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THE HONGKONG, DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18TH, 1926
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INTERESTING APPOINTMENT.
Although at the time of writing there has not yet been any official announce ment on the subject, there is the highest authority for stating that Sir Ronald Lindsay will succeed Lord d'Abernon, as British Ambassador to Berlin. The post has been offered to Sir Ronald, and he has accepted it. The official announce ment may be delayed for some time, be cause Lord d'Abernon has been induced to remain or in Berlin until the Locarno Agreement has been made effective by the admission of Germany into the League of Nations.
There is now official confirmation of the reporta circulated after the death of Queen Alexandra about the future of Sandringham House. The King and Queen will enter into occupation as soon as the necessary decorations and altera tions have been made. It is also of interest to learn that Their Majesties have decided that the establishment there is to be maintained precisely as it was during the Queen-Mother's lang widow hood. This means that it will remain unchanged from the conditions that pre- vailed during King Edward's lifetime, Pending the formation of a stable for Queen Alexandra would never con Government in Berlin, this step cannot sent to any change at all.
be taken, so that it is at the moment When the King and Queen leave York quite uncertain when Lord d'Abernon Cottage that residence will become the will be able to give up his Berlin poet. home of the Duke and Duchess of York. At present Sir Ronald is concerned with How long they will remain as tenants the racial and political problems in remains to be seen. York Cottage has Angora, and he has quite enough to do always been regarded as the Norfolk there to keep him busy for some con- home of the Prince of Wales. Pre-siderable time. He will be welcome in sumably the Duke's tenancy will depend Berlin, because he is a public school upon the matrimonial intentions of his elder brother.
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MOTORISTS AND INSURANCE.
Mortorists, who have been protesting against the reported intention of the Dame: Nellie Melba is retiring from Chancellor of the Exchequer to raid the the concert platform to the regret of Road Fund which is kept going by motor countless thousands of admirers, but she licence fees, are now faced with another has done something to atone for her own kind of threat. There are rumours that departure. She has discovered a new the insurance companies are preparing baritone. He is a young man in whom to increase the insurance rates, not only the great musical "star" has taken an for motor vehicles bat also for drivers interest, John Brownlee by name, and and passengers. The reason given for he is an Australian of Scottish discent the step in contemplation is that ac- He appeared with Dame Nellie at a cidents on the roads are now so numerous huge farewell concert she gave in St. it is necessary to revise the rates of in- Andrew's Hall, Glasgow, a few rights ago, and he was so much to the taste of the audience that instead of singing once he had to sing cight times.
surance,
I learn from more than one source that motorists are by no means disposed to take this lying down. They are
Mr. Brownlee is a native of Geelong, already protesting that with the rapid and it was the Mayor of that progressive increase in the number of motor vehicles town who brought him to the notice of on the road insurance companies are Dame Nellie, with the result that he gathering in tremendous. harvest in came to Paris to be trained. During the shape of premiums; therefore, it is her recent visit to Paris, Dame Nellie said, the companies ought to be easily able to meet the growing expenditure on rediscovered him. No, we may take accidents without the slightest difficulty.it, his fortune is made. How the dispute, which is as yet in the carly stages, will end remains to be TALE OF A MILLION POUNDS. seen, but obviously there are here all the ingredients of a very pretty quarrel.. ECONOMY IN WHITEHALL
CHINESE ARMY OF TODAY.
GENERAL SIR JOHN FOWLER'S, LECTURE.
port, at Loyang. It was reported that Chang Tao Lin had spent two million sterling on the arsenal`at Mukden in equipment A Chinese was incomplete control, but there were one or two Euro- He had heard that the Major-General Sir John Fowler, who peana there. for three years was in command of the rifles and 300,000 rounds of small arm arsenal was capable of turning out 100 British troops in China, lectured at the ammunition per day and about 500 shells, Royal United Service Institution on while it could make 100 field guns and The Chinese Armies of the Present 100 machine guns in the year, This Day." Major-General Sir J. F. Burnett-quipment was indeed rather better than Stuart was in the chair and there was an that of the troops who used it. It was, excellent attendance,
though, hard, to get the troops to keep Sir John divided his lecture under it in good order. He did not think that » different heads and in the following any acroplanes wore manufactured in the precis inade by the London correspondent country, but they were being imparted of the Singapore Free Preis this by Chang Tso Lia, who had a lot of them. The reason for the bad upkeep of equipment was due to the frequent rake-offs" which took place before pay reached the troops. The Chinese were good mechanics and expert in the hand- ling of motors. The uniform and equip ment seemed always to be the same in regard to all irmies. It was blusy-gray and flimsy and not made for hard usage. With it the troops wore a distinguishing armband. In the winter in the north they were wadded cotton clothes. When it was wet they carried umbrellas which were extraordinarily useful. The Chinese were, thoroughly accustomed to its use and it was a great protection.
