TWO PRO-CONSULS.
SIR CECIL CLEMENTI AND SIR HUGH CLIFFORD.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1930,
The Far Eastern Review" gives the following warm and in- teresting appreciations of H.E. Sir Geci Clementi, K.U.G., and Sir Hugh Clifford, who has, of course, recently resigned the Governorship of the Straits Settlements to which Sir Cecil has been appointed.
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Of particular interest is the account of Sir Cecil's great ex- ploration of Western China.
SIR CECIL CLEMENTI.
MAN WHO UNDERSTANDS
CHINA.
CLIFFORD OF MALAYA.
A PICTURESQUE FIGURE.
SO THERE GOES EXTRALITY!
LONG-PROMISED MANDATE
ISSUED.
NANKING SPEAKS.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
NANKING, Dec, 30.
The Foreign Minister, Dr. C. T. Wang, to-day issued a statement regarding the abolition of extral ity, saying:
"Extrality is no ordinary diplo- matic problem. touches the life of the Chinese in so many intimate ways that it must be considered by the
PROHIBITION IN AMERICA.
SUPPORT FOR LORD IRWIN.
CONTROVERSY STILL RAGES.
WEEK-END'S TOLL,
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
New York, Dec. 31.. Guns of both Prohibition Agents and rum-runters in different parts. of the United States during the week-end were responsible for 5 deaths and 4 woundings.
BOMBING OUTRAGE
CONDEMNED,
LAHORE CONGRESS
VOTE.
[THROUGH REUTRE'S AGENCY.]
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LAHORE, Dec. 31.
The All-India Congress by 94% votes, to 792, adopted Gandhi's resolution condemning the bomb outrage, and congratulating the
These developments, arising out of the enforcement of the "Dry" Laws, come at a time when official cirles in Washington are engaged Viceroy on his escape Chinese Government as A
over Prohibition since it became. domestic question of immediate in one of the bitterest controversies moment
law.
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MADRAS, Dec. 31, The National Liberal Federation
The resignation of Sir Hugh Clifford as Governor of Singapore Sir Cecil Clementi, for the past and High Commissioner of the four years Governor of Hong Kong, Federated Malay States, removes has been promoted to succeed Sir" from active service one of the out- Hugh Clifford a Governor and standing personalities of the Far Commander-in-Chief of the Straits East. A colourful and brilliant Settlements and High Commissioner career has been brought to an of the Federated Malay States. Sir abrupt and tragic close by the Cecil's record as chief administrator serious illness of Lady Clifford The law of the colony in the Straits
"For this reason, the Govern-
"It is understood that Presidett has issued an appeal to all parties of Hong Kong and British diplo
Settlements does not allow the ment has been compelled to declare matic agent during the most trying
Governor taking leave more than the actual process of re-establishing Hoover will shortly submit to Con- throughout India declaring that the and difficult period the colony has
once in any period of two years and Chinese sovereignty by the "aboli gress a number of recommendations only rallying cry which oan unite passed through in its history, fully
as it was imperative that Sir Hugh|tion of extra-territorial rights. The by the Law Enforcement Commis
ston. It is known that the Presi- all interests and religions in India entitles him to this well merited
should accompany Lady Clifford abolition begins on January 1. recognition on the part of his gov-home, he had no alternative but to "The Chinete Government," Dr. dent is watching the situation with is Dominion Status, not as a dis- ernment and earns for him the deep send in his resignation. We join C. T. Wang continues, "relying on very great interest, and there are gratitude and regard ef every
with our British colleagues in ex- the sympathy already shown, and indications of a general speeding ant goal or ideal, but as an object British firm in Chinn. Like his pre- decessor in office at Singapore, Sir pressing regret that his distinguish the assurances already given by the up of activities among Prohibition capable of achievement in the
ed services were terminated before Powers concerned, believes that agents all over the country. Cecil is an expert on Far Eastern
he celebrated the jubilee of his en-
there is no real difference of opin-Among the killed in Deputy Chief affairs, one of the highest authorities
trance into the public service. His
ion between the Powers and China Puryear of Mecklenberg County, on British problems in China and
lose to the Far East will be felt as regarding the principle, involved, Virginia, and a State policeman. as equally well informed on Chi-
deeply by Americans as by his own
and the Chinese Government is Both were fatally ambushed while nese affairs.
prepared to consider and discuss escorting three prisoners whom countrymen..
within a reasonable time, repre- they had arrested at an illicit still, Two other officers were wounded sentations made in reference to the plan ander preparation in Nap in the course of a raid near Colum king.
