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The
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No. 27,105
NOT FATAL
FAILURES OF THE KUOMINTANG
NANKING'S AUTHORITY
ISEÐI
HONG KONG, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1929, PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
TWO DEGREES BELOW £1,000 TO MINERS THE KING PUTTING
ZERO IN LONDON
"PEA-SOUP FOG"
"SEVERE FROST" PREDICTED
· TO BE GOING
Significance of Canton and Wu-Han Proposals SNOWSTORM IN YORKSHIRE
WILL NATIONAL: GOVERNMENT BE OBEYED ?
[By Our Political Correspondent]
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Obvious deductions from two Nanking cables are that way or another, the old dispute for income, revenue or "squeeze call it what you will—has begun all over again in China, with the provinces competing against the national capital.
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Going a little beneath the surface, however, I find some satisfaction in Nanking's refusal to consent to supervision by Wu-Han in the matter of getting money in, and also in the polite reminder to Canton to pass over control.of the railways. - Whereas the local man with power did as he liked in the days, retaining whatever he desired, he does not do so now. He submits a minute to an accepted higher authority.' about things in more businesslike manner. It remains to be seen if he will abide by the ruling given out.
WARNING BY PROFESSOR
Londen, Yesterday,
Intense cold continues through- out Britain, the frost in the early hours in many places being the severest since 1896.
People skated long past midnight near London. Two degrees below pero were recorded at Hampstead London), and four below zero at Ross-on-Wye (Herefordshire)..
The worst snowstorm for years occurred in North East Yorkshire.
Skating is in full swing for the first time for 30 years on the river Nene at Northampton.
Discomfort for Central London- Heers occurred later in the morning by an inoreased "chocking, blind. goes ing, pen-soup fog,"
The
Both Wu-Han and Canton. are, which the Government rests with nominally, under the domination of out upsetting everything. the Kwangsi military party, of which Marshal Li Chal-sum of Canton is one of the leaders.
the
Ice-breakers ré very busy on the Upper Thames breaking up ice
to prevent dangerous icefloes when the thaw sets in-Reuter.
Weather Forecast
An official weather forecast hints that the severe frost is going. It says:
"Frost will continue but the
need for civil authorities to obtain temperature will tend to rise slow- broader and more broader powera ly." was apparent.
A general thaw is not, however, Ever and anon, wisencres have
Lives of the Cat
expected before next week and Assuming that there is danger to snow is predicted meanwhile. predicted an impending clash be-
this pyramid, which well-informed; Ice is claiming more and more tween the Kwangal-Ites and
Already the mere fact that of the river Thames. National Government at Nanking. circles doubt, That clash has still to become a fact. Wu-Han and Canton asked Nanking
(Continued on Page 11.) The Wu-Han branch of the is indieative of recognition of Nan-2 Central Political Council, un-king's authority. But taking mat- doubtedly guided to a large extent ters at their worst and reasoning on by the counsels of the Kwangel the further assumption that Nan-
FIRST MAGISTRATE
SIR · ROBERT" HO TUNG'S
GENEROSITYST
HIS GIFT TO RELIEF FUND
A British Wireless message from London, of yesterday's date, states: Sir Robert H6 Tung, one of the marchant princes of Hong Kong,
Sir Robert Ho Tung
party, has proposed that machinery king will be challenged, the Na MR E. W. HAMILTON SUCCEEDS has given £1,000 to the Miners' Re
great importance.
tional authorities should weather
Hts
the storm and come up smiling. again for more.
tics.
To all intents and purposes, Gen. eral Chan is a subordinate of Marshal Li Chal-sum and, therefore, of the Kwangsl party.. General Chen, however, is Cantonese. He is persona grate with the leaders in Nanking. I take it, therefore, that his motion was made not en- tirely on his own initiative, but on the advice of some of his Kwangsi and other colleagues in Canton.
Similarly in the realm of diploma.
Kuomintang's Vitality
loon.
MR. LINDSELL...
OTHER APPOINTMENTS
MONSOON MODERATING
"N.E. Winds, fresh fair is the forecast, until noon "to" morrow for Hong Kong, the adjacent coast and Formosa Channel.
At 10.15 a.m-to-day the Ob servatory reported:-The anti-; cyclana in central to the south: of Koren. The monsoon will moderate along the B.E. coast of China and remain fresh over the North Chida Sea.
