwei is assured of the one of the Nanking Divisional support of General Sha Tiao-yuan, Commanders, General Tang Seng- chi, whose army is stationed at Tongshan, General Chu Pei-tch, Declaring himself to be wholly General Chan Chal-tong, the Mill- the virtual ruler of Kiangsi, innocent, the man denounced, lo tary Governor of Kwangtung, alleged to have. armed himself General Yu Tso-pei, the Governor with two choppers and to have then of Kwangsi, and General Hu proceeded to carry out an in-Tsung-hu, the Hankow leader, all discriminate assault upon all those of whom are said to be deeply in- whom he met in the quarter of volved in the plot against Nan- the hamlet occupied by

the king. indignant villager and his kina-

After weeks of anxiety owing to the silence of the kidnappers. n letter has been delivered to the Mission, written by Chen Taktions. hwan, the Commander-in-Chief” of the bandits, conveying a de- mand for the payment of $2,000,000, as a ransom, threatening the kill the captives in the event of the money not being forthcoming, and suggesting that Hongkong be made the rendezvous for the payment of

the fans).

men.

Pursuit Begun.

Notice in Newspapers.

The first victims to suffer from The bandit chief suggests that

General Tsao Wan-shun, the a notice be inserted in certain the onslaught were two fisherman commander of the Nanking Chinese newspapers In Hongkong, who found themselves taken un-Eleventh Division, among Chiang *riving an address where the "full-awares while they were working Kai-shek's most trusted troops,

power" representative of the out-their laws can call for the money.

The allowing are extracts from an exceedingly strange document, freely translated;

nets

on the foreshore Three women were next similarly attacked and wounded, two o seriously that their lives were subsequently despaired of.

has been sent up river to engage. Chang Fat-kwel, and he has mately 16,000 troops for I chang already passed Shari with approxi-

It appears that Chang Fat-kwel "Ernst W. Fischle, E. Walter

Police assistance being forth-for the south, and he is expected has already left the I-chang area and G. Klipper, the three clerks, coming, the mad man was evon- to reach Shenchow on Sunday It are now safely staying with our tually disarmed, and taken into is regarded as unlikely that the Board of Military Affairs We custody, while the five injured opposing forces will make contact know they have written you and were admitted to hospital at Kow- at present. their family people a letter, and loon..

The Nanking gunboat. Yung that you will have perhaps re ceived it.

In an official report yesterday, Chi, with Admiral Chen on board, it was indicated that the alleged and four other gunboats, have assailant, a man, named Tsang proceeded up river from Nanking. Ping-hop. 22 years of age, is in-Naval Wireless,

Hongkong Negotiation.

rf

"Now because disorder and un-custody on a charge of cutting easiness reigns over every place, and wounding five persons belong-

80 that communication i8 difficult, it is quite impossible for you to consult with us about the matter. Therefore we have to pro- mise that you and we should send a whole-power representative to go to Hongkong, so that we two sides may see about the question and solve it.

"Our attitude towards this ques- tion has never beerjanji will never be changed, nel matter, whatever terror is made upon us. Further- more you wilf fisin depend upon the strength greatness of your native government to order the Canton government to com- press or frighten us to set the

each other, talk

three-clerka-free.

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Nanking, Sept. 25. General Ho Chien, Governor of to Mongchow village. The District Officer's Court at Taipo. case will probably go before the Hunan, has wired stating that,

after severe fighting, Hunan' forces have disarmed part of the Ironsides Army at Shihmenhsien ~~Reuter. -

CRISIS ON NORTH WEST FRONTIER.

OFFICIALS ANXIOUSLY

WATCHING.

Simla, Sept. 25,. Repercussions of the revolution in Afghanistan are rendering the situation on the North-West Fron-

Troop Movements.

HONGKONG,

APPARATUS BEING SET UP IN QUEEN'S THEATRE,

LATEST ENTERPRISE.

Conflicting reports have been published regarding the possibility of "talkie" Alms being Introduced to Hongkong in the future, but the Telegraph is now able to state that the necessary apparatus has now arrived in the Colony and is o" "the moment being installed in the Queen's Theatre,

Several Movietone". engineers have also arrived in Hongkong to supervise the work of installing the apparatus in the theatre, but at the moment no announcement can be made regarding the first showing of "talkie" films to Hong- kong audiences.

A considerable capital outlay is involved in the purchase of the

ALLEGED FRAUD ON THE HONGKONG BANK.

A European Arrested at Batavla.

Batavia, Sept. 10.

It is alleged that the Hong-. kong and Shanghai: Bank has been victimised by fraud, to the extent of 500,000 guifders.

A European has been arrest- ed, and a warrant has been issued for the irrest of his partner, who, it is stated, has left for Europe-Aneta

necessary apparatus for talking films, and the Hongkong Amuse ments, Ltd., are to be congratulat- ed on their enterprise in again keeping pace with the latest developments in the film world.