During these fourteen
fanatical followers, the seventeen- year old British subaltern won his The British apura in a hard school.
"The issuance of the extrality
abolition mandate should be rc- garded as a step towards removing 11 cause of constant conflict andi at the same time, promoting rela tions between Chinese and foreig Geera,"
America Says "No,"
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. President Hoover spent a long time to-day discussing China with Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, the newly- appointed American Minister to Peping, who is shortly leaving for the Far East.
State Department oficials are
not betturbed by Nanking's extral
Sir Cecil entered the Colonial
Sir Hugh Clifford's career is Service in 1899, his first appoint- ment ad Cadet being to the Colonia! unique and almost unparallelled for Secretary's office at Hong Kong. romance, adventure and service Here he remained until 1913. climb Fighting his way up from the bottom ing from the bottom to the post of of the indder in a series of hard- Acting Colonial Secretary. His arought campaigns against rebellious rival in the colony followed shortly Malay sultani, datos and their after the acquisition of the lease to the Kowloon territory, then an un- developed waste land, harbouring pirates, smugglers and other lawless have had to whip into shape many peoples and tribes in order to clemente.
establish their authority and respect years, most of the important public for the law. They have always works, railways, roads, water sys-recognized courago wherever found tem, wharves and harbour exten- sions which have developed the and to Sir Hugh Clifford more than to anyone else, the world is indebt: colony into its present proud posied for a better appreciation of the tion, were conceived and carried out under the direction of the colonini high qualities of the Malay fighting man. In the same way that their blood-brothers in Mindanao and authorities.
Although most of his work at that Sulu won the respect of the grizzled time was the usual routine of the Indian fighters of the old Americanity decree. service, Clementi found time durarmy, the Malayan Moros tried the ing a vacation in 1907-08 to make patience, endurance and courage of & trip from Andijan, the terminus the British colonint service. of the Russian railway in Turkestan, ercasing the Pamire to Kashgar and then through Sinkiang. Kansu, Shensi, Szechuan
Kweichow, Kwanga and Kwangtung back to Hong Kong, a distance of 4,000 miles travelled in 108 days. He surveyed the whole route, taking meteorological observations daily and calculating the latitude of 141 places, the longtitude of 139 and the height above sea-level of 155. Up to that time, the location of less than ten of these places had been definitely determined.. Clementi's "Summary of Geographical Obser- vations compiled and published as the result of this lust for travel and adventure, plaeed China accurately on the map of the World. At least, it definitely located many places where they ought to be and still serves as the most reliable authority for the mapmakers of Western and North-western China.
As Author.
American
"They declare that Courts in China will continue to operate and while no provision is being made to protect American rights by force of noms. the Unit Sir Hugh Clifford's stories of those by-gone days when the worlded States is prepared to take was young and adventure called, stringent measures if their rights stirs the imagination. But they are "It is reported that the Govern.
infringed.
bus,
THE SHANGHAI COURT. ITS RE-ORGANIZATION PENDING.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
NANKING, Dec. 31.
As the Agreement governing the status of the Shanghai Provisional Court expires to-day, the Judicial Yuan has ordered the Court to its impending re- organization. prepare for
Until this time, however, the
work Court is to carry on
usual.
WEST RIVER COLLISION.
LAUNCH SUNK.
shortest possible time."
Suicidal Decisions. Doctor Varadarajulu Naidu, an influential leader of the All-India a member of the Congress, and Provincial Congress Committee has resigned from both bodies on the ground that the decisions reached by the Congress are suicidal.
Putting the Brake On.
MADRAS, Dec. 30.
