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RUSSIAN AGREEMENT.
THE WAR LORD REPRIMANDED BY MP'S.
The Asiatic News Agency states "that The following has been handed to Senator Liu Chien-tang and other M,P's. Reuter's Agency, at Prking for publica-have addressed a lengthy telegram to tion: #
Marshal Wu Pei-tu demanding the with- drawal of Me, Karakhan, the Soviet Envoy. The telegram sags:
According to March reports Inga the Anhui Anti-Opium Association and parti- enlarly from the Tayang Branch in that
Since the deadlock in the Sino- province, there are signs of improvement. Russian negotiation we have adopted a Anhui in our of the Northern provinces. directly controlled by the Central Govern calm attitude allowing the Government ment and ought easily be made an example liberty to improve the situation, lest the and dgn of the Goverment's determina sovereignty of the nation should be im- tion to bring about total suppression paired. Unexpectedly you have listened General Ma is making one attempt to to the advice of young and radical poli carry out the Government. Mandate, but ticians by addressing repeated telegrams his past probally destroys the viguar to the Government. According to the necessary for radical fulfillment. After usual diplomatic customi, corrections and raising several million in 1923 out of gen- emendations are admissable in any im eral and military protectal opium cultiva tion, and having stablished the equivalent of a personal monopoly, even goig fat as to print his own duty and transit stamps, it will require more than average beidness to
prohibition in 1994 and fear on
on the more than average
part of the peple before they obey him. In the yang district where genr
the g land taxes alone amounted to over half a million dollars, the Government. Auti- Opinn Commision have however saceri wl in uproofing about 50% of poppy Selds This is vouched for by our Branch A ation in Fuyang, which sent two of their member with each of the five groups of er. Our ent investigation Commissioners. Secretary refers to the Magistrate of Fu yang Mr. Hsu who is responsible for in- vestigation in. Section 2. who state that A Kao Kuan. Temple a vast area of 13
opium a.” square miles was onelvast
At the time of writing this Section hul yet to be dealt with, and the issue was doubtful because of the stubbornness of the people. The farmers deserve some con- sideration, for after having paid an ex- eive land tax, and the poppy planted and well grown, to be compelled to up root it and lose a whole harvest woul certainly produce trouble in other lands than China.
The district of Hao Hsien is extensively planted with poppy and hire General Mà does not seem inclined to exert pressure for it is the native place of the te Gen- eral Chiang Kugi Ti and opium has been extensively
culsineral Chiang since the establi-b- meut of th was formerly a large trafficker in opium. Bud when Tutung of Suiguan transported tions from Suignan to large
Having Anhui for disposal
established ltivation in Hao Huien for
many years the Anhui Anti-opium Association is of the pin on that only be extra pressure from will, teneral afa interfere with the tret and ther
to make re- presentations to the Government upon the matter. Nothing will more convines the people of the Government's determination ta totally suppress cultivation, than to find than the law in applied equally to all elax and piners.
TELEPHONE
AUTOMATIC
SYSTEM FOR SHANGHAI
A SUCCESSFUL TEST..
The Automatic telephone system bas beer installed in a district of Shanghai. The Y.-G. Daily Yeux describing a text ninde at the New East Exchange says -- Several newspaper men personally test- ed the apparatus and, all agree that, though not one of them had seen it he Tore, they were able to call up and get connected far more gaitkly than is the case with the system now in use, The working is as simple as can be and when oue gains experience by practice a great deal of time must be saved. Many hun- dreds of people inspected our inotypes after the opening of the new building and were amazed at the working of that machine. The automatic telephone may be compared with it. In one case the operator plays upon keys ns upon a type writer in the case of the telephone he "swings a small wheel, and in each case the machine does the rest. The human element at the switchboard is eliminated and the automatie telephone does not go cu strike.
there AMA
of preliminary agreements, and sometimes a formal treaty can be cancelled, as wit- ness America's refusal to accept the Ver sailles Trenty thongh it had been accept- ed by the late President Wilson. We are not going to say anything about the hasty signature of C. T. Wang and bis motives, nor of the three points brought forth by the Cabinet; but we must point out the following:
1. Karakhan had not the least right to act a period for the signing of the preliminary agreement. The Note he sent is in the form of an ultimatum delivered by a conqueror. It would be a disgrace to the nation should China accept it. You are known as a patriot, and we therefore wonder why you should be cowed by a Russian threal!
