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TUESDAY, APRİL 5, 1927.

CANTON ANXIETY OUR CROSS-WORDS.

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ship imposed a fine of $4. The Mr. Eugene Chen Offers Answer to Competitor's

Assurances.

REPLY BY THE CONSULS.

-"Protest."

THE FAIRNESS OF CLUES.

One of the competitors in the:

police might now complete the good work by paying a visit to the Glenealy Gladiators who can be seen having a game every day, wet or fine, during the timin hour. A lady had her dress soiled by a wet balk in, this The following correspondence haa! vicinity only two days ago. Sho used besween Eugene Chen At "China Mail" Crocs Word Puzzles was riding in a chair when the ing Minister of Foreign Affairs of has sent a letter so the Editor re- ball fell right in her lap and the American Consul Genorul and recent puzzles. Under the rules. the Nationalist Government and Karding certain clues used in two when she refused to return it the Senior Consul, on behalf of the the Editor reserves the right to en- players followed the chair, hoot-other Consular representatives re- ter inte correspondence, but in ing in an irritating manner-lative to the recent state of alarm prder to remove any misunderstand- adding insult to injury.

which has boen felt in Canton" inx, he has decided to publish both tho correspondent's letter and the reply thereto...

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CORRESPONDENCE.

Translation of circular letter to all Consular Representatives from the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs.)

Canton, March 31.

The correspondent's "letter is as follows:-

Dear Sir..

With reference to the "China" Mu Croes-Word Puzzle of the week before last, the solution to which was published on the 24th inst.. I beg to ask your authority for the use of the word "misrate" as a "miscalculation"

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The word "m:srate"" does not appear at all in Chambers, and In Webater it appears as a verb Similarly in a previous puzzle only-to calculate falsely."

one clue was "a box tied with cords" or words to that effect, and the answer was "erated"-a past participle.

Sir I have the honour to in- THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAIN form you that I learn that foreign-i

SPEAKING.

ers residing in Canton have sud- denly become alarmed without rea-b To the Editor of the "Chins Mail" ment not being aware of the fact son foaring an anti-foreign move- Sir. It seems a great pity that that the Nationalist Government the Consular Body in Canton con-has already issued proclamations) trived to dilute and weaken an that foreigners lives and property) otherwise excellent telegraphie re-must be given effective protection. ply to Mr. Eugene Chen by such in- Moreover Chinese have the past incerities as the following:- been friendly and have had no anti- 1. "On behalf of my colleagues foreign sentiments and stil leso and myself, I have the honour tole there any anti-foreign move-: thank you for these assurances of ment, so that foreigners. aro the safety of the lives and property taking alarm in a most surprising} of our respective nationals."

without reason. It would 2. With a view to informing our appear ther that they lightly respective nationals, of the happy azon to rumours or that those £ssurances contained in your des-opposed to

Government are patch under acknowledgment my fabricating reports from which this lows:- colleague and I are taking the op-alarm, apišos. portunity of giving this correspon- I have therefore not only ience to the press."

quested the Provincial Government from almost any dictionary. This This argument can be compiled Surely the numerous outrages and the Commander-in-Chief which have taken place against the Revolutionary Army to pay

of ls particularly a Chamber's one.

way

our

now

Such misleading clues are in my opinion most unfair and I desire to protest against their employment.

The reply to the above is as folk.

Cross-word No. 9.

foreigner of many nationalities special attention to their protection.

Clue-56, cross. A miscalcula-

Solution-Misrate.

The aclution is derived as fol

since the beginning of the present tion but have sent urgent tale-) year are quite sufficient to convince grams to at the district acials every "person of ordinary intel-affectively to protect foreigned lowe renes that Mr. Eugene Chen's as have the honour, therefore; to urances are not worth the paper request, as a matter of importance fich is a valving in the mind; a A calculation le an estimate; they are written on and his extra that you will notify your nationals valuation; a value set upon a thing; ordinary effort, to shift the respon-For the above and instruct them not that at which anything is prized; Its ibility for the recent outrages et again to worry and become alarmed.value; its price; its rate: a value; Nanking against, Americans, Jap The favour of a reply is requested banese, and British from Nationalist I have, elc.,

(Sd.) EUGENE CHEN Acting Minister for Foreign

Affairs.

price: a rate.

