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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FUKIEN EXPORTS,
(Continued From Page 7
a total value of $4,000,000-$5,000,- 000, but it has now declined to barely $2,000,000. The paper is exported by the same types of boats, packed in cylindrical bam- boo crates.
The paper produced in Fukien interior is made entirely from pulp prepared from young bamboo
canes.
MONDAY.
PHILIPPINE COASTER
WRECKED.
GOES AGROUND ON CORAL
ROCKS.
PASSENGERS AND CREW SAFE:
Manila, Aug. 31. The steamship Ntra. Stra. de Begona, owned and operated by Mauro Prieto, president of the Philippine Agricultural congress, is stranded on the coral rocks of Ticlines, in Ticao Pass between the island of Ticao and Sorsogon province, and is considered by its captain a total loss,
SEPTEMBER 5, 1927.
CHIANG'S ROLE.
(Continued From Page 7)
discipline because it must go back to the party locals for authority. In a word, it is the meeting-house days of democracy carrying through a feudal-military period, functioning over a tremendous area of a revolution-torn country. Yet, it somehow carries on. No calculations of the future of China can be made without it. No assumptions as to political activities in China can be made except on the basis that the Kuo- mintang will continue to make itself felt, openly or secretly, somewhere in China.
“TELEGRAPH". FOOTBALL
COMPETITION.
PRIZE OF $50 WEEKLY FOR EASY".
FORECASTS.
The "Hongkong Telegraph" offers a prize of $50 to the readers who send in twelve correct forecasts, of the results of the English and Scottish Football League matches (to be played on Saturday next, September 10th) set out in the Coupon below. No goal scores are required; only forecasts showing wins or draws.
In the event of no reader forecasting all twelve matches, a prize of $25 will be given to the reader who sends in the greatest number of correct forecasts; and in the event of two or more readers sand- ing in an equal high number, the prize of $26 will be divided.
Read the Rules below and follow them carefully:--
Rules of Competition.
The bamboo forests in Fukien interior produce another ataplo export, bamboo shoots, which rival paper in commercial importanes. Bamboo shoots are exported in
1. All forecasts must be contained both raw and prepared state. The
Chiang and Feudalism. on coupons cut from the "Hongkong winter crop, which consists of
Telegraph," the name of address of mere buds dug out of the earth,
Captain Francisco Fabregas, in
General Chiang Kai-shek was the entrant to be plainly printed int is exported in a raw state. It is
suited to Northern feu-block letters in Ink. more costly than the other kinds command, has dispatched the fol- more
dalism than for the Kuomintang, 2. All envelopes must be addressed and forms a table delicacy for Chi-lowing telegram to Mr. Prieto:
"At 3 am, August 20, Begona He could not submit to Party dis to the "Hongkong Telegraph," 1/3, nese epicures. The other kinds
Street, and marked Ticlines. Total aground are gathered at a more grown up Ship in five fathoms of water. of the meetings irksome. He with sender's name (without address)
loss. cipline. He found the talkey-talk Wyndham
"Football Competition" on the front, stage and fetch lower prices.
"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH" FORECAST COMPETITION,
Matches to be played on Sep- tember 10th-n
They are usually cut and dried or The bow is above water while the wanted to dicate, to control, to on the back.
Passengers dominate. And the Party resist- s.metimes pickled before being exstern is submerged.
ined him until he found himself in be sont in, but a separate coupon must 3. Any number of attempts may ported. It is estimated that about and crew safe. Await your
the impossible position of a lea-bo ased for each attempt. 7,000,000 cattles of bamboo shoots structions." of different varieties are exported Immediately upon receipt of the der without a following. That is
4.The prize of $50 will be award- to Foochow from the interior every above, Mr. Prieto sent the follow- what has happened to so many ed to the competitor who sends in
in the Kuomintang who twelve correct forecasts year. Only a small quantity is, ing telegram: however, consumed on the Fon-
sought to control the Party in- coupon. If there is no correct fore
the cast of all twelve matches, a prize dividually. Somewhere in mass organization of the Kuomin- of $25 will be awarded to the com- tang is there this resistance to in-petitor who sends in the greatest|| Q. P. R.
all number of correct forecasts on one dividualism. Somewhere in
ehow local market, the hulk being ported to other coastal ports, in- cluding Shanghai, Hongkong and
from Pukien backwoods are medi-further orders. cine, mushrooms, firewood, wood vil, camphor and focus seeds.
