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late years, and with such apparent ignor. ance of what these respectively mean or unbedy; and there has been so much mis enderstanding in the North and in the South, in the East and in the West of China, as to what China really seeds,
that I am emboldened, out of a very
sincere love for China and her people, fe
THE RAIDER WOLF CAPTURE OF THE HITACHI
MARU
An account of the sca-raider Wolf has been given by Major J. W. Flood, Australian. Medical Corps, who was for seven months a prisoner and one who was
PEKING NOTES
[ERUM QUE OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
PEKING, May 5th, POLITICAL
Little that is enlightening can be said or written about the present | political situation, for the simple reason that un
TRADE OF HONGKONG,
The following statistics are taken fron the fortnightly prices” current and market report of the Hongkong Chamber of Commerca dated May 17th
The stocks on May 10th were 900 clients of Patna, 103 of Benares, 135) Malwa,
preceding fortnight there were no im portations and the exportations totalled
86 chests of Persian and Turkish,
Exports There is no change to report in Feathers, and there is nothing doing, in Ginger. In Star Aniseed Oil there was small business, and in Saigon Cassia there is nothing doing,
There has been so much talk of Re- public democracies and constitotional monarchies in China and elsewhere of leased by reason of the Iyotz Mendi ortainty prevails with regard to the mili. and 12 of Persian and Turkish. In the going ashore in Denmark. He reports tary operations in the South, and secrecy that after the capture of the Matunga is still maintained with respect to the the vessel he was on, they steamer for negotiations between Japanese and Chín eight days up to the north of Dutch New se representatives. Taking the latter Guinea, where they entered a land-locked first, it is understood that an agreement harbour having an entrance of about a between the Chinese and Japanese mill quarter of a mile. From our harbour wo tary representatives has been reached and journeyed to Singapore, where, on the that this will be submitted to the Cabinet evening of September 5th, mines wers for approval and embodiment in a treaty aid. This sawing finished the stock of or, rather, agreement. While it is true that little or nothing has been definitely mines they had on board the Wolf
stated regarding these negotiations, ex cept certain negative statements, it must be conceded that the Chinese have not developed the intense feeling that dis- Linguished them at the time of the famous Twenty One Demands. Curiosity is, perhaps, the dominant feeling. Patriot. im, if existont, has not been stirred. With several exceptions the people scem
set out a few facts and make a few ductions drawn from observations made during a long residence in the South, some serious months in the North of Ching, and the perusal of some of the later books on China *.
Imports In Cotton Yarn a slightly bettor feeling prevails, but sales continue to be made on a small scale at erratic pricce Quotations are:-No. Its at $178- to $208, No. 12s at $197 to 9210, No. 10s
at $212 to 9226, No. 20s at $215 to 3940.
Arrivals 500 kalns. Sales 2,000 bales.
Shipments 500 bales. Unsold stock 8,000 bales. Bargains 13,000 bales."
Going south again towards Colombo we captured the Japanese steamer Huachi Maru on September 26th. She was First of all, I suppose the most ex-sighted by the scaplane about elevon in haustive and careful analysis of modern the morning, and was stopped at 3.30. conditions is to be found in Mr. Putnam Two shots were fired across her bows,
In Woollons there is nothing to report Wesla's book, "The Fight for the Republic but the enplain showed some resistance,
In Raw Cottons, with the exception of a in China, and ler can question his
and fourteen more shots were fired at the
few small lots of cheap Tonkin Cotton ability as a writer or bis intimate know.
creasing degree of Japanese intervention
no business has transpired for some time wheels within wheels" which revolve were killed The Japanese crew was They seem to realise that, left to them past. Quotations are entirely normal in Peking. But I find him unconvincing transferred to the Wolf, and the two selves, they can do practically nothing, at $48/858 for China qualities.
question of Japan
ships steamed to some islands where some or worse than nothing. Their internal Metals the market is very quiet, and
ledge of the inner workings of the Bun in her poop and at her wireless room, to have become reconciled to an ever-in done recently at about $45 per pieul,
on the
,
of Liang
with the result that sixteen Japanese
eternal political bickerings, and, above
no
In
an essay. These two documents give break on the morrow we left, and after opportunities, but up to the present shof stocks quotation, and there are no
miss
of China. If Japan reforms the
·FLOUR,
Stock About 170,000 sacks. Quota tione:Japanese 2nd Patent $3.66; Japanese 3rd Patent, 83.60; Japanese Straight, 83.00; Shanghai Flour, $3.50; Australian No. 1, $3.76; Australian No. $3.66; and Australian No. 3, $3.00.
