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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1929.

SOVIET PLOTTING

Political Designs In The Far East

A

MENACE TO INDIA

Sinister Plot To Drive British Out Of China

JAPAN'S INTERESTS

Mr. G. Bessudovsky, former Charge d'Affaires and First Coun sellor to the Soviet Embassy in Paris, who was at Tokyo when the Soviet was stirring up a Communist revolution in China, in an article in the "Daily Telegraph," reveals the plotting that went on, with the ultimate aim of, driving the British from the country:-

On May 7, 1926, I left Moscow, having been appointed Counsellor to the Embassy at Tokyo. Some days before my departure Chicherin sent for me. He gave me instructions of so general character that they had no particular significance. He spoke to me of two factions in Japan whese differences determined the Japanese policy. These factions were the Satzuma and the Chosin, the Navy and the Army parties,

A WAR WITH AMERICA

THE

CHINA MAIL.

The "Sovietisation" of the Chin- NEW TALKIE AT THE

QUEEN'S

VILMA BANKY IN "THIS IS

HEAVEN"

SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN "CHINA MAIL"

Social Functions To-day Boxing Day Carnival at Hong Kong Hotel, 8 p.m.

ese Revolution took its course. Thanks to this "Sovietisation,” our influence in China waned, and the Kuomintang became more and more hostile to Moscow. Nor were the Japanese placated. M. Debucht spoke with a strange In- sistence of Borodin's activities. A FINE ENTERTAINMENT "Japan," he said to me, "does not want Bolshevism in China,' and "This is Heayon" is the picture we will flight Bolshevism to the now showing at the Queen's Thea- finish."

itre. Vilma Banky is starring Finally Chang Tso-lin took ad-fin the leading role of a modern girl, vantage of the mistakes made by who on arriving at Ellis Island Karakhan and Borodin by prepar- with the seething mass of immi-P ing for the seizure of the East- grants, at once set to work to ern railway.

And a job. At one time Borodin had the How she succeeded in getting to Soviet officers of Chiang Kal. the "Eleaven" which is the dream of aimed at the disorganisation and the picture. shek's army given orders" which every girl makes up the climax of Vilma, blonde and beautiful as defeat of the army. Chiang Kai- and his break with Borodin soon with James Hall, proves to her shok was informed of thie plan pealing as ever in her love scenes ever in her waitress's costume, ap-

rendered the whole of Moscow's admirers that she can be just as scheme futile.

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ed in two "Communist" generals, this, it may be mentioned, being For some time faith was placing ladies of the Silver Screen- pretty and successful as other lead-

named Ho-lun and Ye-jine, two her first picture in which she plays rogues escaped from the military the leading part, jurisdiction of Sun Chuan-fang. To these

"This is Heaven" is part two Soviet dignitaries "talkie," and some of the dialogues were sent $2.000.000 through the are really interesting. See and First Secretary at Tokyo, Astak- hear it to-day.

The former, who foresaw a war Litvinoff told Kopp that he hoff, and the Third Secretary, with the United States, would be should, through Japan's inter-Austrin, who were despatched on the more friendly towards UK. vention, upset us much as pos- and it was from this party that sible the pelier of Karakhan do not know what became of this a special mission to Shanghai. I proposals umanated concerning the oil on the island of Sakhalien.

money, because it was at that juncture The other party had the Contin-

that I had to leave Tokyo. ental outlook, and considered themselves to be

A Dismal Failure our immediate enemies in Manchurin and in

my first Interview with Chinn.

more brief.

common

Stalin was even My object would be to hinder, by hook or by erook, Japan and Bri- tain from following a policy in China, at the moment when the revolution of the pro- letariat was to be triumphant. { found Kopp, the Ambassader at Tokyo, expected his recall; this made him very pessimistic.

Stirring up Revolution "We have a scheme for the Far

All

East," he said, "which must be developed by every means, our diplomatists must seek to stir

up the revolution in China, mak- ing it more and more radical in nature, so that finally everything which is English will be driven out of the country. Thus we shall succeed in establishing a direct menace to Intiin. But China is not yet ripe even for a bourgeois democracy; and Stalin wants to have a Soviet revolution here!

