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Correspondence.
CHINA'S GOVERNMENT.
To the Editor" of "“China Mail"} Sir The papers in Hong Kong last Thursday gave wide publicity to the views of Mr. San Fo, who ad- vocates the resumption of diplomatic relations with Russia without conditions and the abolition of Farty rule because. In reality, the militarists are dominating the Gov- ernment in the name of the Party.
To resume diplomatic relations without any conditions. or safe- guards would encourage more Communist activities In China.
MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1
SZECHUEN GENERAL'S AGENT ARRESTED
HELD ON SUSPICION AS.
"RED" PLANE BUYER
SOON WON RELEASE
TELLS OF INDUSTRIAL RICHES OF INTERIOR · PROVINCE.
Mr. Ma Hel-wan, head of the Szechuen Arsenal, who was er-
If Mr. Sun were in Can-rested in Canton on August & shortly after he had ordered 16 new ton on December 11, 1927, he would
know that the Russian consulate aircraft in Hong Kong, was released on Thursday, and immediately here was the headquarters of the proceeded to Hong Kong." He was held he explains, on suspicion Communist activities. If China of being a Communist agent.
resumes diplomatic relations with
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Red Russia according to the advice In an exclusive interview with the "China Mail" he out- of Mr. Sun, China will turn Com-lined the facts which led to his arrest and subsequent release. He munist in a very short time. At also gave many sidelights on life in Szechuen province, which is con- least China should insist upon
Russia stopping all Commúnist pro" trolled by four feudal lords, paganda and refrain from helping|
the Communist armies in Klangsi, Mr. Ma said that he owed his ↑ Wing-yan, and is valued when China is again on diplomatic carly release to the good offices G$500,000. Apart from the passen- terms with Moscow. Therefore Mr. of General Lei Chung-yan, im ger machine, the rest of the fleet Sun's view is based on immatured mediately the latter learned that will consist of amphibian bombers thinking and dangerous., unless he Mr. Ma was not acting under and pursuit planes, the latter being wants the country to go Reds
orders from the Reds, as at first capable" of 210 m.p.h.
On his return, Mr. Ma will take Shortly after Mr. Ma's arrest up duties as the Military trainer:"
As regards the proposed abolition imagined. of the Party," Mr. Sun has only÷him-} self
Government Sanction.
News in Brief.”
to blame. If the militarists the Canton authorities, got into are actually running the Govern-communication with the Central ment in the name of the Kuomin-Government, and the latter sent tang, it is because politicians like a man to Hong Kong to consult Sun Fo are willing to be their with General Chan, but before mitted to the Government Civil Hos
"Au Mui, aged 24, male, was ad- puppets. When he was in Canton the intermediary arrived the re-pital yesterday suffering from lysol last year, he hotly denounced Chiang iease was affected.
poisoning. Kai-shek. But when he was pre-| sident of the Executive Yuan, hel It was subsequently. Icarued Two cases of cholera, two cases begged Chiang to come out of his that the purchase of the planes of typhoid fever and one case of would have closed their doors retirement. As Mr. Chow Lu had been sanctioned by the Cen-spinal-meningitis, have been re gainst her but a few years ago. pointed out, Mr. Sun dared not tral Government, who had issued ported in the Colony within the He who was denounced at the proposed to punish Chang Hauch- Mr. Ma a permit for the purpose, last 24 hours.
Hang because that would displease The planes are for use in Sze- first meeting of the Assembly Chiang. Although Sun was head chuen province," and "cannot be Lam Lui, of Nam. Tau, Chinese ten years ago as one who had of the Government, he willingly let sold to China without the appro- Territory, committed suicide yester violated the laws of humanity, The troubles in China are not neces-Washington.R
Chiang continue to be the real boss. val of the Chinese Minister at day by cutting his throat with a chopper. His body was sent to the and who had been characterised sarily the fault of the Kuomintang "I have been through all the Kowloon Mortuary from the Ping
by Lord Balfour as "a leader of but Kuomintang officials like Sun formalities, and there should be Shan District.
