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No. 25,982 HONG KONG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER

DEAD...

CHANGING COATS.

MILITARISTS BECOME POLITICIANS.

EVOLUTION OF CHIANG.

Excitement As To Who Shall Get the Jobs.

́GOVERNMENT, MINUS WAR GONGS, GETS INTERESTING.

[By "Li Chung-yin."]

GOVT. CONTROLLED DR. ALICE HICKLING

HOSPITALS.

NEW RATES.

FUNERAL TO-DAY.

FEES FOR TREATMENT CHANGED İ WELL KNOWN LADY DOCTOR

AFTER TWO YEARS.

PRIVATE PATIENTS.

PASSES SUDDENLY.

22, 1928. ·PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

WHEN A SHIP IS PIRATED.

As will be seen from an announce-

Your Eyes Are Safe With Us." LAZARUS

Hong Kong's Only European Optician. / (Established Over Forty Years) ACCURACY SERVICE QUALITY. Manager:

RALPH A. COOPER, Registered Optometrist (Canada) FLO. (London),

IS THAT SOP

Thoughts Terse, Perverse--and Worse.

One of our Silver Suspenders The 11th Hussars, who were at gues this week to Mr. E. D. Balaclava, haye been turned into They Shank, who has never heard a la mechanical unit. public motor car driver complain should have joined the R.A.F.

and become the Flight Brigade. about insufficient fare.

land.

CO

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"Telping depression."

buck things up.

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South America reports one of

the best revolutions since the

war..

OFFICERS' GRANTS

GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS COMPENSATION RULES.

"READY TO CONSIDER." M.O.H. DURING THE WAR. The death is recorded, with re- Compensation by the Govern- Rates for treatment in Govern-

Dr. Alice ment controlled hospitals in the gret, of

Deborah ment to officers of merchant Colony, which have been in force Hickling, M.B.E., L.R.CP., LR.C.S. vessels killed or wounded in action. "High hotel charges. since Oct. 8, 1926, have been changed to, as follow:

(Edinburgh), L.F.P. & S., which with pirates have been stopped. The highest hotels are in Switzer-Perhaps a change of name would Government hospitals and occurred suddenly at the Peak Hos- funeral

A book just published called If pessimism is felt over the intrigue in the highest circles of asylum other than the Peak Hospital this morning. The

pital and the maternity wards of passes the monument at 5.30 p.m.ment in the "Gazette," this isEat and Grow Young" is intend- the Nationalist Party anent the distribution of portfolios, encourage-Victoria Hospital:-

because of legislative changes. ed to provide food for thought. Private patients, European $8, to-day. ment can at least be taken from the steady increase in the number

Much sympathy will go out to The notice reads:→→

An amah, with Peak experi- of civilian politicians who are making their influence felt and taking $5 and $2; Asiatic on European

Dr. Hickling's husband,. Mr. C. C.;

Notification ence, wants B position .. unto themselves a greater share in the active administration of the diet $2; Aalatic 50 cents.

European lunatics landed from Hickling of Messrs. Butterfield &

No. 223 of April 25, 1924, re- Let's hope she doesn't have to ships on consular or ship agent's Swire and to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. C.

garding grants by Government take a situation. government:

in the event of the death or i guarantee:-$5; Asiatic lunatics Bonnar, Mrs. Bonnar being a sister

disablement of officers of ships "The car was on European diet $2; Asiatic luna-of Mr. Hickling. tics 50 cents.

As Dr. Sibree, prior to her mar-

on the Hong Kong register by Daily paper. Lunatics sent in by Board ofriago, Dr. Hickling was one of the

reason of piratical attacks, word. Trade:-European and American Brat-if not the first-lady practi

published in the Hong Kong tloners in the Colony. On May 1,

¡Government Gazette of that

There was nothing in the new $2; Asiatic 50 cents.

Additional for private patients,

date, is hereby cancelled." estimates for increased water other than Government or Naval 1916, she was appointed by the

A man was accused at Doncas- be Supervisor of Government to

This is one ques- or Military patients, who will be

Midwives, her work at the Alice But grants have not been irre-supply.. charged $8 or $5 a day for main-Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals vocably withdrawn, aa will be won't let you budge it.

tion on which the Governmentter of practising "The art of But living for nothing... tenance, one-third of the daily

perhaps he had nothing to live for, rate (extra) for medical attend-having eminently fitted her for the

dutles. Then on Oct. 5, 1923, she seen by the following note which

An advertisement heading: ance; for surgical operations, up

is a "Winter dress lengths.” . It "The cancellation. to $300; for maternity cases, $100 was appointed Assistant Medical accompanies the announcement:-

Tattoo advertisement-"possi- 1Officer in charge of Native Hos-

necessary consequence of the is about time they got out of bly never again."... Is that or $75,

Victoria Hospital maternity pitals, a position she has held

recent alterations in the Piracy using that word "length." wadrs:-

Regulations, but the Govern

'.

