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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1927.
jeopardised, but there might eaal- SHANGHAI'S FUTURE. SHANGHAI SCANDAL,
Man.
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"ly have been serious civil disturb
ances In Natal, where Asiatics, mainly Indians, number nearly Views of the Average 200,000. Wiser counsels. how! ever, have prevailed. The Indian and South African Governmonts Tagreed to confer and out of their conference has happily come peace. A compromise has been effected, under the terms of which With the arrival of General Pel the existing voluntary repatria-Chung-hsi and the Southern troops, tion scheme is to be extended and order has been restored in Chapel
POINTS FOR THE POWERS..
Second Post Office Strike.
STRONG NEWSPAPER COMMENT.
Quite apart from any considera- tion of the local situation, the com- Ofice, dealing with a vast amount plate stoppage of the Chinese Foss
the bonus to Indians returning to their native country has been in- and the unfortunate district is left of international malt matter in one creased while free passages are too liek Its wounds and recover as of the world's busiest and most im be granted to the port of debarka- best it may remarks the North portant commercial entrepots, la a tion and from the port of landing China Daily News" of March 24.matter the gravity of which cannot in India to the repatriated Indians' General Pet's assurances for the cut ever-estimated, says the "North
maintenance of peaca are
| China Daily News" of March 23. what new domicile. By this means cor- might be expected of a subordinate That it should be possible for such dial relations have been re- of General Ho Ying-vin who has an institution to be completely established between the two coun certainly established a reputation Paralyzed twice in the short space tries and though neither Govern-for fair dealing and for doing what of one month would be unbelievable. ment has committed itself to more he can to repress the Communist if it were not only too true. It is than an undetermined temporary mab. But unfortunately there is matter that affects not only the experiment, there is a professed no guarantee that either General local postal offelals, the striking desire on both sides that the tent-Pal or General Ho will continue to Postal workers and the unfortunate ative settlement prove a perman- control the Shanghai area. For houses and individuals whose malls two or three days they may do so. have been held up indefinitely, but Tent one.
But it seems to be understood that the whole fabric of the Inter- national postal system, It is a Messrs. Eugene Chen, T. V, Soong,
violation. of the in- Sun Fo, and the usual Political flagrant Bureau are on their way from Hanternational postal agreement which CORRESPONDENCE.kow to take charge. If and when all the nations concerned regard as
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SERVICE MEN AND PEAK TRAMS.
To the Editor of the "China Mail:"1 Sir,It was with delight that Fread a letter in your columnis to taid the Service men in connection with travelling on the Peak Tram by an "Old Resident."
they come, we may expect a renow-binding and as unbreakable as any ed outbreak of the mob violence, international compact could be, and customary at Hankow and wherever that China has broken that agree- manner that must be Southern politicians establish themment in a 'selves,
unprecedented anywhere must con- At this critical juncture it is of stituto an 11 augury for the future of the Chinese Post Offee. In the first importance that the foreign community of Shanghai should have 1922 the foreign Powers voluntarily clear-cut idea of how they stand save up their post offices in China The Municipal Council in the Man on the understanding that China festo published to the world yes-huself would provide a service as terday have given us a splendid reliable and as unimpeachable' as I should like to help them fur- lead and it is essential that they that of any other nation or nations, be gainsaid ther. I was one day unfortunate should be backed up by the whole But the fact cannot enough to miss the 4 p.m. car at force of the community Nothing is that, Ching has failed, and the top station. The next was to be gained Ey recriminations, by badly. 14.15.
So I amused myself read ing notices. There was a small notice of Services of First Church For Christ Scientist in the tran
pillorying this official or that, by fu tile erying over spilt milk. Shanghal standa new ccnfronted with the most dangerous crisis in its career
failed
noticed a similar notice which and it is vital that wo should pre- What that action will be it is too
Was not near enough to see, and thought no more of it.
sent a united front.
Twin Delusions:
The Next Move, The next move must inevitably of come from the other members. the International Postal Union.
(soon to envisage, but that it will be drastic and constitute a sure The thoughts of the average man, preventative of a recurrance of I was talking to a friend oné evening, when a Service man came looking row to the immediate and the present scandalous conditions As a distant future, might perhaps be a strongly to be. hoped. p. He said: "What do you
expressed as follows."We trust nation suite to belong to the In- Borodin as Adviser to the Govern-think is the latest in the Peak ourselves; we believe that our sternational Postal Union. China has Trams? A notice is up to say ganisation for resisting strikes and failed lamentably and the other that Service men when travelling other forms of economic pressure is Powers members of the Union, can The danger to-day is seen by at Service rates must occupy the good and that we can resin and hardly fail to take notice of the fact. the Canton General Commanding back seats in the saloon. The no-overcome them. We trust most in the meantime, we can only hope the troops north of Shanghat. In tice is so small that no one would supremely in our splendid defence for some slight relief to the present ians get and elsewhere, the ings in China to-day, is at least Overland China Mail.proclaiming martial law over the what it out of the various Great Britain the troops from situation which, of all the happen- We think one the possibility of which ought district, he states that lawlessness stations nearly always occupy SVC. and the Police. will not only fail to support diplo- those seats as they are easier to that the British Government has never to have existed. It is sure
inne splendidly and wisely In send-ly a very extraordinary thing that.. ing this magnificent force to pro-adequate preparations can be made matic actions in the interests" of get out from.
