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AN ORGANIZED NATION

NATIONAL SERVICE.

THE BONGKONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18T, 1915.

GOLD IN "HEILUNGKIANG,"

CONTROLLED BY THE GOLD

MINING BUREAU -

Gold deposita are to be found in many provinces throughout China, sayo the Peking Daily New, but according to a recent report the gold veins in the pro

The

THE SINKING OF A LAUNCH.† ENQUIRY AT THE MAGISTRACY.

The drowning of two Chinese, who were passengers on the steam launch Sui Fong, was the subject of an enquiry" by Mr. Wood, at the Magistracy yesterday.

Mr. T. H. King, Assistant Superintend-

Harbour

It is precisely in the matter of muni- tiona that the voluntary system has failed most signally, is obvious that if p had had any system of universal service, ITS MEANING AND NECESSITY. however rudimentary, before the war, we should have been compelled to provide Mr L. S. Amery, M.P., writch to uniforms, rifles, and guns, for the men The Times: At this critical antment we contemplated mobilizing under that Even if universal service had when the whole nation is looking for a system clear lead and for decisive action, our only been decided upon after the outbreak atulers are still resolved, apparently, to of the war there would at once have been work to in the matter of Wait and see what may turn up, and how a spalle Press and platform controversy on the equipment and munitions Paint would eo of Heilungkiang have been provedent of Police, nppeared on behalf of the the be the richest, covering um ao of Police, and Mr. Dixon (Moars. Wilkinson vital question of National Service may bay be ordered and dead down on develop It is deplorable that this that scale, workers in the industries some thousands of li. In order to carry.

catablished a Gold Davey,

Assistant BNR should be so. But as it is, it becomes acted would front enlistment, and no out the exploitation app ectively the & Grist) represented the owners. Lient. the clear duty of those who are con- tially we has vinced that wuthing but the prompt en should long ago have been reaping the Mining Bureau in the Metroplitan City: Master, accompanied Mr. Wood, on the fororment of National Service in this fruit of prompt decisions and proper but so far without much progress.

we lost months Latest and probably the most significant Bench. country sun now ensum the success of the method. As it was,

Yio Shui Chi, the owner of Inanch waiting to find out more or less what movement taken by the Bureau-is-the- Allied cause, to state their orde

firstalled. Answering Mr. Let me first state clearly what that sized Army voluntary akcruiting was establishment of a branch gold mining

that at the It is not that universal going to give us before we really faced | bureau in Beitungkang after a thorough was

Dixon, will military service in itself is more efficient, the problem of providing it with muni-inspection of the gold mines in the pro- Jess costly, fairor, and mors truly tions. And when we did we found that vince by Mr. Lia Wen-feng, a mining democratic than volgutary service, and tens of thousands of the men who should expert. By a recent Mandate of the Fre time of the accident the launch was ought once more, as in past centuries, to have been kept to make the munitions bad sident M, Chu Tsai, the Ex-Financial become a normal feature in our national disappeared into the ranks of the Army, Commissioncis of Fukien, has bem in a good state of repnir. A few days life. Many of us may think so, and which, under the uncertainty of voluntary appointed the Chief of the Gold Mining before the accident the launch had come he prepared to defend that view when the service, was none too willing to surrender Bureau of Heilungkiang, and Mr. Liu

It would Wen-feng, the mining expert, has been out of the Taikoo Dock after over- proper time comes. But that is not our anyone it had once secured,

When the coxwain of the launch was cali case to-day, and arguments against that be absurd to blame Lord Kitchener or appointed superintendent of the gold hauling. case, and be favour of voluntaryism as his subordinates for what was after all mining plants of the province. general principle, are for the moment, the inevitable result of the system under At prosent there are altogether five min- Trralevant. Our case is simply this: if which they worked. But we cannoting plants in this gold producing district, ed Mr. Wood inquired of Mr. King our Governaient is prepared at once to afford to repeat the same mistake in our four of which have been established by whether the police hold him to blans for

the Government under the names of Mo mak use of the whel manhood of this arrangements for the coining year.

Ho plant, Koo Ma plan, Kuan Tu the accident; it so he would caution him. Mr. King replied that so far as he was country and systematically organize it

plant, and Chi Kico plant respectively. for the purposts of this war, we can still

Another plant under the title of Yu Ching was no blame was attached to him: make certain of victory; if not, we shall

Kou is a joint establishment of the

Giving evidenes, the coxwain said he was must certainly drift to defeat or to a

Government and merchants. Some scores scarcely legs disastrous stalemate.