arrangement is followed-
NATIONAL ARMY.,
There is no National Army of China with published establishments and er sanisation. There were various armies commanded by leaders who worked for their own ends. Thero was continual change in the composition of these armies; sometimes they were fighting on one side and sometimes against it. The so-called Generals who commanded these armics collected recruits as cheaply as they could and used them to attain their own ends, and in most cases to fill their own pockets. Still it was worth men tioning that the orders of the Government of Peking were still observed to a certain extent throughout China,
VALUE AS FIGHTING 'SOLDIERS.
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were few tents; the troops lived in the supplies were concerned the troops lived villages in the native houses. So far as
on the country, though when there wris an attempt to mobilise on a large scale some effort was made to accumulate supplies of grain, mostly millet.
SUPPLY OF FOOD AND TRANSPORT." Transport was excellently done by local carts, pack animals, coolies and junks. Transport for ambulances and Field Hoa- China had a very old civilisation.pitals, was practically nil and medical Confucius's teaching was against arrangements were very poor. There martial spirit and discouraged for and the Chinese and the Japanese. The strife. Therein lay the difference between Chinese depicted the "God of War" in tragic guise in their temples, but did not think much of him. In such a vast coun- try as China there were many types, but no such thing as pacificism, for China. as a whole. The Chinese had many estimable points and he liked them very much They were hardy, very fearless, most hospitable, very polite, quick to learn and there was very little they could not be taught. They were not demon- strative, but learned steadily, and were very hardworking so long as they were working for themselves. As far as dis- cipline. was concerned there was no difference and they were not fanatical in the least and very tolerant sea in like an Emperor; is liked by foreigners: had a hard struggle to exist and was polite; not physically a great person regard to religion. The ordinary coolie
gets his money from the railway; very willing to do anything if azred heality; speaks in quiet tones; very ner
vous about his personal safety and never would be lodged and fed and that was why it was possible to get any number of goes out except in an armoured motor. recruits who were "on" the
verge of starvation. He did not think they had any compunction about fighting against their own people, with the one proviso that their families were looked after and recured against reprisala.
MILITARY LEADERS. FENG-A wonderful organiser, very ambitious buts working for himself. Re- ported have received 3,000,000 dollara to turn against General Wu.
Very. nervous of himself. Last year after the campaign he went to the Western Hills; he has again retired into the background.. Wa-Very vain; proposes to write his Maxima of War."
Cxivo.—A real ruler, runs Manchuria
Many other leaders, though much the same type and ability. The General out- side Shanghai was extremely helpful in training, the volunteers.
USE OF RAILWAYS FOR OPERATIONS.
Railways figure largely in the fighting. Though not allowed to fight 1 miles on either side of the line, the rival com- manders use the lines for travel and themselves find the refreshment care very useful. All forces try to do impossibili- ties with railway transport.
TRAINING OF CHINESE ARMIES BY
FORAIGNERS.
