SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
MOTOR DEPARTMENT.
Distributors for
COLE DODGE & OLDSMOBILE Cars,
FEDERAL Trucks-FISK_Tires,"
HARLEY-DAVIDSON Motorcycles. ARROW, BRENNAN, JACOBSEN, MEITZ. & VENN- RED WING, ROBERTS, SEVERIN Marine engines.
We stock Spare Parts also carry a complete line of Auto-Accessories, and Motorboat Fittings.
Motor Car Storage and
Repairs of all descriptions under European supervision. Re-painting a speciality.
Inquires and Inspection Invited.
Call at our Motor Garage
No. 7. Russell St.
or
JOHNSON MOTOR WHEEL
Phona 559.
Make any Bicycle into & Motor-Cycle. Stocks arriving.
Manufacturers Representative:
UNION ENGINEERING CO., LTD..
13, Chater Road.
THE 1920
Ford
Price
$1,000.00
195
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 18ra, 1920.
If the price of the Ford had advanced since 1914, In the same ratio as standard Plecegoods, the Ford would cost about $4,000 to-day! Made in Canada--~
SOLE AGENTS:
ALEX. ROSS & CO.,
HONGKONG
1920 CATALOG No. 92
Now Ready
1
Our 500-page, profusely illustrated cat- alog of General Merchandise, Food Stuffs and Machinery is now ready.
The general increase in price of all merchan dise makes it more than ever desirable to exercise the greatest care in buying. A com parison of our prices with those locally, in effect will show that we offer a worth-while saving.
you want Everything you
In the new catalog you will find illustrated, described and priced, practically everything you want for the HOME, OFFICE, FARM, SCHOOL or HOSPITAL utawa Groceries, Dry Goods, Clothing, Furniture, Electric and Sporting Goods, Gas Engines, Auto Supplies, Blcycles, Farm Implements, etc., etc., New Shanghai Office To render more efficient service. to our many customers in China and take proper care of the rapidly growing business we have rented offices and sample rooms in- the new INTERNATIONAL Y.M.CA BLDG., SHANGHAI which will be occupied about April 1st, 1920. Temporary office has been opened at No. 12 Nanking Road, Shanghai. For free copy of our 1920 Catalog, apply to MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.. 12, Nanking Road, SHANGHAL. WHOLESALE & RETAIL.
We guarantee that any merabandise purchased from us will be found upon arrival to be enolly a represented in the catalogus.
We Guarantee Safe Delivery
MONTGOMERY WARD
Chicago, U. S. A
JAPANESE POLICY IN CHINA THE ENGLISH COLLEGE IN
PEACEFUL PENETRATION OF
SHANTUNG..
What are the Japanese doing in Shan tang! How far has their peaceful pent tration of China's Holy Land extended What are their methods there, and what ia their animus!
These are some of the questions the friends of China bere are asking just now, says & New York writer in The Christian Science Monitor. As something of an answer to them, a representative of The Christian Science Monitor has obtained a ropy of an article written by a citisen of the United States who lives in Shantung and whose statements may be accepted as sincere. Extracts from the article follow:
Those familiar with Far Eastern history know Shantung Province is the pivotal province between North and South China; also that whoever possesses it has An entrance to the vast natural cool deposits to the west of it, the greatest deposits in the world. Manchuria is like one bandle of a nutcracker. Shantung the other. Chihli, the metropolitan pro- vince, with Peking, lying between, is the nut to be oracked Japan has for years manærvered to get possession of these sw handles, and they are now practically in her grip. With Japan possessed of these, the dismemberment of North China has progressed far...
17
GREAT FOBOR LANDED IN SHANTUNG, "While the Allies were crying out at the outrage of Germany going through neutral Belgium to attack France, Japan landed a great force on the north shore of the peninsular province of Shantung. st Lang Kou, to attack Tsingtao, the German stronghold on the south side. The natural thing to do, if the terri torial integrity of an innocent neutral was not to be violated would have been for the Japanese military and naval force to attack Tsingtao from the east. It would have been relatively easy for the Japanese Navy to reduce the half dozen German forts, several of which were manned with old typo, low-powered guns captured by the Germans in the Franco-Prussian War of 1871. The same big caliber guns which the Japanese Ister used from the land aids of Tsingtao to batter the German foris "to pieces could bave been used to the same parport from the waterside by the powerful Japanese Náry, and at much less expense.
OUTRAGES CHARGED TO, JAPANESE.; ***Instead, the Japanese marched 150 miles overland, insulting United States missionaries, outraging multitude of Chiness peasants, demanding from the magistrates and people vast supplies of rice millet, wheat, beans, and many other kinds of provisions; commandeering great numbers of carts, males, donkeys, oxen, and men. No Chinese money was given for all this, only in some cases worthless chita, which have never been redeemed.
