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THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1922.

CHINA'S WOES.

MILITARISM AND CHAOS EXPLAINED.

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SHAMSHUIPO AFFAIRS.

TWELVE MONTHS FOR

TROUBLESOME TRIO. »

A NOVEL EXCUSE..

THAT DIDN'T IMPRESS.

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That he appropriated his master's The case in which three Chinese money in order to entertain him at were charged with the unlawtal dianer parties was the novel excuse possession in Keelung Street, Sam- put forward by a fobi of the Wing Wo shaip, at three daggers, two toy rice shop of No. 97, Queen's Road pistols and a pair of finely sharpened East who was charged before Magis st last coa- trate Lindse'l this morning with hav at the Magistracy on

Mr. David Fraser, who has been the Peking correspondent of The Times for the last ten years, iszow at home. In an article he contributes in that paper he elucidates the position as it is in China to day, to a scissors, West that scarcely appreciates what claded is going on in that rast country. Tuesday afternoon, when Magising embezzled the sum of $500 Nevertheless, he says. Eenpe is betrates Lindsel and Fraser, occupying which he bad collected ឯង ginning to recognise that China is one the bench together, convicted all behalf of his master, Chan of the great lacters in the world. and three men.

Porin during the past two months. Europeans are looking for enlighten- According to the evidence given, ment about a country so huge, so the Samshuipo police had received

The defendant who admitted having populons, so rich, and there so in information that a robbery was going had the money, said that he had not viting a held for commercial exploit to be committed in a house in intended to defraud his master, but ation. With Europe three parters Keelong Streck. Detectives were had intended to repay the mozey. dead :o far as trade is conorard its seat

and they laid a industrialista ere tage to find new trap into which the defendants and i

Magistrate: What did you do with

oat.

THE CHINA MAİL.

BANK OF CHINA

REUTER'S CORRECT REPORT.

(Reuter's Pacifz Service,)

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TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE.

THE Catholics of Hongkong are cordially invited by His Lordship Bishop Pazzoni to an address. and concert given in honour of the celebration of EUCHARISTIC CON- GRESS on SUNDAY the 29th ins:, at

Glenealy.

at the Catholic Union Hall, Hongkon May 25, 1999.

PERINO. MAY 24. holders of the Bank of China which The report of the meeting of share- was obtained by Reuters from Chinese sources and was checked by a member of the Sino-banking group who sp parently did not read carefully provės to have bren incorrect

par ticularly as regards the result of the year's work. The following from the official report extract gives the conect figures "The total amount of deposit at the end of 1922 was $155,610,000. The outstandingITH credit was 1,572,330,000 while the aggregateof both receipts and payments

$21.647,160,000

Tas

NOTICE

HARBOUR LAUNCHES.

a view to assisting work in the Harbour during the negotiations between those concerned | in the present dispate, it has been!

service to expedite the shipping and landing of cargo.

zaskets, new sources of supply. The two other men. not in custody, fell the money?-I spent it all treating my The net profit of the bank during last arranged to inaugurate a towing

restaurants.

A

** Tarions

year was $519,201.67.”

Why did you treat your master NEW PEKING APPOINT-

I had no

minutes before the. Because he asked me to. police overpower d and secuted money en had to use bis. the three defendants. The other two

The master denied ever having had men got away in spite of the police dinner with the defendant

officers' threat to shootWhen the defendants were searched, the weapons named in the charge were found on

Magistrate: When do you intend to repay the money ?---I can't now. If my master bad not dismissed me and

Washington Conference provel that When the police-10 in number, master to dinners the world realises that Ching under Sergt. Greig-closed in an must be preserved as inter them, the fre men put up a zational market, and an endeavour: sti fight. The struggle continned was made to insegurate a joint policy for designed to keep the cocntry intact and to help'its people. Yetdi know that the world can help China ouly if the Chinese help themselves. On this point there is much speculation among those interested. But of reco:struc tion there is no sign whatever. In them. some re-pects the Chinese scem welli All three defendants were sentenced able to help themselves, but politics! to 12 werths tard labour for ly they have got themselves into a possession of the weapons, and mess hat has the appearance of being three months for resisting the police hopeless. Carl thi- mess has been In the case of the first and third men cleaned up on solid advancemezt is! their sentences were to run concur- Jossible. There mcst be unity rently, while in the case of the other between the province, and a govern who had a previocs conviction for ment that all recognise, before China wounding, the Magistrates ordered again becomes a going concern.

the two terms of imprisonment to run consecutively.

CHINA'S ROADS.

Three leaders stand oat prominent- ly among host of meaningless namin. All three prófess irreproachable sentiments. All fansist upon one united i goranment, and in different degrees! proclaim the necessity for a Parlis- mentary lasis. Each of these men,! however, rapresenta elements that seem to be incompatible with each other. Nor is it clear how far each:

It is remarkable how the matter of of them is sincere in his professions. One is vain glorious and thinks he roads-good reads for preference- appears to have taken hold of a cop

MANY MOTOR SERVICES PLANNED.

has a minion from Heaven to restore siderable section of the Chinese com his country to grestress. Another was manity that is more particularly a brigand and is now a military satrap who has used his power to accumulate the section which is brought into enormous personal wealth. The third relations with the Treaty Ports; but

charged me, I could have paid $10 interest to prosecute me because he cr $20 per month. It was not to his would be losing the money now. His besiness is proepering, and he can afford to give me a change, besides, it was I who pat bis business on its present sound fasting.

