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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1924.

VISIT TO CHANG TSO-LIN.

VIEWS OF AUSTRALIAN JOURNALIST.

MUKDEN DICTATOR'S MILD MANNERS.

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Mr. G. C. Dixon, an Australian journalist, who arrived in London from Mukden early in October, contributed the following article to the "Daily Mail," describing the personality and appearance of Marshal Chang Tso-lin, with whom he had a long conversation. Mr. Dixon writes:-

Two great soldiers of fortune are engaged in another (and let us hope the last) stage of their long diel for supremacy in China. The result should settle the fate of the

country for at least a generation.

Chang Tso-lin and Wu Pei-fu, the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Government Forces, are the two greatest soldiers that China has produced. In modern times, and it has long been plain that the country, immense though It is, is not large enough to hold

both of them.

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A few years ago Chang Tso-lin defeated Wu Pel-fu; then Wu Pel furouted the Manchu after a great struggle around Tientsin and Peking. Since then each has waited, with the terrible patience of the East, for a chance to get at the other's throat. When two military governors in the south began hostilitles Chang Tso-lin saw his opportunity and declared

war

FEAR OF ASSASSINATION.

He is an extraordinary figure, this War Lord of Manchuria. His ability Is unquestionable, his record fantastic, and his appear With great difficulty--for he lives in dread of assassination-1 was able to visit him while I was in Mukden.

ance almost incredible.

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A MUSICAL TREAT.

FRASER.ORE RECITAL WELL RECEIVED.

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THE CHINA MAII.

SEIZURE OF PEKING.

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HOW FENG CAPTURED THE CAPITAL.

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JACKET THEFT,

FROM BANK MESS.

organ is in circulation again. In Lant, General -- Manager of the this connection an "Asiatic News paper, by the police, Mr. Shik Agency" despatch, dated Peking, Chung-min has been placed in the October 19, is of interest. It custody of the Peking, emergency reads:

affairs bureau. Me.... Simpson has. With reference to the suspension personally appealed to President Mr. D. B. Peat, of the Hongkong of the

"Far Eastern Times" by Tsao for mediation on the strength and Shanghai Bank staff, has re-

polica, Seldom have Hongkong music (From Our Own Correspondent. the metropolitan

the of the freedom of the press and he ported to the Police that a cardigan Chingpao reports that previous says that the "Far Eastern Times" jacket valued at $ig has been taken. lovers had the opportunity of auch

·PERIJG, October 23. to the action, the Chinese Is willing to provide comfortable by somebody from his room in the a treat as was provided by Miss;

Peking residents had a rude authorities approached the British accommodation for a censor of the Mess.

It is presumed that the theft Legation officials about the actual emergency bureau to check its shock this morning. All Dallas Fraser noted 'dellist, and

position of the bi-lingual proofs. The police authorities de occurred some time between Mr. Harry Ore, accomplished phone and telegraph wires had pianist and composer, at the been cut during the night, troops newspaper. It was then ascertained clined to make any statement Thursday night and, yesterday Theatre Royal last evening. A were pouring into the city from the government authorities that, about the actual offence of the sald morning.

are in possession of undeniable For Coughs and Colds thoroughly comprehensive pro the west; they were the troops of twithstanding the fact that Mr. paper; but it is alleged that they

When changeable wantber or exposure gramme was given and each item the Feng Yu-halang Divisions and Simpson was the Chairman of the

syndicate, in reality, Mr. Shit proofs that the bi-lingual journal. were in full Warskit

(Kingsmill Changmin,

Sze), was an

organ of the Mukden to sold and wet results in bronchitis, In a short time they spread advisor to General Chang Tso administration and therefore, it start at once taking Chamberlain's themselves over the city, seizing in, was in actual charge of the must be suppressed by the govern- Cough Remedy. Standard for over afly the whole city had been completely company. Hence, in addition to all the City Gates; by 11 o'clock.

