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*News and Views
Lieut. Colonel F. Burgell. Nugent, D.S.O., the Rifle Brigade, has been selected for the appoint ment of Commander, Tientsin Area, with the rank of Brigadier. He will succeed Brigadier R. M. Heath. D.S.O., and the appointment will take effect as from July 16.
The offending phrase to which In 1924, while commanding a China Truth takes most grave ex-special service squadron sent on a ception is an expression of opinion world cruise, he became the subject that "the Chinese population of of a controversy that raged across Kulangsi will be the last to demand the Atlantic. Newspapers reported. the rendition of the Settlement to
Prince Takamatsu" of Japan paid a speech he was alleged to have. the Chinese" Government." That is made in Quebec, in which he urged a visit to the Dockyard and Naval Establishments at Portsmouth on an expression of opinion concerning the Canadians to build cruisers to July Arriving at Admiralty futura events. It may prove to be look after their commerce abroad, House about noon, he was received by the Commander-in-Chief, Admir wrong; bus the statement cannot. and not to be dependent upon al of the Flect Sir Roger Keyes. yet be branded as false for the what possible help the British or He was conducted to Nelson's simple reason that it relates to American Navy might provide. Victory, where he was received by a
The fallowing is the revised pro- circumstances which have not yet The Montreal Ster promptly re naval guard and band, a Royal
salute being fired. Ho took gramme for the passage to China, arisen. It may be true that those plied, editorially suggestitig that luncheon with the Commander-in-of the new submarines of the "O" The following typhoep warnings Chinese
to class and the depôt ship Bledway=" who have deliberately Sir FREDERICK mind his own Chief, and afterwards went have been received by the American chosen to reside in the Inter business." The naval officer in turn Whale Island to inspect the Gun Penang, July 26-28; Singapore, nery School, H.M.S. Excellent. July 30-August 3; and Hong Kong, Consulate-General from the Manila national Settlement will rejoice denied having attempted to inter-Later, the Prince and his suite August 0. These ships will be Observatory :-
when it is no longer under its vene in the domestie affairs of the crossed the harbour to Gosport, for known as the Fourth Submarine. preeent administration. Time will Dominion, and blamed the suisre. A visit to the Submarine Depot Flotilla from the date of their
H.M.S. Dolphin, where Rear arrival in China. presentation of his speech to the Admiral M. E. Dunbar Nasmith, colourful writing of the reporter.who won the V.C.,, in submarines On his return to England, however, during the war, is now in com- he received another promotion and Admiralty House for tea. the thanks of the King for the good-will he had promoted by his various speeches and activities
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Manila, July 27, 4.45 pm- Typhoon in about 127deg, Long. E. and deg. Lat. N., moving W..
Manila, July 27, 4.45 p.m.—
Cyclone or typhoon E. of Northern Luzon less than 300 miles distant filling up.
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show.
In the article under notice we said it will be interesting to ob- serve the reaction of the thousands
Manila, July 28, 10.25 0
Chinese contentedly residing Typhoon in about 123deg. Long. E on this beautiful island settlement" and 26deg. Lat. N., moving W. to the opening of negotiations for Manila, July 29, 10.25 am.its rendition. China Truth says "the overseas Chinese happen to
Label Typhoon in about 142deg, Long. E.
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Manila, July 28, 5p.m.-Typhoon in about 129deg. Long, E. and 26deg. Lat. N., moving W.
BIRTHS,
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and deg. Lat. N., recurving north live in Kulangsu just because that island draws their fancy," which confirms what we said. "It may be better developed "-than Amoy again confirming our views but there is no reason to doubt there BENNETT-On July 27, at Wood will be any reaction if Kulangs
̈lands,' Frinton-on-Sea, `· to is handed back to Ching-"--which EDNA, wife of GERALD BENNETT, again supports our opinion, though
[0683 JENKINS-On July 24, ut Shanghai Truth meant to write "believe" we suspect the Editor of China to Mr. and Mrs. BRUCE S. JEN- KINE, a daughter."
in place of doubt." However, the real point of interest is, why does Kulangsu attract Chinese re turning from abroad as a place of residence.}
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DEATHS.
