TAX EXTORTION IN VOLCANIC ISLAND
TIENTSIN.
·SO-CALLED ANTI-RED
DEMANDS.
ONE WEEK ALLOWED FOR PAYMENT.
FOREIGNERS “MILKED.”
Three
at
the connexion with templs in Tientsin on the part of the Chinese administra Special tion
of the Areas, formerly the German, Aus- trian and Rassian Concession, to extort funds from residents in those areas, the following copy of a circular letter received by an Important British firm, which has its offices in one of the Special Areas, is of interest:
Mesars
Tientsin, Jan. 28, 1928.
Present. Dear Sire,
APPEARS.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
ANTI-CHRISTIAN QUESTION.
SUBMARINE EXPLOSION OFF KRAKATSU.
A PLEA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
MONDAY,
SHANGHAI AMERICAN'S
ESTATE.
TO GO TO ADOPTED CHINESE.
YOUTH.
FEBRUARY 13, 1928.
MORE COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA.
EXTERMINATION OF LAND- OWNERS ADVOCATED.
Recollections of the last will and testament of an American MORE DISTURBANCES? NANKING PROPOSAL. who died last July and loft a large CHEKIANG AGITATION.
estate to his adopted son, 'n Ghin-.
In the labour world,at Kashing, Batavia, Jan. 30.
A proposal that religious free esa child, were revived in the The Straits of Sunda gave birth dom be decreed throughout Nation American Court for China in in Cheliang Province, something to an island on January 27. alist territory was put before the Shanghai last week, when a mo- has been started which seems hard The event was wirelessed from Nationalist Conference at Nanking tion for the admission of the will to stop. Like a goods car left on a the Dutch Government vessel which during the session, but was handed to probate was heard by Judge side track-engine gone elsewhere Frank-all the yard coolies and extra has been standing by the submarine ever to a special committee for con- Milton D. Purdy, Mr. C,
lin, attorney for the state, was in- pick-up idiers shout, push and pull explosions. The cartly of her trav-sideration."
The proposal was advanced by structed to prepare the order and to get into position. At Inst start all has, by process of plutonic ejectment under water, raised a General Chang Tze-chiang, mom-the will is to be admitted to pro-ed again the car, without a brake- cone on the ocean's bed similar to ber of the Central Government Com- bate. the many volcanic cones which havo mittee, and General New Yung- been raised in ages past in this chien, Chairman of the Klangsu
This was previously objected to
American, who was Mr. Robert Wolfton Sexton. The sister, Mrs, Mary Dalley, and her daughter, Miss Eileen A. Dalley, both of
part of the globe and now appear Provincial Government. A transla-by a sister and niece of the late as land mountain cones rising with tion reads: the help of successive eruptions, to as much as 12,000 feet above pre- sent sea level.
Christianity Not Imperialism. "Religious liberty has been re-
man rolls along too far and more shouting, moro pulling and more pushing are required.
Farm labour, by contract for a year or called by the day, has in- creased in cost beyond the margin of profit to employers. Tenants of small farms who have failed to pay
This is only a little baby at pre-cognized by every country in this Denver, Colorado, objected to the rents are refusing, to move, sustain- sent and its head has appeared to wide world. Since the Communists terms of the will on the grounded at times and in certain places by day above the 40 fathoms where its began their propaganda in China that a house and lot in Denver, the so-called Farmer Unions,
Propaganda in rural districts has birth took place. So it is christen-and made trouble for the Chinese owned by Mr. Sexton and be- By order of the Government of ed an island, but it has a very bald Government, birth has been given queathed to this adopted son, had simmered into mutterings to this Chihli Province all house owners head and many years must elapsato slogans to overthrow certain re. been granted to them by the de-effect:-"No man shall own more of the Three Special Arcas, both before the wind, the currents andligions and particularly Christiani- censed.
ty. We know that Christianity is Chinese and foreigners, are in vited to pay within one week from the date of this letter, a Special Anti-Red Tax, calculated propor tionately to their Rental Assess ment Tax paid for last year,
Under the terms of the will, Mr.
the birds bring to it that which protestant," a reformed religion, Sexton left all of his estate, per will take seed and ultimately which is entirely different from the sonal, real and mixed, valued in clothe it in vordure.