It is no te blinking the facts of the

of thousands of excavators are working responsible for the crew but not for the in these mines, but only something over

On the day of the accident they military situation. The position of the grave, and even if the

190,000 ounces of pure gold are produced cargo.

Deducting Russian Army

your.

the wages, tied up at the whari (1.6 p.. and the stubborn valour of its rearguarda enables it, as we trust, to get away oupurative

salaries and all the other expenses in ly intact, it would be idle to build hopes

connection with these plants, the net pro- laurch appeared to be in quite good condi- on the idea of an effective return to the

fit gained annually is only about $100,000. Lion. After the launch had been tied up

In the opinion of the Superintendent he denied that he went ashore. offensive for many months to come her words, it means more interference Elsewhere, nothing suggests the likelihood with industry and more hardship to

in individuals. Further, while compulsory Lin, the fact that these are not properly p.m., while aboard, he had a conversation of the forets now available, or prespect, on the Allied side being able service selects mon from the industries developed might be attributed to the with the compradore, telling him that the

be spared, the moral following causes: (1) The use of crude etther this year or next, to break down where they can the cany's resistance and achieve

For that there will pressure of voluntary recruiting works methods, (2) the lack of machinery, (3) launch had 700 piculs of cargo aboard nu The recruiting agents unsystematic attempts, (4) many mines that he should stop any more coming o indiscriminately. conclusive resnit.

are abandoned before being sufficiently b required an additional effort, an are not out to proteal industry, but to

It is difficult to make any proved and the miners shifted about too as the launch generally carried cargo which additional output of miltury strik-get reoruits.

re frequently, (5) poor management and the would leave the gunwale about five ing

which,

by satisfactory arrangements between the experiences of the war hitherto,cruiters and employers, and no such lack of faithfulness on the part of the cannot be estimated at much less than un murrangements can prevent the indirect mining Commissioners, as a result of Chinese inches above water; he could which gold ore has frequently and secretly not say how many picul... There was not And by that extra 50 divisions.

pressure of posters, street-corner.com- aurant, not merely new to the number of monts, and other forms of social perke bodo sold by the miners to the Russians load-line on the ship, he just judged the

cargo by the five Chinese inches. with another 1,000,000 aution which have driven into the ranks at extremely low prior. reserve to replace their casualties, but all many uren who would have been more

compradore told him that he (the com that immarense complex of guns and usefully occupied in the factory and who Nor can it be howitzers, trench mortars and machine were well aware of it

In reply to Mr. King the coxwain said guns, arms, ammunition, and equipment said that voluntary service has, at any

pradora) was responsible for the cargo. of all sorts, without which the bravest rate, secured the best men from the It has had to military point of view. troops are powerless.

We alone of the Allies are in a select, not From the whole manhood of

he had not previously spoken to the cou

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the nation, but from a portion. There

pradore with reference to the load of psition to create such a force. alone have both the margin of unused men has been enormous waste in enlisting and to train and put in the field and the withdrawing from industry men who were

But indutriad - puwer to equip thein. avon we can only do so if we take immed-ever ft for the hardships of military life and who have had to be cast since, fate action on conprehensive plan, decide what we shall take for the to find employment again as hest they existing mines modern methods should he had previously told the polic?.65

might.

power

1,000,000,

pudging

KNOWLEDGE VERSUS CONFUSION. Compulsory service is efficient because The number it is based on knowledge. of men available is known and all. bo made with anungenen la cun promptitude and certainly. The men are always available and therefore need not be called upon till They are wanted: Voluntary service means enligting men when you do not want them and cannot arm them for fear that when you do want them you may not be able to get them. In

ANISTY

THE CAUSES OF UNDEVELOPMENT.

SONK REMEDIES TO BE INTRODUCED,

St

Some suggestions made by chief Chu Tsao-yi of the Gold Mining Bureau for

in Heilunghiang aro the reforma of the mining enterprise carried on. follows: (1) Strid care should be exer- cised to prevent the illicit export of gold to align countries, (2) anybody to be allowed to open mines with his own resource, if he can find gold veins by new to the mining law, (3) in the work of the fields, bat he has to pay tax according

be introduced, (4) facilities of transporte All these disadvantages of voluntaryism tion should be fostered for the conveyancs of provisions to the miners from the mar field and what mon we shall allot to.

carth the task of equipment, in what instal-will be aggravated in the future. menta, and when we shall call these out unfair pressure will increase in intensity;ket and the carrying away of the in other words, if we enforce National industry will continue losing, not the from which the gold has been extracted, Service Voluntary enlistrant can never man who can best be spared, but the men (5) the miners should be better treated The so that they will work more faithfully provide the additional force required. who are most easily influenced.

ou being and many ill-practices be avoided.