2. Your repeated telegrams have caused serious difficulties to the Gov. crnment. When' Yourin and Joffe were in Pekilig, or in last August or Septem her the Central Government should have accorded recognition to the Rus- sian Soviet Government, but the op portunity was lost as the leaders of the various political parties were then busily engaged in secret struggles for supremacy. Now, after Great Britain and Italy have recognised the Rus- sian Government., all the parties in
You' China have noticed their blunder. think that great advantages, would be reaped by recognising the Russian Government, but unconsciously you have backed up the strong demands of the Russian Envoy.
3. Your action will lead to the dis memberment of the nation. During th past few years Foreigh Powers have recognised the authority of the Central Government, in spite of the divisions and independence of certain provinces. By your strong pressure, the Powars will think that the Central Gover ment has not the least gontrol over the local authorities, rind in future they may deal direct with the latter.
In conclusion it must be painted cut that the deadlock in the recent negotia- tion is due to the political struggle for supremacy among the various" parties by diplomatic means. This is the way that Koren lost her nationality, when her poli ticians, in their struggle for power gave all kinds of concessions. Lo foreigners. We cannot help' shedding tears when we see the real condition of things. It is hoped that you will telegraph to the Government requesting that a demand ke made for the withdrawal of Karakhan and for the appointment of a saccessor before resuming the negotiation.'
MANCHURIAN AIR SERVICE.
"THE INITIAL STAGE.
Service to be maintained regularly from Referring to the Chinese Aerial Mail March 25th between Makden ard Yingkon, the Manchuria Daily Fees understands that it is meant as a forerunner to the proposed long distance aerial line between Mukden and Harbin. It is to give train-
experiment will last two months. As pres viously reported, the arroplane will leave Mukden on Tuesday and Friday, and Yingkou on Wednesday and Saturday, at 10 are each time. At Mukden, the noiut of departure and landing is at the East Tower Aerodrome; at Yingkou, Wataitzu, at which Major-General Chang, attached
This particular installation is the onlying for long distance fights. The term of one of the sort outside Europe, though other patterns successfully working in Great Britain. It was patur to ask whether it had proved autisfactory in actual working for a suficiently, long period and the engineer replied that it was the only installation used in Stock holm and several other large cities, which to Marshal Chang To Lin, with his fight had entirely discarded the operator type officers, landed on his recent experimental telephones. The new exchange has 700 lines, with extensions to 1,000-and it will flight to Yingkon, in fixed for the landing
place, be opened during the next two weeks to public service, though at present it is not At Linoyong and Haicheng, the mails connected up to subscribers. Eventually are to be dropped to the groud each at the whole of Shanghai will be automatic-nothing but letters will be handled.
an appointed spot. For the time being, ally connected.
Although the manner of operating is so simple that it seems scarcely possible for mistakes to be made, yet it should be mentioned that various alarms aui signal ling devices also have been provided whereby notification is given to the atten- dant should any part of the apparatus stop functioning or should there be un-charge of the Adjutant for the present, due delay in a call going througe. Pro- vizion is also made for assisting people in dibeult cases, for instance, where subscriber cannot or does not know how to use the dial. In such cases the enlling subscriber is connected to an attendant who can plug into his line and complete the, call for him.
Adjutant Surg, of the Manchuris Air Office, Mukden, went to Fingkou on the night of March 17th under Marshal Charg's orders, and want to Wutaitzu the following day and rented five Chinese dwellings, in order to convert then into an seria! mai! "station, which will be in
Tumidity plays an important part in the successful working of the plant and steps have been taken automatically to regulate the moisture in the air. When the humidity reaches a certain perdent age, electric heaters and fans instantly are set working and when the air.is again at its correct degree of dryness the heat ers and fans automatically stop.'
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