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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 1927.
C. J. COOKE WINS HARBOUR RACÊ.
VETERAN'S GREAT
PERFORMANCE.
PLACE
LOCAL CHESS.
CHINESE EMANCIPATION.
ANNUAL MEETING OF KOW- [ATTITUDE OF THE FOREIGN
LOON CLUB TO-DAY,
The annual meeting of the Kow. loon Chess Club will be held at the
ท
FOWERS.
VIEWS OF A JAPANESE SOCIALIST.
In a lengthy article in the Taiyo, Mr. Inomata Taunao, a well-known spokeman of the left wing of the Japanese Socialists, discusses the attitude of Britain. America, and Japanese towards China in revolu-
FINE STRUGGLE FOR SECOND Central British School, Nathan
Rond, this evening at 43.
Since the Hong Kong Chess Club faded out of existence the Kowloon POPULAR INTEREST IN THE Club has been the centre for lovers
EVENT.
of the game. The annual subscrip
the usual tion. During the season tournaments will be, held and it is On the whole, he says, the revolu proposed this year to run periodical tionary movement in China is competitions for members.
C. J. Cooke-secured a great per 'sonal triumph by winning the Open Harbour Race Championship of the Colony yesterday. At an age when mast men would be looking back on their past succese, Cooke-has celipsed all proving himself the outstanding swimmer of the year. Of the fourteen who took the water, he was by far the oldest and yet he was undoubtedly the best and most powerful swimmer. Ho covered the course in 23 mins. 17.35 sees. which stands second only to the record set up by J. C. Finch
tion is $3.
K.O.S.B. - SPORTS.
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movement for emancipation em- bracing almost all classes of the Chinese people, and it is evident that there are.
re some great objects- which
are commCC to all these The Regimental sports of the 2nd cases. The Erst of these objects Battalion, the King's Own Scottish is to emancipate Chins from the Borderers, are to be held at Soo-yoke of Imperialism. In a moderz karpoo on Monday next, beginning sense, Imperialism means the ex- at a pan.
ploitation or sector of un civilized or semicivilized countries This League match will be played by the monopolistic capital of the in 1913, the time that year being or the Navy Ground at 213 Pach other, though owing to a need stronger Powers in rivalry with
20 mins. 20 secs..
rass.
Conditions were ideal for the Warm sunshine and water not too cold made matters comfort able and the current was not strong though the surface was somewhat rough.
Great interest as shown in the ree and before the swimmers left the Victoria Recreation Club large crowd had collected on the Praya Wall and an equally large number at the Kowloon side to watch the start
harbour.
1
1.R.C. Be. ROYAL NAVY.
on Saturday,
IRC. Sirdar Khan (Captain), I. P. Madar, A. S. Sufiad,. I. Haasan, F. T. Mans, U. T. Thad, D. Mohamad A. Rahmin, S. A. R. Bux. A. Butt and S. A. Hussnin.
The Finish.
Cooke had made remarkable pro gress and attention was concentrat, ed on him. Entering the straight of the Victoria Recreation Club he was expected to finish in record time
for maintaining a balance of power among those strenger Powers ex- ploitation is not seldom conducted by them conjointly. In China, Im- perialism has taken the shape of the unequal treaties under which the nation has long groaned. To put an end to the unequal treaties and recover political and economic independence for the country, or to speak more concretely, to catal lish an independent tariff and tax policy, is a demand respecting
prc-
A good number of launches, but he had hard lines in this res- which all sections of the Chinese motor boats and other craft fol- pect. He finished splendidly and people the bourgeois and lowed the swimmers across the won amid enthusiastic applaase. He letariat alike-agree. But in order was swimming in splendid style 'to pull down Imperialism, the Of the fourteen swimmers, the when he touched the winning post, Chineze must first pull down the Chinese bad one representative only over a hundred yards ahead of the military cliques in their country it Tan Chin Hin who has crossed second man. Roza Pereira and who have turned themselves into the harbour three times this week. Norris were next on the scene toola and weapons in the hands of Yesterday he finished fifth. Soe-challenging each other for the the Imperialistic foreign Powers. second place. Norris had a slight
Britain. jina represented Japan and was
Of the Imperialistic Powers placed tenth losing to G. Lim by lead at the steps of the Club house,
touch.
A Portuguese came in second. "
The finish of the race was watch ed by a tremendous crowd, much larger than on the Ladies' Day The balcony and verandahs of the Club house being filled.
