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NANKING TUCHUN ON WAR SCARE.
I CAN SHOW GOOD REASONS? Following Marshal Lu Yong-baiang's explanation as to the presence of the de feated Fukien troops in his province and his reaffirmation of peaceful intentions,
THE CHINA INDEMNITY
W BILL. EDUCATION F. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.
NOTABLE SPEECH BY MRS. SAMUEL, M,F,
Mr. S. Samuel,M.P. for Putney,
LOCAL SPORT.
TENNIS LEAGUE,
U.S.R.C. DEFEAT THE K.C.C.
The U.S.RO met the K.CC. in the ré-ploy for the Tennis League Champion- ship yesterday afternoon and beat them by 58 games to 433
Novembor 1924 will deal with two main Marshal Chi Hsich-yunn now cones for-peaking in the House of Commons isments, was played on the Hongkong
China
1
of optam were produced in China, or The text of the two telegrams, which opinion of the Secretary of State pro in other words many times the total were in reply to a communication from mate the mutual intetests of His Majesty Production of the catire world. The re-embers of the Kiangau gentry, is as and the Republic of China, or such other
follows:
ation for discussion does not deal with
The match, in accordance with arrange- Cricket Club ground and attracted a fair subjects. First the lessening of opium ward with two telegraphic statementa
+ use in the monopolies of those countries (published in the Chinese Press) in which support of an amendment by Mr. Ronald number of spectators.
MeNeill, the Metaber for Canterbury, For the victorious team Col. Russell with Far Eastern possessions, and second, be assures the Kiangau gentry of his deproviding that any sums received on Brown and Capt. Dods played very ne as to the measures which should be taksire to avoid hostilities. In the course of account of the China Indemnity should be secured 24. Com,, Grace and Lieut.-Com tennis, and out of the 33 games they en by the Government of the Republie of his second telegram the Nanking Tuchun paid to a fund called the China Indemnity Worthington secured 16 out of 33 and China to bring about suppression of the significantly states that any untoward Fund and be applied to the encourages Col. Montagua Bates, partnered by Major illegal production and use of opium in incident (in view of the proximity of ment of education in China, upon British atternley Smith, also secured the same Kiangiu and Chekiang) would make it lines, the development of Hongkong: For the K.C.C. Hyde and Fincher put
number. What will be the attitude of China and possible to secure my territory and safe University, the encouragement of Chin-up another, good show and came off her delegates at this Conference. She guard my people. Therefore, if I have ese studies by British subjects in. Great successful with at gumes out of 33, whilst will enter the Council Chamber with a null-stone about her neck. She knows taken precautionary measures, I can show Britain, the support of institutions in out of 33. The weak spot in the tenar Giren and Lay also did well with 17 and the world knows, that during 1924 good reasons! „
Great Britain.or China which in the was the play of Krebs and Abraham, between ten and fifteen thousand tons
who only managed to fist five games.
At the end of the first series of 23 this advantage they increased to ton games the U.S.R.C. were 3 games up;
se reasons for this state, but only with Your telegram of the 19th respect similar purpose
as the
Secretary of games at the end of the second series and the remedy. China will not be called falls noted. Your concern in the poli-State, after consultation with the Advis finally they came out victorious by 13 upon to make excuses, except in an far as tien situation and your solicitude for the ory Committee, may from time to time games. breach of Treaties may' them forth, welfare of your native province arouse my
The U.S.R.C. have now to meet the but she will be asked for some definite utmost admiration. The troops under my
determine," said he was thoroughly in Indians and the winners of this match plans for immediate and persistent sup control all remain at their original agreement with the amendment, was will be the champions" of the Grat pression Public opinion in Great Britain stations, and there has been no military afraid that many members had a very
League. is just now so eminently clamant, that movement tere at all. During this time the British monopolies in the East must of unrest, many unfounded rumours are make definite reductions in their opium current, but none should be given cre- consumption, for it is simply unthinkable dence. Chi Haich-yuan as a governor of that British Colonies can be permitted a province regards it as his primary duty any longer to raise from 1 to 45% of to preserve peace, and he has not changed their revenues from a trafie morally in his mind from first to last. Regarding defensible." But how can the monopoly the other points you have touched, it is countries
protect themselves against the for such a blunt man as Chi Fisich-yuan smuggling in of Chinese cheap opium to dare to discuss and express an opinion.
their present traffic be reduced or ended Loss of revenue is one thing.
