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PROPOSED EXPEDITION
AGAINST. CANTON, ~ DISCUSSIONS "AT TIENTSIN...
A Peking message "dated April 30th BNF:-
The Tientsia conference is discussing
Szechuan,
Kueiehow, Kiangai and Hutan will follow Hupeh's lead in both these undertakings. Chang Tso-lia will proceed to Mukden, Tsao' to Pilotingfu and Wong Chan-yuan to Feking after the conference, Wong Chan-yaan reporting
to the President as the representative of à proposal to dispatch a military ex-Tsun Kun and Chang Tro-lin, petition against Dr. Sun Yat-sen. It
It is announced that the Government | Mr. Campox's Old Bill, 189 lbs.
is believed that Chang Tso-lin has does not desire' civil war and that the selected General Lung Chi-kuang as text, proposed expedition against Canton will er of this venture.
remain in abeyance.
:
POWERS.
The Igal Self-Government Conference The scheme has not yet been deänitely drafted, but it is suggested that the ex-opened at Peking to-day-Router: pedition should be divided into two DR. SUN'S MANIFESTO TO FOREIGN forces, une passing through Pingsiang (Kiangsi) to Swatow, and the other, through Changchor (Fukien) to Chau chow. It is understood that the appropal of General Chang Kung-Fuse and L Hot-chi (Tuchups of Kiangsi and Fukien, respectively), has been asked.
"
If General Chen Chiang-ming with draws his suppors from Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the object of the expedition" till have been gained, and, it will return north
ward.
PROPOSED OUTLAWRY FOR DR. SUN.
NANKING, Apríl 27in.
4:
SHANGHAI RACES. THE SITUATION IN SIBERIA.
THE CHAMPIONS SWEEPSTAKE"
GROWING DISSATISFAUTION, We take the following report of this COALITION GOVERNMENT » WANTED. A Harbin message states that reports race from the Naf. Daily New The CHAMPION SWEEPSTAKES-Winner. Tls from Transbaikalin describe the situation 2,000. Second, Tis. 1,000. Third, Tis.'s serious. While the communists' in- 500. For Chilla ponies, winners at Huence is increasing and exerting I this meeting.--One mile and a quarter. | powerful influence over the whole regime. the food situation is desperate and traus (Mr. Bremmer) 1 port extremely bad. General, dissatisfac
tion is growing. (Mr. Johnstone) 2
"Novosti Mr. John Peel's Silver Streak. 152 lbs.
Jizni commenting upon Messrs. Winsome & Hasty's The Hawk,
conditions in Transbaikulia says that no 155 lbs. ****
(Mr. Hitha Government, however skilful, will be | Mr. Day`s Shenkoland, 139 lbs.
able to bold its own in the struggle with (Mr. C. R. Burkill the opposition and hostile elements un-
less supported by foreign Powers. On- Mr. Risk's Cr-insurance, 183 lbs.
(Mr. Crokam) the other hand the paper admits that the Mr. Dalgarno's Djeninah, 188 lbs.
irresponsible actions of the Communists (Mr. Dalgarno) oare not likely to win the sympathy of Mesars, C. & H. White's Victoria, 149 foreigners and will only serve to make (Mr. White) things worse. The paper urges the im- Mr. Toeg's Wilson, 152 lbs.
mediate adoption of a coalition Govern- Mr. F. S. Gibbings' Hall Moon Bay (Mr Knoll)
nient, before it is too late. The article ends with the following words: "LE 159 lbs. (Mr. J. K. Brand) this is not done there will be good laws, Mr. MoBain's Golden Rod. 152 lbs.
but nobody to obey them."
A liter message. (Mr. Springfield)
Vladivostock states that the new Government at Chits
Peasants with M. Krasnoatchekoff as Pre-
¡bs.
During the last four years the patriots of China have been waging a war against the militarists and-traitors of the country for the oause of constitutional Govern ment and for national existence itself. It has been no war between the North and South of China, but a struggle be tween militarism and democracy, between Mr. Hellenic's Ajax, 158 lbs. treason and patriotism. That the people
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(Mr. Pauld) o in composed of four Communists and three
in the North are sympathetic to the pur-Messrs. Winsome & Hasty's The poses and aims of the South has been Oriole, 135 lbs.(Mr. Dalgliesh).sident. demonstrated by the fact that they have The Geld of is were seat away in a spontaneously organised demonstrations |
KÍTIM,
Was
By
JAPAN'S NEW COLONY AT
DEKASTRI BAY..
and boycotts for the same purposes and good line after three or four attempts and Silver Streak at once jumped out, The Government at Peking has lost the followed by Wilson and Half Moon Bay.
