MOSCOW.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
SHORTS FOR TENNIS,
UN YAT-SEN THANKS QUTFITTER'S COMMENT ON A THE BOLSHIES.
NEW FASHION,
A change in tennis fashions is
PISTOL INCIDENT.
FOREIGNERS THREATENED
BY SOLDIER.';'
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1927.
TRADE REVIVAL.
LOCAL CHINESE MERCHANT'S SUGGESTIONS.
A Chinese merchant, named La Tam-shuen, addressed a letter to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday of last week and gave recently concerning the possibility information to the effect that of a trade revival in the Colony, Chinese soldier was holding up He complains of the injustice of Honan Road the recent criticisms of the at- two foreigners on with a pistol and threatening. titude of the foreign bankers in The journals of the outfitting trade them. Detective Inspector J. Hun-regard to the acceptance of mort- foresee in it
a possible chance inter rushed to the spot and arrest gages on shares and properties. tennis styles. One paper describes ed Zung Yoh, a member of Gea- The general depression in the
3,
It
at the same time relieving him of his pistol, (a. 7.65 m.m. automa tic,) two magazines and 12 rounis of ammunition. Zung had permits for the pistol.
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LONDON-The National Provincial and
W, Sept. 6.-A statement
A Chinese walked into Central ing the counter-revolution
threatened from America, and Lon-Police Station at Shanghai on Yangtze and explaining on outfitters are nervous about it.
Recently an American boy appeared pose of her present world
given out to the press on the centre court at Wimbledon ng Ching-ling (Mrs. Sun wearing linen shorts, white shoe
upon her arrivai in Mos-golf stockings, and the usual tennis Ay, Mrs. Sun, leader of shirt. Kuomintang, who on July ued a statement at Han- nouncing her withdrawal
Wahan Government be- the apparel as "ridiculous garb," and eral Pei Chung-hst's bodyguard Colony's trade, at present he says that government was no says it looked decidedly out of place. "It has been suggested that shorts
is not due to the waiting attitude carrying out the policies
n by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, is would be introduced next season for
of the bankers, nor to the highland- a tour of the world on be- tennis, for both men and women," and
edness of some landlords in rais- can never see
ing rents which are unbearable to aays one writer, "I
workmanlike as
their tenants, and which has an the Revolutionary Kuomin- shorts looking so
in full tennis trousers on the courts. Her statement
The prisoner was brought be indirect effect upon business; nor would be bad for business, for shorts
to the non-co-operation of the vá come to express appre- could be sold very inexpensively, fore Judge Ziar" and Deputy local labourers and merchants; nor
the Provisional for what the people of the whereas tennis trousers do show a Ramondino in
Court upon a charge of "threaten to the high rents at the various 1 Union have done for Re-slight turnover in cash..
ing to murder" the two foreigners, godowns nor to the high coate of ary China, During the
"As for shorts becoming popular for Mr. Harry A. Keyes and Mr. P. J. transporting goods, but to over- speculation of part of the com- crucial years of China's the fair sex, ainst impérialist domina charm of a woman is her femininity. Carver, both American citizens,munity after the Great War. The has been mainly to the Of late she has followed very closely the former employed by the China first thing to do, he believes, is to of Russia we have been on the. male styles, bat when she 'Finance Corporation. Mr. F. J find some means of restoring con-
starts to wear shorts, then I think Schuhl appeared on behalf of the fidence among men will call a halt."
complainants. The case was re-which can be done, in his opinion, THE MERCANTILE BANK OF A prominent official of the Lawnmanded for further hearing, ball if all shares, and properties in Tennis Association said, "There is being allowed the accused in the Hongkong were, standardized by an
sum of $1,000.
appointed joint committee of the no likelihood of any such change.
Inspector Hunter stated that Hongkong General Chamber of the accused offered no resistance Commerce, the Chinese Chamber of whatever when he was asked for Commerce and Government offi- his gun and arrested. Inspec- clals.
turn for sympathy, co- and counsel. Your peo-. e stood side by side with
ur struggle to free China oppression. In extending o-operation, revolutionary has fulfilled her mission as of the oppressed peoples world and, in expressing ation, I am speaking in the f one of these oppressed
Period of Renction.
heaven forbid. The
don't think such a fashion as shorts for tennis is likely to attract,"
LOCAL BASEBALL.
· A WALK-OVER FOR THE
DRAGONS.