ON WEIGHT
RESUMES SMOKING
CONTINUING TO MAKE SŁOW PROGRESS AT BOGNOR
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Thoughts Terse, Perverse--and Worse
however,
Any fears of dearer elgarettes as a consequence of the revised tobacco. London, Yesterday. duties may end in smoke. The Prince of Wales spent six
Local manufacturers, hours with the King to-day at are inclined to call her Lady Nick- Craigwell House, Bognor. His o'-Mine. Royal Highness afterwards return-| ed to London.
Doctors Howitt and Woods were at Craigwell this afternoon and Applied the luminous ray treatment
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the King. They and Lord Dawson travelled back to London with the Prince in his special Baloon.
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But, then, the "duties" of the revenue authorities are not always very pleasing ones.
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Kowloon hubby: "Have you made up your mind to stay in, dearie 7" my face to go out.”
Wife: 'No, darling, I've made up
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A Thrift Society would do well here till the first day of the Races.
I Dont D Our Tourists as the Peak tram starts: "Gee! Some Toboggan.""
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The number of mendicants in the Colony at present beggars de- scription.
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Bombay toast appears to be the favourite item on Indian menus · this week.
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After a two-dollar dividend the crush hour at the Star Forry should be a more enjoyable affair than The Stork was let loose by hitherto-for the shareholders. There was bright sunshine at mistake the other day amongst Bognor early to-day but, later, snow some bachelor school masters in fell. The windows of the King's Conduit Road. bedroom, which were opened for some time yesterday, had to be kept closed to-day,
¤ ¤ 4. The "dominies" have a strong auspicion that its visit was meant An interesting statement was for their next-door neighbours, made by the private secretary to the Duke of York, at a luncheon in Of course they will say anything London. He said the King has be-to draw a "heron" across the trail. gun to smoke again and is also able to cut up his own food.'"
· Latest, Bulletin
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The "Freeman" family wore much in evidence at the interport football match on Monday.
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A bulletin, issued from Craigwell House this evening, states that "despite the inclement weather the One chapple who "went over the King continues to make slow pro-top" was overheard to protest gress and, since his departure from against so many slipping in free! London, has increased in weight.":
It is understood that the King One of the loudest barrackers was able to sit up-to-day and con- for the visitors was one of the verse with the Prince of Wales-boys who went "over the top."- British Wireless Service.
US. RAILWAYS
GIGANTIC, MERGER NOW APPROVED
That was, after Hong Kong were three goals to the good,
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The Shanghai Interport cerites will take back with them a nasty Gash
News from Home, during y thê week by cable has been pretty much of a frost.
A BIG POOL, HARSANE
Washington, Yesterday The Inter-State: Commerce Com mielor has approved of the scheme promoted by the American Railways trade during the Chin to consolidate the entire railways Year holidays goods and carrying bustness of the country in the hands of a single On Chinese New Year's E
The motor. "buses did, tooting
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way Express Agency Incorporated. away-in return for good silvéit
G The profits therefrom: will be divided among the railways in pro- An Impecurous flapper portion to the business they con- the Ferry was overheard to ex tribute. Reater's American Ser- prese the opinion that the Minor vice,
Fund was quite a good idea!
MOTOR-CARS
700 OF BRITISH MAKE‹IN `.
BIG FIRE
AT BUENOS AIRES
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Having escaped the 18th without any undue mishap we can buy a Race sweep ticket with a feeling of "good jose" in our veina..
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"Cleopatra" may be seen in Hong Kong on the 19th inst-presumably mimus the Needle.
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Although without a race track Nathan Road has many a pipe opener these days.
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If the majority of armed robbers had to choose another calling, what about clean sweeps?
-A confidential chit from the Bur- glars Guild Intimates that the fraternity prefer portable type- writers.
The Chinese Police Reserve felt
a "Tug" at their heart when they parted with their Signal Instructor during the week
"Bon Voyage and a Cheery
(the inscription on the gift. titiam cigarette șcase); wAO, 'a' rnal of the camaraderie pre- the Corpn. * NON
olunteer Orders for the Portu quese Company: "All recruits will parado at'headquarters at 5.30 p.m
dearms, and gride-ninet De Ataramust the
gets are being asked gloves at night.80 gnals may be dis
Or asked,
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oast, to wash-their hands.