*** from this argument, a cal bulation is a rate, and inasmuch as misrate." This follows from the this is se, 'n miscalculation' is a use of the prefix "mia-," menning wrong. Such word building "is dmissible in the English language. cal argument or deduction, we fail In the face of, this apparent logi-

proved by their cries of "Kill the soldiers on to "reactionary and counter-revolutionary elements" and British" and the anti-British "rebet remnants many of whom posters, with which they plastered wore uniforms taken from Nation! atist soldiers and local rabble” in the Concession. Why is it, then, not likely to enhance his reputa- that men ke Mr Lansbury aretion for reliability.

Mr. Chen, be it noted, personally) assume their own vouches that the preliminary report Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ca-to see why exception has been taken 30: ready to country must be wrong? Perhaps of the Nationalist Commission it is because they are blinded by "outstanding fact." This "put- Sir-On behalf of myself and

of ton Enquiry establishes the above as

The Reply.

...Canton, April 2 Honorable Chen Yufen, Acting

to this word.

Cross-word No. 8.

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party politics, or' perhaps it is standing fact" of Mr. Eugene Chen my colleagues (the Consular Re-

Phas been defnitely contradicted Presentatives of Japan, France, Clue. (The clue as stated in the only because they Have the usual from Washington on the authority Great Britain, Portugal and Den- etter is incorrect). No, 26. across; British habit of self-depreciation. of the American Consul, Mr. Davis, mark), I have the honour to acknow reads: A case with wood atrapar

who "emphatically re-iterated to ledge the receipt of your despatch round. Whatever it is, there can be no the State Department that Nation of March 31, 1927, respecting the Solution-Crated." question that the outcome is dis-alist soldiers deliberately and with intention of the Nationalist in the above puzzle the word tinetly harmful not so much at intent to kill Ared on British, Jap Government to protect the lives and Crated was so well keysd-in by anese and American Census know-property of foreigners within the the adjoining words, that it la fairly Home, where the Government offing them to be such," and added, territory under its control. You re-safe to say that there could be no the day is so much master of the berately lapted and although this foreign residents and express sur when one considers the simplicity "All three Consulates were delifer to reports of anxiety amongst word that would fit in, especially Chinese problem that it need fear was known to Nationalist Officers prise that there should be any un-of the clue. No other word could. no such pinpricks, but in China no effective measures ware takercasiness because the Chinese people given as a reasonable reply to to afford protection up to the time have been friendly and have not in

thia clue. A case with wood straps itself, where the attitude of dis-of the Naval barrage to reacue the the past had any anti-foreign sent-round it, is said to be "erated," crediting Britain can only have party sheltering in the Standard ments, not to mention an anti-for- and one does not need to state au-

Oil houses," the most baneful results, alike As Sir Austen Chamberlain has opinion that these reports

eign movement. You express thehorities for this obvious fact.

Compilers of cross-words are because it provides ammunition recently pointed out: performances, fabrications

bound by no hard and fast rules originating from in giving clues, beyond that clues the Nationalists.

for our enemies, and because it and not promises are required from sources unfriendly to your Govern must have some bearing on the

gives the false impression that

the great mass of public opinion.

in Britain is not behind the;

Yours faithfully.

STRAIGHTFORWARD.

| Government, with the conse

quence that Chinese, leaders like "MIGHT HAVE BEEN." Mr. Eugene Chen are emboldened

MEN!

PROFESSOR'S GIRL CRITIC

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solution. On behalf of my colleagues and A degree of fairness is purely a myself, I have the honour to thank matter of opinion. The glues of you for these assurances of the cross-words published in this paper safety of the lives and property of have always, In our opinion, had a Lour respective nationals.

quite true that there has been, and the solution.

is good and perfectly fair bearing on We, invite the still is, considerable anxiety opinions of our competitors on this amongst foreign residents. Recent question.. eventa at Nanking and other ports.

to bully our country the more DO BAD BOYS MAKE BEST for extracting this and the other,

on the Yangtze, together with the disorders in Fukien and attacks ön extravagent demand. Thus in

Sharp Youngster-Can you tell missionary establishments in Can: me where all the pins gots? An- failing to resist every oppor.

ton, Kweilin, Fachow and elaether Sharp Youngster-Well, it's He once but only inee, played tunity that presents itself for truant. was, the confession of Pro-where, have tended, not without hard to say. You see, they're point- heckling the Government regard-fessor of philosophy at Manchester apprehension.

fessor S. Alexander, honorary pro-reason, to create a feeling of graved in one direction and headed in investigate the Narking outrages ing China, the Labour leaders at University, at the Speech Day of in view of the discrepancy beHome are really performing /Salford Municipal Secondary School also contributed to the anxiety of

bitterness of anti-Christian

ani

The extent

another. anti-foreign

d propaganda have tween Sir Austen Chamberlain's disservice to the very people they

for Girls.

