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AMERICAN ON THE YANGTSZE POSITION.
CHIANG KAI SHEK'S CONCENTRATION AT HANKOW."
POWERS WAITING TO EVACUATE THEIR NATIONALS.
SOVIET POLITICAL
ACTIVITIES.
THE CANTON AGREEMENT.
ATTITUDE TOWARDS WESTERN
EUROPE.
GERMANY'S FOREIGN
RELATIONS.
TREATIES AND TRADE..
Apart from the German-Lithuaa- inn Trade Treaty, which has now been ratified, Germany in 1028 con-
Political Moscow is now hibernat-cluded trade treaties with Sweden, A graphic description of the vince of Szechuan as an example.ing, writes & Saturday Review Switzerland, Finland and Litria situation on the middle reaches of There are no railroads and the correspondent from that City. The (writes the Exchange's Barlin cor- the Yangtze which led to the die foreigners after trekking overland last event of the season, the session respondent). Further supplemen- patch of British forces to Shanghai must rely on the Yangtze steamers of the Kuomintang Executive,tary agreements were reached with is given by an American resident to pick them-up at Chungking or was mainly taken up by dreary re- Denmark, Spain and Italy, and a of the disturbed zone.. We give his Wanhsien. We learn that even now capitulations of official doctrine provisional Agreement with France. account of General Chiang Kai they are having great trouble doing about the "temporary stabilization Shek's alleged accumulation of so, due to the natives refusing to of Capitalism on the Weat," lead. ing to the inevitable struggle be- forces at Hankow for what it is carry them or their baggage. worth, but it has not been mention- It is absurd to think that Great tween British and American capita" ed in any other source of informa- Britain or any foreign power would liste and the most terrible war in tion. Also his ideas as to the policy submit to having their, concessions bistory!!! - at the Powers must be taken as his violently seized by a mob, without own. He writes in the Japan dd-some action. Yet had they opened sult for Bolshevik policy on the fire at Hankow it would practically East: the negotiation of a working have meant murder to all foreign arrangement between Communists ers ia Szechuan and other interior paints. Even after reaching Chang- and Nationaliste within the Aue king or Waubsien the only means mintang, that is, a regular liaison of exit from the province is the between Canton and Moscow: Sun foreigners steamers. Yet the river Yat Sen, Inte Canton dictator said
vertiser as follows:
incidents.
But it achieved one important re-
You have doubtless read fully of Hankow, Kiukiang and Changsha Alam China is buzzing with praise of the remark atie exhibition of self control giveu by the British Marines at Han- kow. Their self-restraint has borne greater fruit than even they ar- pested. None of the foreign com. If they should strike or be intimi-book to the West." Last Spring his manders knew it at the time, but dated, the steamers would tie up
is so treacherous that every ship depends entirely on Chinose pilots,
Work with Moscow but always
The German-Turkish Trade Treaty, which was signed in Nov- ember, is to be ratified shortly, and negotiations with Japan are prac
will contain Japanese concessions tically concluded for a treaty which in import restrictions and Custome
as German Customs' reductions for treatment of German dyes, as well Japanese silks.
;
On the other hand, it has not yet | been possible to reach definite agree
meats with France, Poland and of settled trade treaty conditions is Czechoslovakia. The establishment
çades of Roumania and Canada. also considered to be urgent in the
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CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
FRUARY 18TH, 1937,
A.K. Baondoa...£179.&
Do
пот
nom.
it has since come to light that an Bhan you think of the cost of mov. successore, making a sudden swing Since the majority of the treaties. entire fighting unit of Chiang Rai ing warships, you will realise that away from the Extreme Left, ex- and agreements reached in 1926 Chartered Bank.. nom... Shek's army even including air. the great dumber assembling on the polled many Chinese Communiate from the city together with their planes--was standing by waiting sugtaze from all parts of the and hoping for one foreign shot to world have come for some purpose.