DE MORNAY-On June 26, at Tau-
kerton, Kent, FREDERICK ALEX ANDER DE MORNAY, late of the E.M.S. Civil Service.
years.
67.
abroad.
mand. The visitors returned to
The mystery surrounding the cas of the missing British Vice-Consul General at Marseilles is believed be near its solution, as hiavalise was found floating at sea. It is Bow preaumed that he committed The new aircraft-carrier Glorious on July 9 began duty at @falta as a suicide, though the reasons for such unit of the Mediterranean Fleet. An act are obscure. Wing Commander B. L. Huskisson, While practising for the Inter- units in the Hermes in China, in Mr. John McCormack, son of the D.S.C., the senior Air Force officer national Moter-boat Races on the on board, commanded the B.A.F-Welsh Harp at Hendon recently, 1927,
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then a Vice-Admiral and a recog Three years ago, Sir FREDERICK,
nized authority on naval affairs,
famous tenor, had a narrow escape was named na one of Britain's
from drowning. He was driving three chief delegates to the Dis Mr. John Philip Sousa, the 75- his outboard boat Vampire at armament Conference in Geneva. years-old United States composer, high speed when it ran into the Here he revealed that in addition presented a bound copy of his wash of Mr. Arthur Bray'a large march "The Royal Welch Fusiliers' speed-bout Green Girl III. Mr. to being a capable naval officer be to the regiment at the barracks at McCormack's tiny craft capsized, was also an able diplomat. His Tidworth, Wilts, on June 23, and Mr. McCormack somersaulted conversations with Admiral SALTO tion with the United States Marine at practice rushed to the spot and memory of the regiment's associa into the water. Other speed boats were held largely responsible for Corps in Tientsin in 1900. There rescued him. the fact that Britain and Japan was an incident unprecedented in
Great interest has been aroused nearly came to an agreement which the British Army when Mr. Souss
was asked by the officer command among German musical circles by could easily have forced the Uniteding to conduct the band playing the the discovery of a hitherto unknown States into the embarrassing posi- march. After the battalion had work by Donizetti. A young Ger- tion of accepting their terms or mesentatives, of the United States ner, while staying at the house of man student of music, Karl Meiss- marched past Mr. Sousa and re rejecting them, and taking the Marines had luncheon with the an octogenarian relative of the Why does this little island blame for the collapse of the parley, officers and their wives.
great Italian composer,, heard her FILLIPPETTI-On July 18, at Ka-draw their fancy" more than the Sir FREDERICK, however, became ill
talk about a symphony called "La ling, JULIE FILLIPPETTI, "nged. 33
Partenza" of which nothing was city of Amoy, half a mile away? and was forced to leave Geneva for Said to have been 15 days with-known. Certain clues led him to FRASER-On June 24, ADELA MARY China Truth offers no explanation London, where he entered a nursing-out food the crew of the Esbjerg the musical institute at Faenza Souther 3 St Benet's-road, of this strange phenomenon that home, Upor recovery he assumed trawler Methulias were saved from where he discovered the manuscript
starvation by the Sunderland collier in the liberary: Southend-on-Sea, widow. "of LEWIS FRASER, Singapore, agedi
Chinese, returning from foreign command of the Mediterranean Kentwood, which arrived in the lands, where we are reminded they Beet, which post he has now re- Wear last month."Fifty miles HANSEN-On July 12, above Han- often "suffer discriminatory treat-linguished. Sir FREDERICK goes to from Hamburg," said a member of the crew, the trawler was flying kow, Captain ANDERS HJALMAR ment," deliberately choose to settle the Admiralty to succeed Sita distress signal to attract our
Norwegian subject,
We went aboard, and late Master of the 4:3 Esin again in a foreign-controlled aren CHARLES MADDEN" (who has been attention. Ning Shin, while on vorage rather than in territory directly often mistaken for the King), and found that her engines were out of from Hankow to Yochow.