BLIGANDAGE.
One of the most striking points in his of the captured cargo was taken on divisions, their internecine strife, their there is no change in Petroleum products.. book is the careful analysin of the board. After about a week the 3 off went off, leaving all her prisoners on board famous" Kang Yu." memorial and of the stacks Mart, and two days later all, their lack of faith in themselves and For Coal it is inadviauble to quote, and
in Sugar the market is dull. In Salpetre the seaplane arrived telling us to clear
in each other make united thought or the masterly and scholarly essay
there is out as quickly as we could. It was too late that owning to do so, but at day action impossible. China has had her Featherweight Waterproof Shao-yi, though it is really more than
seriously to think, but both of them steaming for about ten days came to a
group of islands, where we were picked has not utilised them, and the question, the point,
up by the Wolf. She had been out look therefore, nrises-How long can she be Indeed, the whole quarrel between the ing for a collier, so that the Hitacki Maru. allowed to mismanage her, own affairs as North and the South misses the point. could be coated, and thus sent to Ger she is doing The obvious answer is many with her valuable cargo of rubber, Neither North nor South realises to the tea, and copper, worth between two and Until the interests of the world are full the vital necessity of decentraliza three million pounds. She had been an thereby.adversely affected or, at any rate, tion. Their mutual quarrels are only successful, and consequently when all the
passengers had been taken on board the not benefitted as they should be by the academical even sentimental-after all, the Hitachi Mare was taken out resources History-world bistory_is___ repeating some fifteen miles and sunk with more currency of China she will have done a
than threa-quarters of the cargo still un- core of 11 the restores order in Mr. Kyle, who has returned to Peking itself, and China must aut, dare not, board.
The Wolf was a cargo boat of about China, she will have done an aven better after his long period of detention by the fight for the pussesssion of a rainbow's
€,000 tons register and carried seven thing. But if she makes China contri brigands of Honen looks as if he has suf end.
six-inch guns, four torpedo tubes, two If the South would abandon the iden maats and funnels which could be hoisted bute her proper quota to the world's refered somewhat by his privations and Men's Wear Specialists,an alleged violation of the Conor lowered at will, emplacements for four sources and throw her weight into the hardships. He concedes that the brigands stitutional Laws as originally passed or machine-guns, and a scaplane, which was struggle for civiliantion and democracy fed him as well as they could, but his great greivance was being made to sing largely responsible for the capture of passed and several veseels. Most of the victims were Japen will have deserved well of toe and to whistle for the entertainment of alleged to have been
gaping villages. It was mighty lucky the caught through the interception of wire world.
he adds, that they did not think vi hair - splitting; and if
Icss messages, for the Woly had two in
Undoubtedly the Government was making him dance. That would have would see that the whole stallations going night and day, always
In this connection it is interesting to of Cluna cantrot be governed from receiving but never sending messages. In turled a few day days ago when it learn-been the last straw.
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Peking; and if both sides would realize the Indian Ocean she is receiving ed of the defeat of Chang Huai-chi note the announcement of the Peking-
that a reasonable amount of autonomy or Home Rule in every province would
guard of twenty
meet the case, thete would be nu end of pores Major Flood described the capture. a strategy which is worthy of the epic an armoured-soldiers in each as & these troubica China must not bo die through the agency of the seaplane, of a battles of earlier years Apparently, the protection against brigands, who attempt- integrate in the interests of all parties all over the world, and, above all, in her
own interests. ADA
In all the recent books, including Mr Putnam Weale's books, the bogey of the menace of Japan is paramount. But is it a menace? There is the rub. The menace to China is not from Jagun. The menace is from Russia (now Germanie), whence the menace to China has always been, Mr. Parker's book, Mr. Bland's book, and Dr. Richard's book, all tell us that, and history shows it clearly and convincingly to be to las
A lot of mistrust of Japan has been engendered in China of late and ens gendered by the Germans; there is no doubt of that. From the British point of view we have little reason to distrust the Japanese, for they have been good and faithful allies to us. They pricked for s the Russian bubble if they never did anything else.