The average foreigner, naturally, has not the inclina- tion thoroughly to acquaint himself with names of persons and institutions, the purport of which is often confusing. Accordingly, only the general aspect of petty and personal "diplomacy" in Nan king will be dealt with in this article and not the technical, such as the constitution of the ruling or executive bodies, councils, com-

mittees or boards-as translators pleuse to call them.

THE "INSIDE

OF NANKING.

Hitherto Generals were at a been consistent in China, that is premium and politicians at a dis- the description of the "Christian General" as an opportunist. Military strength was Bibles and Red literature come count. everybody's principal concern. alike to him, so long as they serve But the war is ending.. There his own purpose. To-day, it suits his book to be friends with every- will soon be nobody to fight. Or, in other words, it will be very difficult to find a casus belli which taxpayers will not condemn. The

Having, against his confirmed excuse for maintaining, oneself in principles, but in his better judg power slowly vanishing, attenment, embroiled himself in the civil war, General Yen Hsi-shan

Private patients $10, $5 and $2. Peak Hospital:-

Private patients $10 and $5. [Children under 12 years of

body who has a finger in the Nan-age are charged half rates. Spe- king pie. He therefore works as clal nurses at $7 per day.] a colleague.

tion now turns to the civil side of has returned to the fastnesses of government.

One thing more. In accordance with the precepts of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen, as founder of Na- tionalism, all the Party leaders have now to talk in terms of "poli-

HU HAN-MIN & SUN FO.

Shanghai, Yesterday.

A message from Nanking states that Mr. Hu Han-min and Mr. Sun Fo have been appointed addi- tional members of the Standing Committee of the Central Execu- tive Committee of the Nationalist Party-Reuter.

کرد.

tical training," which is the stage set down to follow union of the country by force of arms.

Shansi province to continue the policy of masterly inactivity which has stood him in good stead for fifteen years. Of the major militarists, then, there remains the Kwangsi group, which in- cludes Marshal Li Chai-sum of Canton, General Wong Shiu-hung of Kwangsi, General Li Tsung-

C.R.C. AT HOME.

Recreation The Chinese Club"At Home," which was

since.

For her invaluable public ser vices during the Great War, the honour of Member of the Most Ex- cellent Order of the British Empire on Dr. Hickling. was conferred From some time in 1918, she was acting Medical Officer of Health and attached to the Sanitary De- partment.

Dr. Hickling was a member of the Board of Education and of the Midwives Board.

Dr. Hickling was born on Nov. 18, 1876.

"Government

-

"The deputy-mayor on behalf of the councillors and municipal staff, .presented the Mayor and Mayoress with a cot bearing & silver. plate suitably inscribed in comouflaged."commemoration of the girth of a So was the son and heir to them during their The mayor term of office." and. mayoress and their little cor- poration.

ment remains ready to consider The "Sunday Herald" thanks and suitably to recognise meri- the correspondent of the "Daily dorious service on the part of Press" for pointing out errors in any person in the face of pira- a picture caption last week. tical attacks."

"A LOOK AROUND.”

"Samuel Camphor, a coloured youth, was sentenced to one month's hard labour." Camphor has now been packed away in lavender,

so?

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35, (m) (

At Herne Bay, France beat The Italy at ice hockey... Italians attribute their defeat to the fact that the ice was without cream.

"When Football is

a crime.' Wden a half-back makes a serious charge?

Included in one of the "China

Earthquakes are reported by Mall Saturday features-A Look

"Northants (followed on) 210 correspondents in Serbia. Around-on page 6 of this lasuewickets for 10 runs." Cer-More unrest in the Balkans. is the first of a series of chatty-tainly brighter cricket. paragraphs about the Colonial

to have been held this after TREATY WITH SIAM. Service, more particularly as in

noon, has been indefinitely post- poned owing to the uncertainty of weather conditions.

jen of Hankow, and General Pei SULTAN AND “SUB." Chung-hai who commands the ex- pedition to wipe out the North- ARABIAN POTENTATE RE

LEASES DUMMY TORPEDO.

erners,

WORKING SMOOTHLY.

Now these Kwangsi Generals; have shown all along that they

VISITS "VICTORY.”-

London, Yesterday,

HONG KONG'S ACCESSION

DULY GAZETTED.

COMMERCE & NAVIGATION. The "Gazette" notifies that the ledged the accession of the Colony of Hong Kong to the Treaties of Friendship and of Commerce and Navigation contluded between Great Britain and Siam in July, 1925. From May 16, 1928, the

Siamese Government has acknow

Secretary,

regard to Hong Kong. Further instalments will appear in the "China Mail" on Saturdays,

U.S. PRESIDENCY. GOVERNOR SMITH AND THE PROTESTANT VOTE.

