GENERAL CABLES

Southland Times, Issue 19656, 5 October 1922, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

(By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright). PEKIN, October 4. Foochow advices indicate that Fukien province has declared its independence from the Central Government and is affiliating with Sun Yat Sen, opposing both Pekin and Canton. General Hsu Chung-chi is advancing sixty miles from Foochow. It seems that Chang-Tso-lin is co-opera>itg with Sun Yat Sen, thus creating a menace south of the Yangtse-Kiang river, leaving Chang a free hand when he wishes to recapture Pekin, because the Chih-Ii faction is unable to present a united front. Chang has redoubled his military energies, and is getting arms and ammunition via rail and sea, and producing a million cartridges daily. TOKIO, October 2. lit is learned authoritively that the sale of arms and ammunition at Vladivostok to Chang-teo4in has created a serious controversy between the Foreign Office and tEe military Chief of Staff. It is understood that Baron Kato will summon General Uyehara and demand a readjustment of the affair. It is reported that Baron Kato will resign unless the general yields. Sixteen were killed and 34 injured in a fire panic at a motion. picture theatre in Aomori in the province of Mathu. The majority of the casualties were children. OTTAWA, October 3. University leader.- of the United States, England, and the Continent will attend the opening of the new biological and botanical building of McGill University at Montreal on Thursday. SHANGHAI, October 4. Mr .Joseph Bailtie, representative of the Ford Obmpany. who is investigating the possibilities of the establishment, of a Ford factory in China, has .sailed for America with a report which it is understood is favourable to such establishment, and the immediate training of Chinese for employment in manufacturing and assembling automobiles in China. VANCOUVER, October 3. The salvage steamer Algerine and the tug boat Nkinat have been despatched to convey the Empress of Australia to Victoria. The Canadian Pacific Company says that this is a purely precautionary measure, as the vessel is making fair progress.