A RUSSIAN PROTEST. last vestige, of its control over the pro-i vinces. even those nominally, within its At the mile Old Bill had gone second, but jurisdiction, where the military satraps there
VLADIVOSTOCx, April 5th. very little over all. are plundering the people and ruining the
The Priamur. Eramissary. M. Miliyeff, has. country. It has even to take orders from Loongfei, Victoria had taken the lead, forwarded to the Head of the Japaness them. These militarists wage war among followed by Djeinual," "Silver Streak. Military Mission at Habarovsk thi themselves in the struggle for power. Wilson and Half Moon Bay, with The
following memoranchun :- One of them has lately gone to the ex-Oriole last.
**As you,kriow, a Japanese transport tent of traitrously leaguing himself with
Half way round, Djeminal arrived at Dekastri Buy on April Russian monarchists and aiding and was out to two lengths and The Hawk 18th and landed a military deincenent betting them to attack and capture was working up. Old Bill took command of 300 man, Capt. Hayashi, in command ega. While the Peking Government is at the Monument and was never again, charge of cargo from the transport, eros j' this detachment, hos ordereil the dis fast crumbling from sheer hollowness beaded, winning with secreely an effort ed a wireless station, established a mili foreign domination threatens to spreadi
la reply to the joint enquiry of the Prime Minister General Chin, General Tsao Kun, General Chang Tso-lin, and General Wong Chan-yuan concerning Dr. Sun Yat-sen's election to the Presidency in Canton, General Chi Hsieh yuan say that.. previous to taking any action, the Peking Government should denounce the crimes of Dr. Sun against the Republic, ordering his apprehension by the officials anywhere he may be found. General Chi adds that if this is done. Dr. Sun will become a political refugee again in foreign countries. It is reported that as Dr. Sun has special relations with the Russian Soviets, the French Concession of Shanghai will not allow him shelter in Since the unconstitutional dissolution was beaten two lengths into third. the future.-Asiatic News Agency;
of the National Assemby in June, 1917, Shenkaland, though well placed, was not DECLARATION AGAINST DR. SUN.no de jure government has existed in equal to the finish.
Peking. New election faws may have been made and new National Assemblies
PAKING, April 29th,
Time min. 40 2-5secs.
Puniea.
Old Bill
Silver Streak The Hawk
Pari-mutuel. Win. Place. 024 1.041 2,851 2,319 863 1,140
8,579
Total shares taken .. 8,019 "Dividends:--Win, 838.30,
Places, $10.10. $7,30, 89.10. Members sweep:-Nos. 1:3880,
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2010,
from the North to the South. The by three lengths. The Hawk could not tary, censorship in the Russian Govern- existence of Chian as a nation is in withstand Silver Streak's challenge and he can remain in his office but cannot ment Post Office and told the Head that Jeopardy.
communicate with Mariinsk without per- mission of the Japanese. The population of lekastri Bay has been informed by the Japanese that in the near future an other transport will come there and that - may have been elected but they all lack
the Japanese will begin building a tova As a result of the Super-Tuchuns' con legal basis. Confrmation of this view
and a road to Soffisk, pending the occu ference in Tientsin, under the leadership has come from an "unexpected quarter,
pation of the whole region. 'C'aptain of Marshal Tsuo Kun. Marshal Chang from Hsu Shih-chang himself, when he
Hayashi has also communicated by tele Tulin Marshal Wong Chau ruan, and issued an order in October last for the
phone with the Chairman of the Mariinak General Lu Yang-ting, a long-circular | bolding" of a general election based not ""
Government, Mr. Dubin, instructing him telegram addressed to the Cabinet. the on the new election law, which is the
to 'send à man to receive the laws by various Ministries, Civil and Military basis of his own title, but on the old
which the population are to be governed, Governors and others has been sent from election law, which is incompatible with
that Russian motor-boats can only sail be Tientsin to Canton strongly denouncing his claim to the Presidency. The extra-
tween Bolshe-Mihailovsk and Bogerodak. Dr. Sun Yat-sen for his illegal-election" ordinary spectacle is thus presented of
and that they hate to be delivered to in the south, as follows: A
the self-styled President of the Republic 326-17.
