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WHAT PHILIPPINE INDEPEN- THE WAR IN KWANGTUNG.
DENCE WOULD MEAN.
HEAVY SHRINKAGE OF TRADE PREDICTED.
The Manila Times bas started.st campaign for the convention of an assembly in Manila *for the purpose of mapping out a constitu tion for the Philippines,” -
WUCHOW CAPTURED.
A wireless report has reached the General Headquarters at Canton from Shinhing, stating that news from the front had been received to the effect that Wuebaw, a Kwangsi, was captured on Wednesday, morning about 8 o'clock." The
It ways-Our utives are those of an organ, voicing the opinions of the AmeriCantonese troops under General Liang ean community endeavouring to interpret Hung Kai were the first to cater the the meaning of the political situation beru city: 1.5 we think it will develop by the withdrawal of American
in the sovereignty nex future. If we are wrong in our fiets we know there are many who will be only too' glad to tell us where we are in error. -
We have been asked to explain our stata ment that the foreign truls of the Islands would shrink by T100,000,000 upon the granting of complete independence to the Islands.
The capture of Wuchow, says the Canton "Tilly Newg, sans the end of this West River Campaign. During the few weeks the remnants of Shin Hung Ying's troops in West River district, attempted to come down the West River, while Shum Hung Ying and the Northern troops were trying to enter Canton by
It is estimated that next year's sugar crop will amount to 4,000/00 piculs. Assuring way. et the Yuch-Han Railway, from that the sugar tariff, which now gives Philip | Shinkwan. pine sugar an advantage in the American market of P.6 per picul, is made applicable to Philippine sugur, As it would if this were an independent government, there would be à luns of 1.21,000,000 on sugar Alone,.
The total value of the Philippine Embroidery trade with the United States is Istimated at 10000,000 annual iv. It is a well known fact that Philippine einbroideries would not be able to compete in the American market, were it not for the high tariff against the French ponduct favour of the Philippine manufacture, Pared on att equal and competitive basis with French embroidery, the Philippine industry would collapse. The lows in 'trade would be approximately 20,000,001 ännually... ... ..."
Since the capture of Shinkwan by the Yaunanese troops, and the disastrous defeat of the Northern troops, the enemy roops in the West River were continually retreating back to Kwangsi, their native;
Any tobacco man will agree that only a very high protective tariff enables the Philip pines to sell 1.30,500gon of Philippina cigars in the United States. Sabtract that pro- tective duty and the Philippine solacco in- dustry could not compete in the Aurrican Geld.
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Losses from miscellaneous trade would amount to an estimated P10,000,000,-
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the Navy and several river gunboats, the Cantonese troops in the West River kept Pursuing the enemy troops us they were retreating. with the satisfactory result that Wuchow is now captured,
It was thought that the enemy, would put up a stubborn resistenge at Wuchow, but is happened otherwise, for the city was captured after little fighting.
THE ATTACK ON · WAICHOW.
NOLTE GATE DEMOLISHED,
The attack on Waichow--General Chen Chung Ming's headquarters-has been
The armed forces of the United States the ariny any and navy-spend P.50,000 in the Philippines. Assuming vigorously resumed by Dr. San Yat that 20 per cent of this 150,60000 is Son's forces and news has come" through distributed in the Islands, the lose from
this source, shoni the forces with to Canton that the North Gate of the city) dmwe, would be P100,000, bringing the" has been partially demolished" by the total loss in true to 191,000,000 a year,
In addition to this, the present foreign
13-centimetre gun brought up from Bocci
trad of the idlands, amounting to Tigris. An attempt, our Canton contemn-
10,000, would decline to P250,000,000.
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drop in foreign trade would deprive porary says, was inade to cher the city many people of the means for earning by the Constitutionalist Forces through livelihood. The present budget would have to be cut in half, as foreign busines, would the North Gate that was demolished. But decrease
rase until present revenues could not be the copy troops succeeded in repulsing maintained.
Just how the republic would take care of its foreign relations mal provide for external and internal defence is something: to be thought out by Filipino leaders. To date.
e.we invesre no detailed statement or
plan.
