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THE ROOT CAUSE?
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least that part of it touched by western Inroads in 1925.
DON'T WASTE PRECIOUS TIME LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY:{ have given western education, MAKE ONE.-Benjen. knowledge, political science and philosophies to the youth of "a The rate of the dollar on do country in which centuries of tradi- mand to-day.is 2p. 3.15/168. tion and age-long customs, modes
ratura of
WESTERN CIVILISATION,
TWO REVOLTS AND CAUSES.
THE MURDER OF MAJOR PALMER.
BANDITS NOT LOCATED.
The bandits who killed Major
There are in the world to-day Falmer and carried off Dr. Harvey two incipient revolts against Howard of the P.U.M.C. ap Western civilization. They are parontly have not boan located totally different in obaraster.and there is no word to Indicate of life and moral and ethical codes! Mr. W. E. L. Shenton left for One is the older and more familiar that Dr. Howard has regained his are all at variance with the gift,
Home on leave to-day.
military uprising of a subject freedom, says a Poking message especially when that gift has been
people. The other is a social and of July 27. Yesterday's basith
economie--protest-carried-out-The-American Consulat Har made In a foreign tongue."
shows one
Russian
along the most modern lines bin, Mr. Sokobin, reported to the Tho, problem of how to alter or paratyphoid fever.
passivo resistance, Industrial Loxation that Gonoral Chang strikes popular boycotts. One is Kwong-shang, the highest mill- how best to direct this seemingly
ia Morocco, the other in China.tary authority in the special aro wrong educational trend is indeed!
Neither is likely to develop of the Three Eastern Provinces big. Dr. S. W. Tso revealed more
into anything resembling a world and a representative of the Com crisis. In Morocco the case is missioner of Foreign Affairs ware than a glimmering of the idea, in
simple. Superior arms and man-accompanying him to the scene of his speech at Wednesday's meeting
power possessed by France and the outraga. There has been no of the Board of Education, when
Spain will, when the time comes word since they left for the in There is a calendar of eleven for a decisive blow, speedily subterior. he said that in the olden days there casos to be heard at the Criminal due the ambitions of Abd-el-Krim were no meetings of students at Sessions which open on Monday and the rebellious Moorish tribos ference to the murder of Major Subsequent despatobes in re- which they talked of freedom and der trials, one of which is con- common cause in the northwest Mrs. Palmer is not being taken The calendar includes two mur- With France and Spain making Morgan Palmer indicate that other things they didn't understand. cerning the Indian constable, who oornor of Africa, the sort of movocare of by the foreign Commis- There was something in the present was killed at Hunghom; five ment that abolished European stoner of Customs at Fuchow education, he said, and there should robbery canes; four cases of arms dominance in Turkey is certain
and one case of receiving stolen to be liquidated in short order. Hsion. be a thorough reconsideration of property.
the type of education now being
Mr. C. A. B. Ruse, solicitor, loaves to-day on the Empress of Australia, for a month's holiday in Japan.
Turkey maintained an existence Major Palmer, it seems was for years through the jealoustes mortally wound while coming. given. He questioned the wisdom
of European nations. The Turks to the rescue of the village which A typical example of the Aeally gained their independence the bandits wore bastoging rather of giving Chinese students such a virulent propaganda intended to because Europe was tired. In than in a fight around his own liberal education, and there will be Britain appeared in the Shanghai, bean virtually eliminated; and, to his own last wishes and those inflame feeling against Great Morocco those jealousies have home. He was buried according plenty who will agree with him Journal of Commerce last week even though tired, France pos-of bis mother, so that he appears even though they are all in favour, Monday's public moeting at sesses a military machine against to have lived sometime" "after"
Hongkong which as we are, of giving as much educa strong measures to deal with the stand up much longer than it will
advocated which no African army could receiving his wounds. tion as possible. No one would situation in the South, according take to tell the story. wish to curb or restrict the great to this organ, "decided to wire to London, urging tho British process of educating the human Government to declare a state of race, but, it might be wise and war with. China. expedient to make a very careful re-assessment of the value and dangers of the particular kind of education we are now giving to the students of the East.