the Japanese Command on first demand. During the course of the last three confessing that he has no legal right to
The Innding of Japanese troops at Qualified ponies:-Tarnished Silver, Dekaatri Bay is a violation of |years, civil war has been in existed in, that title,
4127: Sheukoland, 8950; Blazing Corn, sovereign rights of the Far Eastern Cajun to the Immense détriment of the Thus, in this hour of crisis when 38616; Kempston, 57:56, Victoria, 35583; Republic and its master, the Constituent country and people. Since the cancel nationul existence itself is imperilled Djemnah. 11395; The Curlew, 2488 Assembly, but, interference by Captnia lation of the Military Government in there is in Peking no Government which Golden Rod, 18097; Zaandam, 22412; Hayashi in the internal affairs of Rus Canton and the submission of the Kwang. is legally constituted or able to dis Darkey, 12323; Ajax. 2344; Half Moon sians may cause another civil war. The sit the Central Government fast year, charge the functions of Government, Bay, 9410; Le Moet. 39735; The Baby grave mistakes committed by foreign the President and the Prime Minister Under these cicumstances, the National Bird, 33010; Guldborg, 22107; One of intervention, resulting in human sacri and all high civil and military authori Assembly, the only body of legally Thera, 17945; Seignas, 27784, Co-insur-Bees, may be repeated once more. The ties have been endeavouring their utmost elected representatives, af all the pro-ance. 4075; Stancliffe, 5999 Wilson, whole population of the former Sakhalin to devise ways and means towards the re- vinces and territories of the country, has
1569; The Kingfisher, 28674, The Oriole, district: the present part of Prinmuria unification of the Republic. In view of established a formal Government and has 25007; Bayeroft, 1372; Fighting, King,
nd the Priamur region,being pacified from the dangerous situation of the country, elected me to be the President of the 2010: The Field, 3131. both from within and from without, it Republic. Being the founder of the
the horrors of intervention, has settled is the sincere wish of the President to Republic, I cannot afford to see her in
down to peaceful life. The appearance of Japanese forces may cause the renewal bring about unity by any possible method danger without making an effort to save
of half-forgotten enmity and vengeance in the hope of saving China and her her. Having been summoned once be
the Presidency from
at a time when peace has just been estab. people from destruction because without fore in 1911 to cansolidation, the Republic cannot wain. which 1 resigned after a short tenure in THE COMMERCIAL SITUATIONlished. In lodging this protest I ask you to communicate with the Japanese- tain its existence. But owing to the in- order, as I thought, to bring about unity
Government, insisting on the 'evacuation trigues and trencheries of the Sus to the country. I intend now to do all
of the Japanese detachment from Faction, all efforts have been rendered in my power to discharge those duties GENERAL PROSPECTS OF BRITISH Dekastei, the territory of the Russian futile up to the present. Now to the and functions honestly, faithfully and toi
people of the Far Eastern Republic: It great surprise of the Government and the satisfaction of my fellow citizens. people, Sun Yat-sen, through the medium As the National Assembly which has
is hardly possible that Japan, the country Mr. T H. Lyle, "C.M.G., H.M. Consul- of Rising Sun which is the source of life of a handful of his own followers, has elected me represents the whole country, been selected to the bogus Presidency in irrespective of North er South, sa Generali, Bangkok, has prepared a report on earth, will provoke new bloodshed at Canton by two hundred and eighteen shall be my first endeavour to unite all on the commercial situation in Siam at the very moment of complete pacification votes. The election was illegal because the provinces and territories of the the close of last year, in the course of and union of the whole population of the it was not carried out in accordance with Republic under one Government which which he says it is to be feared that the Far East.Dufte Agency. the original Presidential Election Law shall be progressive and enlightened. loss caused to Siam by the partial failure of the Provisional Constitution. Not The legitimate rights of foreign Powers of the 1910-20-harvest will be reflected in only this, but as the old Parliament was and their nationals, daly acquired by the imports which the resumption of the capacity of the country to absorb formally dissolved by order" by the treaty, contract, or established usage. Government and the members of the two shall be scrupulously respected. The vast buying orders late in 1919 will have. Houses were unseated in 1917, it is quite resources of the country, natural and in- tion of the trade figures for January- THE MEISHUN WRECKED: NO
brought forward, and a close," "exumina plain that Sun Yat-sen was unconstitu dustrial, shall be developed so that the tionally and illegally elected or nominat- whole world suffering from the disastrons. October, 1930, would probably confirm this. The absence of an exportable ed by his own, private followers entirely effects of long years of war will be mediura to balance by its sale the pur- for selffish purposes. Certainly no citizen benefited. For this purpose foreign
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First prize, $201,000; second prize,
$37,000: third prize, $23,800,
IN BIAM..
TRADE.
ཆ་
SUNK IN THE YANGTSZE
GORGES.
LIVES LOST.