"He does not understand that upheaval of the Chinese masses would be dangerous not only to the British, but to the Japanese and the Ame leans ag well. Naturally, the Japanese will not help the British to pro- tect their intereats. There are, however, purely Japanese interests which Tokyo will defend to the bitter end, both in Central China and on the other side of the Great Walk"

ал

Some days later Koop departed for Moscow. In a safe in his office I found a file containing despatches from Statin and letters from Litvinoff to Kopp. This Alle made my hair stand on end; 30 clearly did It reflect a violent conflict between the Political Bureau and the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Here, almost word for word, is Stalin's despatch to Kopp: .

"To Comrade Kopp, from Stalin.

1

"I learn that you are criticis- ing Kafakhan and his policy in China. You call him en adven- turer and a filibuster. I warn you that Kurakhan is only carrying out his instruction from the Political Bureau. know that you have privata grievances against Karakhan; but if you continue to allow your personal projudices to enter into affairs of State you will have me to reckon with."

Chicherin's Fears

"this new Rasputin attached to Stalin's person." Litvinoff urged Kopp to set the Japanese Press against, Karakhan, in the

hope that if the threats from this

was to take

My first impulse train back to Moscow, so disgust ed was I by the vileness of the contents of this file. I knew that

In

quarter became sufficiently definite Stalin I explained to him the dan- Stalin would take fright and con-

gers which beset the sent to recall Karakhan.

Chinese Eastern Railway. told him that serving, if only indirectly, our he must find some way of pre- country's interests in Manchuria. I informed him that a company had been created in which neu- trals-certain Frenchmen, for ex ample-were interested.

Litvinoff hated Karakhan, and that it was to ruin him that he In restored to such unparalleled intrigues. But in the end reason triumphed; by some strange coin-The fact that we are the own Stalin was not at all perturbed. Litvinoff ridence

favoured A

ers of this railway," he said, "is policy identical with my own contrary to the general policy of the policy of non-intervention in the party." It is possible for us Chinese affairs. I was resign to abandon the railway, but we cd..

A Treaty with Japan

must save our faces. Would it not be possible to sell it to the

The revolution in China pursu-Japanese? That would aggravate

ed its course. In the autumn of the antagonism between Japan 1026 I received a despatch from the Political Bureau instructing me to conclude with the Japanese a treaty of non-aggression and arbitration similar to the one which the Soviet had just signed with- Germany.

and the United States. See what) Chicherin thinks about it."

A TALKIE-RUINED HOME

[By A. P. Herbert.]

A mother stood in tears amid the

ruins of her home

Beseeching of her menfolk dear

that evening not to roam; Her first-born rose and struck her,

but as he reached the door

The woman on her bended knees

her husband did implore

"Don't take my boy to the

Talkies!

It's puttin ideas in 'is

'ead, 'E makes the most 'orrible

faces

An' sleeps with a gun in

'is bed. outlandish

'E uses

words,

American

It's nothin' but 'boot-leggers,'

That Out

Chicherin did not seem very interested.. "he best thing would be to sell the cursed rail- way," he said. "One might get about $300,000,000 for it." was all.

dividuals

Towards the end of 1928 two in- associated with the Franco-Asiatle Bank put to me the very proposition of which I had spoken to Stalin. They want- ed to turn the railway into a business enterprise with Soviet, Chinese and French capital. I submitted the scheme to Moscow, but the reply was in the negative.

I replied with a despatch point ing out that overtures of this kind required plenty of time, and an enormous amount of work was needed for technical prelimin- aries. Japan being a member of the League of Nations and allied with допу of her immediate neighbours, it was imponsible for her to sign a treaty of non- nagression at a day's notice.

By way of answer the Political Some months later the railway Bureau informed

me that the passed into the hands of the Chin- Chinese revolution would

be eze. in a few weeks' time, and that it was necessary

"Sovietised"

The policy of "Sovietising" the Chinese revolution ended in dis- All the influence

at all costs to forestall the Japan mal failure.

ese reaction. which would certain-which Russia had acquired in China:

was

in the course of long, long years has been wiped out.

It must not be thought, how-

ly be directed against Moscow.