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THE CABLE-RADIO MERGER.

NEW COMPANY TO OPERATE FROM SUNDAY,

DENIED.

INVASION RUMOURS

PREMATURE.

RETURN OF CHAN MING-SHU ALLAYS FEARS.

BANKNOTE TROUBLE.

Canton, Sept., 25. Reuter's reports from Shanghai, which appeared in the Hongkong papers yesterday, to the effect that Canton was in a state of panic, must be looked upon as a case of gross exaggeration,

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There is, perhaps, a slightly uneasy feeling in official circles and it is now quite certain that General Chang Fat-kwei and his Ironsides are doing their utmost to create trouble around Ichang and throughout the Hupeh, but to state that the Ironsides have for their objective a märch into Kwangtung and the seizure of Canton, would appear, for the present at any rate, very prema- ture.

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IMPERIAL AIRWAY EXPANSION.

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London, Sept. 25. The rapid expansion" of the ser vices controlled by the Imperial Airways, Limited; was illustrated by Sir Eric Geddes at the annual

mesting of the company this morn

ing.

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TOKYO POLITICAL SENSATION.

TANAKA CABINETEER IN OPEN ARREST.”

HUGE SCALE BRIBERY AMONG THE ALLEGATIONS.

MIKADO'S SANCTION.

The biggest scandal In the

Sir Eric, who presided, said that the aircraft of the company during the financial year under review. had flown 1,032,842 miles, and had recent political history of Japon carried 34,767 paying passengers is revealed in Reuter mesenges and 875 tons of malls, freight and from Tokyo this morning, announe- excess luggage.

Dealing with the new Englanding that Mr. Heikichi Ogawa, one which the Imperial Airways Com- to India aeroplano service, for of the most outstanding figures pany is responsible, the Chairman Japanese politics, has been said the traffe to which they look-charged with accepting huge ed to produce their most profitable bribes during his reign of office source, of. revenue was malla. Passenger traffic was in its in- as Minister of Railways in the late fancy on this route. They hoped to Tanaka Cabinet. reduce the schedule time from London to Karachi from seven and a quarter days to five days.

Mr. Ogawa has not been arrest, ed, but he has been ordered. to It was the aim of the company appear before the Public Proseck- to continue the service all the way

papers allege that the amount. In- volved totals Yen.600,000 ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄

Tokyo, Sept. 26.-

to Australia, and, in this connex- tor to answer the charges. ion, they had been negotiating More. Confidence,

The full facts have not been with the Government of India for disclosed, but the Japanese news- the operation of a service between The return of H.E. General Karachi, Delhi and Calcutta, Chan Ming-shu, Civil Governor of Since the last meeting, said the Kwangtung, to Canton yesterday Chairman, the company had ne- afternoon has strengthened" con-gotiated to its concluding stages, fidence considerably. He arrived an agreement with the British in Hongkong yesterday morning Governments of South Africa, Baron.Tanaka's chief political lleut

Mr. Helkichi Ogawa, who is early by the Messageries Mari Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, enant and who was Minister of times Sphinx and immediately left Sudan and Rhodesia for the opera- Railways in the late Tanaka on board, the gunboat Chungshan tion of a service between Egypt Cabinet has been summoned to the for Canton, arriving hero about and South Africa. This now Public Procurator's Office (equiva 8 o'clock.yesterday afternoon, awaited final ratification.

lent to the office of the Public Pro He landed at the official Govern- In this venture they would have secutor in Great Britain) for ques ment wharf on the Bund at the associated with them Sir Alantioning in connexion with charges end of the Wing Ben Maleo and Cobham sad the Blackburn Air of bribery, which have been made was met by a large number of lines Company, and they would against him. officials, including Mr. Lam Wen-Cobham, who would join the Board have the experience of Sir Alan koi, Mayor of Canton, and General of the Subsidiary Company. Au Yang-kui, Commissioner of Police.

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Building Permits.

It was planned that the northern It is alleged that the bribery half of this line, from Egypt to charges are based upon the cir Lake Victoria,. Nyanza, would be cumstances in which Mr. Ogawa commenced, all being well, about granted numerous private railway this time next year, and the building permits, and also in con southern half, no far as Capetown, nexion with the purchase by, the

privato "railway lines just before the downfall of the Tanaka Mint- [stry, det

"Run" on

Rank... There has been a run on the Central Bank the last two days, and Central Bank notes have was planned to commence about Japanese Government of several fallen off somewhat, though they six months later-British Wireless, have recovered seven points since. One dollar notes. yesterday. which were yesterday as low as 85 cents. Canton sub-coins, are to-day worth 92 cents. The Canton sub- coins are at 1.36 to the Hongkong, dollar.