Extract from a child's letter ask
for Christmas gifts: “My daddy Rase no money to buy na toya because One he has bought us a baby," touch of nature.
"Lost, snakeskin lady's handbag containing cheque book"-English
Kiddle of four, after seeing the paper. The ukelele lady must tame bears in "Revenge" at the now take a back seat. Queen's Theatre: "Let's go and see
Buenos Aires, Yesterday, Seven hundred British motor the real tigers." care, which had just been imported from England were destroyed by
be set up to supervise the collection
lief Funds. He was led to make of national ravenues within
in the provinces of sphere, 1.e.,
this donation by the appeal of the Hunan and Hupeh.
Prince of Wales. - Sir. Robert, who Nanking, sald "no," on the ground that such abuke to Dr. C. T. Wang was deserve turning from leave last year, has The "Daily Telegraph'a" re- Mr. E. W. Hamilton, who, on re-
was knighted by King Edward VIT] measure would interfere with the unification of financial administra-d; but China has not ceased to go been Police Magistrate at Kowloon, for his services in Hong Kong, tion an ideal to which Mr. T. V. on negotiating after one rebuff crosses the harbour to the Central Known as the 'Prince of Compra Soong (Finance Minister) attaches Read what Mr. George E. Sokolsky Police Court to act as First Magis-dores, which is a name given to
had to say in 1927:-
Chinese officials who act as a link Itrate and Coroner.. The Kuomintang seems to have Mr. R. E. Lindsell, who has acted between the British merchant and Expected to Obey
as many lives as the proverbial cat Then, again, General Chen Min- and arms to be able to outlive its as Firat Magistrate for some time; the people of the country. He was chu (Chan Ming-shu), who was ap failures. Dr. Sun Yat-sen used is going. Home on leave to-day by formerly chief compradore to the company, to be known as the Rail flower vendors, were giving boodustaj pointed by Nanking to be chairman to beast that his dezen fallures the P. and O. "Kashgar" and will, Hong Kong Wembley Exhibitions.
it is understood, sit for his final Bar of the Provincial Government of nover deterred him or his followers
examination. Kwangtung, has sent a motion to from continuing their efforts and the
Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith, one of the the capital attempting to counter the fact remains that the Kuomintang Assistant Crown Solicitors, has been order to transfer control of the continues to gather force in apite appointed to fill the vacancy at Kow- three metropolitan railways to the of its many, and what would with
This is a post usually set Ministry of Railways.
others be, fatal failures.
down for Cadet Officers.
Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg, H.C., who We have recently witnessed ample has also been an Assistant Crown evidence of this vitality in the Solicitor and is the first holder of Party. The split between Hankow the post of Treasury Solicitor, and and Nanking should have made it who was appointed Deputy Regis possible for the North to conquer trar of the Supreme Court when Mr. the territory of both factions, but H. A. Nisbet, the Registrar, retired the North has made
no progress last year, has ceased to act as De- since Chiang Kai-shek arrived prac-puty Registrar, saya the "Gazette." tically a refugee in Shanghai on March 24, 1927. In August, Chiang Paris, Yesterday-Three special- Kai-shek resigned and left the Na-ista have pronounced ex-Senator tionalist Army headless and despite Klotz sane and responsible for his the fact that many of the acquired
actions-Reuter. generals were openly disloyal to the new regime in Nanking, no mutiny What a Professor Saya took place and no coup d'etat was So much, then, for centralisation, attempted. another upholder of which is Mr.: Sun Chuan-fang attacked Nan- Sun Fo, now the Minister of Rail-king's position at what should have wayz. Is unqualified centralisa- been just the right moment, but tion desirable though? I quote even the acquired armies did not Professor E. S. Corwin, who join him and this, at a time when succeeded the late Dr. Woodrow the Nanking treasury had spent all Wileon (President of the U.S.A. of its $53,000,000 and had little during the War), as Professor of more than $87,000 left.
Unity and Sincerity Jurisprudence at Princeton Univar Bity. Professor Corwin addressed Finally, Tang Sheng-chi lessined the American Association. Peking, the Importance of the (then) Wu-
Han Government by virtually es on the new organic law of China.
There are several things con-tablishing a dictatorship in Hankow, spicuous by their omission, he but even that did not destroy the declared. One is the definite military position in Nanking, Two decision whether the Government Communist armies of much better should be centralised or localised, troops than those in Canton, are. telling the relations between the marching upon the old revolution two. There is a danger of im-ary base, but they have thus far perialism in the assumption of too not been able to occupy Swatow. 'much central power, he added.
