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ECHOES OF 1858
144.–Trouble With the Govern
Oplum Farmer
RUSSIA'S FAR EAST PROVINCES
Placed On Military
Basis"
STORES AND SHIP BUILD- ING AT VLADIVOSTOK
RABBIN, July 28. received new information regarding "Official circles in Harbin have just the work being carried on by the Soviet in the Far East from which it is evident that every endeavour is being taken to have the Maritime Provinces placed on a military basis at the very earliest moment to be ready for any outbreak of war.
Work is being carried on at an intense rate not only on land but also at sea as quite lately a sensation was caused at Vladivostok by the issue of an order forbidding ocean steamers to enter the Bay of the Golden Horn, this order being given not only to foreign teamers but also to those flying the Soviet dag.
AUGUST 24, 1888.
warrant must be procured-before It will be observed" from our ad- that could be done the opium vertising columns that Tenders are would be removed to a house-and invited for the opium boiling before a search warrant could be mouopoly in consequence of the had for that the oplum would be defalcation of Chun-tai-kwong sold. The strongest, assurances, it will be We maintain that this is all seen, are given that there will be hopeep red-tapeism. The more the most serupulous good faith and strict the privilege, the better in impattiality observed regarding every respect, whether on account the Tenders." The advertisement of the enhanced value of the farm is however silent on the subject of causing the privilege to bring a the nature and extent of the pro-higher price on subsequent occa tection which the Government are sion; or on account of the protec ready to afford to the Opiumtion which fair Traders have a Farmer. The terms of the licence right to expect. We say, appoint. or privilege to be granted him a special detective officer for the alyould, in our opinion, be publish purpose-let the informer have ed and not be as it was before, half and the seizing officer the given in any shape the govern- other half. We would not let the
At the present moment" there are ment might please.
former have anything to do with only war vessels to be found in the We are no admirers of Chun-tai- the seizures-if the officer appoint Golden Horn Bay, this number of such kwong, and have no wish to come ed did not do his duty, let the steadily increasing. It may not be forward in his defence. Neverthe farmer complain to the Colonial known to everybody that there is a less common Bense and justice Secretary. If the farmer chooses large ship-building yard at Vladivostok compel us to state that the govern, to inform, of course, he would be- and that several foreign specialists as ment of this Colony behaved us come entitled to half the seizure,well as a number of engineers and fairly towards him-in fact un- If the law cannot be pacified, bur shipbuilders
have arrived from justly. He was decidedly led to must have search warrants, then Odessa. The authorities have adopted suppose that he was to have the surely it can be dodged by power what is being done at the shipbuilding measures to prevent say person seeing exclusive privilege of preparing being given to the seizing officer Opium, and
course never: to issue them from a blank book Vladivostock is quite certain that new
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population of dreamt otherwise than that the to be carried about with him for war vessels are being constructed, government had both the power and the purpose. the will to prevent the privilege At the same time be it known being infringed upon. Yet it ap- and made manifest that wo pears that the privilege could be strongly denounce the principle of do and was evaded,, owing to the in-Trade at this port being tram direct application of the very low melled or fettered in any way which was relied upon-we mean whatever, as a gross breach of the right of search. Thus we be faith on the part of the British lieve that ten opium boiling shops, Government towards the Colonists, started at Cheem-tea-tsoey im- and quite contrary to the prin mediately it appeared that Chun- ciples laid down, and the promises tai-kwong's privilege could be in- made to those buyers of land, suded. The Opium there prepared without whom the Colony never was sent across to this Colony, and could nor never would have
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Hanoin, July 28.
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PROCEEDS OF AN ARMED ROBBERY
THREE MEN CHARGED:
ONE SENTENCED, A
Three Chinese appeared before Mr. Schofield at Central Magis tracy yesterday to answer three charges each
1. Participation in an armed robbery at Chai Wan in which they stole articles of clothing, a topee, etc L'ossession of offensive wea
2.
pons.