=
The Start.
At 5.30 pm. Mr. T. King started the race and the competitors as one man made for an easterly direction.
to
at Roza Pereira sported up and which the Chinese masses are hes finished half a dozen yards in front.tile, Britain is the most important. S. V. Gittins then appeared and While she has not taken any big came fourth. Tan Chi Hin, the slice of territory from China, she fifth has got frst-class Chinese cities Chinese representative was
Hongkong, Hakow and the others came in at regular like
and intervals. The Japanese was placed Shanghai into her hands, and made teath.
the Yangtze -practically her own. The results were as follows:- In investments in China, too, Mins. Secs. Britain's are by far the greatest,
2.
L C. J. Cooke ... 23 17.3-5
L. Roza Pereira...
Bdr. Norris
S. V. Gittins
3.
Tan Chin Hin
6. H. Remedios
7.
E. W. Railton .... 8. W. F. Kerr # G. Lim
Three minutes after stragglers were already to be seen but the main body were in a bunch struggling for positions. Norris, Gittins, and make Roza Pereira appeared to good headway and Ave minutes 10. S. H. Scejima From the start were leading.
•
Cooke Leads.
5
19.2-excluding Manchuria from the ne- 23. 31.3-3 count, In this way British capi- 26 16.2-5 talists have controlled China's for- 28 13.3-5
aign trade, shipping and money 99 14.2-5
31 31
31, 31.3-3
31 57 Guardsman Cameron 33 40 Guardson, Self 31 9.3-3 Guardsman lunt... 35 31
11. E. da Roza
12. 13.
Distribution Of Prizes.
AF THE
QUEEN'S
THURSDAY
TO SATURDAY."
WHAT was the grim menace that launted the old mansion and kidnappe! people with the silence of a phantom ?—
The greatest mystery drums of the age. With `a ouat composed of abura -
LAURA LA PLANTE, Orighton Hale, Tully
Marshall, Flora Finch. Gastrala Astor, Georgs Siegmann, Martha• Maldar, Artaar Edmond Osrow, Lucien Little- Hell, Forrast Stanley and Joe Murphy.
CatCanary
CREEPS - THRILLS - LAUGHS - CHILLS
AT THE
At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20.
WORLD
THURSDAY
T
SATURDAY
Love!
Romance! Thrills! DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS BLACK PIRATES
IN THE
THRILLS
AND
ROMANCE
Orchestra at 5.15 & 9.20. Chinese Interpreter at 2.30 & 7.15.
AT
THE
STAR
THURSDAY
SATURDAY
AND
CECIL B. DE MILLE'S startling social satire-
The
GOLDEN BED
with
notable cast including
ROD LA ROCQUE LILLIAN RICH WARNER BAXTER VERA REYNOLDS - THEO KOSLOFF JULIA FAYE
Continuous From 2.30 to 11.15 p.m.
vital
QUEEN'S THEATRE
30 9.3.3 market. It is Britain that has de- 30 32.2.5 rived the greatest advantages from the unequal treaties, and the privi leges ensured by those treaties have hourly poured gold into the por kets of English capitalista. It is therefore Britain which is most." Cooke swam out east disregard-14.
stubborn in upholding vested in ing the rest. Very soon after be
teresté and resisting the proposed secured the lead and Norris, Git-
After the Race the distribution of amendment of the unequal treaties, tins and Roza Pereira who were
his course. prizes for the Harbour Races and It was in South China, Britain's near him followed Swimming strongly Cooke gained Tuesday's Night Fete took place, main sphere of influence in China, dicar lead of ten yards, increasing Mr. W. Legan performing the cere that the bonfire of the anti-Im- it as he approached mid-harbourmony. In a neat little speech, he perialistic movement was raised. which he reached in just under
The British are such congratulated Mr. Cooke on "his
+ nation of eleven minutes.
