1928-06-06 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1928.

IN PEKING.

(Continued from. Page 1.)

foreign residents as well as the population in general, would feel exceedingly gratified if the armies commanded by Your Ex cellency would leave General Pao's force in Peking till the protection of the city can be taken over by incoming troops by some ar- provision rangement whereby could be made for General Pao's men to peacefully withdraw."

Reuter..

The Local Authorities.

Peking, Yesterday. The Committee of Public Safety has telegraphed to Gen- erals Tan Yen-kai, Yen Hsi-shan, Chiang Kai-shek, and Feng Yu-

POLICE RESERVE.

`LATEST ORDERS BY C. S. P.

SHOOT CANCELLED.

Kong Kong Police Reserve orders by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, C.M.G., Captain Superintendent of Police, state:-

Police Training-School.

THE CHINA MAIL,

FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

(Continued from Page 1.)

Mussolini, in fact, is an instru- mont for the rapid realisation. of reforms which, when realised, will Those

stand on their own feet. who, like myself, have had the pri- vilege of personal contact with him, know that it is in this light that he regards himself as the servant The weekly classes at the Policeather than the master of the State. Training School, Kowloon, will be That is the difference between him hold on Wednesday, June 6, at and the historical characters with whom he is sometimes compared. As Mr. Barnes phrases It "Napoleon was the centre of his own universe; God is the centre of Mussolini's. He exults in the be Hef that the whole of his mortal self is being used up for the cause

G p.m.

Squad Drill.

All recruits of the Chinese and Indian Companies will parado at Central Police Station on Thura day, June 7. Fall in at Central

Mussolini.

Mr. Barnes goes on to sum up the personality of this most pictures¬| que of European political figure in

hsiang in similar terms the tela. Police Station at 5.30 p.m. sharp in which he believes." gram from the Diplomatic Body for Squad Drill under Sergeant explaining that General Pao's R. J. Hunt, Dress. Mufti. brigade of Fengtien troops has been retained at Peking as it was feared that the Peking police will not be sufficient to maintain order in the event of trouble from de serters, and hoping that General Pao's troops would be peacefully replaced when the Southerners arrive.

Peking is at present very quiet. Life everywhere is proceeding as usual. There have been one or two reports of looting by indivi- dual soldiers, which was instantly suppressed by the pollee, who have shot two looters.-Reuter,

Gates Shut.

Indian Company. Constables R.247 U. Ismall and R.250 A. Homid have passed their examination in Part 2 of Training Course (Police Duties and Regula- tions).

Flying Squad.

The weekly instructional patrol of the Hong Kong Section will take place on Thursday, June 7. Fall in at Central Police Station at 5.15 p.m. sharp. Dress-Khakl.

Sharpshooters' Company. The regular bi-monthly rifle practice fixed for Sunday, June 10 is cancelled. Revolver practice Peking, Yesterday.

will be carried A Committee of Public Safety, Kennedy-road range at 10 am. out instead, at under Wang Shih-chen, was in- Uniform optional. Members are augurated yesterday to take over te police with an additional requested to get as much snapping 1,500 Fengtien soldiers as garri-practice in before Sunday, in both son troops. The Committee this rapid and instantaneous fire, morning ordered the city gates to be closed because many Fengtien deserters are wandering on the north side-Reuter.

The RETREAT.

Cutting Manchurians' Line of

Murch.

Shanghai, Yesterday. It is alleged that as a result of intrigues with Yon Hsi-shan and Chiang Kai-shek, General Chi Hatch-yuan on behalf of the "Chih-

(Sgd.) W.Kent, A.S.P.,

Adjutant. Hong Kong, June 6, 1928.

YANG SEN.

STILL ADVANCING-ON- CHUNGKING.

TO MAKE PEACE?

General Yang Sen of the Upper westward, states a British Naval Yangtze River is still advancing wireless, with the Treaty port of Chungking (1,400 miles up the River) as his objective.

Shadows Before

COMING EVENTS- ANNOUNCED IN THE "MAIL."

To-day-Queen's Theatre; "The Secret Studio.”

To-day-World Theatre; "Wan- derer of the Wasteland."

To-day-Star Theatre;

The

Frontieraman."

Lammerts Auctions.

June 7-At Sulea Room, house- General Liu Hsiang, who has hold goods,' 2.30 p.m. been trying to hold Yang Sen back, June 8-Household goods, 1 may arrive at an agreement with and 4, Knutsford Terrace. Kow- Yang Sen. Fighting may thus be loon, 2.30 p.m. avoided.

SAILOR & COOLIE.

FUTILE ATTEMPT TO ROB "JACK."*

GRIM STRUGGLE.

