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The Asiatic News Agency states that Ynnnan reports reaching Peking indiging Berghantmen starting from or There is, a great increase in ocean cate that the head of the notorious calling at Japan, both foreign bandit-chief Yang Tian-hui, who oner Japanese, says "the Japan Advertiser, captured Dr. Sheldon a missionary and Just before the outbreak of war,, their held him & prisoner for some time, for but had decreased to 1,370,000 tons gross total tonnage was 1,500,000* taus gross, the purpose of getting better term by the time the armistice was conclud from General Tang Chi-yto, was savaged by the interorasion of the French and struction of mady new ships and was Therdesrense waa in spite of the ron the British representatives in Yunnan. to be explained by the fact that many By order of the new commander-in.vessels had been withdrawn from the chief of the Yunnan army, General Kuments. Since the end of the war, how- comthercial 'snrvice to meet war require Pin-tsen, this notorious bandit chief was re-arrested by the troops about fortnight go for decapitation; but on account of the fact that he was guar ranteed his life by the foreign consuls ou the release of the American mis sionary, Dr. Sheldon, and, also, because upon enquiry, it has been discovered that Yang Tien-la had cut off all con pretions with his former bandit comrades in the province, he was pardoned General Ku on the condition that he must always live in Yunnanfn under the surveilance of the police. Yang is lead ing a very quiet life now.
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ever, owing to the release of ships from sur commissions, coupled with the great increase th the number of American increase in foreign ships to this part of merchantmen, there has been a steady the world, while the number of Japanese ocean-going vessels has also increased.
DISTRIBUTION OF TONNAGE, .. Thutin, April last the total tonnage amorinted to 3,310,000 tons gros OF Japanese regular liners and 860.000 ton
bis tonnage,350,000 tons represented Japanese tramps, a total of 1,110,000
totalled
while foreign vessels 1,600,000 tons. The respective ratios of Japanese and foreign vessels are 52 and
per cent. Compared with the figures for the corresponding month of last year, Japanese ships show an increase of 81,000 tons, and foreign vessels of list is headed by Great Britain with 233,000 tons. Of the foreign vessels, the i 710,000 tons, followed by America with: 570,000 toss, Holland with 150,000 tons, France with 100,000 tons, and. Italy and
CHINESE RAILWAYS. Government railways in China 0,410 kiloomètres, Provincial and pri- cover vate railway cover a further 773 kilo metres and concessioned railways 3,780, kilomètres. Thus the total length of th railway systems of China is 10,063 veden with 30.000 tons each. The fol. kilometres, or 6.813 miles. China haslawing is gives particulars for April. approximately. 54,000 of population per as compared with the figures for Novem mile of railway in operation. This comber, 1918, when the armistice was con pares in very striking fashion with India, elided, and alay July, 1914, or just be which has 13.000 uf
the compari
of railway, and in population per mile tore the outbreak of the war (the figures san it must be remembered that in India bring given in units of 1,000 tara):—
wide extension of the railway system
July, Nov., April, bas for years, been held to be one
1914 1918.
many
of the essential needs of the country Japanese regular 375 4 677 On the other hand the extensive use of Japanese traps... 141 waterways in China will always serve to Foreign
Total
1921.
.850
660 .1,078 *250 1,700
1,501 1,377 3,310
630
CHINA'S FEAR OF
BOLSHEVISM..
if
keep these railway average figures higher than in other countries The Govern- ment Bureau of Economic Information at Peking, which draws attention to these statistics, gives at the same time a sum mary of the results of the working of Chinese railways in 1910 and 1918. In 1010 operating revenues at $83,047,300 showed an increase of $6,25,237, while operating expenses, at 238,440,541, were 21,117,093 higher. After deducting all
THE SUPER TUCHUNS OPPOSE charges, the true net surplus in 1919 wi
RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA.. $38.440,392. against 833,603,120 in the previous year. The railway
The following paragraphs are supplied operating in China is lost steel now by the Asiatic News Agency._5 north of the Yangtze River The Shang Yourin has safely arrived there and that
principally
Arvices from Chita report that M hai-Nanking, the Shanghai-Hangehow he has accepted the post of foreign Ningpo, and the Hupch-Hunan lines ex- tead the system into South China. Con-Government. The former Foreign Minis minister of the Far Eastern Republican struction plans are on foot to connect HP other short lines operating in the south.
A ROMANCE OF BRITISH EFFORT.
ter, Krashnoieshy, is proceeding to the United States and Europe for travel- ling purposes. The work of M. Yourin in Peking will be taken over by M. Skvirsky, former vice-Foreign Minister; but it is unknown when he will leave Chits for China. In order to induce the Chinese A paper on South Persia and the Government to resume commercial re Great Wur." was read recently before ations with the Chita Government as the Royal Geographical Society by soon as possible, A. Yourin is doing Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes. In his atmost to give facilities to the the course of some general introductory Chinese merchants who are re-opening remarks: "he said that the policy the their business houses in Chita and other Central Powers was to embarrass Great Siberian cities.
Britain by creating disturbances in It is reliably reported, however, that Persia. in Afghanistan, and on the Marshal Chang Tso-lin is not in favour frontiera of India, and to jockey Persia of the immediate resumption of com- into the war on their side as they had mercial and diplomatic relations between ccessfully done in the case of Turkey. China and the Russian Far Eastern Re- The German agents gave out that both public basing his opposition, chiefly on the German nation and their monarch the alleged danger of the introduction were convents to Islam, and spoke of of Bolshevik doctrines into Manchuria. the latter as Haji Wilhelms: Dealing it is doubtful, therefore, whether formal with the stupendous work of opening out "gotiations will be conducted with the communications in South Persin, Sir successor of M. Yourin. It is further. Percy said there was not a yard of made reported that MarahalTao Kun shares road, and very few bridges. By far the the views of his colleague because, be most difficult piece of work was the route, Chihli will be affected after made by General Douglas from Bushire Manchuria.
to Shiraz. Altogether 1,000 miles of
Toite was opened to light-wheeled
at the rate of 100 miles a day. The story
trafic, and over this the fores travelled THE BOYCOTT OF JAPANESE
GOODS."
of the military operations which success fully completed the restoration of law and order was related. and the lecturer,
A Chinese Dows agents report from reverting to the work of opening out Tsinan (Shantung) says:-It seems that communications, said that the British & revival of the anti-Japanese boycott is continued their beneficent activities, again engaging the attention of the and before the troops were withdrawn in Chinese students in Shantung. The the spring of 1919 a well-graded camel united assouiation of students of Tsinan track, over which a car could travel, had recently held a special conference and been constructed to Shiraz across one elected twenty members to form a com of the most difficult tracts of country mittee for the inspection of low class in Asia. It is pleasant," he concind goods" in the Chinese markets. These ed to feel that our operations benefit-twenty students are divided into ten od Persia. The nomad tribes, whom batches. They will inspect all the she was impotent to restrain, were made Chinese firms and shops, searching for obedient to the Persian Government Japanese merchandise and at the same. order was restored, trade, revived, and time, they will devise ways and means many thousands of pounds were spent on to promote the interests of those native communications which should prove of shops which soil Chinese products. The the greatest value if kept in jepair. We police will not interfere with them, the may also claim to have helped the pen students say, so long as they do nothing eant to keep his place on his native soil, to disturb the public weal. The real and perhaps my most pleasing recollec reason for the revival of the anti tion of Persia is a memory of peasants Japanese boycott is unknown.. ploughing the land in a village deserted
a generation ago, and of hearing from a fine old greybeard the words, thy work
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