Greek Church in Russia. This re-all at about $75,000, to the adopt have been giving much attention to Furthermore. It puts particular name of James Logan Sexton, 11 The Dutch newspapers in Java ligion includes revolutionary ideased boy, who had been given the this disturbance, some papers devot-stress on the salvation of the lower years of age, to be held in trust By informing you of the above ing a whole page to the subject, and classes of people in the midat of for him until he attaing his major- 1.beg to approach you with the re- because of a proximity to the sufferings. It has no real connec-ity. The will instructed the execu- quest kindly to pay the above-falund, Krakatau, it has been tion with Imperialism. mentioned Special Tax according thought that the titanic eruption) "The Communists are not unaware
tor and trustee, the Yangtze In- to the enclosed debit-note with the of 1883 muy repeat itself.
of these facts, but they are opposed surance Association, Ltd., to con- least possible delay.
to Christianity because the Chris-vert into cash, place at interest Lian religion aima at reforming the and hold in trust for the boy the inner He, which aim is catirely entire estate. contradictory" to their purpose-lo. destroy all existing moral values.
Yours faithfully, Signed: K. C. Meng,
Commissioner.
Breach of the Rules.
It is somewhat of a misnomer to call the present disturbance Kraka tau, for that island which has now no pretensions to a crater and can not be called a volcano, is looking on some distance off entirely un-
The Special Anti-Red Tax in affected. How high the new cone question amounts to about twe may be thrown up remains to be A tidal wave is not to be and-ahal times the ordinary seen. Rental Assessment Tax, the latter | expected. in its turn having been raised inst year by about 12 per ceni. against the year 1996,
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It appears that, according to the rtiles governing the levying of taxes in special areas at Tientsin the preseal Chinese administra-
TWO PICKPOCKETS FINED.
POUCH.
"As the purification of our Kuo- mintang Party is now in progress, and as more recently a further step has been taken to purge our movement from all elements of
Communism, such slogans as 'Down the Christianity and other religions initiated by the Communists, should be discussed and abolished at as early a date as possible, in order to be in keeping with honest belief in the religion of our leader, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, during his life-
tions may collect them at the rate THEFT OF SPECTACLES AND time. ruling at the time when the con- cessions, were handed over to the Chinese. Furthermore, all money thes collected was 10
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than ten mow of land"; also, "Own- ers or employers over 40-years of age must be exterminated in order to secure liberty." The most ex- treme agitators are reported as tion to kill all over 25 years of age. saying it would make a real revolu-
An Outbreak Suppressed. An outbreak near Fungching on the railway where Cheklang bord- ers Klangsu, was quickly suppres- sed by soldiers rounding up and ar- resting the trouble-makers. principal leader escaped, but two others were caught and executed. Following the receipt of in One of these about 18 years old was structions from Mrs. Dailey and reported to have killed eight land- her daughter, Major C. P. Hol-owners with an automatic found on comb, Shanghai attorney for the his person. couple, objected to the will being admitted to probate.
normalcy.
The
The trains and boats
The much talked of general up-i Frising throughout Chekiang pro- The matter was settled recently, vince, lacking cohesion and adequate however, when a stipulation was leadership, failed to come off. The made by which Mrs. Dailey is to commonsense of the Chinese people be given a life estate in the Denis reasserting itself in efforts to ver property. In the event of her death before that of her daughter, the daughter is to be allowed to occupy, the premises for two months after her mother's death. The estate is to pay for any necessary repairs, to the property and to pay all taxes and other ex-
"Not only the slogans of 'Down with Christianity, but all similar Two Chinese appeared before slogans attacking other religions, applied for, the sole and only, W. Schofield, at the Kowloon should be simultaneously abolish-penses usually met by landlords, purpose of maintaining and deve-ugistracy this morning, charged ed." foping these areas and was on no separately with picking the poc account to be used for any other efs of pedestrians in Shanghai purpose, to say nothing of being Street, Yaumati diverted into the coffers of politi cians and militarists,
Long Suffering Residents. This last move on the part of the Chinese administration is re- garded as nothing but a fresh at- tempt to extort money, by fair menus or foul, from the long sufforing residents.