Why do Beats have to be tect us and we thank them sincere for the continuance of all other China, but will also obstruct alloted to them. If Peakites can-ly. Had it not been for that strong public utilities, but, as regards the peaceful negotiations with the not sit next to Service men, well defence, the International Settle Post Office, nothing. 'Powers. Then he proceeds to let them use. their motor cars. In ment might now be what Chapel the Homeland anyone travelling is, and worse. But, candidly, we!
".. or bus has to sit are not sure of our respective gov. blame the counter-revolution-
by tram car
Thereernments in political matters. We ists," whom he accuses of having where he jolly well can.
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why should Service wake up one morning to and that! next to, so
they have made fatal concessions to men here be treated on the level the Mationalists, just as was done of a Chinese. coolie?
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All this is a sad commentary on the ability of the Nationalists to govern. If they are not strong enough to suppress the Extrem- ists (aits the Reds) in
their
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midst they are certainly quite in- "TURN OF THE TIDE.” efficient in the equally (if not
Hong Kong, Wednesday, Mar. 30, 1921. more) vital matter of restraining LIBERALS AND BY-ELECTION
SUCCESS. lawless mobs. They are absolute-.
AN IMMEDIATE NECESSITY.
Hard Facts.
BELOW AVERAGE.
"NOT SO BAD AS. IT LOOKS?
The number of small-pox cases so far reported this year is high- Now as regards these two deer than last year, but a long way lusions, let us stick to facts. Whe-below average, said the Medical ther or not the pupils of Borodin Officer of Health when interview- can be won over by concessions and ed regarding the eighteen cases, yet more concessions, is possibly a with nine deaths, that were re matter of opinion, though all ex-
ly incapable of affording to for-EXTREMISTS IN DISFAVOUR.
perience teaches that this policy ported last week. The situation eigners that degree of protection
London, March 29. only spurs them to further excess. was not so bad as it looked.
Dr. Pope was of opinion that of their lives and property that The defeat of the Labourites at But certainly there can be no two Commenting on the situation in is essential in the light of recent Leith and North Southwark, both, opinions that the Nationalists are the peak of the epidemic had been China the London "Times" re- crimes of violence on a wholesale it should be noted, industrial cen-not yet and have not yet made any reached and that small-pox would Techoes what has been said out scale. They may advance a huntres, is attributed to the electors' pretence of producing a settled gov-Agure less and less in the daily re-... dialike for the methods. of extre-rnment. They have been in Cen- turn. As soon as the warm wear trail China since last September and her arrived, small-pox will grad. here time and again of recent dred assurances of their sincere fats, as the Labour left wingers, there is nothing of their creationnally disappear..
desire to protect foreigners, but with an infusion of Communists which even remotely resembles or Imported cases, it was pointed the bubble is pricked when the were very active in both by-elec-ganised government. There is no
tions.
months that the immediate
necessity in China is sheer physi-
cal defence. Whether or not there
a
Sometimes
proper system of collecting revenue, out, ngured largely in the notifica- only possible rejoinder that the Mr. Strauss long nursed North none of account keeping, no idea of tions and in this connection, the e a conflict between the Moder- Powers can put forward is "sheer Southwark and probably obtained a budget, none of adequate polic-M.O.H. referred to the large num- ates and the Extremists of the physical defence as the immediate many Conservative votes in the ing and the ordinary machinery for ber of Chinese entering the absence of an official Conservative protecting the life and interests of Colony during the last month or Nationalist Party," all
recent necessity" of the moment. The candidate.
law-abiding citizens. There is no- 30, events show that the Extremists more ready, the Powers are to
Dr. Pope also referred to the The Liberal papers and spokes-thing but a few so-called bureaux, are doing their best to force un negotiate the more eager are the men today are jubilant and des imposingly named but with no sub-excellent work in regard to vac
Jeribe North Southwark as the turn stance or foundation. issue in the direction they prefer. Extremists to force an issue in the of the tide, clinching the verdict attempts are made by the Nation-sination that the St. John Ambul- alist Ministers to stop this bit of ance Brigade was going, Small- With such elements, the "Times" direction they prefer. And, un-at Leith. They declare these
of Labour Union arrogance; but al-diseases and vaccination was the rightly says, further negotiations fortunately, the Extremists so far victories are evidence of the good disorder or put down that instance pox was one of the most infectious are impossible. It will be time to have gained all along the line at sett inte race the wurg ways it ende in failure. We do not only way in which it could be
doubt that Ergene Chen, in signing stamped out. i resume political negotiations the expense both of, a genuine Herbert Samuel since he was ap the agreement with Mr. O'Malley, when a genuine Chinese National-Nationalist Government and of pointed chairman of the organisa-meant and hoped to carry out his iam again emerges in an organised Chine's relations with foreign Samuel's announcement infectly clear, that he is unable to do]
form.