3. Receiving a topee, a pair of
trousers and a jacket.
An extraordinary article appears in one of the local papers this morning beaded: "Siberia as an American Colony." According to this article The three defendants were. Hung confirmation has been received in Har- Kai, Chan Nga and Hung Shek bin of the intention of the Soviet al dockyard coolies. The first and Government to lease its Far Eastern third defendants pleaded guilty but land to the U.S.A. giving that country the second denied knowledge of wide privileges in the Far East and in everything. part of Siberia itself.
The dry dock at the Golden Horn has been entirely renovated and is vessels, and as this dock is a very large always engaged in repairs of war one it can accommodate some of the largest vessels now afloat.
Great attention is being paid- to fortifications along the frontier as well as the construction of many serodromes where aeroplanes would be abis to descend in case of necessity.
*
Rivers are fully used to bring stores of all kinds from the interior of Russia as well as light and heavy artillery, tanks, Armoured cara and aeroplanes.
Both the Amur and the Ussuri
War Not Wanted. Evidently Soviet Russia, notwith- standing its peaceful policy is deter mined not to be caught napping and is making preparations for wer on á colossal scale. The population of the Maritime Provinces seeing the pro- parations that are now going on are fully convinced that there will be war.
But it is difficult for them to express any opinion of their own, as they are guided by the Commissar and have nothing to read excepting those papers which the government published itself and which are all of one tenor.
There are many stories printed re- world but there is really nothing aut garding famine in this part of the heatic to be learned about the situa tion and probably this refers only to such people as have not recognised the Soviet Government ap to the present time and are known in the country as "lishentai," or persons without rights. There is no doubt that there are ample stores of grain for the army and that the supplies of war materials arc breaking out there will be sufficient so great that in the event of a war in the Far East to carry it on for The first two charges were with-freak supplies from European Russia
several months without bringing any It is stated that this iden was drawn. On the third charge a roached by the U.S.S.R. to the U.S.A Chinese named Lam Pui. the comfigures se to the strength of the Soviet It is quite impossible to get any several years ago, Mr. Sokolnikoff,plainant, gare evidence of identi-army in the Far East at the present, during his office as Soviet Ambassador fying the property which had been moment, but the parades which were to Great Britain, endeavouring to come stolen from his, matshed at Wang held on May 1 at Habarovsk- and to some arrangement for an agreement
'as above stated.
"
At that time Soviet Russia found that it was necessary to apply to America for machinery to enable it to carry out the programme of industria lism which was featured in the Five Years Plan, and as the purchase of heavy machinery from the USA would entail the payment of enormous sams of guld dollars, the idea of leasing Eastern Siberia to the US.A. was eagerly seized upon.
Now that President Roosevelt has taken the reins of government into his hand and seems to desire to re cognise Soviet Russia, there is much more chance of bringing the lease into life that there was before.
As far as can be learned it in proposed to give a lease for a long term of years of lands in the Far East which could be exploited minerally with American capital and not only bring very much income to the U.S.S. R. from royalties, but also find employment for thousands of Soviet citizens who at present are without work, for though the Boviet-Govern- ment state that their are noun-
employed in Russia, there is a huge class of people who are not in the Party" and, therefore, have hardly any work to do and almost nothing to eat,
Much Capital Wanted. There is antold wealth to be found in this quarter of the globe which possesses not only gold but coal, cop per, graphite, oil and possibly plati- num but the exploitation of mines in this part of the world requires enormous capital
The scheme of constructing a great railway line along the northern part of Biboris has been spoken of for some time and if this were finally construct ed there would be only 75 km. of water between the Siberian const and Alaka It is possible that the con- cersion would be given to American engineers to construct such a railway which would be of enormous value to Soviet Russia as it would pass some of the richest gold districts of the north and would also be able to convey fish from the shores of Kamchatka into the centre of Russia tida
I must not be forgotten that Mr. Sokolni of the war in favour of leas ing Eatern Siberia to America come years ago, is now the Peoples Com.
