MONDAY, MAY 11, 1925.
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INTERESTING SUGGESTION.
SILVER WEDDING
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OF JAPAN.
(Reuter's Service.)
Tokyo, May 10.The silver-
Hongkong University to be on Chinese Mainland. wedding of their Majesties, the
That Hongkong University should be moved to the mainland
in Chinese lensen térritory is part of the latest suggestion regarding
the Boxer funds.
* ASTUTE" MOVE.
(Reuter's Service.)
'our
sand or two miles of railway. On the other hand there is the opportunity of showing the Chinese that we are at least as capable of subordinating acquisitive, instincts as are. the Americans and Japanese anch Russians, who have all devoted their shares to educational or cultural purposes,
- London, Muy 10. A correspondent of the "Observer," commenting on the action of the House of Commons in passing the third reading of "The China Indemnity Bill, hopes the House of Lords, when the BI
THE OTHER SIDE. comes before thems will také a "Conservancy work on a large longer and larger view of imperial scale in the Province of Chihli is policy than the House of Com-anost important. because every
year thousands of people are kil ed by foods, and millions of dollars worth of property re destroyed. If it is still the inter- tion of the British Government to use these Boxer Indemnity) funds for the mutual benefit of the British and Chinese, surely no better use chulth, be made of
·mons.
them than devoting at least a por-Emperor and Empress is tion to save life and property."
being erlebintek,
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JAPERIAL FESTIVITLES. cily Country of Dady Balielin).
Tokyo, May 10.
The foregoing is a Extract from letter by General Li thing-lia, military governor of hibli and appeared in English and Chinese in a recent issue of
Their Majesties B. Emperor and the "Poking and Tientsin Times,“ | Empress, ui Jujah šelebrate" their It is appropriate to quote it at thetver wedding to-day. present time when the matter of The Tokyo Muncipal authorities The China Indenmity, Bill, is so fare giving a publje dusner in Feno mieb.before the public," for it. | Pask to celebrate the oerusion). Tomes as "a enunterhiast In the The Electrte Horain is muning propaganda which has, ben so; pour decorated fearinrus daough the assithiously ronductedFia Tavur leading servers on the Papital, and a of using the funds purely for antren Pression: coliposiad of educational purposes. Jast week, about 300eur members at the Pokyo Ronald MNeill
while the Bill was before a Come | Young • Men's Association is "to The writer sufs that the refusal mittee of the House of Commons, Phe Wold tins venng, starting
ju Mr. Ronald McNeil Under the Federation of British indus- | front of this pedal Tlace and memorandum li poses reling to the Pens Park round -Secretary of Finign Affairs, to tries urged in a confine the fund to ethication and that 20 30 per cent. of the hy the Ala-ake Padates, flinga and similar purposes and, his state- Indemnity should be devoted to School-hi,
Although the actual date is rent that he desired to leave the education and the rest applied to Committee free to subsidise not schemes of conservancy and re-to-lay, tha Municipal celebrations only malical work but also conclamation and of communications. began ye tendos cand they will ron-
As regards conservancy. the tire till tomorrow." servancy and engineering werd memorandum said. millions of Every hose the city is dis plainly intended to refer to con-
Chinese were costinily on the plixing the national Big in thei servancy in the Ficnsin area and verge of starvation owing to it and lanterns at night time. the completion of the Canton-periodical floods and consequend Phe silver wedding banquet will Hankow railway which the Tien- famine. Besides the humani-be goven to the imperial Palace, Isin Chamber "ľ
Commercearian benests which would be and il Peption, To which the ustately put forward
conferred the saying of iramense Horvien diplomats have been invited, attempt to get something for numbers of lives and the obviate wil ale he held. Amongst the fir age and to placate South ing of immensurable suffering-decorations is a huge gateway of The effect would be to increase the grommery greeted at the Babusaki Were the fund twenty times as production of the huid,which in Gate leading to the Palace. The large both project's no doubt'would its turn would lead to increased late and eduums are festooned in be arceptable, but in view of the purchasing power and a higher red, white and yellow bunting A smallness of the fund, education standard of living. As regards multi-coloured chvetric light cluster including medicine, should absorb communications, China has only plays from the top of the Gate at
about 7000 miles of railway loght tinte. serving an estimated population. Au athletic meeting was held of over 400,000,000, compared day in the sater ganleus of the with Great Britain, with its Meiji Shring, and other attractions 20,000 miles of railway - and a | wer" wrestling matches, pageant, population of 45.000.000 only. public encerts by the naval and The Tientsin British Chamber of a military banks, a “No” dance in the Commerce, an authority on the Kisko Slorine, and fire works,
Chin
it all.
