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PROMOTION FOR U.S.] WUHAN. REDS ON INDIAN AGITATORS

CONSUL.

KATARAMA !!

MR. DOUGLAS JENKINS RAISED TO FIRST-CLASS RANK.

DOYEN AT CANTON.

Canton,, May 15, News has been received here by telegram from the State Depart ment at Washington of the promo- tion to First Class Consul-General of Mr. Douglas Jenkins, Consul

WARPATH.

AIM AT CAPTURING HANKOW.

PLAN TO SET UP A SOVIET GOVERNMENT.

General for the United States of PLÛNDER & PILLAGE,

America in Canton and Doyen of the Consular Body,

SURROUNDED.

SPEND DAY SQUATTING ON

THE ROAD.

A POLICE CORDON.

Dharasana, May 15. The police are apparently deter- mined to practice satyapraka (civil disobedience) against the satyagrahis headed by Mrs. Naidu, who are marching hither to raid the salt depot.

Mra. Naidu and her volunteers

When Mrs. Naidu and her com- Hankow, May 15. panions started cut this morning, Mr. Jenkins was appointed

Taking advantage of the the police made a cordon round Consul-General in Canton on the absence of the Nationalist troops them, whereupon Mrs. Naidu re- 30th March, 1923, and has been from Hankow and Wuchang. fused to turn back and directed her Doyen of the Consular Body here for the past three years. He has consequent on the war against followers to squat on the road. enjoyed a long and varied career the Shansi-Kuominchun allies, sat all day long near the salt-pans, Born in South Carolina in 1880, he thousands of Chinese Com-inside the police cordon, not eating graduated from the Porter Mili munists are conducting orgies of or drinking. They passed the time Cary Academy, Charleston S.C.. in plunder and pillage and are in spinning and chatting-Reuters 1897. At Charleston he was a

openly organising a big move-

Sholapur Arrest. member of the Sumter Guards. From 1897 to 1901 Mr. Jenkinsment to capture Hankow so as

Sholapur, May 16. was a law student and was called to establish a Soviet Government

Mr. Maneckchand, the President From in the capital of Hupeh Province. of the Municipality, has been ar to the Bar in May, 1901. 1901 to 1903 he was practising as

While simultaneous Communist attorney, In 1900, Mr. Jenkins outbreaks are reported at Hanchrested in connexion with the re- took up journalism and became wan and Simakow, two thousand

Press Call Hartal. reporter of the staff of the Communist followers are concen-

Bombay, May 15. Greenville News, later becoming trating at Tsaitien, which is City Editor of that paper.

situated about fifty miles from An All-India Conference of jour- nalists and. owners of printing Hankow."

presses, mostly representing Na- tionalist newspapers, has passed & resolution authorising the furnish- the Press ing of security under Ordinance, provided the first secur- ity has not been forfeited.

Sitting for Consular examina- tion April 7th 1908, he Was appointed Consul at St. Pierre el Miquelon on June 22nd of the same year. On March 8th, 1912, appointed Consul at Goteborg, Sweeden, and on November 24th, 1913, Consul at Riga.

ho

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cent riots, Reuter.

Red Army Organised. At Tsaitien, the Communist leaders are persuading farmers the and the riff-riff villagers to enlist in a Red Army which threatens to invade Hankow and Wuchong. as soon as their nefarious plans are matured. Hundreds of youths have been at--Reuter. tracted by the Communist orators and have enlisted under the Red banner.

From: August, 1916, to February, 1917, Mr. Jenkins, as Consul for the United States of America in Riga, was also in charge of British and French interests, there. the British Consternation prevails among the and French Consuls having wealthy residents at Tsaitien in been obliged to withdraw owing view of the activities of the "Reds" to the advance of the German and fifty thousand refugees have armies on Riga,

flocked Into Hankow, hundreds of whom arrived during the past few days.

The Conference' has called a Press hartal for May 20th and 31st as a protest against the Press Ordinance.

Bombay Procession.

Bombay, May 15. "Long Live the Revolution!" cried the marchers in a procession over a mile long through. the business quarter of the city to- day.

The event was organised by the Youth League, and those taking part carried red flags. They in- Regarding, the war situation, it cluded a number of Congress is reported that ericounters be volunteers wearing white "Gand- tween the Nationalist and anti-hi caps and red scarves-Reuter. Nationalist troops are still in pro- gess at various points along the Lung-Hai Railway, whilst the Shansi Commanders are beginning was to relise the importance of holding

Chengchow.

On the entry of the United States into the war in February, 1917, Mr. Jenkins was himself obliged to leave Riga; he was for a short time in Kieff, then making his way gradually across Russia and Siberia, still watching American interests in those parts, he finally came to Vladivostock.

Vladivostock From

he appointed to Harbin (Manchuria) on August 16th, 1918.

On September 10th, 1921, Mr. Jenkins was promoted Consul-1 General Fourth Class, and on December 23rd of that year was detailed to the State Department at Washington. On March 30th, 1923, he was assigned to Canton as Consul-General

Defence of Chengchow.

Thousands of Shansi troops have

Peshawar Quiet. ·

Simla, May 15. Latest advices show that the од the North-West position Frontier has considerably im- proved.

All is quiet in Peshawar City, the only trouble in Peshawar dis- arrived at Shihchiachwang, mar trict being the activities of gangs,

shirts, who ching towards Lanfeng to rein- wearing red force the Kuominchun defenders, cutting telegraph wires. Reuter. at Chengchow.