Y
And what is the state of China to-day Torn by internal dissensions, unable to keep order in her own country, China, as a Republic with a Central Government in Peking, has failed, lamentably and ignominiously.
I hold no brief for a Constitutional Monarchy nor for a Republic, but I
Vessel near Sunday Island at a time when the 'olf had no steam and the victim might canily have csemped had she been aware of this fact. GERMAN BAIDING SCOUT SEIZED,
branch lines of this railway. While it ed to hold up a train on one of t is a praiseworthy precaution on the part of the administration of this Railway it.
Even near Peking there are amateur is eloquent of the state of the country. bandits, men who take advantage of travellers on lonely roads. The other as they are called hore, attempted to stop say a number of these bamboo handita, a motor car coming in from the hot
ers. This was unusual holdness. Num- springs at Tangshan with several foreign- bars and big stock of hamboes evidently Fortunately, the gave them courage. chatteur was an old coldier. He was not scared and drove right through there,
northern troops were induced to pursue ring Southerners who were dropping loot as they run, and when they had been enticed a considerable distance and had A message from Washington dated lost all semblance of order their enemies March 20th, states that an American warship gsized and took to a Pacific port re formed and inflicted a crushing defeat the ovi motor boat Agassiz which sailed upon the unwary Governmont troops, who from a Mexican port, with Germans and were terced to ubandon their advanced Corman flags, rifles, and pistols on hoard. Although small the vessel was positions. Mutual recriminations ful capable of sinking any merchant ship in lowed, each commandes throwing the the Pacific. It is alleged that it was blame upon the other for failure to act fitted out from the West Coast of Mexico, in concert. This set back led to a rezon and was manned by a German crew The
Anner in which it secured clearance sideration of the plan of campaign. For Luceking over ons of two who will prob papers is unknown, and it is anid that a few days the advance into Kwangtung ably ponder over the unwisdom of an investigation on this point is bring was arrested, but it seems that, stiffened tackling automobiles in auch conducted by the Department of Justice by the arrival of the Fengtien troops, way-
the Government Armies will once more assume the offensive
is renew-
About this time, also, the THOUSANDS DIE OF STARVATION.
He tells me that thousands
PATANGA VISITING GENERAL
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General Evans, of the Philippine Com
A few days ago I was in conversation Inevitably, China will have, as she ka ed interest in Parliament, which sonte with a missionary who had returned from now, to turn to Japan for the money to sixteen Tuchons made the subject of telo visit to the interior, whither he had to distribute some five thousand other graphic representations to Pay hot way at all. There is no teen Prensier, suggesting that it should dollars handed to him by the President shilling. If, in spite of the hysteria of be convened at an early dato in order of the Flood Relief Commission. The the South and the obstinacy of the North, to ensure the constitutional election of tales he related were most appalling. of people are these two could be somehow welded into the President and also to ensure the con- a genuine alliance, China can have hope, stitutional government of the country. dying of sheer starvation, and the relief One last word. Let China concentrate Whether this is another method of call conveyed to the destitute communities urge that North and South should realize railways way communication he tionalism or not cannot safely be asserted. necessities. The little food that they had and roads. Let her have noting the country to witness their constitu- only touches the fringe of their dire that if China cannot manage her own only direct affaire someone must do it for her tween Feking and Canton Chung-king At any rate, the bicctions were due to in the winter and the spring has been and that someone can only be Japan and Hankow, Yunnan and Canton, but take place next month, and it is doubtful used up, and they have no further sup
roads, roads. She it
the acceleration of plans by a few plice until the next harvest. Much in I also urge that she should try to set let her make roads, her own house in order by giving who has the labor, unlimited, and it only weeks will effect any improvement or being done to assist them, but ever co ther under a Republic or not measure needs the will. One has only to rend the inspire Southerners with any further much more is needed to deal adequately
political faith of the with the terrible situation. of autonomy to the Provinces under a wonderful appreciations of the work done belief in the redistribution (if need be) of the present. by the Chinese Labour Corps in Europe Tuchuris.
