VICTORY NEAR CHITA. :
THE CZECHS IN HARBOUR JAPANESE CLAIM DEFEAT SOUTH CHINA ATHLETIC. SURPRISE FOR LARGE CONCOURSE OF SPECTATORS.
Happy Valley presented a most animat- ∙ed scene on Saturday afternoon, for the Soon after Czechs were at play there. the American came into harbour, last Wednesday, Mr. Jack Cattron, of the
"SOVIETS LOSSES HEAVY“
An account of a battle with Bolshevik forces near Chita, in which the Japanese wero victorious, and the Japanese version of the clash between Japanese and Czech troops at Hailag, on the Chinese Eastern Railway, are contained in communiques
THE HONGKONG PRESS,
THE JEWS IN CHINA. SUCCUMBED AFTER A CONTINUOUS EXISTENCE OF 2,000 YEARS."
wrote C. White Bishop W subjoined article especially for Israel's Messenger, the official organ of the Shanghai Zionist Association, which is under the editorship of Mr. N. E. B. Exra:-
the
The more one looks into the history of
DAILY MONDAY, MAY SRD, 1990.
CHINESE BANDITS FALL OUT WITH BOLSHEVIKS.
DISCIPLINE OF COMMUNISTIO
FORCES DISTASTEFUL The Chinese Iandits and the Bolshevik are at loggerheads. The Reds, since they' gained control of the greater part of the territory of Siberia, have taken exception to the conduct of the bandits because of
American Y.M.C.A., who has been attach issued by the Japanese War Office on the Chinese Jews the more one is saddened the apparent lack of discipline ameng]
ed to the Fifth Czech Regiment for, the past 18 months in Siberia, got into.com- munication with Mr. J. L, Macpherson of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. and Mr. W. M.
April 16th.**
The communique on the Chita pattle is as follows:-
in the vicinity of Berenisiefka: but later on, being reinforced by about one brigade of troops, they threatened to assume the ese troops concentrated towards Chick nofski in the hope of checking the enemy's advance, and surrounded them on three ides on April 11th, when they advanced as far as Domnokrichefskaya. On the sume afternoon at 3 o'clock, the Japanese defeated the enemy's advance guard of about 300 east of Demnokrichefskaya, and inflicted serious losses on the retreating enemy at 5 o'clock the same afternoon east of Pritzpo, finally occupying Domno
at their decay
Probably there is no similar instance in history, where a strong Jewish community, such as the Jews of China undoubtedly: wore, after a continuous existence of near
them, says the Advertiser. The Chinese outlaws, on the other hand, object to the mures of the Soviet followers because they restrict them in their activities. The opposition, which at Ars was hidden
It is now
"The Bolshevik fore which had been Ronth one of the best American sports advancing from Moscow toward Chita was ly 2,000 year, in the midst of a strong beneath the surface, has finally broken men in the Colony, in an effort that the crushed some time ago by the Japanese idolatrous people, and without much pet through and led to saveral clashes between.
scaution to apoak of, should finally the two forces.
Recently the Bolsheviks ar Iman endea Cechy on board should utilise Saturday
succumb, and as a religious entity become
Gred to form an organization of their There is no doubt but that there was a own that would exclude the Chinose. The in stretching their legg on shore, and, if
non-existent possible, plating a couple of athletic
great influx of Jows into China during fatter resented the move and refused to fixtures against local teams. Thanks to offensive again. Accordingly the Japan- the Han Dynasty, about the beginning the left out in the cold. The Reds then this era. There had probably been Jewish adopted methods of repression and at traders in China many years before that, the co-operation of the American business men of the Colony, and the enthusiasm
for the main route by which Chinese, sill sempted to disarm the outlaws. A battle with which Messrs. Cattron, Routh and
passed into the Roman Empire was followed and the right hand man of In all probosankyu, the leader of the bandits Macpherson worked, two football matches
through Antioch in Syria. and a baseball, match were arranged.
ability they were Jewish traders who north of the Usanri, was killed. brought there goods from China, and for reported that the Chinese leader is concen this purpose they would follow the main raag his men against the Reds at Launches belonging to the local American concerns carried the players, the bands
caravan route from Bagdad across Khera Sugiyuno and that he has vowed to The mounted bandits at Blagoves- and all who wished to go ashore to the
san, Samarkand and Chinese Turkestan, avauge the death of his chief lieutenant. into unsub, Shensi, Honan, and the other chensk, some hundreds strong, have ap provinces of China Proper closes, spot to the Valley.