(Sgd.) Cai HAI-YUAN,' but the financial demands of a great preventive service would involve a local taxation which few Colonies would toleri ate Reduction in the monopolies must 50 pari-paans with decreased production in China. There is only one remedy for the opium smoker; cessation of produe tion. If produced in any corner of the world he will get it.
August 20th.
CHEKIANG'S BREACH OF FAITH
slight idea of the conditions in China. The detailed results were as follows:-
and Lay, bent Fincher and Hyde, Ruseell Brown and Dods beat Greeti 7-y beat Krebs and Abraham, 10-1.
ker
CORRESPONDENCE,
SHANGHAI COTTON MANU- FACTURING CO.'S AFFAIRS.
{TO THE EDITOR OF THE" HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]
SIR,The large number of Hongkong shareholders in the Shanghai Cotton Manufacturing Co., Ltd., will have read with great interest and no less astonish- ment the report of the proceedings at the annual meeting of shareholders which appeared in the columns of your issue of this morning.
Montague Bates and Hattersley Smith China was not what they would call atose to Green and Lay, 3-5; lost to civilised country. They had chaotic con- Fincher and Hyde. 20; beat Krebs and Government in China. There were differ- ditions there. There was at present no Abraham, 9-9. ences between North and South China and Lay. 47; lost to Fincher and Hyde Grace and Worthington lost to Green and each claimed to represent the Gov-8; beat Krebs and Abraham, 92- this money over to the Chinese, or had ernment. In addition, it they handed Chinese on the committee to adjudicate as to how that money was to be expen ded, what type of man might be elected. by the Chinese? Everybody who had
18th, the Peace Pact between Klangsu and
Referring to your telegram of the any business relations with China knew bow thoroughly corrupt Chinese officials Chekiang has been and is being observed were, and he quite understood Marsha by this province. Since the entry of
Wa advocating the construction of rail- Tang, and Yang into Chekiang, rumours that Chinese officials would get at least ways, because he had not the least doubt from all quarters have been rampant. I half of it. Therefore he was certain that Is possible for China to present any find that Article 3 of the Peace Pact nobody who knew the condition would ad- programme for restrictive quication stipulates that in the event of any cut-vocate such use be ade of this in- Two-thirds of the opium in China is preside troops invading any of the two pro- demunity. duced in provinces over which the Cen- vinces or passing through any of them,. On the second Rra he opposed tral Government has little or no control, the authorities of the province concerned this Bill for the purpose of getting con. but she cannot burke the fact that at least shall deem it their duty to prevent or sideration for the many claims made by eight provinces which she claims to con- stop them from doing so. Now, Che- British traders. He did not do it at all trol produced enormous quantities in kiang has not only failed to prevent or with the intention of allocating that 1924. China cannot, dare not, go back on stop them, but has even admitted them, money to aur other purpose. They all ber declarations against an opium mono-Whether Chekiang has observed or dis- kaew that it was very essential to edu- poly or opium legalisation, even had she regarded the Peace Fact, public opinion cate the Chinese, but those who wero The Company's assets excluding the the
power to do so, for it is more than will be our arbiter. The reason why I acquainted with Chinn knew the utter anpaid capital, amount to well over evident that no Treaty Power would con- have remained silent is because any inter- impossibility of getting to, he might say, $10,000,000 and we have the Chairman's sent to such action unless the monopoly peilation from me might cause alarm to the man in the street. If they handed assurance that the present book values are were jointly controlled by a service in the people. As I have repeatedly de. it would be allocated to the use of ntics, excluding capital, reserves, and the this money over to a Chinese committee quite below the actual ones. The liabili which foreigners, as well as Chinese were elared before, my object shall aways be few of the Chinese He also, when engaged. Only such foreign co-operation to give my territory security and the
opposing the Bill, in referring to what could insure that the monopoly would in people peace. In view of the prixoniity they were told had been done by the is such, the heat the management could
loans are just over 80,200,000. a period of years end the traffic. Such of Kiangsu and Chekiang to each other. Americans, pointed out that the Ameri- do was to secure a loan of 89,200,000 for For a company whose financial position a co-operative, monopoly would be finitely better than the present chaotic any untoward incident would make it cans were so intensely selfish that it was the service of which a payment of as much conditions, but is not this co-operation impossible for me to secure my territory imposible for the Chinese to get much as is per cent, interest was involved. the last thing China would agree to and safeguard roy people. Therefore, if benefit out of it. They had been told by The suggestion made at the League of I have taken precautionary measures. I an.hot. Member, and it was a
fact, that
Mr. L. E. Canning's criticism of the citrant Tu-churs should be directly ap kiang does not attack Kiangsu, Kiangsu for their own University. We had a very der is that some shareholder present at
management appears totally inadequate. Nations two years ago, that the recalcan-show good reasons. In short, if Che: the Americans were using this
The thing is outrageous, and the won- pealed to by the League, met with great will not attack Chekiang This is my fine University in Hongkeng, and the meeting did not more forcibly voice opposition because it was considered an sentiment which will never be changed.