"Are these oranges. sweet?" naked "I don't know that I am parti-foreigners in the territory under the the pretty little lady. "They ought and Mr. Eugene Chen's state profess themselves so anxious to cularly ashamed of now," be control of the Nationalist Govern be by now, madam," answered ments, whereupon Sir Austen assist. We say nothing about a good boy (Laughter) I even My colleagues and feel it to been looking at them for some

added. "though I was, on the whole,ment.

the gallant did grocer. "You've GRÆCO EGYPTIAN TOBACCO STORE. LTD. Chamberlain retorted "I do not the British subjects it should be think might have been a better be our duty to draw these facts to

[time," feel it my duty, as does apparent their first duty to consider. They hey

man if had not been such a good your attention in the hor and ly the honourable member, to dis- are 10,000 miles away and have

(Laughter)." Some of the professor's aphorisma, termination of your Government to the fire?"

anticipation that in view of the de-Mistress-"Why don't you light believe every British representa-

insure the protection of foreigners. Servant (fresh from the Emerald |tive," a riposte which was rightly

We are at school all the days of measures will be taken to contro Isle)"Because there's no coal." our life, only later we have to be, the present propaganda movement greeted with loud Ministerial

Mistress-Why didn't you let me our own teachers:

and direct it along lines more in laow before?". cheers. Why do men like Mr. Street "Footer."

A girl student once said of some accord with the spirit of interna-] of my lectures that they consisteditional good will

Servant "Because we had some George Lansbury, it may well be

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The whole of life is team work Aituation.

Shanghai worker strikers, who are Saklatvala, are all men of intel at 4.30 p.m., yesterday Traffic as agriculture is the most important assurances contained in your des which they called in co-operation Street: Driving along the street portant of all the professions, just respective nationals of the happy loss of wages due to the strike ligene, while some of them, as Sergeant Baker found seven of industries, both of them being patch under acknowledgment. my with the Nationalist troops for the. they demonstrated during their youths having a regular game the nearest to almple nature. colleagues and I are taking the capture of Shanghai brief term of office, possess mark-outside the Carlton Hotel. As In domestic life you will have to opportunity of giving this corres-"Canton Gazette."); ed ability. Were they in office bronching one of the players sald able. You will have to une tact,

soon as he was observed ap submit to discipline and be reason- pondence to the press. to-day these men would accept something to the others and of a different sex-and males, you You will have to deal with persons without question the reports sub-they all ran into the hotel's ser-will find out, are not easy to under mitted by responsible officers of stopped his machine and arrest- Indepondence

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vants' quarters. The sergeant stand. a very good

DOUGLAS JENKINS, American Consul General, and Senior Consul.. Demonstrations to Avoid. Shameen,

Canton, April 4."

(says the

the West Bund to avoid misunder atanding. with foreigners.

The American Consul and Senior the Crown. Mr. Ramsay, MacLed the one who gave the alarm thing. but you must be independent

Consul at Canton, In, acknowledging Donald said as much himself and whom he actually saw kick and considerate at the same time.

receipt of the despatch from the after the first Hankow outrage ing the ball. A joy ride in the Tiresult is good manners, which At Its last meeting the Executive 81st of March, respecting the mea-

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Keep your language clean and Provincial Government called jaures: taken by the Nationalist ista, almost in as many words, Central Station and this morning if your knives and spoons were protection of foreign nationals life property of foreigners within the You would be horrified public attention to the duty of Government, to protect the lives and. that had he been Prime Minister, he was taken before Major dirty. The Instrument of language and property and issued instructarritory under its control thanked Willson charged with obstruction is a far more important instrument tions to responsible authorities to the NationalistGovernment for compelled in a public⠀⠀ thoroughfare, than kuives and spoone, and act accordingly.

thepurances given announc take the gravest view The sergeant told the Magi I am not protesting against the A notification has been issued by ing that the above-mentione the actions of monstrate that street football was vigorous and expressive, and, of Bureau, warning against impetuous to the Press in view to Inform

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