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One wonders what the historian, the man yet to be born who will The privileged to delve into root causes and to extract and tabulate the effects, will have to say of the Attractive Housing Scheme. period of general unrest through| Hongkong is always interested in which the East in general and; the housing question, and for that China in particular is now passing. reason some facts recently to hand He will be enabled to look at the from Home regarding a scheme problem through the clarifying how in operation for the provision vista of time and free from the of residential flats in the suburbs exigencies and. obsessions of the of London are worthy of notice. moment. Just as we in our day can The particular scheme to which we look back upon and analyse the refer is one launched at Highgate, root causes and evils which led up where there are being erected oto the welter of the French several blocks of modern flats, none Revolution and later to its in-more than four storeys in height,
The fact that the bandite did Inot attack the Palmer home In China the military question, would account for the escape of which begins and ends with ade and the Baldwin family. Like oaters only in the minor phase, Mrs. Palmer, Dr. Howard's Roo quate policing. The social and wise it would indicate that Dr. aconomic protest which the Chin-Howard was taken prisoner when The Kobe Shimbun reports that ese are staging against the forces he went out to treat Maig the Shanghai Chamber of Com-of Western civilization cannot be Palmer.
Y15,000 in eash towards the funds bayoneta. Less familar and not bin on his hurried trip to Euchin merce remitted on the 20th July net effectively with gunboats and Accompanying Consul Soko- for assisting Chinesecrews leaving thoroughly mastered weapons are two representatives of the British steamers at Kobo and must be brought into play. Yokohama. Resides this Chinese What the West, wants with Harbla military authorities" and the Commissioner of Foreign residents at Nagadaki contributed China is trade. In order to keep Affairs.
1,000 for the same object, open and smooth the commercial
Mr. Baldwin is believed to together with Y2,000 from New channels between China's350,000,- York: Y2,000 from Ban 0.0 inhabitants and the factorios have gone to the Palmer ranch Francisco: Y820 by the Chiasse of the great industrial nations two to assume the post of manager. crow of the T. K. K. Taiyo Maru, stops were necessary: It had to The American Legation in and Y20,000 by Chinese residents be made possible for foreigners to communication to the Foreign than Y40,000. In view of the possibly arbitrary measures in murder as fully as they have at Kobe, making a total of mora man trading posts in China and Office set forth the details of the
argoness of the fund collected it restraint of trade by a Chinese been received here. pr st is suggested that desertions from Government had to be guarded
There are good reasons to be ships calling at Japan ports are against. likely to continue.
love that Marshal Chang Tao-lin The Western nations therefore will be stirred to drastic notion fjoined to force upon China treaties over the slaying of Major Palmer in accordance with their needs. since the most friendly terms ex- But while China as a nation sublated between the two, the dead mitted to the requirements of the American always having entren estimable benefits, so will the They are of two different types, campaign in Morocco itself, we always stood in protest against ranch of Major Palmer
take the West, China as a civilization has to the Fongtien Yamon. The
observe a gradual weakening of the
Western civilization. the inner springs which have given big living room, a smaller bed-Riffian forces together with con- ing to China, along with the
located in Heifungklang and not The West could not help carry-Kirin as reported previously. rise to what we are now witnessing, room, kitchen with dresser, larder, tinuous reinforcements by the other products of its teeming factories There is something wrong some bathroom with modern appliances aide. Last month saw practically of nationalism. These ideas have ideas of education, of culture and where. That much is certain and including hot water, and a small the final' effort on the part of Abd Jalashed with those of the Oriental
future historian come to know of the smaller ones containing quite à
main cause.
1
Mr. C. F. Andrews, a well-known
commanders. If we
a
1
BORAHING FROM WITHOUT.
WEB.
he wants to drive out the foreign TIRESOME PERTINACITY. demands abolition of the special devils. The intelligent Chinese privilege treaties.