CHURCH AND STATE.

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A well-known tennis player has just turned professional instruc

She will now look for tor.. net profits.

A headline: "Bonus. Bonds Fine." What we have al ways said.

A correspondent writes: "Will you kindly inform me why you advertise births before mar- riages in the first column of the 'Sunday Times "7"

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down and

"An official notice invites tendera for the covering of account books.

A binding tender.

A machine has been invented for dispensing with postage stamps... Another way of doing this is not to write letters.

Jersey is to have an income tax of 6d.

It is also rumoured that the harbour is to be enlarged for the reception of millionaires' yachts.

There has been an earthquake shock in Mexico.

Mexico deserves a good shaking.

There is to be an increase in rubber paving.

We shall soon be a nation of rubber souls. *() ), (

Oklahoma, Yesterday, want their own territory to be At Portsmouth, to-day, the stipulations of this Treaty and of

Governor. "A" Smith, in a That Immaculate Immersion left alone in local affairs. Every Sultan of Muscat embarked in Articles 2, 8 and 4 of the Com-

.. Fraid, in view of yester- thing points to their wish being Submarine L25, which then per-mercial Treaty will accordingly significant speech in which he en gratified and, as to be expected, formed a number of diving exer apply to Hong Kong. Copies of deavoured to overcome the pre- day's scoop, we'll have to leave

out the "immaculate.' they are working smoothly with

cises in Spithead with the "Des the Treaties of Notes exchanged judice of the Protestants against the Central Government.

troyers "Umpire" and "Truant" between the United Kingdom and

Which reminds us of a cross- Roman Catholic, declared em- What, then, of the politicians? as escorts and the mine-sweeping Siam may be seen at the Colonial him on the ground that he is a The bulk of the Rightists, who Sloop "Ross" as target ship, at

phatically that he did not wish word suggestion." came into prominence by playing which the Sultan released &

any Roman Catholic to vote for out in four letters. him on any religious grounds. Nanking when dummy torpedo. truant from "NO. 1 OF NO. 1."

Chiang Kai-shek flirted with the

At a Basingstoke Gymkhana After the exercises the DeB-

He added that similarly any are back at their troyers returned to harbour and

person who voted against him there was a wheelbarrow race for Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, al- Extremists, though still commander-in-chief jobs. The Extremists (or Left the "Ross," preceded the L26 to

simply on account of his religion mothers. A chance for young, of the Nationalist fighting forces, ists, or the Canton, clique) are Southampton, where the Sultan

was not, in his opinion, a good women of push and go. is becoming less and less a sol- left very much in the cold. In was landed at a berth in Ocean

citizen. citovernor Smith declared that "Mr.

“Mr. ---- suffered from auri-pathetic note. dler and, conversely, more and fact there are no outsiders at the Dock. A visit to a liner followed.

moment.

At Portsmouth, the Sultan in- more a politician.

spected Nelson's flagship. "Vic tory."-British Wireless Service.

In equity alone that le, even if The field being clear, Chiang he were to show reluctance in Kai-shek and the Rightists have accepting the least. that could brought in a new form of ad- be given in exchange for his figur-ministration. And certain posts! ative baton and sword would be have to be given to the "Chris

This is being the equivalent position on the tian General." civil side, which is the position done.

akin to that of Chief Executive. China cannot make Chiang Kai-

shek President. Borodin saw to

COALITION GOVT. -

It will be recalled that Mr. Huj

it that nobody could become an Han-min (a former Governor of autocrat. Communism may be Canton) refused to go to Canton. non est in China, but the system He had bigger prizes at Nanking.

U.S. "SUB" S. 17.

AGROUND IN THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE.

IN NO DANGER.

Washington, Yesterday.

The Navy Department has re-

of government by committees re And it seems that he has got ceived a report that Submarine S17 mains. So. Chiang Kai-shek will them-notwithstanding that he is aground at Juan Point, Almirante have to ba the No. 1 of the No. 1 had to go abroad twice or thrice Bay, in the Fanama Canal Zone. committee..

previously to avoid "trouble" It is stated that the crew is un- because experienced politicians injured and the vessel in no danger. are badly wanted now,

Renter's American Service.