After some conversations with the German Ambassador at Tokyo, Dr. Solf, and with Herr von ever, that Stalin will abandon Borch, the Counsellor to the Em this idea, which is so precious to bassy at Tokyo (now the Minister him, of the "Sovietisation" of the in China), I again telegraphed to Chinese. This maniac thinks only Moscow, saying that the missior of attacking Great Britain through with which I was charged

the Far East and India. utterly impossible to carry out, at any rate for the moment. Stalin sent me a personal reply worthy of an hysterical woman. He de clared that the signing of a treaty-"no matter what sort”— was an absolute necessity. This treaty was, if the need arose, to a mutual renunciation of inter- be capable of interpretation as vention in China."

"SPEEDY."

Harold Lloyd's Great Success

To

And

'babies,' an' *birds.'

'E says, I've English accent,

An'. It's not that I mind the

snub,

But I want my boy to be

British,

So take 'Im with you to the

pub!"

To-morrow Tea Dances at Hong Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotel, 5

Jan. 6 St. George's Ball.

Jan. 10 Second annual dance of the Hong Kong Ladies' Hockey Club, at Lane, Crawford's Restaur ont

Entertainments To-day. Queen's

Nights"

"This is Heaven."

To-day-Star Theatre, "In Desert

Theatre.

To-day World Theatre, "Nervous Wreck."

To-day Majestic Theatre;

"Speed".

Home Mall To-morrow-Inward from Europe via Negupatam ("Takada"),

Lammerts Auction

Dec. 30-At 268, The Peak (5, Stewart Terrace) household furni ture, 2.30 p.m.

Meeting

Dec. 31 Meeting of Sandakan Light and Power Co. (1922) Ltd.. St. George's Building, 12.30 p.m.

Miscellaneous

Jan. 4-E-New Territories Agri- cultural Show, at Shek Wu Hui tlon). (near Sheung Shui Railway Sta-

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5-7 pm-Programme of H.M.V.

Victor records supplied by "Softly as in a morning sunrise" courtesy of Messrs. Moutrigę..

("New Moon"-Romberg), "One kiza"

De Groot and His

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(G. de Stefano) .............Rossi Land. “Sommy Boy" (Jolson-De Sylva-Brown.

Henderson),

passed the men together to the gilded pleasure-hall feast their eyes on Passion Buds-or, Love Excuses All.

crooks and crimes and cabarets, and girls in dea-"Jeannine I dream of Lilac Time" habille,

(L. Wolfe Gilbert-Nat Shilkret), While on the lonely kitchen-floor

Victor Salon Group "Christmas Hymns and Carols"-

Parts 1 & 2

the mother murmured still— "Don't take my boy to the

Talkies!

It's them that has poison-

ed the lad. Don't let 'im talk through

'is nose, dear

Trinity Choir.

"Gold and Silver Waltz

(Franz Lehar),

International Concert Orchestra.

"Emperor"—Waliz

Johann Strauss),

International Novelty

Orchestra.

I'd nooner 'c went to the "Tristan and Isolde Liebestod"

bad.

Parts 1 & 2 (Wagner),

Don's let 'Im talk like the Talkies

you see;

Why can't 'e speak the King's

English, like me?

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. "Cute Little Flat" (Hackforth),

Gracie Fields & Archie Pitt. "When You've Gone" (Heymann), 'E tell me I ain't got no sex-Gipsy Love"Waltz (Lehar),

Gracle Fields, Comedienne.

"Sweetheart"-Waltz (Strauss),

International Concert Orchestra.

urge,

An' it's not that I mind the

anub,

But I want my child to be "Wake up and dream" ("Wake up

British,

and Dream"-Porter), "What is this thing called Love" ("Wake up and Dream"— (Porter)

George Metaxa "Hear my Prayer', Parts 1 & 2

(Mendelssohn),

So take 'im with you to the

pub!"

The show was done, the boy said,

"Dad, I gotta kill ternight!

I feel the blood-lust in my bones." His father said, "That's right." They robbed a passing postman then, and, home again once more,

The task of the motion picture ficult in the cinema world comedian is probably the nibet dif- They murdered that poor woman, but she whispered, through her gore

He has to

Chole of Templa Church, London "Songs of the Past, Nos. 1 & 2,

Dance of the Honra"--Parts 1 & 2

Victor Mixed Chorus.

