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THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 1T, 1981.
FIRING ON SHIPS "ON THE YANGTSZE.
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EXPERIENCES OF A CHINA"
MERCHANTS STEAMER.
Cant, Alfred F.
When an idea once strikes the popular fancy it is very hard to "scotch.” It was no asearguing, early in 1915, on the Firing on ships on the Yangtze "is extreme improbability of 20.000 Hassiap described in recent Shanghai papers as troops having been landed at Liverpoola daily curence. from the Mauretania), there were those Cooke, of the China Merchants steamer. who had friends at home who had Kingking, was recently badly wounded "The 'N.-G. "|| Daily News "actually seen them-though it was never in the neck. explained what were the particular de account of the affair says:-
He had stopped at Patung to land tinguishing marks of a Russian soldier; passengers when 200 soldiers Ared from others living on main lices from the north both haaks of the river. It was impos. had heard them talking Russian as the under way quickly
sible for Capt. Cooke to get the stedmer While the 4gain. troop trains waited in a station, though was being fired on two Chinese passen- it was never explained where the observar gers were killed and several wounded, as we have noted before. The number of learnt to know the Russian language.
wounded has now correctly been learned There are two or three popular ideas to be at least 10. After getting under Capt. Cooke found it necessary to do WAY!
the steamer riddled with "bullets, the steering himself, although wounded, as his pilots had sought cover. Bar ricades were made of everything avail. able, including mail bags and baggage.
in regard to typhoons, which are just about. is well established as the Maure: tonia Russian myth was, in 1915, and which, it appears, have little more founda tion. It is often said that typhoons usually occur at high tide, in the official account of the 1006 typhoon Sir Matthew Nathan accepts responsibility for the statement. "The storm an is last unusual took place about the time of high tide"! A little thought combined with a little knowledge of tides and typhoons will sucii show the improbability of any such connection.
The forces which cause the tides are ao well maderstood and so compara
On this eventful trip down river, Capt. Cooke states that he passed from 200 to 300 junks full of soliders coming down Patung and Ichang. Patung is evacuat river (as is thought likely) to loot
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tively simple in their action, that the the military changing without directe THURSDAY "Vanishing Trails." 6 & 7 time of high tide can be predicted a do so at year in advance and this is shown in the authority from the French consul.
THE ALICE' DOLLAR'S
ADVENTURE."-"
With these junk loads of soldiers ou the river in such numbers, it is increas. ingly difficult for large steamers to pass by them without placing them in great On a recent trip of the str. Alice Dollar. danger. The junks are heavily loaded,
tide tables which are published for all the
The principle ports of the world. forces which cause typhoons, and control their movements are less clearly under stood and less simple in their action, so that the best we can do is to trace from day to day the course of the storms this however, canbles us to fill in a chart, at the end of the year showing the varying courses taken some travel west, some north-west, some recurve" to the north of them were caught in the backwash. upset, and sunk. As a result the follow- east. It is clear that if the time of high ing trip of the Robert Dollar, 11. was water is to coincide with the passing of delayed. A thousand soldiers formed a the centre of a typhoon, at more than one line on the south bank of the river at particular spot the typhoon and the tidal Chunking to prevent bef departure. wave must travel in the same direction platoon of soldiers was scut ahoard the and at the same speed, but the direction of travel of the tidal wave is constant military authorities
ship to announce the intention of the of holding the in the open southern cecan it travels east to west; in the Atlantie from south junks caused by the Alice Dollar. Capt. steamer us security for the losses of to north and in the North Sea from G. Crum, commanding the vessel, ordered. north to south. That of typhoons varies them asbere and they went the speeds also are totally different. A typhoon in these latitudes moves about 10 or 12 miles an hour; the tidal wave even in comparatively shallow and enclosed. sens travols at a much greater rate. It is high water at full and change to remain over a day to allow time for Aberdeen (Scotland) at o'clock; the same tide reaches Dunder 50 miles to the south an hour later. It is only when typhoons recurve into zorthern latitudes that they reach a speed approaching this Swatow is 140 miles to the eastward of Hongkong
but high water at full and change occurs at the same time in both ports. "A typhoon moving westward in Jatitude 29 deg, will pass 30 miles south of Swatow and 30 miles north of Hong- kong. If its passing of Swatow happens 10 coincide with high water there, its pass. ing of Hongkong may also coincide with
authorities were then held and it was Conferences of military and civil decided that the steamer might proceed
tion. Her captain was, however, advised
her way peading further investiga
the countermanding of prders given to troops below to attack the steamer. He thereupon waited the day and proceeded down river in safety
The dice Dollar is now carrying à guard of 19 men from the U.S.8. Elcano besides three machine-guns and three-inch gun.
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CHINA AND THE PACIFIC
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the following bigh water, if it travels at PLENTY OF QUESTIONS TO PUT
the not unusual speed of 12 miles an hour, but at a point half way between the
two places it is clear that the passing
Reuter's Peking carrespondent writes:
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The Government leaders do not expect that the Conference will attempt to find an immediate solution for questions such as the Shantung isaute, but they do look for the adoption of definite principles in connexion with such matters, leaving For the future only details for arrango- ment between the parties most intimate- ly concerned.
the typhoon moat coincide with low water.luterest in the forthcoming Pacific
The Observatory has recorded 8.
Conference at. Washington, so far typhoons since 1883. The records give the time. China is concerned, is confined almost when it blew hardest, the tide tables give entirely to two questions, viz., the sub- the time of the nearest high tide, and it jeels likely to be discussed and the is a simple matter to compare the tro. personne of China's delegation... And this is the result: In four cases the typhoon has occurred within 2 hours of high water, in three cases within hours. and in one case within 8 hours, the average time between. typhoon and high water comes to 3 hours-that is just about as near to low water as to high water,
There is, of course, the soul, of truth in thiugs erroneous and though no con- nection can be found between typhoons and the ordinary ocean tides, still the typhoon carries along with it a high tide of its own, the water near the rentre being raised by the relatively greater pres- sure in surrounding areas. It is not that the water actually moves with the typhoon centre, but the water which happens for the time being to be under that point is progressively raised us the typhoon crosses the ocean and so it comes about that the water is generally unusually high during the passing of a typhoon though that passing is just as often at low tide as at hight tide.
RAINFALL IN AUGUST.
AS RECORDED IN THE BOTANIC GARDENS..
Date.
1st August, 1921
2nd
3rd
4th
Inch.
3.40
Oth
th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th..
16th
17th
18th
29th
20th
21st
42nd
23rd
.14
4.15
1.50
.69
28th
20th
935
2.03
Total
15.05
At the same time, the contention is frequently heard in Peking, both in foreign and Chinese circles, that if the Conference is to lead to a result that can have à material effect upon the pri- mary question of naval disarmament, the agenda should include all matters out- standing between China and the foreign Powers, particularly those in which China's sovereignty is at stake,
The Chinese represcatative, it is felt, should have fhent knowledge of the language used at the Conference, which is practically certain to be English; and the bead of the delegation should be an official of high rank and wide knowledge
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