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SHANGHAI JAIL BREAKERS, A REPLY TO THE PORTUGUESE
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CANTON INFORMATION BURRAU.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
Island for the refold purpose of enclosing the port entirely by Por- tuguese territory and securing for
1991.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Macao the best potable water in that HOW MANY FEEL THIS WAY? section of the delta region. There is little doubt that the Lusitanians are
thirsting for apps a spring waters. [To the Editor of the "China Meller Bat they are also wanted by the the soil. rightful and immemorial owners of
THE STATUS QUo or 1887.
Sir-Rel. your remark to my letter
of yesterdayDo I know that the
follows (according to the French view) that for the sake of the Polish patches the whole area' should go to Poland (that is to say, anywhere but to Germany. In effect, they propose to save the principle by applying it to a minority as against a majority. Tha “urgument" is easily seen through,
Canton: Sept 26-4 Hongkong and Mr. George has turned it down.
Seasonal Septo paper has published what, we take it, Italy agrees with him, and it is under- Amo Norman, the American jail is to be read as the official Portuguese stood that America also is against breaker, was captured yesterday in a version of the recent incident at In these circumstances, the War is over!" I reply that I am France in this one datail. Hence the house in Haskell Road, Shanghai, Macao. The statement opens with Portuguese, statement wholly begs the aware that it has been so declared. split" on the Supreme Council, and occupied previously by Vera Pohlman, the admission that various incidents question when it contends that, in But that doesn't make any difference these bitter French comments on thera Russian woman who is in custody | have occurred recently relating to the view of the maintenance of the status British Premier. It should not be on a charge of aiding the jail breakers question of Portuguese and Chinese que of 1887 as stipulated by article 2 to the fart that there are Germans necessary to point out that the The police discovered Norman hiding jurisdiction all of which have been of the Treaty of Peking, "it follows still on the Earth neither does it poli majority of the plebiscite is in a sideboard. The Fohlman case determined with more or less difficulty that if the port of Macao was solely alter our deep regard for them. What the thing to be loyally observed, was again adjourned yesterday, after by the authorities at Canton and under Portuguese jurisdiction in 1897, of the cry "Lest we forget?? I'm if there be any regard at all Muncie gave evidence as to the Macao." We concur. But what China cannot exercise any authority for the principle that prompted escapade.
follows in the Portuguese version is an in the waters of the part." The entire inclined to think that many have for- the taking of the vote. After all,
obvious falsification of history. point st isame is what are gotten already; before the Blood has
even if the voting had been more SHIPOWNER'S LIABILITIES. These incidents or conflicts," it is the waters of the port of Macao, hardly ceased to drip from the sword. said, far from being due to a desire The historical evidence is completely There are Germaus on the Earth even to enlarge Portuguese authority-s against the present Portuguese con-
subordinates."
A CONCLESTVE ANSWER.
even, there would still be a certain preponderance in favour of those who desire to remain as they are, as
ANOTHER OPIUM CASE. desire which does not exist are tention that those waters included, in though the War is over, and very against those who ask for change.
rather due to a want of comprehension 1897, the Chinese side of the inlet soon they will be all over the Earth The number expressing a desire to
Hessri P. A. Lapicque and Com-of the right, duties and obligations of separating Macao from Lappa Llandegain, practising again their slimy continue German being so very much pany, owners of the as. "Hanoi," nations in their relations to each And even if the evidence which is greater than the number wishing to were this morning charged before other, on the part of subaltern or not the case were less conclusive as
way, propaganda and spring, pre- be under the Polish flag. makes the Magistrate Orme with, having allowed junior Chinese officials, who maintain to what were the waters of the port paring again to have another bid for French argument look as flimsy as the vessel to be used for the trans a doubtful discipline amongst their of Macao in 1887, the briefest non-world supremacy and domination by those used in the fable by the wolfportation of illicit opium
sideration of the question, abder the the night of might, the rule of the that wished to eat the lamb. The Revenue officers searched the ship
guidance of settled law, would shewsword. That is of course, if we let motive protrudes. It is patently like or her arrivit in part hast week and
the status quo of 1857 to be precisely this the motive that made Germany per-seized 1,030 taels of maw, and 4981
them! They've started already. petrate the criminal folly of 1871, of taels of prepared son-Government
what is affirmed by the historical facts of the case. We cast this treatment Now's the time to stop them-not Ltd. mobbing France Alsace and opium which were concealed under the || Lorraine, and the incident that cos! in the bankers, in the engine
of the issue into the form of a series after they get a bold on certain it- fluential Sections of the nations by of numbered statements: France does not propose to take room and in the stakehold
1. It is to be noted that the inlet means of finance. For the love of al Upper Silesia to herself, but to give presentative of the Company told the it to Poland. makes no difference so Magistrate that the Handi" was far as the motive is concerned. In cut of port at present, and would not tally less than 3 square miles, it is Chinese island of Lappa were once selves men be true to the memory of to-lay considerably more than 11 square miles and, if the Portuguese claim were allowed, it would exceed