Import Trade.
men
a
DIVISION I
Middlesbro. Birmingham.
V Portsmouth.
DIVISION II.
Cardiff Everton West Ham
V
on one
Leeds Fulham
Notts F. Chelsea,
DIVISION 11 (SOUTH).
Brentford. Walsall,
DIVISION III. (NORTH).
"
Crewe
V
N. Brighton. Rotherham.
Competition will be announced in the "Telegraph" of the Fritings follon
ing the dates on which the matches are played.
Merthyr V
Nelson
SCOTTISH LEAGUE. · ·
Partick St. Mirren Bo'ness
y
Name
Address
Rangers.
Raith R Dundee.
"Captain Francisco Fabregas: Attend to passengers and crew. Inform if boat can be saved. Specify details of accident. Do Swalow Among the other exports nut abandon the ship. Wait for the weakness of the moment, is coupon. In the event of more than}
Prieto.".
there a hidden strength which one competitor forwarding an equal winning number af forecasts, the Up to the time of going to press, keep out the tyrant. Sooner or $25 will be divided equally between no reply was received from Cap-later, he must go as so many 80- such competitors.
No competitor, tain Fabregas. The captain's tele- called powerful politient figures however, will be entitled to more Among the imports from Foo-gram was forwarded from Bulan, have been forced to go in the than one share of the prize.
The passing of 5. All forecast coupons must reach) ehow to the interior are salt, cot-in Sorsogon, and Mr. Prieto's, an- Kuomintang.
and Michael the "Telegraph" office not later than ton cloth, and kerosene oil.
Chiang Kai-shek The swer was directed there also,
(noon) on Borodin are characteristic of the 12 o'clock
Saturdays. cargo is transported by the same
Mr. Prieto took steps yesterday same trend: no dictatorship by an Coupons received after that time will kinds of boats, although the busi-to give immediate assistance to the individual. The Party had rather
be disqualified. ness is handled by different groups steamer. A salvage ship, belong-suffer defeat and remain demo-
6. The results of cich week's of merchants. The total yearly sales fikure on the market of the ing to the Atlantic, Gulf and cratic than enjoy victories under interior amounts to over a million for the scene. Mr. Prieto has
Pacific company yesterday sailed dictatorship. dollars. For salt, the interior
Some foreigners in China, new depends entirely on the import
inexperienced, fresh to conditions
7. "Competitors who have forwarded from Foochow. In the year before
here have sought to make a eight or more correct forecasts must last there was a salt famine in the
mythical figure of Chiang Kai-send in claims for the prize. Enve
lopes containing such claims must be interior caused by bandit activi-
shek. They have sought to deve marked "Football. Claim" and must ties, which interrupted the salt
lop him as iL grandiose per- reach this office not later than the traffic between Foochow and the
sonality who eats foreign food Wednesday following the dates on interior, with the result that in Up to yesterday, the owner could with a knife and Tork instead of which the matches are played, fail-coupon which, from any cause, is not certain districts salt was sold at not determine the loss. It was with chop-sticks, who mysterious-ing which they will not be considered. played to a finish will be counted. over $10 a picul.
stated that weather and sea condi-ly moves hidden forces beneath No prize will be awarded for which a 10. No member of the "Telegraph"
extraor the surface, like some detective-claim has not been made..
staff will be permitted to compete in About $800,000 worth of differ- tions in Ticao Pass are
B. The "Telegraph" will accept no this competition. ent varieties of cotton cloth are/ dinarily severe, and that if the story account of a Chinese high responsibility for the loss or
All that is the childish delivery of coupons. No correspon- accepted as finel
11. The Editor's decision must be exported from Foochow to the in-vessel was aground in a depth of binder. terior by the cloth dealers from five fathoms, salvage work would I trivialities of sensation seekers dence or interviews will be entered dispute in connexion with the Com
who see in China only a few out into concerning this Competition.petition. standing personalities whose names they can remember but who fail to fathom the stronger cur- rents of mass movements, the rise of a generation accustomed to political thought and seeking some characteristically Chinese form of political action, which has not yet been found.
the interior, who usually yend down buying agents to Foochow to make the purchase, very few Foochow merchants exporting cloth to the interior on their own account. About $100,000 worth of "kerosene oil is consumed in the
interior.
also instructed his business con nexions in Samar to send the motor steamer Carmenche to aid the wreck,
Loss Undetermined..
be difficult or impossible.