A far more sober view of the Indian political situation than is taken by the All-India Congress at Labore;
expressed at the National Liberal Federation Con- ference. This body unanimously on" the condemned the attempt Viceroy's train, and recorded its
WAS
abhorrence and detestation of a crime which was wholly repugnant to the spirit of Indian life and as culture.
steam The British registered launch Tung On, owned by the Hung Hing at of Hong Kong
Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru moved a resolution (approved by the Sub- jects Committee), welcoming the Viceroy's announcement recently as authoritatively confirming the view that Dominion status for India was what was meant by the declaration as it definitely recognises of 1917, tisk, India and the Indian States should form a greater United India's claims to a right to confer on a footing of cquality with the British Cabinet on the form of the future Constitution of India.
TURKEY'S SCHOOL
BILL.
RIGHTS TO LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION,
Telegrams in Brief.
The Finance Minister, Signor Mosconi, will head the Italiam.de- legation to the Hague Conference;
A petition for intuluntary bank- ruptcy has been led in the Federal LOOKING FOR TROUBLE? Court against the Stutz Motor Car Company of America, by thres Indianopolis creditors.
[THOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 30. The Government has drafted a Bill, which is
certain of adoption, whereby all Turkish children, even
though of Greek, Armenian or Jewish extraction, must attend Turkish primary schools, between the ages of 7 and 12 ycare.
The measure is bound to raise a
Brent outery among Christians, and the non-Moslem minorities, whose rights with regard to language in- struction are guaranteed under the Treaty of Lausanne,
Strenuous opposition is also anti-
other educational establishments in cipated from foreign Missions, and
Turkey.
AMERICAN STATISTICS.
RAILWAYS' GOOD RETURN.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. The operating income of import- ant American railways" during the past year, on the basis of a pre- liminary report of the American Railway Association totalled £258,- 400,000. This represents a return of 4.99 per cent., the highest for 10
years.
Population.
Statistics
by compiled
the National Bureau of Economic Re-
The German Government has notified President Hoover that the appointment: of the Kentucky Senator, Mr. Frederick Sackett "s the American Ambassador to Ber-
in, is acceptable
1929 has been a grim year for the Rumanian State Railways. There have been 325 collisions, 1,555 trains derailed, and 1,895, other ac- cidents. Five hundred persons were killed.
The new British submarine Odia, the largest vessel of her type j the word, has arrived at Portland a fierce gale en route. She wil from Chathata, after encountering carry out her trials before procced- ing to the 'China Station in a month's time.
The King has approved the ap- conachie, C.I.E., of the Indian Po- litical Department, to be His Ma- pointment of Mr. Richard Roy M
jesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Kabul. The New Minister to Afghanistan was Counsellor of the British Lego- tion at Kabul from 1999 to 1924.
ADMIRALTY OFFICIALS
COMING.
ECONOMIC ENQUIRIES.
(TÜROUGE 'NEUTER'S AGENCY,]
MALTA, Dec. 30.
Sir Vincent Baddeley, first prio
cipital of the Admiralty, and Mr.
A., S. le Maitre, of the Admiralty, « who have been on an official visit here since December 21, have left for Colombo en route to Hong Kong. scarch show that the population of It is understood they are exquir- the continental United States in-ing into conditions of service creased by 4,299,000 to 119,300,000 abroad, cost of living, and such for the 10 years' ended July 1, 1028.
Growth of Exports. United States exporta for the first nine months of 1920 total G.93,844,000,000, or slightly over corresponding period last year, ne- Foreign Commerce Department of the Chamber of Commerce.
E per cent, above the total of the
willment may abandon extrality rights collided with and eank a Chinese India: and as it also concedes 'cording to a report issued by the i
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. Mr. Porter, Chairman of Repre sentatives of the Foreign Affairs Committee, atated to day that in accordance with the Administra tion's expressed desire to abandon extrality, the plans for the new 2730,000
Days that are Dead" days of
campaigns that hazardous
The generation of in 1934, when the present treaty never return. Quixotie fighters and soldiers of with China expires
An American Gesture, fortune to which Sir Hugh belongs. passed through..hardships and perila that will never again fall to the lot of British or American knight- errants. Buckwhacking through jungles and dank tropical forests, where the enemy chooses his own time and place to fight and never shows his face; Mcro or Malayan
Consular building in kamponga in the Far East; fighting Indians on the plans of the Far Shanghai had been altered to emit West: filibustering in the Carrib. the court-room and jail.
liberty or bean; fighting for humanity in Cuba, or revoluting in some other Latin American country, and dither desperate outlets for the Sir Cecil early mastered the Can-hot-blooded, restless spirits of a
In British Guiana.
tonese dialect and by 1906 passed his final examinations in Mandarin. It would seem that his knowledge of China's topography, the language of its people, their paychology and problems would have led his govern. ment to retaining him permanently in this country, transferring him from the Colonial to the Diplomatie
by-gone generation, are possible no longer. Sir Hugh is one of the last of a fast disappearing but pie turesque ad splendid type that modern civilization and scientific.
methods of warfare have discarded.