SELLING COALS TO CANADA.

MR. THOMAS MEETS THE

OWNERS.

...London, Sept. 26. Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Minister of Employment," to-day received

Full details of the most sensation- al affalivare not yet avatlable, but the Japanese vernacular papers contain reports this morning stat- ing that Mr. Ogawa is charged" with the acceptance of bribes to an amount in the region of Yen, 600,- 10000

London, Sept. 25. The Postmaster General an- nounces that next Sunday, the

Martial law is enforced through- working of the Imperfil cables and

out the city from sunset to sunrise," Shanghai, Sept. 25.

beam wireless Services to the Do- but this is merely a precautionary Extensive troop movements are minions and India, that is the tele- measure and does not entail nay taking place on the Tientsin-graph ayatoms Known as Imperial hardships on, the part of the

Tremendous Sensation. Pukow Railway and it is reliably and Empiradio, will be transfer-population. who move about freely

The case has caused a tremend reported that Marshal Chiang Kai- red from the Post Office to the Im and at ease.

at the Treasury about a dozen reous sensation in political circles for shek has decided to dispatch a big perial and International Communi-

No newa has been received here with whom he wished to discuss was taken over by the Minselto presentatives of the coal-owners, although, since the Government army into Hunan to pursue the cations Company. "Ironsides."

of the reported intention of This Company was recently Marshal Chiang Kai-shek to dia- the question of selling British coal Party, there have been numer tier increasingly critical, and Bri-considerable attention to the wel-mended by the Imperial Wireless:tect Canton.--Our Own Correspon recent visit to the Dominion, where regime, Mr. Ogawa is the first

Marshal Chiang has devuted" formed to take over, as rect patch a division to the Souths to pro-

in Canada.

ous scandals involving officials who tish officials in this turbulent re-fare of Kwangtung and Kwangsi. and Cable Conference of 1928, the dent.

The meeting was a result of his were in office during Baron Tanaka's gion are watching the latest dove He realises the importance of Imperial and Empiradio services.

he discovered that large contracts member of the former Cabinet who lopments with the greatest an- South China from both the finan- of the Post Office, as well as the

for British coal could be obtained is alleged to be involved in the xiety.

cial point of view and the fact, services of the. Pacific Cable

If the price was suitable."

alleged corruption, Among coal-owners present at It is notable that before Mr. the interview were Mr. Williams, Ogawa could be summoned before secretary of the Conl-owners tion of the Emperor of Japan had Association-British Wireless. to be obtained.

"Even with Wings." "We candidly and earnestly tell you that the Canton Government has no way to get them free from our hands except that they do The British authorities have to that if the "Ironsides" once suc- Board, the Eastern Telegraph Com their best to raise the money we de-take every precaution in view of ceed in entering Kwangtung, as

mand from you and, in one way or the danger of tribes with lands on independent government will be Pany and Marconis Wireless. Tale ft Shanghai on September 21 by the president, and Mr. Lee, the the Publie Frocourator, the sanc

another pay it to us, no matter, both sides of the frontier becom, however, able it, (the Canton ing involved in the civil war government). may be.

"If you should belleve what wa have just said above, Ernest Fischle, E. Waiter and G. Kilpper even though they had wings, could not flee away from the trap we have set upon them.

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"We shall soon remove to

Reuter.

BRITISH CABINET

MEETINGS.

another place, and so cannot let “MANY MÁTTERS DISCUSSED

them, the three clerks, be with us

'too long. On one hand we urge

them to write you to relieve them,

on the other we herewith send you

YESTERDAY.

London Sept. 25; n letter. by which what we want The Cabinet met this morning you do for the lives of your prison and again this afternoon.

ed friends is, that you should pay It is understood that many mat $2,000,000 BA Boon as possible. ters were discussed, in view of Otherwise we cannot but put them the Premier's departure for Ameri- to death.

ca and his absence from this coun- try for four weeks.--British Wire- less.

Method of Meeting. "From the 20th Instant, please send your whole-power representa tive to Hongkong with the money from trouble. This you should above mentioned, Thore ho will completely be responsible of." register a note on a Chinese newspaper, telling us his address. Then we shall send' our whole- power representative to him.

Victims. Appeal.

At the same time, the Mission has received a letter from the cap "The note must need be in the tives, stating that on the night be- newspapers as long as one month. fore it was written they were mar within which period, we, of course ched across country to a new Jair, have our representative to look and urging that every effort should for, and talk about the matter with be made to obtain the ransom

money demanded.

Yours.

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established in Canton,

raph Company Ng?

Chan Ming-shu's Arrival,

Canton, Bopt, 25. General Chan Ming-shu who Overeas telephone services and the French mall Sphinx, arrived under Gen.