It is understood that the Begona
carried a considerable amount of cargo, part of which is said to be covered by insurance. Mr. Prieto declared that probably few passen- Bers were aboard.
The bureau of customs will in- vestigate the accident.
The other commodities consum~
The Begona, according to Mr. ed in the interior are wheat flour, Prieto, had been recently repair- sugar, dried oysters, salt tish, in-ed in the slipways of the Manila ported indigo, stearing candles, soap, glass and other kinds of both Foreign and home manufactures.
Bandits and Taxes.
The chief deterrent to the trade between Foochow and the interior is the physical dificulties encoun- tered in the mountain streams
tush banditry, and high in dues in recent years.
have also greatly aggravated the position of the traders.
son,
even
tom:
His
Don-
No. 2,
Date
9. No match contained in the
:
on all pointa in
MARK YOUR ENVELOPES "FOOTBALL" ON THE FRONT, AND WRITE YOUR NAME (WITHOUT ADDRESS) ON THE BACK OF THE ENVELOPE.'
Strike out the teams which you think will lose, but make no marks in respect of matches which you think will be drawn.
If you forecast eight or more results correctly on one coupon, don't forget to make a claim not later than the Wednesday following.
Watch the Telegraph" on Fridays for results..
PAPER MONEY.
ORIGIN IN CHINA?
SHANGHAI OPIUM SMOKERS.
Chiang Kai-shek's error Drydock company. Following menced in 1923 when he was in- the repairs, a thorough inspection vited to become principal of the of the vessel was made by the Whampoa Military Academy by bureau of custoras, it was stated. Dr. Sun Yat-sen. He did not rise
The Begona has been owned by to
noticeable importance
In an article on paper money,
TO REGISTER OR NOT? Mr. Prieto for six years, having until after Dr. Sun's death in 1925. a factor long
The estimated 200,000 opium been bought from Mariano Tua- He has not been
enough to leave a permanent im- ancient, and modern, a special
Iis correspondent of The Times nokers of Shanghai and suburbs The vessel was formerly the press upon the country.
nre wondering to-day just how and Penguin. It is 28 years old, and military campaigns were when (Trade Supplement) Banking Sec- where they stand with regard to was constructed in Scotland by J. the Russians advised him. McArthur and
Its political victories were won when tion referring to the earliest the proclamation issued by the company.
Suppression Krosa, capacity is 497 tons. vessel is 116 feet long, 27 feet it has taxed the ingenuity of beam, and 10 feet draft. Fukien ship-wrights to design It carried a fuli complement of negotiate the upper, officers, and a crew of 30. Cap: reaches of the Min River. The tain Fabregas had been in com- The vessel boatmen often.. meet with great mand nearly a year. difficulties at the shallows and was insured. rapids, especially in the low water scason. At some points the boats have to be laboriously towed, and sometimes even lifted bodily over the shallows and rapids.
eraft
to
Banditry and high likin tax used to be great curses to the trades, but conditions have now been much improved.
¡
Opium Shanghai The he was a big pea in a small pod issues, mentions that in the middle Bureau yesterday to the effect that in the city of Canton. His mill- of the thirteenth century Marco henceforth they may smoke in tary failures began when the Russians left him; his political Polo found a real paper money in reace and comfort without the dis- a trec, moment a police raiding party failures commenced when he at-circulation in China. It was made, ieting thought that at any beaten up and converted into might burst through their door tempted to operate in the whole from the inner bark of territory of China south of the paper, square pieces of which were and unceremoniouslly drag them Yangtsze. His collapse came when the older and historically signed and sealed with great from the divan, says the Shanghai more important men in the Party formality. These notes were legal Times of Monday last.
According to the proclamation, sought a union of forces to which tender and of various values, be was an impediment. The unifi- death being the penalty for those the only restriction governing cation movement passed over him also for counterfeiters.
who refused to receive them, and future free smoking is that each When smoker shall take out a licence for as a tank passes over dead stumps worn or torn they could be ex which he shall pay something like. changed for new ones without $10 which will enable him to enjoy the freedom of a legalized pipe, * charge.
as many pipes as he likes, for the After describing the origin of period of one month. If he sud- the European system of bank denly wakes up on the morning of notes, the writer saya: The most the first of the month and dis-
AMERICA AND CHINA.
(Continued From Page 7.)
taxes, impositions, levies, extor-: tions in violation of existing, trade
A special office has been organis-agreements between the Republic ed for the maintenance of peace of America, and that it immediate- and order in the interior, and the issue a public declaration of its majority of the bandits have either intention to do so.. been suppressed or absorbed into the army.
ver from Yokohama..