To him, it was all in the day's work; part of the everyday routing of a service, to enter which, he re- jected & military career.
Service where his talents and high
Sir Hugh Clifford has served his ability would have helped to smooth King and country with distinction over some of the errors which in every quarter of the globe; in ultimately led to a disaster which the West Indies, in Africa, in might have been avoided. But the routine of the Colonial Office took Ceylon, Borneo and Sarawak and name stands pre this expert on China away from although his
eminent among the most notable of Hong Kong and buried him in Britain's colonial administrators, it British Guiana for nine years, where will always be associated with that the only contact he had with the wild corner of Aain that British problems that interested him as forethought, energy and initiative the Chinese in that colony. This
has transformed into the Rubber experience enabled him to write a Empire of the World, the fairest most interesting book on "The and richest Crown Colony that
He Britain ever possessed. Chinese in British Guiana." was ordered to Ceylon as Colonial Secretary in 1922.
The Canton Crisis.
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It was not until after the May 30 affair and the Shaki incident at Canton, when the whole of China was ablaze and seething with hatred of everything British, that his Gov. ernment, seeking for a man to pull
It is to be honed that Lady Clifford's health will respond to a change of climate and that Sir Hugh may return to his post and round out his fifty years of service in the land that he loves. If, how ever, this
not to be, then there should be before him many years of invaluable service in some highly it out of the mess, remembered placed advisory capacity at Home. Clementi, and ordered him to Hong Kang a Governor. Arriving in
a new
"British Attitude Guarded.
Rugar, Dec. 30. Notwithstanding the mandate is- sacd in Nanking, the Chinese Gov- ernment have not yet denounced the extra-territoriality clauses of their treaties with His Majesty's Government.
It is, therefore, premature to pronounce any opinion as to what procedure may be contemplated by the Chinese Government.
The British Government recent- ly made clear that they accepted the principle that the gradual re- linquishment of the extrality pri vileges of British subjects in China should be considered as be- ginning from January 1 next, and it is assumed that the Chinese Gov- ernment are prepared to enter into negotiations with view-British Wireless,
end in
this
CHINA'S NEWEST
HOLIDAYS.
REWARDS, AND DESERTS,
PROMISED. ..
launch which had been comman-
deered by the military at Shishing, on the 29th instant. It is under- stocd no lives were lost.
MILITARY ACTIVITY AT WUCHOW.
[NAVAL WIRELESS.]
Wrchow, Dec. 29. Cantonese troop movements are taking place. Troops have started proceeding up river. Some trench digging and erection of barbed wire entanglements is taking place on the hills around Wuchow..
OFF TO THE MOUNTAINS.
IRONSIDES" EVACUATE
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KWEILIN.
According to the vernacular Press, the Ironsides" have decided to
Automobiles,parts and accessories valued at G.$455,000,000 head the list, showing an increase of 22.1 per cent. This is followed by un- manufactured cotton, gasolene, re-
The resolution pledged the Liber als' participation in the contem- plated round-table conference, and strongly urged that it be held as early as possible in 1930, and that the progressive element in India have a preponderant representaton tion.
Faith in Britain.
Sir Tej Sapru satreated his come- trymen not to reject the offer of a round-table conference because the Secretary for India, and the Vice. roy, had not promised Dominion status. It was unthinkable that if there were some agreeanent among Indians themselves their demand would be rejected by any Govern- ment, much less a Labour Govern- ment.
What the Indian Liberals wanted
VAS F
Constitution giving Domi. nion status automatically, without periodical enquiries. The speaker urged that the round-table confer
fined copper and agricultural ma-
chinery.
