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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1925.

“SHANGHAI'S CASE.

CHANGED SPIRIT AND RE- QUIRED REFORM.

ILLUMINATING REVIEW.

the settlements during the Taiping rebellion, up to 1911 was officered by a Chinese magistrate, appointed by Chinese authorities, sitting with u foreign assessor of ather British, American, or German nationality. At the present time the court" is completely independent of the na Live judicial system, and is to all intents and purpossa a foreign court administering Chinese law. The Chinese are opposed to the con- tinuance of this."

An illuminating review of the Shanghai problem and the adjust menta he considers necessary to the changed circumstances and spirit of the times is contributed to the A fourth dement in the Shanghai "Manchester Guardian" by their probl

A very large num Bhanghai correspondent. Among ber

to banks and business buy very rich Chinese the maitora dealt with are the exact; h definition of the statue quo of the areen in the settlements, where settlements and concessions with they cannot be taxed by their own particular reference to the conditions authorities. under which Chinese reside there,

the relationship of Shanghai to the politics of China, and jurisdiction, including fiscal.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE SLASHERS.

UNDERWORLD GANGS FIGHT.

FIERCE STREET BATTLE,

Traffic in Waterloo Bridge Road, London, was held up for half an hour by a, battle between two race-gonga.

TALKING MOVIES

MULTIPLIED BY RADIO,

MARVELLOUS DEMONSTRATION,

Talking movies have been suc- cessfully demonstrated by radio.

A picture, synchronising the voice with the pictured move- ments of the actors, was prasent- ed simultaneously in 14 theatres. The actors spoke their lines in a

When the vanquished roughe took shelter in a barber's shop

broadcasting room, taking their their rivals smashed in the doors,

cues from the film, which was and attacked them with razors.

These gangs have become a re-flashed in the same room. Special cognised feature of London's

reception sets were installed in underworld, their members black- the theatres, aid hand-cranked mailing all manner of likely vie cameras recorded the movements tims under pain of personal violence.

London.

In respect of the so-called “un- equal treaties the following facts must be pointed out. In the first place, the actual administration of The distinction between à etaces. justice is still for below forsign

A pitched battle between two sion and a settlement he writes, is standards, so far below that aboli- that in the former the entire area tion of foreign extraterritorial rights rival race gangs, cach 20-strong, is used to the foreign Government would make foreign residence in fought in the presence of an enor concerned, an annual land tax being China extremely difficult. Formous crowd, in Waterloo Bridge paid by it to the Chinese Gevam foreigners would then have to live Road, held up traffic for half an ment, while in the latter the land under Chinese laws and regulatione hour, and resulted in the wrecking is set apart for foreign residence and, which Chinese officials would apply of a hairdresser's shop, in which trade by the Chinese Government, as improperly to them as they do to members of the routed gang but not leased by it. In a conces, their own.pationals. It has to be sought sanctuary, sion, tocordingly, foreigners obtain realised that the law in China is titles to particular pieces of land used quite as much for oxtorting from the Power concerned through, money as for settling litigation. The Chinese are not a litigious people. Abolition of extra- ferritoriality would not, probably, result in any more litigation between Chinese and foreigners than there is now, but it would infallibly result in foreigners being "squeezed" on every possible opportunity, and by methods abborrent to the modern European mind,

its consular suthorities; in a settle ment they obtain them direct from the Chinese Tientain, Hankow, Kinking, Newchwang, and Canton are concessions: Shanghai is a settlement (though the French call their section of it a concession).

CHINESE RESTRICTION,

In the international part of the settlement--which is the part to which the recent Chinese demuads relate there is nothing to dobar Chinese from owning land. A great deal of land is owned by Chinese, though much of it, probably the greater portion, is registered as the foreign consulates in foreign nomes. On the other hand, except through the Advisory Committee referred to above-the members of which re signed at the beginning of the strike-Chinese, résidents can take no part in municipal affairs, though the amcant which they paid in rates in 1924-9h. Tla. 1,723,839-was slightly in excess of the amount paid by foreigners. Sh. Tls. 1,665.133. The number of Chinese residents, of course, greatly exceeds that of the foreigners, the estimated figures in 1924 being 827,032 Chinese, as against 21,657 foreigners.

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In the second place, it must be

There are a very

The attackers smashed the doors and windows with crow bars, and rushed inside, attacking the defenders with razors.