"The sinister purposes of Japan were then revealed in the fact that instead of immediately turning eastward toward Tsingtao, and, besieging it. from the rear, the main Japanese forces turned eastward and went to Weihsien, a great walled city far to the west, at the middle of this long Best-And-west peninsular province, solue six hours by the German railroad west of Tsingtao.
From Weihsien, the Japanese forces continued on westward to the pro- vincial capital, Tainan-fu, 280 miles west of Taingtao, at the far western end of the Province. There they established themselves in a great fortified camp which they have been continually strengthening since, austing the Standard Oil Company in its process from its strategically locat. ed plant between the two great trunk lines, the one road being the north and south link between Peking and Nan king, the other, the Tai-Kiso Railway, linking up the great port of Tsingtao on the east coast with the vast hinterland the west
CHINA'S PROTESTE DISREGARDED. "Incidentally," the Japanese Govern ment has sines that occupation erected at Teinan-fu, against the protest of the Chinese Government, a great wireless atation, one of a series of such Japaness military spider webs tucked away all over China and remember that these are all Japanese military wireless stations. Thus the grip of Japan is on the throat of China at this, one of several very strategic centers, & grip of military necessity, from the Japanese point of view, for the doms nation not only of Shantung, but also of the communications of Chins
ROME.
LECTURE BY CARDINAL GASQUET.
Cardinal Gasquet delivered recently, at the first meeting of the Fatriotic League of Britons Overseas, at Rome, an inter The Oldest British eating lecture on Institution in Rome, from which the following points are taken:
The history of the English College in Rome is not that of a more seminary, but of a national institution, and goes back to Saxon times. The story naturally The divide itself into four sections. Arst is that of the ancient Schola Anglo- rum: the second that of the English Feminary; and the last, that of the recon struesion of the college after the destruc tion at the time of the French occupation of Rome at the end of the Eighteenth Century
One of the most curious facts in the history of our Saxon ancestors is the fact that, in spite of the difficulties of the Journey, so many travellere from that distant land found their way to Home. More than one ruler gave up his grown under the shadow of Bt. Peter's. One of and dignity and retired to end hir dayı these wa Ins, raler of the West Saxous, who in 795 founded the Schola Anglorum, which was at once a school of learning for the English, and a bonics for the re- ception of pilgrims from England on the site now ocenied by the Church of Santo Spirito in Sasis, in which may still be seen a picture which, according to Roman tradition. was given he King Ina. The English School and Horice continued till the distrous fire in the Borgo, which form the subject of one of Rap- heel's paintings,
In 1360 certain Englishmen in Rome purchased a certain property in the Via Monserrato with the object of establish ing a national hospice. On this very site now stands the venerable English Collare A few years later & second borgies for our countrymen" was established in the Trastaveze, opposite the Church of 8. Chrysogono, which subsequently united with that of the Via Monserrato. King Henry VIL took the nomination of the Curator into his own hands, and it was frequently, if not generally, the place where the umbamadors from the English King took up their aboda when in the Eternal City.
THE PRESENT COLLEGE.
TH
The present college was founded by Pope Gregory XIII. about 1575. by utilising the buildings of the old hospice and adding considerably to them. Dr. Maurico Cianock, a Welshman, was 30- pointed the first "Rector, but difficulties almost immediately sroes between the English and Welsh students, and very shortly afterwards the Jesuita were ap pointed to manage it, which they did unde great difficulties for about two. forturies
In 1793 the college practically ceased to exist and remained desolate and empty for some twenty years In 1808 Pius VII was taken a prisoner by the French, sad Rame was sacked and cccupied by French officials Luckily, by the kindness of s friend, the old archives were saved, and are still in the possession of tha-college In 1816 the buildings which had survived were handed back to Dr. Gradwell, acting on behalf of the English bishops. He was appointed Rector of the college and at to work to save what was left of the empty building. The church had been destroyer and the college was a ruin. - Dr. Gradwell set to work with energy to restore the place, and in 1818 he was able to welcome the first students. Amongst those who have done much in the work of restoration was Dr. (afterwards Cardinal) Wiseman, and on Dr. Cradwell's return to England be presided with great succERA over the college as Rector. He was made Bishon in 1840, and went to work for the Church in his country,
ед
of the peasants, in desperation, rose Maase and went to protest to the Japanese yamons: Chinese possants who for ages immemorial have made their living from coastal fisheries have been charged $200 for these so-called "licenses, of course, putting them out of business, their places on their fishing being at once
surped by Japanese squatters
Second, in the case of foreigners, the policy adopted has been one of potty nag- ging and using despicable methods to force the foreigners out of their business and property in Tsingtao and its en- virons. Despite all of Japan's solema treaties with China and other nations to "It was only after Japan hat moved preserve the open door and to cultivate slowly over the western hall of Shantung, international trade, to give a froo hand planting her own soldiers to railway to the unionsis of all governments for guards at every station and ousting the the prosecution of their legitimate busi Chinese railway guards, that she delibeness enterprises, Japan has in Shantung, rately settled down to the siege of Tsing step by step, particularly in the territory tao. Her troops bad landed in the penin- taken from Germany, used all the dis- sula on August 25th, but it was not until honest means at the disposal of a powerful November that they actually settled down militaristic. Prussianized Government to to the siege. United States people ought squeeze out non-Japanese competitors. ~~ to understand that the possession el Tsingtao was a mere incident of Japanese policy in China, the taking of which served to give Japon face to carry out her policy of political domination in North China
MUUALLEGED UNTALE REBATEZ.
