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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1933.
ECHOES OF 1859
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MR. HIROTA'S DIPLOMACY
An Efficiency Drive
འཇ
in the Foreign Office
Tokyo,--According to the draki, Mr. Hirota, the Foreign Minister, May 21, 1859.
both in country and in faith. contemplates extensive reshufflings longer present in high diplomatic posts." Hitherto Going! Going! All the valuable | Joldiers will no property of His late Excellency arms, nor will civilians lift their true taleat has rather been neglected hats any more when it passes, in the diplomatis service, promotion the Governor." including carriage,
Will the horses like the change? going chiefly by linguistic knowledge, horses, plate, linen, to be sold
Poor. things. They cared more kill in "conference" dipolmacy, and Chinese without reserve.
com-
the business talent. This weakness was pradores, boys, and all sorts and conditions of domestic servants Plenipo. Roan Barbary is always vividly revealed by the course of the same, and though pride must Japanese dipolmacy aince the out- crowding in to invest the money they have pigeoned out of their have a fall, his race will never break of the Munchuria affair, it is unfortunate masters. Parsees, Ma care who is his master, Boling-saide At the outbreak of the Indo- was also disclosed that few Japanese homedans, Consuls, Storekeepers, broke or Richard. Basson or Bow- Japanese trade disputes recently, it
ring. Merchants, Diplomatic servants,
well versed in the trade dipolmata are Officers and Editors all invading Up stairs and down, following and economic conditions of India.
the Auctioneer, the precincts of. Government at the heels of
Mr. Hirota proposes to put a new House to buy, or to "makee look giving unbiassed options na 10 face on diplomatic appointments so hats the worth of the Governor's fur that the international crisis in store sce:"--running about with on; some smoking cigars; invad niture and wine, puting sigats in for Japan in 1938 may be tided over [On' due consultation ing the most private apartments; Foodis ever meant to be smoked successfully.
woicht) with his subordinates at the Foreign totally unmindful of the dignity in. lolling in couches to
invited the Offices, the Amali, says, the following of the place; examinating criti-ther were never cally into bed-rooms, presses, crowd became the masters of all lines have been fixed to ensure the
and coffee-pots.
China - vases; the property offered for sale, and appointment of the right men to the reckoning up chances and dollars as evening drew in, coolies began right posts- -what an amusing crowd came to carry things away, wishing 'all to the auction of Sir John Bow the time, probably that auctions ring's effects.
were a little less regular, and gave some chances of loot: while
Victoria Regina is carved above the entrance; but the only au- thority that was recognised was the almighty "dollar; Mr. Craw- ford was the Governor, and the chess-board pattern, torn, dirty, auctioneer's flag that was stuck over the guard house, was more reverenced than the flag of Eng- land flying in front of it.
Now, gentlemen, what shall I say for this dozen of wines, for these decanters, only ten dollars? They are yours, Mr. Smith. Happy
the purchaser! Those are
very glasses that were wont to glitter with generous wines in the hands of Generals, Plenipos, and cocked- hats of all kinds; the very glasses
the which, incited
Queen's loyal Birthday such
and" such atrocious, speeches.
on
→ Seventeen hundred and Liity dollars for the carriage and hor- sea, as they stood before the door. and knocked down to a foreigner.
1.-Ambassadors and Ministers to
be chosen from a wider field than
hitherto
2.-In order to avoid stagnancy,
changes to be made at proper inter- vals in important posts.
the guard at the gate would prob- ably have been delighted at such
3-In view of the fact that diplo a mode of disposing of property mata in constant service in the Foreign as the good people in Paris. every Office or at the Embassies and Lega- now and then make use of, to_gettions in Europe and America have rid of the furniture of the Tul- only a poor knowledge of conditions in 'lerles....
South America, the Near East and the East, they are to be transferred to posts in all parts of the world to gain good knowledge and experience.
The furniture and plate, is dis- persed, and a new master will His-auction- furnish the house.
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4-Diplomats who have hitherto eer will come in due time, and so will all of ours. So the world been denied aach treatment as their runs on into perpetual sale, Hou- personality and talent merit for vari ses, linen, plate, thrones, king-ous reasons to be treated fairly and
properly sale. Man doms always are on
5.-High family standing or other all too, the head and chief of
personal relations not to be allowed to his pomp and influence future appointments. things, with all
power is pride, domínion and
at last. offered and sold
The great universal Crawford knocks us down at his pleasure and we must all wait until the auctio
a finished, until Time is no more, to see who is the highest bidder for us.