administered by the Chinese Gov-who was to have relinquished his commission, and the crew of five had been without food for 15 days. FINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. LEWIS-AtShanghai, HARRY Lewis, ernment. We ventured to offer an post last year, but because of the The hold was full of fish, but they
aged 20. PONCIONE On July 28, at the
explanation--that Kulangsu ap peculiar situation in naval affairs had to means of frying it. We French Hospital, Jons Mox- pears to have proved an ideal was asked to continue in office for ethnough provisions to last A week and sent to Esbjerg for TAGUE PAUL PONCIONE, Marine example of the effective manner in another year.
towage. apprentice s.s. Nation, Anglo- which foreign and Chinese citizens Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd, aged. 20.
[0683 can co-operate in municipal govern-
ment to their mutual ́advantage, when they are so inclined-which, perhaps, is why the Nanking autho rities are in no great hurry to dis- turb so happy a situation. China Truth indignantly repudiates this as "a most absurd argument," and declares it to be deceptive and misleading, totally contrary to Chinese national thought, and serving simply to misrepresent the situation. Very well-then what is the explanation?
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"AN ANGERED EDITOR.
Two Berlin journalists have suc- ceeded in beating the Berlin-Parts. express train in a motor car by covering the trip in 18 hours and 5 minutes, whereas the journey by express takes as much as nearly 23 hours. The distance is 1,700 kilo- metres. They used a Mercedes- Benz car of 2.6 litres and under- took the venture in order to incite the railway authorities to speed up the train-connection between the two cities.
Local Notes and Events
It is notified by the P.W.D. that】 Stabbe Road will be open to all traffic from 8 a.m. to-day.
The Colonial Secretary advises that quarantine restrictions have been imposed against arrivals from Iloilo on account of cholera.
The total output of the Kailan Mining Administation's mines for the week ending July 12 amounted to 12,366 tons, and the sales during the period to 69,199 tons.
A meeting of the Legislative Council will be held on Thursday afternoon, followed by a meeting of the Finance Committee.
An inquiry into the death of a prisoner named Tung Ting who died in the Gaol Hospital on July 19 was conduded at the Central Magistracy yesterday when a ver- dict of Death from "Natural According to a notification of the Causes" was returned by the jury. Merchandise Testing Bureau (as Dr. J. E. Doray, of Victoria Gaol quoted by the Canton Gaiette) "all" Hospital, giving evidence, said that livestock, and their by-products, the prisoner had been in the gaol such as feathers, sausages, etc. will hospital since 1918 with tuber- come under the category for testing, culosis. In May this year he took a prior to export." These must be turn for the worse and eventually sent in for inspection as from succumbed to pneumonia. The pri- August 1. Exporters who fail to soner was found guilty of murder comply with the regulations will be at the Criminal Sessions in June 1918 and was sentenced to death but was eventually, reprieved..
THE FIRST SEA LORD.
A TALL, jovial man, who is as happy playing the piano as directing the STRAITS SOME recent comment in these activities of a fleet of warships, ASETTLEMENTS, MALAY columns on the future of Kulangsu is now Britain's First Sea Lord.. For anchoring within limits of fined..