These are sor of the things to be thought out ruler to indepenther. N Congress, except in an unlikely vindictive mood, would consider granting independ ence until these questions have beru. GU swered. It is misit probable that there must be some answer to these questions before Congress will even grant specific authority for the calling of a constitutional convention. These are questions that can be taken caru of at a convention held here, and the an- swers presented to Congress in conclusive form. Such a convention the only place in which satisfactory, answers to these questions can be threshed out,
It is our purpose to pound these facts home to the leasters here, and we propose
has that end
been persevering until accomplished.
·FAR EAST PORTS. COMBATING EPIDEMIC DISEASES.
the attack.
With the effective firing of the new 15-centimeter gun, it is believed that the
my troops in the city will not be able! to hold their position any longer, soon as a larger portion of the city wall is demolished by this gun another attempt will bs madeto capture the city.
"Now that the North and West River Campaigns have ended, more attention will be devoted to bringing the Fast River Campaign to a speedy end. More troups can now be spared to participate in the fight in this section of the pre- viner
VICTORIOUS GENERAL'S RETURN
FROM SHIUKWAN.......
CONFERENCE WITH DR SUN YAT-SEN. Len. Yung Hsi-min, conunander of the victorious Yunnane troupes, returned from Shiukwan on Tuesday. He called on Dr. Sua Yuteen, on Wednesday, at General Headquarters to report on the Major Norman White, who arrived at Calcutta from Burma interviewed by a campaign just finished in the North River. Representative of the Associated Press, According to Gej, Yang. the eneiny has said that he had been touring on behalf retreated into Kiangsi, the wighbouring of the health organisation of the League of Nations and had visited all the improve, and it is not likely that there purtant ports in the Far East. He left will be no changer of any more fighting in Geneva an, November 1st, 1022, and dur- the North River district. The Yunnanese, ing his tour he had visited Singapore troops have occupied Namhung and seve Java, Hongkong, Shanghai, Japan, For
mosa Korea, Manchurin, Peking, theeral other places beyou that city, neur Philippine Isles, French Indo-China, the the border.
Foderated Malay States and Bangoon.
The chief object of his travel was to en After salmmitting his report, Gen. Yung quire into the prevalence of epidemic had a conference with Dr. Sun in con- diseases in important ports in the Farnection with the reorganisation of the East and thiefly these diseases of inter-
national importance, notably plague, Yumatiese troops. The ranks of several cholera and small-pox. He had era of the Yunnanese gellernis were raised in studying the, means taken to combat those recognition of their valour shown in thi epidemic diseases in various ports, the part played by shipping in the spread of recent fighting. diseases from port to port and the med Now that pener has been restored in the eures taken to prevent such a sprend and North River districts, some of the Yun- the quarantine regulations enforced us troops will be transferred to the vurions ports. He had also been studying
in
the possibilities of arriving at an inter- East River in order to harten the end of national agreement, for making port health | the campaign there. procedure the Far East.
uniform in the various porte in
Everywhere he went he had found a
ronisation of the fact that the measure THE VALUE OF GOOD SIGHT taken for eradication of epidemic diseases
were matters of infernational concern and eannot be over-estimated. Sight stands international..co-operation and that' there
Was
a most pleasant wilfingness to co- for everything that is valuable or enjoy i operate. At the present time quarantine:
regulations end". port health procedure able in life. You cannot tell if your eyes were diverse in most respects in various
well yet have are right; you may
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some uniform procedure throughout the defective eyes. If you wish to have your countries of the Far East it would not.
only tend to make port health work more esen tested, the Refracting Boom of The efficient, but it would probably interfere
less with commerce then the diverse re Hongkong Optical Co., mocesors to gulations did as present.
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Asked as to the extent of the success of Clark & Co., Refracting and Manu
mission, Major White did not like to facturing Opticians-the most ocmpotent commit himself in any way, but he said
that it was very difficult for him at pre: optical establishment in South China-- sent to estimate the value of the resulte
obtained, though he anticipated 2 great located in 53, Queen's Bead Central- dent of good would come of it,
e is at your service. They have the equip- With regard to his future programme
Major White anid that he would be going meats to test one eyes accurately. to Simla and Bombay and thence to
Colombo, where he intended to finish his Testing, the might and fitting glasses in tour. He expected to be in Genera before Statis
their specialty.-Apvz.
[101 the end of July.
Tel. Central No. 135.
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