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CHINA'S CHAOS.

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SERIOUS SITUATION IN SHANGHAL.

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ALLEGED "RED."

JAVANESE RELEASED IN MANILA,

THE CHINA MAIL:

The "Manila Bulletin” of Tues- day last reports

spies. After a lapse of some time the owner of the plantation left] that country for Holland, Left Bumatra.

"The white men in the planta- tion secretly agitated for my dis- missal because before my arrival in Sumatra I was already painted by arrested on Friday night by con- dangerous radical. The white em

Tan Malakka, Javanese agitator, Dutch and native newspapers stabulary and secret service agents ployees began to make false accusa- for fliegal entrance into the Philip tions and made my life miserable, pines, was yesterday granted a tem- I left that country and went to porazy release by Judge Anacleto Java

SPAIN'S RULER.

NAMING SUCCESSOR TO ·-

ALFONSO.

Madrid, July 80. Who would succeed Alphonso abdicate? XIII in case he should die or

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1927.

royal family to take his title and helrdom, would be the infant Jaime, who is 10 years old.

Unfortunately, the latter is deaf and dumb, without much hope of ever curing him. His in- Capability, according to article 64 of the constitution, must be de- clared by the Cortes assembled, the heir-at-law becoming the in- fant Juan, the King's son, who is only 14 years old.

This is one of the questions which agitate Spanish public opinion at the present momental though because of the censorship, It has been reported that gen-| Diaz after a hot debate between was elected president of the not a word is allowed to circulate eral Primo de Rivera thinks the

Indonesian counsel for the opposing parties. A Sarekat Rayat, an

convocation of the Cortes could|| bond of F0,000 was put up by a popular party in Java. This party in the Press.

The chief reasons for uneasi- be dispensed with and that the local surety company for his release was a left wing of the Sarekat

last night.

Islam, a Mohammedan association, ness in the highest circles, are the same as for a number of other Judge Diaz said that justice could but I found a split between the two following: First, the King who articles of the constitution, a be served better by allowing the parties and I was working for the caught pneumonia last spring, is royal decree would be enough to temporary release of the man.

reunion of these two parties. This subject to a dangerous rolapse; arrange the problem of the suc effort met with great success. second, the abnormal suspension cession, but it is doubtful the

"A strike of the government of tram workers broke out in Java.

constitutional guarantees members of the royal family agree The government feared that which has prevailed for nearly to a measure which if of ne im- should direct this small strike into four years might, by some un- mediate repercussion, could later general strike. I was arrested in expected political turn, place the furnish ground for annulment, February 1922, but nothing was monarch in the obligation of ab- and dynastical difficulties, that were contrary to the law, nos of the King's son, Prince of succession is finally solved soon, found in my speeches and writings dicating; and third, the serious III- Even if the question of direct was accused on

the following Asturias, heir to the throne, the illness of the Prince of points:

their foreign employees without the slightest compensation, and there has also been a reduction in the staffs of the Shanghai Cus- toms Department. These facts are contained In a letter received The "Times of Ceylon" of in Colombo yesterday and we August 2 says:—

have not the slightest doubt as tỏ Although very little official their authenticity. The altuation information has been received a little short of desperate from from China during the past few the commercial point of view. weeks, the meagre details to hand Efforts are being made by the suggest that the internecine war-Consular representatives of the fare is being continued sporadic foreign Powers to limit the Cus- ally and there is not the slightest toms imposts of the Nanking Gov- nign that the vast Continent is ernment to the ordinary Tariff nettling down to even a temporary and the Washington sur-taxes. cra of peace. A Reuter telegram It ls' abundantly clear that the received last week stated that charges imposed upon foreign Jacob Borodin, the Russian ad-trade by the Nanking Govern- viser to the Cantonese Nationalist ment are quite contrary to the

To Be Deported. Government, had left the town, en Treaties. The attitude taken up

Jose Abad Santos, counsel for route to Russla, It will be recall-by the British Government in this ed that some weeks previously matter has not changed since the Malakka, argued that the collector Madame Borodin, who was cap- beginning of the trouble in China. of customs had no authority to or der the arrest of anybody. Gov tured by the Northern troops. Over a year ago it was stated that ernment counsel declared he had. that Borodin's decision to leave negotiate with any competent ported. Vicente Aldanese, collec. was released, and It is probable Great, Britain was willing to