STATES, NETHERLANDS | --the International Settlement at The recent appointment of Admiral cable area between Taikoktsui and | · INDIA, BORNEO, THE Amoy-has given great offence to Sir FREDERICK FIELD, who relin the eastern shore of Stonecutters, A report was made to the Police PHILIPPINES, Etc.
the Editor of China Truth. We quished command of the Mediter- the master of a trading junk was by a Chinese watchman employed are accused of audacity and menda- rancan feet to assume his new fined $10 at the Marine Court yes at Empress Lodge that he saw Looking Back 25 Years. sity, and of posing as the self-duties, occasioned no surprise in terday,
three men, who had the appearance At about twelve o'clock last night appointed spokesman of the Chinese naval or diplomatic circles. He is Capt. J. W. Pettigrew of the s.8, window of the Empress Store in East Gate, Canton. The inhabit of American sailors, smash the an earthquake was felt near the 17 2,000 Pages gives, in addition living in Kulangsu, We are charg- recognized as probably the most washing, which arrived in port Nathan Road. to the Usual Lista of Firms, aned with making a vain attempt to capable officer in the sea-arm of from Tsingtao and Swatow on Sun through Mody Road, and it was them, were very frightened and The men escaped ants there, or at least many of Alphabetical List of Residents in the Far East containing the bluff the Chinese Government and His Majesty's service. He joined day evening, has made a report to of beer had been stolen from the rushed into the streets. The shock,
afterwards found that three bottles the foreign Powera We alleged the Royal Navy in 1884 and was the Harbour Authorities that an store. to have given expression to an made a lieutenant in 1893. Seven Indian passenger died between Swa
nevertheless, was a mild one, and „ lasted only a few seconds. opinion which is
"both deceptive years later he landed in China from tow, and Hong Kong, at 5.30 .m.
Crockery "and" other articles were A Chinese was sentenced to one: and misleading." And all this the Barfleur at the time of the on July 27. He was buried at sea.
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but what it should be." In fact, it would seem that matters have been.
Sir FREDERICK WAS promoted to Command in 1902 and to Captain in 1907. In May, 1916, he was in
A Chinese was sentenced to threegliding from bad to worse until command of the King George V. at
months' hard labour by Mr. H. R. the state of affairs is unendurable, the battle of Jutland, and was
Butters at the Central Magistracy and the Consuls have addressed a yesterday for obtaining 40 large demand that sono means be taken Let the Editor of China. Truth again mentioned in dispatches as
render A fine of $15,000, or in default, bowls worth 863 by false pretences by the Chinese authorities. be assured that wo had and have having handled the ship with twelve months hard labour, was from a shop in Wing Lok Street, residence, there by foreigners toler no. idea of pusing as okesman of great skill under difficult condi- the sentence passed by Mr. Lindsell It was stated that the accused tele-able and secure. At present, it is the Chinese living in Kulangan tion." Since then he has been on a Chinese who was charged nad phoned to the shop on Sunday shown, there are some three thou sonvicted of the possession of 570 morning and pretending that he sand Chinese in Koolangat, over y le ore we sig detyranids carasedutoBoat & du izade Frass of The man at as the master of the Lung Churg, whom there is no one who tan exert
lillill plant bluffing the Chinese Government Vice Admiral, Admiral, Third Sea tempted to snuggle the drug zhorelor, muid but he wond amb ATOA TAN ener and the foreign Powers into a Lord and Controller of the Navy by trying to walk boldly past for 40 bowls. He succeeded in this subjection, and that in consequence belief that conditions in Kulanget Prior to the war Sir FREDERICK Venue officers who had lined up venture, and being emboldened by burglaries are common, assaults on on duty on the Twi Hing whart. his success, visited the shop again foreigners have been frequent, and are other than what they are. We commanded the torpedo-schools at The defendant was asked to submit in the afternoon and asked for 40 nuisances of every kind abound, all plead not guilty" to, the charge Portsmouth and at Devonport, and his sack for search, but instead of more bowls. This time the shop through the entire absence, of any complying, he dropped his sack people became suspicions and com- attempt by Chinese officials to of audacity, and enter a similar was Buperintendent of Signal and fan away. He was chased and mumcated with the Po Chung Toi maintain order. Hong Kong Daily
shop and discovered the fraud.js Press, July 29, 1880. ples to the allegation of mendacity. Schools.
arrested.