The office of the Gold Mining Bureau power, and to the strength of unorganised lowered

And in the end it may still is now located at the Black River which patriotism in this country, it has pro- increased. vided an Arway which might have be necessary to resort to compulsion in is the centre of the mining area. suliced for any struggle les gigantic its most invidious form, compulsion than the present. But the most that. anyone can hope from it now is that it robbed of its aspect as universal service, consideration for industry and fairness, should keep that Arm up to strength no longer representing order, method daring the coming year.

but just the coercion of unwilling inen

The

Thanks to Lord Kitchener's driving physical standards will go urge

consequent and the

THE (NJECTIONS STATED.

PERSIAN GULF FIGHTING.

SEVERAL GUNBOATS SUNK

A wounded officer gives an interesting account of early operations in the Persian

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Mr. King then remarked that what the coxwain said then did not agree with what

Mr. Wood told the witness that he had tuld a Police Inspector that two days be- fore the accident he had complained to the compradore about the cargo; and he now denied this.

Witness said that this had reference the same cargo.

Answering Mr. Wood the witness Vid he told the compradure that he would not say if any more cargo then the 700 piculs was put aboard. He added that about eight. or ten passengers were aboard at the time thirty. -The Chiang Chun of Kansu has sub-and the crew numbered, about mited to the President the following About 4 a.. on the 13th he was awakenęł certain by the boat listing to port and he called memorial requesting Missionary Doctors at Lintanhaien who up the crew to trim the cargo on the lowor gave medical attendance to wounded soldiers during the late White Wolf deck. trouble, be rewarded, elle. :-

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We must decide at once, for unless the seen persuasion has finally failed. additional output of munitions, over and above all that has been ordered already, is ordered and put in hand immediately, there is not the slightest chance of putting the force required into the field next summer. Moreover, there are moral reasons no less cogent than business ones Are we to leave

By Mr. King-No carga was taken ou for a prompt decision. France and Russia to face the coming

On & report of the Magistrate of winter with no assurance that a supreme

Lintanhsien, it is stated that during the between the time he spoke to the cot effort to secure victory will be made next Gulf:---

"White Wolf" trouble the people of his pradore at 11 p.m. and when the bont year! If stalemate is the only prospect,

When he gave instruc- I received my baptism of Bre," ge

district suffered more than the inhabitants listed at 4 a.m.

Fortunately two why should our Allies double and treble

of any other district. the sacrifice of blood and treasure they said, in on affair which took place n have already made rather than msider what is recognized by popular opinion American and British missionaries, Kotions to trim the cargo there was a large the terms Germany will always be readys the original site of the Garden of Eden, Shen-wn and Te Wen-hua, were at hand number of passengers on board. Abent As Ting 5-15 am, he saw water coming into the to offer them for standing aside and namely, the junction of the Euphrates heal and give medical advice to the leaving her a free hand to deal with us and the Tigris. If, in the old days, the wounded soldiers and people. Can we afford to give even the the faintest country and conditions generally in the Ping-heng, the English Missionary launch, and at this, and seeing that the shadow of justification to the German vicinity of the Garden were anything like Tienshaihsien, has already been granted taunt that we mean to figle to the last they are at present, then I shall never medals for similar services, the presenthal was about to sink, he fold the pas- case should also be considered, etc. Waengers to get away. He did not know drop of French blood f

blame Eve for being tempted-if i was

have also received a letter from the Mis how many people were precipitated into sionary doctors through the Magistralb the water whop the launch went down, He What is the objection to the demand for only to get out of it.

The Turks were entrenched on It Haloes national organization for war?

Mr. King-To what do you attribute two forms. On the one land there are number of little hills about 2,000 yards to the effect that with reforenes to the gave orders. for an extra rope to be run those who object to National Bervice away, and could only be reached by boats healing of the wounded soldiers, we were out, but the crow had no time to do this. owing to the Euphrates and Tigris over-only following the teaching of our Lord against. от Prussian, bocause it is

duty to do our best for the sick and way 1-To the number of passengers and the genius of our people, or for some flow, which puts all the surrounding cour-Jesus to love our neighbours. It is our the fact of the lurch going down in this

wounded, and we do not expotay coolies who came on board.

However, we Do you think the launch lad too much similar reason, or who declare that some try for miles ander water for about sus class or section of the community will months every year. Our artillery arrange reward for our services. object to it, and that it would be a fatalments had been made on a grand scale, wish to point out that all matters were cargo on board for safety purposes? It mistake to broak up the happy unity and batteries of heavy howitzers had been carried out directly by Mr. Lu Cheng was the passengers and coolits who did it.

