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SUN YAT-SEN'S APPEAL TO PRESIDENT WILSON, "SAVE DEMOCRACY IN CHINA AS YOU HAVE DONE IN EUROPE.” Dr. Sun Yat-sen has sent the following telegram to President Wilson: -
'I congratulate you on
the completo victory you have gained over Militariam in this world-war. You have done the greatest cervica to civilization and democracy since the world began,
When you advited China to join you because I knew that the Militarists in in the war last year, I strongly objected my country would surely utilize the occasion to straggle Democracy in China. My prediction hès, unfortunately, turn- ed out truc
In the summer
of last yea the question of joining the
THE HOUSING PROBLEM. EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYED TO
CO-OPERATE.
BRITAIN AND RUSSIA. SPEECH BY LIEUT.-COL. WARD,
M.P., C.M.G.
Speaking at a banquet given at Irkutak in honour of the 25th Battalion Middle- sex Regiment, Licut-Colonel Ward, M. P.. C.3.0., said:
**I almost forgot that I am a Member Parliament and a Representativo
CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY. LTD. PROPOSEDRECONSTRUCTION AND INCREASE OF CAPITAL. The following circalar has been issued to the shareholders of this Company by Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co, general managers:-
Dear Sir (or Madam),s foreshadow- at the
the notice.
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A conference was held recently in London between representatives from the Federation of British Industries, who are dealing specially with the hocding question so far as it applies to the large industrial centres, and representatives of from the Labour side of the National of a definite party which is fighted in the Chairman's speech Alliance of Employers and Employed.
The discussion ranged round a scheme amelioration of the conditions, under and as further referred to in the Chair- ing for its principles and for the annual meeting on the 90th October, 1917, as a means of helping to provide housing lives Previous to the war. England was the 25th November last, your General for supporting Pablic Utility Societies which the class from which it is lead man's speech at the annual meeting on accommodation, the proposal being to divided into several carapa and had in Managers, with the approval of the Cons encourage their formation as an addi- its Government parties which were strpng sulting Committee, now recommend that tion to municipal and national housingly at variance one with the other. This the Company be reconstructed and its schemes, it being realised that the longer condition of hostility led the Central capital increased: while the war continues the greater difficulty. Powers to believe that they could use our the reconstruction fully appears in the The desirability of war there will be for the State or local dissensious in order to further their aims. speeches of the Chairman above referred was before our National Assembly, authorities to undertake the whole re- Picture yourselves a married couple who copies of which are enclosed.
But something quite different occurred. the Baxor chief Chang Hsun under-sponsibility for the provision of the are forever quarrelling and bickering. toot
coup d'etat, under the necessary accommodation.
who to all seeming are enemies but let ärst extraordinary general meeting for A print of the notice convening the secret order of the then Premier, It was auggested that this form of relations, then the quarrel immediately the purpose of passing the necessary
third Taan Chi-jui, to force the abolition of society is peculiarly well suited for the ends with bad results to the third party resolutions in connection with the pro-..
party interfere in their domestic, Parliament pad to effect the restoration provision of housing accommodation for soon as Belgium was occupied and Ger posed reconstraction is went herewith.
That is what happened in England. As of the Mancha Emperor. Thus they in several reasons, among them being that many had declared that an International The resolutions will be found set out in tended to crash Democracy at one stroke. it will enable employers to contribute by Treaty was only a "scrap of paper." on But this act was not welcomed by all the means of loan stock towards the provi. declare war, which showed that in Eng- August 4th, 1914, Parliament resolved to Powers and was bitterly resented by the sions of accommodation for their work and there existed no parties, no differ-
The rights of the shareholders in the people of China. Tuan Chi-jui saw that people without involving the disadvan-Werkman, capitalists, peasants, aristo passed will be to receive a Five-Dollar ences of class, and to hostile camps. Present Company, if the resolutions are the movement was foredoomed to failurs, tages of the tied house system, incrats, all remembered that they were share in the new Company credited ins and so ho changed front at once by which employees are housed in houses of defending his country and that all fully paid up in respect of each share in
Britons, that on each was laid the duty joining the Christian General Feng Yu owned by the employers. Moreover, italiks might be killed by a bullet. Eng the present Company beld by them and hsiang, who was already marching with makes it possible for the control and land never prepared to make war especial his brigade on Feking to fight' the management of the houses to be in the sea by a mighty fleet and relying on the Company in respect of the shares to bu to a preferential allotment co-extensive ly on the Continent. Surrounded on the with their shareholding in the present Monarchists. Tuan Chi-jui established hande not of the employees but of a patriotism of her population, Great Bri issued by the new Company for cash. himself the chief of this anti-monarchist Joint Committee on which the tenants, sien of her territory and for this reason majority of the shareholders of the pre-
tain could remain unafraid of an inva
It is anticipated thas movement and thus pretended to be the capital, and others keenly interested in number which would barely suffice to selves of this right to subscribe for cash local Trade Unions, contributors of maintained an army of only 160,000 men sent Company will desire to avail them the great saviour of the Republic.
