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THE LATE PRESIDENT
HARDING.
RECOLLECTIONS.
[FROM TEREY, 8. BULLEN.]
Everybody who kücü, President Harling loved him. He did not pretend to be a great min in the sense in which the word": is usually understood, but he was great in many things which at most-in his warmth of personal affection, his anwaver ing honesty of purpose, his absolute loyal
•his charming abornall, It was my privilege to know
ty, and, simplicity.
like
RAILWAY SUPERVISION OPPOSED BY MANCHURIA
PROTEST. AN
EMPHATIC
...
CHINA'S FINANCIAL-
COMMISSION.
AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. WW YEN,
THE RUBBER INDUSTRY.
VIEWS OF THE STRAITS ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY.
In the report on the Struits Settlements With funds ance more in band, the for the year 1922, the Acting Colonial. new commission headed by Dr. W. W. Secretary writes:
The high price commanded by rubber in Yea which is to inquire into and report the past has not been without harmfuį.
THE TWO PHASES.
** FOREIGN AGUARDS WOULD -- BE TREATED AS INVADERS,”
MUKDEN, August 20th. Probably more anger has been provoked
upon the question of reorganizing China's
effects. Apart from being, nu important in the provinces than in Poking over national debt is progressing rapidly with factor in the local high cost of living, it the proposal to institute oue kind of foreign control of the railways through eliminary arrangements and will so has he to a certain degren of extrava bo ready" to get to work in earnest. The gance in the administration of largo the agency of police anti railway account-
estates; it has caused rubber properties as a source for acquiring ants. The matter is particularly interest organization of a staff has already been him in the old days as à Senator, and ing the Manchurian authorities not only completed and the Commission is now to be regarded. again on the country verandah at Marion because they have the Chinese Eastern | merely waiting for quarters to be secure large profits rapidly, not as valuable n
Railway problem on their hands but hand made ready for it. Suitable offices sets that should be carefully preserved ;lid Ohio, where he "conversed with the best use the extra mural sectious of the have been found in the Ministry of has led land owners to plant up unsuitable minds", precious to his election, and agnin Peking-Mukden He have become a purely Justice, and Dr. Yen. in the course of an land with rubber, so that in parts of Ma- in his glory whom he was inaugurated as Manchurian line under the name of the interesting interview, expressed the hope laces and Proviure Wellesley low-lying land' that they would" be available within a with a high water table, suitable for padi President. I recall the worls he spoke Shanhaikwan-Mukden Railway.
or certain auntal crops, is often foul to when a great' multituls of all sorts of Knowing that I would not fail to get people flocked to the White House to offer a frank expression from General Yang week or two. their congratulations on sanguration Ya Ting, the Chief of St and Senior The task upon which De. Yea and contain stunted and unhealthy rubber trees. Day. In the closing months of President Military Councillor, I called on him and Wilson's regime the big iron gates of the asked him what he thought of the plan his colleagues have embarked is one of with an inadequate rout system, that can White House remained chixedy and the new What he said was so remarkable that I no ordinary magnitude. While the fine cover yield a profit unless the price oi President, with the hearts convirrende of give the gist us accurately as I can tran- tion of the Commission is purely advisory, rubber is unduly high; finally it has causal it is correspondingly broad in its scope public interest, to be centred on rubber.cul- his wife, signalled the day by reopening
scribe it. the gates, little act of thoughtfulnes "First," he remarked. "I would like which the public vastly appreciated.
Harding and myself." he said with to make Manchuria's position clear in and the questions to be studied will in tivation and has led to the neglect of all a winning smile, lo not want to be sim-regaril to the whole Chinese Situation as clude nct only those of a purely kaancial other crops giving reliable but staller The period of depression that now ap sidered superior people. We are just folks that is apparently misunderstood both by nature but many others which have preits
yourselves who have gone to the White the foreign Press and by foreign Diplo-bearing on the fines of the country,
pears to have ended has done much to House for a while, and will then go away, mats. Whilst we huge serious differences
As explained by Dr. Yen, the Commis Whenever it is possible and consistent with amounting to an open quarrel "with cer- my duties the White House will be open to nin factions in China nevertheless wo C. Ove other thing. We have no little look upon all that as a domestic affair sion's duties are; first, to ascertain what counteract some of these ills. Rubber con- hildren of our own, but while I am Frest, which must inevitably find its own soln. China owes, and second, to study and paries of good standing have set their dent I want every little crphan boy and tion without the interference of others make recommendations upon the problem houses in order and have succeeded in pro- girl in the United States to look to me So far as foreign problems are concerned of consolidating the enuntry's debt, Heducing rubber at cost per pound that i«. not so much as the big boss at Washing we Chineas are united-we wish to be left thought that three months at least would believed to be lower than that obtaining in any other country. In some cases the ton, but as a real father who cares for all alone to work ont among ourselves with be devoted to the first phase of the work, his flock, and wants to leave Amerien a out outside interference our own settle-nud hoped that the second would be com-
pleted some two, mouths after that. It upkeep of the estates has suffered, but better place for everyone than he found it ment. - better place to live in, to grow up in In regard to the Lincheng affair and would, of course, remu for the Govern stances of this are not very numerous. fa diplomatic note we in Manchuria ment to decide whether the recommenda Padi. cultivation in the Colony Rus bene. and to fight the battle of life in.