Morris had by this time secured success and said that it was eigh merchants that they never lose sight. of their trade interests. But it is second place but was hotly pursued teen years ago that he first won! by Roza Pereira who overtook him, the Harbour Race. fle referred to not merely as a nation of traders, at mid-stream, but the two then Mr. Cooke's excellent performance sions that Britain dreads and but as the owner of Asiatic posses struggled on almost abreast. Git in covering the course in 23 mins. detests the Chinese Revolution, for ting followed about twenty yards 17.2-5 secs. which is the second best there is no telling what effects the behind and Tan Chin Him and H. on record and added that if condi M. Remedios were separated by tions had been better, Mr. Cooke may have upon the Indian masses, success of the Chinese Revolution. about the same distance. The might have broken the record. He who are already unsettled enough.
ese problem is not such a others were not far behind, except announced that Mr. Cooke had won Besides, China in the control of the question for the American bour- three stragglers.
the · McKinnon Challenge Cup Revolutionaries would, most unde geois, but America's insistence on Cooke gava H.M.S. Ambrose, outright and it would be necessaty sirably strengthen the bands of equal opportunity and the op where the interested bluejackets for another cup to be donated for Soviet Russia, which is such an door by no means spells her friend. again turned up to cheer, a wide, the Race next year. He also con enemy to Imperialistic Britain and ship for China. In Imperialistic berth passing it far off the stem gratulated the ladies on their which
Britain has been doing common sense it means only "Let with a view to being helped by the plucky performance on Tuesday. everything in her powers to put us have a share in the spoil" 1 carrent into the straight of the The Harbour Race winners were down.
attacke the monopolistic pri Victoria, Recreation Club. He was as follows:-
1ezes enjoyed by ether Powera it still swimming strongly and in- Chinese Harbour Race, "Mok" creased his lead over Rosa Pereira Challenge Cup Holder, Tan Chin liberty and equality nor the land afford to be more generous and less America is neither the home of is with a view to getting them for bersell. Besides, if America can and Norris, who were struggling Hin; 2nd, Lo Chee Iin; 3rd, Yueas of humanitarians She is as capi exacting than other nations in her side by side..
Hung Wah His was a wonderful performance Ladies Harbour Race, "Manuk talistic and Imperialistic as any dealings with China, it is because and all who could follow the rase Challenge, Cup.-- Holder, Miss from start to finish were astonished Phyllis Hunt, and, Miss Hot position towards Chips is much she can now keep the doors to Cen- trai and South America tight-olcs. at the rapid pace set by the veteran Chee; 3rd, Miss Doris Hunt; 4th, caster. Nor has she in China pried in her favour. But the mono- throughout. He never relaxed, Mas Naoko Usui.
vileges such as are enjoyed by arms and legs moving with machine
Men's Harbour Race, McKin-Britain and Japan. She is thus polistic development of South America cannot be kept up inde- like regularity, Only at the begin
to In a position. play the amiable Challenge Cup.-Woh out ning was he behind but he very night by M. 6. J. Cooke who as to China, patting China on the finitely. For fear that this may of come about in the near future she soon showed his heels to the others won it three times in all
back with and once ahead his position was Koan Pariera, 3rd, Bdr. Mond naturalnes and referring to her is making advances to China in unchallenged. It was one of the In conclusion, Mr. Cooke, the advocacy of equal opportunity and order to find room for development the history of the Harbour Racee. had been requested by Mr. Logan the American bourgeois. would rem most spectacular performances in hero of the evening said that he open door in proof of her apparent that quarter. In this attempt disinterestedness, At first sight she finds Japan and Britain in her way. This is why the two con- Cooke first won the Harbour Race to say a few words and expressed the best friends of China in regard ments called by America have prov ferences for. reduction of armia in 1900 and then repeated his sue pleasure in winning the race, which vess in 1924, 1927 and again this he had trained for very hard. He It was America who actually and balance of power or even an exten- OR. LECLERC'SOVEREIGNTY
to her anti-Imperialistic movement conferences for scouring the year so that it is his fourth intimated that it was the last year openly oppoerd Britain's proposal sion of armaments. In the eyes of win, which is an individual record. he would compete and paid Cooke showed no hesitation in the tribute to young Indies who crossed for a high-handed repressive policy. the American bourgeois the chief course he took and he appeared to the harbour on Tuesday. He final It is also America that has done obstruction in their path is Japan, have an uncanny intuition as re-ly thanked the prize donors and her utmost to check Japan's drive while in the view of the Japanese gards current. The others wisely the Dock Company for the loan of into China. Perhaps America is followed him, but that was all they the launch during the three days not the worst enemy of the Chine bourgeois America is what darkens ¡DLE CLERG'S LESS Tee Me, were able to achieve.
and also the various officials who bourgers At any rate, the Chin- their prospects. It is hunt this
which is in the right. (Continued on next Column.) · had helped in the races.
(Continued on mest Oolumn.) exactly what comes of Imperialism.
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