-The master said that he did not wish to employ the defendant again, and the Magistrate passed senteare of two months' hard labour.

CHAPLIN'S MAKE-UP.

LEGAL FIGHT FOR ITS "COPYRIGHT."

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Charlie Chaplin's battered bowler and laugh-provoking shoes are the |hat, baggy trousers, cane, moustache, chief features in a great legal battle which has opened at Los Angeles.

The comedian is suing for an in-

MENTS.

[Reuter's Pacific Service.)

PENISC, May 24. Mandates issued this afternoon appoint Tun Kang and Kaceng Hung acting ministers of finance and com- munication.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY.

(BRITISH SECTION).

THE Public is hereby notified that the 8.35 a.m. train to Taipo and Sheeng Shui on Sundays and Public Holidays is cancelled until further zotice. The express leaving Kowloon at 8.07 will stop at Taipo or Sheung Shui to set down 1st class passengers on notice being given to the guard at Kowloon.

IL WINSLOW.

Manager. Kowloon, May 25, 1922.

MEETING will be held (weather

actually called Charles Amador on SATURDAY, June 3rd, com appears in the name of Charlie mencing at 3.30 p.m. Aplin," and wears shoes, trousers, moustache, and hat identical with his

own.

worn

The Charge-for, adminion will be $1 for other than Members of the Hong- kong Jockey Clab.

Boldiers and Sailors in uniform

Hali price.

The Stewards invite the Ladies of Bengkong to be present

Hongkong, May 25, 1922.

BASTO & COMPANY.

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It is also hoped to arrange for Inaded cargo boats to be rowed from alongside Steamers to West or East Point as required

SIGNALS.—Junks and lighters re-

quiring towing assistance will heist two baskets in the rigging. The towing launch detailed for diev will be dis- tinguishable by a Red Ensign at the Fore. Steamers which have loaded lighters alongside which require towing assistance should hoist Red Ensign at the Fore.

CHARGES $200 will be charged for towage of boats over 60 tons, and $100 for them under.

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Hongkong, May 25, 1922.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersignad have received instrue-

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THURIDAY, June 1, 1922. commencing at 11 a.m.

at No. 25 Des Voeux Road Central A Quantity of Surplus Office Furniture and

**- Showcases, Marine Hardware and Tools, Etc., Etc.

Also

- Several Microscopes (new)

Several Ross' prismatic binoculars (new)

·And.

2 Miners' Safes (in good condition) On view from Wednesday the 31st inst.

THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB dens to all by Public inetion, is a pare soldier, buliian in that it is not confined to them alone, function to restrain the Western Pro-] capacity for China-ba inrceet of very mail brings advices that the ductions, Incorporated, from pro- THE THIRD GYMKHANA Etate-manship sad only blindly eager / city walls of this and that city are ancing certain films in which an actor permitting) at the Happy Valies, I to rehabilitate his country.

to be demolished to allow of the building of roada. The infliction JATAN RESPONSIBLE FOR MILITARISM. caused by the famine has also been There remained after the death of productive of much road construction Yuan two principal elements, the Thur, the Hocan Famine Relief Com- revolutiona y party in the South, inmittee is using famine relief labour military.control of several provinces, for good roads. More than 600 miles

Mr. Isadore Morris, on behalf of the and the old Northern army organised are projected, of which nearly 70 company, filed an answer to the suit under the Manchus and officered by miles are Enished and 170 miles zow that he produces an affidavit signed men of the old school. The Nerth in the course of construction. Most by Jareph Fazen, for 30 years sought to conquer the South, but of this is being carried out in the professional booker of vaudeville after two campaigns, mostly conduct eastern part of the province, and acta, who states that a moustache ed in Hunan, failed decisively, already motor "bases are running on

similar to Chaplin's wais principally because the Sorthern these roads. It conjunction with the by George Bevan in the charac Army as divided into two factions, making of roads, we haye the former of

French waiter called Aniai and Chilli, sud was notation of many companies for motor Chicago in 1839. He also states that united in its efforts. It was during services. This goes on all over the Chaplin's hat appeared on the music- this period that the Japanese int country, and recent information tells hall stage on the head of Chris Lanez to the Northern us that the Governor of Cheng tu in 1898, and that Herry Moiris first Government in the expectation that (Szechuan) atnounces the new motor made a stage hit with what is now success would be achieved and road to Kwanhsien is well under way, known as Charlie Chaplin's walk in attributed to the assistance of Japan. and that the Chekiang Provincial 1892 This sinister policy failed, and the Roads Plan and Preparation Burtst "Hobee Brothers" are quoted in ceusequences are a heavy burden of has been planning roads to cover the the affidavit as having first introduced debt which China cannot liquidate, entire province. Work has already Chaplin's Came and Shermiaza and guatly inflated military forces been begun on the Chekiang-Fakier Morrissey his shoes. Finally it adds which could not have come into being main line. Everyone will certainly that the complete Chaplin combination bat for Japanese money. Japan in with more power to both the con-moustache, tightfitting coat, baggy fact is rightly charged with being struction of roads, and to the multi- trousers, large boots, and, cane were largely responsible for the militarism plication of motor services.

enormous VIETOS

that is now the curse of the country.