"A few months ago a Special Meat-Tax was imposed in the "3rd Special Area" (ex-Russian Conces sion) allegedly to defray the cost of sanitary supervision. The tax is still in forre, causing much in convenience and annoyance to re-
sidents, among whom there is fair proportion of British and American business men. So far the whole scheme the Chinese Authorities concerned has ap parently not progressed beyond the tax-collecting stage, for there is no proper sanitary supervision in evidence as yet.
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Little Service in Return. The situation with regard extortion is not intel better in the ex-German concession where resid- ents, foreigh and Chinese alike, are frequently obliged to pay un- der various prefexta all sorts and manner of Lecs over und above the Renal Assessment Tax, while the concession itself, in which the former council took ao much pride, is now in a pretty run- down condition.
The first prisoner was charged with stealing a pair of spectacles | from a pedestrian. It was stated that the defendant' was seen to ex- tract the glasses by a District Watchman. The complainant was not aware that he had been rob- bed until informed by the watch-i man..
THE LORDLY EXILE.
M. TROTSKY TRAVELS IN
STATE.
BANVARD COMPANY.
A PACKED HOUSE ON SATURDAY.
the
The Theatro Royal was packed on Saturday night, when Banvard Musical Comedy. Com- pany gave a repeat performance Mary." of the London success, "Mercenary
Moscow; Feb., 12. The exiled M. Trotsky and his family have arrived at Frunze, When asked the value of the Trotsky travelled in a special The official neemunt states that spectacles, his Worship- was to sleeping car in "Jordly comfort." formed by the police that they He had 70 items of luggage, in-swing, and its many humorous The pleee went with a fine were worth about $1, but, after cluding a hunting dog and con-situations caused intense amuse- examination, Mr. Schofield intimiderable" mated that they appeared to be Some of the onlookers at the work of Mr.. Frank Atkinson was hunting equipment, ment. In this connexion, the worth more than that sum. complainant said that he had pur-mised that it was some American who deserve special mention were When questioned, however, the this rich gentleman?" They sur- funny in all that he did. Others Railway Station querfed, “Who is especially good-he was droll and
chased the glasses for 35 cents.
Miss Winifred Dalle in the title role, Miss Claire Leslie, and Mr. William Senior. A word should also be said of the dancing, especi- ally of a very fine solo effort by one of the girls, who was the re-
Sentence of two months' hard labour was imposed.
In the second case, the defen- dant was charged with the larceny of a pouch. The circumstances. were slated to be similar to those'
millionaire,--Reuter.
FROM URUGUAY.
of the previous case, and his Wor-SPECIAL MISSION TO RETURN cipient of a bouquet at the close of
ship imposed sentence of two months hard labour.
FINED FOR COAL POSSESSION.
FISHERMEN IN COURT ÂT
KOWLOON.
PRINCE'S VISIT.
London, Feb. 11. The Uruguayan apecial mission, to return the recent visit of the
Prince of Wales to that country, arrived at Victoria from Calais last evening.
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The party was met by represen- iatives of the King and the Foreign Ofice, The mission is A charge of being In unlawful being received by the King at Buckingham Palace to-day. A flagrant example of neglect possession of 6219 pounds of coal,-British Wireless. was furnished by the recent heavy was brought against two fishermen, snow-fall in Tientsin. While snow before Mr. W. Schofield at the Kow- was still falling gangs of coolies loon Magistracy this morning.
were already to be seen busily, en- The defendants pleaded that they DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
gaged in clearing it away from the had salvaged the coal from the bot- main thoroughfare in the conces-tom of the harbour.
10 KILLED IN DIASTER IN GERMAN MINE.
the performance,
To-night, "The Black Bottom Revue" is to be the attraction, and
are crowded again with passengers returning to work after the holi- days. Schools are opening on and after the middle of the first moon to behave themselves. Business with implicit-warnings to students advertisements are taking the place of worn and weather-beaten prof pagundu posters. A friendly for- eigner can renew the old and make new, friendships, easily. The Chi- nese people are very, very human.
WELCOMED HOME.
PRESIDENT COSGRAVE BACK FROM AMERICA.
Dublin, Feb. 12. President Cosgrave has return- ed from the United States and
ception by an enormous crowd. was given an unprecedented re- A military guard wea drawn up in while a salute of nineteen guns his honour, with an Army Band,
several Municipal representatives was fired.
boarded the mail boat and wel- comed Président Cosgrave. A procession including the Police, Military and Fire Brigade, with hands, cacorted Mr. Cosgrave 'o the centre of Dublin, which was gaily decorated..
