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CHINA POLICY.
Home Press and the Memorandum.
VITAL IMPORTANCE."
London, Dec, 26,
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(Continued from Page 3
ferred to keep further up once Por | bugal gol, into mixers.
For some unaccountable reason, the Portuguear defence did not kick was purely as they can do and have dene. Perhaps it Largely on account of the holl-may have been, eta anxiety, or (or to desiring to mix matters" day season publication arrange
(more than necessary True, they ments, the Sunday papers com-
went in for fair shoulder charges ment only very briefly on the but experta hayqalways pointained [British memorandum, which that a tendency torsorge science for rout (play his, its disadvant however, they recognise is State paper of vital importance in its bearing on the Chinese situation.
The "Sunday Times thinks that perhaps i will only be a question of a few weeks before, the situation is ripe for nego Itiations in view of the fact that the Cantonese forces are steadily gaining the upper hand.
Excitement
Trille and "Adapting himself to require- tenta Cha Soled some stubborn sorties, In one at which he was in jured and had to retire from the
struggle.
Both sides played clever and purposefur football. The Chinese aiso missad chancos forwards.
by but they made amends beating the Portuguese more often for possession and were more ac- The paper therefore, hopescurate in the gpen. that the other Powers will! speedily concur with the British proposals which afford the best way of protecting al interests.
When
Summed up the fortunes then. amounted to play being more often in Portugals territory, that adding The "Observer points out that anxiety to the back lines which
ware not overconfident. the British Government has now
& Co. crossed over in formally urged what was pri-China's half, they were either held vately urged for months-that back or their shooting went wrong the Powers think in terms of the while their, positional play and present, not of the past, in their timing remained right. Chinese policy-Reuter.
Views of Japan and France,
Paris, Dec. 26.
Thrills there were in plenty, both In- goals having narrow escape. cidents in midfield were also of the spicy variety so that the vast holiday attendance had a full,run for their money.
TO-DAY'S MATCH
Also on the E.K.F.C.. ground (kick-off at 3:45 p.m.) to-day." Eng- land and Scotland meet in other eliminating the for the right to contest the gnal with China.
the
The death of the Emperor of Japan has been taken as an loccasion by "Pertinax" in the "Echo de Paris' to express his opinion on Japan's foreign policy, He considers that Japan has.
PTO fited from recent events in China since the anti-foreign outbreaks which chiefly affect the south, driving trade-northwards, where
England and China have yet to Japan is entrenched. The "un- forgettable slight," the denuncia Inscribe their names on the splen. tion of the Anglo-Japanese did trophy provided by the "Sunday alliance, will doubtless tand to Herald" and through the medium make Japan persist in her atti-of which large sums tude, and the British memoran-raised for charity. In the season dum on a policy in China is before last, Scotland beat China in' obviously unlikely to attract the Anal of a triangular tourna- ment. Last season Portugal beat. Japan.
The "Oeuvre" understands England in the final, it being the that M. Briand does not dis- former's first attempt. To-day's approve of the British memor-teams are:----' andum.-Reuter..
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Belgium's Approval
Brussels, Dec. 24.
It is understood that the For- eign Minister, M. Vandevelde, has given his approval to Britain's attitude towards China regarding the immediate conditional en forcement of the customs sur taxes as laid down by the Wash- ington conference and also the carrying out in the most liberal spirit of the Extra-Territoriality Commission's recommendations.
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KEYS OF ASYLUM STOLEN FROM WATCHMAN.
In the early hours of the morn- followed the Police like a fame ing of December 15, six Chinaga circus" was again remand-criminals, all of whom have been Referee: Captain Austin Lines-lion in men: Mr. Lamb and Mr. H. Med for two days at the Magistracy convicted of serious offences, and McTavish.
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Det. St A. H. Blaton anid that Instructions were still awaited from the Government of Punjab, on Rome, November 24The text whose warrant defendant had been of the decree of the Sacred Roman arrested while on board the Rota Tribunal, annulling the mar. "Talma," with a ticket from Shang- riage of the Duke of Marl-hal to Penang ng
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THE WEATHER.
Till noon tomorrow weather forecast for Hong Kong the adjacons TÜK L
who had been sent to the Singe pore lunatic asylum for observa
long escaped from their place of confinement, and have not yet been rearrested. "
During the night, tme prl- doners, in some way or other, took the keys from the Chinese watch man and escaped, leaving the door of the "pen" open.
There were 42 other lunatica with them, but fortunately nond of them took the opportunity to excape.
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