Sports. June 16-American Mixed Dou- bles (handicap) tennis tournament, Ladies Recreation Club.

Meetings,

4

To-day-General. meeting of Christian Brothers' Alumni Asso- ciation, St. Joseph's College, & p.m. June 7-Annual meeting of Peak Tramwaya Co., Ltd.. Hong Kong Hotel, noon.

November 13- Matriculation,;

UNDOGLY.

CANINE DIGNITY DISCUSSED.

a manner that is both judicial and coolie was normally charged for William Powell, Ltd., noon.

A case in which à public ricsha : June 9-Annual meeting, Messrs. convincing, He describes Musao- the theft of $16 from Leading lini as,

Macellaneous. A. B. William Millar, of the A man of the people, with that H.M.S. "Tamar," in Temple-street addresses at Union Church Hall, June 6-Frst of a series of medium-like gift of intuitioning on Monday, was brought before Kennedy-rd,, on the Old Testament, and interpreting the best aub-con- Mr. Schofield at Kowloon Magis- by Mr. J. S. Flacks, at 6.30 p.m. ecious ideals of historical Italy tracy this morning... dormant in the heart of every true

Owing to injuries inflicted to Italian. This, I believe, is the the coolie's head, as the result of Senior and Junior, Local exams, at secret of his success. This and his struggle with the complainant, the Hong Kong Univeralty. passionate sincerity and disinter-the coolie was unable to attend stedness. The Italian adores a court yesterday, being in hospital. This morning the sailor gave saint who shows himself to be no fool, either, to boot. Nobody will evidence. It appeared that after deny that Mussolini has a remark- having a few drinks in the Palace ably practical head on his shoul- Hotel, complainant went to Tem- ders. He has immense powers of ple-street in a ricsha, and when work and concentration. His paying his ricsha fare, the coolle versatility is

Genarally speaking it is a good astonishing. He snatched a roll of notes from com-

plainant's hand. He ran off and thing that we cannot tell what our has the gift of # Ane, after a chase that lasted some 8 dogs are talking about, says a economical, Michael-Angelesque minutes, defendant was caught. writer in the London "Times." We eloquence, which, together with his In the struggle, the coolle manag- know sufficiently well what they are experience and personal magnetism,ed to break loose, but was again saying to us. The agitated smile is of the stuff that leads men and captured by the sailor. even his enemics concede him, nor

expectant of dinner, the cringing will anyone deny him an invincible the money.

Defindant denied having stolen air that tells of somebody else's dianer eaten in a moment of SECRET 'KLONDYKE,' tenacity of will, great courage, a His Worship: Was the coolie temptation-these need no transla

rare capacity for learning from ex-that took you to Temple-street? tor, and, us for what dogs are say- perience, and the power of marking No. Your Worship.

ing to each other, disillusion would strong decisions. at the psycholo. The complainant admitted follow quickly on interpretation. gical moment, coupled with an acute that he "had had a few drinks," The everlasting "shop" of scents, instinct for judging the psycholo. but knew what he was doing. no matter how fragrant, would soon Asked if he knew the number pall. Yet now and again we should This book deals interestingly of the ricsha that travelled on ikea, talisman of understanding. with the political developments in the sailor answered in the nega-and such an occasion has flatly Italy which immediately preceded tive.

Defendant said he knew the in which the plot centres found a arlsen. A play has been produced different currents were, according to its author, flowing with increas- and gave it as being No.. 121

cat also appears in person on the ing strength beneath the surfaco Canton-road.

Such an event must be a5- His Worship stated that it stage. of Italian life during the first two would be necessary to have the sumed to interrupt for a moment. "I have kept it secret for twelve decades of this century. They were ricsha coolie to give evidence to months." he said, "because I want- Syndicalism, Nationalism, and a re- prove the defendant's statements, manded till tomorrow, the hear ing being fixed for 11.30 q.m.

· GOLD FOUND DURING DRAINAGE WORK,

Blackburn's latest claim to fame

is a goldfield. A Blackburn resid-gical moment. ent states that he has found gold; and silver on land he owns outside the town. For the present he

for obvious reasons declincs to disclose the locality where the dis covery was made,

relates the "Morning Post."

I Party" has taken over the com- wishes to remain anonymous, and the birth of Fasciam. Three very address of the coolie in question dog, and not only this dog but a

mand of 70,000 Chihli and Shan- tung (ie., Northern) troops by bribing Sun Chuan-fang's and Chang Tsung-chung's subordinates, the first outcome being that 20,000-| of Sun Chuan-fang's forces በኒ Yaugtsun, 18 miles north-west of

Tientsin, have blown up the rail- way bridge, holding up the with. drawal of the 3rd and 4th Feng-

tien army corps from Changhsin

tien to Mukden.

away.