All members of the Cabinet and
A fireworks display, illuming- tions, aeroplanes and searchlights were features of this remarkable it will include the Totem Pole home-coming-Reuter. dance from "Rose Maric." The "Black Bottom Revue" proved the
most popular item in the Com-HOW MUCH DO YOU pany's "repertoire in India and there appears to be every reason to expect that Hongkong will en- dorse that opinion.
A FUNNY FILM.
"TWO ABARIAN KNIGHTS”
AT THE QUEEN'S,
The "Full House" sign was much in evidence at the Queen's Theatre yesterday, when the first showings of "Twb Arabian Knights" were given. There were packed houses at each session.
sions under foreign administra-. It was stated that the coal, worth tion, whereas In the ex-German $45, was found on the first defen- concession apparently not a stroke dant's fishing boat, and, in reply of work has been done so far, and to the police, he had said that he Woodrow Wilson Street, which con- got the coal from a steamer,, but
Berlin, Feb. 1z. stantly carries a heavy motor car was unable to find the ship or give A report from Stalino, in the and rlesha trame, now presents the the police any further information Donetz coal basin, states that 10
"Two Arabian Knights" is cer appearance of a sort of ice rink, to as to the identity of the vessel. were killed and four seriously tainly a laughter-maker. It con- the danger of
The second defendant was said to injured in the explosion of a box cerna the experiences of Bonger and pedestrian alike. Yet be a fok!.
of dynamite in the Rootchenko American Expeditionary Army the Chinese administration' collects His Worship fined the first defen- mine, worked by the German sergeant and a private, who escape in this area a large, amount in dant $76, and the second $25. Tiessen Compañy.—Reuter. from a German prison camp and taxes and sher kinds of revenue.
aventually find themselves in Arabia. Both there and whilst on the way, they get into all manner of complications, notably in con. nexion with the
life of
paa-
ADRIFT ON ICEFLOES.
RUSSIAN FISHERMEN IN SERIOUS PERIL.
Washington, Feb. 12.
The Navy Department under-1
stands that General Sandino has
FRENCH TARIFFS.
Tescuo
an
from
fled into Honduras. It is believed DUTIES ON OILS TOO HIGH.drowning of an Arabian girl of
that he ran out of ammunition.
Mr. Boralı, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Commit-
Paris, Feb, 11
KNOW?
TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS.
The following general know- ledge paper has been taken from the Daily Express.
Answers, for those who need them, will be found on Page 14 of this issue.
1 How many persons are securcă apainal penury by the latest Pen- sions Act?
What is the capitalised State liability for pensions?
s What is the officially estimated number of cigarettes, smoked daily in England?
4. In what London church is there still preserved the mummified body of a man?
What is the estimated value, pf the hoarded wealth of India?;
a Where in Great Britain is there
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rank and the subsequent romance which develops therefrom. There are thrills besides amusement ns- The Finance Committee of the the story develops, and the acting tee, on the basis of a report that Chamber has expressed the opinion throughout is especially good, the Moscow, Feb. 12. Sandino obtained rifles from Ni- that the proposed duty, on oils leading parte being taken by 10 The Icebreaker Lenin hurriedly caraguana who failed to surrender should be reduced by twelve francs William Boyd, Mary Astor and
them, And not from outside per ton,--Reuter. left Leningrad for the Gulf of
Louis Wolbelm. The photography, Finland to rescue 400 fishermen sympathisers, is of the opinion [These duties, as cabled by who had been carried out to sea that the outlook 18 excellent,
Reuter in December, were.-30.98 too, is excellent,
on icefloes' which became detached Twelve Americans and 166 Ni-francs per metric quintal of crude
Those who like a good "hearty 11 from The Cronstadt const in a
caraguans have been killed since oll, and 18,80 francs per hundred laugh should see "Two Arabian storm-Reuter,
hostilities began.-Reuter.
| Knights" to-day or to-morrow,
kilos of refined oil.] ;
a chimney more, than eighty feet
higher than St. Paul's Cathedralt What remarkable fact regarding last year's rainfall in the Thames Valley
has recently been revealed Jamous authority?
Where has a pottery works dating
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What connexion had the transit of Venue across the sun's, diss with the discovery of Australia by Captain Cook?
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