to
will assuredly be revealed. We entrance hall. The bigger flats
tl Krim to break through the mind. But the principal friction are going to hazard at least one have an extra bedroom as well as
grows out of an increased feeling apposition, and it was a very of nationalism. The ignorant. of the causes it may be only a large balconies overlooking tennis valorous attempt. The net result Chinese knows no more than that eontributory cause, it may be the courts for the use of tenants. As seems to have placed him in,
to rentals, the smaller. Bats let at position to bargain more hopefully. It is to the realm of education £80 and the larger ones at £90 per but beyond that he is unlikely to
Partinacity, however desirable, that we would, for the moment,
annum, which strikes one as re-
and worthy an attribute it may be, obtain fresh troops for further
At the Washington Armament has limitations beyond which its" polnt, recalling that just over a year markably cheap considering the
Conference & polley was put on practitioners become unendurably assaults on an array of arms paper designed to remove this tiresome. Pertinacity is one of ago we published an interview with fact that the residences are of which is growing stronger, every growing friction. The plan is to the great virtues and character- very modern type in a healthy dis day. To revert to the peace terms, yield gradually Chinese latice of the senior Senator from Indian educationist and a personal trict and within easy reach of all we have a somewhat conflicting national Government of China in Foreign Relations Committee of nationallism by putting the Idaho, now Chairman of the friend of the Feet, Sir Rabir London's attractions. It is to be series of forcenets, with little to such a position that it can do for the United States Senate, and dranath Tagore. What Mr. noted, however, that tenants going show whether the alleged terms Western trading nations what while the Senate and his commit- Andrews then said about India and into the scheme have to take out are official or endorsed by either compelled to do for themselves. Its value cannot be denied. That, thoso nations havo boen teo are in session and functioning western education might, almost a seven-years' lease, and that they side. It is interesting to note that A Chinese Government able to however, is not at present the word for word, have been said about are required to invest £150 in the the terms outlined in a news cable
protect foreigners and koop China. "The present political concern if they take a small at yesterday, which appeared favoura- trade is regarded as the solution into the grave complexities of the smooth and open the channels of case; so that the intrusion of Senator Borah's private opinions unrest was largely due to the wrong or £200 if they choose a large one. ble to the Riffs, were later to be aimed at... educational methods being applied On these investments the Company repudiated by the French and patient. Anxious to hasten the ary meddling,
The Chinese bave become Imad as nothing better than volunt- situation in Chins can be regard- throughout the country. English guarantees six per cent interest. Spanish authorities,, and ascribed process they proved a ready pray had been made the principal As to what happens to the money to Abd el Krim himself. There for Bolshevist Russia which
There is no Chinese question medium of instruction, and history.invested if a tenant wishes to move was also reference to an intensive preached violence and promised before Congress, and the distress geography, science and all the from the district, or how the lease campaign against the rebel leader, satisfactory
help. The present highly un- and disorder within the so called situation is the Chinese Republic upon which a vuried subjects of modern education operates in such circumstances, we suggesting that his hopes of any direct rosult.
whole world looks with alarm, 19 were being taught through English have no information at the moment, but unconditional surrender are tion that China cannot get what Berah has any occasion to deal. First must come a demonstra- not a question with which Mr. text books. The result was that but sufficient has been written to remote. It would seem that he has she wants through force. Then The State Department at Wash show that some effort has been spent his last effort in attempting the process of ameliorating the ington is the agency toward made to work out a scheme of to gain a favourable position, and go on. But the situation cannot mands and petitions for explana the tide is about to turn. The bo liquidated overnight, as it can, tions of policy and general on-
so to speak, in Morocco. In Morcoo lightenment should be directed,. whom he is arrayed have the assis-lization can be (atamped out, In Senate or any momber thereof, two European nations against the revolt against Western civi- and not to the United States tance of a number of loyalist tribes- China the more complex factors howovor high placed or important
must be resolved to bring about a he may be.
Banater Borab's cablegram to leader is losing such adherents as civilizations to exist side by side. the Amoricans now in China who he had reason to count on pre-New York Evening Post.
sought his aid and counsel might. viously. Yet Abd el Krim has
with Infinitely more propfiety have boon withheld; If the shown himself to be a gallant and.
Senator really wanted to accom- would have been their natural For some weeks there have been resourceful for, and he may have Shanghai contemporary Poking have takon, the form of an answer According to a report in e plish any real gooil if should': heritage of native tradition and references to peace terms for the something more up his sleeve. It bus sent $100,000 to Canton to predicated upon infotigation re- native learning, and until we stop Riffs, in conjunction with promises may still be too early to imagine support the strikers and ordered ceived by him from proper this cutting off, at the roots we are of increased activity against Abd that his chances of obtaining a Mr. Kiang Yung, former Minister sources and not the empuations
of Justios, and Prof. H. H. Kung of his own self-consciousneẠN KI creating a political problem of the el Krim failing a settlement satis graceful "retirement" are quite (a descendant of Confucius) to super-righteousness. New first.order. So said Mr. Andrews Tactory to the French and Spanish passed.
leave for Canton to investigate, Telegram,
economic and social friation can which inquiries, requesta, de
the youth of the country was, educationally, being pulled up by the roots and were acquiring in a
mutual benefit to the landlords and foreign tongue a foreign education the tenant. Tempests of the that they were unable to apply in plan might possibly be found to
instruction was leading to the any rate, the rents do not appear men on their side, whilst the Rit condition that will permit the two¦
native life. Inevitably that]
formation of a meritality full of dis- content and dissatisfaction.*.*** Western education went so far as to alienate students from what
work even here in Hongkong. At
at all high considering that the locality is on the fringe of the great metropoils.
Moroccan Position.