However, Malakka is to be de China was not actuated by any authority for the revision of the tor of customs, yesterday ordered desire to terminate the anti-so-called "unequal Treaties." To-that he be sent away from the is- British propaganda of the Soviets in China, but rather by the know- ledge that the day might soon dawn when his own life might be threatened, not by the British, but by those Chinese leaders who proviously had accepted bribes of Russian gold to continue the in- ternal war in China. To-day we publish a telegram from Hankow in which it is stated that martial law has once again been proclaim- ed, as the authorities fear a Com- munist rising. The decision of the British Government to use the Shanghai Defence Force purely for defensive purposes was a nove totally unexpected by the warring Chinese factions. They had expected reprisals on a large scale and when these were not forthcoming they were forced to confine their military operations to faction fights between the Northern and Southern Generals. Undoubtedly one of the factors re. sponsible for the diminution of hostilities is the lack of funds. Recently the Nanking Govern- ment imposed certain prohibitive! duties designed to not only cripple foreign trade but to supply some of the "sinews of war." In addi tion, the same Government farm- ed out the opium monopoly in two Provinces to a private company for a period of a year. It is ex- pected that this will yield £1,500,- 000. In the meantime, foreign trade in all the Chinese

Confer on Chinese Matters

The British delegation who were chosen to attend the Institute-

of Pacific Relation's socond blennial gathering to be held at Hoselalu July 16 to 29. The party arrived in 'Canada June 28 on the Canadian Pacifio steamably Montroyal and proceeded wost after a three-day stay in Montreal and Toronto. Sir Frederick Whyte and one or two other members were the guests of His Excellency the Governor-General at Rideau Ball His Excellency was the chairman of the Chinese In- demaity Commission-st Peking a year or two ago. Chinese matters are to be the outstanding topics of disensalon the Honolulu con- ference. The Conference which they are attending is of unusual interest this year, because of the presence, by invitation, of the British delegates and also of a delegate from the Russian Soviet. Delegates from the other nations of the world will attend.

The British party are from left to right: Hon, William W. Aitor, Viscount Castlereigh, John Nelson, Hon. Hugh Wyndham, Sir Frederick Whyte, chairman of the group, Miss B. Hunter, Lionel Curtin, Malcolm MacDonald son of the former British Labor Premier, and W. Pollock Ker.

came about

ports, with the exception of Hong day, Great Britain is still willing lands, as he had entered without a Kong, is practically at a stand-to do that, but the difficulty is to passport. The order still. The embargo placed upon find any administration which can after a through investigation of the

1. Of having united the forces of the Sarekat Islam and the Sarekat Rayat;

2. Of having led the strike of the government tram workers;

3. Of having catablished popular schools which were charged with having poisoned the minds of the students with bolshevism:

Elected to Parliament. "Therefore I aimed to overthrow the Dutch government. Without trial or proofs I was to be deported to Kupang, A small inhabited island near Java, to die. After- wards my deportation was changed to Holland. There was an election in the Dutch Parliament. I pre- sented my condidacy and fortunate. ly was elected but I was not ad- mitted as I was then under age.

"I went to Europe to get rid of Dutch aples and then later escaped to Asia. I went to China and viait- od Peking, Shanghai, Canton and other important cities of China. I fell terribly sick in 1925 so I re- quested the Dutch governor-geu- eral to give me a small spot to live provided it be near Java or Sumatra. The governor-general, told me to comu to Java so that I could, be physically examined and later given a place. I believed it was a trap, so my friends and I found it ad- visible not to accept the offer. The doctors advised me to go to the Philippine Islands where the clim- ate would be safe for ine. I came here in July 1925. At the begin- ning of this year, a revolt was under way in Java so the Dutch govern- ment wanted me again."

the export of silver. from towns/be trusted to accept the responsi case and after Malakka himself a arable districts is as bad as it pos-

mitted that he had come Philippines illegally

to the

the

The position of agriculture in sibly can be.-Mr. E. G. Pretyman. If my memory serves me right, that most distinguished gentleman, Mr. Jerry Mander, was not really guilty of the sin to which his name has been attached.-The Prime Minister.

King Alfonso the XIII, who recently celebrated the twenty-nita. anniversary of his coronation as King of Spain, and xisə his forty-first birthday, since he was born May 17, 1885. Alfonso has been King longer than any other monarch now living, for he was, born a king. although not crowned until he was sixteen. months after the death of his father.

makes inevitable within a com- paratively short time, it is fear ed, calling the Cortez, sole unani- mously recognised assembly to deal with the Important subject of succession.

It is precisely the third reason which would have incalculable if the crown prince should die be consequences for Spain, especially fore Dictator Primo de Rivera had chance to set in motion the so- called Consultative Assembly which he is anxious to appoint as preliminary to the return to con- stitutional normalcy. The earliest date now mentioned for, the first

on the Yangtze River threaten- bilities of government as it is ed, for a time, to render trading known in any civilised country.

