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A FRENCH VIEW OF THE BRITISH POSITION. IN CHINA,
"L'ECHO DE CHINE" AND THREAT TO BRITAIN'S INTERESTS FROM THE KUOMINTANG IN CANTON.
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The following is à translation of a leading article which appeared on the front page of our contemporary- L'Echo de Chise on September 2nd.. In view of its special reference to Hongkong and he reason of its allusion to the position of the British Government, it should be of much interest to our readers."
CABLES.
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BASEBALL IN USA.
LATEST "RESULTS OF LEAGUE GAMES.
Naw "Youx, October 3rd,
O last Saturday, in the National League, New York beat Pittsburgh 4/3; 3/0; Brooklyn beat Cincinnati 1; Philadelphia at Chicago, 4/9...
On Monday, in the National League, New York, beat Brooklyn 9/7; St. Louis Boston 5/1.
In the American League New York
SMALL WE ABDICATE?
jas acts of piracy all the violations con-beat Detroit 3/1; St. Louis Washington Three months have already elapsed mitted against any of the treaties former 9/7; Cleveland Philadelphia 7/9 and since a regular attack, directly opened signed by the Celestial Empire and 8/0; Chicago Beston 8/3 and 9/0. against the British Colony of Hongkong Great Britain on the subject of the move cha Sunilay, in the National, Brooklyn by the Soviet Government, had for its monts of shipping in the Canton Harbour beat New York 5/4; Chicago Philadelphia result the paralysing of every vital force The Soviet Government understand 503;1; Pittsburgh Cincinnati 4/3; St. of the trade and of industries of this well the legitimacy of the British com Louis Boston 6/3, premier port of the Far East. It is quite plains that they deny having passed any
In the American League, Detroit beat Inw on the subject. This, however, be- evident that if England showed a really yond any doubt that river regulations New York 10/3, the second game result- strong wish, she would be able to sweep
were published a few days ago to put the ing in a tie of 1-1: Washington beat St. away in a few hours a government which embargo on every British ship attempt Louis 8/0 bas segregated from Peking for anying to penetrate the Pearl River. But years and which is frankly detested by Canton as well as Moscow practises the four-fifths of the population on renunt equivocal. The Soviet drew the whole of its despotism and the shameful muck responsibility of publication on the Com- which reigns from the lowest to the high-mittee of the Strikers, which means to ext step of the administrative ladler.
say that they are no longer masters of The inhabitants of the colony without any
the situation. distinction of race de colour have on many occasions prayed the London Government to be good enough to put an end to such a state of affairs which threatens to provoke the worst catastrophes among the principal Hongkong frins. The same inhabitants have invited Britons of the mother land to remember the sacritices consecrated by the Colony to the common cause during four years of the Great
PEKING'S POINT OF VIEW. Against every expectation and "overy- thing logical the Peking Government, who none the less have frequently tried to start military expeditions against those governing Canton, has answered in a vexed tono to England that any step directed against the South will be con sidered as an act of hostility against the whole of, China. If it is so, Tuan Chi Jui must accept the responsibility of every Up to date with the exception of thing which is committed in Canton maral aeroplane carrier and the landing
War.
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of a few battalions (?).employed to pro tect the territory of Kowleen, we cannot see that such pressing petitions have had the virtue of awakening the high authori- ties of the Foreign Office from. their slumber.
In the American League, Detroit beat New York by 8/2 and 9/7.
On Tuesday, in the National League, Philadelphia beat Brooklyn 10/4.
On Wednesday, in the American League, Boston beat Washington 3/4.
On Thursday in the National League" Philadelphia beat Brooklyn 6/5.
In the American, League, Chicago head Cleveland 3/0; Boston, Washington 3/1; St. Louis Detroit 4/3.
On Friday in the National League, St. Louis beat Chicago 4/3.-
In the American League, Philadel
FRENCH DEBTS TO US.. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE IS STILL HOPEFUL OF SETTLEMENT.