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The conclusive answer to attempt to find the cause for these incidents or conflicts in Chinese truculency rather than in the Port guese desire to grab more Chinese in 1848, the area of Macao was actor waters between Macao and the we bold sacred, let us who call our territory, is to point out that whereas
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As the Portuguese statement ha:
3. The refusal of the 'Portuguese to plunged into history, and bad history pay the annual land-reat of Ts. 3500 at that, it is necessary to rehearse the rendered their occupation of Macao, Hongkong, September 28, 1921. relevant historical facts involved in
from 1848 to 1887 tortious and illegal. the case. The settlement of Macso 4. The Treaty of Peking legalised originally comprised the tip of the the Portuguese occupation of Macac
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therance of one'*
supposed material interests at the expense of wounding the feelings of large com- į muzities. It did not pay Germany in the long run. It will not pay France to do the like. Mr George has said so. Mr. George is acting in
Four of the most outstanding films accordance with that opinion. Hence that have come to Hongkong are to tongue of land jutting out at the terms tantamount to a cession of these venomous attacks on him by the be screened at the Kowloon theatre southern extremity of the West River the territory of the settlement as from
To-night's big delta, known as the District of the date of the Treaty. very patient with them. They are feature is the D. W. Griffith Heung-Shan The Portuguese were
5. While there was no general rule "off the handle."
masterpiece "The Idol Dancer" and at first no more than squatters and of International Law. which could that will give place to-morrow even according to a well-known book of automatically fix the land frontier of
A really sensible garment for sun- ing to Marshall Neilan's uproarious reference, they "first obtained alacao, there was, at the date of the comedy "Don't Ever Marry" footing on a vacant lot near the shore of law), such a principle of the Law of of Hongkong this morning. It really Treaty of Peking (and it is still a rule mer wear was displayed in the streets "Trumpet Island," a truly remarkable under the pretext of drying wet cargo. Nations which determined the frontier ought to have caused a riot or Vitograph production. will go on to and in 1557 were permitted by the line of two states bordering on an scandal, at the very least it should One imported case of paratyphoid the bill for Friday and the manage. Chinese Government, then under the inlet, Le. the middle of the river. have beer sufficient to have roused a fever, British, was notifed yesterday.ment will wind up their four days' Ming Dynasty, to erect factories on
big picture"
season on Saturday the payment of Tis. 20,000." Later the the Portuguese by the Treaty of 1887, his responsibilities as a guardian of 6. As Macao was legally ceded to policeman to activity and a sense of with Hepworth's notable comedy Portuguese made a new arrangement it necessarly follows that the bound-public porperty and morals. It didn't. "Once aboard the Lugger."
with the Manchu Government, which
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required them to pay an annual landry, line between it and the Chinese Hongkong even on a coal day could- tax of Tis. 500 and probibited their territory of Lappa Island then lay n't be so energetic. The cause of all. movements beyond two barrier gates along the middle of the river separat this supressed excitement was a small These gates
youth. He was wearing the garment ing the two. were opened 6 times a month, when the Portuguese were
and strolled along looking supplied with nice and other neces
nonchalant as posible. That was all sumed. Really he was very ill at sase. He shrank from all this publicity
which is doing something unusual. with the true modesty of youth
Baries."
▲ SCRAP OF PAPER."
The following is the programme of The Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd., advertises that from the third concert to he given in the The land tax of The. 500 was paid October 1 the building now known as Chamber of Commerce Hall to antil 1848, when the Portuguese Hotel Mansions will be known as El-Tour Mr. Lec Podolsky, and state of China brought about by the afternoon by Miss Anna taking advantage of the weakened Miss Vera Mirova, kindly assisted by first Opium War-violated the agree
Union Building.
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7. Hence, the status quo of 1887 was that the "waters of the port of Macao extended up to and not beyond the middle of the river, the waters on Chinese jurisdiction. On this view, the Lappa side being entirely under the case against the Portuguese con-
fact. tention is complete both in law and
As the recent incident at Macao is
It was obvious that the searching glance pierced him deeply, nor was the scorn of the daintily clad damsel against whom he nearly brushed loss,
felt uncomfortable in similar circum
Harry Ore, Mr. Van Taeck, and Mr.ment, refused to pay the land tax admittedly the direct outcome of the ipon him. And who wouldn't hare
Shareholders of the Hongkong Gonzalez. and Shanghai Banking Corporation Homance are reminded by an advertisement in At the Convent this issue that the final call of £35 per.Prelude.. share is payable on October 1,
Fantaisie
and expeiled the Chinese authorities. Tschaikovsky It was about this time that the "desire Portuguese attempt to extend the stances. To begin with his raiment
Mushrooms.... .Mcossorgsky Peking legalised the Portuguese oc on the part of the Portuguese-it sort of a shield. This youth carried
Caricature of a Russian Dance.