6-The decrepit and the incompet- ent to be dismissed to enhance the general efficiency of the service. `,
Mr. Tada to be Given Manchukuo Post
Mr. Yada, Minister to Switzerland, who is shortly coming home, will most probably be appointed a High Coun- cillor of the Manchukuo" Government in charge of diplomatic matters. The Manchaltuo Government has for some
HOW FANG AND CHI ARRIVED IN time been desirous of his services as
TIENTSIN
The End Of The Northern Rebellion
THEIR THREE CONDITIONS OF SURRENDER
render were as follows.
treatment 1. Special
should
be given to their special body- guard of 200 men before disband- ment.
such, and it is expected that on his
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Minister, will ask him to accept the post. In the event of his acceptance of the proffered post, either Mr. Take tomi, Councillor of the Japanese Em- bassy in Washington, or Mr. Horiuchi, the Consul General at New York, will be appointed his successor as Minister to Switzerland.
Noscow.! Boggy grayish bread that
passes for The most distinguished visitor of the white at the "commercial" price of Soviet Union in the present year has four rubles a kilogram, which a five been Edouard Herriot, ex-Premier of times the price of the same bread France, now chairman of the Foreign when sold on ration cards in the co- Affairs Committee of the French operative stores. All the people who Chamber of Deputies and influential cannot get ration cards or cannot get ... leader of the French Radical-Socialist enough bread for their needs or for CORRESPONDENCE Party, the dominant force in the pre- those of their families on the card seat French Government. M. Herriot, allotments. swarm to these com- who had paid a previous visit to mercial shops or booths, and it is no Russia in 1922, entered the country uncommon sight to see several hund- [All letters intended for, publi-through its largest Black Sea port, ral people lined up for bread. Ex- 2. Hope the government wilcation must de accompanied by the Odessa. After a dying trip through hausted by long waiting, irritated by reorganize their remnant troops. name and address of the writer, not Ukraina, in the course of which he this daily trial of obtaining the bread, 3. Hope the "Government will for publication, unless so desired contrived to visit Kiev, Kharkov, the the crowds are almost always querulous and abusive; and accusations of push-
unfairly are general, so that the lonely policeman whose task is to maintain order sometines finds his powers of persuasion and authority strained to the utinost.
give them official titles and ex- 1 but as evidence of good faith.--ED-tallation, and "Rostov, in the capital ing or trying to get ahead in the line
peuses for their trip abroad,
Peiping, October 16, A dramatic finis was written late to-night to the riotous chap- ter of the rebellious movement perpetrated by Fang Chen-wu and Chi Hung-chang when General Ho Ying-chin, Chairman of the Peiping Branch Military Council, issued an announcement to the effect that the two rebel leaders. finally realizing their past mistakes, Responding to their requests had already given up their hope- General Ho Ying-chin promised to their less struggle and left their troops, distribute $5,000. among
bodyguards As suddenly as it started about
tor. disbandment, a month ago the revolt WES Concerning the second point it brought to a conclusion wtih equal was arranged that their troops be
when swiftness this afternoon
placed under the temporary com Generals Fang Chen-wu and Chi mand of General Li. Teh-hsin, one Hung-chang, baving obtained as- of Fang's subordinates, and be
concentrated surances from the military authori-
at Tulinchwang ties for their personal safety, left waiting for organization. With for Tientsin by special motor carsregard to the third paint, how at 4.30 o'clock, arriving in the port city at B. Temporarily, it is sald, the two repentent generals will stay in Chi Hung-chang's private residence in the French Conces+ sion,
THE FINAL DECISION
Two differing forces were said to have been responsible for their final decision to abandon their movement altogether, namely the Japanese warning to "continue. their bombardment should Fany and Chi refuse to evacuate the
ever,
General Ho said that their personal safety will be guar- anteed but the problem of pro- viding them with official titles and travelling expenses abroad has to be considered by the Central Gov- ernment.
General Ho's replies were con- sidered to be satisfactory, and so at 4.30 o'clock in the afternoon. Fang and Chi boarded the three motor cars specially prepared for them by the Headquarters of the 142nd Division of the 32nd Army, and left for Tientsin.
Tulinchwang region by 3. o'clock Before their departure General this afternoon, as well as the per-Fang was said to have expressed suasion by a group of delegates deep regret for baying launched from the various charitable or the refractory movement, saying ganizations in Pelping. urging that he had done a great wrong them to give, up the struggle" for to the country. He further de- the sake of the nation and the clared that in the future he hop- people as a whole,
ed to be able to render some other services to the country to redeem his past mistakes.