Fo and his kind.
lisorganised bands of bri. gands." is "now praised for the progress under his Presidency toward Western Ideals. The British Government a few weeks
가
no suspicion of Communism on! Yours truly,
my part," Mr. Ma said.
A report from the Honourable Mr. Ma, who is a native of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Canton Publicist. Toi Shan district, is a graduate of Services on the water supply of the Kingston University, England, and colony for the month of July, will after his graduation | he went to be read at the next meeting of the America to study gunnery at West Sanitary Board to be held on R.A.F. PILOT LOSES Point Academy. He returned to Tuesday, August 16.
Canton, August 13:
PROPELLOR
Lieut. Stainforth Has New Adventure.
London, Yesterday,
China in 1924.
He is now the head of the Arsenal, which is under the control
Between 6.80 and 10.15 a.m. yesterday, it is alleged that a coolie, of General Tin Chung-yiu. The employed at the Hunters' Arms, maintenance of the Arsenal is stated Fanling, absconded with a 38 re- to be $700,000 per month, and 6,000 volver and a small sum of money people are employed there. The belonging to Mr. Browning, mana- plant is capable of supplying the ger.
whole Szechuen army with artillery
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wishers of the League to note a presented to him a copy of fresh recruit in Turkey. As Tur.the official history of the Galli- key is a connecting link between roll campaign with the inscrip-|- Europe and Asia the erent postion: "Seldom in history can the cxertions of a single divisional resses more than ordinary signi-
commander have exercised so ficance, The only important
profound an influence not only on nations still remaining cutside
the course of a battle or perhaps the League are Soviet Russia.
The holder of the world's and ammunition.
Before Mr. E. I..Wynne-Jones at on the fate of a campaign and and the United States, and the
speed record, Flight Lieutenant The largest province in China, the Central Police Court to-day, even the destinies of a nation." Stainforth, had a disconcerting Szechuan covers an area of 1,800,000 Tam Kong, 20, and Mak Taat, 20, strange feature is that these
It was upon the enthusiastic experience while testing a new square H, and has a population of were sentenced to 6 months hard countries are bitterly antagonis-
| 58,000,000. It produces gold, silver, labour for soliciting_for_prostitu- type aeroplane. seconding of Turkey's hereditary When tic to each other. The principles
10,000 feet above Iron, lead, sulphur, and coal, the tion. These sentences will result of the Moscow rulers will not alchemy, Greece, that the invita- Hampshire his propellor dropped first named commodity being plenti-lin automatic banishment upon com
tion was put upon the agenda: off. Lieutenant Stainforth glid-ful and cheap. low them to join the League and and representatives of many of ed for fourteen miles to find a
Rich Revenue, the Soviet's main contribution to the States spoke in eulogy of the ually made a perfect landing wells in the province, the revenue Laichikok Road
suitable landing spot and even-
there In addition
Reuter
FUNERAL OF MISS PHYLLIS RATHSAM.
Many Friends Pay Last Respects.
place
pletion of the penalties... are 800 alt In swerving to avoid a Chinese in on Saturday, Mr. from which amounts to $80,000,000 Valdaff, of the Socony Installation per year. Opium revenue totals at Laichikok, collided with the rail- venues amount to $60,000,000, $60,000,000 a year, and other re-ing surrounding the island in the centre of the road. Slight damage Four feudal lords control the pro-was caused to the rails and to the vince, Generals Lau Sheung, Lan icar.
Mun-fai, Tin Chung-yiu, and s lesser ruler. They have a non-
Mr. A. G. Coppin, 528, Coombe aggressive policy and each keeps to Road, the Peak, reported yesterday his own territory...