ment during the period of the and strongly recommended for stubborn, weakening coughs For-sale occupied, including, the Telegraph the Interrogation of Mr. Carol serious civil war in North China. everywhere. his height at not more than 5ft.} idea of difficulty vanished." The Offices, and the railway stations. and bis weight at 6st. His face tone produced and technique dis- All carriages and motorcars was like parchment, the skin was played were matters of favourable belonging to Chinese were held drawn tight and devoid of wrinkles, and bla age might have been any comment among the large gather up and searched, particularly those in the neighbourhood of the Lega- thing between 40 and 70. (Actually | ing present.

tion Quarter Proclamations were it is about 50.) **

Mr. Harry Ore at the piano was posted everywhere, a rough transla at his best; and both as an accom-ion I append herewith. panist to the talented cellist and Fear YoFatty's Proclamation. War is a very bad thing, which as a soloist he was equally con-clever men in older times in- vincing. It is to be hoped that it structed 'us to avoid.

When a will be possible to arrange another country is obliged to have war, it similar musical evening before Miss should be in the interests of Fraser continues her journey the country and its peoples. round the world.

Instead I saw a tiny man with sloping shoulders, weary eyes half- yelled by drooping lids, dispirited moustaches, and hair cut so short as to be almost shaven. I estimated

He wore a long blue civilian gown, and altogether looked so mild and so fragile that I should have put him down as a minor secretary.

But the profound bowing of the interpreter convinced me that this must indeed be the terrible mar | shal-the man of iron will and tigerish ferocity who had been known personally to shoot an. erring subordinate.1

was heartily applauded.

To many the 'collo in essentially a man's instrument; but, in the capable hands of Miss Frazer, all

The programme follows:

Programme. I

With a cigarette-bolder fully 18 | Inches long between his slender, tapering fingers, Chang Tsolin-Moonlight-Sonata... Beethoven

Mr. H. Ore

leaned back with half-closed eyes

and answered questions in a small, 2.-Symphonic Variations soft voice.

First of all we discussed general toples and then he began to talk of

making no secret of his conviction that the only solution was the sword.

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"The present chaos cannot be allowed to continue to definitely," he said. Some great hero will arite, as in olden days, and save his country. It would be a calamity for the whole world if China became Red."

War has been going on inces- santly for a very long time, and for selfish reasons. Since the 9th year of the republic, some person has been utilizing his Influence obtained through making war, to using the President as a puppet for his own ends, and holding the reins of the Govern-

qwer..........ccxprcese......Boělímann. ment in his own hands, treating

Miss Dallas Fraser.

Schubert-Lisat

....PaganiniLisat

Mr. H. Ore

Interval. II

4(a) Bourrée (unaccompanied)

the high authorities as his servants, to the advantage of neither the China's troubles and the remedy,3-(a) The Liodentree...people nor the country. The pro- (b) La Campanella... trades, and upset the whole country. longation of war has crippled n Warnings from the foreign Power go forth, and a continuation of Bighting, will serve as an excuse for the foreign Powers to sug-1 gest international control of our country. I have telegraphed to the President requesting him to issue a mandate ordering the punish- ment of this man and the stoppage of war, in order to satisfy the people.. I have given orders to my troops 10 march to their original posts, not only for the upkeep of local peace and order, but also for the protection of foreign lives and property therein. Any one who spreads false rumours will be -anested and dealt with..

.Bach (b) Elégie...............................Harry Ore (Five Short Pieces.

........ Purcell Warren 1. An absent one. (Killed in

action 1915

I had heard much to whet my curiosity. Thirty years ago he was the brilliant young leader of a bandit force, some 2,000 strong. I knew that he and his followers fought first with the Russians and then with the Japanese in. the war

WILL-FOUND TROOPS;" of 1904-5; that after the war, with Chang Tso-lin told me that he an experienced and well-armed had an army of 300,000 men, force behind him, he found it forelan staff officers, up-to-date easier than ever to defy any artillery, and co aeroplanes. Chinese troops sent against him;' These facts 1 afterwards verified. and that eventually the Govern- His men are well uniformed and ment, following the traditional, well drilled, and look impressive Chinese method of eliminating in their blue-grey tunics, though bandits, invited him to join the the fighting qualities of the regular army:

Chinese are always an uncertain factor. It has been reported lately | 5.-(a) Etude in F sharp...Arensky that Chang has also enlisted 30,000

(b) Two Lyrical pieces........ Russians, which would be quite easy among the hungry whites of Harbin.