عزیز
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The Extremists are once again.
"slaled" by General Chiang Kai-
Powera.
shek He has ordered a sharp The Right Way,
effect of the recent closing, up of
Ition committee of the party, Sirpurt of the bargain, but it is. per-|
First
February that he intended to run so. From place to place the Na- in Shanghai's condition." five hundred Liberal candidater at tionalist Government flits, now in show us what you can do. Take the next general election is regard-Cunton, now in Hankow, presently what time you please, one year, two ed as no longer optimistic, but as in Shanghai, to-morrow It may be in years, or more; take what place you good business from the Liberal Nanking always with big profes- please. Hankow, Canton, Nanking; sions and loud talk but with no real-organize's government in that place, look out to be kept on the "Reds," Anotner vexed question, having viewpoint."
Sir Herbert Samuel, interviewed ity except mob law and disorder convinue us that that government reats upon proper departments, and ruined trade. who are "committing crimes in its Imperial aspects, has been
that it has a budget, a police force. amicably Bettled. For a long on the North Southwark result,
Glye and Take.
the ability to maintain peace and the name of the Kuomintang, but time, until recent weeks, the rela said the fortunes of Labour until
statements of fact execute justice. We know you can with the full consent of the Party tions between India and South recently were rising, but are be These are
ginning to ebb, while the flow of which cannot be disputed, and they pull down; prove to us also that authorities." This declaration Africa had been gravely strained, berellem is now at the turn of are the whole argument for un-you can build up. Then and not
consequent upon threatened legin comes rather late in the day. The lation by the Union Government, the tide, and is likely to increase. wavering protection of the existing till then will you have convinced The electorate realised that social constitution of Shanghai. What us that you have a case for claime Nationalists have been warned re- which, if passed, would have sub-fong to the wrong policy: Further ever views our respective Governing a share in twill then be time peatedly-even long before the lected the Indians in South Africa more, Labourites are fundamentally ments may have for our future Shanghal and it will then be time.. commencement of the Northern to segregation and imposed upon divided on questions of confisca status, let us combine in urging to negotiate."
The British Government has them, with all the strength and them invidious trading restriction, Communism, and foreign unity we command, first to require given to the Cantonese such a proof Expedition against the machina tons. As 21 per cent. of the polley. Their leadership conse of the Nationalist Government that of its good will as no other govern tions of the "Reds General population of Natal is Indlan, or quently is weak and vacilla in it should, prove itself & Governmant ment ever gave to another country. Chiang Kai-shek had innumerable about half that of the European Simultaneously the Conservative in the organic sense of the word. It has a clean record as regards. opportunities for eliminating the element, it is not difficult Government is rapidly falling in There can surely be no offence, no China: it demanded no guarantees
to believe that the announced In-public esteem-Reuter.
wounding of the tender suscepti at Hankow; it made a free gift: "Reds" from the Party counsels. tention of General Hertzog's Gov.
bilities of Nationalism, in saying morally it is, in the common The true picture of Karakhan, of
Mr. L. Gain, manager, Hong Kong something like this: "We realise phrase, "one up" on the Nation Bordin & Co, was palated for his the peoples of India and South Engineering and Construction Co. Wat you have no time for details concerned, hor record is perfectly that while you are fighting a civil allats. So far as Great Britain is Africa. Had the proposed legla benefit in practically every refer lation been proceeded with there Ltd. returned to the Colony yester of internal administration; but in clear and she need have no hesi day by the Paul Lecat from view of the tremendous interests at tation in requiring that the Nacion ence to Canton politics. But all le no doubt that an exceedingly Shanghai, Mrs. O. P. Remedies also stake, those of your countrymen alists should rive proof of what that he did was to make a half serious situation would have arrived by this boat. Missionaries quite as much as ours, you will for they can and mean, to do before any esto u how arisen. Not only would the imin Miss. 3 Varlley and Mrive us for saying that until you discussion with them about. Shaffe hearted attempt to rid his own proving relations between the Andersen came to Hong Kong and have given proof of the sort of ad- hef This is the song of the Coun immediate presence: of the British Government, and the Ins Picklis and Mine Hall Pd ministration you mean to reduce, de manifants and on that cond. Extremists, whilst
retiining" dían Swaraflata have Been sadly travelling on to Colombo,
we candot ne rotists for any change, dor let us stand out 201
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