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admitted into Lau
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any international gathering is a new spirit that Turkey has shown bitter cynciam. America was in turning away from the in- largely responsible for the in-humanity of her past. The fig-| auguration of the League, but ure on the Lycian tomb in Con- fear of becoming entangled in stantinople, "forever married to European disputes has kept her immortal grief;” may serve to away from Geneva. The use-symbolize the sorrow, that "cun fulness of the League has often never compass peace" for those
that whilst driving his car to town been disputed, but the general who by thousands lost their "all
Gen. Lau Sheung occupies the from his residence he collided with body of public opinion is that the in the Turkish barbarity before
The funeral of Miss Phyllis Southern part of the province, Gen a public vehicle at the junction of
took One Ratheam body, while almost impotent in the sudden changes came.
at the Tin Chung-yiu the Northeast, and Coombe Road. and Stubbs Road.
Only slight damage was caused any major disturbance, has ac- hus written of the slege of Troy Protestant Cemetery, Happy Val-the other two the Northwest.
No trucks weighing more than the public car. that it was in the beginning ley, yesterday evening, in the tons are complished much valuable work
presence of a large gather- wrath and concupiscence, and in ing of mourners. The burial Sheung's section of the province, on Mr. John Ritchie, manager of the in helping to preserve and, pro- the end a tragedy so tearful that sites were conducted by the Rev. W the grounds that they might be used "His Master Voice Gramophone international harmony, 'no mind can approve, nor any Walton Rogers, Vicar of St. as armoured cars, and no steel bars Co. Ltd. in Australia and New Certairey, the usefulness of the "gentle heart take comfort in Andrew's Church, Kowloon tatt of more than 15 feet in length, that Zesland, and director of Columbia League would be greatly in the "event." Time and the Muse
A profusion of wreaths were laid might be used for weapons of war. Graphophone (Australia) Ltd., has {on the grave,
these including Any imports which might lead to received the appointment of manag creased through participation of have purged them of their un-tributes from the Diocesan Old an increase of power on the part of ing director for China with head-
oft the United States.
happiness. But the transition in Girls Association, the Diocesan his three neighbours, are also kept quarters at Shangbai. The Republic of Turkey, en-Turkey has not awaited the help Girls' School, Class 1 of 1981, Mr. out by Gen. Lan Sheung,
J. MacKnight, Mustard & Co, Ltd., ters the League of Nations as of time, nor has the Muse glori-and many others. fifty-sixth members by invita-led it. It has been a prosaic ad- tion. The virtual pledge to ac ministrative undertaking of re- cept it was given in the Treaty markable success. Entering the of Lausanne, by which she League, Turkey is the more agreed to follow the direction of likely to persist in the ways of For carrying eargo in a licens the Council of the League in re- civilization, having now shown, en passenger boat, Leung Fat, own pairing any infractions of the as Mr. de Madariaga said, her er of boat No. B-2996-V, was fin- one of the passenger planes which Three fights were reported to the
rng ed $10 by Commander J. B. Newill, he has ordered on behalf of General Police during the weel treaty. There has been delay willingness to take her place in D.H.M. In this morning's Marine Tin is ready, and he will then make Chinese male of 2, Square due to Turkey's insistence upon the efforts for those common Court tertain concessions, The Assem- ideals for,
bly having gained relatively in importance, she has now made
no deta
or even a semi-per-Road, manent seat in the Council. She
five other
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PASSENGER VESSEL CARRIED CARGO.
To Break Blockade.
A crowd of hooligans gathered The purchase of the 18 seroplanes outside the Po. Hing Theatre "con by General Tin Chung-ytu has been Saturday night and some of them. causing Gen. Lau Sheung much in threw stones into the building essiness, as General Tin has long through the windows. On the wished to establish an air route arrival of the Emergency Unit and and so break' Gen, Lau Sheung's reserve men from the Yanmati blockade. Police Station, the crowd was dis
Concluding, Mr. Ma said that be persed. would not return to Szechuen until
in which
his return journey by air. By air, was hurt about the forehead †ho can maka the trips in.
ulted by another "mai cher seven hours, instead of the
ired by rses and ]
he is awa
coolles engaged rry wh
Injured dur
the third case.
obey matters,
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female