This offer he accepted, and to day the bandit chief is not only a marshal-for that does-not neces- sarily mean much in a country that has on its Army List 308 marshals, including the dead ones! whom no one has bothered to re- move but is dictator of the practically independent Republic of Manchuria and in a position 10 make a bid for dominance over China's 4,000,000 square miles of Territory and 400,000,000 of prople.

THE TERRIBLE MARSHAL. The Chang Tso-lin I had pic tured was a picturesque, swag. Kerir g swashbuckler with a fiere moustache, glittering uni- form, and a trailing sword.

CHURCH NOTES.

THE PORTRAIT OF JESUS.

Wu Pel-fu, on the other hand, has been weakened by the diver sion in the south, and it is doubtful whether he can raise more than 200,000 men to meet the menace from the north. He is also weaker in guns and aeroplanes.

Genius though Wu has proved himself to be, he is facing odds, and it is quite likely that the near future will see the Manchu at Peking, either as dictator or possibly (for his ambition is limitless) as Emperor.

that wonderful impression of reality, I say there must have been

a model who was perfect behird the four pictures. And that is my justification for saying that there was an historical Person called Jesus, Who lived a life unparalleled in this particular, that He made an impression of absolute flawlessness, of positive, complete goodness.

-R. C. G.

ENGLISH CHURCH AT `YPRES

Was

2. Cradle song. 3. Whims. 4. So seems it in my deep

regret.

5. A Sunday evening in

Autumn.

Mise D. Fraser,

...Harry Ore Cradle song and Gavotte. (c) Country gardens.

Percy Grainger

6-(a)

Mr. H. Ore.

By order

FENG YU-HSLANG, Inspector-General of the Army. October 23, 1924.

A Peace Circular.

I, Feng Yu-hslang; and all those with me, do not know what to do day or night, and have wept bitter. Orientale............ César. Cu ly. Urged by conscience, and for (b) An Old French Dance......the sake of keeping peace in the ..........................Maria Marais country, we made up our minds on

(1656-1728)

the morning of the 22nd, that our (c) Gavotte........

troops should be recalled to Peking ....Popper Miss D. Fraser. ·

and with various other armies form a Citizen's Army of the Chinese Republic.

CHURCH NOTICES

A CHAROR OF ONE DULLÁR IS MADE FOR ALL NOTICES UNDIR TE18 HEADING.

* ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL

Hongkong, November tod 1911.

1th Punday, after Trinity. Bam. Hly Communion, 10a.m. Children's Flower Service. 11a.m. Matins.

Noon. Holy Communion.

6 p.m. Eventorg.

First Church of Christ, Balentist,

Ford, Tram Station.

· Sunday, 11.15 am.. -Wednesday, 5.30 p.m.

Taking Shelter.

The Cabinet called a hurried meeting on the night of the 23rd Instant in the presence of President- Tsao Kun, to consider where they should seek shelter. Before a con clusion was reached, however, the Presidential Palace was closely be. sieged by General Feng Yu- hsiang's troops. President Tsao Kun, proposed to go to the Japan- ese Legatan, but the War Minister did not think he would be safe there. It is now thought that he has escaped to the American Loga- tion.

Dr. C. T. Wang is in charge of the surrender negotiations. (Mr. Wang Ke-ming, Minister of Finance, and General Li Yen- ching have both, been arrested. Mr. Wang Yu-Chih, Chief Secre- tary, has disappeared.

The "Far Eastern Times "is de- manding the immediate release

Friday mornings 10 to 12.

Rarding Room open Tuesday and of Mr. Chow, Editor of the "Kwo

SOLDIER FEACEMAKERS.

Since it is truism that those

Wow News Agency" (who waS' arrested for publishing Chang Tso-in's letter to Tao Kun) and Mr. S. G. Cheng (Educated st Cambridge) English Secretary of the Minister of Finance, arrested for telling SE Francis Aglen the truth. BAR

Toan Caffei For President.