a broad tious made should be adopted, revised or resent the implication that Here is the President's story in a nutshell generalization, an indictment of avery rejected, but as several members of theft, and there has been much interest as most of his fellow-countrymen sew it to province can be framed from a particular present Government were members of the evinced in the possibilities of developing
Foreigners in day: Born in humble, rural surroundings incident.
Manchuria Commission, he hoped that its work other crops. There is a danger that an 'im-- chopping wood. milking the cows on his travelling on our railways receive full pro would meet with the approval of the provement in the price of rubber will cause
a political disturbancej
& return of many of the former undesir father's farm, his success is that typical of tretion. The recent outrage on the South Cabinet unless self-made men. At odd times he helped in Manchurin Railway, although trivial com came in the meantime."
The Commission is approaching its abhe effects, and every effort should be made
CHANGE RE reporting village events, and beenme famous pared to Lincheng is an illustration that locally as a politician. Then he bought
The planting community continues to be the decrepit Tarion Star, and, with his even so-called foreign control is illusory work is a most businesslike manner and to prevent this
number. of the interested in the posibility of increasing wis' aid in reading prefs, for which she when it comes to dealing with banditry means to leave no feature of it neglected.
I need hardly tell you that the South The assistance of a was very well fitted--she had been a cou Manchuria system is purely Japanees, Government's foreign advisors will be the ield of individual rubber trees by bud try school-teacher--he built up the country with Japanese railway guards. No one enlisted, and in addition the senior mem- grafting from selected high-yielding mother newspaper into success, and we here believe that anybody achieving that task has cer. will be found brave enough to declaro bers of the British, American, French and trees. The recent work of the Dutch scich tain great qualities. In these days the that the Japanese are not highly efficient: Japanese banking communities will bo in tists has shown that numerous difficulties Marion Star was a one-man machine. Its yet this incident occurred in the very vited to act, with four representatives remain to be overcome before this proce of the Chinese banks, as honorary mem dure can be relied upon to give satisfactory owner was virtually reporter, & printer, heart of their system. #
is unlikely that the excessively high yields publisher, editor, and everything combined. We in Manchuria believe that those bers. The object of this is, of course, to results on an estate scale, and abo that it Lincheng should be facilitate expression of the bankers' views once promised by this means will be real- And these things r. Harding did well. responsible for Elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1803. punished and that it would do good if on the various matters dealt with and set. The work is still in an experimental he assumed political office for the first time the Chihli Militarists, instead of loading to ensure close en-operation with them stage requiring further investigation. in 1903, when he was elected Lieutenant their troops on to the railway lines and In addition, there will be a staff of thirty There is, however, every need for the actie. outpat of manufactured rubber Governor of Ohio. Elected to the United making travel so unpleasant for civilians experts from the various Government de support of further experimental work. States Senute in 1914, berbecame Amerien particularly on the Peking Hankow line, partments, and twenty assistants.
geods, especially soles of boots and com- President on Now, 2nd, 1920, his 35th birth-were forced to clean up the country, as day
could be done in six months. But this
it canvas boots and shoes with rubber is increasing in the Colony Tho to a considerable extent being
"A SUCCESSFUL, LIFE.
A VITAL REQUIREMENT.
.on.