Anna El-Tour.
ment.
Grieg
Anna El-Tour, Vera Mirova.
on the Upper Silesian question, has
According to the Canton Times, TRUTH, JOSHIOK, PUBLIC SERVZOR "
been France's very good friend, trying reports from Narning indicate that Hongkong, WinnerDAY, SEPT. 28 1911. mistake that the Germans made when the west of the Kwangsi town of to save her frota a grave mistake, the Langchowban, an important place to they took Alsace and Loraine. Let ungehow was captured by Cantonese
(A Popular Melody) troops on September 22. usbriefly review all that has led up
Itterval. to this French misunderstanding. It
The First Mering was agreed that the principle of self} Poisession of 27,000 datiable With a Water-Lály In a humorous periodical that is determination" should be observed, cigarettes and 27 bottles of dutiable The Way of theWorld! very popular in Paris, and has a wide and a plebiscite taken in Upper Silesia, brandy was alleged against a Chinese circulation elsewhere, a paper that to ascertain whether the population shopkeeper who was presented at the commands a political prestige some would rote For remaining in Police Court to-day. The defendant thing like that of Punch, there was the German state or be transferred was remanded on $1,000 bail. published recently a cartoon in thrce to Poland. Two districts in the south panels. It is entitled "At a Bosche east elected to be Polish, and although Banquet," and depicts, with the their wish has not been followed by cured leather from the e.s. "Chung-Scotch
Far, the theft of a quantity of caustic pencil of a clever artist, seven any confinning agreement by the typical Germans, all with large Leer Allies, we may take it that so far as Magistrate Orme this morning to four Bang, a Chinese was sentenced by rugs in their hands. One is stand-these districts are concerned, there months hard tabour. The police ing; he is evidently the chairman, He need be no hitch between France and said that thefts from ships by cargo ralls (in panel number One for England. The same should apply in coolice were becoming very frequent "Three cheers for Germany, and gets the case of the north western parts lately, and pressed for a heavy a polite response, the expressions cn which voted overwhelmingly for
LEO PODOLSKY-HARRY QEZ.
Borodine to enlarge Portuguese authority" found
waters of the port" right up to the Rachmaninoffits first notable expression.
The apps side of the inlet, it is clear that was hardly suitable for this cool weather. Furthermore it didn't Scriabine northern boundary of Macau, which the Portuguese are and must be in fit him everywhere. For those Leo Podolsky.
then raa across the centre of the the wrong and wholly responsible for whe are looking for something of Other French papers have been Fatshan, tear the junction of the Orientale.
.C. Cai tongue of land, was pushed back the origin and consequences of the this sort it may be stated that it was pablishing gibes to the effect that the North and West rivers, one of the
Vera Mizova.
to include the entire peninsula, right
incident.
of the one piece variety, cunningly British are now, siding with Ger- most densely populated cities in
up to the barrier on the sandy isthans
ANOTHER "SCRAP OF PAPER." (Violin obligute: Ms, Van Taeck.)
fashioned of some clinging material, many," us against France, which Kwangtung is likely, the Canton
connecting the settlement with the It is unnecessary to go afresh into hanging from the neck and reach- is a false suggestion. It may Times says, to be granted a municipal Hebrew Song..Rimsky-Korsakoff of things, created by the Portuguese, except to state that besides being lower extremities are left bare
A Persian Song..... ...Rubinstein
rest of the delta. This illegal state the particular facts of the incident,ing to the knees. The arms and take a long time to convince Government.
The North Star.
Grinka continued down to 1887 when the due generally to the persistent thus encuring perfect freedom. A Russian Folk Song..Dargonijsky Protocol of Lisbon and the Treaty of violation of the Treaty of 1897 Over the Don..]