that the committee unwarranted interference in internal Your appeal for peace on behalf of the
that a certain amount of money the just indignation which the majority of
ought affairs, and so was dropped. Investiga- public is a noble act that should rouse the allocated to the University at Hong shareholders must feel at the unconscion- tion of the opiums provinces between now gratitude of all. Kindly convey my reply kong, where at present the very best able mismanagement of their property.
the Conference would be useless; it to the public so that people may feel type of Chinese was attracted, owing to would result in the time worn statement re-assured.
the freedom for all purposes that there was in the British University of Hong kong."
And
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August 91st.
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FOR CHINA COAST.
CONTRACT WITH TELEFUNKAN COMPANY.
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Mr. Hudson: The hon. Member has described the action of the Americana, in using this money for their particular American type of education, as a selfish action. Would he apply the same term to the proposal which he now makes that the money should be applied to par ticular type of British education in a British University 1
I shall be much obliged it you will please publish this letter in the interests of my fellow victims in Hongkong.-Yours faithfully,
A HONGKONG SHAREHOLDER. Hongkong, August 17th, 1924.
KUALA LUMPUR
INCIDENT.
CINEMA NOTES.
not a root to be found." for the harvest for 1024 has been reaped in every pro- vince, and the Conference knows every detail of the cultivation. Many officials res ponsible for cultivation try to minimise their culpability by denouncing the morphia SEVEN WIRELESS STATIONS traffic carried on by subjects of foreign powers. The morphis traffic is indeed en- ormous, and quantity for
quantity far more destructive than opium, but there is much evidence that the second Confer- ence in November will so effectively cur-
STAG CORES THREE PEOPLE. tail and control morphin production that
CHARGES OF BELFISHNESS. Reuter's Agency at Peking learns that the traffic from Europe and Japan will a contract is being negotiated between other nations, under the pretext of try de Moubray family, a week ago, whe
Mr. Samuel: Certainly, seeing that the
An unusual accident happened to the almost vansh One orium cultivating the Chinese Nawal authorities and the ing to get the kudos of allocating this three of them were gored by a stag, be General verbally defends himself on the Telefunken Company for the German mency to Chinese purposes, are utilising levert to be one of the herd in Carcosa ground that Indiin was sending so much Company to supply and erect seven wire money entirely for their own benefit. I grounds. It opium to China, that he grows it in selfless stations along the coast of Chios believe in doing unto others as you would Moubray bearing noises, came out and appears that Mr. De defence. As not a pound of opium has The stations are to have a range of 2,000 be done by, and, with the heavy obliga turned bis torch full on the animal, which been exported from India to China since miles and will be used for communicating tious which we have in this country, we charged. Mrs de Maubray and her hus 1913. this General's knowledge is some with ships at sea. The wireless station what "ancient.
at Pratas Island is not included in this interests of the British people. The not before it had damaged Mr. de Mou- are not justified in ignoring entirely the band both got bold of its antlers, hun scheme, but was negotiated as a separate Americans in their schools and univers bray's left a Miss Layard, Mr. de Armies have been cursed for the pre remembered that the Hongkong Govern- type of Chinese whom they educate, and was attacked by the stag, and had to be contract at an earlier data. It will be saties in China, get hold of a very good Moubray's sister-in-law, came out and sent opium state of China and not with ment expressed a wish for the Pratas they have arrangements with the indas removed to hospital where she underweat out reason, since four-fifths of the opium Island Station to be erected in order trials that, if they get hold of good men, a successful operation. taxes go directly or indir
irectly to main- tain them, but surely there is a deeper that Hongkong and the mainland should these, men after passing through the reason than this, and it lies in the pre-receive timely warning of typhoons and American college are sent to the works the seventh is still at large.