Resolutions Fowarded.
THE CANTON BANK LEVY.
LOCAL BRANCH WAITS ISSUE.noteworthy feature of the Bank of er vers that his licence has expired, England. nates is the unique he must withhold indulgence in character of the paper, so remark the insidious drug pending such At the Head Office of the Bankably thin and yet so wonderfully time as he may have it renewed. of Canton, this morning it was strong and with such 2 clear Otherwise he becomes subject to The above is contained in the
stated that negotiations are pro-watermark. It is a monopoly of "severe punishment.". resolution fowarded to Secretary ceading between the Canton Gov- the Bank of England. It is not Whether Shanghai's opiuma Kellogg as well as Minister Maçernment and the Bank, following generally known that when any smokers will take advantage of Murray. The Empress of Asla is due here
The second and third para-
the former's demand for a million bank note that has been issued this official "protection" and buy from Manila on Monday morning
dollar loan, on no other security and circulated through the coun- licences for themselves remains. next and will berth at Kowloon graphs of the resolution follow: than that of a military bond issue. try is received back by the Bank to be seen. The majority of them
Second. That as a preliminary wharf. The Emprese of Canada
In the absence of the officials of of England, it is never allowed to have amoked on the strict "Q. T." left Vancouver on Thursday last measure calculated to afford tum-the Canton branch, who have come circulate again, even though it for years and have "got away with. and is due here on the 19th., on Berter Perment be and is here- down to Hongkong, these nego may be in new condition, but is
portary protection the. United
By taking out licences for which day also, the Empress of by requested to authorize its con- tiations are being pursued through stored in the vaults of the Bank themselves they throw the spot- Russia is due to reached Vancouhular officials in China to accept a third party, who, up to date, has for at least five years. In these light of publicity upon this bad ment payment of the present law communicated nothing definite to vaults are stored notes all of habit of theirs and also upon. the ful 5 per cent, import duty and the waiting officials here. Governor General Wood's death 2 per cent, surtax on goods. im-
which have been cancelled, of door to the collecting agent of the
number of 91 Opium Business has been completely course--to_the
Suppression Bureau. is lamented by a friend who had ported from the United States of suspended in the case of the Can- millions. They are kept in 16,000 Further, they may suddenly decide never met him personally in a let America, and thereupon to issue ton branch, and it is indicated that boxes, which, if placed side by to give up opium smoking, in ter received at Malacanan the in due form permits for the land whatever funds are held by it now side, would extend a distance of which case they would not require. It does not other day. This friend of the de-ing and delivery of such goods are locked up within the vaults. nearly three miles. If the notes any more licences.
themselves were placed in a pile would believe them when they told mean, however, that the collector ceased executive is no other than this authority, however, to be exer- Sir Hugh Clifford, Governor of the cised by the said consular officials
they would reach a length of aeven him this. Straits Settlements and High Com-only in case the Chinese Maritime After Mrs. Frances Emmerson, miles; or, if placed end to end, No, it does not look like a very missioner of the Federated Malay Customs refuses or neglects to aged 88, had returned with her would form a ribbon 11,847 miles sound scheme as far as the oplum States. Sir Hugh Clifford, in his function as herein contemplated; third husband, Mr. John Fozard, long. Their original value was smokers go, at any rate, Dealers letter, says in part: "Although I und
and their may take advantage of it. aged 81, from a Leeds Register over £1,388,000,000 had never met the Governor Gen- Third: That the United States ofce, she explained: Mr. Fozard weight is nearly 93 tons. So ex then again, they likewise throw the gral personally, we had corres-Government be and la hereby re- has been calling to see me for cellent is the system, of aling, re-spotlight of publicity upon them- ponded for some time and I had quested to authorize the employ some time and as both of us are cording and storing that the off-solves they have managed to the highest opinion of his high ment of the American forces now receiving the old age pension Iclals of the Bank of England cau oporate comparatively Success ideale and sterling character. At in China to guard American goods thought we had better make a turn up any one of the 91 million fully for many years already the news of his death I felt that I against unlawful seize or res- match of it and then the neigh-bank notes kept for the period of Boing gamblers at heart, they had lost the best friend I ever traint while in progress of impor-bours would have nothing to talk five years, in the space of five will probably elect to continue
tation Into China..
without this official prot setian.
had."
about."
minutes.
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But