What can we know of Jesus? In the book that we call the New Testament there are four little pamphlets which give an account of Jesus, of His personality and of his career. If anyone asks whether these four little books are entirely trustworthy, let us at the begin. ning take them just as ancient documents with some degree of

It is interesting to note that the MacDonnell Road, Below Bowen trustworthiness at least, ancient plans for building an English documents that were written and Church for the battlefields are. issued before the end of the first fairly well advanced. century. What do you find? You proposed that the church should find a picture of a Man with two be at Ostend but the original idea remarkable outstanding qualities. that Ypres should be the place The one 16 His perfectness chosen seems to meet with more and the other Is His reality. popular favour. Lieutenant- The picture makes an extraordinary General Sir William Pulteney has impression of moral completeness, written as follows: "My opinion is of oral positiveness and of moral that Ypres is the best site for the flawlessness. He was strong with first English Church in the bottle- out being hard. He was tender fields area to be built. Ypres who have seen most of war are without being soft: He was is the centre of many the most earnest, advocates öf authoritative singularly authorità- cemeteries, where men are kept peace, a combination of five mil- Marshal Thần Chi-jui is expected tive without being at all arrogant.to look after them. Further the lon ex-Allied soldiers should be to arrive any moment, to assume He was unconventional-startling number of burials is nearly 200,000 | A peculiarly powerful anti- leadership of the nation. ly unconventional, yet full of in the salient, apart from militarist force. Representatives. General Ferg's troops who have reverence for the past and for God the missing." Bishop Bury has of these millions of members of captured Peking are only a and for man. It is a picture of reminded us that our Great the Inter-Allied Federation of Ex-regiment strong, but more are perfection, but also a picture of National Memorial is at Ypres at Fighting Men have been meeting advancing into the capital from the aliveness, red blood within.. You the new Menin Gate, so it is fitting in London this week: they have North Gate. They are wearing au feel that He lived: nothing of

that the Church should be in the been addressed by Lord Haig ammlet bearing the following the plaster saint, or the stained vicinity.

and Mr. Walsh, the Secretary for slogan: "Pu Yao Min Ssu Shih glass saint about Him.

War, and have here discussed Ai Kuo, Ch'en Al Min which Now, how did that fourfold-

sundry methods which appear to translated means Withoul picture come to be? I go to a studio and I find these four pictures

be within their power of softening touching the people; die for your Addressing a “Copec regional the bitterness left by war and country and people." that make an extraordinary im conference recently the Bishop of strengthening the bonds of peace. In the meantime, what of Wu pression upon me of physical Bradford said that the Christian, perfection.

One of these methods is the in- Pel fu? His attempt during the What do Fire conscience needed to be aroused clusion of former enemy com- past few days to break through the ruediately say? There must "Ccpec" at precent only re: batants in this great organisation: central line of the Fengtien Army, have been a model that, was presented what might be called another is the creation of a women's hos utterly falled. The Fengtien physically perfect. These pictures the advance guard of the great auxillary-for-those who helped so, Army has advanced to Yeutai a are not composite-wonderful eyes | social crusade. nbe raison d'etre splendidly behind the firing fine point between Chinwangtao and frem one face, special chin from of these regional conferences It is obvious, says "The Guardian, Shanhaikuan. The only way left another face. That would have left was to sound the trumpet do that a mere combination of men for him to escape belog crotured, atch work impression, there is different parts of England, who fought on one side can have is by the sea. It is expected that impression of unity as well as to win fresh, adherents to commit little influence in incalcating the Italian destroyer at anchor at perfection in the four portraits and themselves jö's new vision a new peaceful Ideas upon those who Chinwangtao will be asked to take therefore I say there must have venture in the building up of were opposed to them, whereas him on board, and remove him to Doen a model.ENLA samme social stres characterised by one which comprises men of all safety.

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AROUSING A CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE.

In the dame fashion when I take the spirit of love). Speaking from-unions, who have had their fill Fataam's Favor up these four little pamphlets which his own experieńcuche,

Luband, sie allent, in, their 4- It would appear from

we call the Gospels, and I find bis deliberate; oginion that the desire to make end of jiu corres

moral Bertocmess, presented in mak

wach of these pamphlets, moral per were fectness combined why alweness.) ethics

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