Date Not Set. absolutely impossible, but it was Apparently nothing can be done! found possible to arrange for Bri- until one or other of the main

The day of the deportation is not Lish destroyers, to carry specie warring factions in China has known yet, but it is likely to be down the river. The Nanking been exterminated or subdued. soon, Mr. Aldaness.said.

Delan Jaranils, attorney general, Government did not dare to stop The general opinion among for the removal of the specie because eigners in Shanghai appears to be presented in court yesterday a re that the Powers should intervene, ply to the writ of habeas corpus the embargo imposed was con-

of the but we do not endorse that view. attorney general denies generally not matter how ugly or ill-favour

granted Malakka. In the reply the

I believe it is true that it does Brary

to the terms ties, and there is a sufficient We admit that at the time the and specifically the allegations, pured a laundress may be, she can British Naval and Military force Nanking outrages were perpetrat tained in the writ of habeas corpus always get a husband. That is be- in the Yangtsze Valley to deal ed against foreign subjects it was and prays the court to deny

cause she is such a good worker. with any contingency which may not only the right but the duty writ.

Malakka gave a "Bulletin" repor- arise as the result of any illegal of the Powers concerned to mete action by the Chinese Govern-out summary punishment to the ter the following information yes- ments. British business men in offenders. is regrettable that

"I left Holland in 1919 and went Shanghai and the Yangtaze citics prompt action was not taken at to Sumatra where I found a good deeply revent the policy of surren- that time, but the situation now job in one of the plantations there THEIR SECOND SUMMER THE meeting of this assembly is Octo- der adopted by Downing Street in is entirely different. Practically but I was always followed by Dutch respect of the Hankow Conces-all the foreign nationals former- Bion. A well-known Shanghai ly resident in the Yangtsze Valley are now concentrated in Shang- A letter to & business man in Colombo firm atates: "We cannot hat, and the only possible grounds Chinese. Once peace and order help thinking that had the Han-for intervention by foreign have been restored in China a big kow trouble been tackled with a Powers in China would be in the boom is certain to result, but it is

terday:

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Should the 20-year-old prince die before that, it is possible that the dictatorship would not sur- vive, any decision taken illegally about the succession would have no lasting value. Here is how.

With the Prince of Asturias

Alfonso was born 'aix

Asturias which, everybody knows, is hereditary haehophilia, motivea simultaneous apeculation about another eventuality, in case all the King's sons should be found irre mediably suffering of the same illness, it is likely Alphonso XIII would abdicate, but ho would come next?

possible rulert of Spain, figure the infant Alfonso, son of the late Princess Mercedes who was King Alphonso's eldest sister. The in- fant Alfonso will be twenty-six years old in November. Another possible candidate would be Louis Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi, son of King Amadeo, who was born in Madrid o January 9, 1873, in case no one could be agreed upon in the Bour bon family, and for the purpose of saving the monarchical regime. An early. change of such na ture should not be expected- but fa sufficient basis for speculation about the succession to the throne, and whatever happens will mark a transcendental event in Spanish history.-United Press.

Among the names mentioned as

Arm hand the position in all the event of the lives of their nation- | absolutely impossible to forecast to take in a little sweetened water dead, the next member of the the facts mentioned indicate there] Treaty Ports of China would not als being threatened again by the when that situation will arise.

be as it is to-day. The situation

is such that it is difficult for any- one to prophesy what the future hold for the foreigner in China. We must confess to feeling very pessimistic as regards the next. two years or so, as the sea-sawing of the many opposing factiona leaves us with the assured feeling! that the country will never return to that state of peace and quiet- ess ao essential to prosperity until such time as the Powers in- tervene, and this seems to us the one and only solution, remote though it apparently appears to be." The writer of the letter states that all outport business is how dead, and crime in the Shanghai Settlement and else where is rampant and seemingly uncontrollable, The embargo placed on silver export, first at Hankow and now at Nanking, na- Eurally has put a stop to business with all the Yangtsze ports, and the notes lasued in Heu thereof are at a discount at about 30 per cent. Since the Nationalists have taken control of Shanghai every- thing possible, has been taxed to the extent of 50 per cent. on the various Customs duties on ordin ary importe, and up to 50 per cent. on the C.L.F. and C value of Juxuries over and above the nor mal Tariff. Moreover, these im- posts were imposed without any warning. Many of the British business Arms are reducing their staffs quite a number have ar ranged to close down and with- draw from the outports credits have been cut down, and business is now confined to spot cash trans ons except with firms known be of s In The

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