In Bhantung, Japan has consistently used two policies, just as she bag done in the complete sujugation of Formosa, Kores, and in the political, military, and economic domination of Mongolia, Man charia, Chihli, Shantung and Fukien. various excuses and pretexte the
This bas included unfair rebates in favour of the Japanese; hindrances in the moving of freight and other goods on the Gorman railroad now controlled by Jagan, the skillful-opening of letters by steaming; the removal therefrom of checks, drafts, bills of lading, bills of ex- change, etc., to the constant annoyance of foreign firms. One by one under Japaneso Government has forced nog. Japanese firms, particularly United States, and Chinese, to get out and give up továr business: The Last one which now faces this forcing out process in the Asiatic Petroleum Company. Scarcely a foreign firm remains, except Mara Cornaby, Eckford & Co" of which, alguineantly, the leading member is the influential British Consul resident in Tsingtaot
POLICY OF DISPOSSES810s. "First, in the case of the Chinese people, who are supposed to be inarticus late, the policy has been one of brutal disposession of property-land, stores, garden plote, fisheries, salt works, orchards, and businesses of all sorts. In many cases this policy has been varied, to give it the appearance of legality, by taxing the people out of existence under Increasingly large colonies the name of licenses for carrying on Japanese are being hurried into Bhan- their business As, for example, in cor- tang by their Government and settled tain businesses the people were taxed all along the railroad to Tainsa fn, 280 unbearable sum of from 60 to 80 per cent miles to the westward. These so harem and, in the event of non-payment their the Chinese and foreigners that in many property was seized at a nominal figure.caso they have hard to get out of the Against this, in some instances, the women vicinity where these colonies have
· settled.? (Continued as food of next column.).
of
VICTORIA THEATRE
HONGKONG
TO-NIGHT
(Thursday), March 18th, at 9.15 p.m.
"
TELEPATHIC
SEANGE
OF THE CELEBRATED TELEPATHIST
EUGENE DE
RUBINI
(THE MAN WITH THE SIX SENSES)
Box EATO
DEXES CIRCLE (Frozi Bow) DRESS CIRCLE.
STALLA (First Three Rows) STALLS
=
BOOKING AT ANDERSON'S.
Schinasi
Natural"
85.00
$2.00
$1.00
$4.00
33.00
82.00
Bros.
Cigarettes.
The Original Egyptian.
The Cigarette that smokes best.
latins of 50's
$1.30 per tin.
TABAQUERIA FILIPINA
10, DES VEUX ROAD, C.
Noble's
VALUE
WORLD FAMOUS
Famous, not onlyin the Old Country, but throughout the World, are the supert values obtainable from John Noble's. You should send to-day for the wonder. 1ful 68 page Catalogue, giving full particulars styles in Women's, Men's and Children's Wear, and hundreds of Blustrations of the very latest Dress Materials, Footwear and all kinds of House- bold Requirements, such as Linens, Sheetings, Curta as Bedding, Catlery, sterk, Bny all such goods direct from England from Nobles, the actual manufacturers, and thus save. middle profits. Everything offered you by Noble's will give you extreme satisfaction in quality of material, design, workmanship and price. To were writing to England in the first place, copies of Joka Noble's Catalogne may be obtained, port free, from the Hong Kong Daily Prose," Hong Kong John Hebie, Ltd., will gladlysend
PATTERNS landid selection of patterns of
drass materials, post iras, an application to Manchester,
(in full) absomid whe
REMITTANCES Grar pashe be sent
by Money Order, or by Bank Draff, peyabis at sight ou 10 London or Manchester.
JOHN NOBLE TO M
1580