The customers, including a shrieking, half-shingled woman, fled, panic-stricken.

simultaneously.

The performance will be re- peated until all the technical defects have been removed. Talk. ing films probably will be a national institution soon.

Norma Shearer and Lew Cody are the principals in these experiments.

Farmer: "This disease is ruin- ing us farmers; we're losing stock and money, and drifting to the bankruptcy court."

Unemployed labourer: "What disease are you talkin' about, guv'nor?"

"Why the foot and mouth disease, of course!

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Only one arrest has been made.

"Oh," commented the other, The gangs started fighting on the top of an omnibus in, Wood-we suffer from a worse ford Road. The conductor was plaint than that the hand to thrown to the roadway and ren-

dered unconscious.

The "Morning Post" says:

mouth disease 1”*

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realised that their fiscal and finan-Things have come to a pretty VISITORS AT HOTELS. cal methods are still on a very low plane. The cry for abolition of the pass when half a hundred men, concessions and settlemente docs armed with razors, can occupy the middle of a main thorough- not originate with the propertied fare in London, and cut and slash Chinese, though at the moment they each other, while the traffic is held are echoing it. large number of rich Chinese living up to give them a clear field."

DRASTIC ACTION PROMISED, in the International Settlement in Shanghai to-day who would be

The Home Secretary, Sir Wm. terrified were they actually con- Joynson-Hicks, will introduce a fronted with the prospect of having bill in the House of Commons, to live under the jurisdiction of their, which own officials.

NECESSARY CHANGE. While there can be no doubt that the presence of foreign troops in the country's capital, and the patrolling of her cost and rivers by foreign men-of-war, is, to say the least, an irritant, their complete withdrawal would be possible only on" na erroneous assumption, the assump on, namely, that the removal of all existing resnictions on the coun try's sovereignty would result in such happy and reliable relations that armed forces would become A second element in the problem unnecessary. Yet sume modification

The two facts combined make up one of the principal olements in the problem of Shanghai, which, origin- ating as a swampy piece of land set wide for foreign residence and trade, has become the fifth largest port in the world.

will

enable increased penalties, including floggings, tò- be imposed on members of raee gangs.

It is proposed also to eliminate the necessity of evidence being given by independent witnesses, who frequently are terrorised.

Scotland Yard is compiling a "black list" of notorious race- course crooks and pests, to enable the police to recognise them on sight, and is examining hundreds of letters which have written, threatening witnesses.

DETECTIVE THREATENED.

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Feptember 71.

Mr A. S. Abbott Mr RJ. Birber Mran Mrs. H.

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Bay Buck- Lt.Col. Black

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Mra E. R. Belilios Mr N. Beale

Mr J. 11 Cook

Mr F. G. Bolos

ME A. Ord Mr Chin Long

and Mr. B. N Collisca

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Mr. R. Jedan M. T. R. Jones Mr V. Johannesco Mr A Twoin MJR Jaimitone Mr Mr Mr J. H. Josephs

Lauritaan Mr. Etor Mrs V. LareD Miss H. Lillie Mr T O mert. Mr R. Moulay Mr R. 1. Mearen

Mr and Mrs

Mancini

Mr D. E. Cappleman Miss D. Matalf Mr and Mrs VW. #e0 M M/Donald

Davis & children Mr.J. Elartou

Mr B.J Postca Mr W. . Uarles Br. J. F. Donnelly Me Mr W. A. Dow! y

Mrs Pappa Mr J. D. Dokie Mr R. H. Pops Mrs R O. Elward · Me 1. 1. Eax

· Mr and Mis 4. E.`. Mr A. H. Roya

Mis W. A. Riedel A. B. AM J à, Shaw

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Thomas Benneworth, printer, a respectably dressed man, was re manded on a charge of breaking. Filedegar...

Mr H. 8. Forster a window, and causing £4 10s. Mr R. E. Bestell worth of damage.

Suhl, a hairdresser, who was the complainant, gave evidence that he was shingling a woman's hair, when a man rushed in and slammed the door, breaking the glass. The prisoner was not the intruder.

The Magistrate: Then why charge him?

Suhl I don't know,

Mi F. J. W. Fockem Dr. D. B. Gawler Dr. B. R Gill Mr Will Gallo Mr & Mrs. Gould Capt. Gambill

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Capt. T. P. Hall Mra A. Hoey and

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Hanson

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Hellyer Misses A. and 7.