If Hangchow Fall! be fired, which would give them the necessary excuse to attack the con- cassions in forcel
teuse.
Risks of Massacre.
DiLe end of the year, it is difficult to P. & O. Bent.
Canton Insurance
only came into force towards the Mercantile Bank lag nom.
1130 .........3680
Russian monitors. But the sagt form an opinion as to the effect | East Asia Hank. -If the foreiga Powers take action cious Chiang Kai Shek, whom this of the new arrangements towards Ching Underwriters $0.0 scon, we, here, may pass the crisis cup brought to the supreme com the simplifestion and extension of North 1lbana ing in 25 bay. &.. comparatively quietly. If the Reds mand, had no intention of forcing Germany's foreign trade. wis at Hangchow (south and west
Trade Balanca, Furthermore, the figures for Ger-
Uman
buy. buy. ***** 143 nomi Insurance de 150 buy-
insara.red Firs
Kang
Laurance.... buy.
Hong Keag Fire Los 616 bay, Dauginass museerimaker 324 bay.
Taga .......$1.10 com Steamboat Bel
De (Vek).......$10 boy. Shell Transport.....8..
......$55 buy.
Indo-Unin
ZRA
nou.
Our position here is well "ia-
of Shanghai) they will cut straight events to a crisis. And a modus now been reached On the surface every teresting." thing is quiet and much the same north and cut the Shanghai-Nan- operundi bas uz asual, except for the two desking RR. This place will then turn whereby the Bussian military ad troyers lying off the bund. Under-Red immediately and out we shall
get! As soon as the foreigners are visers are to be retained and one-y's foreign trade in 1998 were neath, everything is extremely
coal strike and also by special com- to be Chinese Communists. More mcial conditions in Germany. Farsan
a decrease in the total English ex- over, the Canton Army is to be re- Owing to the conl strike, there was Waterbuss......$14 buy, 14). ech & organized on the lines of the Red
ports by 15 per cent., and in the Benguete Army namely, "political" repre- get out the sentatives are to be included among destroyer is to take all Americans the higher ranking officers and, off and proceed to Manila, This in picked regiments, also among is probably because Shanghai is
from other ports.
The Consul has forbidden evacuated from interior points we third of the members of the Kun./ affected very greatly by the English (tref. I. $30 FOL
believe the foreign Powers mast mintang Executive Committee are show their hand and take some de faite action. In the meantime we are just waiting and carrying on as usual. If anything happens you are liable to hear from us from Manila!
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According to present plans of the Navy, if we have
to
China
Sugar. Malabon Bagets **- $34 nom.
.....$1,30
total imports by 5 per cent. in ·| Kauzu Mlining Au nom Jingle) **** om.
compared with 1925. the first ten months of the year, as
The favourable balance of 445
verse balance of eleven
Lakata (comod Bha, Explorations Shanghai Lowe
Troub Minas
sek
taom
fem.
......
*****
buy.
1124 sel. 20
aum.
BOD
$50 nou
us to travel without his special per mission in each instance. A few of the more excitable foreignera have left for Shanghai and several others have packed most of their belongings. Yet ever since I have been in China we have lived in inore or less constant expectancy of trouble. If we had packed up and got out each time, where would we be? The two destroyers in port can accommodate our entire foreign already over-crowded with, refugees/ N.C.O.'s and privates. This ensures | million marks in the German trade Baal <--porno-bonezavis
political control over Chiang Kai with England during the first nine Ural Campians remmunity so we are sort of stand
It is also known that the Norther-Shek, who may become a Trotzky months of 1926-as against an adik, & de Wharts ing by I.F."
million BK &W. Docks The situation at present resolves ners have little hope of holding but not a Napoleon. In exchange, marks in the previous year-can K&W. D itself into a race between the for them at Hangehow.vel won several significant concession is made to only be regarded as being duo to Hongkowe, 150 nom whingis, luz bay. eign powers and the Reds. We all Northern forces have of Canton: in future Chinese Com- exceptional conditions, chiefly due
Jooks Hotelt believe that the Fowers are holding victories including the capture of mucist members of the Kuomintang to the stoppage of the English cool
8 buy.
buy.& 6. HK Lands off just long enough to permit the Ningpo--but they have not yet been shall obey Kuomintang orders be export to Germany, and the in: H.K.&.
duation of their nationals from up against the main troops of the fore Communist orders and com crence in Germany's export of iron Hong Kong Honly....bay.
ficts shall be referred for decision and iron
Territorials ,, beL the interior. Take the large Fro- Nationalist.
the Kuomintang Executive.