Mr. King remarked that it was evident the letting by Public Auction Sale, i which now subsists in all ranks of the nicely placed at various points on the chang, and we were only his assistants."

But this objection has no outskirts of the Garden. Small barges The Magistrate in his report further says that there was an unusual amount of mation. validity except upon the assumption that had been fitted with small guns and tow that "these missionaries are inded traffic on the launch, owing to the fact of must noble character, as they have that no other lunches were leaving that National Service is not really essentialed to positions in the date groves.

"The regatta began at daylight, on devoted their whole magnanimous mind For would anyone to secure victory.

The shore to the salvation of mankind, and have day on the same journey.

After further evidene, the wiring was suggest that National Service would be beautiful Monday morning.

not boasted of their great services to the worse than failure to defeat Germany, or batteries let go a few shells by way of a that it is better to drift with a united feeler. Later there was a chorus of heavy people. Therefore it is hereby suggested adjourned. front to disaster than to make sure of guns, which poured a continuous fire over that they together with La Cheng-chang

be rewarded." victory at the cost of discussion?

On the other hand, there is the line of the mole-hills of the Turks. Bless my argument which asserts that our circum.soul, it was a grand scene, and from my stanees and the function which we have mast I had a perfect view, The bombard to fulfil in this war are peculiar; that ment, after lasting for a good while, such our special task is to produce munitions denly ceased, in order to permit thed to many wounded soldiers, was givte for the Alliance, and to maintain that advance of our infantry. The next scene export trade which not only buys our own was most impressive. food, but also finances the purchase of

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Last year our request Ting Ping- heag, a British Missionary of the Church

of Tienshuihsien, who healed and attend-

id

We

CUSTOMS CHANGES.

NEW ARRANGEMENTS AT TSINGTAO.

of

second class silver medal. Now accord-

A great change has taken place in the ing to the list submitted by the Magistrate, Ko Shen-wu, Te hen-hua and posts of Tsingtao and Dairen Customa as "It was a beautiful sight to watch our Lu Cheng-chong, missionaries in Lin- a result of the re-opening of the former. foreign munitions for the whole Alliance, ships herve up their anchors and stearatanasico, heated more than 40 wounded Commissioner Massaki Tachibana

take charge of Tsingtao Customs, his and that we can only raise a large gradually ahead to get within range soldiers, excluding many others whose Dairen Custome has been appointed to additional force by withdrawing, men use their machine-guns to cover the land-names cannot now be recalled.

Dairen Customs. At the same time Mr. from occupations in which they ring of the troops From this you would horeby recommend that they be adequately former pest being filled by Mr. Ebara of Medals aro Olaki in the same Customs has ben already rendering the maximum of ser imagine that the Turks had been fast rewarded for their noble deeds."

The President's Reply: vice to the common cause. The argument asleep. They were not, as a matter f

fact; but shortly afterwards we had put hersby given sa requested. and the Minis-procnoted Vice-Commissioner. The Vice- sounds plausible, and deserves

Our tries of Foreign Affairs and War aro to Commissioner of Teingtao Customs will a good few amongst the angels. ful consideration. But is it not really an

be also appointed from Japan.

In addition there are 40 Japaness in the argument against compulsory service as infantry made a successful landing, and take note of the above.

Tsingtao Customs service, to which ten such, but only against using compulsion after half an hour's pet-to the position

more Japnaces will be added by Inspec- WAB won. The Turks surrendered i.. to take more men from certain industries than those industries can spare..

tor-General Aglen. The examination for no one proposes to do that. On the con-hundreds, and I never saw so many white

flags in my life.

the service will be held by a delegate of the Chinese Maritime Customs with the assistance of Minister Hioki in Tokyo in the early part of next month for conyeni- eacs sake. The candidates will be chosen from graduates of the Imperial Universi ties and High Commercial Schools. The mouth salaryReking Daily News. successful candidates will get 125 bels a

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trary, it is one of the chief advantages

Several other useful positions were

A large nun of compulsory sorries that it would, on the one hand, put a stop to that indie taken in similar fashion. oriminate recruiting which has already ber of barges containing arms and an interfered so seriously with the produc munition were captured, and we had so the other, many prisoners that we were unable to tion of munitions, and,

We sank three of would provide the Ministry of Munition accommodate them. aswell as the War Office with a definite four Turkish, gunboats and torpedoed

transport. scheme to work to.

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