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SIR F. S. JAMES
Varied Colonial Service
(Special Air-Mail Service)
London, Feb, 20.
Sir Frederick Seton James, who died in London recently at the age of 63, had had a long and varied career in the Colonial service.
THE CONTROL OF CHINA
Chiang's Rise To Power
(Special Air-Mail Service)
London, February 20.
Issimo, Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang The rebellion in Fukien, organiz- has twice retired from the position ed a few weeks ago by a group of In which he exercised the power soldiers and politicians in the of a dictator and has twice re- South against the authority of turned to office, the second time
the full of Foochow. It did not Commission, comparatively develop seriously and should not subordinate position. But in fact prove dimoult to liquidate. Never there is no change, and Chiang is theless smoke. is
there, acrid still the dominant figure, control-
KING'S THEATRE
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presents
ON THE STAGE
Nanking, quickly collapsed after only as Chairman of the Military Saturday 17th and Monday 19th March
at 9.30 p.m.
chang.
at Nun-
.
Born on April 8, 1870, he was evidence of smouldering fire, and ling affairs at Nanking from his the fourth and youngest son of of widespread dissatisfaction with military headquarters Captain Wullam James, 42nd the Nanking Government.
The South-West Council "at
What Chiang orders is done, and Royal Highlanders, a Crimea and Mutiny
Otterburn Canton, composed of the Kuomin-f the nominal heads of the Got- veteran, of
He was tang lelders who are the declared ernment have anything to say Tower, Northumberland. the brother of Major-General Sir opponents of the Chiang Kai-shek they go by aeroplane to Nanchang Bernard James, late of Ottenburn regime, had long threatened an to say it. Chiang is a determined Tower, and of the late Mr. Brooks- open break with Nanking, and character and takes most of the bank James, FR.C.S.,. a well-when action in this sense occurred available revenue for military pur. known oculist. He was educated in Fukien. headed by prominent poses, and so long as he provides it Charterhouse and abroad. In members of the council itself, all the money the allegiance of the 1896 he was appolated by the China was disposed to think that army is assured. As Chiang has Foreign Office as Assistant District a big anti-Nanking movement was the army behind him the politi Commissioner of the Niger Coast afoot. But great mistakes were clans at Nanking are at a hopeless Protectorate; and in the following made at Focshow, never intended disadvantage and have to acquiesce year he was promoted to, the post by the more responsible leaders. In what is done, or risk losing.
Ід of Travelling Commissioner.
The Kuomintang, the party their positions. It is notorius that 1898 he served as Political Oncer which in theory is as much the many disapprove of the dictator- ultimate Government of China as ship as heartily as those who have the immunist Party is the dissociated themselves from Nan- Government of Russia, was con- king, but they stay there, some in of an improvement in demned as a fallure: the picture the hope of Sun Yat-sen was dishonoured: party relations. others because the national flag chosen by the they cannot afford to quarrel with Kuomintang WIS discarded and supplanted by a new one. A new form of government was drafted adopted. Party members and everywhere shocked by these bere- tical
in
the Cross River Expedition
against the Ekuris, a tribe in the
eastern part of the Protectorate.
He settled disputes in the Qua country after the Central Division Expedition in 1899 and received the thanks. of the Secretary of State for the Colonies."
their bread and butter.