Six of the herd bave been captured, hüt, sent economic state of the country their course.
of some of these industrial magnates in Armies are maintained because funds Meanwhile the contract whereby the America, where they get a thorough, cannot he found for their disbandment. Telefunkan Company undertook to re- technical knowledge Soldiers disbanded without back pay and place the old stations, with a range of other work. They go Ack then to China. engineering and reasonable discharge allowances, become 3,000 miles, at the Temple of Heaven, and establish themselves as engineers, or brigands, and the whole business moves Peking, Wachang and Foochow with go on the railways, or go into the electric in an economic vicious circle. If disband modern stations on the Telefunkan now lighting works, and they actually become
Although Barrie's first full length ment cannot take place, then the easiest system has not been carried out beyond the representatives of the American way of maintenance is opium cultivation delivery of the stations at Shaugiat, And we have noticed over and to nature, less bappy as a work of arte firms with whom they have served their novel, The Little Minister, is teas true. and taxation: and this is what is taking Haukow and Tientsia. It is understood over again when we receive specifications than some of his other stories, still is does place...
Economic improvement will take years, tion at the points named meraly awaits generally by these men, with the assist. this quality has been skilfully infused into that delivery of these stations and ere for certain work to be done, drawn up contain much that is Barriesque," and and will depend upon the development of payment on the part of the Chinese ance of American engineers, it is almost the screen version which comes to the national unity and obedience to central authority. What will China do at the Conference? Proclaim her inability to control the traffic and appeal to world for sympathy in her present dis taxes A monopoly, however, to lesach tions are so drawn as to leave the ad story so popular as "The Little Minis- organised stated? Will she be willing to use and ultimately entirely prohibit is vantages with those works in which these ter, it is only necessary to add that the accept the suggestions and help of the quite another inatter, and its considers-Therefore, I think in justice to the having been undertaken by the enter
men hayo served their time. Friendly Powers at the Conference
Bereening is all that could be desired, Something must be done, for China is at especially if a service of foreign co-epera- the Chinese in the chaotia state in acting is also worthy of the great theme, tica should not be lightly set aside, British taxpayer, that we want to educate prising Paramount people, and that the the bar of world opinion, and as the tion be included. improvement demanded in monopoly The world pressure at the Conference which China is at the present time, it Betty Compson taking the leading role countries, is largely dependent on restric will demand ted growth in China, she must be pre- China and the reiteration of the fact could touch would be the fringe of the some programme from would be utterly impossible to get to the pared to accept and honestly put into that her laws embody total prohibition better class of Chinese, and it is essen. The amendment was rejected by 14
vast majorty of the Chinese. All you force at least some of the Conference will be no defence or excuse for her pre- tial that in educating them we should votes to 10. An amendment describing demands.
Straightforward
sent condition. Must the millions of open monopoly expert- China continue Inc. ments have been tried in three or four ted by compulsory cultivation and are in giving this money for education, and fund is to be applied as educational or to be corrup-arry out the object which was aimed at the purposes to which the indemnity centres during 1923-4. The organisation tricted ase, whilst tries that we should has been efficient, to the Inst detail for to develop a vinst the Government or in tivating both commercial and social inter-ments wer made providing that the
out the idea of cul- other was accepted. Further amend controlling cultivation, transport and her militarists? This method will take course with a view to the mutual ad Secretary of State for, Foreign Affairs sales, but the object has been exclusively too long. Something definite must be Therefore I support this Amendment, ruttes with regard to the purposes, in. vantage of the British and the Chinese, should consult with the Advisory Cons to raise military funds, and to encour formulated now for apiam cultivation is age to the utmost opium ust Little won increasing year by year, and with the and I think that we should. Cecifically question and that the Advisory Com der that the people have made strong pro-increasing inillions of smokers ameliora-allocate a certain amount to the Hong mittee should be a Statutory Committee. tests "apdinst, the monopolies and their tion becomes more and more remote- kong University.
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the.
Government.
.THE.CORONET.
impossible for a British firm to tenderia Coronet The tre this evening as the team the time that is given in even if they ture attraction for the next few days As can do the work, because the specifica- it would be presumptuous to outline
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13.
The Bill as amended was ordered to be reported to the House.