The first requirement when work has The outstanding achievement of his car is very different from our advocating a commenced will be full and accurate in- eer was the Naval Conference at Washing foreign-controlled railway police system. formation regarding past financial trans. Exported to Chizo, ton. The idea originated with the Secre- We think it will prove disastrous for actions. It will naturally be essential, if it would appear desirable to impress tary of State, Mr. Haghes, but w British trade if England becomes 18-0 the Commission is to accomplish its rubber growers and others the importance.
supported from first to last by the a project. bation) Chief Executive. He and once ciated with such a pro British boycott abject, that it should have free access to soles (unvulcanines). Such soles have been Last year to of erkouraging the use of crepe rubber that he regarded the Naval Conference as the greatest achievement of his Admini.. here in Manchuria; owing to unneutral and Dr. Yon is anxious that its authority found most satisfactory" in actual e tration, "and the failure of the Ship Sub-actions around Peking and Tientsin: our should be mrule to include the right to they are light and springy, and they grip. aldy Bil na the greatest disappointment. neop's have been put in an excited con-examine all document, bearing co finan. well and wear well. In addition to this.
You for-
cial matters. In the last few month he had zealously dition by all these rumours.
you It is only in this way" he pointed ndyncated American participation in the eigners are all out here for profit and
must inevitably Snd that those who adopt. World Court.
that the actual condition of the DILE, an unfriendly attitude will pay for it country's finances can be ascertained; and PRESIDENT AND PRESH.
through their pockets.
1
.could not ba
they certain 100 per cent, rubber and can to produced by any grower who in the or dry course of his work produces ergo rubber. Here you have the grower turning out of his existing rubber factory with his existing machinery the complete article rendy for us, market in England; but
uso. The crepe
solo
-1.
it
Of all the Presidents I have known
I tell you plainly that in Manchuria no reform can begin until we know how
we stand." Washington in the last twenty years
This desire has "already been satisåed count Mr. Hardling as, perhaps, the most we would resist by force the entry of any approachable. Like Mr. Roosevelt and Ar. foreign controlled polic in our territory by the Ministry of Communications which is curious and disappointing to find that Taft, he was particulary accessible to "mywe should fire on them, just as any has submitted a detailed, and tabulated shoes oled with it are not to be seen for good comrades of the Press," and his ether self-respecting country would do.tatement of its finances, and it is hoped sale in the European-owned shops of the chats with newspapermen at White Hose, How, then, could you foreigners reconcile that the other departments of the Gov- Colony and Federated Malay. States. If the world used the crepe rubber sole there native and foreigh alike, were something the fact that in certain parts of China- more than & formality, always entertain for Manchuria is part of China-thement will follow suit,
In the meanwhile Dr. Yen is making a would be no further need of restriction, ing, and very after Lastructive. During police railway-system
Only two diseases of rubber call for: atly of all the general literature on the Washington Conference, I recall, he applied Jn the matter of the Shanhai Chiness finance, that he can obtain, and comment. Pink Disease (Corticium salmo
Railway the ruled that all questions by newspaper cor- kwan-Mukden
childish he states that he has been astonished at nicolor) occurs fairly generally in the east respondents-they are usually very much ithe same in their bearing on public affairs here nere was tried last year of crdering the volume of it. Among ether things, he era third of Province Wellesley, though it here away all the British engineers in an has found a number of valuable treatises is not so prevalent as in parts of the Feder as the questions in your House of Common attempt to force our bands. We were which have never been pab'ished in Engated Malay States. During the year it
should be committed to writing, but be within on rês of putting in Japanese was always ready to answer supplementary
are, separated localities in Penang Island, two questions, and these usually extracted the engineer, I am perfectly wiling that in and are, therefore, not generally was found for the first time in three widely
you should publish these remarks; it is however, rare.
being on the western side. All they attacks are receiving regular attention. most information. He started the proced high time foreign nations realized they are
There were na aying
cases of the disease in by rising from his desk "Well, boys, I'm glad to see you. There's playing with fire and that not only can very new to-day, but if there is fingers can be burat but the whole body nything
be said. I am here to tell it, as well-For Eustern Time:
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Á TENTATIVE - PLAN.
As regards the measures which might Malacca.
be recommended for the consolidation of} Mouldy Rot (Sphoeroncina fimbriatum) the national debt, Dr. Yen has naturally was present in Malacca on one estate only Heat the beginning of the year. Hero it re postponed any definite conclusions.