social up-liftment can be represented. It constitute a Immediately after hearing, of the re-trict to join together, where acting igde threatening and dared to declare that tage of, an opportunity to subscribe for
will enable several employers in a dis Siberia.
sector of front here in shares in the new Company. In so far storation of the Monarchy and the over pendently they would probably not be Treaty to which we had affixed our
thought of as this right may not be taken advan- throw of the Republic, I left Shanghai in a financial position to take any action signature was neither more nor less than shareholders who exercise their right to on the 5th July, 1917, with a part of the at all The whole of the advantages of
the surplus shares will be given to those Chinese Navy lor Canton with a view to
scrap of paper figating the Monarchists; but on arriving accrue, the working man would retain
the Public Utility Societies would thus national feeling of all British citizens.
thereby insulted the
subscribe for cash shares. at ay destination all the work I had in his independence, the master would an instant Only one phrase was to be Mortgage Co., Ltd., the holders of the
All internal dissensions died down in
The China Provident Loan tended to do had been done already, realise that his men were housed in Citizens to arms." From that moment agreed to accept debentures in the new and apparently, by Tuan Chi-jui. I con satisfactory conditions, and the whole of we representatives of various parties, all Company in substitution for the cxist-
heard dominating the whole country
debentures issued by the Company, have gratulated him for this patriotic action the community would benefit by and advised him to restore the Parlis general social up-liftment. went at once. To my disappointment he
forgot internal politica. This does not, ing debentures. ignored my advice and, to my surprise, I fully discussed, and finally the scheme. As soon as the war is over various differ The financial side of the scheme was forsaken discussions and disagreements. of course, mean that we have for over further discovered that he was at the was adopted, the Labour representatives ences of opinion will appear anew and bottom of Chang Haan's Bater movement present agreeing to help in every pos again we shall be transformed to destroy foreign institutions and to sible way.. uphold the Manchus,
politicians. band several times, pisyed our national I noticed at to-day's banquet that the is think this is our national song Rale Britannis.
Perhaps they
A copy of the agreement referred to in hymn, or be there is a hidden a person the resolutions, and the proposed Me that words of our hymn God say pasy, can be inspected at any time at morandum and Articles of the new Com- the King'
are not consonant with the the office of the Company's solicitors
Messrs. Deacon, Looker, Deacon
I then took steps, upon my own I sponsibility, to reconvene the Parliament at Canton. At first I was strongly op posed by the Militarists in the South also, but, realizing that públic opinion was with me, they let me have my way. The people of Canton welcomed my pro posal, and the Kwangtang Provincial Assembly at once sent out invitations to the members of Parliament in all the
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the
Hayes Fisher to receives députation be The conference decided to ask r. for the Government Housing Beheme definitely adopted.