The wearer is advised to carry some cupation of Macao in return for the was specifically, provoked by another one almost as big as himself, Square Portuguese undertaking to aid in characteristic Portuguese violation in shape with black device.on a suppressing the smuggling trade inof a written agreement made white ground. It was to the effect opium-which, by the way, is still between the Canton and Micso Interport Swimming To-day." vigorous and flourishing in the settle-authorities last year as a modus By the way it may be mentioned rivendi pending the final settle-that the garment was a rather The Portuguese statement apment of the matter. It is one of the ancient swimming costume. You may
invoke article 2 pears to
of terms of the agreement that the have guessed it especially if you the Treaty of Peking The Portuguese shall not interfere with happen to live on the Peak where, article stipulates that "Commissioners Chinese fahing-boats which may be vide Saitary Board reports, all people Romance et Variations, (On an old shall proceed to the delimitation of Ngan Hang, s purely Chinese village new style is anticipated. In choosing
appointed by both Governments beached for cleaning or repaire near are educated. No rush to copy th Norwegian ballad), For two pianos, the boundaries (of Macao), which on the exclusively Chinese territory of this rather novel war of advertising
Songs...."You are the lad of tion of the boundaries is not con- which
Grieg, shall be determined by a special Con- Lappa Island. In violation of what the V.R.C. made one mistake, They vention; but so long as the delimita- may be justly described as a provision ought to have washed the lad.
sums up, in ingle my heart"....Beethoven.cinded, everything in respect of them brief clanss of an agreement, *Come fill"
shall continue as at present without years of Portuguese truculency "Where got ye that
addition, dimination, or alteration and Chinese philosophic sub "Macao," we read in a popular guide- by either of the parties.
missiveness,
the Macao harbour book in a passage devoted to the amenities of the place, is popularly master has stationed a launch near Ngan Hang in order to compel Chinese known as the Monte Carlo of the At the date of this Treaty of Peking fahing boats to go to the Macao side Orient there being several large of 1897, the water boundary between of the river or to take out licences ambling establishments, conducted Macao and the Chinese territory issued by him. There are, however, under Government control, the known as Lappa leland, lying opposite limits even to the yielding tolerance licences bringing in a large to it, was not an acute issue if it of the Chinese with their inherited even to the Colonial Treasury, ao more animation than the little ther The French quickly recovered from
Besides licensed gambling houses, did before. The third is "Three cheers their consternation at this result, and cane," was sentenced to 21 days
Portuguese authorities at the time of the saving grace of common sense, for Lloyd George Hip! Hip! Hip. being anxious that Germany should imprisonment. Inspector Epear of the
had a more or less "correct compre. Hence, the recent incident.
Government. The lots are drawn and all stand up and braudish their not have the wealth that this would Water Police, said that the accused
bension of the right, duties and
once a month, the highest prize being gs and yell and show enthusiasm. involve (as a trade rival) or the iron would be sent back to Shanghai.
obligations of nations in their rela-MONTE CARLO OF THE ORIZFT": The artist convinces his clients in and coal (838 possible future enemy)|
nations the theatre of The language of the Portuguese legitimate moes af trafie, at as $150,000.**: From these that way that the British Premier is with Gallic quickness of wit they set
a.river-boundary, such as that exist communique compels na to make a hænan frailties, Macno derives un remarkably popular in Germany, the out to show that he poll majority Prays at Kennedy Town yesterday sekularity is sured They aid digre ie. the boundary line lies along the rentre of pernicious human activities dollars. Practically the whole ot Engaged in loading a truck on because by their ccessiva uzo daily ing between Macao and Lappa Island; becessary reference to Macao amanal surplus revenue of 6-7 million, obvious intention being to make him was not the thing to count. They afternoons Chime for over-pel buiousness and ark headaches centre of the main channel; (b) it was which no government, definable this large sum is remitted to the home: tine, regulate the liver, prevent or cia apuur in France. Now, what pointed out that within some of these inlanced and fell striking his head Ting but the ously, they unbind set only in 1909 that the Portuguese as civilised, ought to tolerate far government, although this process of does this mean? The China Mail, pro-German districts there are local violently against nae of the wheels as nature
kich has not loved Mr. George since majorities of pro-Poles, and that the He was picked up unconscious and 11 mpered by FINETES making the Port of Macao available it was the centre of the slave method of appropriation which ap 211 constipated fresh depremer or
began dreiging work with the view of Test Jégalise. Some years ago colonial milling is masked by shortly after the armistice, considers principle of self-determinat ca te- takes to the Government Civil You'll for hester in the mo that it means Upper Silesia chiefly, quires that these Polish enclavs Hospital, where he is now receiving
for the largest river-boste and trade in the Far East. To-day it a pears to divert the money, to Of chemi-ts-- Everyn sad in that case desires to say that should go to Poland. As this would medical attention. The led is not in at 63 cents the
also post ultimately overses shipping, and (c) one large opium den and gambling sesintance of the Portugues bold 3 Georgebarne be in the sight, beispie withcat you the danger of long his life.
4 1887, the Portuguese and vot zet "hall and something wond which th Boad, Shanghai.
contemplated the seizure of Lapps we must refrain from specifying
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the faces conveying a enggestion that German allegiance, a'though the pensity.
the banuetters are getting bored and French do not like it. The bone of
er moon ANNKEL-TOUR, LEG PODOLMEY ME VAN TACK, MR. GONZALEZ, Humoresque
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