Four Shansi aeroplanes have The only other Consul-Generals arrived at Lanfeng and will remain of First Class in the United there to defend Chengchow in States Consular Service in China view of the fact that the National are the Consul-Generals inist troops are bound to attack Shanghai and Tientsin-Our Own shortly. Correspondent.,

DRUG MANUFACTURE.

LIMITATION CONFERENCE TO BE CALLED.

Geneva, May 15,

The Nationalist troops, after

capturing Kweiteh, are advancing slowly... on Kaifeng. Meanwhile, the Nationalist Commanders have telegraphed to the Hankow Na tionalist Army along the Peking Hankow Railway, on the Hupeh, Ilonan frontier, to move up to wards Chenkehow to assail this city on the Kin-Han Railway.

Chiung In Charge.

The Council of the League has adopted the Committee's report in

It is definitely stated that Mar- favour of convening a conference shal Chiang Kai-shek is still re- for the limitation of manufac maining at the front directing his ture of dangerous drugs, to be picked army along the Lung-Hai composed of representatives of Railway. twenty-five

Nationalist aeroplanes have con- countries, including Great Britain, Canada, China. tinued the bombardment of Cheng. Egypt, the United States, India, chow. Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang, Japan, Persia and Turkey.

Vice-Commander-in-chief, of the The next Session of the Council Kuaminchun allies, is said to be has been fixed for September 5-taking shelter at a village sever

miles from Chengchow.

Reuter.

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Warships on Lookout,

Merchants' Plight. Geneva, May 15.

Chinese merchants of Chengchow Enough opium to supply the

are in a plight because the Kuomin- medicinal needs of the whole world for several years is aboard chun. Commanders, under the in the mystery ship mentioned ear-hsiang, have demanded

structions of Marshal Feng Yu- that the lier, for which it is learned Bri- Chinese Chamber of Commerce take tain and other naval Powers the lead to collect $500,000 from have been requested to keep 3

among Chinese firms for the main- tenace of war expenses.

lookout.

The ship is stated to have cleared from Buahire, destined for Vladivostok, and will probably attempt to discharge its cargo into, junks in the oper sea-Reuter.

UNITED STATES OF EUROPE.

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alist Officer Commanding the Gov- ernment force defending Shantung, his willingness to surrender to the Central Government provided his troops be treated on an equal foot- ing with Marshal Chiang Kai- shek's own army, ! General Han Fu-chu has wifed to Marshal Chiang for instruc- tions, adding that the whole of Shih Yu-shan's Division is mass- ing on the northern bank of the Yellow River in Shantung to await the Nanking decision.

Attack Possible,

They

It is conjectured that the Kuominchun force under General Shih Yu-shan will commence an immediate attack against Tsinanfu and Tsining if their terms of sur- render are not accepted.

These two Kuominchun Gen-) erals, Shih Yu-shan and Han Fu- chu, have been good friends for many years, both serving under the Kuomiuchun Army. surrendered to Nanking, during the rebellion of General Tang Sang-chi against the Central Government. Later, both Divisions

involved in the Pukow mutiny when they re- fused to disembark for Canton to take part in the war against the "Ironsides." Since, Han Fu-chu surrendered to Nanking for the! second time after the Pukow mutiny and Shih Yu-shan went Mar- back to his former master, shal Feng Yu-halang.

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Marshal Feng threatens that if the $500,000 is not forthcoming in a week's time he will enforce mar- tial law to deal with the merchants, that Feng Yu-hsiang ordered who will be compelled to accept general offensive on May 10, order- bank notes issued by the Kuomin- ing three divisions to attack Sin- chun Government banks in North-yangchow, four to attack Siangyang, Western China at their face value. five Yencheng, three Chowchiakow

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Tientsin Customs.

River to take Tainanfu.

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Sun Tien-ying and Wan Hsuan- Concerning the suggestion of the tsai are to attack the enemy's left COSSACKS Tientsin (Continued from Page 1.)

Customs authorities flank southward of Hsuchowfu, and that revenues be deposited at the Shansiites are to attack the proposed, Mr. Graham said he foreign banks to prevent the money right flank northward of Hsuchow- would like to see an international from being utilised by militarists, fu conference summoned imme-Marshal Yen Hsi-shan has signified Fu Tso-yi, is to cross the Yellow diately to get to work on the his refusal to comply with such an matter.

arrangement, indicating that he will either enforce an embargo on all inward and outward steamers at Tientsin or open a new Chinese Customs Stations at the former German Settlement in Tientsin, adopting drastic military measures to force the merchants to make their payments.

Dominions Attitude. Regarding the attitude of the British Dominions, he said it must be remembered that they had their own tariff systems, though he hoped they would be ready to take their place in a movement towards freer trade.

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Five cavalry divisions, are invade the country between the Peking-Hankow and Tientsin-Pu- kow railways.

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It is claimed that the Kuomin- chun forces occupied Yencheng on May 12; and that a subordinate of Sun Chuan-fang stationed at "Chumatien, with the Forty-seventh Division, has gone over to the northerners,

Thje, he said, was largely a European problem, but he hoped

Surrender Offer. the British Empire would march Government propagandlat organs While Nanking has appointed AT THE substantially in step though he at Nanking state that General Shih Chang Hsuch-liang to be Vice was unable to pledge any Yu-shan, one of the most influential Generalissimo, the Shansi faction Dominion or Colonial Govern- among the Kuominchun Com-claim that he has drafted a circular ment since these were separately manders. In Shantung Pro- telegram announcing his assump represented in the League. As vince has indicated to Gen- tion of the post of Vice Command- sembly.

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