The Second Nanking Division

Koo Chu-tang is the Anglo-Continental telegraph at Hongkong yesterday morning, moving down river intending to service operated by the Post Office when his party immediately board- join with the First Division in the are not affected by the changed the gunboat Chung Shan which pursuit of the "Ironsides," the British. Wireless

was despatched the previous day object being to prevent, at all

to recgive him. costs, Chang Fat-kwei from enter-

ing Kwangtung,

Hupeh Precautions.

of

MUZZLE FOR PUP.

The Chung Shan arrived at Canton shortly after 3 o'clock, and & motor launch went alongside and conveyed the Chairman and

followers to the Tien Tze Whatt, where already a large number of prominent officials' and officers were waiting to welcome buck the Executive Chief of the Kwangtung - Provincial Govern- ment.

SOVIET INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM.

High In Court Rank.

This was necessary because Mr. Ogawa is the holder of high decorúmi tions bestowed upon him by the Imperial Court, and is also high in

CONTINUOUS WORKING WEEK Court Ranking

DECREED,

The scandal, It is generally anti dipated, will have a marked effect upon the General Election, which Moscow, Sept 25,

will in all probability be held The Council of People's Commis early in 1930. saries has decreed the introduc tion of a continuous working week

Another big contingent

LADY EXPLAINS DIFFICULTY Central Government troops. under Gon. Hau Yuen-yuen is maasing

TO COMIT at Sinyangchow on the Hupeh- Honan border. Ostensibly, the Madam Baroneillot No. 24, step is being taken to ensure the Ashley Road, Kowloon, was sum

Mr. Ogawa to-day is regarded as tranquillity of the Peking-Hankow moned before Mr. T 9 Whyte

in factories,, and elsewhere, In the chief political manipulator of Railway, but the precaution really Sith, at the Kowloon Wagletracy After shaking hands and excluding Sundays, but excluding the Sefyukaj (Opposition) Parts is to guard against a possible this morning, for allowing her changing compliments with those the five principal revolutionary and it is calculated that a reaction Invasion of Hupeh from Honan of dog to be abroad without waiting on the wharf, the Chair festivala in the year,

against the Seiyukai throughout the doubtful Kuominchun, units muzzle for it. She was taking the man went across the Bund to the

the country is certain, under Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang. dog to Halubbug Road, to have a Naval Headquarters, where he

Later..

muzzle cut when the police officer rested awhile before proceeding to It la understood that over a appeured, A his residence at Tung Shan, 1,000, Nanking; troops passed up His Worship pointed out that day in a China Merchants S. Nauzzles, and registered a caution. the Fear River for Canton yester, oven (paps were required to have

Company steamer.

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WEATHER REPORT

NEW TUC. CHAIRMAN

Owing to the rumours arising

Central Banknotes.

out of the revolt of Chang Fat kwel affecting the confidence of

some of the people in the, stability of the Central Bank, the Kwangtung General Chamber of Commerce called a meeting yester day afternoon of the Six Cham- probbers of Commerce and the Native

TO OFFICE

The Royal Observatory reporta that pressure is now highest ofer MR JOHN BEARD APPOINTER South Manchuria and is relatively low in the Pacific-to the East of Luzon. The depression is moving

The workers, in their turn, will take a day's rest every four days. The betivities of the black conted workers will be reorganie ed correspondingly.-Reuter,

MORE MEERUT TRIAL COMPLICATIONS.

TWENTY-FIVE PRISONERS ON HUNGER STRIKE.

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Mr. Ogawa's, Career, Mr. Heikhi Ogawa is a bar rister member of the Diet, who graduated at Law, at Imperial Tokyo University in 1892. He en politice some long time ago. but his first Important post was that of Director of the Census Burdad which he took on its crea tion, in 1920. In 1922, Its status was lowered and Mr. Ogawa resigned

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In the Coalition Cabinet of 1926, Meerut, Sept.:25; !!! Twenty-five of the prisoners In Mr. Ogawa was appointed Minister the Communist conspiracy cass, of Justice, and he took over the which has been dragging on for portfolio of Minister of Railways Mr. Fan Ki-mo, the Commis months owing to persistent obstruc. when Baron Tanaks later took

- London. “Sept. 25 Bankers Association to discuss North-Eastward through the Mr. John Beard, President of the and devise means of consolidat If the money does not come Straits of Horea. The forecast General Workes Union, was electing the financial situation." Our whole-power represente-shortly into the hands of the bandit till noon to-morrow is: Moderato ed Chairman of the General tive. Mr. Chen Ping, you should leader, the letter adds, "we shall be easterly or variable winds fine Council of the Trade Union Con- sioner of Finance, and Mr. Au tion, have declared a hunger strike. the ruins of office as the leader of politely entertain, and protect him in the greatest danger."

generally,

gress to-day,——British Wireless.:

(Continued from Page 4)-Reuter

the Seiyukat Party-Router