Hang. Shaukiwan, on July 26 by
veral masked men."
Sub-Inspector Logan told is Worship that when arrested and taken to their huts first defendant admitted ownership of the top and the, third said the trousers wore his.
Blagoveschensk prove that there are far more troops in the Far East at the present moment than there have been for several years and even more than in 1920 when the conflict be the railway question broke out. tween China and Soviet Russia over
Though there are so many rumours Chinese Detective Chang Tak pels one to come to the opinion that
of possible war, common sense im gave evidence of arresting the three neither side wishes to enter into defendants in a tea house in Shau- conflict which will cost many lives kiwan, along with three others who and an enormous sum of money Were afterwards released. He also which neither Soviet Russia nor the clothing in the hut. testified to finding the topee and Japan can afford.-N.C.D.N.
Sergt. Baker corroborated the de- tective's evidence and the defend ants were then asked what they had to say..
The first and third defendants were silent but the one who plead ed not guilty was voluble He kept the clothing had been stolen and on repeating that he did not know that it had been given to him, by a man named Lo Kam,
Remarking, that even if he had admitted possession of the topte it
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did not mean that he had guilty With a total of six buses, three run.
penses, and the hospital here will knowledge with regard to it. Mr.ning to a small town approximately farnish teachers without cost, for the Schofield discharged the third de ten kilometres south and three run.scientific training of the students fendant. The second was also let ning went about ten miles to Penuu, The Cholers, Hospital to be supplied off, the Magistrate deciding that we have had our first accidents. One by the city is also being fitted for the there was no evidence against him of the victims was struck by re-expected rau of patients. This will either,
turning bus, thrown to the ground The first defendant was sentenced and had his left car completely to three months hard labour, Hissevered. The patient is quite re Worship deciding that it was "per covered but is a pitiful sight. The fectly clear he had shared the booty other case was one that fell from the with the armed robbers,
top of the, bus when the car gave lurch in starting. The patient auf fered a fracture of the skull and died two days after the accident. In both cases the drivers of the cars were not held responsible
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missar for the Anatic Department of the Foreign Commissariat of the U. A AB and therefore, there may be some truth in the rumours that are The City of Chingehow is build being published by the Russian pressing tool to advises and of Harbin, pendent
work bas actually started near the Politically such a les would be of East Gate The order came from enormous value to Bevist Rasis as it Nanking that all cities were to train would entirely preclude any possibi- and register the midwives and that lity of any other nation getting any any person practising without regis influence in the Maritime Provinces, and the same time would make tering.ould be punished. This in U. 8.&. E quis safe from any attack an order that will on her eastern for coat by her power ful neighbour.
reheve the quarters of the New hospi- tal which is still functioning in a few hing of the new edifice. Chinese buildings pending the finis
Heavy rains falling during the Vedela Enormons Gropa,
forepart of the week have been a blessing to the farmers and the rice level and the reserve pouds are filled There should be an enormous crop of produce this year.
- A Kew
BURIED IN FALL OF EARTH
WIVES WATCH FRUITLESS RESCUE OPERATIONS.
men worked unceasingly for sixteen Sydney, August 9. Twenty-five hours today to free men who had been the Armageddon station. baried by fall of earth in a well on
Thomas Stewart, 32 years old, and Berbert Drummey, 36, were killed, while their wives stood by helplessly enduring the terrible ordeal. Fover- ish, attempts were made to save the deeply affected the band of rescuers men whose pitiful appeals for help
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The new concrete bridge over the canal outside the North gate towards the Railway Station is finished, and will be open for traflo in a few days, This bridge in a boon to the City as south it shortens and straig tens" out the road and is built so that the mo cart will be able to bridge spanning a îmall canal just is being built and paid foz by one of the ex-| (Continued at foot of Real Caluma | the local Gentry.—-N.O.D.N.OR
the people in time, city is to erect the buildi
and
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