Hamilton

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Septemtor 20.

is the relationship of Shanghai to of the status quo, some adjustment the politics of China. Ever since of it to the changed circumstances the Twiping rebellion two prin- and spirit of the times, is obviously ciples have been jealously guarded; necessary. And here it should be on the one hand the principle that pointed out that adjustments have Chinese political leaders, if they for some time past been under con- want to live within the settlements, I sideration. The rendition of the are free to do so without fear of Shanghai Mixed Court (which, if molestation by Chinese authorities; anomalous in character, is more on the other fle principle that their efficiently and justly administered residence here is dependent upon than it will be when given back to conduct consonant with the pre- the Chinese) and the udmission of servation of peace and order. The Chinese to a share in the municipal practical consequence of the opera administration of the International tion of these principles stated from Settlement love been ander con the Chinese point of view, has been sideration; the raising of China's to make the International Settle import tariff-by a Yery

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A delective gave evidence that ment and the so-called French Con- amount, certainty-has been under Benneworth pursued a man from cession safe centres for wise or consideration; the appointmens of the roadway, fourishing a stool, unpopular intrigirs. Thus foroiga na international commissiou of with which he smashed the win- Shanghai's well-intentioned nem jurists to inquire into the country's dow and door of the hairdresser's trality has not infrequently appear system of judicial administration, shop, in which the pursued man ed in the guise of partisanship, while with a view to seeing what modifica. had taken refuge. the settlements themselves, over tions of extra-territoriality are

Benneworth threatened, while which the Chinese have no control possible, has been under consider going to the police station, that a whatever, and on the borders of ation.

race gang, would murder, witness. which, mil recently, stood on in- Had any tangible progress been porlant Chinese

"PAY, OR BE PAID." Government made along these lines it is pro- Arsenal, have frequently boun the table, indeed certain, that recent

The "Daily Mail" points out coveted but crust ble key to politi-events would never have taken that these gangs are never idle.

Mr J. Angwin

Mr L E Biles cal situations of the first amgnitude. place. The situation has been Each has his allotted task, black-

Mr. H. Larsen 2": allowed to drift. It cannot be mailing stay-at-home bookmakers, My F. Austin

My mod" Wri G. D.

Laye A third element in the Shanghai allowed to drift longer. There is swell crooks, drug-dealers, or the Dr H. Balcan

Miss Leys problem is the allied one of jumsdiergent need for a conference of the rich habitues of night clubs. "Pay,

Major A: 8: Liike tion. China's sovereignty over the Powers to survey the whole situada id," is the motto of all

Mr J. A. Burton

Johns tion and to deal with it with the

Me V. Benjamin territory of the settlements has never'

Mr J. D. Lloyd utmost firmness.

Mr. and Mrs P. W. Mr and Mrs. W been abrogated, but no Chinese re-

Blackwell sident in them can be arrested by

Login in 2 WE Mr. W.-H. Bourne Hr Adels Martin purely Chinese mithority. In the

Mr H. B. Bray:

Mr R. F. Mattinglay International Bottlement arrests of

M. J. Breen Chinese, are effected by the muni-

Mr and Mrs RL. Mr B. Miller

Mr H. A. KN cipal police on the authority of war-

Miss W. Brown. Mr E. E. Minuaci rants issued by a court known 48

Mirir. B. Callisto Capie & hire B., A. the Mixed Court and countersigned "Er, miss," said one, "can yer

A man obviously in a great din M.

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Monbanare by the senior consul or one of the let's hey saucers; this tee's ower hurry ran up to a passer-by and Oncle Mr A. Morley foreign assessors of the court re- 'ot ter drink.”

B. Cormack Mr and Mrs W.-N. Inquired: "C-c-c-còn you t-t-t-tell "Olr replied the waitress, me how

Me and

H. Murdocle presenting him. This court, which

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Four miners entered a café and asked for four pint mugs of tea. On tasting the tea they found it

was too hot to drink.

the gangs. The victims, who constantly are being maimed, never give the police the names of their assailants.

Friends carried off the injured from the Waterloo Bridge affray before the arrival of the police,

8. Arthur

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lomer

safed, and again, the request was:Mes N10, Donald Mr WAO KART |

repeated, but either the man was

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