The sales of unmanufactured cot
abrodd ammounted to G8444,000,000, a decline of 14.0 per cent. compared with the Brst nine months of 1028.
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GALE DAMAGE IN MAURITIUS.
PLANTATIONS SUFFER.
THROUGH KEUTER'B-AGENCY.]
Pont Louis, Mauritiua, December 30. Sugar plantations were greatly damaged by a terrific thunderstorm
matters.
NIGERIA QUIETER..
SITUATION, THROUGHT TO BE SATISFACTORY,
[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]
Rugay, Dec. 30. The latest information received by the Colonial Office from the Governor of Nigeria, where distur- bances" have recently pecurred, is to the effect that the general situa- tion is now satisfactory.
In Calabar Province, the situa- tion is steadily improving and the work of pacification proceeding.
There is still some unrest at Aro and Umon, on the left Bank of the Cross River, but all roads in the province are safe and the provinco is quiet.
Reports from Owerri say that North Owerri and South Okigwi are restless. Some looting in the Owerri Division is being dealt with. Nguru has been occupied without opposition., Elsewhere all is quiet.
Armed quarde have been remov- ed from Aba, and normal police work resumed.
evacuate Kweilin and retreat to the ence be called not later than Mar to-day. The town of Port Louis is Port Harcourt, as all is quiet
were
mountainous parts of Hunan. The Kwangtung-Nanking forces Tuesday. expected to occupy Kweilin on
An
Srinivasa Sastri will later move, and Mr. Annie Besant second, resolution approved by the Subjects Committee urging the combination of all partice to secure a Constitu tion based upon Dominion status, subject to the necessary safeguard for the period of transition.
"Himalayan. Blunder."
·
unconfirmed report from Wuchow states that Kwangtung troops in the southern sector in Kwangs have captured Sunehow and are striking westward in the direction of Nanning. General Chen Tsai Tong who is directing Sir Chiman Lal Shaivad second operations has decided not to re- ing the Sapru Resolution, paid turn to Canton until the situation high tribute to Lord Irwia. Reler in Kwangsi is completely settled... ring to the Gandhi Resolution
the All-India Congress he said it
M. CHICHERIN RESIGNS.
LONG SERVICE FOR RUSSIA.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
BERLIN, Dec. 31.
inundated, and railway traffic in part of the North Island suspended The poor in Port Louis are suffering from exposure and destitution.
LATER.
At the Congress,
The Congress Subjects Committee at Lahore by 114 votes to 113, de- feated Kelkar'a amendment to Gandhi's resolution deleting the appreciation of the Viceroy's offer of a round-table conference.
The Opposition is trying to re- verve the decision in open Congress
Critical Days.
Troops have been moved from there, and have been concentrated at Ahoada to check the southern movement.
MR. MACDONALD'S PLANS.
PREPARING FOR THE
"
CONFERENCE.
{BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]
RUGBY, Dec. 30.. It is understood that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, who has been staying at Lossiemouth in Scotland during the Christmas holidays, will go to Chequers, the official country re sidence of the Premier, before re- turning to London for the opening. of the Five-Power Conference on Naval Disarmament on January 21,
passed his imagination how Gandhi, who previously had. committed 2 "Himalayan blunder" could think of committing a greater one. A serious collision between police (Gandhi confessed it was a Hima and Indian Volunteers, charged by Miyan blunder" when the serious the All-India Congress with main disturbances occurred in 1991 and tenance of order, was only narrowly 1993 in connection with the non-co-averted by the personal interven- The Premier wishes to have a talk with M. Tardieu, the French operation movement, despite advice tion of Gandhi, to maintain a non-violent attitude, Two volunteers assaulted two Premier, on the general scope of "Gandhi thereupon suspended the C.I.D. plain-ciothes inspectors, who the Conference and the French
campaign).
the volunteers, alleged interfered Memorandum, and it is likely that with some women. A police de- a meeting of the two Premiers al- tachment arrived from camp, and most on the eve of the Conference demanded the surrender of the will take place at Chequers. volunteers, but their colleagues pre- pared to resist, and conflict seemed inévitable,
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(TELOVOH REUTER'S AGENCY.]»