NAME IMMATERIAL Chiang Kai-shek has been shrewd enough to ally himself with the strongest and most in fluential factor the conglomera: tion of militarists and politicians known as the Right Wing of the Nationalist Party, or the Moder ates, or the Conservatives, or the Elders, or the anti-Rede

The name, is immaterial. So is the personal reputation of the group of minor branches which Is in a continual state of flux, B

Yesterday there was talk of agitation for a new Finance Minister. The present incumbent, Mr. T. V. Soong, is Chiang Kai- shek's brother-in-law and a bril- lant man. But some suggest Mr. Sun Fo, the son of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who has been head of his own clique, has hunted with the Rightists and then run with at Busbire-Reuter. the Leftists, and has also been in exile, h

TO TOKYO.

VON HUENEFELD REACHES BUSHIRE.

It all amounts to this. Opposi

In mutual interests, several of tion having been swept away, a these minor branches have

Coalition Binds itself in power.

Baghdad, Yesterday, Baron von Huenefeld has arrived

THE TORNADO.

San Ju

The Red Cross

thrown in their lot with the To keep in power, it is dividing Rightists. One faction has not dona so, but it does not refuse to portfolios in ratio to the infidence co-operate. I refer to the follow of the various Generals, the poll- ing of the Christian General" ticians who have stayed in Nan-

king, and those who have been in Feng Yu-halang, whose nomines,

abroad:

is safe to assume Dr. C. T. Wangla Foreign Minis

have been

Luch PREVIMENTO that theres

plain int THE GENERALS

stitution ca

Rou Bothere is one thing that has was

minced

A.P.C. SHIP HITS BACK.

The British ss. "Chinklang," owned by the Asiatic Petroleum Co., was fired at by bandita when on the Upper Yangtsze River, 16 miles above the notorious town of Wushan. She was hit but the armed guards on board returned the fire, says a despatch released through the courtesy of the Naval authorities.

Wushan is between Ichang and Wanhsten, or roughly 1,000 miles up the Yangtsze. Being in the extreme east of Sze chuan, it is in "no man's land" on account of Yang Sen's war.

HERR STINNES.

BAIL FIXED AT A MILLION

BANG MARKS.

Berlin,, Yesterday..

D

infirmity."

How

the absolute séparation of church cular and state was a part of the funda-much more serious than. mere mental basis of the American con- deafness. stitution. He believed in it and all that it implied. -Reuter's American Service,

AERIAL TOUR. THE LIGHT AEROPLANE CON

TEST IN FRANCE.

*GERMAN PILOT FIRST.

Le Bourget, Yesterday.

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The Grand Tattoo crowd are appealing to local motor cyclists.

same All

pedestrians, what?

"1928 is Leap Year, says a

writer in a woman's' page." It has taken both the quoter and the quoted a long time to find it out:

Lady M. Hay Drummond as- serts that thin women never

They car made history.". ried no weight.

Paderewski announced that he will have no farewells.. In other words. he will not strike

We read that the Government is showing a tendency to build smaller battleships. wa hope for smaller battles?

May

So far from being injured motoring, as reported, King Boris is in excellent health." But what is a Balkan state of health? ne sme

The chief of a New Jersey Wen- ther Bureau says that when it is going to rain his garters itch. They are probably merely

"It was arranged that a mem The serial tour of France over a ber should be responsible for the pulling his leg. distance of 1,240 miles for light service on the first Sunday after-WORDC aeroplanes, concluded in a victory noon of each Monday-English An American restaurant has for the German pilot Lusser with paper. Irish Press, please been showing a tank full of in- visible fish. We know lots 1,691 points. He was followed by

note:

of restaurants where the fish

The Judge who has been investi Capt. Percival, 1,608 points, Capte gating the charges of fraudulent Broad, 1,581 points, and Lady A really capable newspaperman course is very nearly invisible. dealings in war loan, made against Heath, 1,520 points, all of whom has been appointed a Major on the staff of the Governors of Hugo Stinnas, has decided to reare British. Capt. Broad was

thus do the lease him from prison on bail of using "Gipsy Moth," while the Louisiana

mighty fail. 1,000,000 marks Reuter.

FASCIST COUNCIL.

www.Rome, Yesterday.!!

is expected that the measure after adopted yesterday thede Grand Council, dealing Rico, est constitu

and that 2,8613

of whom 270 ́are

immediately for

Some

other two planes were "AVIOS.”

Sixteen French machines, three German and alx British entered A lady

€30.000 for the race. Reutor.

DUTCH PLANES..

organist has left

In notes 7

During the first three months of the year the police had recely EN ROUTE TO THE EASTed a large number of complaints Scottish from tramway cars. INDIES

paper, Some of the older

tulant. TWO AT CONSTANTINOPLE, cara become very

affic in Hong Kong soon. Motor bustle amoun

Const

Not

Insthe swag

The French propose to police the air. A warning for those who pick air pockets.

After the most vigilant and protracted inquiries the police have been able to establish the identity of the man who makes no claim to having been the first to hear the cuckoo,

and

Bank of & pape

land notes 18 merely