From tombs of the Han and Tons demanded that they be paid wages and proached the new Soviet Government and Dynasties, opened up during the last given supplies of food and clothing. The fifteen years, have been gathered day demand was refused by the Communistic them are some in foreign clothing, with were ordered to advance against. Semionor. a distinctively Semitic type of physiog They in turn refused to obey the command. nomy. These tombs are found in the Failure to obey the order caused the Soviet Western part of Henan, along the line of to command the disarmament of the what was the main caravan route from Chinese. Fighting of 8 hours duration followed the attempted execution of the China out into the West
command. The bandits were defeated ir the fight and forced to retire.
"
Few indeed in the Colony knew that the Czeab visitors could play football at all.
body of the enemy, who offered a most stubborn resistance..
and it was thought tha, they had rashly krichefskayu, after crushing the main sgures of men and women, and amongst authorities. At the same time the mañ |
lenged the South Chian Athletic FC who, it may be bere mentioned, won the
The enemy was completely dispersed football contests against Japan and the
and driven back toward Moscow by the Phillipines at the 1919 Far Eastern
anti-Bolshevik troops, while the Japanes Olympiad without knowing the capabili-withdraw gradually to Chiclnofski for ties of the latter team. But a surprise further operations. was in store for Hongkong, for the visi tors revealed that they not only knew how to play football, but they knew to play it well. They learnt the game in pre-war days in Austria, and though they have not had many opportunities of practice, the active life they led in their wars against the Germans and Austrians and the Holshevik kept them fit enough for such opposition as Hongkong could pro vide them..
the war cominenced, and, when
$
On one of the Kaifeng Memorial Stone The Bolsheviks that participated in (1489) we are told that the ancestors of the engagement "are estimated at 1,300, the Chinese Jews came by way of Tier- equipped with four field guns and 10 chuha name applied to both Persis and The Japances casualties India-in obedience to the Divine Com- machine-guna numbered only 13 wounded, whereas the mand. That there were over seventy clubs PERING STUDENTS FAVOUR enemy's dead bodies left behind alone in this particularly large immigration, exceeded a hundred. During the opera possibly an exodus from Palestine follow tions & machine-guns, about 100 rifles and ing the destruction of the Temple, and a large quantity of ammunition were that they brought tribute, cloth, no doubt of cutton, for China at that time grow captured."
Do cutiton..
SOVIET PEACE.
VIEWS OF COMMITTEE.
According to the Japan Advertiser, an indication of the wave of popular senti ment in favour of the Bassian Soviet Government that is sweeping over China can be gained from the latest actions of the Peking Students' Committee.
This
institutions of the capital, held a meeting recently to discuss the Russian situation, and resolutions were passed that representatives be sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ascertain the authenticity of the Soviet Note offer ing to waive all Russia's rights and privileges that were seized by
regime
the old
AREEST BOLSHEVIST LEADERS.
In early times there were many synago- Mr. Jack Cattron. in conversation with
The communique explaining the Hailar
gues throughout China, and the Jews were a reporter of the Daily Frea, corrected incident is as follows
Both
numerous and wealthy. From one or two statements which appeard in
On April 11th the Japanese troops our Friday's issue as regards the Czechs stationed at Hailar arrested sight Bal- Chinese records we gather that there were He has been with them in Novorikolesk shevist leaders who had secretly made their four, if not six, synagogues in the city of body, and other towns in Siberia for overway into the city with the object of Changan (now' Sianfu); two, and prob- eduepresenting twenty-nine leading years, and enjoys the fullest confidence of Lieut. Colonel Krontil, who commands the observing the movements of the Japanese ably three, in the city of Kaifeng; ore at troops. The Japanese were escorting the least in Chinkiang, Hangchow, Ningpo, 4th and 5th Regiments, as well as of the Bolsheviks to Dubris, when bodies of Loyang (Honanfu), Nanking, and Peking Other Russian and Crech offers Russian Czechs and Chinese interfered and Dive the gibly one in Ninghia, Canton, and
Siberia. Incidentally, he talks Russian vented the train carrying the captive Shehung well. He told our reporter that the
Bolahavik leaders from starting.