KANKING, Dec. 31. By: order of the Executive Yuan all Government offices, and the various Provincial Municipal Gov-
The resignation of the Foreign ernments will close for three days Minister with the longest record of beginning January 1.
continuous service in Europe "is It is also announced that medals announced. He is M. Chicherin, the colony on November 1, 1995, relations were resumed on with the port paralyzed by a ship-basis of friendly understanding and in honour and appreciation of the Soviet's Foreign Commitear,
British interests in meritorious services during 1929, who has been undergoing a ping strike and trade boycott, the co-operation. lob that could not be handled by China were placed on a firmer and will be awarded on New Year's Day at Wiesbaden for diabetes, the diplomats at Feping was more satisfactory footing. A grate to military commanders for defend-
He leaves for Moscow on January shouldered on to this Colonial ex-ful government promptly rewarded ing the north-eastern border against 3, in order to resign his post, on pert on Chinese affairs. The solus him. In the New Year Honours the Soviet; to the presidents of the medical advice. He is expected to tion of Britain's trouble lay in List of 192e he was knighted and Five Yuans, the placating the Cantonese, and here invested with the K.C.M.G. and National Conferences held during return to Wiesbaden afterwards, to the All-India Congress, dealing surrender of the volunteers, which the new Governor was perhaps the decoration by Prince George in 1929, and to various departmental complete his cure. one man in the British service that November of that year. It is to be directors. could deliver the goods. He knew regretted that once again the exi-
chairman
And Dishonouri
of
cure
:
The
M. DAUDET PARDONED. ESCAPE FROM PRISON RECALLED..
Sikhs Demonstrate.
LAHORE, Dec 30. A monster Sikh meeting was held outside the fort. It was originally planned as a demonstration against portions of the Nehru Report to
However, Gandhi advised the with commuual representation, but the Congress has now dropped the Congress officials enforced.
police then withdrew, and quiet Nehru Report.
Kharak Singh, President, and was restored.
AHMEDABAD, Dec. 30. The Youth and Independence that Sikhs would fight to the bitter end to prevent communal govern Leagues demonstrated outside the
M. Doumergue has pardoned the ment in the Punjab. They were railway-station upon the arrival of prepared to make any sacrifice in Bir Frederick Sykor. Ther waved Royalist, M. Leon Daudet, who by the interests of Congrees, provided black flags, shouting "Trederick the most ingenious hoax of the contury escaped from prison, în they were assured of a representa Sykes, go back.” - tion of 30 per cent.
The Governor of Bombay sub-1027, and took refuge in Brussels.
A friend of M. Daudet impersonit- sequently received addresses of welcome from the municipality, theed the Minister of the Interior, and
owners' Association. distrior Tour Board, the sherbenicali prendered the paris
governor to release him.
Canton and the Cantonese. He gencies of the Colonial Serviço re- Bix of the leading Euominchun SOVIET NATIONALS TO BE Amar Singh, Chairman, declared
moves
Yu
RELEASED,
HARBIN'S DECISION. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.Į
Tokyo, December 31.
could take to them in their own
this capital diplomat-ad-
under Feng tongue. In his younger days he ministrator from a sphere where his commanders even translated a volume of Can-guiding band is still urgently need Hsiang, namely Sung Chib Yuan, tonese Love Songs. He was theed. The promotion, however, has Shih Ching Ting, Sun Liang Chen, right man in the right place. been well earned and again we join Liu Chi, Lu Chung Lin, and Hauch Unyielding in his defence of with our British friends in wishing Tuh Pi are to be expelled from the British rights and prestige but Sir Cecil every necess in his new Kuomintang for plotting against with a sympathetic appreciation of post, where his past experience will the Central Government, in accord-
It is learned from Harhin that paisteal the agent riet in helping to imance with resolution adopted
community where Yesu day by 41 Changer 2,000 foxsatinationals will be ances, he argued it out with the plant reforms in Nationalist leaders and saved the Chinese commercial interests largely mittee of the Central Executivo Teased on Tuesday, after five months
Council.
detention at Harbin. xituation. Business and diplomatic | predominate.
A procession was subsequently held through the city headed by the President, riding an elephant,
(Continued on next Column.)
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENT.)
PARIS, Dec. 30.