At this period entered into politics

Brigadier-General Wu Pei-fu, protest- ing against the selling of the country to the Japanese. He had beca

TYPHOON WARNING.

steadily increasing Lis forces, and The telegram quoted below 25 though originally in command of one received by the local American Con- division, in 10:0 his troops aggregated sulate General, from the Manila about four divisions. His superior observatory at 11.30 am. to-day :-- officer was Teao Kuc, Tacknn of Cyclone cr typhoon W. of Norther Chihli, and head of the Chihli faction. Luzon more than 100 miles distant The Peking Government was con inclining weetward. trolled by the Anhui party, largely transfused into the Anfa Club. In the summer of 1920 Wa Pei-fa,

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used many years or music-halls-by one Billie Riche.

Chaplin declares, however, that no one ever utilized his facial expressions and distinctive articles of dress in film productions, and that Amador by taking the name of Charlie Aplin is invading his exclusive righte

'PLAGUE

Sixteen cases of plague have been notified during the past 48 hours.

moved north into Chibli provine compelled to bow to the Japanese. If They were all Chinese and eix proved

Wn Pei lu makes good his words he is | fatal. --

with the avowed object of destroying bound to take action in the near the pro Japanese Government. In

one attack he defeated the Aufu army

future. Were the Chinese ar other!

near Pexing, and it is significant that people—that is, more pugnacions and the for. es armed, equipped, and paid less pacific in disposition they would

An advertisement invites Hong-

kong Catholics to attend sa sädress

with Japanese money, and trained ¡ have been at each other's throats long ( and concert in honour of the celebra

by Japanese instructors, melted away

at the first onset, a sad blow to the Japanese General Sta, whore policy

ago.

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THE CANTON COVERSMENT. Far away in South Chios in Sun

tion of the Eucharistic Congress next Sunday at the Catholic Union Hall, Glenesly..

Yesterday Canton was porkless.

of years was utterly confounded. Yatsen, icader of the Bouthern Goy- From then until now a dozen of the erumeat. Sun Yat-ren endeavoured Anfi lenders have been in sanctuary to get into touch with Wu Pei-fu with in the Japanese Legation in Peking, a view to jointly opposing Chang Teo. The general strike of butchers contin with a large price upon their beads. lin. The two were never able to come ta. Some union men who were found Chang Tro-lin, Tuchon of Fengtien to terms and Wu Pei-fa, by crushing at work were sexsulted and declared province in Manchuris, took the at Hans movement inspired by to be cold blooded. The pork on ele Chibi side in this affair. After the Centon, Fas incurred the enmity of at the shop was confiscated. victory, however, it was Ch ng Tao Sun Yatzen. Son Yat-sen therefore Fin who occupied Peking and reformed finds Wa Pei-fu blocking his road to the Goverment. From this time the North. Chang Tso lin, on the -onward Chang Tso-linarà Wa Pai in ather hand, perceives in Wa Pei-la have been political rivala. Wu Pei-fu an obstacle to his own domination of all along, has advocated a National the North. Chang Teo-lin and Bun Convention and Gaverment on a Yat-sen therefore, are supposed to with, the palm. of the band for are popular tasis. His ambition is to have ailled themselves with a view to make his country etrough enough to destroying Wa Pei-in, who this has Japanese aggressio Chang San Ystern at his back and Chang todin, po the other hand, is Teo-lir in front,

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the business heretofore carried

broker under the style of Basto &

on by Bernardino Basto as a Share- Cay. will be taken over by Augusto Arthur Guterres as from the 1st day of June 1922, and that as from the 1st day of June 1922, the said Bernardino Basto ceases, to be liable in any way in reset at the said business and that all liabilities of said firm of Basto & Coy, ot, and whatsoever nature incurred by the from the 1st day of June 1922, will be incurred by the said Augusto Arthur Gutterres solely.

Dated the 25th day of May 1922. BERNARDINO BASTO AUGUSTO ARTHUR GUTERKES.

Cerma-Carb on delivery.

`LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers Hongkong, May 25, 1922.

TO SECRETARIES OF CLUBS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

ALL preliminary notices of forth-

cerning meetings, lectures and entertainments, sent for insertion in the news columns of the China Mail, are charged for at the rate of $1 each, (as announced in May and June of last year) providing that they do not occupy more than four lines. Is Future if this space-is exceeded they will be placed in the advertising columns at the prevailing reİES ·

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TWENTY-ONE”

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