In 1163 the Emperor of the Sung Czech, though really Austrinus, always ***Thereupon the Japanese were obliged Dynasty, whoes Capital city was Kaileng, had love of they joined the to take their prison were in capital, at was the accepted sense of the com barracks, and while they were going new synagogue in the national capital, inmittee that the Chinese Foreign Office be Itussians. When the revolution took through the streeta grenades were thrown which to observe the customs of their requested to show China's sincere desire place, the Bolsheviks offered the Czechs
at the Japanese escort, killing and wound ancestors, and to hand down their costo cultivate the friendship of the Soviet free passage to any part of the country ing beveral. At the same time the Czech trines to their descendants. This does not Government. In view of the opening of they liked
provided they would give up and Chinese troops in the vicinity opened mean that the Jews' colony was only telegraphic communication between China their arms. The Czechs, who did not, wish fire on the Japanes An engagement established in Kaifeng at this time, for and all parts of Russia it was decided to interfere in the internal affairs of
thara is a reference in Chinese records to that a telegram be dispatched to the Russia, agreed, but the Bolsheviks tree-
In the course of the fight more than synagogue which we in the Ningyuen Soviet Government in the name of the cherously attempted to murder them after
a dozen Japanese soldiers were killed and square of Kaifeng, which was traditionally entire student body of Peking requesting they had disarmed, and the Czechs, in a
wounded. Both the Czechs and Chinese tight corner, managed to turn the tables
are now trying to shift the blame for the reported to have been erected about the the Soviet to speedily act upon its pro- time of the incursion of the Western mise to restore the last rights and pri on the Bolsheviks, and commenced a sort
affairs on to each other."" lasted of guerilla warfare with them that
Tartars during the Tsin Dynasty (3rd to vileges to China in order to forestall any intrigues by Japan in connection with until the Allies stepped into Siberia, and
Chinese Government was requested in China's acquisition of these rights. The General Janin, who became Supreme
another resolution speedily to formulate its policy towards Russia.
followed.
*:
5th C.)..
It is quite possible that this Imperial Commander, notified the Czechs that they Mr. Cattron, the Y.M.C.A man manak recognition gave precedence to the Kaileag were to stop fighting against shed and in the America but this was the list ynagogue, which tended to make it mort sheviks. These were obeyed on the grounds that this was the permanent, which is why it has existed the Czechs moved in easy stages to Vladi-game he had seen them play, but be almost to the present, while of all the vostock, from where the U.8. Govern- very agreeably surprised at their exhibi- ment had arranged for their transport outiqn. He considered that there were the American. Naturally, the Czechs are several men in the team of big league glad to get back to their country. They calibre. Two of the sons of Major Mac are an undemonstrative but quiet and Donald were in the team. Mr. Cattron well-behaved people; most of them talk enthusiastically expressed his apprecis Russian, German, Austrian and other tion of the courtesy and hospitality of all mid-European languages.
local sportsmen who had made possible this day of sport ashore.
**CZECKS DEFEAT THE WILTSHIRE...
To return to the athletic events, the 4th Czechs Regiment wet a team from the Wiltshire Regiment on the latter's ground at Scokumpoo Valley. The Band was in attendance, and added much to the enliven afternoon. The Wiltshires got a surprise ment of the sport for it was a gloomy they did not expect, in the shape of a defeat by two goals to one.
There was Little to choces between the teams, except that the Czech forwards were more tricky, The Regimental defence was sorely tested, and came well out of it. The Czecha were naturally much elated over their victory. THE BARZHALL MATCH,
A large crowd assembled on the Hong kong FC. ground to witness the baseball match between the American's baseball team and a local team of Americans. "The teams were as follows:
TONGKONG AMERICA Bouth (Capt.), centre
fielder.. Hamilton, pitcher: Dietrich, catcher. Hanscomb, first base. Biggar, second base. Cuckow, third bass.
McGrath, short stop.
VÀ ELIGA TRÁI C H. MacDonald (Capt.)
first, buso, Geiger, pitcher. Christiansen, catcher.
La
Helder.
centre
CZECHS BEAT THE CHINESL
other synagogues there is no trace what over. Moreover, at the end of one of the Hebrew books, formerly in the Kaifeng synagogue, and probably dating to 1620 A.D. there is a Hebrew record of -Rabbis and Scribes, which speaks of the city
anciently called Pianliang (Kaifeng), the Divine city, by Divine help.
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
MONEY.
WHO IS ENTITLED TO.IT?