as
If the universities of Peking and Hongkong could thus be etables in remove from their pre- Sent constricted sites to the western hills and the mainland in Chinese_leased "territory, respeċ- tively, North China and South Ching would both bottit, and" wo monuments more enduring than brass would testify to England's goodwill towards Chin.
THE CHINA MAIL.
EMPIRE PAGEANT.
WEMBLEY THROWN
OPEN AGAIN.
STIRRING SCENES,
Stupendous Crowds Hear King's Speech. Admid great enthusiasm and splendour the King and Queen opened the British Empire Exhibition on Saturday afternoon.
KING'S SPEECH, „{Reuter's service.)
3 Duke of York, addressing His Majesty betors the letter's speech, sant the new dute for the opening was chosen because was the London, May 9. fifteenth anniversary of de date of The British Empire Exhibition proclamation of the King was reopened to-day in States by Rupen.. e mated that the His Majesty the King, accompanieit | Papite pe nintives who were by the Queen, amid gnat en-inviated is great enterprise thusiasm and splendour. The took cccnsion to offer humble duty, weather was fine, though occasion and hoped he would long reign. ally overcast. The grounds and de- The present Exhibition, while corations are vastly improved, on maintaining the one character as last year, and present quito un last year's would prosent the lesson artist apponimus, The Exhibi- of Empire in a new manner. The tion, itself was rendered more com- Fait laid been to provide not only pet and nttructive. Many examplete University of Empire, and but a great pleasure and recreation colónial pavilious have been grand. changed and applemented.
His Muy the King, in oponing Stupendous, crowds bound, for Exhibition, referring to the Wembley by road hocked the wisis at pintriolie step in continuing Batie.. The Stulimu was packed for nausther youd what had been Hong before the wrivak of their pighe described as the University Majesties the King and Queen, who of the Respire, dovlared that the were heralded by a fur of Exhibition was ų, mucessful instru- Trumpets and the booming of gums, mont of policy for spreading know- 1. After driving round the stadium ledge of inutun aspirations, to the accompaniment of drafruing | ubacitive and needs, which was the
hibite of the Dominus!
!!
King George, andi fueen Mary.
spot is also strongly of the apin- A large silveg vaso with inlaid on that after adequately support (goht devadians was, the present ing British education and medical given by the nienbers of the cheers, His Majesty the King, in foundatior of goodwill between con- institutions in China, the remain-Tamperial family to the Emperor and the uniform of an Adnurad of the situent proples, upon which the ing funds should be devoted Rompress, and individual presents Fleet, and the Queen, took their British Empire depps for security Writing in mail week. "The towards helping China to recover were also made by members of the seats on golden thuvies Con award prosperity. The King welcomed New Slatesman" said; We are| veonomic and political Stability, Bumperiál family,
terimson arul gold dajs on much side | the "#voisensatpresentatives and Had to see signs of increasing This view has ample support
of which sat High Commissioners, congratulated the Board of public interest in the proposals'of from other British and Chinese
representatives of the Colonies and Management on presenting the the China Indemnity Bill. The interests throughout the country, This Committee has now been diplomatists. Groups of India Empire in a new aspect, giving a decision that Great Britain should and now there is Mr. J. O. P. increased to admit of another re-beers in, multi-coloured uniforms, ecomplete, vivid and ver fresh follow the example of other coun- Bland advocating in the Morning presentative of the Republie of uards of Honour from the Army, partum, He said he was glad to tries in remitting her quota of Post" the scientife conservancy China, and it should be able to Navy and Air Force, monedhari than last year's results were The Boxer indemnity was taken a of the Yellow River, He has no commente its deliberations very alium detachments, nursing ser- so faveagall, and he hoped there considerable time ago. Billpro- use for railway projects, so long shortly. It would be interesting, vives, military and naval schools and he a continuance of the viding that, the money should be as the country pemain- at the therefore. If those who favour the and Chelsea pensioners, grouped in bestoficon work of assembling spent on the education of the mercy of marauding troons, daut whole of the money being allorat-the vicinity of the diaxonide a peoples of many lands, to whom the Chinese was intrts luce originally his conservancy scheme. Le m ed to education would answer Mr. dazzling coloer picture.