It does not improve matters to Provincial system. After all, under the to realize what s Chinaman can do old Imperial regime, there was more There are 80,000 of these men who will that reports are received from the North provincial automony than there is now return akilled in road-making, railway ern frontier as to Bolshevik activities in mand of the US Array, is here on and things did not work so very badly construction, and harbour work In pro this region. Sinkiang is said to be par visit of inspection. He reached Peking Let there bo no marked line between per hands, there is nothing that John ticularly fruitful in this respect. But from Tientsin on Saturday, and has been North and South or East and West Chinaman cannot do I Information residence in Peking end a knowledge of busy over since. He is to have an audi-
I do not believe that China needs to devotes loader to Chinese labour in official reports from the more distant ence with the President to-morrow.
The Americans are preparing for m worry about Manchuria, or Mongolia. France in which the following remarks provinces tends to scepticism. It would WAR WORK. Che
big enough as it is; ber eighteen occur:- Of all the foreign labour Dot be wise to discredit entirely such. reports, but they may be described as ments of all their employers agree in Meanwhile, the Government is hard Once more, there that respect Chinese fare well in any pressed to make ends meet. From almost un every pince come requests for money with 18 no one but Japan to China's life and integrity, checked it tiring at their work and very
Those qualities cause them to be much to raise forces to suppress bandits. An- must be, China's trade came in appreciated in all the factorier making
other loan has been negotiated with * material where they are
Japanese for twenty million dollars based from the west, from India. I can see whape, only a dept the security of the telegraphs, and were made in the month, a tribute to the be so. The lifeblood of a nation is trade opened up with good railways and good an evening paper has taken the occasion conscientiousness of the British ladica
hard to keep away from a hobby roads would be one of the finest places in to publish a list of loans contracted with
persistent and confirmed rider the world wherein to live, apart from the Japanese during the past few months, CHRPOO BREAKWATER: of hobby horses, and so I cannot but shout question of the development of her vant showing an indebtedness of over one hi Chefoo breakwater was talked about for
dollars. For years China.
many years before an actual commance- eld battle-cry of Burma Yuunan as natural resources. She needs money for dred million the trade routes of the future through the all this, and there is only Japan who has been understood to be on the vergement was made with the work and bas
but these forecasts have can spare it Japan must have something of bankruptcy, Chinese Western Provinces. A return, not only for her money but been falsified as thoroughly as were those had many vicissitudes. It is now ussure
of completion. By an arrangement with This is a digression, perhaps, but
cour the Chinese Government, a monthly appro- means that, having given Japan in out for her guarantee of China's security. made in respect of the European christion of: Ts. 111,400 from the Chinese
Took employed in France, that of the Chinese
Provinces are a handful. Let Je zee has proved most satisfactory. The state exaggerated. A SEA great Red Cross fête on May 15th, and
after Manchuria, and Mongolia, that the old menace from the North and
support
in their characteristic
North-west is checked Check if and for climatey are patient, attentist which to equip armies, fighting rebels done by the Ibition of the work
Centurica ago,
no reason now why this should not still
It
is
if
my
let and confiring Japan to the North and North west for that
menses
will have not only her g controlled and checked but will be zid of the bogey of Japan in the South and South-west, and, indeed, in all of the Famous eighteen Provinces of the Middle Kingdom,
(Continued at foot of next Column.).
It is,
Surely that is only fair |
but
tries
engaged in the great war. Still, successive loan weakens China' credit, "The books are The Fight for the and it is to be anticipated that on Republic in China, by Mr. Putnam creditors may decide to appoint an Off- Receiver to administer the estate. Weale; Li Hang Chaug by The only competent Oficial Receiver at the present moment is in the language of the Chinese Press, & certam country. (Continued as foot of nezt Column.).
FF
P. Bland Forty-Five Years in China, by Dr. Timothy Richard; and China, *** by Mr. 8. H. Parker (a new edition of his former work of the same name),
forceful are advertising, the event and enlisting style On Monday afternoon, there was an interesting
during
April Thi was under the auspicza of Queen Mary's Necillework Guild. Some 5,000 articles
Maritime Customs will be made to cover
the cost of the work from January 1st, 1918, to July 31st, 1919. This should ha welcome news for the British, whose 10- terests bero are “paramount, or should be. This ensures that Chefoo will remain one of the principal perte in North China