A group of delegates from the various local organs, it is learned. left for the front this morning at 11 o'clock to render medical treats ment to the wounded, and avail- ing themselves of the opportunity at the front, went to West. Hsin- chwang to interview Fang” and Chi, appealing for peace.
As a result the two rebel leaders despatched Mr Li Wen-ho and Liu Ti-chuan to Shunyi where they' brought surrender terms before General Shang Chen, Commander
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General Chi said that he would like to take a trip to the United States or to Cuba to study condi- tiens there. Central News
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Dnieprostroi hydroelectric power in of the North Caucasus, he arrived in Moscow, where he was received by Premier Molotov, President Kalinin and Foreign Commissar Litvinov, and went through a busy round of in spection and sight-seeing
Mr. Herriot, who traveled as a guest of the Soviet Government, made an excellent impression on bis Soviet en tertainers. Quick and responsive by temperament, he was never at a loss for a graceful word or act, whether it was matter of showing how a little
when there was an acute shortage of During some weeks in the summer kerosene the queues for this badly need- ed liquid fuel (most of the private cock- ing in Moscow is done on oil stoves, or primuses) fairly rivaled the brend
But queues in strain and-" roughness,
COLT-
Sir-With reference to the re- port published in your yesterday's edition regarding the "Canton Plate" run at Macau last Sunday, I wish to state that the "Canton chore on a Ukrainan collective farmonlinarily kerosene lines are
Ride" entirely disassociates itself
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I should feel greatly obliged it you would publish this letter. M. GAVIN, Hon. Secretary of the
CANTON RIDE Canton, October 31, 1933,
THE CHEER-O CLUB
Further Donation to
Building Fund
could have been performed more effici- paratively short (with from twenty to ently, or of reciting the first lines of forty people in each one) and convey Schubert's song,,Der Erl Königa quiet and lifeless impression. Usually when it was sung at a reception in his the youngest or the very oldest mem- honor, or writing an appreciative ins bera of the family are seen standing, ean in hand, with resigned and unin cription in the guest book of an
terested expressions; there is little talk aeronautical institute.
or animation,
Talking with newspaper corres- pondents M. Herriot parried all ques- In the summer months, when such tions bearing on Franco-Soviet rela
vegetables as cauliflower, peas and tions, evidently feeling that it was not beans make their sole. appearance for discreet to go into too much detail on a few weeks in the year, lines form ra- this subject. But this visit was an gularly in front of the stores that sell unmistakable link in the new these vegetables. But these queues, in chain of friendship which is which there is larger proportion of being forged between the two then are more polite and refined; one countries after the old Franco-Russing might call them the aristocrats among Alliance had been so completely sun the Moscow queues. There is much Inst dred by the Revolution. In view of pushing than in the bread lines; and the growing tendency of Soviet foreign if someone steps on his neighbour's toes policy to drift away from Germany and an apology wil usually follow-"a rare toward France, it would not be surpris act in Moses The purchasers of log if the future, would witness, an cauliflower and peas make the im expansion of the present, very modest pression of constitution a picked, $500.00 dimensions of Soviet-French trade and model crowd
perhaps an increasing utilization of 200.00 French engineers and technical specia
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troi electricity,Be
25.00 Moscow Quenes 15,00 25.00
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of
"Aristocratic Queues".
If the vegetable lines might be called aristocratie the queues in the Torgain state shops which do business- on a strict "gold or foreign currency basis are certainly, under present Soviet conditions, recruited from re- lative plutocrats. For the lucky pos sessor of few dollars can purchase in unrationed and unlimited quantities, so long as the dollars hold out, such Inxuries as butter and eggs, flour, and sugar which are either unobtainable or obtainable only in microscopic quanti
An interesting subject for a student sociology in the varying mood of Moscow's numerous queues. A Soviet citizen (or citizeness, for it is usually $29,475.83 women who fulfill this tedious tank) is
apt to spend several hours a day wait ties in stores where the Soviet ruble is Further Donations should be ing in linea for bread, kerosene, cabbage, an accepted means of payment. The sent to the Hon. Treasurer Mr.mile soap, and what not. Indeed a process of completing a purchase in a 20.00 A Breatly, The Chartered Bank.line in front of shop is a hopeful Torgund store is long and complicated: 10:00 Shang Chen, and Hsu Ting-yao of F. Austin Esq
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