The mints were awarded to the Dragons by default, the team making use of the ground for an extended
I
period of reaction has set China. The united front of volution is broken. There en betrayals and desertions
The baseball game scheduled to complete distorting of the take place between the South China alist movement. Millions Dragons and the Club de Recreio last anized peasants, in accor- evening was not played, the Recreio
with Kuomintang teach-failing to field a side. bined the struggle for the tion of the slogan Land Peasants. Without, an revolution it is impos-practice. overthrow feudalism. All progress in the revolution saible without a realization agrarian revolution. From follows that all who act the agrarian revolution, ainst the economic emanci- of tens of millions of pen- ind themselves in the ranks
counter-revolution.
lay the great Central Yang- alley, which a few months was the local point of the le for freedom from world alism, is in the grip of r-revolution, and the great ot upon China is that this is ful counter-revolution led by men who have been tely associated in the public with the Nationalist Move-
a result there is confusion. mind of the world today, looks to the leaders for e ion of the nature and aims movement. Therefore an- big purpose of my present ey is to make clear to the that the men on the Yang- who are now representing elves as the spokesmen of halist China, do not speak hina's revolutionary masses. Spirit Still Undaunted..
Kuomin-
je Revolutionary
is violently opposed to the
at reaction, Feudal militar-
many
as cropped up traitoriously the revolutionary banner has stolen
of the ial fruits of the victories by the revolution. But the of the revolution is still inted and it is in the name.
he revolutionary masses
of
I come to explain that the fan, although despoiled of} territorial gains, is still , vital and confident. I for revolutionary China. his distinct and apart from present feudal officials and arists on the Yangtze. These having alienated the people, now trying again to drak
a along the familiar road of feudalistic wars for per- gain and power. The result aos, but it is a chacs that is on the surface. Under- there is a strong lutrenched strongly organized revolution h cannot be crushed and se, voice will soon be heard nd the world.
here is a third mission I would on my present journey. hclaimed Dr. Sun Yat-sen re he could carry out one of
most cherished - desires,
to
e to Moscow and here, in per- confer with the strong revo. onary friends of China. His h was hastened by the severi- of forty years of revolution- struggle and by frequent chea of revolutionary disci- e on the part of the very men are now again betraying him le pretending to speak in the e of his principles. Before died, he asked me to visit Mos- for him. And so I come, in name and in the name of the blutionary masses of China, to ure Soviet Russia of our ap- ciation for the co-operation her ple have given as in the past: to express our confidence that co-operation will continue in years of struggle that are
To-day's Match,,
tion of his licences to carry weapons showed that the number
on the gun seized' did not corres-
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pond with that on the licence. WATER POLO FINAL. The Tair arose, auid witness, over the purchase on the instal- ment plan of a Nash motor car) by the accused's superior officer. Payments had lapsed and the car automatically became the property of the China Finance Corporation
The final of the Hongkong Water and when Mr. Keyes, after locat-polo Shield will be decided at the ing the car at Honan and Kin-Victoria Recreation Club this evening kiang Roads corner, tried to seize when the Victoria Recreation Club it, the accused drew his gun in an "A" team, will meet the Kowloon effort to protect his master's pro-British School Former Pupil's Assc- perty.
elation first team at the V. R. G. at 5.30 p.m: to-day.
The following will represent the V. R. C.: R. Rocha, S.A. Marcal, J.R. Soares, G. R. Razavet (capt.), D.
To-day the Dragons will meet the Filipinos. This match was fixed for to-morrow, but had to be moved BANGKOK HARBOUR. Lyon, C. J. Cooke, and D. Laing..
forward because of the Rugby match to-morrow with the Japanese tourists.
BALLOON RACE.
AMERICAN "DETROIT" SAID TO BE WINNER.
American Wins.
Washington, Sept. 13.
DRASTIC CHANGES UNDER CONSIDERATION.
means
The Harbour Department' is devising ways and
of Im- proving the Bangkok harbour, and several schemes to this end are now under consideration.
Strict measures will be taken to stop the
cargo boat nuisance. It has been the custom, in the past, for lighters to tie up to vessels in the
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It is the Government's intention to. compulsory pilotage, inaugurate During the past few years the tonnage of the vessels arriving in Unofficial tabulation of the Na-river before they reach their mooringsport has steadily increased, and the tional Aeronautic Association indi-hus constituting a serious danger to authorities are of the opinion that other river traffic. This practice
to this it is time pilotage was cwing cates that the Gordon Bennett balloon
made compulsory for vessels over a was won by the American bal-will be prevented, loon "Detroit" with an estimated All the wharves in Bangkok will certain tonnage. distance of 725 miles. The Detroit" be licenced, and all foreign vessels was piloted by Mr. William Hill and entering port will be compelled to landed in Baxley, Georgia-Reuter's carry passenger licences. It will be Ameriena Service.
immaterial whether the licences are
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