WASHINGTON, October ard:
against the life and property of foreign-phia boat New York 10/0; Boston Wash- ers. The table of those, offences is abington 11/2. ready amply sufficient to justify a land- ing. Violations of domicile, of individual liberty and conscience, have already been committed by the "Red soldiers of Hsu Trung Chih and of Chiang Kai Shek in many places of the province. It is bo
An announcement, issued this after- use to give bere even a resumé of them;
noon, says that, while President Coolidge the Far East dailies have given a com- plete enough account. Let the Govern.regrets that complete agreement for re- ment at Peking know it well at the funding the Frenet debt has not been time of the settlement of accounts," we reached, fie believes that the settlement shall have to remember their declaration of solidarity.
a control on the acts of the Cantonese
proposed will enable France to improve her economic position and reopen nego- tiations within 5 years. The President is convinced that both commissions made
sincere effort to reach accord, but were.
prevented by insurmountable conditions.
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REASONS FOR NOT ACTING. Therefore, what are the great reasons which prevent England from ang, and which on the contrary have made her at least temporarily, take the decision of keeping a passive attitude which has as its result a loss of face without equal in the annals of English history in the Far
Then it will be of Sttle avail for them Fast. We can say as first that the Shangu sing us a palinode and pretend that hai affairs have completely engrossed the attention of the Press of the world. Beds could not be 'excrcised in an effica Since these incidents people have wanted dous manner. When you solidarize your. to see in everything which has subse self with the ri-raff, you must support
FALL OF THE FRANC. quently happened, either in Canton or the consequences of your action. A first
NEW YORK, October 2nd. elsewhere, something other than the concondition should be imposed by England, The disappointments resulting from the sequences of those first disorders which at the Customs Conference: Ke, the absence of a permanent settlement of the up to date it has been impossible to conference will sit only when Tuan Chi French Debt is reflected, to-day in an settle by the commission constituted for fui has the means to control efficiently initial break of eight points on the feane this intent. The suspicion spread against the financial measures taken by the Can
to 4.68 cents and a decline in all French England, even by newspapers sympathe
tonese Reds...
bonds listed here. Wall Street was ex tie to her in ordinary times, on the sub ject of the responsibilities incurred by
pecting that the debt negotiations would In a word the declaration of the Peking her in the repression of the Shanghai
a French loan hero pave the way to riot, has been a tactical error, a kind of solidarity puts England to the wallshortly of probably a hundred million desertion of the battlefield of the solid-Either she will declare war on Chin, or dollars.
she will be obliged to endure, without arity absolutely necessary in this case.
This fault has been ably worked upon flinching the worst abutes under the by the Chincse Kuomintang who shouted mocking eyes of Borodin, and the sneer." the words of "massacre" and "brutsing smiles of the American, Japanese, ALL ON BOARD 5.31 ARE DEAD.Phone is much used in the garden and ity." Secondly, the boycott of exotic "Boche," etu.. merchants, who seize products against every nation labelled as eagerly the opportunity to stand with the working on an imperialistic system endei Chinese in order to monopolize for them. marine S.31 has been found flooded from and for that reason a record should ·
BRITISH PRESTIGE
by tiring many non-British merchant? selves the advantages formerly granted who only see the profit of the moment to Great Britain. Those who act in such and do not care a rap about the future manner show an abjection without deluge. From that to treat the Britons nang and should be quarantined by 45 provocatve agents and intransigeants, honest men. Of course, they would not care a pin about it. But before long there was only one step to make. It was
they will be the sufferers. They wish to have a taste of the common diet in China, therefore they should not complain when they will be smashed under the squeeze of the Chinese officials. What is the con- clusion of all that! It is that England if she wants to keep her prestige, must
quickly made by certain persons whose ancestors may be white men, hat whose descendants will finish by being classified with the Red Skin races. In changing their colour those people changed also their mentality and will find that old Europe is rather troublesome for the Far
Fasti
SOLIDARITY SHAKEN
safeguard herself even without bothering herself with the opinions of the world. Really at the bottom of it, this so called. We can conclude that the Chinese have opinion of the world is the act of a minute minority of people paid by the
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During the summer, when the gramo open air generally, the records suffer a good deal from careless handling and Dust and sudden changes of temperature play havoc with the recorde storing,
always be kept in its paper envelope.