According to Advices received in of the Republic will or can recognize the capital and expert knowledge will in chase of imports is bound to have its Shanghai, fast week, the Pacific Mail bogus President. There is no dispute pursuance of the open door policy, he effect, and tight money and a stagnant Co.'s Yangtze steamer feishun has been over the Constitution, since the Central welcomed. There is little doubt that, market seem inevitable in the near fus sunk in the Gorgen.
It seems that the Meishun was proceed- Government has already issued-mandates with the Southern Provinces enjoying ture. There is at the moment, however, ordering the convocation of a new good Government and properity under an: no marked depression in spite of the facting up river from Iching to Chungking Parliament in accordance with the bonest administration and a constructive that the rice mills of this port have been when she struck a rock and went under old election laws, and this clearly shows programme, the other provinces will be idle for several months, but rather a hope in a few moments. She is now lying in that Sun Yat-sen cares only for his selfish only too ready to throw off the yoke of that the phase of inactivity will be mere about 20 feet of water, No lives were ends and gains instead those of the Re-militarism and misrule and, acknowledg-ly temporary, and that the situation will lost, public. Hence the unlawful action of ing the authority of this Government, be saved by a moderately good rice crop Efforts will be made to salve the Sun Yat-sen comes within the, laws bring about the much desired unification for the 1920-21 export season, and by good vessel, the WC Daily News says, but price which the scarcity in North China owing to the present condition of the "punishing national traitors or rebels of the country. who are guilty of inciting internal re-
*** j water, which is only one of the many I believe my task in lightened by the will help to create. bellion against the lawful Government fact of the illegality and incompetency So far as imports are concerned, the difficulties to be faced, there is some of China. For the sake of the country of the Peking Government. That Gov-figures are a most hopeful augury of the question as to whether or not these and people, we hereby announce for the ernment is not recognised by the Chinese restoration of the British share in efforts will be successful. general information of the people that people themselves; it being propped up supplying Siam's needs. In terms of we-will-not-recognize-Sun Yat-sen as- solely by the fact of its possession of the currency Siam's 1919-20 imports, at 188 Chinese subject and that this outlaw shall historie capital of the country and its lion tirais exceed those of the pre. be arrested and published whenever and consequent recognition by the foreign vious year by 35 million ticals; for the wherever he can be found.'!
Powers. I appeal to the Governments same period the imports from Great
# Dominions of the Friendly Powers to withdraw re Britain and the British cognition from a jo dianne Government amounted to 102 million ticals. This which is avowedly not de jure and which latter figure itself exceeds the British DESIRE TO AVOID CIVIL WAR,
16 proving itself not even de forte and, total for the previous year by 5 million in the same manner in which they recog. ticals, or al millions if "Opium" be elim. PEKING, May 4th: nised the Republic's Government formed inated. It seems arguable, therefore, that bat no sensible person claims that the photo- It is officially learned that the Tientsin by the National Assembly in 1915, accord the gain in the value of Siam's trade for graphs equal those secured with a $50.00 lens conference will close within a few days, recognition to this Government formed 1010-20 is practically entirely that of Great While the full results of the conference now by the Assembly, as the only Govern, Britain and the British Dominions. The eye is a miniature camera, and lenses. are not yet known, two important deve- ment of the Republic
Actauted by no desire of selfish gain in hard or soft ware, there is a willing simply remedy defects in the natural photo- lopments have occurred. Firstly, Chang but by the sole motive inf: serving the mess to have recourse to British goods Tio-lin and Tano Kanure, undertaking
NO CAMPAIGN AGAINST CANTON
| In all branches of manufacture, whether
No further details of the disasteg, are at present available
This was the second trip of the ill-fated vessel up river.
82.00 CAMERA WILL TAKE
PICTURES,
to remit to the Government a portion of Republic to the best of their ability, the if British goods can be obtained, and in graphing mechanism. The better the lense the provincial revenues which the pro- members of this Government represent many cases the recovery of orders is res the better the results. The Hongkong Optical vinces recently withheld on the ground those idents and those principles which, tricted only by the inability-of-import that they had to meet arrears of military if the Republic is to survive and take houses to hold out a reasonable prospect expenses. Thus the Government hopes its rightful place in the Familly of of delivery,
to raise the revenue to the $5,000,000 Nations, as they firmly believe she will, must necessarily triumphs viz, Libera necessary to meet running expenses under the Premier's retrenchment planlan Constitutionalism, and Devotion to secondly, Wong Chan-yuan has ordered the Common Wealing the Hapek -authorities to expedite, the pr
(Signed) SUN TAT SEX elections. It is expected that Yunnan, Canton, May 5th, 1921. We
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