OFFICIAL TOURS.

• RUBBER POLICY.

London, Yesterday.

the comparison of dust-heap notes, and will no doubt be touched upon and did not wish to throw a fortune roundabout courses, all three of

are, we should imagine, two main od to test the ground thoroughlyvival of Catholicism. By strangely The case was accordingly re- at many a wayside meeting. There.

these streams of opinion were final-

schools of thought-those to whom "The discovery was made whenly concentrated in the one reservoir drainage work was in progress two of Fascism, where they helped to

it appears rather amusing, and those who deem it flippant, undig- General Chang Hauch-linng, who feet down. I noticed some glitter- provide the power which is driving

nified, calculated to make a fool the engines of the Italian nation so left. Peking with his staff lasting material in the soil, and on

of a respectable dog, and in a word, night, is endeavouring to negotiate making a closer inspection was successfully to-day.

DOMINIONS PERMANENT

undogly. In the first class would The abstract question as to whe- a peaceful passage for the 3rd and convinced that the shining spets of

UNDER-SECRETARY'S VIEWS.be all the clover flashy little dogs 4th army corps but the outcome of metal were pure gold. I submitted ther the rule of the Fascist Party

who do not mind what they do for the negotiations is at present not samples to a firm of experts in a

is anti-democratie or not is well

a blacuit; in the second the solid, known.

Midland city, and their analysis argued. Mr. Barnes considers that

the faithful, the sporting, the some- bore out my expectations.

It turns entirely upon the defini-

times pathetically stupid who can "estimate the land must con- tion of the word democracy. If Sir Samuel Wilson, Permanent be laboriously taught to give one, and to have cut the Peking-Mukden tain £20 worth of gold to the ton,

Under-Secretary for the Colonies, paw under protest but never two, Railway between Tientsin and and deposits of silver in addition.

was the principal guest at a dinner since a dog must draw the line. Taku, ensuring the cutting off of "The gold is in veins, in some

of the Association of British somewhere. There are difficulties the Fengtion forces if the latter cases running in a downward direc-stitute the sole legitimate authority Malaya. Mr. Lowther Kemp, pre-in this classification, since we have succeed in passing Yangtaun.-tion, and, suggesting that they are in the country, then democracy is siding, paid a tribute to Sir Hugh all known and loved dogs who could Reuter,

alluvial deposits.

a peril to a modern State. The only Ciffford. He said it was one of his do tricks and yet possess the ob- "Since my find I have spent days thing that can avert that peril is most difficult problema to keep viously dogly virtues. These would studying statistics on the subject, a system of constitutional checks, Malaya free of the microbe of Com-be in a quandary as to expressing and my studies have convinced me

liberties, and traditions such as munism.

their opinion. They, would prob of the magnitude of my discovery. exists in England. The, deposits are almost in powder form, with a few pieces as large as a pinhead."

In the meanwhile the Nationallat army is reported to be advancing

Nationalists Closing In.

Peking. Yesterday. " It is reported that after the de- parture of General Yang Yu-ting and Chang Hsueh-liang from Pe- king, the railway bridges at Chang haintien and Fengtai were blown up. The advance guards, of the Shansi (Nationalist) forces from the Western Hills are reported to have reached the Summer Palace, 10 miles from Peking.

Practically all the Fengtien troops on the Peking-Hankow Rail- way front have now been evacuat-; ed by the branch line from Chang- haintien, through Fengtai to Tien- tsin.

WHITE SLAVERY.

ENQUIRY TO BE EXTENDED TO FAR EAST.

FULLER INQUIRIES.

that term implies that the will of the people, confused and uninstruct ed as it necessarily is, should con

The fact that the dog in the play

Mr. Kemp did not think that the ably draw a distinction between The author of this book states prosperity of Malaya would be per humouring your own master in pri- his own opinion vividly:

manently marred by the change of vate and a public exhibition of buf- The popularly elected Parlia-the rubber restriction policy. They foonery. They might even speci- ment is subjected in practice to need not regard it as a disaster, ously argue that if your own family fewer and fewer checks. I should but must take a long view.

like you to die for the King or put say, therefore, that. Great Britain'

Sir Samuel Wilson, referring to your nose between your paws, under has been for some time sauntering Mr. Ormsby Gore's visit to Malaya, the name of being ahy, it is your down the path that leads eventually said that he himself intended going boundon duty to please them, and to the abyss, and has now reached there as soon as opportunity arose. the ensuing biscuit is only in the a turning where the gradient has He compared the rubber. Industry nature of an honorarium. become suddenly much steeper. to a sick man who had been ad-

Rover's Just Resentment. France, on the other hand, has al-vised to change his treatment. Geneva, Yesterday. rendy gained a dangerous momen- The Council of the League of tum further down..