Trade with the United States was Humphreys Estates... $12 bay... Moscow Communists, who have not!
...$1j nal. OVER-RUN BY MILITARISM, forgotten Sun Tat Ben's dictum again very adverse to Germany, Prince's Buildings....
and have no illusions about the since goods to the value of only 36 Kurai Lands
Tls. St buy
81an. ultimate strength of Cantonese million marks were exported, while
Orientals
Ti. 21 hom the German import of American
694. bay. SIR A. YAPP ON CHINA'S
Communism, are highly satisfied
goods amounted to about 1,000 Shanghai Cottone (old)... The
Do. with this arrangement.
(new)....... 27 bay. CURSE.
The dismissal of Zinoviev from million marks-cotton alone to the
China Busas
...Tis. 94 buy, B.K. Tramway! During his latest world tour, Sir the secretaryship of the Kuomin-value of 300 millions, copper 100 millions, other raw materials 200 Arthur app, the much-travelled tang-the other important event of millions, and foodstuffs 389 mil-Pak Prams (old)
Do. POLITICS TO BE KEPT OUT OF secretary of the Y.M.C.A., stayed the session although mainly, due lions. It has, however, been possi
TRADE UNIONS.
in Chinn for a fairly lengthy period, to his activities as a leader of the ble to decrease the adverse balance Singapore Tractions.....15/- Bol and he was able, therefore, to talk Opposition within the Russian Com
Amusementa ed "to 1,600 millions-chiefly by a
*****18 bay, Qanton ices the Lord Burnham and Mr. Arthur with a certain amount of authority munist Party, none the leas illus of the previous year, which amount. Taxml 01.
reduction in the import of raw the Third Inter- material.
Uementa (combined).
Do. Pugh, the chairman of the Trades upon that country when he ad- trates
dressed the Birmingham YM.C.A. demobilize Frent tendency to Bukharin, Union Congress when the General
Do. The one thing that is certain national on the West.. Strike was called, appeared to about China is the uncertainty," he the subtlest party dialectician, his gether on the platform ofa meet said. "Nobody knows what is hap- been made secretary ad interim: it ing at Derby called to discuss peace) in industry. Many employers and pening, much less what is going to it likely that a foreign delegate, leading trade unionists were among happen. Everything is in a state of probably the German Thaelemaan, the gathering of 1,500 people.
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chaos.
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Or even
will share, the office with him after the next Congress. And one again hears the pros and cons of sending Moscow-to Berlin
to the Third International away from Vienna-discussed.. For practical reasons I think this unlikely; but it shows the irritation of experts in Foreign Affairs at the ponderous and compromising methods of the Kuomintang-
"The curse of Ching to-day is Lord Burnham said that whils the right to strike had been a real militarism. The country is over-run protection to the working classes in by war lords. Most of them began the past some better machine was their careers as brigands,
The miracle of China is that the now needed for settlement of trade dispates. He thought it could be mass of the people are working found in the Whitley Councils if steadily on and increasing their ex they were given a fair chance, oper- ports.
There The merice to the country is sting on approved lines. should also be a wider application in the educated and hall-educated
Baited by such obscure foreign He Chinese, yet it is in the educated delegates as the American Mr. of the profit-sharing system. did not think that the economic class that the hope of the future Pepper comically faithful bench- Parliament proposed by Mr. Arthur lies."
man of the party leaders-tha Op Henderson would do much to solve Sir Arthur pleaded for sympathe position lenders Trotzky, Zinoviev the problem.