The envelope in which the record is! sold is often too flimsy to be lasting and, so it is worth while to construct special ATLANTIC CITY. October 3rd..
cases from strong brown paper, says the A dispute between the bricklayers' and Manchester Guardian. It is a still hetter plasterers' unions, which has lasted 4 plan to buy strong paper in a few dis years and tied up huge building operatinguishing colours and then store the tions in New York and elsewhere, bas records in envelopes according to their ended in the signing of an agreement kind. For example, blue might indicate drafted by the President of the Federa-songs, green dance tunes, brown classical tion of Labour.
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music, and grey sacred music. Then to each envelope should be pasted a strong inen tab on which is written the title- If these are fitted in the same position on each envelope and the records piled nestly one above the other, it is quite easy to turn up the tabs till the required record is located,
as far as the Shanghai affairs “are con Soviet and the agent of the Kuomintang of the Chesapeake-Ohio Railway has good habit to run a soft camel-bair brush
SEVEN ARE MISSING.
If the records are not kept in a dust proof cabinet, always remove them before the room is swept, and even then it is a over the record each time it is used The baize cover of the table should also be kept well brushed, as that picks up an astonishing amount of dust, which
finds its way on to the record. Never leave records lying with a direct sun upon them" or place them near fire. LATER The heat will warp the record, and
nothing can be done to restore it.
RICHMOND, October 2nd, The western section of the deep tunbe cerned, shaken the conviction of many who the present moment support the who hy their furious clamours seek to caved in. It is believed there are many
a multitude. It is, British only on account of a sentiment of give the illusion of a solidarity, really well justified. Those as always, the story of the scarab dron-casualties, as it is stated that fifty short seeing people naturally do not wanting in a drum. Brave Englishmen do not labourers were working in the tunnel at strong suction to he taken in South China les an imposition be made on you! Your the time of the collapse. and once more, resuscitate the ire whip polities have not always been very gener they wrongly believed to have abated in 94 towards a certain country which is the heart of the Chinese At that time, however, your ally: Little that matters! the British Government, well understand now the question of the Far Enet is too ing the state of mind of certain of its grave to enable us to he bappy at the former allies, tried to separate the opera spectacle of the English nation heing tion announced against Canton from the mocked at and deprived of all its prestige, settlement of the affairs of the other in this country of China. The day when ports under the direct, control of the the Union Jack shall be lowered from its Central Government. If the latter was glorious mast to make room for the acting in good faith; it could admit only Chinese Harlequin," the chaotic state the British argument. It should thereof the administration will appear, hond fore he recognised that the Cantonese age the position. Let us deliver China Bolsheviks, being entirely out of its con- from the variety of Moscow Shame to trol, it is absolutely legitimate to treat the partisans of abdication t
"All those entombed in the disaster, except seven have been rescued Many of the nurvivors were injured.
CHILE'S NEW CABINET.
A scratched record is an abomination, and a prolific cause of scratches is the trick of dropping the needle on the re- cord beforon sulcient speed-hai boen. attained. The result of this is to coarsene the waves at the edge of the disc and so A new Cabinet has been formed, with arises the very unpleasant sound that Senhor Luisa Concha as Premier, Senhor mats the beginning of so many kramo- Barros Jarpa as Minister for Foreign phone tunes. Cheap needles are also a Affairs, and Senhor Thaney as Minister mistake, for they, too, shorten the life for War.
of the record.
SANTIAGO, October 2nd.