A NATIONAL FIGURE
The ascendancy of Chiang Kai- assaults on the political shek is founded partly on the organization which is regarded by qualities of the man and partly all Young China as the foundation on circumstances.. Chiang got his of the State, while, China in start years ago at Canton from the general, by no means enamoured Russians, who found him forceful of the Kuomintang, immediately and persistent to a degree rare in detected a strong streak of Red in his fellow-countrymen. The Rus- the proceedings in Fukien. Thesians had their own axes to grind. active support expected immedia- and hoped to use Chiang as an tely In Kwangtung and Kwangst, instrument to revolutionize China and in due course in other quarters in accordance with their Ideas. critical of Nanking, was not forth- The Cantonese movement north- coming, and sympathy soon proved ward in 1928 was successful largely to have been alienated altogether.cwing to the driving power of the Both Kwangtung and Kwangs! Russians behind it. Chiang com- made 1t clear that they would--manded, the troops and became a remain neutral
Then in 1901-02 he served with the Aro Field Force as Intelligence and Political Officer. The Aros held paramount power over a large extent of country between the Niger and the Cross Rivers, and they had established a "powerful fetish, which exercised an evil in fluence on the ignorant and super- stitious natives for miles around. After five months of arduous work the Field Force subdued the tribe, destroyed their fetish, and brought a portion of their territory under Government control. The effect of the expedition was to bring to an end the system of tribal warfare for the purpose of making slaves. while a proclamation of 1801 pro- hibited the buying. pawning," or selling of slaves, For his services on this occasion James was men tioned in dispatches and received the African General Service Medal
the temerity to turn on the Rus- and, clasp: He was promoted Divi-
In Fukien therefore seems only ansians and oust them. sional Commissioner in 1901 1905 he acted as secretary to episode, but is significant as being Government and Deputy High symptomatic of the strong feelings Commissioner, and served with the existing among political elements Kwale patrol in November of that throughout the country. Most of year.
For this service he was the opposition against Nanking is awarded a second clasp.
not directed against the
system of government established there. In 1906, the Colony of Lagos and or against the Kuomintang which Its protected territory were amal-formulated it and has the con- gamated with the Protectorate of stitutional "right to control it. The Southern Nigeria under one ad-objection is against the military ministration and designated the dictation centred in the Genera- Cólony and
of Protectorate
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Southern Nigeria," James now be- came a Provincial Commissioner and a member of the Executive and new Legislative Councils of the
Administration. He acted 25 Colonial Secretary and Deputy Governor on various occasions! from 1807 to 1912, and in the lat- ter
he year
also acted 23 Governor. "On the amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria on January 1, 1914, he was ap- pointed" Administrator of the lat- ter territory.
was
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-$4, $3, $2. $1. Exclusive Tax.
Neither of these national figure. When it became BOOK NOW! BOOK NOW!! provinces rushed to assist Nanking evident that the movement
They re-being utilized" by the Russians to. to quell the rebellion. pudiated Fukien, but remained as establish Sovietism Chiarig had critical as ever of Nanking.
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In 1918 he was promoted to be (From Our Special Correspondent)
Colonial Secretary of the Straits
Settlements. When on the way."
to take up his new appointment
he was a fellow-passenger with
Canton, March 11.
'While rent, commodity prices
Sir E. Merewether on board the and real estate values are going 5.S. Appam, which was captured down by at least ten per cent., by a German submarine. During charges for public utilities service 1918 the floods in Slam, the de- operated by the City Government mands for rice from Japan and are going up by more than twenty Java, and the famine in India per cent: had led to a serious dearth of rice in the Straits Settlements and the Malay States. At first a com- mittee was formed to deal with the matter, but it was considered advisable to concentrate authority in the hands of one man, and Bir Frederick was appointed Food Controller at the end of the year. He administered the Government of the Straits Settlements and acted as High Commissioner for the Malay States in 1919-20 and
again in 1922.
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The advisory council of the Can- ton Municipal Government is de- liberating on the scale of increas. ing the telephone rate. The pre- sent tariff is 812 a month for com- mercial houses and shops and $8 for residences. Although the price of silver is going up, an increase was sanctioned by the, municipal authorities in order to provide a fund to pay off the telephone debts which are in gold dollars.
Water rate is increased from 80- cents to $1.20 a thousand gelions. Again it is said that money is re- In 1924 he was promoted to be quired to effect repairs to the. Governor of the Windward Islands, Water Works and to pay off cer- This colony did not offer the same tain' debts incurred by the Water scope for his administrative abill-Works Company Before it was ties as West Africa and Malaya; taken over by the City Govern- but, so far as its resources permitment."
ted, he did much to promote its
Electric supply tarif is raised
"economic development and the from 20 cents a unit to 25 cents.
well-being of its inhabitants
Y...
a unit, Two cents go to educa tional expenses and three cents are In consequence of a serious ac- taken for the municipal construc- TAKARAZUZAHOTEL YOKOHAMA—cident Sir Frederick was compelled tion fund. Like the Water Works, to retire in 1930. He was made a the Electric Power Station is own. (Hakone)-SHIMONOSEKI- HOTEL NEW
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