Itic consideration of China at the and Kamenev (this last with his Mr. Pugh appealed to the mine- present time, and said he thought comination to the Quirinal safe in owners to give some indication of the fallest confidence could be his pocket) claimed their right to the will to peace in a baste industry placed in the British authorition address the Kuomintang Executive by exploring the possibilities of a
and is telling speeches denounced national conference for the formu
Speaking of his tour generally, official optimism with regard to the lating of a policy embodying the he said there were still countless growth of economie Socialism in principles of the report of the Royal opportunities abroad for young Russia, insisting on the need for Britishers, but the day had gone for developed commercial and financial ever when the Britisher could get relations with the Capitalist States of the West, if the, Russian Socialist Many minors in the Durham conlon merely because he was feld are taking it upon themselves Britisher.
Commission.
Miners' Breach With Reds.
there.
It was character that State is to aurvive. Hitherto the
Stalin Administration,
to eliminate the Red element from counted more than anything now. their union affairs. During the week-end meetings were held in
various parts of the county forming MR. J. H. THOMAS'S DAUGH-
branches of the
Miners'
tical Industrial Society.
Non-Poli
**
after officially extirpating the Trotz kist heresy, has quietly adopted many of his proposals. But this time the quarrel is so envenomed stiffen- that I feel it will lead to ing of the official attitude with regard to debt recognition and clared that the Burnham Miners' liner, if you like to put it that way, industrial conccasions to foreigners. Association was crumbling because but I cannot say that the engage--Saturday Beview. there was no unity in its ranks. ment took place before the sad Politics were absolutely barred the voyage, as I am sure you would from the new organisation, They like.
Mr. James Allison,
the chairmana
of the Esh Winning Society, de-
TER ENGAGED.
L
"It was quite a romance of
of
Bought to establish arbitration in Thus, laughingly, Miss Peggy all disputes and a closer relation Thomas, the eldest daughter of Mr. ship between the owners and the J. H. Thomas, M.P., discussed with and also to give every man a Press representative the announce men,
ment of her engagement to My. his freedom
Mr. J. Donnelly, of Bisckhall Reginald Harris, whom she met in Colliery, said the Durham Miners the liner Sazon on a trip to South Association had too long held its Africa two years ago. members in captivity, and now there was a breaking away.
HELMET OF NAPOLEON III STOLEN FROM ARMOURY.“
Thieves carried out a daring coup at the Chateau Grobien: at Boissy. St. Leger, near Paris, occupied by Princess Delatour d'Auverse.
There is a fine "armouty in the The wedding will probably take place in April. Miss Thomas was chateau, and the thieves helped At a meeting of the northern sec-socompanying her father on an Em-themselves liberally to gold and
pire Parliamentary mission when silver monted daggers. she met her fiancé,
They also took a helmet which
tion in Newcastle speakers deplored bad leadership in the recent strug gle, and declared that the gifts of money from Moscow had placed the miners in a hopeless position.
Mr. Harms is a Londoner, and is belonged to Napoleon III and a connected with a firm of engineers cross of the Legion of Honour set and contractora
with pearls.
HEALTH BULLETIN OF EASTERN PORTS.
The Health. Bulletin for the week ending February 19th, states:--
Plague.
»
2 cases at Bombay,
4 cases at Rangoon,
I case at Colombo.
4 cases at Sourabaya.
· Cholera,
3 cases at Negapatam. 8 cases at Rangoon, 1 cass at Singapore,
7 cases at Bangkok,
Small-poz.
35 cases at Bombay, 133 cases at Calcutta. 1 case at Karachi.
33 cases at Madras,
2 cases at Bangoon.
1 case at Saigon.
19 cases at. Vladivostock.
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Do. (AW)......... isel.
$5
Lane Crawfords............ nom. Mackintosh........$19.
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