The whole country was infested with robbors led by anyone and living on the country regular pesta to all. The ban- dits were ill-armed and poor fighters, yet the Chinese never put up much of a fight against them. All these bandite were anxious to become soldiers and some time ago some 700 were so incor porated. Perhaps the reason why they met with little opposition was that there were so few arms among the people of China,
There are about 900 Red Russian though Mauser pistols used for purposes instructors in Canton. Chang Tao Lin of execution were becoming common had a corps of about 900 Russians in As far as horsemanship in the south Manchuria; they did remarkably well. was concerned, they knew nothing about. It was very difficult for the foreigner to teach the Chinese anything, as they were it; they were more terrified by a man on B horse than by B motor-car. In very self-opinionated. Chang had, how- Northern Chine there were good ponies ever, a number of Mongolian instructora and good riders. They ought to be able-all Russian subjects. The Chinese had to raise good mounted troops, but he had a Staff College and a Military College. never seen any davalry, though he knew At the Japanese manoeuvres, however, that Chang Tso Lin had.. some in his there were many Chinese officers belong- recent operations.
ing to all parties, but they hobnobbed together amicably.
The best soldiers in China were the
A year ago Mr. Baldwin told us that a million pounds sterling had been car ket for purposes of publicity to bring clined to welcome any signs of economy reasonableness of buying Empire pro Yunnsnese in "the West and the Shan How CAMPAIGNS ARE CONDUCTED IN CHINA.
The average taxpayer is too much in-under the notice of the public the sweet in Government Departments to be over-ducts. The question is being asked in tung people in the East. There were a lot of Yunnanese in Canton, whither
Intrigue precedes them; support being eritical of the newest spasm in this the Press what has become of the inoney. direction which has been developed in It has not been used on the landable they had been imported to fight, since bought with actual money payments. The they were purely mercenaries, and had Then one side sends a telegram denounc- Whitehall. The Government Departments business of newspaper advertising. are going to economise on stationery.answer would seem to be that the million received a certain amount of military ing the other side; offering a reward for Up to six training from the French. The Shan the leaders dead or alive and a sliding In future only Cabinet Ministers are to pounds is almost intact. have cream-laid paper and envelopes for months ago since when nothing has been tungese in Manchuria had proved they scale of payment to the troops who will their use. The rest of the services will done the Imperial Economic Committee were pretty good material The Chinese, desert. They then commenced an attack by working along the railway, which
coloured paper.--
rcommending practical methods of spend- 20 means cowards They had shown this
in the police and detective force, operation are never so good as the inten- In addition to this, it has heen ing the money in making Empire produce where they had exhibited extraordinary tion. Troops though starting to advance decided that the use of what are called more accessible to the British consumer. bravery. The Chinese had a list of in order, soon get to mass formation in franked envelopes is to cease as soon But the Government has given no signa honour, and soldiering came last but one. attack. Their rifle firing was very wild, as the present stock runs out. This of carrying the recommendations into They had always been beaten by warlike their machine-gun work more effective means that the familiar O.H.11.8. cffcet.
people, but they were extraordinarily and their artillery fire not up to much, will disappear, and that letters from From what I hear the truth is that good bargainers, and remarkably able to though improving Battles always ap Government Departments will have to powerful supporters of the Government hold their own: At Wei-Hai-Wei they peared to be inconclusive and indecisive. be stamped by the officials, even as you suspect that much of the Empire produce had a regiment of Shantung men; they well, the others got nervous and-ready
have to be contented with cheap buff. had produced two reports on the subiect though lacking in martial spirit, were by soon göt into a bad state. Tactics in
and I stamp our letters.
It looks on the curface as though is in competition with home produce, and quite a big saving is going to be made. are beginning to feel that encouragement But it is as well not to be too optimistic of the Dominions has gone far enough in these matters. So far as one can see, Questions as to the disposal of the million the only difference will be that the Pounds will be, however, revived early in
the new scusion of Parliament. Departments will charge up their post- age stamps-which, of course, will have DECIMAL COINAGE. to be paid for instead of using the franked envelopes. The only hope of economy will be that there may be lena lavish use of postal packets in the future than there has been in the past TOBACCO GROWING IN ENGLAND.