SERVICES ENTERTAINMENT
FUND
But he
who
into
is merely part of the machinery for effect- out, that the resolution for winding-up It is, perhaps, unnecessary to point
ing what is desired, and will not involve any disturbance of the basiness, eince the as from the lat August, 1918. into the shoes of the existing Company new or reconstructed Company will step
democratic form of our Gove Harston.
have a
provinces to come to Canton, and they The Treasurer of the above Fund responded enthusiastically. The South era Militarista, finding the Constitu- acknowledges gratefully the following tional Movement eo strongly supported contributions for the period ended Decem-and by the people, dared not openly come to ber 3rd: terms with the North, but they conspired
10
15
800
5
10
10 Oct. and Nov Is Oqt and Dec."
with the democratic feelings of and with the feelings of those who are that, strange us this may appear, we, the taking part in today's feast. For this reason I take it upon myself to declare presentatives of a democratic State. democratic form of Government До King, whose throne. is certainly more secure than that of any other monarch in the world. All citizens in England, although loving and respecting their Chief Representative, nevertheless govern themselves and have the most de mocratic form of Government. There fore, to-morrow at the parade you shall hear how the soldiers of a democratic State execute their national hymn, since with
Es in England the one does not in- terfere with the other. With us the King rules and the people goverain.
and all work
lor the good of Great
ted
&
confirmation as special resolutions to a The resolutions, if passed, will- stated in the notice-be submitted for second extraordinary general meeting of the Company which will be subsequently convened.
Hongkong, 2nd December, 1918.
CHOCOLATES IN COURT. ALLEGED THEFT FROM WISEMAN'S CAFE.
day, before Mr. J. R. Word, a partner At the Hongkong Magistracy, yester
and a baker of the Victoria Cafe were charged with receiving stolen goods bo longing to the Wiseman's Cafe
dants, and Mr. D. M. Goodall watched Mr. M. K. Le appeared for the defer the case on behalf of Wiseman's Cafe.
Travelling on the Siberian Railway noticed at several stations the Bolshevik.
Aaz
but nowhere did I see the Rus sian national colours. On my demanding of several station-masters the removal of the Ang of Russia's shame and to my enquiry as to the whereabouts of and the reason for not showing the national flag, of chocolate valued at $40, belonging to Sergeant Airis stated that 50 pounds the station-masters could give me no satis Wiseman's Cafe had been stolen from the factory answers. The impression convey cafe during the last two months. Find- ed was that the Russians are ashamed of ing this leakage continuing, the their national flag, and that this shame agement marked a number of chocolates. is the result of the revolution. If we in On information received the Police visited England experienced twenty revolutions, the Victoria Cals and arrested the two we should never forget that we are Eng defendants. The premises were searched, lish and should never be ashamed of out and the cholocates were found. It was national flag, emblem of the unity of alleged that the baker had received the that if the Russians were ashamed of over to the partner.
I told those stations masters stolen chocolates and bat handed them
our nation.
being Russian and did not, perhaps, wish
MYLAN-
to have a State of their own, a Russian to the defendants not to give specific dates
Mr. Lo complained that it was Government and flag of their own, then on which the chocolates were received
unfair that vacancy might be filled and its off He applied for & remand. cial buildings surmounted by the Bag of
น
ME Wood remanded the case till for had not for morrow, fixing bail at $100 each.
to overthrow Democracy in the South as D. Macdonald 10 well. Thus, after a year labouring P. P. Wodehouse succeeded in getting the Parliament W. J. Pringis..... under unatterable difficulties, I finally Staff, E. E. T. C.
"W. C. F.".. into quorum. which consisted of the majonty of both the Houses During H. Hancock"
A. Denison that interval the North sent expedition E. W. Hamilton after expedition to crush the South. Ritchie Thus the Southera Militarists were con H. A. Nesbit pelled to fight for the Constitutional | Cause with my followers pardy in self-40. D. W
H. Sedgwick defence, although they were not working D. M. Rosa under my direction. This is the real H. W. Bird... cause of the war forced by the Northern E. Davidson. Militarists upon the South. But it is G. 8. Archbutt.. not a war between the North and the A. Forbes South, as commonly supposed to be, for R. Sutherland.