Exhibition would demonstrate how by the Conservatives in 1993," carded as "an enterprise which, †, Bland's question": Can they noini Though the weather was fine in many of their wants can be supplied, aydin by the Labour Government while providing an instructive to a single instance in which the Loudon, with the usual. Wembley from wife part of our Common last year, and now by the Comert lesson, would prevzat the results of foreign education have lack a Leavy rainstorm broke the wealth asins, while we at servatives once more, There was wide area of country to the im- or administrative reform
ever-recurring devastation of a been manifested in any political moment the King rose and the ritme sa mumerous opportunities hot babour opposition to its
con- Sturtium la même à sea of lumbrellas. [offered By great countries overseas Send Reading last week, on the mediate benefit of the Chinese
ducive to the welfare of the The vast audience rose and cheered to those wishing a wider horizon and da there were insulti-Prople and of foreign trade." The Chinese peo? Can they point when the King, whose ten minutes. w fields of endeavour. AS PARADES hat the money has wisely decided to leave the single-minded integrity in the the Stadium, declared the Exhibition policy of presenting lesson
His Majesty welcomed the Ex- House of Commons Committee to a single career conspicuous for specel was audible everywhere in mollywod primarily to matter of defining the purpose to
·wahilin wpfisica? Setory lion open. A short religions ser lighter and brighter form, Strong which the money shall be devoted answers would greatly help, the vice, followed. Torrential rain | because those coming to be enter- ased by the to the discretion of the Advisory Committee a reasing a decision, Pedered the elergy almost into will remain to be educated, imagenstrement in drop- Committee which is to be set up, but who is able to give them: audible, pine de peurant Russell and Mr.
will return to be further ecuted. Lowes Dickins from the Com-
ito specially rejoiced mittee set up to devise and carry
that housing had been made a out the scheme.
ential feature, pointing out that Mr. Ronald
the Bastion of the Empire is in McNeill did his best to placate the
the one and the provision of boumers. Critic but some of the Tories
permitting healthy borse life is behind him made no concealment.
matter not only of domestic bat of of what they want. What they
„Ausprint impartames. want is expenditure on "the development of railways, roads and canals," and their desire is apparently shared by certain Chinese military leaders. But the weight of opinion in China isi against the use of the money for commercial ends. The weight of opinion-even of Christian opin- ion-in China is also against the use of it for the benefit of religi cús missions. Sir Arthur Shipley, the Master of Christ's writes to the Times this week enclosing a mémorial from a number of Camortige Floressors and
and Heads
of Colleges. This memorial urgec the importance, of devoting the fund to nothing but education or strictly cognate purposes. That
is the only decent course for this country to take--and it is, more over, the only sensible course.. Ont the one hand, is the possibility f
paltry material gain.öfŝa thai4]
WHERE THE FLAGS AGAIN FLUTTER IN THE BREEZE, '
The Stadium at Wembley where the British Empire Exhibition was operand by the King and Queen"
on Saturday: • Thë Stadium is the largest sports arena in the world, being one and a hall times, bigger
than the Colfan at Ranzia. It accommodates 120,000 people.
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Finally, he frusted that the Ex- hibation at its close will have com- pleted the task of showing our peoples, and the world generally a picture of the British Empire intent Lón amme of peaceful reconstruction and careful development of its nea, carnestly seeking peaco at home and abroad.
gins Glajesty concluded by praying the blosing of God on the Exhibi tion, that it would serve to dimw y the bonds of uniting the Unpira, uncannge the growth...of GALIE CHAN VA Thin and shithout fimbria
Empire, and promote the prosperity, and happiness of the world.
The opening of the Exhibition was saluted by twenty-one guns and aeroplanes circling above, while simultaneously the Duke of York sint a telegram to the Prince of Wales announcing the ereat. Rain censed just before the King" and Queen left the dais at 12.80′p.mp
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