were entirely satisfied with the material,
The reason was that if one leader did
He would make no prophecy, but he did not see any outstanding commander who was likely to maintain himself for any length of time at the top of the tree. CHANG'S TWO HUNDRED AEROPLANES,
which was very amenable to discipline to turn against him., Another reason and could be easily trained. They did was the lack of an objective and another very well indeed in the fighting in 1900 their self-content. The Chinese armies were really formidable through their for the Relief of the Legations At Shanghai there was a volunteer Com- weapons, and their numbers. pany raised from the local Chinese and commanded by Chinese Officers. It was I learn by a note, received from the one of the best companies in the Volun- Federation of British Industries that Mr tears and this was particularly due to the Harry Allcock's suggestion of an altera zeal of the Chinese gentlemen who train- tion of the coinage to a decimal basised them. The Chinese made extremely was considered last week at the Grand good engineers, in bamboo bridge bild Sir John, and in the discussion: Captain A cordial vote of thanks was passed to Council of the Federation. The Counciling and the like. It was a Chinese CD SPIERS, who has just returned from The sale has just been concluded to a seemed against declaring themselves in tractor who performed the difficult feat China, agreed that Feng's National Army Salisbury firm of tobacco manufacturers the matter, but passed a resolution that of lifting the wireless masta to the top had been untried by the recent or by any of what is believed to be the largest the Government should be arged to ap. of the wall at Peking
fighting, so it was difficult to gauge their single crop of English grown tobacco point a special committee to examine and
standard. Their equipment, though bad, since the days of Charles II. It was report upon the proposal
The country was very varied and very showed a distinct advance on that of. produced op ten acres of land by Mr. Mir Allcock's proposai is for an increase difficult-flat and intersected with water previous Chinese land forces. Captain, A. J. Brandon, of Redfields, Church in the total value of the penny by 20 per course here and dotted with mountains Spiers spoke highly of the Third Crookham, Hants, who has been interest- cent, so that the abilling may consist of there mountains through which troops Division. Chang had order 200 aaro- ed in tobacco-growing since 1910, and it ten instead of twelve pennies and thus could not pass. There were few roads planes and possessed:n large yamber at realised £4,000. Mr. Brandon has been by one action put British currency on a outside the Treaty ports, though the two the present moment. Feng was very devoting between tea and fifteen neres of decimal basis. It may be, recalled that to Chifu and Johol were making progress, anti-British, due to our alliance in the land to tobacco growing, and he proposes the last attempt, in 1920, to decimalise It was a wonder so much trade was past with Japan. Since the May troubles to extend his operations if the home the pound failed because it involved the done, even taking into account the junka in Shanghai he had been working in close grown tozacco industry can be made abandonment of the penny, the issue of and the giant rafts. The whole of China touch with the Soviet Government. really paying concern. It all depends several new coins to represent now de-from the point of view of modern Money men and arms had come to him on the attitude of the Government. nominations, and amore widespread armies would be a very difficult one to from that source. The training of the
Mr. Brandon's, manager stated this knowledge of décima! calculations than operate in weak that the English tobacco industry could be safely assumed. Mr., Allcock's requires a
NATURE OF THE COUNTRY,
ARMS, AMMUNITION AND EQUIPMENT~
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Chinese Army was based on German and Japanese lines. In practice the hand- ling of railway transport was bad, and of a Government, subsidy. Efforts are ed these difficulties because the peony The armies were well equipped with mo- the Chinese had never any idea of work- still being made to obtain a further re instead of being abandoned would be dorn rifles-smallbore and ammunition ing out their own plans Captain Spiere mission of the duty. There is a firm de- restored to its proper condition by its of varied types but serviceable. Smug spoke very highly of the Kansu Mahom- mand for tobacco grown in England, and | increased purchasing power, that no new gling of arms, despite attempted pro- medans from a military standpoint and I hear that if some more effective form coins and denominations would be neces- nibition, was still going on and he saw said be regarded them as a very possible of protection can be devised the industry sary, and that no immediate knowledge no chance of stopping it. There were a and effective obstacle to Bolshevik, ac- would in time give employment, to a con- of decimals would be required in home number of artensis, one being at Shang- tivities. He agreed with what Sir John siderable number of men and women trade. Presumably the adoption of hai, which was continually being fought bad said about the use of umbrellas. Anyway, this country paya America a decimal coinage is as far off as over it for. There was an arsenal at Feling The Brechueness would be quite content pretty tidy sam every year for the raw was, and this is saying a good deal and another at Canton, while General | to leave his rifle behind it only he could material.
H.B.
Wu Pei Fo had another, according to re be sure of his umbrella