,au༧:-་་* balf the number of the members of the W. M. Humphreys... Parliament in Canton now are from the G. E. Stowart North. It is in fact a
war between J. H. Brister...*** Militarism and Democrary, pure and E. Grant-Smith simple. The Northern Militarists know-
J. C. Nixon ing well that our cause is just and that "A friend "" we cannot be subjugated by them, creat
L. N. Leete ed a bogus Parliament in order to coun-Mr. Justice Gomperte
A. Wells teract the one elected by the people, to guin public opinion in their territory, P. S. Cassidy
P. C. Patts and thus to throw dust into the eyes of M, Maas the foreign Powera
Since the change of the cabinet in
A. E. Crapnel. Japan, the supply of money and arms 0. M. Young
W. A. Butterfield... 10 Oct, and Not, to the North has been stopped. Being A. Galloway left helpless, the Northern Militarists Ross Themen....... now make overtures to the South for a J. W. Taylor... compromise on condition that both the. 7. Campbell bogus and the true Parliament be disW: A. Dowley...
country whose citizens solved and the official posts of the Be Sis, As. Pet. Co......
gotten their unity.. public redistributed. The Southern Mili Hastings
For the frat
during time
the whole of my stay in Russian I find myself in the tarists welcome this idea as it enables them H. Young to divide the Nation's property among
company of Russians who feel a desire themselves and to crush the people's
feconstruct their native land, to restore rights. It is officially given out from
ortor there so that Russia may again take MAN COMMITTED FOR TRIAN Peking that the United States want
place among the great Power of China to cesse internal war, and, that
English cannot be other than pleased at day, a Chinese was charged sa remand, At the Hongkong Magistracy, yester if the South does not agree to the terms,
this; our presence here has only one aim with kidnapping a little boy. the Militarists will bring American pres this Parliament was won by the blood of and to assist in rebuilding once more the It was alleged that defendant met the
to prevent sure upon the South. Thus, when the the martyrs of our Revolution, and is
the disintegration of Bussia world was at war we were £censed as
Busian State. It is all the same to us little boy in the country and enticed him anti-war; now, when pence is dawning, och has was the Parliament duly for optie, but if the leaders several days. The boy was subsequently the foundation of the Republic. More what the form of government may be away to Hongkong where both lived for, we shall likely soon be accused as anti- authorised to formulate and adopt a rer- old English Parliament which has been being sold, when the Police acting ou
Monarchy peace by the Militarists. We have manent Constitution for the Republic.
wish talos. na fought against overwhelming odds and Until this special duty is fulfilled, and in existence since the Xith century, and information received, arrested the defen model the taken to Yaumati with the intention of against Japanese money and arms and the new Constitution: promulgated, it yet survive, but if the United States cannot be dissolved. When Yuan Shibits constitution to what, from our point
throughout ita long life has worked out dant. moral and physical forces are to be miskai was preparing his way to the Im-only welcome, this decision and will cut trial at the December Criminal Sessions used as the Japanese by the Peking perial throne, be abruptly abolished this refuse such assistance as lies in our
Mr. Wood committed defendant fan Militarists against an oppressed people Parliament. Then the people rose and bat it must only not be forgotten the hope of Democracy in China is gone defeated him. This is now the second that the Government, whatever its nature I repeat that it is not our business. Therefore I am compelled to appeal to time that we are fighting for the same may be-Republic or Monarchy must what decision Rumian citizens take you personally for the sake of Justice, Parliament. And this very Parliament rule the country with a firm band and There is only one thing I ought to say Democracy, and Pence, in China, and made known to you our pence terms. We through your own goodself. May I not life of the State Our British democratic hope and wish to see Russia again grent, wat first recognised by the United States not allow diseased elements to shatter the it is that the citizens of Great Britain inaist, all along, upon one condition only look to you now to save Democracy in government is, may be, more strict than powerful, mighty, and morally strong that our Parliament must have full China as you have done in Europe, by any autocratic government, but it brings and that she should again resume her liberty to perform ita proper functions saying just a word for the oppressed into line elements which make for dis rightful place If this simple, reasonable and moderate people of China to the Peling Mili-ruption and is for this purpose the police, of the world the Great Powers condition is denied us, we will fight on tarists, that the Parliament which you the sword and the gallows are insufficient, Colonel Ward's speech made a very despite whatever pressure the Peking have recognized must be respected then an army devoted to the Bate gives good impression everywhere in Siberis. Militarists may bring upon us Bor
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