Sir Samuel thought that before is a Pekingese must add fuel to the The ordinary rail traffic between Nations has approved of Sir A. meantime lost the companionship to health. Referring to his pros- must be growling in their clubs Both have long the patient would be restored fire. All true blue British dogs Peking and Tientsin has been sus- Chamberlain's report on the traffic of Italy, who has turned round and pective: visit to the West African over beastly foreigners, and regard pended. All rolling stock has been in women and children and propos is laboriously trudging in the op- Colonies this summer to get into ing the antics of this small allen as commandeered by the evacuating ing to extend the enquiry to the Farposite direction; and both are be personal touch with the officials, he suspiciously as Mise Pole regarded troopa,

This has brought up the vexed in Europe and America, especially right.

East and to make fuller enquiries ginning to wonder If Italy is not said that two officers of the the conjuring tricks of Signor question of running an interna-

Colonial Office were, now doing Brunori. His very alza is surely tional train. It is understood that

tours of duty overasas. He hoped an offence, like that of a small and all, the Protocol Powers are in

The Imperial aims with which that the Colonial Office would ignominious boy in his first term. favour of this except the United

Fascist Italy is frequently credited shortly arrange for junior officers who is suddenly discovered by his States.

General Yen Hsi-shan is expected employment in Canada at the befor territorial expansion, Italy's years,

There was a moderate gain, in do not necessarily imply a desire to tour overseas in their first seven fellows to have an accomplishment Thus the Department and to be parading it on the school to arrive at Peking to-night. Pro- ginning of March, according to the ambition is rather to develop her would maintain the touch which is concert platform. And thon, clamations with his name as Gar-monthly statements furnished to intrinsic strength to such a degree essential to Empire development mingled with all this chorus of dis- rison Commander of Peking and the Dominion Bureau of Statistics that the Italian nation will have --Rester. Tientsin, have been posted up in by 6,222 of the larger employers of 'a strong moral and cultural pres-

approval, there must be certain the suburbs.--Reuter,

jealous wonderings as to what the labour throughout Canada. The tige among the other States of Mn. Willame Dodds, principal of Pekingeso gets for it—visions of working forces of these firme ag- Europe. The Italian nation has in the Newcastle shipbuilding firm of lovely plates of meat and bones to gregated 846,095 persone, as com- the past repeatedly shown its Messrs. Waite and Dodds, who has chaw whenever he is awaiting his pared with 812,066 in the preceding genius for this form of spiritual recently retired, has been present cue. Might not such degradation be conquest, Mr. Barnes believes thated with the certificate of the Coun-worth while if the reward were only the future destiny of that country cll of the Institute of Chartered succulent enough? As to the cat, The strange interlude around Po- voluntarily perhaps, almost by randers will follow him in his be The Tyne-Tees Company have he would chais it off the stage in- ese Government declared itself-in-Includes, still greater achievements Shinbrokers, appolating him a life little is probably said. Cats would

of this kind, though few of his member.AN

do anything; and in any case, I king reflecta the influence of force of circumstances the most

the Pekingese were only half a dog strongly renewed Japanese activity powerful arbitor of the issues of lief that Italian Fascists Hope ul- decided to Inaugurate a weekly ser stead of allowing it to lap his own in North China and is felt equally the Chinese civil war. The mere timately by this means to achieve vice between Sunderland and Ham- lawful zillk, with Impunity. For

in those countries which bad abolished licensed houses.Reuter.

POWERFUL ARBITER.

Japan's Position In the Chinese | month."'**

Civil War.

London, Yesterday.

Fascist Aims,

by Northerners and Southerners, evidence that the Japanese are cap-

a free, and gradual reunion of declares the "Times." The Japan-able of acting decisively in the pro-Europe under the leadership again ese in asserting, absolute neutrality tection of their interests has sober- of the duel Roms, that of the Fops realise that their, Intervention for ed all combatants. Japan for the and that of the Emperor. the protection of their nationals in momant bears very great respon. This book carries" with o Trinan may have delayed the Nassibility, which can only effectively vigorous preface by Signor Muss tionalist advance and to counter- be exercised if it is fully shared, lini himself, and I strongly rec balance this they insisted on the on agreed principles by all the mend it to all, those orderly retirement of Chang Tso- Powers directly interested in forma well-ba Hn from Peking. Thus the Japan China Reuter

ong of the most

burg

tunately these Imaginary conversa- tions can be quickly ended. We have but to take up our hat and

of our remarkable stick and they will all be forgotten. Our dog will know what we mean and we shall know what his barks they Barnes, mean, and then nothing cise in the ams and 2 Norgate, whole), world will matter. "The

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