And for all that the alarmists can any, I expect General Chen to obey Nanking's ruling in spirit and letter and to hand over control of the railways.
What Will China Do? What was most interesting to Prof. Corwin was that the organic law arrested & revolution in mid- career and gave it a direction" It is extremely diicult to check a revolution and still keep it going and that is what China is try Ing to do, following the footsteps of
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Success for the Kuomintang does not depend upon the military forces but upon untan within the Party, among the civilians of the Party, for surprising as it may appear, the Nationalist militarists are rather fearful of Party- opposition; they somehow dare not publicly re pudiate the Party; they were taken by surprise when the five wespers
of Nanking resigned with Chiang
the United States in its revolution, Kai-shek, a demonstration ief civi.... and what Bismarck did in Germany Han opposition to military assump Bismarck, however nearly killed i tion...
his revolution.France failed in But Party unity » dépends upon her attempt at this in 1789 and sincerity and a willingness to subor- Russia falled in 1917. What will Edinate Hersonal vanity and am China do? he asked, yaşa
bitions: the Fenéra cause,
Corwin enn pared - the pyramid resting on
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stated to be involved in certain Ex-Senator Klotz was recently
alleged criminal actions.}
"THE BATTLE OF
WATERLOO, 145,
WON ON THE PLATING FIELDS OF ETUN, SO HISTORY TELLS US THAT MAY·
1 BE TRUE. BUT
HONG KONG BEAT SHANGHALLAT
RUGGER IN THE 20 CENT "STATE. LAST SATURDAY" HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR WARMING Up. THE CLUB WAS" SIMPLY SUPERB,
SHOUTING A GOOD LUSTY:
20 TO THE MINUTE
HONG KONG ESTABLISHED
A LEAD BY SCORING.
FEW
RIES
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR
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"Two police officers in plain clothes entered the Hanbury, Inn on
A talking competition on the a Sunray."-English paper.... In. fire at a warehouse in the docks lines of that recently held in company with the cow that jumped this morning,
America would prevs a great draw over the moon. The damage is estimated at at the next Ladies' Night at the
YM.CIA.
millions of Penos.
demand, to-day was 1/11 18/16. Router's American Service.
The closing rate of the dollar on
·The cause of the fire is unknown.
"FIT TO SHOUT AT"
WARM
ون
CLUB
A SUPPORTER "SHOUTING"; FWARM UP Club' put PAID TO SKANGHAI, RIGHTĮ
FROM THE START.
HE WARMED THE
"WHEN A ̈SHANGHAI NAN
·HAD THE "BALL'IT WAS -WARNTUB CLUB, AND NHỆN VÀ HONG KONG MẠN
HAD THE BALL IT WAS STILL WARM-UP.
CLUB
SCORING
The parsons' would like to know who, put the "1" in Fanling, where the Steeplechase Races take place to-morrow.
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And yet the annual report of the
"Prematurely Bald. There are various preparations on the market which are said to aid baldness."- Answer
correspondent "Woman's Friend. There is many a true word spoken in error.
to:
"After a cow has had an attack
Y.M.C.A. le silent with regard to give her some digestive
Its members playing cricket matches on Sundays.
powder such as the following Powdered grains of Paradise 1 oz, etc. Recipe in the “Sunday. The young'uns at the Naval Times". A cow on such a diet Dockyard are tooking around for a might be expected to produce that professional tearila instructor. milk of Paradise of which
Coleridge 80
quisitely wrote in "Kubla Khan,
Praps the old hands had more experience of "love all," sooing that they won so easily on Tuesday,
Whilst the newly Imported mosquitoes prejudips, the breeding industry it is hoped that the local variety, having been increased
A gent. In uniform and brass buttons on the Ferry the other night was asked by an enquiring Juvenile size to bed a huge extent, wild have admirer whether he was a police man or an officer
the effect quickly of drawing to the notice of Directors and share- bolders of the Anopheles Maternity
When one of the Queen's Regi- Home ment asked the same youngster on hashin the bus whether he would like to be the form soldier, the latter promptly re shares. sponded:
No! I'm an officer f
gent necesalty-f the Preserve Fund in now free issue of
with the two sidest
pórted by:propa callad, generals';
the