I
many cases revenuo could be increase
the onere boundary was an
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Press conference-I believe Lord Riddell hearty and constant re-cperation of all see
thinks, however, that such consolidation gularly received adequate treatment. Later:" ens amongst them during the Washington tips of the Press, That act was charne would not of necessity involve fresh bor- it appeared in-4 new areas all of which Coltranet, acted is official teristic of the kindly President, who might rowing. With the consolidation of exist are near the Johore boundary. The dis- spokesman
and, as it is easily conveyed on tap of the British Pre-bat ust-have lived longer if he had not hureeding liabilities much security would be reese has been present for some years in the interview was strictly confined to ally
knives or clothing, its appearance in duly accredited correspondents from all himself with so many duties he deemed in lease and become available, while in
cidental to his great office, parts of the United States and, indeed, all
and a limited portion of the Customs ticipated. It is spreading generally in the surtax could be used additional Peninsula in spite of every effort to con world parts of the
All the Malacan planters have. Twenty years ago Mr. Harding drafted a security for an issue of bonds with which trol it. In those days I was president of the A sociation of Foreign Press Correspondents, de tor nis reporters which I quote to redeem the old debts. These bonds. been advised of its appearance, and its when many journalistie visitors from day as illustrating the character of Ameri- properly secured, would have an immed treatment on infected holdings is being res The abroad were naturally desirous to see the ca's most human President. President at close range. The day after Remember, there are two sides to every fate market value and by means of them gularly demonstrated and enforced
the present multiplicity of issues could small holders naturally require teaching question; get them beth.
be done away with,
before they understand the need for treat. In this connection, a very interesting ment and for carrying out very thoroughly point was raised by Dr. Yen. He ex- the measures recommended. pressed the belief that a material reduc.. tion in the present "floating debt would, automatically be accomplished by conver IRRITATED & INFLAMED EYE sion, since, if holders of unsecured scrip
1 mentioned the matter to the President, and after a brief consultation with his per-
secretary, who declared that the Pre
and Mrs. Harding would be very
Bo truthful;
Mistakes get the facts are inevitable, but strive for accuracy. I would rather have one story exactly right
d to requiesce, gilt-edged invita than a hundred half-wrong."
tu
tion on White House stationery was de- livored to
member of the foreign Press at Washington, making him to take tes with the President and Mrs. Harding
the White House at 3.30 p.m., each be ing personally delivered by an official mes- senger, travelling in the President's own motor-car. It was a most gracious and
at
Be decent; he fair; be generous. Praise rather than donounce.
There is good in everybody bring out the good and never needlessly hurt the feelings of nuybody.
are offered first-class securities in ex- can be directly traced in many cases to change it is reasonable to suppose that the Sunday Motor trip and Goling. The In reporting political gathering, give discount and a lower rate of interest dust from sections of the local reada the facts; tell the story as it is, not as you would be acceptable.
would like to have it; treat all parties. It is to this matter of floating debt contain a decided eye irritant. A sug
joyable air. "Tec was served by premin aliku
if there is any polities to he played that the Commission will, first give its gestion for these trips would be to keep
ent Washington hosteases in the great Eastwa will play it in our editorial columns.
Room, roughly cotresmending to one of the Treat all religious matters reverently, attention, and it is hoped, that means will the windshield up, and to use a pair of
be found in the near future to dispose
State apartments of sckingham Palace, If it can possibly be avoided never bring of it. a string band of Arsing Marines played, ignominy to an innocent
Current liabilities, Dr. Yen re Sun glassce. Sun glasses of any pattern or marked, had hung like a milkstone around with either Crookes, Luxfel, Fienzal,
Finance, so that time which thould have
or the neck of every recent Minister of Amber, London Smoke, or Blue lenaos
and uniformed a munitary aides child in telling of the misdends or wore in attendance ph Mrs. Hard tunes of a relative.
Don't wait to be asked, but do it with and never let a dirty word or suggestiva
with over 200 persons who were pre
been devoted to the main questions of are obtainable at very moderate prices
ing shook hands hatted personalist the asking, and above all, be clean, nance had been forover oeenpied with from The Hongkong Optical Co., succes.
I have before me na Trable a letter
by President Harding, in which the lead story get into type. I want this paper so pacifying creditors of seeking the relens sora to Clark & Co., Manufacturing and Chief Executive expressed the keen conducted that it can go into any home of surpluses with which to satisfy them. pleasure he and Mrs. Harding had felt in without destroying the innocence of any of action by liquidating floating debt, ent manufacturing optical establishment The first move will be to secure freedom Refracting Opticians the most compet moting the representatives of so many child. foreign newspapers, and his recognition of This code the President observed in his The Government can then proceed un-
in
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