A case very similar to that with which Dr. Wo Ting Fang's name has been pro The synagogue of the "Divine city"minently identified in China, is about to is now no more. Only the site remains, occupy the Japanese Courts. The big event of the day was a football upon which it is proposed to erect a suit-
Mr. Miller, commercial attaché to the match between the 5th Czech Begiment able memorial to this unique and pathetic Russian Embassy in Tokyo, and represen and the South Chias Athletic. The Regi- fact of history. The two mesaorial stonestative of Russian Enapciers in Japan, has mental Band of 50 men played a number and a few relics are being carefully prested in the Yokohama District Court an and proved almost as great a surprise a measure, is being made to organise the claiming payment of Yen 2,407,153.96, with of selections before and after the match served, while an attempt, successful, in action against the Russe Asiatic bank their football team. They yere very fav remnant of the Israelites into a can. But interest at 8 per cent. per annum. ourably commented upon. Over 7,000 these people, though they trust us fally It is stated that the bulk of this money people were present, including over 500 and are on the best of terms with us, show was sent to Japan by the Siberian Govern- Czechs and Lieut. Col Kronti, Colonel little or no interest in religione matters, met Mr. Miller was appointed repre The match was started at 4.30 pm. The or in the history of their forefathers. The flative of the Eussian financiers, and be Czech team was much heavier than the name their father went by, "Tinochin- deposited the money with the Busso Chinese, outweighing them on an estimate chino, inew-pluckers, they have dis- the mone of 15 pounds per men. The ground bag carded for Chiaodiny chino, Strip The banks refuses to pay the money on slippery was a decided advantage to the ture teachers, though they now have no the ground that there is no recognised beavier team, slowing up the fast brilliant Scriptures to teach and no tradition to guernment in Siberia that is entitled to work for which the Chinese are so well band on, while they know nothing and demand that the money be returned to known.
practice nothing of the religion of their anyone else. forefathers,
Battle and other officers.
In the first two minutes of the game the Chinese scored their opening goal, the
Czech goal-keeper rolling into the goal
JAPAN HONOURS SUBMARINE
ENGINEERS,
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RISING SUN.
The first hearing will take place early this month Dr. Kishi, of Tokyo, repro set the plaintiff.
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with the ball in his arma, and accom panied by two of the Chinese forwards. The Czechs, not perturbed in the least by this early goal, played very clever foot Everard, second baseball during the rest of the half and scored Conroy, third base: C. MacDonald, short two goals, so that they were leading by the
odd in three when the interval was Mr. Mario Petrucci and Mr. A. Maggi, calle
two Italian submarine experts, were de- During the second moiety the game was corated by the Japanes Government with Brady, right fielder. Tondon, right holder equally contested, both sides indulging in the Order of the Rising Sun at an impres Hutchins, left folder. Hughes, left fielder in front of goal. The equalising goal was the Kawasaki Dock Company in Kobe on clever bouts of passing, but being weak sive ceremony held in one of the rooms of The grounds were a little slippery grested with a tremendous roar. It seems- April 13th. Mr. Petrucci and Mr. Maggi making lost work. Impossible. In the ed as if the match would end in a draw, are the two representatives of the Ansaldo second half of the first innings, the local but shortly before time was called, the San Giorgio Submarine Company of team succeeded in getting two men en Czechs scored the winning goal, amid hases with no one out and for a time it great cheers from their nationals. They Italy. looked as though they were determined to won by 3 goals to 2-a decided surprise They came to Japan a year ago for belonger, have been given notice, but the
American
team tightened up nearly
to the dy every one presentiane individual conspringer of personally supervising the
a few years owing to the action of the lay Frold that time onwards, the game was football, but lacked team work The Ansaldo San Giorgio type for the Im which permite the owners of condemned ruther one-sided, and was stopped after Czechs had splendid team work, but critico norial Japanese Navy at the Kawasaki property to continue using it for five the fifth innings to enable the soccer match present expressed the opinion that there Dock These submarines have recently years after the cessation of hostilities, a to be played. The final score was 18 to to much dribbling near the goal. been completed, and after a rigid test by The capital will soon be very much im zil, in lavour of the team from the After the match, the Chinese entertained the Japanese naval experts both have been proved, and all slums will disappear in I'merican: The local team consistog of business men, none of whom had played the Czech team and the band in their pronounced to be entirely satisfactory accordance with the general scheme for pavilion, and the visitors left later by Commander B. Kato, naval inspector, fattening out the fortifications and allow. ball for several years. Their lack of special launch for their transport. The brought the medals of the Rising Sun from ing the city to undergo natural cupar- training was apparent, but there were merican sails for. Singapore, this morn Tokyo which were bestowed upon the two on. With this objce; the underground flashes of brilliant play and head working Mr. Cattron, who is doing magni- Italians, Mr. Mateukata, president of railway lines are to be extended far l which showed that at one time these men fent work on the steamer, goes to Prague the dockyard, and bis, staff of nestanta, the country with twe proposed termit had played high class baseball," and that, with the Crechs, where, for the American attended the ceremony. Mr. Petrucci and at St. Germain and. Maisons with a few weeks” training, they could (Y.M.CLA., he will continue, the splendid Mr. Haze left. Kobe on the Arabia Mara Metropolitan railway reach round into a formidable organisation. spiritual, moral and educational work be on April stat on their way to Italy tid the will greatly esse-1
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