(Ponchielli)

.

Victor Symphony Orchestra. "Roll Away, Cloudg" "Virginia"-

Waller & Tunbridge), "Mammy" (Arr. Robeson),

Paul Robeson, "Don't take my boy to the "Boheme-Death Seone"-Parts 1 & 2

Talkies!

(Puccini), Thinking of you" (Five O'clock Girl” Lucrezia Bori-Tito Schipa.

Ruby), "Marigold" (Besly),

I told you it done im no

good.

Now we'll be all in the

papers,

An all through that there

'Ollywood.

Tell the kind judge that the hoy

ain't to blame, Ever since 'Broadway" "e's not

been the same.

make pictures that appen! to all kinds of audiences, especially a comedian of Stalin's Injunctions

the rank of Harold Lloyd, for with- A further despatch on my part out general appeal he cannot possibly Informed Stalin that I had been reach the success attained by the be One letter from Litvinoff deal to the Japanese Foreign Minister spectacled funater. Unlike the drama- with Chicherin. Since

being (which I had not even deemed it

tic actor, op producer he cannot spo elected a member of the Contral

clailse. necessary to do), and that the overything in his pictures. His job is He must give a little of Committee of the party he seem- Japanese Government had not realmost akin to editing the "China ed to have become incapable of plied to my overtures. Stalin Mall." He must have something in his expressing a single opinion for then sent mo a long despatch re- pictures for all classes of audiences. fear that he would not be re-elect- Iterating his injunctions,

Thin, it tu said, he has admirably suc- ed at the next Congress. He ap

The then Asalatant Minister for creation, "Speedy," for ho introduces ceeded in doing with his latest comedy peared to disapprove of Karak Foreign Affairs, M. Debuchi (now in it several sequences entirely differ han's policy, but not to have the

the Ambassador at Washington) ent from anything he has done, or any courage to say so openly before was so astonished at my applica-other comedian for that matter. He the Political Bureau. It was for tion that for a long time he would has one of the most novel pictures in this reason apparently. that he

not even take it seriously. He his long list of successes. had feigned illness, and for a explained to

His business with the now obsoleta me the technical month had not left the sofa in his difficulties which attended the horse car brings out a series of laughs office.

signature of such a treaty dim and thrills equal to his finest efforts. The Political Bureau had taken culties which I had already point Paramount; is based on fact, dealing "Daily Mail:”]

His story in "Speedy" released by With acknowledgment to the advantage of Chickerin'e indis ed out to Stalin-and then salday it does with the last of the horas position to place the whole questo ma: "Why do you need this car Unes, which disappeared from the tion of policy in China in the treaty? Japan has no intention streets of New York, and from every hands of a Commission, elected of attacking you. I hope you do big city, Idat a few years ago. It is from among its members, under not mean to attack us

the story of an old man's Bght to re tain his street car-franchise in the

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the chairmanship of the Deputy I hastened to assure him that recs of opposition from the traction Commissioner for War, Unschlicht. Moscow was inspired with the trust interested in stealing Hie rights Litvinoff called the Deputy Commost peaceable Intentions towards In Lloyd, being in love with the midsar "e half-witted chemist, Japan, and that I listened with old man's granddaughter, is brought and expressed the opinion that real pleasure, to his assurances. Into the centre of the fray, and, in his the policy which he advocated That evening I sent a despatch stal capable manner, saves the day would lead to war with England,

the old man and second letter dealt with hän himself, speaking of

noby

to Stalin stating that the treaty of non-aggression had beans cluded with Japan in the an oral

Ang Chrisythe and her.

opybalta Lloyd is most effactīva appákling.” The pietu

wing at the Maj

'E told me I'm Nobody's Baby,, An' it's not that I mind the

saab,

But I want my boy to be

British,

So take im with you to the

pub!!!

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Arthur Meale.

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Peggy Wood and George Motaxa. #Jolly FollowsWaltz_(Vollstedt), "Amoureuse"-Waltz (Berger),

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